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U.S. History Final Exam

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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During the Age of Exploration Europeans discovered new trade routes to:

A) The Far East

B) India

C) The Americas

D) All of the Above

What happened on the Trail of Tears?

A) Native Americans voluntarily left their ancestral lands and started new lives in present day Oklahoma

B) 5 Native American tribes created a trail where they could mourn their family members that have passed away

C) Over 46,000 Native Americans were forcefully removed from their homes by the U.S. military and forced to walk approximately 1,000 miles to present day Oklahoma

D) The United States government worked together with the Native Americans to create new National Park trails

True or False: California Native Americans used Seal and/or caribou skinned tents in the summer

True: Due to the cold climate, California Native Americans had an abundance of Caribou and Seals to hunt

False: California Native Americans did not live in the same region as these animals, therefore could not use them for shelter

How did the Townshend Acts change taxes for the colonists? What was the money supposed to be funding?

A) The British were now limiting taxes on the colonists to make them happy, and the money was funding the Statue of Liberty

B) Colonists began to start being taxed on everyday items like glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea. The money was supposed to be funding "British Administration" of the colonies

C) The colonists were not being taxed on horse sales, and the money was meant to fund the transcontinental railroad

D) ALL of the above

“Counter narratives” offer:

A) Majority perspectives

B) The views of marginalized or overlooked people

C) The government's points of view

D) Both B & C

Which of the following best describes someone who called themselves a "progressive" during the early 1900s?

A) Someone who want to restrict the rights of others in the name of "tradition"

B) A member of a social and political movement of the early 1900s committed to improving conditions in American life

C) A member of a social and political movement of the early 1700s committed to improving the lives of Native Americans

D) None of these descriptions describe what a progressive is

General Winfield Scott created a plan that became known as the ___________ plan, which aimed at surrounding the South and “squeezing it to death”.

A) The Rattlesnake Plan

B) The Anaconda Plan

C) The Boa Constrictor Plan

D) The Viper Plan

Define what a “Muckraker” was.

A) An investigative journalist who uncovered the mob ties to the sports world in the early 2000s

B) An investigative journalist who uncovered the lies of the President during the 1800s

C) An investigative journalist who uncovered foreign corruption of private citizens

D) An investigative journalist who uncovered corruption, social injustices, and unethical practices in big business

What was Industrialism forcing the United States as a society to move away from?

A) An Agricultural society

B) A Christian society

C) A Matriarchy

D) None of the Above

10.

What are the three (3) amendments made to the Constitution during the Reconstruction Era?

A) 12th, 16th, 19th

B) 13th, 14th, 15th

C) 14th, 15th, 16th

D) 18th, 19th, 20th

11.

What was the overall goal of Manifest Destiny?

A) For new Americans to migrate to Asia to expand the United States

B) For Americans to fulfill The British Empires goal, domination under one flag

C) For new Americans to migrate East to the Atlantic Ocean to shrink the United States

D) For new Americans to migrate across the entire North American continent to expand the United States

12.

What was President Johnson’s criteria for Southern States to rejoin the Union?

A) A state needed to: release all of their enslaved people, pay a fine of $1 million, and help fight the war with France

B) A state needed to: write a new state constitution, elect a new state government, cancel its war debts, and ratify the 13th amendment to the constitution

C) A state needed to: write a new state constitution and accept the governor the federal government chose for their state

D) A state needed to: release all of their enslaved people and provide them with reparations

13.

During the Reconstruction era, what was the government building to open up the West to rapid settlement?

A) Commercial Planes

B) The New York Subway System

C) Aircraft Carriers

D) Railroads

14.

What were some major challenges that were faced when the first transcontinental railroad was being built?

A) Raising money to fund its construction

B) Conflicts with Native Americans, because the tracks were going through their land

C) The physical terrain of the land

D) All of the Above

15.

What was the overall message of the Monroe Doctrine?

A) The United States was open for business, and other countries could possibly colonize some of our land

B) The United States was going to expand its colonial interest to Japan

C) The European nations were to respect the Western Hemisphere and consider it to be the “sphere of interest” of the United States

D) That America would not start acting in the interest of Great Britain to mend our relationship

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U.S. History Final Exam

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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