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The Best for Last Quizzizz -- Big Idea

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

RECONSTRUCTION:

Who was the group that wanted the SOUTH to pay for starting the Civil War?

a)

The Tame Republicans

b)

The Radical Republicans

c)

The Radicals Democrats

d)

The Freed Men Society

2.
The 13th Amendment ...
a)
banned slavery
b)
grants voting rights
c)
grants citizenship and equal protection
d)
restores Confederate rights
3.
The 14th Amendment granted...
a)
freedom of speech
b)
citizenship and equal protection
c)
the right to vote
d)
the right to a speedy and fair trial
4.
Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?
a)
limit African Americans rights
b)
expand Confederate rights
c)
give women voting rights
d)
jail Carpetbaggers
5.

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

a)

provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

b)

gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

c)

provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

d)

get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

6.
Laws that required the African-Americans be separated from white in public places are...
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Grandfather Codes
d)
Integration Laws
7.
System of farming where farmers gave part of their crop to pay for the land they rented
a)
Family-Farming
b)
Sharecropping
c)
Groupcropping
d)
Split-Farming
8.
Why did sharecroppers remain poor?
a)
The South flooded during Reconstrucion
b)
They owed money to the landowners, never getting out of debt
c)
The sun never shone on crops
d)
Animals ate all the crops
9.

GO WEST UNIT:

What was the primary focus of the Government concerning the Indians?

a)

Making Indians more like white farmers

b)

Eliminating them all

c)

Putting them as close to Canada as possible

d)

Allowing them to run their own land

10.

What things can the BIG BUSINESS of the Pullman CAR Company control with the establishment of its own towns they created for employees?

a)

Rent prices

b)

Work Hours

c)

Employee wages

d)

all of the above

11.

What was the GRANGE?

a)

A farmer's "union" that helped homesteaders

b)

A group that would turn into the "Populist" political party.

c)

They worked hard to lower railroad shipping rates for farmers.

d)

All of the above

12.

Before the invention of railroads, how was time determined?

a)

Daylights Savings Time

b)

Time Zones

c)

Based off the suns positions

d)

Everyone was on the same time

13.

How did the invention of the assembly line change production?

a)

Made it more time consuming, people had to work all the way through a process.

b)

Made production quicker, people had 1-2 small jobs.

c)

Allowed for less skilled workers to work factory jobs.

d)

Allowed people to stand in one small area.

14.

Which businessman lead the way in the steel industry?

a)

Rockefeller

b)

Carnegie

c)

Vanderbilt

d)

Pullman

15.

Which businessman took control of the oil industry during the time of the Second Industrial Revolution?

a)

Rockefeller

b)

Carnegie

c)

Vanderbilt

d)

Pullman

16.

When a business takes control of one entire step of a process - like Carnegie did by owning iron ore mines, trucks for shipping, and processing plants to make steel.

a)

Horizontal Integration

b)

Vertical Integration

17.

John Rockefeller either bought out his competition or wrecked them and picked up their broken companies in order to grow - grow - grow his Standard Oil business. This is called...

a)

Horizontal Integragtion

b)

Vertical Integration

c)

Trust Integration

d)

Trust Busting Integration

18.

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BIG IDEA

Which is NOT one of the BIG THEMES of this era?

a)

Government was "hands off" (Laissez Faire)

b)

Many Robber Barons (Captains of Industry) were ruthless jerks

c)

Employees were seen as tools or machines and not respected as humans

d)

Everybody was making a ton of money during this time.

19.

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

a)

Progressives

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Sensationalists

d)

Investigative reporters

20.

This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

a)

Civil War Era

b)

Industrialization Era

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Reconstruction Era

21.

This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:

a)

Howard Taft

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

William McKinley

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

22.

Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?

a)

because of the negative impact of industrialization

b)

because of the negative impact of the civil war

c)

because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories

d)

because the American people were disillusioned by WWI

23.

Which law broke up big business trusts into small companies?

a)

Sherman Antitrust Act

b)

Roosevelt Antitrust Act

c)

Trust Act

d)

Act of breaking up trusts

24.

What did Scottish immigrant, Andrew Carnegie, who believed the rich had a responsibility to help the poor, call his philosophy?

a)

Only the Strong Survive

b)

the Gospel of Wealth

c)

The Social Gospel

d)

The Carnegie effect

25.

GILDED AGE - BIG THEME

Which is NOT a BIG THEME of the GILDED AGE?

a)

Social Darwinism - some people are meant to be rich (survival of the fittest)

b)

Gospel of Wealth - Rich people should be philanthropists and give back to their community

c)

Everything may look goldedn, but underneath it is NASTY

d)

UNIONS are strong and Factory Owners respect Unions

26.

Be polite in all international affairs but show the world what military power we have and they will be hesitant to involve themselves in American affairs

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Big Stick Policy

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

27.
What prompted US government to participate in 1893 overthrow of Hawaiian monarchy?
a)
Colonization of Pacific islands near Hawaii by European nations
b)
Kidnapping of Christian missionaries by Hawaiian nationalists
c)
Queen Liliuokalani's attempt to reduce political influence of American sugar planters
d)
King Kalakaua's discussions with Japanese government to lease Pearl Harbor
28.

A type of journalism (reporting) that uses extreme emotion (shock, anger, excitement) to attract readers

a)

Treaty

b)

Diplomacy

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

Open Door Policy

29.

The U.S.’ responsibility to be an international “police power” in the Western Hemisphere to “keep order”

a)

Imperialism

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Expansionism

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

30.

Pres. Taft increased investment & aid to Latin American countries to build roads, harbors, and increase trade

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Gunboat Diplomacy

c)

Isolationism

d)

Expansionism

31.

Select all of the reasons why the US went to war with Spain in 1898.

a)

Spain's mistreatment of the Cubans who wanted independence

b)

To avenge Spain's attack on the USS Maine

c)

To give independence to Cuba and the Philippines

d)

To add Cuba as a colony and take control of its natural resources

32.

What is the "White Man's Burden"?

a)

A belief in "cultural superiority"

b)

A philosophy related to Manifest Destiny

c)

Taft's foreign policy approach

d)

A belief in white privilege

33.

What is the keeping of white and black people separate called?

a)

Segregation

b)

Division

c)

Keeping Apart

34.

What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

a)

Giants

b)

Aylor vs Byrd

c)

Plessy vs Ferguson

35.

In what state did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Georgia

c)

Alabama

36.

Martin Luther King, Jr. brought about changes in laws by using _________________ means.

a)

disorganized

b)

peaceful

c)

violent

37.
What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?
a)
Segregation of public schools became illegal
b)
African Americans began to play professional sports
c)
Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
d)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
38.
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Segregation on buses became illegal a few days after Rosa Parks began the protest
b)
Thousands of blacks blocked the streets so that buses could not finish their routes
c)
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person
d)
Segregation of buses became illegal after many months of protesting
39.

What organization did W.E.B. Du Bois found?

a)

The Back to Africa Movement

b)

Tuskegee Institute

c)

NAACP

d)

Access for all movement

40.

A group of college students who held sit-ins at segregated restaurants along with promoted voter registration:

a)

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

b)

Children of MLK Together

c)

All Civil Rights Activists United

d)

Tuskegee Coalition

41.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

a)

The law banned the use of civil lawyers in a court room

b)

Law that banned Civil Rights protests in Washington

c)

A play performed on Broadway about Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

This law banned discrimination against any American because of race/color/religion

42.
Thurgood Marshall was famous for being the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and....
a)
Assassinating JFK
b)
Organizing the March on Washington
c)
Winning the Brown v. the Board of Education case
d)
Giving African-Americans the right to vote
43.

Cesar Chavez helped which group of people to be treated better?

a)

Businessmen in the Northeast

b)

Congressional leaders in government

c)

Migrant workers

d)

Catholic Christians

44.

The Little Rock Nine needed protection from the __________ government because the __________ government would not enforce the law.

a)

state, federal

b)

federal, state

c)

state, local

d)

local, state

45.

The Bay of Pigs was a political ___________ for Kennedy.

a)

Party

b)

Debate

c)

Victory

d)

Humiliation

46.

The Cuban Missile Crisis involved:

a)

Kennedy, Khruschev & Castro

b)

Johnson, Khruschev & Castro

c)

Kennedy, Stalin & Castro

d)

Kennedy, Stalin & Carter

47.

____________ was the belief that if Vietnam became communist then other countries would too.

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Yahtzee Theory

c)

Poker Theory

d)

Jenga Theory

48.

The Pentagon Papers showed that:

a)

The US was winning in Vietnam

b)

The US government lied about Vietnam

c)

The US was going to attack the USSR

d)

he US government was ending the war in Vietnam

49.

Detente was about:

a)

Easing tensions between the US and USSR

b)

Increasing tensions between the US and USSR

c)

Punishing the USSR

d)

Containing the USSR

50.

The Watergate Scandal resulted in President __________ resignation.

a)

Kennedy's

b)

Johnson's

c)

Nixon's

d)

Ford's

51.
Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?
a)
to contain communism
b)
to colonize Korea
c)
to spread communism
d)
to Christianize Koreans
52.

Broad tax cuts, cuts to the federal budget, and increased military spending, Reagan believed all of these would promote economic expansion, these are examples of what policy:

a)

Reaganomics

b)

Strategic Defense Initiative

c)

Containment

d)

Fiscal Responsibility

53.
Who was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, by President Reagan? 
a)
Sonia Sontamayor
b)
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
c)
Elana Kagen
d)
Sandra Day O'Connor
54.

What word best describes Ronald Reagan?

a)

Liberal

b)

Conservative

c)

Progressive

d)

Socialist

55.
President Bush and the United Nations sent in troops in January 1991, their goal was the restore peace in Kuwait. What was the name of this conflict, which lasted six weeks?
a)
World War II
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Persian Gulf War
d)
This means war
56.
To resist the spread of Communism in Latin America and liberate American hostages, the several US officials became involved in what scandal?
a)
Watergate
b)
Whitewater
c)
Iran-Contra
d)
Benghazi 
57.

What does impeachment mean?

a)

removal from office

b)

conviction of a crime

c)

formal accusation of wrongdoing

58.
The NAFTA agreement enacted by Clinton removes trade barriers between what 3 countries?
a)
Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.A.
b)
France, Russia, and the U.S.A.
59.

Choose which decade the outfit pictured best represents.

a)

1950s

b)

1960s

c)

1930s

d)

1940s

60.

Choose which decade the outfit pictured best represents.

a)

1970s

b)

1960s

c)

1950s

d)

1940s

61.

Choose which decade the outfit pictured best represents.

a)

1980s

b)

1950s

c)

1970s

d)

1960s

62.

what decade is this

a)

1950s

b)

1940s

c)

1980s

d)

1990s

63.

what decade is this

a)

1950s

b)

1930s

c)

1900s

d)

1990s

64.

what decade is this

a)

1980s

b)

1940s

c)

1920s

d)

1910s

65.

What should I do before Tuesdays TEST?

a)

Get a good night's sleep Monday

b)

Eat some sort of breakfast Tuesday morning

c)

Do a coupleof the QUIZZIZZ that I am least familiar with

d)

Take a Deep breath - Don't Panic - try to identify what decade/unit the question is about - think What answer would Mr. Young choose?"

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