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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these helped to further Westward Expansion in the United States after 1865?California Gold RushAbolition of SlaveryTranscontinental RailroadLewis and Clark Expedition
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat group of immigrants arrived in large numbers on the U.S. west coast for the primary purpose of working on the Transcontinental Railroad in the 19th century?ChineseIrishJapaneseMexican
- 3. Multiple Choice
This photograph by Jacob Riis (1889) reflects the conditions that would have been found inthe westthe rural Southindustrial areasIndian Reservations - 4. Multiple ChoiceThe purpose of Jim Crow laws was toprevent black citizens from obtaining employmentlimit the religious activities of southern citizenscreate as much division between races as possiblemake it illegal for black children to receive an education
- 5. Multiple ChoiceA "muckraker" MOST likely would have beenone who supported a ban on alcoholan agitator in the Civil Rights movementa supporter of President Nixon during Watergateagainst abuses of industrial workers in the early 1900s
- 6. Multiple ChoiceJane Addams's "Hull House" of the late-19th century wassupported and funded by Congressruled to be unconstitutional in 1901created to help adjust immigrants into the United Stateshelped to retain Native Americans forced off of their land
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWidespread anti-Chinese sentiment in the late-1800s resulted innative-born Chinese-Americans having their citizenship revokedCongressional action aimed at prohibiting further Chinese immigrationlegal segregation of all Chinese-Americans into separate urban districtsdeportation of all Chinese-Americans living in California, Oregon, and Washington
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) determined that segregation was acceptable under the condition thatall children receive permission to attend the same schoolwhites receive higher quality facilities and services than blacksthe segregation laws did not spread outside of the Southern statesthe separate facilities or services for both races be of equal quality
- 9. Multiple Choice· Guam
· Philippines
· Puerto Rico
All of these territories came under control of the United States following what conflict?Mexican WarWorld War IWar of 1812Spanish American War - 10. Multiple ChoiceThe Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine called forinvesting in the economic development of Latin Americapledging to help Russia negotiate a peace settlementprohibiting foreign countries from purchasing land in the Western Hemisphereintervening in Latin American countries that could not pay their debt to European creditors
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhen World War I began, the official United States policy wasto enter on the side of the Allied Powersto enter on the side of the Central Powersto remain militarily and politically neutralto support the Central Powers by providing war materials
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these was a factor in the United States entrance in World War I?the invasion of PolandJapan's invasion of ChinaThe Axis threat to the Panama CanalGerman unrestricted submarine warfare
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe 19th Amendmentended the prohibition eragave women the right to voteprovided the popular election of senatorsestablished the terms of presidential succession
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe most popular form of mass entertainment following World War I wasradiotelevisionBroadway showsmotion pictures
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe Red Scare following World War I was caused primarily bythe influenza outbreakfear of airborne diseasesthe actions of Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthyfear of communist infiltration of the United States
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhy is the Harlem Renaissance of major importance in American History?the government finally passed a law banning slaverythe area of New York was rebuilt after a devastating fireit finally gave much needed jobs to African-Americans during the Great MigrationIt brought the African-American experience into the cultural conscious of the country
- 17. Multiple ChoiceHenry Ford's most noteworthy contribution to industry is theinvention of the computerinvention of buying cars on creditinnovation of "interchangeable parts"perfection of the assembly line process of production
- 18. Multiple ChoiceOverproduction and underconsumption factored into causing the Great Depression bycausing falling prices of goodsforcing a decrease in mechanizationleading to more spending than savingscaring farmers into growing fewer crops
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThis photograph of a slum was taken in 1935. these slums were nicknamed after the U.S. President who was often blamed for the economic plight of the country during that period. Who was the president?Harry TrumanHerbert HooverCalvin CoolidgeG. Harding
- 20. Multiple ChoiceIn 1935, the elderly, physically disabled, and orphans began receiving government benefits following the passage of theWelfare ActMedicare ActMedicaid ActSocial Security Act
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe Neutrality Acts (1936-1939) held that the United Stateswould stay out of World War Iwould try to prevent a war in Europewould stay out of European discussions to contain Hitlerwould not sell war material nor give loans to any nation at war
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe purpose of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) wasto insure bank deposits in the United Statesto provide job opportunities in national parksto reduce farm surpluses and raise agricultural profitsprovide electrical power to an underdeveloped regioin of the U.S.
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe differences in the economic development of the mid-Atlantic, New England, and Southern colonies can BEST be attributed to thecustoms of immigrantsgeographic conditions therelevel of education of their citizensdifferences in their colonial governments
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe French-Indian/Seven Years War is often viewed by historians as being a factor in causing the American Revolution. Which of these BEST explains why this might be the case?The Indians believed the colonists would return seized lands to themThe British were able to defeat the French in North America, Asia, and at seaThe high cost of the war meant Parliament had to create new taxes in the American coloniesThe French were never truly expelled and played a large role in stirring-up colonial discontent
- 25. Multiple ChoiceOne reason why the Constitution was adopted over the Articles of Confederation wasthe Articles gave too much power to the national governmentthe states were not free to trade among themselves under the Articlessmall states were underrepresented under the Articles of ConfederationShay's Rebellion revealed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise both dealt withthe admission of new western statesthe territorial expansion of slaverythe regulation of interstate commercethe representation of states in Congress
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these BEST describes the advice George Washington gave Americans about relationships with foreign powers in his Farewell Address?America should align itself with one foreign nation permanentlyAmerica should never align itself with Britain in any international disagreementsAmerica should form permanent alliances of peace with as many foreign nations as possibleAmerica should form temporary alliances with foreign nations only in extraordinary emergencies
- 28. Multiple Choice"Jacksonian Democracy" is associated with which of these characteristics?suffrage for all people in the United Statesvoting rights extended to all adult, white malesa nation governed by upper and middle class educated property ownerslaws promising full political equality regardless of race, sex, or wealth
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Truman use the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?As a front to invading Japan with ground troopsTo prepare to invade RussiaTo avoid continued heavy casualties in the Pacific, and end the warTo get Germany to surrender
- 30. Multiple ChoiceAxis Powers WWIIUkraine, Germany, BritainBritain, France, Soviet UnionItaly, Germany, JapanBritain, France, Soviet UnionJapan, China, Germany
- 31. Multiple ChoiceThe Allies WWIIU.S., Britain, France, Soviet UnionItaly, Germany, JapanChina, Germany, Soviet UnionFrance, Japan, U.S.
- 32. Multiple ChoiceU.S. isolationism was ended when?German Invasion of PolandAttack on Pearl HarborBattle of Iwo JimaSinking of the USS Maine
- 33. Multiple ChoiceTurning point of WWII in the PacificBattle of MidwayIwo JimaBattle of the BulgeStalingrad
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat effectively silenced American criticism of WWI?Palmer RaidsEspionage and Sedition ActsRed ScareLeague of Nations
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the Great Migration during WWI?African Americans moving to North to citiesMexicans fleeing to the U.S.French refugees fleeing to EnglandEuropean immigrants fleeing to the U.S.
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the British ship sunk by Germany, killing over 1,000 passengers?USS MaineTitanicLusitaniaEnvoy
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhat proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico?Treaty of VersaillesTreaty of Saint GermainZimmerman NoteThe German-Mexican Agreement
- 38. Multiple ChoiceFireside ChatsJFK's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.FDR's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.Ronald Reagan's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.Offered outdoor work to unemployed single men.
- 39. Multiple ChoiceBuying on Margin1934-1935, Great Planis during drought (350,000 families left the land)Democrat elected president in 1932, his landslide election showed the willingness of people to blame Republicans for Depression.Buying stock by making a small cash down payment and borrowing the rest.Buying stock by making a small cash down payment.
- 40. Multiple ChoiceSpeculationReliefLaw that provided for 12 Federal Reserve Banks- failed to prevent collapse of banking system.Risky buisness venture on the chance that quick profit can be made.Wife of the President, wanted civil rights for all.
- 41. Multiple ChoiceEleanor RooseveltReporter during 1929.Used borrowed money to build dams, power plants, moved farmers, reforested land, and provided cheap electric power in the Tennessee area.Wife of the President, wanted civil rights for all.Name given to the period of economic down turn that began in 1929.
- 42. Multiple ChoiceDust BowlLaw that provided for 12 Federal Reserve Banks- failed to prevent collapse of banking system.Risky buisness venture on the chance that quick profit can be made.Basic items provided for those in need.1934-1935, Great Planis during drought (350,000 families left the land)
- 43. Multiple ChoiceThese two groups worked on the homefront while men were away at war.Men and womenWomen and childrenAfrican-Americans and womenNative Americans and African-Americans
- 44. Multiple ChoiceWho was president during WWI and attended the Treaty of Versailles?Woodrow WilsonWarren HardingGrover ClevelandFranklin Roosevelt
- 45. Multiple ChoiceHold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
This is a poem from the
Harlem Renaissance written by...Louis ArmstrongBabe RuthLangston HughesWOodrow WIlson - 46. Multiple ChoiceThis man's nickname was "Satchmo." He was part of the Harlem Renaissance and helped make the 1920s become known as the Jazz Age.Henry FordLangston HughesLouis ArmstrongBabe Ruth
- 47. Multiple ChoiceUpton Sinclair wrote a book about the ills of the Chicago meatpacking industry.The DesertThe jungleThe OceanThe City
The City - 48. Multiple ChoiceThis is a term for a very large business with virtually no competition.TrustCorporationTariffMachine
- 49. Multiple ChoiceThis man eventually controlled 90% of the U.S. oil market.John D. RockefellerAndrew CarnegieCornelius VanderbuiltJ.P. Morgan
- 50. Multiple ChoiceJournalists who wrote stories about the ills of American were calledVInvestigatorsMuckrakersEcologistsVindicators
- 51. Multiple ChoiceWho created the light bulb?Andrew CarnegieTimothy EdwardsThomas EdisonJD Rockefeller
- 52. Multiple ChoiceWhen the economic/political system in a country are controlled by private owners for profit?SocialismCapitalismSocial DarwinismCommunism
- 53. Multiple ChoiceThis act outlawed interstate transportation of impure or diluted foods and the deliberate mislabeling of foods and drugsMeat Inspection ActPure Food and Drug ActClayton Antitrust ActSherman Antitrust Act
- 54. Multiple ChoiceWhich Progressive President was given the nickname of the "trustbuster"?TaftWilsonT RooseveltObama
- 55. Multiple ChoiceWhich government type was created by Karl Marx and was an extreme version of Socialism?CapitalismSocialismCommunism
- 56. Multiple ChoiceWhich Constitutional amendment provided for Prohibition (conservative social progressives)?16th17th18th19th
- 57. Multiple ChoiceWhich Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy?Teddy RooseveltTaftWoodrow WilsonLuke Skywalker
- 58. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the History of the Standard Oil Company?Upton SinclairIda TarbellLincoln SteffensJoseph Pulitzer
- 59. Multiple ChoiceWho was the leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?Eugene DebsJacob RiisSamuel GompersUpton Sinclair
- 60. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT a condition of the Compromise of 1850?California joins as a free state.Ended selling of slaves in Washington D.C.Maine was admitted as a free state.A new Fugitive Slave Act was passed.
- 61. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following ruled that it was unconstitutional to place a ban on slavery.Dred Scott DecisionCompromise of 1850Kansas Nebraska ActFugitive Slave Act
- 62. Multiple ChoiceMore factories, larger population, and a better navySouthern advantagesNorthern advantagesReasons for Southern victoryCause of the battle of Gettysburg
- 63. Multiple ChoiceThe Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?Fort SumterFort WilliamsBull RunManassas
- 64. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton.It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.
- 65. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?to abolish slaveryto end British control of the Western territoriesto make the Southern economy not dependent on cottonto preserve the Union
- 66. Multiple ChoiceThe North wanted to control the Mississippi River so thatit could control the movement of trade and goodsit was a natural division to “split the South”it was an easier invasion route to the South than by landall of the above
- 67. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Dred Scott decision say?It considered slaves to be property without rights.It outlawed slavery in all U.S. statesIt required that slavery not be allowed in all new statesIt gave slaves all the rights of U.S. citizens
- 68. Multiple ChoiceWhich term is used when a state attempts to ignore or refuse to accept a law from the federalSecessionReconstructionNullificationBlockade
- 69. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Missouri Compromise say about the future of slavery?It would be legal in all future statesIt would be illegal in all future statesIt would be prohibited above the 36,30 lineThe Southern states had to give up their slaves
- 70. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following terms is defined as "when citizens of a territory vote to allow or ban slavery."popular sovereigntytariff of abominationsimpressmentright of habeus corpus
- 71. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a result of the Kansas/Nebraska Act?Slavery was allowed in KansasBloody battles between people for and against slaveryThe war with Mexico startedThe Civil War started
- 72. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best describes John Brown?radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slaverya peaceful abolitionists who hated violencea pro-slavery Senatora strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery
- 73. Multiple ChoiceWhy was John Brown so important to the fight against slavery?He led a slave revolt on plantation owners in VA.He fought for the South to maintain slavery.He fought for the North to receive his freedom after the war.He led a revolt at Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave rebellion.
- 74. Multiple ChoiceLincoln's Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the war, declaring thatA. all slaves in the South freeB. all slaves in the US freedC. slaves in the Union freeD. all slaves in the West free
- 75. Multiple ChoiceAlthough it was considered brutal by the South, it showed that Union victory was in sight and helped President Lincoln win re-election. What was it?Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpusThe Battle of Bull RunSherman’s victory at Atlanta and “march to the sea”The siege of Vicksburg
- 76. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the first permanent English colony in North America?JamestownVirginia CompanyRhode IslandNew Amsterdam
- 77. Multiple ChoiceThe Virginia Company sent people to America to findGoldTobaccoSilverCorn
- 78. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the House of Burgesses?First European-type legislative body in the New WorldWhere they gathered the goldThe main church of the townWhere the President lived
- 79. Multiple ChoiceThe English settlers needed the land for agricultural purposes, so they took over the region owned by Native American Chieftain _____________ .PowhatanPocahontasSitting BullGeronimo
- 80. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Bacon's Rebellion?Landless rebels wanted harsher action against Native AmericansA Rebellion against BaconColonists wanting to grow something other than tobaccoNative Americans rebelling against settlers for taking their land
- 81. Multiple ChoiceThis British General planned to move the war to the southern states in order to separate those colonies from the revolutionary forces in the North.Charles CornwallisGeorge WashingtonThomas JeffersonMarquis De Lafayette
- 82. Multiple ChoiceWho established the first New England colonies?PuritansQuakersProtestantsCatholics
- 83. Multiple ChoiceWhat was founded by Religious dissenters who were tolerant of others' beliefs such as Roger Williams?Rhode IslandMassachusettsVirginiaNew York
- 84. Multiple ChoiceThis was caused by extreme religious faith, stress from a growing population with bad relations with Native Americans, & narrow opportunities for women in Puritan societySalem Witch TrialsBacon's RebellionHalf-Way CovenantKing Phillip's War
- 85. Multiple ChoicePennsylvania was a colony founded by the religiously tolerant _______ led by _________.Quakers; William PennPuritans; Roger Williamsslaves; PowhatanColonists; Anne Hutchinson
- 86. Multiple ChoiceNew York was settled by the Dutch who called it ________.New AmsterdamNew YorkNew DutchNew France
- 87. Multiple ChoiceThe Theory that Earth had a limited supply of wealth in the form of natural resources such as gold & silver.MercantilismHalf-Way CovenantGreat AwakeningTransatlantic trade
- 88. Multiple ChoiceThis allowed British officials accused of major crimes to be tried in England & forced the colonists to house British troops on their property.Intolerable ActsStamp ActProclamation of 1763Treaty of Paris 1763
- 89. Multiple ChoiceIf the Sons of Liberty damaged British property, what did the Daughters of Liberty do?wove homespun fabric to make clothes & other goods for colonists in order to not rely on British importsAlso destroyed British property including government offices & rich homesThrew the tea into the harbor (Boston Tea Party)refused to marry British soldiers
- 90. Multiple ChoiceWashington & his troops spent the winter of 1777-1778 in __________, Pennsylvania.Valley ForgeJamestownYorktownHarrisburg
- 91. Multiple ChoiceThis was the first government of the United States between the end of the American Revolution & the Constitutional Convention.Articles of ConfederationDeclaration of IndependenceProclamation of 1763Bill of Rights
- 92. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Shay's Rebellion?Series of protests by American farmers against state & local enforcement of tax collectionSame as Bacon's RebellionWar against the intolerable acts & stamp actAnother name for the revolutionary war
- 93. Multiple ChoiceThis law organized new states so that they would be equal to the existing members of the union.Northwest OrdinanceGreat CompromiseArticles of Confederation5th Amendement
- 94. Multiple ChoiceAnother term for american sailors being forced against their will to serve in British navyImpressmentFactionstemperancemonroe doctrine
- 95. Multiple ChoiceObvious fate of the United States expanding from sea to sea.Manifest DestinyNorthwest OrdinanceLouisiana TerritorySeneca Falls Conference
- 96. Multiple ChoiceAmerica's first women's rights conventionSeneca FallsGettysburgLouisianaImpressment
- 97. Multiple ChoiceThe doctrine that played a huge part in the Kansas-Nebraska Act that was a pro-slavery doctrine.Popular SovereigntyAbolitionTemperanceDred Scott Decision
- 98. Multiple ChoiceThis gave the settlers in all new territories the right to decide whether they would be a free or slave state.Kansas-Nebraska ActMissouri CompromiseThree-Fifth CompromiseDred Scott Decision
- 99. Multiple ChoicePresident of the ConfederacyJefferson DavisRobert E. LeeAmbraham LincolnUlysses S. Grant
- 100. Multiple ChoiceAbraham Lincoln's Speech "with malice toward none; with charity for all."Second Inaugural AddressGettysburg AddressEmancipation ProclamationHabeas Corpus
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