U.S. History

First Semester Exam Review

Which document declared our independence on July 4, 1776?

a)Mayflower Compactb)Declaration of Independencec)Bill of Rights

Which word means “rule of the people”?

a)Federalismb)Democracyc)Checks and balances

The first ten amendments to the Constitution:

a)Magna Cartab)Popular sovereigntyc)Bill of Rights

Which branch of government is associated with Congress?

a)Legislativeb)Executivec)Judicial

The Judicial Branch includes:

a)Supreme Courtb)Presidentc)Legislature

A traditional person who changes slowly and carefully is:

a)Liberalb)Conservativec)Reactionaryd)All of the above

Which is the result of radical ideas?

a)American Revolutionb)Mexican Warc)Civil Ward)Spanish-American War

Granted rights of citizenship to former slaves:

a)13th amendmentb)14th amendmentc)15th amendmentd)16th amendment

Which is not associated with Western Farmers?

a)Barbed wireb)Cattle trailsc)Homestead Actd)soddies

Major win for Americans against the Native Americans in the West:

a)Little Big Hornb)Gettysburgc)Tippecanoed)Wounded Knee

Transcontinental Railroad met here:

a)Promontory Point, Utahb)Dallas, Texasc)Sacramento Californiad)Omaha, Nebraska

Which is not associated with Native Americans in the West?

a)Nomadsb)Hunters of buffaloc)Built the railroadd)Sent to reservations

Who wanted statehood the most?

a)Cattlemenb)Farmersc)Indiansd)Women teachers

Where did women first get the vote?

a)Utahb)Californiac)Texasd)Wyoming

The Western experience defines the American character. Who wrote this?

a)Teddy Rooseveltb)John Rockefellerc)Frederick Turnerd)Jefferson

Great wealth and great poverty describe this period:

a)Populismb)Imperialismc)Gilded Aged)Progressive Era

Captain of Industry in Steel:

a)Rockefellerb)Carnegiec)Vanderbiltd)Stanford

Survival of the Fittest:

a)Gospel of Wealthb)Social Darwinismc)Xenophobiad)Monopolies

Great American inventor:

a)T. Rooseveltb)William Jennings Bryanc)Thomas Edison

Against immigration:

a)Nativismb)laissez-fairec)Assimilationd)capitalism

Gilded Age immigrants came from:

a)Southern Europeb)Eastern Europec)A and b

Political Machines are associated with:

a)Tammany Hallb)Tweed Ringc)Corruptiond)All of the above

Philanthropy:

a)Social Darwinismb)Trustbustingc)Gospel of Wealth

Free enterprise:

a)Socialismb)Communismc)Capitalism

Which one does the U.S. have?

Who is most likely to join a union?

a)Manager of the bankb)Foreman of the factoryc)Captain of industryd)Railroad worker

Name that President!

Impeached (2)Assassinated (3 before JFK)TrustbusterRough RiderSpanish-American WarThird Party Candidate in 1912

Which is a Third Party?

A. Progressive/Bull Moose Party

B. Populist Party

C. GOP—Grand Old Party—Republicans!

D. A and B

Hearst and Pulitzer were:

a)Presidentsb)Publishersc)Civil Rights activistsd)architects

Populism: Which does not belong?

a)Cross of Gold speechb)Silver standardc)Promoted imperialismd)Government regulation of railroade)Supported farmers

Civil Rights: Which is a setback?

a)Booker T. Washington’s founding of Tuskeegee Instituteb)W.E.B. DuBois and The NAACPc)Ida Wells’ exposure of lynchingd)Supreme Court Decision of Plessy v. Ferguson

The Jungle led to:

a)Meat Inspection Actb)Jim Crow lawsc)Solid Southd)Trustbusting

Labor Union Leader:

a)TRb)Eugene Debsc)Robert LaFolletted)Susan B. Anthony

Open Door Policy meant U.S. trade with:

a)West Africab)Chinac)A and b

European countries had spheres of influence in China while the U.S. had __ in China:

a)Boxer Rebellion b)Big Stick policy c)Open Door Policy d)all of these

Which is not an American possession?

a)Hawaiib)Samoac)Jamaicad)Guam

Purpose of Imperialism:

a)Marketsb)Navy basesc)Empire and powerd)All of these

Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy applied to:

a)Chinab)Cubac)Latin Americad)Japan

Mahan’s book led to:

a)Great White Fleetb)Panama Canalc)Open Door Policyd)Boxer Rebellion

This American possession resisted occupation:

a)Cubab)Puerto Ricoc)Alaskad)Philippines

Which is not a cause of the Spanish-American War?

a)Rough ridersb)De Lome Letterc)The Mained)Yellow Journalisme)These are all causes

Ocean on the West Coast:

a)Atlanticb)Pacificc)Indiand)Arctic

“Father of our Country”

a)Jeffersonb)Hamiltonc)Franklind)Washingtone)Obama

Which is not a Caribbean possession?

a)Samoab)Puerto Ricoc)Virgin Islands

Immigrant neighborhoods:

a)Tenementsb)Ghettosc)Melting pots d)Ellis Island

Bessemer Process led to:

a)Steelb)Ragtimec)depression

Which is not a Western State?

a)Texasb)Illinoisc)Coloradod)Idaho

Which is not an original Thirteen State?

a)North Dakotab)Massachusettsc)New Yorkc)Georgia

Early Americans in Hawaii:

a)Cattlemenb)Minersc)Missionariesd)Union members

Continent North of the Mediterranean Sea?

a)Africab)Asiac)Europed)Antarctica

What war was a “splendid little war”?

a)Revolutionb)Civil Warc)Mexican Ward)Spanish-Americane)WWI

Assembly line needs:

a)Manifest destinyb)Great White Fleetc)Interchangeable partsd)Cotton gin

Wizard of Oz is about:

a)Gilded Ageb)Populismc)Progressivismd)Civil War

Imperialists:

a)Democratsb)Socialistsc)Republicansd)Populists

U.S. to West Coast:

a)Industrializationb)Imperialismc)Manifest Destinyd)Civil Rights

What is not a cause of WWI in Europe?

a)Imperialismb)Manifest destinyc)Militarismd)Nationalisme)alliances

Caused U.S. to join World War I:

a)Zimmerman Noteb)Unrestricted submarine warfarec) “to make the world safe for democracy”d)All of these

President during World War I:

a)Teddy Rooseveltb)Taftc)Wilsond)None of these

Wilson’s ideas for “peace without victory” after World War I:

a)Fourteen Pointsb)Plessy v. Fergusonc)Sherman Anti-Trust Actd)Workmen’s Compensation

The Treaty of Versailles:

a)Included a League of Nationsb)Was never signed by the U.S.c)Led to World War IId)All of these

New weapons in World War I did not include:

a)Machine gunsb)Atomic bombsc)u-boatsd)Poison gase)airplanes

Which is not a muckraker?

a)Ida Wellsb)William Jennings Bryan c)Thomas Nastd)Upton Sinclair

Roosevelt’s Big Stick and Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine was applied here:

a)Chinab)Japanc)Latin Americad)Alaska