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8th Leap Review Units 3 and 4

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 Reformers like Horace Mann of Massachusetts worked to 

improve:

a)

prison systems

b)

 public education

c)

living conditions in cities

d)

the rights of free African Americans

2.

 The temperance movement, efforts at prison reform, and the abolition movement were all elements of:

a)

social reforms of the mid-1800s

b)

the second Great Awakening

c)

transcendentalism

d)

the women’s rights movement

3.

The Red Scare was due to a fear of

a)

Communism

b)

Democracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Monotheism

4.

Bombs were set to disrupt order in the US by these kinds of people

a)

Capitalists

b)

Anarchists

c)

The Illuminati

d)

Democrats

5.

Communists wanted

a)

The government to control ownership of property and companies

b)

Private ownership and competition

c)

The ability for people to make a living comparable to their value to society

d)

The end of human existence

6.

This man was the Attorney General in 1919 and 1920

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Warren G. Harding

c)

A. Mitchell Palmer

d)

J. Edgar Hoover

7.

Searches for Communists were nicknamed these

a)

The Great Roundup

b)

McCarthyism

c)

The Hoover Vacuum

d)

The Palmer Raids

8.

Under Communist control, Russia became

a)

The Soviet Union (USSR)

b)

The Association of Russian Nations (ARN)

c)

The Communist Manifesto

d)

The Eastern Bloc

9.

What scandal marked Harding's presidency?

a)

Teapot Dome Scandal

b)

Watergate Scandal

c)

Iran-Contra Affair

d)

XYZ Affair

10.

The term used to describe the migration of African American families north-

a)

The Great Migration

b)

The Civil War

c)

Garveyism

d)

Prohibition

11.

What was the ultimate goal of the KKK?

a)

To help the U.S. government.

b)

To intimidate freed blacks and white Republicans from voting and running for office.

c)

To intimidate whites to keep them from voting and running for office.

d)

To help freed blacks find jobs and get an education.

12.

The Immigration Act of 1924 produced highly discriminatory results because it

a)

created a guest worker program that encouraged temporary immigration but denied citizenship

b)

relied on a series of literacy tests and physical examinations to manage immigration

c)

placed restrictions on immigration by national origin, ethnicity, and race

d)

encouraged immigration of people with highly sought after skills or family in the United States

13.
What US President was most influential in starting the Panama Canal?
a)
FDR
b)
JFK
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Taft
14.
What 2 oceans does the Panama Canal connect?
a)
Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
d)
Lake Michigan and Mississippi River
15.
What ship had a huge explosion that killed 260 Americans?
a)
The Magic
b)
The Titanic
c)
The Lusitania
d)
The USS Maine
16.
What was the cause of the conflict between Cuba and Spain?
a)
Cuba wanted to enslave Spain
b)
Spain wanted to convert the Cuban government to communism
c)
Spain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar can colony
d)
Cuba wanted independence from Spain 
17.

What was the name of volunteer soldiers during the Spanish American War?

a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Buffalo soldiers
c)
Franz Ferdinand
d)
Rough riders
18.
What term describes building an empire by conquering other nations?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Repubicanism
c)
Militarism
d)
Imperialism
19.
Yellow Journalism is....
a)
The Loudoun Sun Times
b)
Exaggerated News Reports
c)
Yellow Paper Reports
d)
Nonfiction News Reports
20.
Why did the US want to build a canal in Panama?
a)
to help the Panamanian people in their Revolution.
b)
to provide jobs for people
c)
to make it easier to move ships around the world
d)
to stop the invasion of South America
21.
Made America the world's policeman
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Roosevelt Corollary
c)
Domestic Policy
d)
Imperialism
22.
At the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories? 
a)
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain
b)
Spain, Cuba, Guam
c)
Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia
d)
Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
23.
The IMMEDIATE cause of the Spanish American war was
a)
Americans helping Cubans gain independence.
b)
protecting our business interests in Cuba.
c)
the sinking of the Maine.
d)
yellow journalism.
24.

FIRST Policy telling Europe to stay out of the Americas

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Domestic Policy

d)

Imperialism

25.

SECOND policy that made America the world's policeman especially in Latin America.

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Domestic Policy

d)

Imperialism