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Amer History Midterm Exam Study Guide

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 46mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

WWI imperialism

b)

Hawaii, Alaska, the Spanish-American War conquests, and the Panama Canal

c)

robber barons/monopolies

d)

Dust Bowl

e)

overcrowding in cities (urbanization)

2.

One thing that the inventions of the Industrial Revolution had in common was that they ____

a)

made production/communication faster so that businesses could make more money

b)

were all communication advancements

c)

were all transportation advancements

d)

they were all steam-powered

3.

Which of the following was a PULL factor for cities in the late 1800's?

a)

large spaces to spread out

b)

free land

c)

job opportunities (especially for the unskilled laborer)

d)

overcrowding

4.

Which of the following was a PUSH factor to leave cities in the late 1800s?

a)

free land

b)

more space (less crowded)

c)

Native American conflicts

d)

overcrowding

5.

Which of the following was a PULL factors to move West in the late 1800s?

a)

free land

b)

gold

c)

Native American conflicts

d)

overcrowding

6.

Which of the following would be on the same side as laborers?

a)

robber barons

b)

muckrakers

c)

unions

d)

Progressives

e)

monopolists

7.

Which of the following were things that unions fought for?

a)

shorter work hours

b)

safer conditions

c)

higher wages

d)

anti-trust laws

e)

child labor laws

8.

True or False: Most businesses expand vertically before they expand horizontally.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which of the following are examples of vertical integration in a cell phone business like Samsung?

a)

buying a rival cell phone company like Apple

b)

buying cellular towers

c)

buying retail stores

d)

buying factories that make the parts of the phone

10.

A ___ is a business that has control of the market in a particular field.

a)

monopoly

b)

totalitarian

c)

venture

d)

capitalist

11.

Plessy v Ferguson set up 60 years of legal ____.

a)

segregation

b)

integration

c)

Jim Crow

d)

equality

12.

Turner's Thesis said that the American frontier was _____.

a)

expanding

b)

open and ready for settlers

c)

closed

13.

An effect of America's frontier being closed was ______.

a)

settlement in the West

b)

imperialism

c)

new trade agreements with foreign countries like China

d)

policies like the Roosevelt Corollary

14.

True or False: Turner's Frontier Thesis said that America's character traits came from always having a frontier.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

True or False: Native Americans and settlers in the West had conflict over land.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which of the following is associated with the treatment of Native Americans by the US in order to settle the West?

a)

Homestead Act

b)

dispute between ranchers and farmers ending in barbed wire

c)

put on reservations and then moved again and again if gold was found there

d)

forced to go to boarding schools

17.

True or False: The Transcontinental RR has no effect on the settlement of the West.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The U.S. changed from an isolationist policy to one of _____ in the late 1800s/early 1900s.

a)

imperialism

b)

self-sufficiency

c)

keeping to ourselves

d)

domestic policy

19.

Why was Hawaii obtained by the US?

a)

tropical paradise

b)

effect of the Spanish-American War

c)

sugar barons wanted it

d)

the U.S. voted to take it over

20.

Which of the following is the nickname for the purchase of Alaska?

a)

Fool's Gold

b)

Operation Icicle

c)

Alaskan Purchase

d)

Seward's Folly

21.

Which of the following were taken over by the U.S. as a result of the Spanish-American War?

a)

The Philippines

b)

Cuba

c)

Hawaii

d)

Guam

e)

Puerto Rico

22.

Which of the following was an economic cause of the Spanish-American War?

a)

help Cubans win their revolution

b)

sugar barons needed Cuba open for trade

c)

sinking of the USS Maine

d)

yellow journalism

e)

the DeLome letter

23.

Which of the following was a humanitarian cause of the Spanish-American War?

a)

help Cubans win their revolution

b)

sugar barons needed Cuba open for trade

c)

sinking of the USS Maine

d)

yellow journalism

e)

the DeLome letter

24.

Which of the following was related to yellow journalism in the Spanish-American War?

a)

Hearst and Pulitzer practiced it

b)

the USS Maine sinking was sensationalized

c)

the DeLome letter was sensationalized

d)

the RMS Lusitania sinking was sensationalized

e)

the RMS Titanic sinking was sensationalized

25.

The volunteer calvary group associated with Teddy Roosevelt and the Spanish-American War was the ____.

a)

Muckrakers

b)

American Federation of Labor

c)

Bolsheviks

d)

Rough Riders

26.

Two imperialism examples under Teddy Roosevelt's administration were ____.

a)

getting involved in WWI

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

buying Alaska

d)

Panama Canal

27.

Which of the following were the causes of WWI?

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliances

c)

Imperialim

d)

Isolationism

e)

Nationalism

28.

The war between Austria and Serbia (over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand) became a world war because of ____

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliances

c)

Imperialism

d)

Isolationism

e)

Nationalism

29.

Trench warfare was the main defensive tactic because ___.

a)

new weapons such as machine guns and tanks were invented in the Industrial Revolution

b)

mustard gas was invented

c)

WWI generals were taught this new tactic in military school

d)

no man's land was dangerous

30.

True or False: The 14 Point Peace Plan was included in the Treaty of Versailles (in full, no edits).

a)

True

b)

False

31.

True or False: Although President Woodrow Wilson proposed and lobbied for the 14 Point Peace Plan which included the League of Nations, the U.S. did not join it nor approve the treaty.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of WWI?

a)

Many soldiers and citizens died.

b)

The League of Nations was successful in preventing more wars.

c)

Germany was blamed and had to pay extreme reparations.

d)

Germany lost land to the Allies which had most of the industrial areas.

e)

Many ethnicities/nationalities were upset over the new country boundaries.

33.

Which of the following were reasons the U.S. got involved in WWI?

a)

Franz Ferdinand was assassinated

b)

The Zimmerman telegram threatened the US with a Mexican invasion and unrestricted submarine warfare.

c)

The USS Maine was sunk.

d)

Germany sank the RMS Lusitania with U.S. citizens on board

34.

Which of the following was true of the Spanish Flu of 1918?

a)

50 million people died in this world-wide epidemic.

b)

There was a vaccine that came out in 1918 and ended the epidemic.

c)

The reason it was called the Spanish Flu was because Spain was neutral in WWI and was not bound by censorship of news.

d)

The epidemic made America more cautious in its immigration policies following WWI.

35.

The Schenck v. U.S. ruling basically took away US citizens ____ amendment rights in favor of wartime support.

a)

1st amendment (speech, press, assembly, petition, religion)

b)

2nd amendment (guns)

c)

4th amendment (privacy/search and seizure)

d)

8th amendment (cruel and unusual punishment)

36.

Which of the following was a result of the Bolshevik Revolution?

a)

It ended WWI.

b)

It caused Russia to drop out of WWI.

c)

It caused a Red Scare in America.

d)

It removed Tsar Nicholas II from power, replacing him with Vladimir Lenin

e)

It created the USSR out of Russia and made it communist.

37.

Which amendment made it illegal to buy, sell, or transport alcohol in American (Prohibition)?

a)

21

b)

20

c)

19

d)

18

38.

Which amendment ended Prohibition?

a)

21

b)

20

c)

19

d)

18

39.

Which of the following were negative effects of Prohibition?

a)

organized crime increased

b)

tax revenue was lost lost

c)

bathtub gin was dangerous

d)

domestic abuse decreased

e)

work accidents decreased

40.

Which of the following were effects of the the Red Scare?

a)

the Communist Revolution

b)

nativism

c)

quota laws such as the Emergency Quota Act of 1921

d)

discriminatory (anti-immigrant) verdicts like Sacco and Venzetti

41.

True or False: The Roaring Twenties were filled with adventure, record-breaking, and new experiences along with rule breaking and crime related to Prohibition.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

A young , rebellious woman in the Roaring Twenties was called a ___.

a)

gangster

b)

mobster

c)

flapper

d)

robber baron

43.

Which amendment gave women suffrage?

a)

21

b)

20

c)

19

d)

18

44.

True or False: Women could vote in some states before the 19th amendment.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Which of the following were conflicts within the suffragist movement?

a)

support 15th amendment or not

b)

support of the 18th amendment or not

c)

some women didn't want the right to vote and didn't support the suffragist cause

d)

lobbying for state or federal law(s) to be passed

46.

Which of the following was NOT a cause (or continuance) of the Great Depression?

a)

Stock Market crashed because of credit and overproduction and buying on margin

b)

Dust Bowl made it worse (5 years in)

c)

domino/snowball effect

d)

banks failed because they were the biggest investor in the Stock Market and were not insured

e)

WWII

47.

True or False: Hoover believed in government helping citizens with their private economics, whereas FDR believed that it was not the government's purpose.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Which of the following were phases of FDR's New Deal?

a)

Relief

b)

Recovery

c)

Reform

d)

Renew

49.

Which of the following were New Deal reform measures?

a)

CCC

b)

SSA

c)

FDIC

d)

SEC

50.

Which of the following was a New Deal relief measure that provided food?

a)

CCC

b)

SSA

c)

FDIC

d)

FERA

51.

Which of the following were New Deal recovery programs?

a)

CCC

b)

SEC

c)

PWA

d)

WPA

e)

SSA

52.

True or False: The New Deal programs AND WWII ended the Great Depression. Both provided government jobs for the economy to recover and those jobs ended became private sector jobs.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

True or False: Huey Long was a Governor and Senator from Louisiana who used New Deal money to build up government entities in the state, providing jobs for citizens in the Great Depression. Unfortunately, the methods he used to accomplish so much were typically unethical.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

Which of the following was built during the Great Depression in Louisiana?

a)

state capitol building

b)

Governor's mansion

c)

LSU buildings

d)

new building for The Advocate

e)

Tiger Stadium expansion (as dorms

55.

Why did Carl Weiss assassinate Huey Long?

a)

blackmailing his family

b)

put his rock paving company out of business

c)

gerrymandering his father-in-law out of office

d)

printing rumors about his wife's mother's race

56.

Which of the following was the Standard Oil monopolist/robber baron?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Madame CJ Walker

c)

JP Morgan

d)

John D. Rockefeller

e)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

57.

Which of the following was the steel monopolist/robber baron?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Madame CJ Walker

c)

JP Morgan

d)

John D. Rockefeller

e)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

58.

Which of the following was the hair product monopolist/robber baron?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Madame CJ Walker

c)

JP Morgan

d)

John D. Rockefeller

e)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

59.

Which of the following was the banking/steel monopolist/robber baron?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Madame CJ Walker

c)

JP Morgan

d)

John D. Rockefeller

e)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

60.

Which of the following was the transportation/shipping monopolist/robber baron?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Madame CJ Walker

c)

JP Morgan

d)

John D. Rockefeller

e)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

61.

Which of the following was a civil rights activist who advocated for the "talented tenth" of African-Americans to lead immediate change.

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

62.

Which of the following was a civil rights activist who promoted slow change from within, educating African-Americans at Tuskegee in domestic help and agriculture?

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

63.

Which of the following was a muckraker who took on Standard Oil, eventually busting up that monopoly?

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

64.

Which of the following was a muckraker who wrote The Jungle exposing the meat packing industries horrors?

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

65.

Which of the following was the Progressive President who was involved in the Spanish-American War, the Panama Canal, and national park conservation?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Woodrow Wilson

66.

Which of the following was the President who led the US through WWI?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Woodrow Wilson

67.

Which of the following was the President who was the hero of the Flood of 1927 but not the Great Depression?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Woodrow Wilson

68.

Which of the following was the 4 term President who provided aid during the Great Depression and led the US through most of WWII?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Woodrow Wilson

69.

Which Franz was the leader of Austria-Hungary during WWI?

a)

Franz Ferdinand

b)

Franz Joseph

70.

Which Franz was the heir to the throne Austria-Hungary who was assassinated, starting WWI?

a)

Franz Ferdinand

b)

Franz Joseph

71.

Which of the following was the leader of France during WWI?

a)

Nicholas II

b)

David Lloyd George

c)

Georges Clemenceau

d)

Vittorio Orlando

e)

Wilhelm II

72.

Which of the following was the leader of Great Britain during WWI?

a)

Nicholas II

b)

David Lloyd George

c)

Georges Clemenceau

d)

Vittorio Orlando

e)

Wilhelm II

73.

Which of the following was the leader of Russia at the beginning of WWI?

a)

Nicholas II

b)

David Lloyd George

c)

Georges Clemenceau

d)

Vittorio Orlando

e)

Wilhelm II

74.

Which of the following was the leader of Italy during WWI?

a)

Nicholas II

b)

David Lloyd George

c)

Georges Clemenceau

d)

Vittorio Orlando

e)

Wilhelm II

75.

Which of the following was the leader of Germany during WWI?

a)

Nicholas II

b)

David Lloyd George

c)

Georges Clemenceau

d)

Vittorio Orlando

e)

Wilhelm II

76.

Which of the following was the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution?

a)

Wilhelm II

b)

Nicholas II

c)

Vladimir Lenin

77.

Which of the following was a suffragist who founded the NWSA and believed in supporting a federal law for women's suffrage, but not the 15th amendment?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Lucy Stone

78.

Which of the following is a correctly written MLA citation (I couldn't get Quizizz to do a hanging indent or double space)?

a)

Graves, Emily. Great American Stories, "Lessons in History," 20 July 2020, A + Publishing http://www.aplus.com/lessonsinhistory.com. 15 November 2024.

b)

Graves, Emily. "Lessons in History." Great American Stories, A + Publishing, 20 July 2020, http://www.aplus.com/lessonsinhistory.com. 15 November 2024.

c)

Graves, Emily. "Lessons in History." Great American Stories. July 20, 2020, http://www.aplus.com/lessonsinhistory.com, A + Publishing, November 15, 2024.

79.

Which of the following is a parenthetical citation for information from page 42 from this full (print source found on the Internet) citation:

Granier, Emily. "Lessons in History." Great American Stories, A + Publishing, 20 July 2020, http://www.aplus.com/lessonsinhistory.com. 15 November 2023.

a)

(Graves, page 42, 2020)

b)

("Lessons," 42)

c)

(Graves 42)

80.

Don't forget that you will have analysis and skills question on ____.

a)

maps

b)

political cartoons and other sources

c)

cause and effect

d)

flow quotes

e)

chronological order

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