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WorksheetsFall Final Review Quiz
Total questions: 108
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
The Great Compromise resolved representation by creating which legislative structure?
Two houses with population and equality
Three chambers divided by regional blocs
Council of states appointed by governors
Single chamber with equal state votes
Which amendment abolished slavery nationwide in the United States?
Twelfth Amendment reformed elections
Fourteenth Amendment ended tariffs
Fifteenth Amendment created term limits
Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery
Why was the Declaration of Independence written in 1776?
To draft the first national banking system
To justify independence and list grievances
To accept British taxation and quartering
To propose a confederation with the colonies
During Reconstruction, federal policy primarily aimed to do what in the South?
Disenfranchise northern Republicans in Dixie
Expand sharecropping and plantation systems
Restore Confederate leadership quickly
Rebuild and integrate formerly enslaved people
Which movement taught that Christians should address social problems created by industrialization?
Nativism restricted immigrant entry
Temperance favored alcohol prohibition
Social Darwinism justified inequality
Social Gospel encouraged social reform
Which reason best explains the formation of ethnic neighborhoods in major cities?
Desire for familiar culture and support
Requirement from federal settlement laws
Corporate housing mandates by employers
Prohibition directives from local police
What business strategy describes a company controlling all stages of production within its industry?
Diversification spreads risk across sectors
Franchise expansion licenses local operators
Vertical integration controls production stages
Horizontal integration merges competitors
What innovation enabled cheap mass production of steel in the late 1800s?
Steam turbine locomotives
Telegraph network expansion
Bessemer Process for steel
Assembly line by Fordism
Standard Oil exemplified which economic problem that reformers sought to regulate?
Protective labor unions declining
Largest oil monopoly dominating markets
Agricultural subsidies increasing prices
Tariff-free international competition
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle led to which policy response by Congress?
Law ensuring safer food and medicine
Creation of income tax to fund factories
Privatization of public health agencies
Repeal of antitrust regulation nationally
Which idea did Social Darwinism promote during the Gilded Age?
Cooperative ownership of factories and farms
Church-led charity should solve urban poverty
Government must protect average citizens first
Only the strongest businesses and people survive
Which belief is most associated with Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal?
Government should fairly regulate big business
Markets should self-regulate without laws
Courts should only aid corporate owners
States should privatize public resources
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle primarily exposed which problem?
Unsafe meat production practices
Price-fixing in railroads
Corrupt city zoning boards
Military fraud in contracts
Which Progressive reform changed how U.S. senators were chosen?
Direct election by voters
Appointment by party bosses
Selection by state courts
Rotation by lottery system
Which term describes using military strength to influence foreign nations?
The policy used military strength to influence nations
Disarmament treaties only
Isolation from global affairs
Pacifist diplomacy without force
How did yellow journalism affect U.S. foreign policy before WWI?
Exaggerated news pushed public support for war
Careful reporting discouraged military action
Balanced analysis reduced public tension
Data-driven coverage ended imperial plans
Which campaign promise helped Warren G. Harding after World War I?
Unlimited immigration quotas
Permanent wartime censorship
Federal ownership of factories
Peace and stability after WWI
During World War I, rationing programs were designed mainly to do what?
Conserve resources for soldiers
Increase civilian luxury spending
Eliminate farm production entirely
Fund private corporate profits
Which view supported expanding U.S. global influence in the early 1900s?
The US should avoid all diplomacy
The US should grow its global power
The US should abandon its Navy
The US should end international trade
What did the Roosevelt Corollary claim about U.S. actions in Latin America?
Support European colonial claims
Annex all Latin American nations
End trade with Western Hemisphere
Intervene to prevent European involvement
Which statement about Guantánamo Bay in 1903 is accurate?
Cuba was forced to lease it to the US
The US purchased it from Spain
Britain administered it for the US
It was granted by the League of Nations
After the Spanish-American War, the U.S. fought which group in the Philippines?
British marines occupying Manila
German colonial troops stationed there
Spanish loyalists defending empire
Filipino rebels seeking independence
By the early 1900s, what status had the United States achieved?
A global imperial power
A minor regional state
An isolated island nation
A neutral agrarian republic
Which event triggered the chain reaction leading to World War I?
British naval blockade of Spain
U.S. election of 1912 outcome
German invasion of Belgium in 1916
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Which factor contributed to the Great Migration of African Americans?
Moved north to escape racism
Avoided industrial jobs in cities
Sought rural farm tenancy in South
Returned to Southern sharecropping
Why did some senators oppose joining the League of Nations?
Feared it would drag the US into wars
Wanted immediate global government
Sought permanent military alliances
Demanded no international treaties
During wartime, how was free speech affected in the U.S.?
Restricted under national security
Expanded without any limits
Privatized through corporations
Ignored by all federal courts
Under the Treaty of Versailles, what was imposed on Germany?
Immediate entry into League leadership
Territorial gains in Eastern Europe
War guilt and reparations payments
Exclusive control of Alsace-Lorraine
What was the stated purpose of the League of Nations?
Mandate universal military conscription
Control world trade and currencies
Expand colonial empires worldwide
Promote global peace and democracy
The Harlem Renaissance primarily did which of the following?
Ended segregation nationwide instantly
Boosted African American culture and pride
Replaced jazz with classical music
Reduced Black artistic opportunities
Which policy in the 1920s limited immigration and reflected nativism?
Mandatory refugee resettlement
Open borders for all nations
Unlimited transatlantic entries
Restrictive immigration quotas
What was the main illegal activity of bootleggers during Prohibition?
Illegally sold alcohol nationwide
Counterfeited federal currency
Smuggled banned literature
Stole cars from factories
How did World War I affect women’s roles in the U.S.?
Women lost all factory jobs
Women gained more independence
Women were banned from nursing
Women were denied voting rights
How did the U.S. government limit civil liberties during WWI?
Protected unlimited protest zones
Eliminated military draft entirely
Used fear to restrict civil liberties
Expanded rights for dissenters
What was a key outcome of Prohibition on organized crime?
Crime groups profited from alcohol sales
Police eliminated all black markets
Gangs collapsed without revenue
Prisons emptied due to amnesty
Which change characterized flappers in the 1920s?
Rejected traditional behavior
Preferred rural domestic chores
Adopted strict Victorian dress
Promoted Prohibition enforcement
How did jazz spread in the 1920s?
Only at private salons
Through radio and records
Through church hymnals
Via symphony orchestras
Which development made consumer goods widely available in the 1920s?
Mass production of cheap goods
Government rationing of luxury
Elimination of factory machines
Return to artisan-only craft
How did automobiles change U.S. life in the 1920s?
Altered travel patterns
Expanded suburban growth
Reshaped work opportunities
Eliminated railroads entirely
Reduced urbanization everywhere
What impact did widespread electricity have in the 1920s?
Enabled appliances and longer workdays
Eliminated home heating needs
Replaced factories with farms
Ended urban nightlife completely
Which policy was designed to prevent European intervention in the Western Hemisphere?
Marshall Plan
Good Neighbor Policy
Open Door Policy
Monroe Doctrine
What was one major effect of the Great Migration on northern cities?
Increased cultural diversity and growth of Black communities
Decline in industrial production
Expansion of rural farming
Reduction in labor unions
Which reform movement sought to address problems caused by industrialization and urbanization in the early 1900s?
Progressivism
Isolationism
Federalism
Mercantilism
This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:
Civil War Era
Industrialization Era
Progressive Era
Reconstruction Era
This model was evident in the United States through the works of —
Frances Willard and her support of the temperance movement.
A. Philip Randolph and his protests during World War II.
Jane Addams and her programs for new immigrants.
Eugene V. Debs and his establishment of the American Railway Union.
Reformers (later a political party) that included mostly middle class citizens who felt threatened by the rise of big business; platform included political reforms, better working conditions and women's rights
Justice League
Progressives
Regressive
Avengers
Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?
because of the negative impact of industrialization
because of the negative impact of the civil war
because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories
Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?
because of the negative impact of industrialization
because of the negative impact of the civil war
because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories
because the American people were disillusioned by WWI
“The farmers of the United States are up in arms. They are the bone and sinew of the nation; they produce the largest share of its wealth; but they are getting, they say, the smallest share for themselves. The American farmer is steadily losing ground.”
—from Forum
The issue discussed in this excerpt was one argument made by which group of reformers?
Federalists
Populists
Silverites
Bull Moose Republicans
Which U.S. President took on a major role in the development of the Panama Canal?
Theodore Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
James A. Garfield
Which of the following was not a goal of the Progressive Era?
To promote monopolies
To improve public health and safety
To increase government regulation of business
To expand democracy through electoral reforms
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote?
15th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
During the Progressive Era, which amendment granted women the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment
The 16th Amendment
The 19th Amendment
The 21st Amendment
During the Progressive Era, which legislation was passed to regulate the food and drug industries?
The Sherman Antitrust Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act
The Federal Reserve Act
The Clayton Antitrust Act
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution, passed during the Progressive Era, allowed for the direct election of U.S. Senators?
The 16th Amendment
The 17th Amendment
The 18th Amendment
The 19th Amendment
What Type of Music will be created and very popular during the 1920s'?
Jazz
Rock n' Roll
Rap
Folk Music
Hidden bars and establishments that sold alcohol illegally became known as
To encourage Americans to "buy now" and "pay latter" when purchasing products in their stores they encouraged
Credit
Margin Buying
Muckraking
Imperialism
Which amendment does this photograph depict?
23rd
18th
19th
22nd
What was a MAIN consequence of the 18th Amendment?
Racial segregation diminished.
Organized crime increased.
Protective tariffs declined.
Purchasing on credit increased.
The unofficial capital of African American culture and activism in the United States in the 1920’s was
Detroit.
St. Louis.
Harlem.
Chicago.
The ____ gave full voting rights to women.
Speakeasies
Nineteenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
NAACP
Speakeasies allowed citizens to get around the consequences of
The Nineteenth Amendment.
Illegal gaming.
Prohibition.
Laws protecting free speech.
The Harlem Renaissance refers to
A struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP.
A population increase in Harlem in the 1920s.
A program to promote African-American owned businesses.
A celebration of African-American culture.
The Treaty of Versailles officially ended WWI. What four nations developed (wrote) the document?
U.S., Russia, France, England
U.S., England, Spain, Russia
France, England, Spain, Russia
France, U.S., England, Italy
What were the long term causes of World War One?
militarism, imperialism, fascism, alliances
Imperialism, militarism, alliances, nationalism
nativism, militarism, fascism, alliances
imperialism, militarism, nativism, nationalism
What two incidents provoked the United States to enter WWI?
The alliance between the U.S. and England and Zimmerman telegraph
Zimmerman telegraph and the high casualty rate of the French and British
Germany's criticism of President Wilson and the Zimmerman telegram
The continued sinking of American freight ships and the Zimmerman telegram
What law was created to supply the US Army with enough soldiers to fight WWI?
Espionage Act
Sedition Act
Declaration of war by Congress
Selective Service Act
Large numbers of African Americans left the Southern United States during WWI. What was this movement called?
Underground railroad
Great migration
Civil Rights movement
Jim Crow
What is militarism?
The policy of extending a nation's authority over other countries
The action of preparing a country for war
The decision to not take sides in a war
The policy of building up armed forces
What is the area between enemy trenches called?
support trench
front line trench
nobody's land
no man's land
The League of Nations was designed to do what?
Settle treaties after wars
enforce international law
solve world economic issues
stop future wars
What was Wilson's Fourteen Points?
Wilson's plan for peace
Wilson's plan to win the war
Wilson's plan to punish Germany for their aggression
Wilson's election speech of 1916
Why did the Allies disagree with Wilson's ideas for peace?
The Allies wanted to punish Germany
The Allies thought his plan was too harsh
The Allies wanted to take all the German land for themselves
The Allies did not want to end the war
What body within the Unites States government ratifies treaties?
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
The House of Representatives and the Senate
At the end of the Spanish American War USA defeats the Spanish and expands their territory by gaining the
Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
Philippines, Mexico, and Puerto Rico
Japan, Germany, and Puerto Rico
Texas, New Mexico and California
Sanford B. Dole helped overthrow the...monarchy and sets up a government; wants Hawaii to be part of the USA
Cuban
Jamaican
Hawaiian
Canadian
Zimmermann Note was a telegram sent from
Japan to Mexico
Germany to Texas
Germany to Mexico
Japan to Cuba
Upon entering World War I, the United States enlarged its military by-
passing the Selective Service Act (The Draft)
enacting the GI Bill
establishing the Marine Corps
creating the Veterans Administration
What was Lincoln's main reason for fighting in the war?
to get rid of slavery
to bring the British and French to America
to show his strength as a president
to preserve the Union
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union. Northern most battle in the civil war.
Antientam
Gettysburg
Bullrun
Vicksburg
During Reconstruction the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were ratified. Which issues did these amendments address?
Rights for women
Readmission of states to the Union
Rights for former slaves
Presidential impeachment proceedings
What was the purpose of the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906?
To protect consumers by regulating the food and drug industry
To lower the cost of essential foods and drugs for consumers
To prevent shortages by regulating the supply of food and drugs
To reduce production costs for food and drug manufacturers
What is one way the Progressive Era reform outlined in this diagram has affected U.S. politics?
More women have been elected to Congress.
Citizens have a more direct influence on lawmaking.
Corrupt officials can be removed from office.
Primary elections are prohibited in several states.
What was the name of the ship that blew up along the coast of Cuba causing President McKinley to declare war?
U.S.S. Maine
U.S.S. Maryland
U.S.S. Montana
U.S.S. Missouri
Who was the leader of the rough riders
William Mckinley
George Dewey
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington
What is yellow journalism
reporting on the war and calculating the casualties
exaggerating the news to lure new readers
stating the facts and nothing but the facts
Journals that are always true with big headlines
False and exaggerated news stories that helped spark the Spanish American war were known as:
Imperialism
Yellow Journalism
Muckrakers
Tabloids
This political cartoon best supports the idea that, after the Spanish American War, the United States became a...
World Power
"Woke" Power
Head of the United Nations
Conquered Nation
Yellow journalists created support for the Spanish-American War by writing articles about which of the following?
political popularity of President William McKinley’s decisions
efforts of the United States to control Mexico
destruction of United States sugar plantations by Hawaiians
sinking of the United States battleship Maine in Havana Harbor
American anger grew after the release of a letter written by the Spanish Minister to the U.S. that insulted president McKinley. What was it called?
de Lome Letter
Open Door Notes
Roosevelt Corollary
Letters from Birmingham
Ida Tarball, Upton Sinclair and Jacob Riis were all
Members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union
Teachers at Tuskegee Institute
Muckrakers who wrote about corruption
Senators who supported the Wisconsin Idea
Which of the following reflects the message of the cartoon?
Hunting is important to Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt intends to punish only bad trusts
All trusts are bad
Teddy Roosevelt is a national hero, and his role in the Spanish American War
the idea that the rich are chosen by god and should therefore share their wealth
Gospel of Wealth
Americanization
Social Darwinism
Gospel of Poverty
specific point of entry for most Europeans
Ellis Island
Angel Island
San Francisco
Los Angeles
