1st 9 Weeks Exam (US)

Gilded Age

100

The Homestead Act of 1860, gave western settlers the chance to own 160 acres of land. How did this act change the lives of white settlers? 

A. It brought them west into major cities. 

B. It allowed them to build railroads across the plains. 

C. It allowed them to hire Chinese immigrants to help build the transcontinental railroad. 

D. It brought them into conflict with Native Americans who did not believe in private property ownership.

D. It brought them into conflict with Native Americans who did not believe in private property ownership.

200

Using barbed wire for fencing and burning cow chips for food are an example of -

A. migrations

B. adaptations

C. industrialism

D. compromises

B. adaptations

300

What was one effect of the Pendleton Service Act?

A. It created government jobs for people who supported the candidate who won the presidency

B. It made civic service mandatory for all citizens

C. It created a merit based system to evaluate government employees

D. It created the presidential cabinet

C. It created a merit based system to evaluate government employees

400

The American Federation of Labor (AFL) differed from the Knights of Labor (KoL) in that the AFL — 

A. excluded unskilled workers 

B. prohibited strikes by its members 

C. encouraged increased immigration 

D. supported membership of women

A. excluded unskilled workers

500

What is the man above, Boss Tweed, most closely associated with? 

A. civil service reform 

B. operating political machines 

C. a man who lost all of his money helping others 

D. consumer fraud

B. operating political machines

Progressive

100

One way the U.S. government responded to the problems caused by the conditions in this list was by — 

A. passing the Interstate Commerce Act 

B. implementing the silver standard for currency 

C. creating a federal jobs program for the unemployed 

D. establishing a new tax on capital gains

A. passing the Interstate Commerce Act

200

What were photographs such as this one taken by Lewis Hine primarily intended to accomplish? 

A. Encourage leaders to make segregation in schools illegal 

B. Document labor conditions during an economic crisis 

C. Depict the evils of capitalism in communist propaganda 

D. Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms

D. Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms

300

Put the Diplomacies in the same order as the president who create them: Taft, Roosevelt, Wilson

A. Moral, Big Stick, Dollar

B. Dollar, Moral, Big Stick

C. Big Stick, Dollar, Moral

D. Dollar, Big Stick, Moral

D. Dollar, Big Stick, Moral

400

How did the Nineteenth Amendment expand the democratic process? 

A. By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of race 

B. By eliminating the poll tax 

C. By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of gender 

D. By lowering the voting age

C. By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of gender

500

Which of the following reformers was a founder of the NAACP and a proponent of immediate equality for African Americans?

A. Booker T. Washington

B. Ida B. Wells

C. WEB Dubois

D. Jacob Riis

C. WEB Dubois

Amendments

100

What does the 18th amendment do?

A. Prohibit the selling of tobacco

B. Create National Income Tax

C. Outlawed the Buying and Selling of Alcohol

D. Created Isolationism

C. Outlawed the Buying and Selling of Alcohol

200

What does the 16th Amendment do?

A. Created National Income Tax

B. Freed Slaves

C. Made it Illegal to Criticize the Government

D. Granted Women's Suffrage

A. Created National Income Tax

300

What did the 19th Amendment do?

A. Direct Election of Senators by the People.

B. Granted Freed Slaves the Rights of Citizens

C. Outlawed the Buying and Selling of Alcohol

D. Granted Women's Suffrage

D. Granted Women's Suffrage

400

What did the 17th Amendment do?

A. Created National Income Tax

B. Granted Freed Slaves the Right to Vote

C. Direct Election of Senators by the People

D. Gave Citizens the Right to Bear Arms

C. Direct Election of Senators by the People

500

What Supreme Court case established the principle of Separate but Equal?

A. Gibbons v. Ogden

B. Brown v. The Board of Education

C. Plessy v. Ferguson

D. Roe v. Wade

C. Plessy v. Ferguson

Imperialism

100

What territories did the US acquire from the Spanish American War?

A. Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Mexico

B. Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

C. Guam, Fiji, and Panama

D. the Philippines, Mexico, and Cuba

B. Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

200

Which question is associated with the passage of the Espionage and Sedition Acts during World War I? 

A. Should industries be allowed to prohibit workers from joining unions? 

B. Can the government require citizens to purchase war bonds? 

C. At what age should citizens be required to enlist in a branch of the military? 

D. Can the government limit the constitutional rights of citizens during wartime?

D. Can the government limit the constitutional rights of citizens during wartime?

300

Who is most closely associated with the acquisition of Hawaii?

A. Samuel Dole

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. Jacob Riis

D. Booker T. Washington

A. Samuel Dole

400

What is the policy that prohibited Europe from colonizing in the Western hemisphere?

A. Monroe Doctrine

B. Sherman Anti-Trust Act

C. Chinese Exclusion Act

D. Pendleton Civil Service Act

A. Monroe Doctrine

500

What was created that allowed for the faster transportation of goods?

A. Monroe Doctrine

B. Roosevelt Corallary

C. Panama Canal

D. Poison Gas

C. Panama Canal

WW1

100

How did the citizens help fund WWI?

A. Paying more taxes

B. Working in the factories

C. Buying war bonds

D. Rationing food

C. Buying war bonds

200

The US Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles because it didn't want to join-

A. League of Nations

B. Chinese Exclusion Act

C. United Nations

D. World Powers League

A. League of Nations

300

The combination of machine guns and trench warfare created -

A. the end of WW1

B. a stalemate

C. the beginning of WW1

D. a party

B. a stalemate

400

Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of WWI in Europe? (Select 3 correct answers)

A. Rise of militarism globally

B. The attack on Pearl Harbor 

C. Increased nationalism throughout Europe 

D. The alliance system 

E. Sinking of the USS Maine 

F. Isolationist policies

A. Rise of militarism globally

C. Increased nationalism throughout Europe

D. The alliance system 

500

What was the main difference between Wilson's Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles?

A. The Treaty of Versailles was diplomatic and fair

B. Wilson's Fourteen Points blamed Austria-Hungary for the war

C. The Treaty of Versailles focused on blaming Germany for the war

D. Neither of them ended the war

C. The Treaty of Versailles focused on blaming Germany for the war