WorksheetsU.S. History Quiz: 1865–1970 (All Multiple Choice)
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 33mins
What was the main goal of the Reconstruction era following the Civil War?
Rebuild Europe after the war
Reunite the North and South and rebuild the South’s economy
Expand westward
Create a national bank system
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
13th
14th
15th
16th
What were 'Black Codes,' and why were they significant during Reconstruction?
Military codes
Laws restricting African Americans’ rights
Secret Union codes
Trade laws
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination?
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Buchanan
What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
Provide education and aid to freed slaves
Enforce segregation
Rebuild railroads
Manage Reconstruction funds
What economic system replaced slavery and kept many African Americans in poverty?
Tenant farming
Sharecropping
Which 1882 act restricted immigration based on nationality?
Alien Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Immigration Reform Act
National Origins Act
What right did the 19th Amendment grant?
Speech
Women's suffrage
Prohibition
Religion
What led the U.S. to join WWI in 1917?
What was Wilson's plan for postwar peace called?
Marshall Plan
Fourteen Points
League Charter
Versailles Agreement
What was the 1920s economic boom called?
Gilded Age
Roaring Twenties
New Era
Great Expansion
What amendment established Prohibition in the United States?
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
Which of the following was a common illegal bar during Prohibition?
Tavern
Saloon
Speakeasy
Beer hall
Which factor contributed to the failure of Prohibition?
Widespread public support
Decrease in organized crime
Difficulty enforcing the law
Strong federal funding
Which gangster became famous for bootlegging during Prohibition?
John Dillinger
Al Capone
Bonnie Parker
Robert de Niro
What caused the 1929 stock market crash?
War
Speculation and overproduction
High taxes
Strikes
What were 'Hoovervilles'?
Immigrant housing
Shantytowns during the Depression
Military camps
Work projects
The event that brought the U.S. into WWII was:
The attack on Pearl Harbor
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The invasion of Poland
The bombing of London
What strategy did the U.S. use in the Pacific?
Blitzkrieg
Trench warfare
Island hopping
Scorched earth
What was the D-Day invasion’s significance?
End of war
Start of Allied invasion of France
Fall of Berlin
Japan’s surrender
Which cities were bombed with atomic weapons?
Tokyo & Nagasaki
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Kyoto & Osaka
Nagoya & Tokyo
Purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Rebuild Europe
Aid Japan
Aid Latin America
Form NATO
What began the Space Race?
The launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The first moon landing by the United States
The construction of the Berlin Wall
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War outcome?
Communist victory
Division at 38th parallel
Unification
U.S. withdrawal
Which case banned segregation in schools?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board
Miranda v. Arizona
Roe v. Wade
Who gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Lyndon Johnson
Purpose of the Civil Rights Act (1964)?
End segregation
End Vietnam War
Reform immigration
End military draft
What event nearly caused nuclear war in 1962?
Korean War
Berlin Blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Goal of Great Society programs?
Space race
End poverty and injustice
Military buildup
Isolationism
What protest followed Rosa Parks’ arrest?
Freedom Rides
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March on Washington
Selma March
What did the Voting Rights Act (1965) achieve?
Ended poll taxes
Women’s rights
Housing equality
School desegregation
What was Malcolm X's message?
Nonviolence
'By any means necessary'
Cooperation with whites
Political neutrality
Which civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968?
Malcolm X
Medgar Evers
Martin Luther King Jr.
John Lewis
