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US History MidTerm Review

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was NOT a colonial region?

a)

Middle

b)

Southern

c)

New England

d)

Northern

2.

This required attendance and practice of Anglican Church ways by mid to late 16th century

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Act of Uniformity

c)

Act of Supremacy

d)

Intolerable Acts

3.

This term is used to refer to those going against the Church of England

a)

Anti-Federalists

b)

Bad Ones

c)

Nameless Ones

d)

English Dissenters

4.

This colony was founded in 1628 by John Winthrop

a)

Delaware

b)

Rhode Island

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Virginia

5.

This colony was founded in 1861 as a safe haven for Dissenters and mainly Quakers?

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Georgia

d)

South Carolina

6.

What document did the Constitution replace?

a)

The Bill of Rights

b)

The Articles of Confederation

c)

The Amendments

d)

The Magna Carta

7.

This is the idea that the national government shares power with the state governments

a)

Socialism

b)

Unitarianism

c)

Federalism

d)

Ratification

8.

What does the 8th amendment protect

a)

right to bear arms

b)

no quartering of soldiers

c)

no unlawful search or seizures

d)

no excessive fines or cruel or unusual punishment

9.

In what state was gold found and James Monroe set in motion the removal of Native Americans

a)

California

b)

Georgia

c)

Indiana

d)

Maine

10.

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as...

a)

The Bestest

b)

The Bill of Rights

c)

The Preamble

d)

The Wham-Bam Thank-Ya Mams

11.

This court case upheld the constitutionality of Jim Crow laws

a)

Brown v Board of Education

b)

Little Rock 9 Case

c)

Plessy v Ferguson

d)

Miranda v Arizona

12.

Which president signed the Homestead and Pacific Railway Act into law

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Rutherford B Hayes

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

George Washington

13.

The Pacific Railway company workers were mostly immigrants from what country

a)

Scotland

b)

China

c)

Mexico

d)

Spain

14.

This mountain range was a big obstacle for the building of the railroad

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Sierra Nevada Mountains

15.

This political figure in America created a "Share the Wealth" program during The Great Depression...

a)

Joseph McCarthy

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Huey Long

d)

A Mitchell Palmer

16.

Which of the following was not a topic of the progressive era to be addressed

a)

labor reform

b)

women's suffrage

c)

poverty

d)

nuclear missiles

17.

This man was known as the king of steel,,,

a)

JD Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

JP Morgan

d)

Boss Tweed

18.

This man was known as the king of oil

a)

JD Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

Boss Tweed

19.

This was a major disaster that opened a lot of people's eyes to terrible working conditions

a)

Breaker Boy Collapse of 1890

b)

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911

c)

Chicago Fair of 1901

d)

American Federation of Labor Strike

20.

Which two railroad companies were given government land to help pay for the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad

a)

Northern Pacific and Southern Pacific

b)

Union Pacific and Central Pacific

c)

Atlanta Pacific and Pacific Atlantic

d)

Eastern Pacific and Western Pacific

21.

Other than the transcontinental railroad and technological advancements, this was a major factor in the industrialization of America

a)

Taxes

b)

Immigration

c)

Monopolies

d)

Smartphones

22.

This man was president from 1897-1901 and was eventually assassinated

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

William McKinley

d)

William Taft

23.

This president enacted the "Square Deal"

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

William McKinley

d)

William Taft

24.

This significantly reduced the sail time from New York to San Francisco

a)

Airplanes

b)

Suez Canal

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Transcontinental Railroad

25.

The Open Door Policy was issued when discussing trade relations with what country

a)

France

b)

India

c)

Africa

d)

China

26.

An agreement nations make to support and defend each other is known as a(n)

a)

army

b)

alliance

c)

imperialism

d)

nationalism

27.

Who was the president when WW1 started

a)

Abe Lincoln

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

John F Kennedy

d)

Lyndon B Johnson

28.

This country fought on the side of the Allies

a)

Bulgaria

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Austria-Hungary

29.

Which of the following countries fought on the side of the Central Powers

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britain

c)

United States

d)

All were Central Powers

30.

The US government passed the _____ to allow a draft to recruit soldiers for the war

a)

Conscription Act

b)

Selective Service Act

c)

Indentured Servitude Act

d)

War Industries Board

31.

The Treaty to end World War 1 was named

a)

Austrian Treaty

b)

Treaty of Alliances

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

League of Nations

32.

This was the primary reason for the United States to enter WW1

a)

Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

c)

Tariffs on imported goods

d)

Annexation of Poland

33.

Which of the following is considered the final battle of WW1

a)

Battle of Somme

b)

Battle of Verdun

c)

Battle of the Mons

d)

Battle of Ypres

34.

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 caused

a)

France to leave the war

b)

Russia to leave the war

c)

Britain to leave the war

d)

The Ottoman Empire to collaps

35.

The War Industries Board

a)

aimed to eliminate the waste of materials that could be used to make supplies for the war

b)

told American factories what to make based on war needs

c)

Coordinated the purchase of war supplies for the Army and Navy

d)

All the above

36.

Which of the following was NOT a technological advancement used in WW1

a)

machine guns

b)

biological warfare

c)

nuclear warfare

d)

tanks

37.

Germany believed that if they captured this city, they would win the war

a)

Rome

b)

Paris

c)

New York

d)

Nottingham

38.

Flappers were:

a)

females who supported the effort in WW1

b)

females who broke against traditional behavior

c)

woman who pushed for the right to vote

d)

woman who flew across the Atlantic

39.

"The Red Scare" was a movement that showed how much our nation feared the establishing of

a)

Anarchism

b)

Idealism

c)

Communism

d)

Darwinism

40.

What was a "speakeasy"

a)

the slang used by young people

b)

secret bars serving alcohol

c)

a new method to learn English

d)

Al Capone's automatic weapon

41.

What was "Prohibition"

a)

no one in the US could buy, sell or transport alcohol

b)

women were not allowed to wear skimpy bathing suits

c)

women were not allowed to vote in political elections

d)

men were forbidden to travel to Communist countries

42.

Sacco and Vanzetti were two men whose execution demonstrated that

a)

the United States was fearful of foreigners

b)

the Supreme Court was fair and thorough

c)

the United States welcomed honest immigrants

d)

the Justice System is always appropriate to the situation

43.

During the 1920's, the government's role in the US economy was that the government should

a)

control the means of production

b)

interfere as little as possible

c)

promote the welfare state

d)

play a major role through regulatory action

44.

Attorney Gen. Palmer deported immigrants who were viewed as

a)

liberals

b)

conservatives

c)

communists

d)

nativists

45.

This movement wanted to prohibit the use and sale of alcohol

a)

temperance

b)

communist

c)

anarchist

d)

The No Alcohol

46.

What did NOT fuel an economic boom during the 1920s?

a)

overproduction of farm goods

b)

mass production

c)

mass advertising

d)

installment buying

47.

Which person was NOT a part of the Harlem Renaissance

a)

Duke Ellington

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Langston Hughes

48.

What nickname marked the date of the stock market crash of 1929?

a)

Dark Monday

b)

Black Tuesday

c)

Cloudy Thursday

d)

Deadly Friday

49.

What was President Roosevelt's plan for getting the United States out of the Great Depression

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Relief, Recovery, and Reform Act

c)

The Alphabet Agencies

d)

The Square Deal

50.

What caused the Dust Bowl?

a)

The people did not farm the land enough

b)

Not enough people lived in that area

c)

A drought along with too much farming

d)

Too much rain caused flooding

51.

Which president was blamed for causing the Great Depression

a)

President Roosevelt

b)

President Hoover

c)

President Bush

d)

President Coolidge

52.

The purpose of Social Security was to

a)

provide monthly income for the elderly and disabled

b)

Set the lowest amount of money that workers could paid for

c)

built dams on the Tennessee River

d)

Give jobs to young men

53.

In what ways did the New Deal help Americans?

a)

it improved education for all citizens

b)

it helped people pay taxes

c)

it provided jobs, food, and shelter for those in need

d)

it protected people from discrimination

54.

How did life change for women in the 1920s

a)

Women gained the right to vote

b)

women gained more equality

c)

women began to work outside the home

d)

all the above

55.

The Lusitania was a:

a)

US Cargo ship

b)

German U-boat

c)

French passenger ship

d)

British passenger ship

56.

The Treaty of Versailles helped to create the League of Nations to do what?

a)

punish Germany

b)

help fight the Central Powers

c)

help nations solve problems peacefully

d)

the League of Nations was not created

57.

This disease outbreak led to over 500,000 American deaths in 1918?

a)

Covid 19

b)

Swine Flu

c)

Spanish Flu

d)

Green Plague

58.

This was the country that sent nationalists to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Serbia

59.

This amendment passed in 1920 gave women the right to vote...

a)

12th

b)

15th

c)

19th

d)

21st

60.

This baseball player for the Yankees became a national hero for many Americans

a)

Jack Dempsey

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Hank Aaron

d)

Jackie Robinson

61.

This city was the center for flourishing black culture in the 1920s

a)

Chicago

b)

Harlem

c)

Tuscaloosa

d)

Pittsburgh

62.

What was the unemployment rate in America during 1933?

a)

15%

b)

10%

c)

25%

d)

50%

63.

This president passed the Hoot-Smalley tariff during the Great Depression

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

FDR

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Gerald Ford