U.S. History Midterm Review

Question 1

By the 1920's, more Americans lived in rural areas than urban cities.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

What did Jim Crow laws establish?

Accepted Answer

segregation for blacks and whites

Question 3

The goal of US imperialism was

Accepted Answer

to acquire raw materials and goods

Question 4

After the Civil War, African Americans in the South....

Accepted Answer

turned to sharecropping

Question 5

Nativists

Accepted Answer

wanted American life and culture to be preserved, wanted to restrict immigration

Question 6

Progressives worked mainly to reform

Accepted Answer

the workplace

Question 7

The South's economy was based off...

Accepted Answer

Agriculture

Question 8

After WWI, economic growth slowed because

Accepted Answer

Soldiers couldn't find work after the war

Question 9

The assembly line will increase mass production for goods.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Which treaty ended WWI?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Question 11

The Harlem Renaissance

Accepted Answer

created an appreciation for African American culture

Question 12

The construction of the Panama Canal

Accepted Answer

Linked the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, made it easier to travel from the West to East Coast of the USA

Question 13

_________ warfare inspired changes and innovations in weaponry and technology.

Accepted Answer

Trench

Question 14

The Teller Amendment said that.....

Accepted Answer

The United States could not annex Cuba

Question 15

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

Accepted Answer

It forced Northerners to apprehend runaway slaves.

Question 16

William Jennings Bryan supported _________, which is why he gains the support of _________.

Accepted Answer

silver; farmers

Question 17

What was the cause of the Spanish American War?

Accepted Answer

The USS Maine exploded

Question 18

Wilson's Fourteen Points called for the creation of

Accepted Answer

a peacekeeping international association that promoted co-operation

Question 19

Writers who exposed big business were known as a

Accepted Answer

muckrakers

Question 20

Corruption within the government during the late 1800s was caused by...

Accepted Answer

The Spoils System

Question 21

Farmers supported monopolies and big business.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

Progressives supported Social Gospel, which emphasizes ________ as the basis of social reform and change.

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 23

Why did women gain the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

Women assisted in the war effort at home during WWI

Question 24

The Radical Republicans wanted...

Accepted Answer

African Americans to achieve full citizenship rights

Question 25

At the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln's goal was to

Accepted Answer

preserve the union

Question 26

Which of the following was not included in the treaty that ended WWI?

Accepted Answer

Germany had to give up their submarines

Question 27

John D. Rockefeller established a monopoly on railroads.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

The Freedman's Bureau....

Accepted Answer

assisted and educated white and black Southerners

Question 29

Jim Crow laws were upheld with what Supreme Court case?

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 30

Former slaves turned to the system of sharecropping, which is....

Accepted Answer

going to leave former slaves in a constant cycle of debt

Question 31

The 14th amendment...

Accepted Answer

stated everyone is equal under the law

Question 32

A stalemate is

Accepted Answer

no movement in war

Question 33

The Treaty of Paris included all the following terms except:

Accepted Answer

Platt Amendment

Question 34

The US entered into WWI because

Accepted Answer

the British intercepted the Zimmerman Telegram, of the use of unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 35

What amendment abolished slavery?

Accepted Answer

13

Question 36

Andrew Carnegie was powerful in the steel industry.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

Henry Ford will introduce the country's first affordable car thanks to...

Accepted Answer

the assembly line

Question 38

Why was the United State Senate against the League of Nations?

Accepted Answer

The Senate didn't want to get involved in unnecessary conflicts

Question 39

The Emancipation Proclamation

Accepted Answer

freed all slaves in the Confederate States

Question 40

Which of these is NOT included in the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Accepted Answer

Chinese immigrants must attend boarding school to learn American culture

Question 41

The Agricultural South had a higher population than the Industrial North.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 42

Native American children were forced to

Accepted Answer

attend school to learn American culture

Question 43

African American soldiers received equal treatment during WWI.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 44

William Jennings Bryan gained the support of the ________ Party.

Accepted Answer

Populist

Question 45

Which business model was designed to control every stage of manufacturing?

Accepted Answer

Vertical Integration

U.S. History Midterm Review

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U.S. History Midterm Review

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