WorksheetsU.S. History II -- PrePost Test -- Question Options
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What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War?
To punish the southern states for the Civil War
To rebuild the southern states and reunify the nation
To relocate northerners to the southern states
To establish military rule over the southern states
What nickname was given to northerners who moved to the South to make money off of the rebuilding after the Civil War?
Freedmen
Unionists
Carpetbaggers
Confederates
Under Lincoln's plan of Reconstruction, what did each Southern state have to do?
To declare war on the Confederate states
To grant amnesty to all former Confederate soldiers
To make slavery illegal
To establish the Freedmen's Bureau
What were the Jim Crow laws?
Who became the 17th president of the United States after Lincoln's death?
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Andrew Johnson
None of the above
What were the Black Codes?
What did the Radical Republicans believe?
That the rights of African Americans should be protected.
They supported the rights of states over the federal government
They were in favor of a strong central government without state interference
They advocated for the continuation of slavery in the southern states
What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?
The right to bear arms
Freedom of speech
Equal protection under the law
The right to vote
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
For removing a Cabinet member and breaking the law.
For declaring war without Congress approval
For embezzlement
None of the above
What did the 15th Amendment, passed in 1870, state?
It abolished slavery throughout the United States
It granted women the right to vote
It prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's 'race, color, or previous condition of servitude'
It reduced the voting age from 21 to 18
What marked the end of Reconstruction?
The Compromise of 1877
WWII
The Battle of Gettysburg
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
What did the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution accomplish?
Gave women the right to vote
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
Prohibited the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
By passing the Pendleton act the law now requires government jobs to be…
Awarded based on merit/ as well as it made it unlawful to fire employees for political reasons
Be regulated
Watched and headed by a superior
What was the result of the legislation known as the Sherman anti trust act?
Allowed monopolistic business practices
Outlawed monopolistic business practices
Explain the term laissez faire
Freedom of slavery
Freedom of economic conduct from dictation by the government
Freedom of religious persecution
Explain monopoly and identify legislative passed to address them
Dawes act
Sherman anti trust act
Large company that controlled the industry or sector they were in with the ability to control the price of goods
Awarded based on merit
What characterizes the era of the gilded age
Economic and industrial growth
Increased political participation
Immigration
Social reform
Dawes act
Early cities eventually got so bad they had to hire groups such as the "White Wings" in New York. What were they responsible for?
Political Violence
Labor Union Strikes
City Sanitation
Urban Crime
William Boss Tweed & Tammany Hall came to control New York government and corrupted it. This is best known as?
Industrialization
Political Machines
Urbanization
Civil Service Reform
Over time immigration to the United States shifted. How did it shift during the late 1800s?
From Europe & Asia to the Middle East & India
From Northern & Western Europe to Southern & Eastern Europe
From Spain & France to Australia & New Zealand
From Europe to Mexico
Why were immigrants primarily attracted to the United States?
For the grandeur of scenic wonders
For cheap consumer goods
For a taste of Freedom
For economic opportunities
In the late 1800s and early 1900s large numbers of people began moving from the countryside to the cities. This shifting demographic is known as?
Isolationism
Urbanization
Immigration
Imperialism
Competition for jobs in California eventually led to?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Volstead Act
The Pullman Strike
The Wagner Act
What happened as a result of the Haymarket Riots?
Labor Unions won the Eight Hour Workday
The U.S. entered World War I
Many immigrants were deported
Anarchists & Socialists were hung for crimes they didn't commit
Why did labor unions such as the American Federation of Labor and the Knights of Labor form?
To provide merit based awarding of government jobs
To bring about a Communist revolution
To protect the interests of workers
To better assimilate immigrants into American factories
New technologies allowed for the building of the world's first "skyscrapers". What new industry helped make this possible?
Steel
Railroads
Oil
Electricity
John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil came to dominate the entire American Oil Industry. What is this an example of?
Boom & Bust Cycle
Deflation
Supply & Demand
Monoply
The Temperance Movement, Women’s Suffrage Movement, and outlawing child labor were reform movements that took place during this era-
Gilded Age
Imperialism
Progressive Era
Roaring 20's
The ratification of this amendment granted women’s suffrage -
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
These reforms made the government directly accountable to the citizens.
Referendum, recall, initiative, and 17th amendment
19th and 22nd Amendments
Pendleton Act & Homestead Act
16th and 18th Amendments
People like Upton Sinclair were ___________________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.
Supporters of Political Machines
Nativists
Muckrakers
Industialists
What organization did W.E.B. Dubois establish to help secure legal equality for minorities?
Muckrakers Movement
Black Panthers
NAACP
SNCC
Which agency did the federal government establish to protect consumer’s safety as a response to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle?
Pure Food and Drug Administration
NAACP
National Park Service
Environmental Protection Agency
What amendment did the members of the Temperance movement work to achieve?
16th
17th
18th
19th
What legislation allowed the government to regulate big businesses like railroads and dissolve monopolies?
Pure Food and Drug Act & Chinese Exclusion Act
Civil Rights Act 1964 & Voting Rights Act 1965
Homestead Act & Dawes Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act & Interstate Commerce Act
Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as
muckrakers
suffragists
immigrants
abolitionists
Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal led to the creation of National Parks?
Meat Inspection Act
Preservation
Conservation
Intimidation
All of the following are causes of U.S. imperialism EXCEPT...
desire for a stronger U.S. military
to spread US culture and religion
need for new markets to sell American products
a demand for cheap labor
Grover Cleveland refused to annex which territory during his presidency (1893-1897) ?
Texas
Florida
Alaska
Hawaii
the Philippines
This was an American policy that told the Europeans the U.S. would oppose any interference in the Western Hemisphere.
The Open Door Notes
the Roosevelt Corollary
The Monroe Doctrine
The Boxer Rebellion
Man made waterway through connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea.
The Suez Canal
The Erie Canal
The Ohio Canal
The Panama Canal
Guadalcanal
The expression "Speak softly and carry a big stick!" meant that American negotiations would always be back up with...
guaranteed American lumber exports
promises of American money
shipments of Louisville Slugger baseball bats
the threat of military force
Which country did Theodore Roosevelt support a revolution for its Independence?
Panama
Columbia
Cuba
the Philippines
Which U.S. ship was sunk to start the Spanish American War?
The USS Arizona
The HMS Titanic
The USS Maine
The USS Oregon
What moral responsibility did Americans believe they had as an imperialist power?
to civilize and Christianize
to make as much money as possible
to become the strongest power in the world
to find the Crabby Patty formula
Why did US senators resist joining the League of
Nations?
They were concerned they would have to
renegotiate trade deals
They feared US military leaders could be
prosecuted for war crimes.
They feared that the United States would be
drawn into costly foreign wars.
They were concerned that League members
would have to lower trade barriers.
United States
This amendment made it illegal to manufacture, sale and possess alcoholic beverages.
16th
17th
18th
19th
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
16th
17th
18th
19th
He developed and mass-produced the Model-T car, which sold at an affordable price. It pioneered the use of the assembly line.
Louis Chevrolet
Henry Ford
Horace Dodge
John DeLorean
A flowering of African American artistic creativity during the 1920's centered in the Harlem community of New York City.
Harlem Renissance
Harlem Enlightenment
Harlem Shake
Harlem Age
Production of more of a product, commodity, or substance than is wanted or needed
Underproduction
Underconsumption
Overproduction
Equilibrium
The purchase of goods and services at a level lower than that of their supply.
Overproduction
Underconsumption
Overconsumption
Equilibrium
A period lasting from 1929 to 1940 in which the U.S. economy was in sever decline and millions of Americans were unemployed.
Great Recession
Great Gatsby
Great Depression
Great Oppression
What event is seen as the start of the Great Depression?
Prohibition
Overproduction
Consumption
Stock Market Crash 1929
The region, including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico that was made worthless for farming by drought and dust storms during the 1930's.
Dust Bowl
Dust Plate
Dust Platter
Dust Chafing Dish
A shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s.
Slumville
Wilsonville
Hooverville
Trumpville
President Franklin Roosevelt's program to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression, focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform.
Old Deal
New Deal
Great Deal
Green Deal
A law enacted in 1935 to provide aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities, and families with dependent children.
Social Security Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Works Progress Administration
National Labor Relations Act
This political ideology values authoritarian rule with limited human rights and a strong emphasis on strengthening the military
Communism
Fascism
Socialism
Republicanism
Main reason for widespread, consistent dust storms across the plains
Deforestation
Over farming
Drought
All of the Above
A series of public works projects and programs designed to revamp and stimulate the American economy during the depression
Era of Good Feeling Policies
Conservation Policies
Change Policies
New Deal Policies
President that believed it was not the government responsibility to financially assist American citizens during a crisis.
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
One of the reasons prohibition failed was because the U.S. government could not effectively _______________.
Pass it through congress
Enforce it
Convince any Americans to support it
Term used to describe someone that manufactured and sold liquor illegally
Bootlegger
Whiskey Peddler
Rum Runner
All of the Above
Which statement about the U.S. economy during WWII is accurate?
Many essential goods were rationed.
The manufacturing of automobiles increased.
Worker productivity declined.
Prices on most goods fell rapidly.
The relocation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II occurred primarily because
most of them were not citizens of the United States
they refused to serve in the United States military
they were needed to work at inland defense plants
military authorities saw them as a threat to national security
Which was seen as an economic declaration of war against the Axis Powers?
the Atlantic Charter
the Lend-Lease Act
the Munich Pact
the Tripartite Act
What was the purpose of FDR's "Four Freedoms" speech?
persuade Congress to stay neutral in the war
get Congress to increase economic support for the Allies
appease Hitler and the Axis Powers
encourage Congress to declare war
What event led the U.S. to declare war?
FDR's Japanese embargo
Japan's demand for Pacific expansion
Japanese internment in the U.S.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
How did the attack on Pearl Harbor affect the political divisions between isolationists and interventionists in the U.S.?
Interventionists began to agree with isolationists.
The divisions between the two sides increased.
It didn't change anything.
The attack ended the political divisions.
How did entering WWII affect the U.S.'s economic situation?
The economy worsened.
The economy stalled.
The economy improved.
The economic situation stayed the same.
The Los Angeles "zoot suit" riots occurred due to conflicts between U.S. servicemen and
German-Americans
Japanese-Americans
African-Americans
Mexican-Americans
Symbol of American women who went to work in factories during the war
Wanda the Welder
Rosie the Riveter
Rosa Parks
Eleanor Roosevelt
During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?
Open Door Policy
Big Stick Policy
Containment Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Which individual/group contributed to the Red Scare by accusing American citizens of being communist spies?
McCarthy/HUAC
NAACP/Farm Workers Union
Nativists/Muckrakers
Philanthropists/Entrepreneurs
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did President J.F. Kennedy do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
He launched a nuclear missile at the Kremlin in Moscow.
He gave into the demands of the Soviet & Cuban government.
He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing the necessary materials.
He declared war on the Soviet Union & Cuba.
What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?
It started the space race between the USSR and U.S.
The U.S. government started NASA.
U.S. began to spend more money on math and science to maintain national security.
All of the above
What legislation helped American soldiers get an education and buy homes in the suburbs during the Cold War?
Interstate Commerce Act
Federal Housing Authority Act
Social Security Act
GI BIll
What was the name of the rapid increase of population following the end of WWII called?
Baby Boom
Columbian Exchange
Great Migration
Demographic Shift
How did the Counter-culture movement of the 1960s impact the Vietnam War?
The hippies protested and organized mass demonstrations.
They helped turn public opinion against the war.
They helped get the 26th amendment passed.
All of the above
What theory caused the U.S. to enter the Vietnam War in order to stop the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia?
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
What amendment was passed to lower the voting age because it was unfair that 18-20 year olds could be drafted into the army but not vote?
17th amendment
21st amendment
22nd amendment
26th amendment
What is the name of the defensive alliance formed by the Soviet Union?
Warsaw Pact
Massive Retaliation
NATO
McCarthyism
What is the name of the defensive alliance that included Western European nations?
Warsaw Pact
Massive Retaliation
NATO
McCarthyism
Which of the following was an example of the containment policy in action?
The use of massive retaliation.
The creation of the Warsaw Pact.
President Nixon exploiting the Chinese and Soviet differences.
America fighting in the Korean War.
By joining NATO the United States promised to do what for other NATO members?
Help them conquer other countries.
Provide military equipment.
Defend them if they were attacked.
Send them money.
East Germany adopted democratic institutions.
True
False
What organization was formed to prevent future global wars after World War II?
Yalta Agreement
Marshall Plan
United Nations
Potsdam Conference
Which of the following does not describe Japan after World War II?
Japan became a capitalist economic country.
Japan became a weak ally of the United States.
Japan adopted a democratic form of government.
Japan was occupied by American forces.
What was the name of the plan that provided massive financial aid to help European countries rebuild after World War II?
Marshall Plan
"Defeat Hitler First" Plan
Potsdam Plan
Yalta Plan
Which country launched the Marshall Plan?
Great Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Japan
When did the Cold War end?
After massive retaliation was announced.
When the Warsaw Pact was formed.
When NATO was formed.
When the Soviet Union collapsed.
