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U.S. History

U.S. History. First Semester Exam Review. Which document declared our independence on July 4, 1776? a)Mayflower Compact b)Declaration of Independence c)Bill of Rights. Which word means “rule of the people”? a)Federalism b)Democracy c)Checks and balances.

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U.S. History

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  1. U.S. History First Semester Exam Review

  2. Which document declared our independence on July 4, 1776? a)Mayflower Compact b)Declaration of Independence c)Bill of Rights

  3. Which word means “rule of the people”? a)Federalism b)Democracy c)Checks and balances

  4. The first ten amendments to the Constitution: a)Magna Carta b)Popular sovereignty c)Bill of Rights

  5. Which branch of government is associated with Congress? a)Legislative b)Executive c)Judicial

  6. The Judicial Branch includes: a)Supreme Court b)President c)Legislature

  7. A traditional person who changes slowly and carefully is: a)Liberal b)Conservative c)Reactionary d)All of the above

  8. Which is the result of radical ideas? a)American Revolution b)Mexican War c)Civil War d)Spanish-American War

  9. Granted rights of citizenship to former slaves: a)13th amendment b)14th amendment c)15th amendment d)16th amendment

  10. Which is not associated with Western Farmers? a)Barbed wire b)Cattle trails c)Homestead Act d)soddies

  11. Major win for Americans against the Native Americans in the West: a)Little Big Horn b)Gettysburg c)Tippecanoe d)Wounded Knee

  12. Transcontinental Railroad met here: a)Promontory Point, Utah b)Dallas, Texas c)Sacramento California d)Omaha, Nebraska

  13. Which is not associated with Native Americans in the West? a)Nomads b)Hunters of buffalo c)Built the railroad d)Sent to reservations

  14. Who wanted statehood the most? a)Cattlemen b)Farmers c)Indians d)Women teachers

  15. Where did women first get the vote? a)Utah b)California c)Texas d)Wyoming

  16. The Western experience defines the American character. Who wrote this? a)Teddy Roosevelt b)John Rockefeller c)Frederick Turner d)Jefferson

  17. Great wealth and great poverty describe this period: a)Populism b)Imperialism c)Gilded Age d)Progressive Era

  18. Captain of Industry in Steel: a)Rockefeller b)Carnegie c)Vanderbilt d)Stanford

  19. Survival of the Fittest: a)Gospel of Wealth b)Social Darwinism c)Xenophobia d)Monopolies

  20. Great American inventor: a)T. Roosevelt b)William Jennings Bryan c)Thomas Edison

  21. Against immigration: a)Nativism b)laissez-faire c)Assimilation d)capitalism

  22. Gilded Age immigrants came from: a)Southern Europe b)Eastern Europe c)A and b

  23. Political Machines are associated with: a)Tammany Hall b)Tweed Ring c)Corruption d)All of the above

  24. Philanthropy: a)Social Darwinism b)Trustbusting c)Gospel of Wealth

  25. Free enterprise: a)Socialism b)Communism c)Capitalism Which one does the U.S. have?

  26. Who is most likely to join a union? a)Manager of the bank b)Foreman of the factory c)Captain of industry d)Railroad worker

  27. Name that President! Impeached (2) Assassinated (3 before JFK) Trustbuster Rough Rider Spanish-American War Third Party Candidate in 1912

  28. Which is a Third Party? • Progressive/Bull Moose Party • Populist Party • GOP—Grand Old Party—Republicans! • A and B

  29. Hearst and Pulitzer were: a)Presidents b)Publishers c)Civil Rights activists d)architects

  30. Populism: Which does not belong? a)Cross of Gold speech b)Silver standard c)Promoted imperialism d)Government regulation of railroad e)Supported farmers

  31. Civil Rights: Which is a setback? a)Booker T. Washington’s founding of Tuskeegee Institute b)W.E.B. DuBoisand The NAACP c)Ida Wells’ exposure of lynching d)Supreme Court Decision of Plessy v. Ferguson

  32. The Jungle led to: a)Meat Inspection Act b)Jim Crow laws c)Solid South d)Trustbusting

  33. Labor Union Leader: a)TR b)Eugene Debs c)Robert LaFollette d)Susan B. Anthony

  34. Open Door Policy meant U.S. trade with: a)West Africa b)China c)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

  35. Which is not an American possession? a)Hawaii b)Samoa c)Jamaica d)Guam

  36. Purpose of Imperialism: a)Markets b)Navy bases c)Empire and power d)All of these

  37. Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy applied to: a)China b)Cuba c)Latin America d)Japan

  38. Mahan’s book led to: a)Great White Fleet b)Panama Canal c)Open Door Policy d)Boxer Rebellion

  39. This American possession resisted occupation: a)Cuba b)Puerto Rico c)Alaska d)Philippines

  40. Which is not a cause of the Spanish-American War? a)Rough riders b)De Lome Letter c)The Maine d)Yellow Journalism e)These are all causes

  41. Ocean on the West Coast: a)Atlantic b)Pacific c)Indian d)Arctic

  42. “Father of our Country” a)Jefferson b)Hamilton c)Franklin d)Washington e)Obama

  43. Which is not a Caribbean possession? a)Samoa b)Puerto Rico c)Virgin Islands

  44. Immigrant neighborhoods: a)Tenements b)Ghettos c)Melting pots d)Ellis Island

  45. Bessemer Process led to: a)Steel b)Ragtime c)depression

  46. Which is not a Western State? a)Texas b)Illinois c)Colorado d)Idaho

  47. Which is not an original Thirteen State? a)North Dakota b)Massachusetts c)New York c)Georgia

  48. Early Americans in Hawaii: a)Cattlemen b)Miners c)Missionaries d)Union members

  49. Continent North of the Mediterranean Sea? a)Africa b)Asia c)Europe d)Antarctica

  50. What war was a “splendid little war”? a)Revolution b)Civil War c)Mexican War d)Spanish-American e)WWI

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