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Unit 4 Colonies - New Deal 2024

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This officially ended the Revolutionary War and granted the US independence from England:

a)

Treaty of Paris in 1783

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Battle of Saratoga

d)

Treaty of Paris in 1763

2.

US response to England's attempts to restrict US trade with Europe:

a)

French & Indian War

b)

War of 1812

c)

Mexican-American War

d)

WWI

3.

The doctrine of "separate but equal" was allowed to continue by which Supreme Court decision? (It allowed Jim Crow Laws to continue in the South)

a)

Brown v. Board of Ed.

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

United States v. Miller

4.

Illustrate the growing trend to recognize the basic civil liberties of all races in 19th century America.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

All of these

5.

Southern opposition to tariffs led to...

a)

Manifest Destiny.

b)

the Monroe Doctrine.

c)

the War of 1813.

d)

the Nullification Crisis of 1832.

6.

Which State succeeded immediately after Lincoln's election in 1860?

a)

Virginia

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

d)

Georgia

7.

These were a series of essays written to convince people to ratify the new constitution.

a)

Common Sense

b)

Poor Richard's Almanac

c)

Federalist Papers

d)

Spirit of the Law

8.

What was a strength of the Articles of Confederation that included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states?

a)

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

b)

The Executive

c)

The Judiciary

d)

Proclamation of 1763

9.

This dealt with the re-admission of States to the Union after the Civil War

a)

The Missouri Compromise

b)

20% Plan

c)

17th Amendment

d)

10% Plan

10.

The 17th Amendment (a reform adopted during the Progressive Era) allowed...

a)

Women to vote.

b)

Alcohol to be bought again.

c)

The direct election of US Senators.

d)

African American males to vote.

11.

When did the majority of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe arrive in America?

a)

1560 - 1607

b)

1890 - 1920

c)

1750 - 1845

d)

1930 - 1950

12.

Was the leading proponent of the formation of labor unions?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

John Adams

d)

Samuel Gompers

13.

William Lloyd Garrison urged immediate emancipation of slaves in the United States in his paper called...

a)

How the other half lives

b)

The Liberator

c)

The North Star

d)

The Times Courier

14.

During Reconstruction, these were laws passed by mainly Southern states to keep African Americans in a system of virtual slavery?

a)

Black Codes

b)

Civil War

c)

18th Amendment

d)

Progressive movement

15.

The interactions between the Powhatan Indians and British Settlers were mostly positive:

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Journalists who wrote of horrible working conditions in American industry in the early 20th century, resulting in more governmental protection of workers.

a)

Confederates

b)

Roosevelts

c)

Muckrakers

d)

TMZ

17.

Which invention allowed longer factory hours for all workers?

a)

telegraph

b)

telephone

c)

radio

d)

light bulb

18.

The geographic conditions of the Middle Colonies, New England Colonies, and Southern Colonies led to...

a)

the Revolutionary War.

b)

differences in economic development.

c)

different levels of education.

d)

Religious Freedom.

19.

He was a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Dred Scott

c)

W.E.B. DeBois

d)

Jefferson Davis

20.

Which New England Colony was Started by Roger Williams, who wanted tolerance, after being banished by the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

a)

Virginia

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Maine

21.

- The 3/5 compromise (Constitutional Convention of 1787)

- The Great Compromise (Constitutional Convention of 1787)

a)

Deal with representation in Congress

b)

Deal with territorial expansion

c)

Deal with interstate commerce

22.

The main reason colonist opposed British taxes?

a)

Americans did not elect representatives to Parliament.

b)

Salutary Neglect

c)

Americans wanted a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.

d)

American colonists were unhappy that the high taxes were keeping the nobility in luxury.

23.

States had to give all citizens, regardless of their race or religion, equal protection under the law.

a)

10th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

24.

The New England Colonies were founded and predominately inhabited by:

a)

Puritans & Pilgrims

b)

Quakers

c)

Slaves

d)

French

25.

This was the first time the Federal Government used FORCE to enforce the laws of the land.

a)

Shay's Rebellion

b)

Whiskey Rebellion

c)

Nat Turner Rebellion

d)

Bacon's Rebellion

26.

Many felt that this violated the constitution during Adam's presidency:

a)

The New Deal

b)

Alien & Sedition Acts

c)

The Federalists

d)

Louisiana Purchase

27.

Industrial leaders of the late 1800s were able to accumulate vast amounts of wealth...

a)

by creating monopolies and establishing trusts.

b)

because of the Whiskey Rebellion.

c)

because of the Nat Turner Rebellion.

d)

because of having more competition.

28.

Subversive groups like the KKK and the Redeemers regained control of politics in the southern states because...

a)

of the Missouri Compromise.

b)

of the Emancipation Proclamation.

c)

President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the capitals of the Reconstruction states.

d)

of the Treaty of Paris 1763.

29.

This gave Europe the message that the western hemisphere was no longer available for colonization:

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

The War of 1812

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

30.

This freed slaves in rebelling areas:

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

The War of 1812

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

31.

Manifest destiny is most closely associated with which war?

a)

French & Indian War

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican-American War of 1846

32.
  • -Federal funding to complete projects (Roads & Canals) that would bind the North and the Midwest together

  • - Creating a National Bank & Protective Tariffs

  • These are describing?

a)

The American System

b)

The Great Leap Forward

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Abolition

33.

Urbanization in the 19th century is most associated with...

a)

Agrarian Life

b)

Industrialization

c)

Revolution

d)

Manifest Destiny

34.

Who had more railroads to transport troops, munitions, and supplies?

a)

North

b)

South

35.

A Recall is?

a)

A presentation of an issue to the public on which the public could vote.

b)

Signatures on an initiative to force a public vote on an issue.

c)

The direct election of US Senators.

d)

The process the people use to remove an elected official from office.

36.

The 17th Amendment (a reform adopted during the Progressive Era) allowed...

a)

Women to vote.

b)

Alcohol to be bought again.

c)

The direct election of US Senators.

d)

African American males to vote.

37.

The first settlement houses in the US established by Jane Addams in Chicago was?

a)

Hull House

b)

Ronald McDonald House

c)

Waffle House

d)

Huddle House

38.

Muckraker who wrote the 1904 book "The History of the Standard Oil Company".

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Jacob Riis

39.

Transportation was the BIGGEST obstacle to completing that period of history?

a)

The Great Awakening

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Capitalism

d)

All of these

40.

What increased the demand for oil and gasoline, which the Standard oil company produced?

a)

Technological Advances

b)

Temperature

c)

Steel

d)

Politics

41.

The North would have favored this:

a)

All slaves counting toward a States population.

b)

Tariff of 1828

c)

Slavery

d)

Tax on manufacturing

42.

How workers were treated by big business and big industry in the late 1800's led to...

a)

paid vacations and workman's comp.

b)

more productive workers.

c)

the growth of Labor Unions.

d)

a love for low pay.

43.

Progressive-era reformers advocated for more Americans to be directly involved in the political process through...

a)

Recalls

b)

Referendums

c)

Initiatives

d)

All of these

44.

This did not allow settlers to move west of the Appalachian Mountains:

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Treaty of Paris of 1783

c)

War of 1812

d)

Intolerable Acts

45.

Southern States took harsher measures to prevent slave uprisings after:

a)

Nat Turner Rebellion

b)

Shay's Rebellion

c)

Bacon's Rebellion

d)

War of 1812

46.

The explosion on the USS Maine was instrumental in getting the US involved in this war?

a)

WWI

b)

French & Indian War

c)

Spanish American War

d)

War of 1812

47.

American presence in the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii are examples of

a)

American Imperialism

b)

Democracy

c)

Communism

d)

Salutary Neglect

48.

This said that the US could intervene in Latin American countries that could not pay their debt to European creditors.

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

The War of 1812

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

49.

The primary reasons for the United States joining World War I?

a)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

b)

The Zimmerman Telegram

c)

German Atrocities during WWI

d)

All of these

50.

This asked Mexico to join the war with Germany and attack the USA?

a)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

b)

The Zimmerman Telegram

c)

German Atrocities during WWI

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

51.

African Americans sought better job opportunities by moving to the Northern and Northeastern United States. This was known as...

a)

The Battle of Little Bighorn

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The Great Migration

d)

The 2nd Great Awakening

52.

This was an international peace keeping organization that was supported by President Wilson, but rejected by the Senate because many Americans were wary of becoming too entangled in European affairs and favored a more "isolationist" approach.

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

League of Nations

c)

NATO

d)

Central Powers

53.

Fear of communist infiltration of the United States.

a)

The Red Scare

b)

Industrialization

c)

Democracy

d)

The New Deal

54.

Women's Suffrage movement was helped by WWI because many women felt they deserved equal rights for having supported the war effort. This led to the passage of the...

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

25th Amendment

d)

20th Amendment

55.

This was a DIRECT result of the Prohibition movement in the United States, but Organized crime was an unintentional affect of it passage?

a)

18th Amendment

b)

Women's Suffrage

c)

16th Amendment

d)

14th Amendment

56.

Perfected the assembly line, driving the cost of cars down, thus making them affordable to most people.

a)

Joe Chrystler

b)

Henry Ford

c)

William Pontiac

d)

Elon Musk

57.

The Great Migration in the early 1900's contributed to the

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Slavery

c)

deindustrialization in the North

d)

Great Depression

58.

If a bank does not have enough money to operate what happens?

a)

it thrives

b)

it collapses

c)

it prints more money

d)

it hires more workers

59.

Overproduction of a good, product, or crop causes the price of that item to...

a)

increase

b)

fall

c)

stay the same

60.

Major factor that contributed to the Great Depression in America by causing falling prices on goods.

a)

Black Tuesday

b)

Overproduction and underconsumption

c)

Stock Speculation

d)

Underproduction and Overconsumption

61.

The Federal government became very active in the national economy during the...

a)

Reconstruction.

b)

Civil War.

c)

Spanish-American War.

d)

New Deal.

62.

The government took on a greater role in the national economy and created programs to address the nation's unemployment problems using this president's plan?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Woodrow Wilson

63.

A negative affect of the expansion of the railroads in the western US was...

a)

The Missouri Compromise

b)

The expansion of the Native American way of life.

c)

The destruction of the Native American way of life.

d)

The overcrowding of eastern cities.

64.

This Civil War victory resulted in northern gaining control of the Mississippi River.

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Atlanta

65.

Abraham Lincoln winning the presidential election of 1860 lead to:

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

The Whiskey Rebellion

c)

WWI

d)

South Carolina's Secession

66.

Which is an example of self government during the period of Salutary Neglect?

a)

House of Burgesses

b)

Town Hall Meetings

c)

Church Leadership

d)

All of these

67.

Had rich, fertile soil that meant wheat and corn were major crops... Also known for religious tolerance and diversity?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

68.

The horrible conditions in Industrial Areas were described by...

a)

Upton Sinclair in The Jungle.

b)

Teddy Roosevelt's conservation advancement.

c)

Ida Tarbell in The History of the Standard Oil Company.

d)

Jacob Riis in How the Other Half Lives.