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21 - 40 questions us history

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which fierce abolitionist fought slaveholders in Bleeding Kansas and attempted to start a slave rebellion at Harper’s Ferry

a)

John brown

b)

Nat turner

c)

Fred Douglas

d)

William Garrison

2.

Which civil war union general effectively used the north’s resources to win victories

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

3.

The quote above is taken from the

a)

14th amendment

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Lincoln-Douglass Debates

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

4.

In which order did these events occur

a)

1,3,4,2

b)

3,1,2,4

c)

2,3,1,4

d)

4,2,1,3

5.

WHO best completes the title of the box above

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

John Brown

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Harriet Stowe

6.

What best describes the immediate effect of the Emancipation Proclamation

a)

Immediately feed all American slaves

b)

Freed only slaves in the north

c)

Allowed for enlistment of African-American soldiers in the north

d)

Encouraged Congress to pass the 14th amendment

7.

Which best describes what confederate soldiers returned home ti after the civil war

a)

Productive cities boosted by a wartime economy

b)

Devastated towns embittered by the war with worthless confederate money

c)

Industrialized cities with factories employing freed slaves

8.

Which best completes the list

a)

Women given rights to vote

b)

Voting rights guaranteed regardless of race

c)

Literacy test approved for use in state elections

9.

The Jim Crow South include all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Equal rights legislation

b)

Literacy test

c)

A Poll Tax

10.

JP Morgan became a billionaire by controlling which industry

a)

Steel

b)

Oil

c)

Banking and finance

11.

What most contributed to the rise of Robber Barons during the Gilded Age

a)

Government regulation of business

b)

Laissez-faire government policies

c)

The Sherman anti- trust act

12.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote

a)

15th

b)

17th

c)

19th

13.

This cartoon represents Teddy Roosevelt in his role as

a)

Trustbuster

b)

Muckraker

c)

Civil rights leader

14.

Which African American leader helped to form the NAACP and argues that education was meaningless without equality

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B Du Bois

c)

Fredrick Douglass

15.

What would make the best title for the list to the right

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

14 points

c)

Anti-Trust laws

16.

What accounts for the migration of African-Americans to northern cities as seen in the map above

a)

Enlisting in the Navy

b)

Jobs in manufacturing

c)

Discontent with working conditions

17.

The famous Scopes Trail of 1925 concerned the

a)

Limiting of immigration

b)

Breaking up of monopolies

c)

Segregation of blacks and whites in school

d)

Teaching of evolution in schools

18.

Which best explains why the stock market crashed in 1929

a)

New Deal legislation caused stock values to drop

b)

Over speculative investments were made with borrowed money

c)

Unemployment forced Americans to withdraw their investments

19.

Which New Deal program started by President Roosevelt was meant to correct unsound banking and investment practices

a)

WPA

b)

TVA

c)

AAA

d)

FDIC

20.

The poster seen at the right is refers to what World War 2 event

a)

D-Day

b)

Th bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

The Holocaust

d)

Hiroshima