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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was the significance of the Dred-Scott decision?
The Supreme Court overruled attempts by Congress to limit the spread of slavery.
The Supreme Court held that the practice of slavery was unconstitutional.
While Lincoln objected to the decision, Stephen Douglas supported it.
Dred Scott and his wife spent the rest of their lives in slavery.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was the main reason for fighting in Florida during the Civil War?
The Union army wanted to prevent cattle and crops in Florida from reaching Confederate troops.
Northern commanders planned to divide the South by marching through Florida.
The main Southern fleet was stationed in ports along the Florida coast.
Robert E. Lee, the Southern commander, owned land in Florida.
- 3. Multiple Choice
How did President Andrew Johnson's views on Reconstruction differ from those of Congress?
President Johnson refused to pardon former confederate leaders, while Congress wanted to treat them leniently(softly).
President Johnson was shocked at the Southern "Black Codes", while Congressional leaders saw them as necessary to restore order.
President Johnson accepted Southern "Black Codes", while Congress over turned them with a Civil Rights bill prohibiting racial discrimination.
President Johnson thought the readmission of states into the Union should be decided by Congress, while Congressional leaders saw it as his responsibility.
- 4. Multiple Choice
How did the "Black Codes" of 1865-1866 differ from the "Jim Crow" laws of the 1880s and 1890s?
Black Codes created segregated public schools; Jim Crow laws prohibited African Americans from learning to read.
Black Codes prohibited use of the same public facilities by different races; Jim Crow laws prohibited voting by African Americans.
Black Codes prohibited freedmen from traveling freely, serving on juries or exercising civil rights; Jim Crow laws required racial segregation.
Black Codes required "seperate but equal" facilities for different races; Jim Crow laws stated some races were "not entitled to social and political equality".
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which was NOT one of the ways in which 19th century settlers dealt with the challenges of farming on the Great Plains?
They used barbed wire for fencing.
They burned cow and buffalo chips for fuel.
They relied on irrigation from nearby lakes for water.
They used steel plows to dig furrows into the tough soil.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?
African Americans were unable to afford to work agricultural jobs.
African Americans left the South in large numbers to escape their debts.
African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery.
African Americans had to work for low wages to pay off their emancipation costs.
- 7. Multiple Choice
The diagram shows the various goals of the Dawes Act of 1877.
Which phrase best completes the diagram?
Lure Native Americans to migrate to the frontier.
Entice Native Americans to move to urban areas.
Give Native Americans jobs in the federal bureaucracy.
Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural lifestyle.
- 8. Multiple Choice
The cartoon was published by Thomas Nast in the 1870s.
What is the view of the cartoonist about the power of Tammany Hall in New York City?
New York City government was unaffected by Tammany Hall.
Tammany Hall maintained its power by falsifying vote counts in elections.
Immigrants were happy to vote for Tammany Hall to repay it for its services.
Many ordinary citizens felt powerful because Tammany Hall listened to them.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The chart shows the population of Chinese immigrants and their descendants in the U.S. from 1860 to 1920.
Why did the population of Chinese Americans decrease, as shown on the chart, when the populations of many other ethnic groups were increasing?
Improved economic conditions in China discouraged further emigration to the United States.
Congressional legislation in the 1880s banned any further immigration of workers from China.
After completion of the transcontinental railroad, there was a shortage of jobs in western states.
China entered into a "Gentlemen's Agreement" with the United States not to permit further immigration.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why did supporters of William Jennings Bryan believe that the gold standard was oppressive?
They knew that railroad owners and grain elevator operators usually insisted on being paid with gold coin.
They believed that a policy of bimetallism would lead crop prices to rise, making farm debts less burdensome.
They feared that speculators like Jay Ghould and James Fisk would manipulate prices by cornering the gold market.
They felt that reliance on the gold standard in international trade had made it difficult for farmers to export crops overseas.
- 11. Multiple Choice
The excerpt above was written by Upton Sinclair in his novel The Jungle in 1905.
Which federal law was passed in reaction to this description?
the 17th Amendment
The Federal Reserve Act
The Meat Inspection Act
The Clayton Antitrust Act
- 12. Multiple Choice
The picture depicts President Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Trusts(Monopolies). He depended on the Sherman Antitrust Act tremendously when dealing with big trusts.
What was the goal of this legislation(Sherman Antitrust Act)?
To prevent businesses from unfairly exploiting their laborers.
To use the power of the government to promote economic growth and full employment.
To encourage companies to take advantage of their patent rights and natural monopolies.
To maintain fair competition and to halt unfair practices damaging to consumers and competitors.
- 13. Multiple Choice
The information given describes the development of a U.S. Conservation policy in regards to our natural resources.
Which Progressive President was responsible for instituting a system of preservation for our natural resources?
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
- 14. Multiple Choice
This picture represents the the Spanish-American war and media outlets at the time.
Which new technique of writing led to an increase in the sales of newspapers and contributed to the outbreak of the Spanish-American war?
Muckraking Journalism
Yellow Journalism
Jingoism
Social Darwinism
- 15. Multiple Choice
The picture displays a drawing of the USS Maine being destroyed.
How did this event contribute to the United States entry into the Spanish-American War?
It led to anti-government demonstrations in the United States.
It enraged Cuban Americans in Florida who had lost their relatives.
It revealed that the United States needed to have colonies in the Caribbean.
It became difficult for President McKinley to resist demands to intervene in Cuba.
- 16. Multiple Choice
The timeline shows US annexation of territories.
Which argument did American imperialists make in favor of these annexations?
These territories were necessary for protection of the Panama Canal.
The local populations of these territories had asked to be annexed.
These terrirtories would provide good coaling stations for trade with East Asia.
The United States should prepare them for self-government and independence.
- 17. Multiple Choice
"That our rights and interests are deeply concerned in the maintainance of the doctrine is so clear as hardly to need argument. This is especially true in view of the construction of the Panama Canal...It is very inadvisable to permit any foreign power to take possession, even temporarily, of the custom houses of an American republic in order to enforce the payment of its obligations; for such temporary occupation might turn into a permanent occupation. The only escape from these alternatives may at any time be that we must ourselves undertake to bring about some arrangement by which so much as possible of a just obligation can be paid."
--President Theodore Roosevelt, 1905.
Which policy is being described by the President?
The Roosevelt Corollary Policy
The Roosevelt Big Stick Policy
The Open Door Policy
The Dollar Diplomacy Policy
- 18. Multiple Choice
"Since two years and a half England is using her naval power for a criminal attempt to force Germany into submission by starvation...From February 1, 1917, sea traffic will be stopped with every available weapon and without further notice in the following blockade zones around Great Britain, France, Italy, and in the Eastern Mediterranean."
--Message from the German Ambassador to the United States.
Why did the use of unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic by Germany, as announced in the note above, enrage(anger) American public opinion?
Submarine warfare was prohibited under international law.
The United States did not have as large a submarine fleet as Germany.
Submarines attacked without warning and did not have enough room to take on survivors.
The use of submarines for a naval blockade was causing starvation in Great Britain and France.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which federal agency is correctly paired with its achievements during World War 1(1917-1919)?
War Labor Board--helped to settle several wartime strikes by union members.
Railroad Administration--preserved private ownership and private control of railroads during the war.
Food Administration--sponsored Victory Gardens, rationed food, and distributed ration coupons.
Committee of Public Information--made pamphlets and newsreels and sent "four-minute" men to promote the war effort.
- 20. Multiple Choice
The Treaty of Versailles, was signed on June 28, 1919 at the end of World War 1.
What was NOT a consequence of this treaty?
Germany was forced to reduce the size of their armed forces.
Germany was required to pay reparations to the Axis Powers.
The League of Nations refused to admit Germany as a member.
The U.S. Senate disagreed with the terms of the Treaty.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Select ALL answers that apply to the term "RED SCARE"
Bolsheviks take over in Soviet Union
Labor Strikes occur in Seattle and Boston and at U.S. Steel
Bombs explode in several cities
Sacco and Vanzetti lead a group of anarchists to occupy the White House
- 22. Multiple Choice
Select ALL that apply:
Which of these were attempts to achieve lasting world peace without the League of Nations?
Washington Naval Conference
Civil Rights Movement
Geneva Disarmament Conference
Homestead Strike
Kellog-Briand Pact
- 23. Multiple Choice
The picture shows a dust storm approaching.
What was one effect of this and similar events across the Great Plains in the 1930s?
Growth of the banking industry from farm loans
Mass migration to California and other states
Suspension of government assistance to farmers
Increase in farm production on the Great Plains
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which was NOT one of the demands of the American Indian Movement(AIM)?
More federal aid to American Indians living on reservations.
Revising school textbooks to include the American Indian perspective.
Dividing and distributing remaining reservation lands to individuals of native decent.
Ending biased depictions of American Indians in movies and television.
- 25. Multiple Choice
What social issue was being addressed in this photo?
United States immigration policies.
Japanese immigrants fighting for fair food industry practices.
Farm workers protesting child labor through boycotts.
The conditions of migrant farm workers.
- 26. Multiple Choice
What was the reason Germany offered the "Sussex Pledge"?
To pledge they would no longer supply British warships.
To pledge they would no longer sink ocean liners or merchant ships without prior warning or making provisions for passengers.(WW1)
To pledge they would sink any American ship choosing to intefere in the British-Germany conflict.(WW1)
To pledge they would pay for all repairs needed after sinking the Lusitania, a British passenger ship.
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT a cause of World War 1?
Militarism
Nationalism
Alliances
Independence
- 28. Multiple Choice
"I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also."
--President Theodore Roosevelt
What event does the cartoon and President Roosevelt's statement refer to?
A debate in Congress over whether to appropiate(give) funds to build the Panama Canal.
The geographical obstacles President Roosevelt faced while building the Panama Canal.
Roosevelt's decision to help Panamian rebels against Columbia in exchange for the Canal Zone.
A debate in Congress over whether to build a Naval base or the Panamian Canal
- 29. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of the "Open Door Policy"?
To ensure the United States and other nations would enjoy equal trading rights in China.
To ensure the United States would solely enjoy equal trading rights in China.
To ensure Japan and Russia would enjoy equal trading rights in China.
To ensure Britain and the United States would enjoy equal trading rights in China.
- 30. Multiple Choice
How did the Platt Amendment differ from the Teller Amendment?
The Platt Amendment promised that the United States would never intervene again in Cuba.
The Platt Amendment overturned the Teller Amendment by authorizing the United States to annex Cuba.
The Platt Amendment preserved Cuban independence but claimed the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.
The Platt Amendment promised that the United States would leave Cuba as soon as its independence from Spain was secured.
- 31. Multiple Choice
What is the main idea of this cartoon?
Federal Indian agents assisted Indians in growing crops on the reservation.
The Federal government provided Indians with all the supplies needed.
Indians went hungry while federal Indian agents grew wealthy.
The livestock raised on the Indian reservations were diseased.
- 32. Multiple Choice
This term said popular sovereignty would be used to determine slavery in remaining territories of the Louisiana Purchase.
Dred Scot Decision
Secession of 1860
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Sectionalism
- 33. Multiple Choice
Select the issue that was NOT a cause of the Civil War.
Sectionalism-- People felt greater loyalty to their region of the nation(North, South, East, West)
Slavery-- Abolitionists wanted to end slavery while Pro-slavery apologists believed slavery was necessary.
States Rights-- Many Southerners believed their state rights superceeded the Union.
McCarthyism-- Northerners suspected Southerners of conspiring(sneaking) to align with Britain.
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