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WorksheetsUS History PT 2021-2022
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which Civil Rights group, from its earliest days, used any means necessary to protect itself in its effort to achieve racial equality?
Black Panther Party (BPP)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Which statement best describes how the completion of the first transcontinental railroad lines affected the economy of the post-Reconstruction era in the United States?
It transformed human transportation by reducing the amount of time it took people to travel east.
It made commerce available on a vast scale by providing a faster and cheaper way to move goods from coast to coast.
It led to a growing confidence among Americans by inducing them to believe that they could take on even greater technological quests.
It changed the concept of reality for many Americans by allowing them the opportunity to see what other regions of the country looked like.
The excerpt pictured comes from the 1896 Democratic Party Platform. Which event is an example of “government by injunction” to which the Democratic Party objected?
interference in the Pullman Strike
subsidies for the transcontinental railroad
spoils system of rewarding loyalists with political jobs
restricting immigration from Cuba after the USS Maine exploded
What effect did the information of the North Atlantic Traty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact have on Europe?
The alliances weakened the European economy.
The alliances created further division within Europe.
The alliances strengthened the economic power across all of Europe.
The alliances created more peaceful relationships between European countries.
This political cartoon shows John D. Rockefeller wearing a large crown and standing on an oil storage tank labeled “Standard Oil.” The crown is adorned with railroad cars, oil tanks, and the names of four railroad companies and topped with a dollar sign. The cartoon indicates that John D. Rockefeller became “The King of the Combinations” by:
A. limiting his oil sales to railroad companies.
B. using his railroad profits to purchase oil companies.
C. driving up oil prices to put the railroads out of business.
D. forming an alliance to control railroad freight rates and oil prices.
This excerpt is from a resolution drafted during the United Nation’s Genocide Convention. The resolution was adopted unanimously by the General Assembly of the United Nations, of which the United States is a member nation, on December 9, 1948.
Why did the United States agree to adopt this resolution?
to prevent being pulled into another international war
to avoid being involved in the prosecution of international war criminals
to avoid being a party to future trials resulting from international conflicts
to prevent the attempted destruction of a human group from happening again
This chart lists some events that occurred during the Gilded Age, those turbulent years beginning after the Civil War and ending at the start of the twentieth century.
The events in the chart mainly relate to which problem of the Gilded Age?
political patronage
unregulated immigration
bribery and graft scandals
rapid urbanization and industrialization
The New York Evening World newspaper published this political cartoon on January 5, 1920. With which statement would the cartoonist most likely agree?
Americans supported increased government actions due to their fear of communism.
Americans were becoming more open to such new political ideologies as communism.
Americans feared that the League of Nations would increase the spread of communism.
Americans began to welcome the wave of immigrants who fled communism in eastern Europe.
The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 was enacted to address certain practices that earlier antitrust legislation did not clearly prohibit. This excerpt comes from the Federal Trade Commission’s website.
Based on the excerpt and your own knowledge, the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 differs from previous antitrust legislation in that its intention was to
limit the rights of corporations to diversify their stock.
protect the consumer from fraudulent claims and advertising.
prevent the development of combinations that might restrain trade.
determine which businesses operate as illegal one-seller marketplaces.
This list includes examples of efforts initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the early 1940s:
Which goal did President Roosevelt hope to accomplish through the efforts included in the list?
bring the nation out of the Great Depression
promote employment for women and minorities
win support from corporations for entering the war
provide military equipment for the United States and its allies
In this 1898 political cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany is pictured looking at a sign.
This political cartoon represents a consequence of
A. World War I
B. World War II
C. the Russo-Japanese War
D. the Spanish-American War
In this 1898 political cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany is pictured looking at a sign.
At the time this political cartoon was published, the United States had
Just emerged as a new wolrd power.
just mediated a peace treaty between two countries.
declared neutrality as its foreign policy around the world.
entered into a tense conflict with another nation over communism.
The resolutions listed below were developed by an international organization: - 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons - 1984 Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace Which international organization was responsible for the development of these resolutions?
United Nations
European Union
League of Nations
World Trade Organization
This chart describes different U.S. foreign policies toward Latin America during the early twentieth century. Based on the chart and your own knowledge, which statement best describes how the focus of Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy toward Latin America differed from those of his two predecessors?
Wilson supported the spread of self-governance and democracy.
Wilson increased armed intervention to restore order in the area.
Wilson encouraged American businesses to infuse money in the area.
Wilson proposed providing U.S. financial support to rebuild the war-torn region.
This cause-and-effect diagram includes some important events from the early twentieth century.
Which outcome best completes the cause-and-effect diagram?
A. The United States enters World War I
B. The United States enacts strict neutrality policies
C. The United States withdraws from international treaties
D. The United States releases the Fourteen Points as a peace plan
This excerpt comes from the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
What impact did this additional duty have on the global economy of the 1930s?
The global economy was strengthened by the demand for equal duties on American exports and goods imported from overseas.
Because the amount of American exports increased, higher duties on imports of foreign goods led to the failure of the global economy.
The global economy was weakened by the demand for lower import duties on American manufactured goods arriving at international ports.
Instead of protecting American manufacturing interests, higher import duties led to the significant decline of all trade and weakened the global economy.
Which statement describes an effect of the Watergate scandal?
Americans began to distrust the federal government.
Americans opposed limiting the power of the presidency.
Americans reelected Richard Nixon to a second term as president.
Americans became more supportive of Richard Nixon’s administration.
This list includes ways in which President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression: How did this response affect the American economy?
The economy improved as stock prices stabilized.
The economy declined as banks and businesses failed.
The economy declined as citizens increased their savings.
The economy improved as businesses hired more workers.
What effect did Operation Iraqi Freedom, which lasted from 2003 to 2011, have on the role of the United States in the Middle East?
The U.S. role in the Middle East shifted from that of a trade partner to that of a peacekeeper.
The U.S. role in the Middle East shifted from that of a peacekeeper to that of an economic adviser.
The United States shifted to a less active role in the Middle East after deposing the former Iraqi dictator.
The United States shifted to a more active role in the Middle East by providing the new Iraqi government with security against insurgents.
This excerpt comes from the Lend-Lease Act passed on March 11, 1941.
Which two statements describe consequences of the Lend-Lease Act?
This law caused the United States to shift away from isolationism.
This law led the United States to firmly commit to neutrality
This law angered Germany and led it to invade Poland.
This law allowed the United States to loan supplies and weapons to warring nations.
How did the Korean War affect the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?
The Korean War decreased Cold War tensions because troops were removed from the 38th parallel.
The Korean War increased Cold War tensions because it changed a postwar competition into a military confrontation that lasted for years.
The Korean War increased Cold War tensions because it led the United States and the Soviet Union from a policy of interventionism to isolationism.
The Korean War decreased Cold War tensions because it led the United States and the Soviet Union to agree that nuclear weapons would never be used.
This excerpt comes from an eyewitness account by Father John A. Siemes of an event that occurred on August 6, 1945.
What was one result of the event described by the excerpt?
The devastation brought by the bomb led to Japan’s unconditional surrender.
The fear of having a similar bomb dropped on Berlin convinced the Germans to surrender.
The fear of having a similar bomb dropped on the United States slowed the path to the end of war.
The devastation brought by the bomb increased Japan’s determination to defeat the Allied Powers.
Which statement describes the significance of the 1994 party policy document referred to as the “Contract with America”?
It helped Democrats gain 12 governorships.
It helped Democrats gain control of 20 state legislatures.
It helped Republicans gain control of both houses of Congress.
It helped Republicans gain support of key Democratic strategists.
This excerpt comes from a statement to the American people made by President Harry S. Truman on August 6, 1945.
What was President Truman’s main goal in ordering the actions described in the excerpt?
to exact revenge on the Japanese government
to demonstrate the military resources of the United States
to save American lives by forcing the Japanese to surrender
to prevent the Japanese military from acquiring a similar weapon
What effect did Reaganomics have on the U.S. economy during the 1980s?
This supply-side economic policy caused a decrease in the national debt and domestic spending.
This tax-and-spend economic policy caused an increase in corporate taxes and domestic spending.
This trickle-down economic policy caused a decrease in inflation and an increase in the national debt.
This laissez-faire economic policy caused a decrease in the national debt and an increase in inflation rates.
This photograph was taken in July 1942 at the Willow Run bomber plant.
How did the role of women like the one shown in the photograph change during World War II?
They took over traditionally male manufacturing jobs while the men were at war.
They aided the war effort by taking on leadership roles at factories and shipyards.
They aided the war effort by planting victory gardens and training with the Red Cross.
They took over traditionally male jobs in the National Guard while the men were at war.
