WorksheetsContemporary Semester 1 Final
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the meaning of the term “Gilded Age?”
a)
Many craftsmen’s “gilds” were established in the US, similar to those in the Middle Ages.
b)
Mark Twain used this term to describe the time period in American history when many social problems masked by a thin layer of gold that made things look better than they actually were.
c)
A “gild” is a form of government similar to a democracy, and Mark Twain was making a comparison between the two.
d)
None of the above.
2.
What does “Melting Pot” mean and how is it related to the Gilded Age?
a)
The blending together of cultures in America due to high immigration numbers in the late 19th century.
b)
A term once used for New York City because the “heat” of so much political chaos in the late 19th century made people feel like the city government was “melting.”
c)
The summer of 1886 when major heatwaves swept the East Coast and the West.
d)
The fall of 1890 when severe wildfires swept across the South burning crops and “melting” the agricultural economy.
3.
Nativism was —
a)
A movement to fully include indigenous groups in American society.
b)
New immigrants’ loyalty to their “native” country, such as Ireland, Poland, or Italy.
c)
An anti-immigrant movement during a period of high immigration in the late 19th century.
d)
None of the above.
4.
John D. Rockefeller was most closely associated with—
a)
Standard Oil
b)
The Union-Pacific Railroad
c)
U.S. Steel
d)
General Electric
5.
Which of the following is NOT true of Alexander Graham Bell?
a)
He founded General Electric in 1885 to sell his new invention, the incandescent lightbulb.
b)
He created the first practical telephone.
c)
He founded AT&T.
d)
He was born in Scotland
6.
A muckraker was a(n) -
a)
unskilled immigrant who worked “raking muck” at the farms of wealthy landowners.
b)
Investigative reporter whose work “rakes up” the corruption and inequalities of society.
c)
steamboat traveling the shallow Mississippi River, where “muck” got caught in the paddle wheel.
d)
Chinese immigrant working in a textile factory.
e)
Option 5
7.
Whose work exposing sanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry led to the Pure Food and Drug Act?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
8.
All of the following statements are true about Booker T. Washington EXCEPT—
a)
He was the son enslaved parents.
b)
He believed Black Americans would eventually “earn” their equality, but that it would take time.
c)
He believed vocational training was the first step toward equality for Black Americans.
d)
He planned and led multiple civil rights protests in Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia.
9.
All of the following statements are true about W.E.B. DuBois EXCEPT—
a)
He was the first Black American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
b)
He opened the Tuskegee Institute, an educational institution for Black Americans.
c)
He helped establish the NAACP.
d)
He disagreed with Booker T. Washington’s tolerance of “separate but equal.”
10.
Many Americans wanted to join WWI after the ______ was sunk by a German u-boat
a)
Lusitania
b)
Zimmerman
c)
Titanic
d)
Carnival
11.
Which of the following was not a cause of World War I?
a)
American isolationism
b)
imperialist competition
c)
the stockpiling of weapons
d)
European nationalism
12.
Which of the following was a result of the Selective Service Act?
a)
African Americans could not become Army officers.
b)
Women could not work in factories.
c)
Troops were segregated by race.
d)
Men were required to register for the draft.
13.
In 1917, Germany attempted to get _____ to attack the southern United States.
a)
Canada
b)
Italy
c)
Mexico
d)
Spain
14.
Who rejected Wilson's "Fourteen Points" peace plan?
a)
Allied leaders
b)
the Germans
c)
the U.S. Senate
d)
the League of Nations
15.
Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in World War I?
a)
battlefront trenches
b)
airplanes and tanks
c)
hydrogen bombs
d)
pistols and bayonets
16.
What was the Great Migration?
a)
The large number of immigrants entering the US from southern Europe during the 1920s.
b)
The mass movement of Black people from the South to cities in the industrialized North during the early 20th century.
c)
The name given to the annual movement of wild horses across indigenous reservations in the upper Rocky Mountain states.
d)
The yearly run of salmon up the Columbia River which provided a much-needed source of food for new settlers to Oregon and Washington.
17.
What was Prohibition?
a)
The outlawing of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol in the US between 1920 and 1933.
b)
The law limiting the types of jobs Black people could take in the 1920s.
c)
The political movement in the 1920s that worked to prohibit women from voting.
d)
The law prohibiting U.S. presidents from serving more than two terms in office
18.
Josephine Baker was—
a)
The wife of U.S. President Charles Baker and the only First Lady to work outside the home.
b)
The first white woman to star in a Hollywood movie.
c)
A French Resistance agent, civil rights activist, and the first Black American to star in a Hollywood movie.
d)
The first woman to serve in the United States Congress.
19.
Consumptionism became a common theme of American life in the 1920s. This means—
a)
The respiratory disease tuberculosis, known as “consumption,” spread throughout the country.
b)
Americans were encouraged to buy and use more mass-produced goods. This included new appliances, inventions, and cars.
c)
Wealthier Americans migrated out of urban areas into newly-developed suburban areas.
d)
High poverty meant Americans had to consume all they could.
20.
The major issue debated during the Scopes Trial was the teaching of -
a)
Black history.
b)
Women’s history.
c)
Evolution.
d)
Nativism
21.
What were Hoovervilles?
a)
Settlements created by the government that provided shelter for Americans who lost their homes.
b)
The nickname given to suburban towns during the Great Depression, named after President Hoover who was greatly admired for his work supporting financial distressed Americans.
c)
The nickname for tent villages filled with people who had lost their homes or jobs during the Great Depression.
d)
The suburbs built around Northeast cities in the 1930s, funded by President Hoover’s Department of Homeland Security.
22.
The Dust Bowl was—
a)
The desert areas of the Southwest that saw an influx of wealthy people moving in from the East.
b)
The region of the Midwest that experienced extremely arid conditions and long, destructive dust storms which destroyed crops and farmland.
c)
California’s Central Valley, which saw major government irrigation projects turn the “dusty” land into rich, fertile soil.
d)
The part of northern Florida that experienced a severe drought from 1934 – 1939.
23.
The October 1929 collapse of stock prices as investors rushed to sell off shares causing stock prices to drop dramatically was called the—
a)
New Deal
b)
Stock Market Crash
c)
Keynesian Collapse
d)
Great Crash
24.
Which of the following was a cause of bank failures in the early 1930s?
a)
People who feared that the banks would close rushed to withdraw their money.
b)
A major drop in foreign investments in U.S. banks following the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.
c)
The international currency crisis.
d)
The failure of the American agricultural industry to plan ahead.
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