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VUS 8

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did race relations in the South change after reconstruction?

a)

African Americans moved back to the South because of renewed optimism

b)

laws were created to limit African Americans' rights

c)

poll taxes were decreased to ensure voting practices

d)

laws were created to increase African Americans' rights

2.

I helped form the NAACP to provide equality for African Americans.

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Samuel Gompers

3.

I amassed my fortune from the steel industry. Later as a philanthropist, I provide funds for libraries, education and scientific research.

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

4.

This event was the movement of African American from the South, Northward in search of a better life

a)

Great Migration

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Homestead Act

5.
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Match the economic systems to its characteristics or meaning.

a)

Command economy

1.

Centrally owned by the government

b)

Mixed economy

2.

Public and private sectors

c)

Traditional economy

3.

Customs, family, and historical basis

d)

Free Market

4.

Private sector, profit, and minimal gov.

6.
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Match the following

a)

13th Amendment

1.

abolished slavery

b)

14th Amendment

2.

all persons born or naturalized in U.S. were entitled equal rights

c)

15th Amendment

3.

gave people right to vote regardless of race

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

4.

Allowed "separate but equal" facilities.

e)

Brown v. Board of Education

5.

Ended segregation in public schools

7.

This court case ruled segregation was legal as long as both parties have equal services. 

a)

 McCulloch v. Maryland,

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Gibbons v. Ogden 

8.

Which of these laws limited immigration to the United States?

a)

Plessy v Ferguson

b)

Anti Immigration Act

c)

Emergency Quota Act of 1921

d)

Jim Crow laws

9.

Who was the industrialist or "robber baron" associated with the RAILROAD industry?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

J.P. Morgan

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

10.

Who was the industrialist or "robber baron" associated with the FINANCE industry?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Wilbur Wright

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

Samuel Gompers

11.

In a laissez-faire capitalist economy, the government

a)

keeps out of business affairs

b)

gives financial help to business

c)

regulates business

d)

controls all business

12.

What was another name for the laws passed in the South after the Civil War forcing separation of the races in public places.

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Jane Crow

c)

Black Codes

d)

Integration Laws

13.

Political Reform of Progressive Era:  with this action, people are allowed to introduce their own legislation for lawmakers to vote on.

a)

Referendum

b)

Initiative

c)

Recall

d)

Direct Primary

14.

Political Reform of Progressive Era:  with this action, people are allowed to vote to remove an elected official who they believe to be corrupt.

a)

Referendum

b)

Initiative

c)

Recall

d)

Direct Primary

15.

Which amendment allowed for the direct election of senators?  (People pick their senators, not state legislatures)

a)

14th

b)

15th

c)

17th

d)

19th

16.

Which statement below did NOT result from the influx of immigrants and rapid urbanization?

a)

Ethnic neighborhoods were established

b)

The need for services such as sewage, water, and mass transit increased

c)

cities had a massive increase in population

d)

urban poverty was eliminated

17.

Which aspect of American life was most challenged by the passage of the 19th Amendment?

a)

organized religion

b)

role of women

c)

economic policy

d)

opposition to segregation

18.

Who believed vocational education was the path for equality for African Americans?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

19.

The Transcontinental Railroad was mainly built with the help of which minority group?

a)

Hispanics

b)

African Americans

c)

Native American

d)

Chinese

20.

What was the primary goal of the Progressive Movement in the early 20th century?

a)

A) To expand the United States' territory

b)

B) To promote social welfare and reform

c)

C) To establish a monarchy

d)

D) To increase industrialization

21.

Which event marked the end of the Reconstruction era in the United States?

a)

A) The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

b)

B) The election of 1876

c)

C) The start of World War I

d)

D) The passage of the 19th Amendment

22.

What was the main purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?

a)

A) To promote the growth of monopolies

b)

B) To regulate interstate commerce

c)

C) To prevent anti-competitive business practices

d)

D) To establish a federal income tax

23.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote?

a)

A) 15th Amendment

b)

B) 18th Amendment

c)

C) 19th Amendment

d)

D) 21st Amendment

24.

Who was a leading figure in the women's suffrage movement in the United States?

a)

A) Susan B. Anthony

b)

B) Harriet Tubman

c)

C) Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

D) Rosa Parks

25.

What was the significance of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision in 1896?

a)

A) It ended racial segregation in schools

b)

B) It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the 'separate but equal' doctrine

c)

C) It granted citizenship to all Native Americans

d)

D) It abolished slavery in the United States