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WorksheetsSS 8 Final Review
Total questions: 92
Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins
Who was the Union General during the Civil War who wanted to devastate the South's ability to fight (Total destruction) and accepted the Confederate’s surrender at Appomattox?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
William Tecumseh Sherman
Stonewall Jackson
Who was the Northern General who led a march in Georgia resulting in the devastation of the environment?
William T. Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
George B. McClellan
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Who was the Confederate General in the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
George B. McClellan
What is the name of the location where the beginning of the Civil War occurred, with Confederate troops firing on Union troops stationed there?
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Antietam
Appomattox Court House
Who was the extremely firm Southern general in the Battle of Bull Run where he earned his nickname and commanded Confederate troops?
Stonewall Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
George B. McClellan
What is the term for the following definition? A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
Carpetbagger
Sharecropper
Freedman
Scalawag
What is the term for the following definition? Having more loyalty to your particular section of the country than the country as a whole.
Sectionalism
Federalism
Nationalism
Patriotism
What is the term for the following definition? A plan that asked the citizens of a territory to either allow or forbid slavery.
Popular Sovereignty
Manifest Destiny
Abolitionism
Sectionalism
What is the term for the following definition? Southerners who supported Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Scalawag
Carpetbagger
Freedman
Sharecropper
What is the term for the following definition? President of the U.S. during the Civil War, 'a house divided cannot stand', assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Franklin Pierce
What is the term for the following definition? A tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent.
Sharecropper
Landlord
Serf
Tenant-at-will
______ was added as a slave state and Maine was added as a free state.
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin which exposed the harshness and raised awareness of slavery: ______
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Louisa May Alcott
Emily Dickinson
Sojourner Truth
Inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts: ______
Eli Whitney
Samuel Morse
Robert Fulton
James Watt
Nickname Wizard of Menlo Park: ______
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Alexander Graham Bell
James Watt
Wrote The Jungle to expose unsanitary practices in the meatpacking industry: ______
Upton Sinclair
Mark Twain
Sinclair Lewis
Theodore Dreiser
Reporter who was a muckraker famous for exposing corruption in local government: ______
Lincoln Steffens
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Jacob Riis
What is the method of production used by Henry Ford to build cars more cheaply than other automakers?
Assembly Line
Handcrafting
Batch Production
Custom Fabrication
What is the term for making large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines?
Mass Production
Handicraft Production
Custom Fabrication
Batch Processing
What is the term for the belief that government should not interfere with private industry?
Laissez Faire
Socialism
Federalism
Mercantilism
What do you call a business that sells stocks to their investors?
Corporation
Sole Proprietorship
Partnership
Nonprofit Organization
What is the term for the shares of a particular company or corporation?
Stock
Bond
Dividend
Loan
Who was the steel tycoon who used mass production and vertical integration of products, and created Carnegie Steel?
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Muckraker: ____________
People who tried to expose problems by publicizing them and gaining support
A person who supports government secrecy
A journalist who only reports positive news
A politician who avoids controversy
A business owner who funds political campaigns
Samuel Gompers: ____________
Cigarmaker who became a leader of the AFL (American Federation of Labor)
Inventor of the telephone
Founder of the Red Cross
First President of the United States
Nativism: ____________
The belief that people in America first were superior to immigrants. Most people settled in Eastern cities. Some changed last name to avoid prejudice
The movement to promote industrialization in rural areas.
A philosophy supporting open borders and unrestricted immigration.
The idea that all cultures should be blended into one homogeneous society.
Strike: ____________
A refusal to work by employees as a form of protest, to gain concessions from their employer
A bonus given to employees for good performance
A type of company-sponsored vacation
A meeting between managers and employees
Lockout: ____________
The exclusion of employees by their employer from their workplace until certain terms are agreed to
A temporary increase in employee wages
A government-mandated holiday for workers
The process of hiring new employees during a strike
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: ____________
Fire in a factory killing many people, led to safety regulations and laws in factories
A famous labor strike that resulted in higher wages for workers
A major earthquake that destroyed several buildings in New York
A political protest that led to the creation of new voting laws
Fill in the blank: ________ is when two major groups of people negotiate and come to terms for a contract.
Collective Bargaining
Arbitration
Boycott
Lockout
Fill in the blank: ________ is the refusal to buy a certain product.
Boycott
Subsidy
Tariff
Monopoly
Fill in the blank: ________ is the idea of young children being forced to work in factories with unsafe/unsanitary conditions.
Child Labor
Public Education
Juvenile Justice
Childhood Nutrition
Fill in the blank: ________ was a union for skilled and unskilled workers, eventually declined after Haymarket Riots, and wanted to improve working conditions.
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Industrial Workers of the World
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Fill in the blank: ________ was a riot regarding working conditions that led to the decline of the Knights of Labor.
Haymarket Riot
Pullman Strike
Homestead Strike
Boston Police Strike
Fill in the blank: ________ refers to Chinese port areas where trading rights were given to foreign powers.
Sphere of Influence
Open Door Policy
Mandate of Heaven
Silk Road
Fill in the blank: ________ is journalism that is based upon sensationalism and exaggeration.
Yellow Journalism
Investigative Journalism
Photojournalism
Broadcast Journalism
Fill in the blank: ________ was issued by the U.S. allowing any nation to trade in China- Americans wanted to compete for trade there also.
Open Door Policy
Monroe Doctrine
Treaty of Versailles
Roosevelt Corollary
Fill in the blank: ________ was the monarch of Hawaii who wanted to keep Hawaii for native Hawaiians.
Queen Liliuokalani
King Kamehameha I
Queen Victoria
King Kalakaua
What is the term for the following definition? Foreign policy that allowed the government to intervene in Latin America if law and order threatened.
Roosevelt Corollary
Monroe Doctrine
Good Neighbor Policy
Open Door Policy
What is the term for the following definition? The sinking of the Lusitania was one of the causes of entrance into WW I.
Lusitania
Zimmermann Telegram
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
What is the term for the following definition? Assassinated in Sarajevo which led to the start of World War I (immediate cause).
Archduke Ferdinand
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Gavrilo Princip
Tsar Nicholas II
What is the term for the following definition? Payment for damages done during war.
Reparations
Armistice
Annexation
Mobilization
What is the term for the following definition? Organization founded After WW I to maintain peace between nations.
League of Nations
United Nations
European Union
NATO
What is the term for the following definition? The idea of having other countries band together against common enemies.
Alliance System
Isolationism
Imperialism
Appeasement
What is the term for the following definition? Plan put forth by President Wilson to have a lasting peace after WW I
Wilson’s 14 Points
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
Zimmermann Telegram
What is the term for the following definition? Note sent from Germany to Mexico which angered the U.S. and increased tensions between U.S. and Germany
Zimmerman Telegram
Treaty of Versailles
Lusitania Note
Munich Agreement
What is the term for the following definition? Building up military which may threaten another country
Arms Race
Diplomacy
Disarmament
Treaty
What is the term for the following definition? Naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Blockade Running
Surface Fleet Engagement
Naval Mine Warfare
What is the term for the following definition? Treaty that ended WW I- required Germany to pay huge reparations (unlike Wilson’s 14 points)
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Ghent
What is the term for the following definition? Strong feeling of pride in your country
Nationalism
Globalization
Colonialism
Federalism
What is the term for the following definition? Draft for WW I
Selective Service Act
Treaty of Versailles
Zimmermann Telegram
League of Nations
Which term refers to being executed for a crime not committed due to a strong fear of foreigners that existed in the U.S.?
Sacco/Vanzetti
Scopes Trial
Harlem Renaissance
Teapot Dome Scandal
Which term describes the period of time in the United States where buying and selling alcohol was illegal, repealed by the 21st amendment?
Prohibition
Reconstruction
The Gilded Age
The New Deal
Which term refers to a corrupt group of people in the Warren G. Harding administration?
Ohio Gang
Teapot Dome
Kitchen Cabinet
Mugwumps
Which term describes a prosperous time period of art and literature in the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
Industrial Revolution
Great Depression
Age of Enlightenment
Which term means only putting down a certain percent of what you are buying and paying later?
Credit Buying
Barter System
Full Payment
Layaway
Who went on trial for teaching the theory of evolution in high school?
John Scopes
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Clarence Darrow
Fill in the blank: ________ is a place that sold alcohol during Prohibition.
Speakeasy
Bakery
Library
Pharmacy
Fill in the blank: ________ refers to women with bobbed hair, flashy and shortened skirts.
Flappers
Suffragettes
Gibson Girls
Rosie the Riveters
Fill in the blank: ________ means the stock market is doing well.
Bull Market
Bear Market
Recession
Correction
Fill in the blank: ________ were people who smuggled alcohol during Prohibition.
Bootleggers
Teetotalers
Prohibitionists
Temperance leaders
Fill in the blank: ________ was the United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Charles Lindberg
Amelia Earhart
Howard Hughes
Wiley Post
Fill in the blank: ________ is the car built by Henry Ford by assembly line that impacted the automobile industry.
Model T
Chevrolet Impala
Dodge Charger
Cadillac Eldorado
Fill in the blank: ________ was a bribery incident between U.S. government and oil company land during Harding’s administration.
Teapot Dome Scandal
Watergate Scandal
Credit Mobilier Scandal
Iran-Contra Affair
Fill in the blank: ________ means the stock market goes down.
Bear Market
Bull Market
Stagflation
Blue Chip
Which term is defined as: Severe drought devastated many farms on the Great Plains?
Dust Bowl
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
New Deal
Which term is defined as: When you purchase stocks on credit (only put a percentage down and plan to pay the rest later)?
Margin Buying
Short Selling
Day Trading
Stock Splitting
Which term is defined as: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - federal government took additional responsibility for the economic welfare of the individual?
F.D.I.C.
S.E.C.
N.R.A.
T.V.A.
Which term is defined as: Established to provide a source of income for retired workers?
Social Security
Medicare
Unemployment Insurance
Food Stamps
Which term is defined as: FDR’s way of informing people about the status of the country?
Fireside Chat
New Deal
State of the Union
Oval Office Address
Which term is defined as: Program developed by FDR to help country recover from the economic depression?
New Deal
Great Society
Square Deal
Fair Deal
What is the term for the following definition? FDR announced a bank holiday in order to stop the banks from failing.
Bank Holiday
New Deal
Stock Market Crash
Social Security Act
What is the term for the following definition? Lines that poor people would wait on to get fed during Great Depression.
Breadlines
Soup kitchens
Workhouses
Shantytowns
What is the term for the following definition? Veterans of World War I who marched in Washington to demand their money now that was promised from the government years later.
Bonus Army
Tuskegee Airmen
Doughboys
Rough Riders
What is the term for the following definition? FDR's first 100 days in office where he enacted a great deal of legislation.
First 100 Days
New Deal Coalition
Great Society
Square Deal
What is the term for the following definition? New Deal program that paid farmers not to grow crops (oversupply led to falling crop prices). Farm prices dropped as the war market ended.
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
What is the New Deal program that was most popular for giving jobs to unemployed people to build roads, hospitals, etc.?
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Federal Reserve Act
Social Security Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Which New Deal program gave jobs to unemployed young men doing environmental jobs?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Which act allowed workers to protest, organize, and bargain collectively?
Wagner Act
Taft-Hartley Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Homestead Act
What were the shanty towns called that were set up and named after Hoover because of his lack of effort to improve the economy?
Hoovervilles
Rooseveltvilles
Depression Camps
Bonus Towns
Which event is described as 'Allies launched a surprise invasion on the coast of France (Normandy)'?
D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
Pearl Harbor Attack
Battle of Stalingrad
Who was the President during the end of WW II, who used the atomic bomb against Japan?
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Who was the leader of England during World War II?
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Which party was led by Adolf Hitler and believed in German superiority and the annihilation of Jews?
Nazi Party
Communist Party
Labour Party
Liberal Party
What was issued to notify Japan to surrender or face destruction?
Potsdam Declaration
Treaty of Versailles
Yalta Agreement
Geneva Convention
______ was the plane famous for dropping the atomic bomb.
Enola Gay
Memphis Belle
Spirit of St. Louis
Bockscar
______ was the Italian Dictator during WW II.
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
______ was the strategy that allowed allies to get closer to Japan to secure bases for attack.
Island Hopping
Blitzkrieg
Trench Warfare
Scorched Earth
______ was fired in 1951 by Harry S. Truman (disagreed on Korean War).
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George S. Patton
Omar Bradley
______ is the type of warfare developed by Germany which relied on speed and terror.
Blitzkrieg
Trench Warfare
Guerrilla Warfare
Naval Blockade
Fill in the blank: ________ was Nazi Germany's dictator.
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Benito Mussolini
Fill in the blank: ________ were trials held to try Nazi leaders for war crimes.
Nuremberg Trials
Geneva Conventions
Versailles Conference
Yalta Agreements
