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Unit 1 (US History)

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which does Manifest Destiny mean?

a)

God predetermined that America should expand across the continent.

b)

Mexico's destiny was to be independent from Spanish rule.

c)

Native Americans are divinely entitled to land in North America.

d)

It is America’s destiny to help Mexico expand across the continent.

2.

What was the result of President Jackson's forced removal of Native Americans?

a)

It led to physical cultural and genocide.

b)

Treaties were designed to keep Native Americans on their ancestral land.

c)

President Andrew Jackson was elected for a second term.

d)

Many Native Americans voluntarily relocated because they thought it was best for everyone.

3.

The violence in Kansas, which became known as “Bleeding Kansas,” demonstrated which of the following?

a)

Southern States are inherently more violent than Norther states

b)

The policy of allowing popular sovereignty increased sectional tensions.

c)

Pro and anti slavery advocates could band together if they had a common enemy

d)

Americans are willing to commit violent acts against one another if they are taxed too heavily

4.

How did the 15th Amendment build upon the rights guaranteed to African Americans in the 14th Amendment?

a)

It granted African American women the right to vote.

b)

It protected a man's right to vote & outlawed voting intimidation/prevention.

c)

It granted full citizenship to all men born in the United States, regardless of race.

d)

It allowed African American men to hold public protests, exercising the right to free speech.

5.

What voting restriction required citizens to pay to vote, which violated the 15th amendment?

a)

poll taxes

b)

literacy tests

c)

the grandfather clause

d)

14th amendment

6.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of Reconstruction? (aka, NOT TRUE)

a)

Amendments that laid the foundations for civil rights

b)

"Separate but equal laws" segregated the South

c)

The country was politically divided

d)

African Americans had unrestricted voting rights

7.

All of the following would have been negative impacts of urbanization EXCEPT:

a)

Overcrowding

b)

Suburban Neighborhoods

c)

Increased pollution

d)

Sanitation and health problems

8.

Why did first labor unions form?

a)

CEO's & business owners wanted to protect their workers

b)

It became mandated by the government for all workers to unionize

c)

Workers wanted to improve pay & conditions

d)

Workers’ pressure on the government to enact safety regulations

9.

Why were immigrants from abroad drawn to cities?

a)

They wanted to live in urban areas because they all came from cities abroad

b)

Immigrants banned from the countryside by many laws

c)

They wanted to have the glamorous jobs associated with cities at the time

d)

They could find jobs & live near relatives in immigrant communities.

10.

What type of housing did many immigrants live in?

a)

Sweatshops

b)

Single family homes

c)

Massive group homes

d)

Crowded tenements

11.

____ is an inclination to favor native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants.

a)

nativism

b)

Americanization

c)

assimilation

d)

progressivism

12.

Which if the following contributed to the mass amount of Native Americans on reservations?

a)

The Declaration of Indpendence

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

d)

The Indian Wars

13.

Why was the Missouri Compromise significant?

a)

It enabled the federal government to regulate slavery

b)
It granted women the right to vote in Missouri.
c)
It established the first public school system in Missouri.
d)
It was a treaty that ended the Civil War.
14.

Why was Abraham Lincoln's election so significant?

a)
It marked the end of the Civil War.
b)
It was the first election held in the United States.
c)
It resulted in the abolition of slavery.
d)

The Southern States viewed this as a threat so it prompted secession

15.

Which side had the major advantages when it came to industrialization?

a)

The North (Union)

b)

The South (Confederacy)

16.

Which of the following banned slavery in all 50 states?

a)

The 3/5ths Compromise

b)

The 14th Amendment

c)

The 13th Amendment

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

17.

What allowed state governments to limit individual freedoms?

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

The Grandfather Clause

c)

The Freedmen's Bureau

d)

The Compromise of 1877

18.

What event left really made many Americans more suspicious of Unions due to a violent explosion?

a)

The Homestead Strike

b)

The Pullman Strike

c)

The Haymarket Riot

d)

The Chinese Exclusion Act