WorksheetsFinal Exam 2024 US History
Total questions: 134
Worksheet time: 2hrs 44mins
Immigrants from the US had to follow all of the following laws except
Speak Spanish
No slavery
Be Catholic
Swear an oath to Santa Anna's leg
Which of the following resulted after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed?
The Rio Grande is established as the border between the U.S. and Mexico
The U.S. paid Mexico $15 Million
Guaranteed Mexicans citizenship
All of the above
What is the significance of the Alamo?
It won Texas its independence
It was sparked the Mexican-American war
It became a rallying cry for Texas independence
It led to Mexico's defeat and the loss of states like California, Arizona and Oregon to the US
Which is NOT true about the end of the Mexican-American War?
It was concluded with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The US agreed to pay $30 million for the new land
The new territories could not immediately join the U.S.
It fulfilled the US dream of Manifest Destiny
The final battle was fought in Mexico City
What state was NOT part of the land obtained by the United States post the Mexican American War?
Texas
New Mexico
Oregon
California
The Mexican American War can be considered an example of
Imperialism
Nationalsim
Manifest Destiny
Federalism
Which event led to the acquisition of the territories shown in red and tan on the map?
Spanish American War
Oregon Purchase
Mexican-American War
Louisiana Purchase
What was the Mexican Cession?
The admission of Texas into the United States
The name of the battle when the Alamo fell to Mexican forces
When the US paid $15 million to Mexico for California and New Mexico
When Americans were killed north of the Rio Grande that started the war
Which land was purchased from France for $15 million?
California
Texas
Florida
Louisiana
Which land was claimed by both the United States and Britain?
Oregon Territory
Mexican Cession
Florida Purchase
Louisiana Territory
Which of the following doubled the U.S. land?
Mexican Cession
Texas Annexation
Florida Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Which land purchase is represented by the #12?
Louisiana Purchase
Florida Purchase
Mexican Cession
Texas Annexation
Oregon Territory
Which land purchase is represented by the #11?
Louisiana Purchase
Florida Purchase
Mexican Cession
Texas Annexation
Oregon Territory
Which land purchase is represented by the #8?
Louisiana Purchase
Florida Purchase
Mexican Cession
Texas Annexation
Oregon Territory
What territory was purchased in 1803 by the U.S. for $15 Million from France?
Oregon
Mexican Cession
Texas
Louisiana Territory
How much was the Gadsden Purchase?
$10 Million
$15 Million
$5 Million
$20 Million
The Gadsden Territory was purchased for what reason?
To control Northern Mexico.
To take Native American Lands.
To build a railroad through it.
None of the above
Name the territory for # 6
Northwest Territory
Oregon Country (Territory)
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
What year did the Civil War end?
1863
1864
1865
1866
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Who was the president of the Confederate states of America?
Abraham Lincoln
William Sherman
Morgan Freeman
Jefferson Davis
In 1863 this declared all slaves in the rebelling states were free.
Declaration of Independance
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Battle of Bull Run
Agricultural economy, superior military leadership, and a large slave population describes
Union (North)
Confederacy (South)
What was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was extended farther south.
Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856.
Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.
Nebraskan settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas.
How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River impact the defeat of the Confederacy?
Losing control of the river removed the physical barrier between slave and free states.
The river had provided direct access to the Union’s base of military operations.
Losing control of the river divided the Confederacy in two and cut off its supplies.
The river had provided the Confederacy with a power source for factories and mills.
Although there were many causes of the Civil War, which event was the final reason the South decided to secede?
The election of LIncoln in 1860.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Emancipation Proclamation
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
He became the 17th President of the United States following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
Thaddeus Stevens
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
This Constitutional Amendment ended the institution of slavery in the United States
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
This Constitutional Amendment granted citizenship to all African Americans
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
10th Amendment
13th Amendment
These laws passed by local and state governments, sought to limit the freedoms of African American. They included items such as literacy tests, poll taxes, and restrictions on the possession of weapons.
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Freedmen Acts
Segregation laws
The Election of 1876 and the Compromise that followed effectively ended...
Discrimination in the South
Segregation
Reconstruction
Jim Crow Laws
This Federal agency sought to help African-Americans in the South gain education, jobs, and basic necessities during Reconstruction.
Freedmen's Bureau
Jim Crow Agency
The Urban League
The Anti-Defamation League
This terrorist organization sought to limit the rights and freedoms that African-Americans had recently gained
Ku Klux Klan
Aryan Nation
Al Qaeda
ISIS
The South faced many problems like bank/business failures, destroyed railroads/farms, and high food prices during this era-
Reconstruction Era
Jacksonian Era
Constitutional Era
List the causes of the Civil War (Select all that apply)
Sectionalism
State's Rights
Slavery
Election of Lincoln
In what years did the Civil War take place?
1944-1948
1861-1865
1776-1783
1830-1834
Who assassinated(killed) President Abraham Lincoln?
John Deere
Henry Clay
Walt Disney
John Wilkes Booth
Another name to describe the time period between 1890-1920 where America was rapidly progressing in industrial production as well as in social and political reforms.
Progressive Era
Assembly line
Industrial Revolution
Monopoly
A law passed in 1890 that prohibited businesses to become monopolies and therefore encourage competition.
Compromise of 1877
Child Labor Act
Trust
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Who finally won the right to vote in 1919 with the passage of the 19th amendment?
men
women
children
What type of president was President Theodore Roosevelt?
A progressive President
A Reconstruction President
A modern President
A wartime President
What social movement were women often protesting for?
The Women’s Suffrage Movement
The Civil Rights Movement
For more Jim Crow Laws
Against Jim Crow laws
Which industry did Ida Tarbell target in her journalism?
steel
meatpacking
railroads
oil
What industry did Upton Sinclair attack in the book "The Jungle"?
steel
oil
railroads
meatpacking
What federal agency was established in 1916 by Congress to manage national historic sites?
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
National Park Service
Civilian Conservation Corps
Who was the leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union who was known for raiding saloons with her hatchet?
Alice Paul
Susan B. Anthony
Ida Tarbell
Carrie Nation
Which of the following individuals fought for wilderness conservation with Teddy Roosevelt and founded the Sierra Club?
John Muir
Alice Paul
Carrie Nation
Andrew Carnegie
Which of the following placed a nation-wide ban on the production, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the U.S.?
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
18th Amendment
14th Amendment
Which law did Congress pass in 1906 to require that food and drugs be labeled correctly?
The Pure Food and Drug Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Interstate Commerce Act
The Pendleton Act
Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders had an important victory in Cuba at-
Pebble Beech
San Juan Hill
Normandy
Havana Harbor
Yellow Journalism is
A type of investigative journalism that focuses on government, big business or social issues
The name of a popular dime store novel
A book about the disgusting conditions of slaughter houses
A type of journalism that rarely relies on facts and is prone to exaggeration
The president of the United States during the Spanish American War was
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
William McKinley
Donald Trump
**(2 answers) Americans were sympathetic to the Cuban Rebels' cause because of the following causes
It reminded Americans of their own struggle for independence
The Spanish weren't as good as the Cubans at using the media of the time.
The Spanish had put Cubans into reconcentration camps which lead to many deaths
The Cuban Rebels would give American businesses better deals on sugar than the Spanish
The war resulted in the U.S. gaining the following territories
Guam, Puerto Rico, The Philippines
California, New Mexico, Nevada
Alaska, Hawaii, The Philippines
Guam, Puerto Rice, Cuba
When a larger/stronger nation gains political and economic control over a smaller/weaker nation.
imperialism
expansionism
isolationism
Protectorate
What country did the U.S. purchase Alaska from?
England
Germany
Russia
Japan
Hawaii’s leader during the U.S. annexation was a ___________.
Queen
King
President
Prince
The U.S. wanted control of Hawaii for its' resources.
True
False
The forceful taking of Hawaii by US farmers is known as what?
Bravery Constitution
Bayonet Constitution
Boulder Constitution
What was Hawaii's biggest export?
Timber
Oil
Sugarcane
World War 2 took place from
1939-1945
1800-1812
200-2008
Central Powers
Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States
Mexico
Australia
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Allied Powers (WWI)
Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States
Mexico
Australia
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Trench Warfare
to prepare for war
A form of warfare where soldiers fight from trees.
Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States
A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
Luisitania
British passenger liner sunk in 1915 that helped sway American opinion of the war.
American citizens were lending money to the government to pay for the war.
Agreement to stop fighting
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.
Zimmerman Note
A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
1917 - Germany sent this to Mexico instructing an ambassador to convince Mexico to go to war with the U.S.
British passenger liner sunk in 1915 that helped sway American opinion of the war.
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.
Law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft
American citizens were lending money to the government to pay for the war.
British passenger liner sunk in 1915 that helped sway American opinion of the war.
League of Nations
A world organization established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace. It was first proposed in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson, although the United States never joined the League of Nations.
As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay fines to the Allies to repay the costs of the war.
1917 - Germany sent this to Mexico instructing an ambassador to convince Mexico to go to war with the U.S.
British passenger liner sunk in 1915 that helped sway American opinion of the war.
Who was the president of the United States during WWI?
Teddy Roosevelt
William McKinley
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
United States
The Allies consisted of......
Japan, Germany, and America
America, France, and Australia
America, U.S.S.R, and Britain
Germany, China, Japan, and Hawaii
9) WWI began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia one month after:
Serbia tried to take more of Austria-Hungary's land.
Serbia burned their flag.
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were killed.
The Lusitania was sunk.
A spreading fear in the US of international communism.
Red Summer
Red Scare
Espionage Act
Palmer Raids
A type of music; it made African-American musicians popular in the 1920’s.
Pop
Country western
Jazz
Hip Hop
A celebration of African-American culture, arts, literature, and music.
The Italian Renaissance
The Great Migration
The Great Awakening
The Harlem Renaissance
American companies began manufacturing products on a large scale, promoting economic growth.
Mass production; assembly line
The American System
Cash Cropping
What were young woman who were known for their energetic freedom and broke away from "traditional" views of women called?
Sufferage
Flappers
Speakeasies
Prosperity
In 1929, the stock market...
went up
fell
exploded
In the 1920s Americans consumers began to do which of the following?
sewing clothes
recycling goods
buying on credit
work from home
Over plowing the land, severe drought & digging up the prairie grasses...all led to the?
Great Depression
WWII
Black Tuesday
Dust Bowl
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
How did New Deal programs change the lives of Texans during the Great Depression?
Additional government funding was provided to oil companies
Cotton prices were fixed to keep farmers on their land
Gas rationing helped to reduce traffic in busy cities
Thousands found employment building roads and bridges
What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address?
Excessive stock market speculation
High unemploment
Increased use of credit
Overproduction of goods
The Agricultural Adjustment Act tried to help farmers by
helping them become more efficient
paying them not to grow crops
buying up their surpluses
making land available for farming
Franklin D. Roosevelt took many actions during his “First Hundred Days” in the White House in 1933, but what was the FIRST thing he did?
close all of the nation’s banks and order inspections of those banks
end slavery
borrow money from China
desegregate the Military
Regulated the securities market
Securities & Exchange Commission
Social Security Act
Revenue Act of 1938
Banking Act of 1933
Jobs for 2 million young men. Replanted forests and built trials
Civilian Conservation Corps
Citizen Control Corporation
National Recover Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Act
Ultimately, what got the United States out of the Great Depression?
New Deal
Roosevelt Corollary
World War I
World War II
A campaing that said African Americans should join the war effort in order to achieve a double victory over Hitler’s racism and racism at home in a campaign called
“Double V.”
“Tuskegee Airmen.”
“Fight for Right.”
“Two V.”
Americans were encouraged to grow their own vegetables to support the war effort. These were called
Victory Farms
Victory Gardens
Farmer's Market
Uncle Sam gardents
What was the purpose of this type of propaganda during WWII?
To convince Americans to plan vacations in advance
To prevent Americans from placing themselves in dangerous situations
To encourage Americans to conserve fuel and rubber for the war effort
To allow soldiers to travel throughout the U.S. safely
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Which international organization was established after World War II to promote peace and cooperation among nations?
United Nations
International Monetary Fund
World Trade Organization
World Bank
Which trials were held to prosecute Nazi war criminals after World War II?
Tokyo Trials
Potsdam Trials
Nuremberg Trials
Hague Trials
Which military alliance was formed by the Soviet Union and its satellite states in response to NATO?
IMF
GATT
NATO
Warsaw Pact
What was the physical barrier that divided East and West Berlin during the Cold War?
Great Wall of China
Berlin Wall
Mason-Dixon Line
Iron Curtain
What term is used to describe a conflict in which two opposing powers indirectly engage in combat through third parties?
World War
Civil War
Proxy War
Cold War
What term was used to describe the ideological and political barrier that separated the Soviet bloc and the West during the Cold War?
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
Mason-Dixon Line
Great Wall of China
What does this map represent
Truman Doctrine
Containment plan
Marshall Plan
NATO Alliances
These were the opposing superpowers during the Cold War years
China and the Soviet Union
Cuba and the Soviet Union
USA and the Soviet Union
Iran and the Soviet Union
President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as Containment. What was the main goal of Containment?
To expand trade with Europe
To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
To stop the spread of communism
to send financial aid to Europe
Germany was divided into how many zones
2
4
6
8
Which statement best explains the Cold War?
A state of tension between the United States and Germany following WWII
Fighting between communist North Korea and free South Korea
Fighting between Cuba and the United States over missiles
A state of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union without actual fighting
Who supported South Korea during the Korean War?
the United States
China
the United Nations
the Soviet Union
Why did the United States become involved with the conflict in Korea?
Because the U.S. was an ally of Japan.
Because the U.S. wanted Korea to be its colony.
Because the U.S. want to contain communism.
Because the wanted to help the communists in North Korea.
Who won the Korean War?
The North Koreans won and the whole country became communist.
The South Koreans won and the whole country became non-communist.
China won by defeating both North and South Korea.
No one won, so North and South Korea are still divided into two countries today.
What U.S. foreign policy influenced U.S. involvement in Vietnam & Korea?
Containment
Marshall Plan
Isolationism
Who was the communist leader in North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Joseph Stalin
What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?
U.S. troops helped South Vietnam's government successfully defeat the Viet Cong.
The U.S. withdrew its troops and North Vietnam successfully united Vietnam as a communist state.
The U.S. signed an armistice agreement with North Vietnam and Vietnam remained divided.
