1) The excerpt from the 15th amendment to the Constitution was written during which of the following eras? a) A) World War II b) B) Reconstruction c) C) Harlem Renaissance d) D) Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 1960's 2) What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) after the Civil War? a) A) To help freed African Americans find jobs b) B) To promote equal rights for all people c) C) To use violence and fear to stop African Americans from gaining rights d) D) To support Reconstruction efforts in the South 3) Why did the destruction of buffalo during Westward Expansion hurt many Native American tribes? a) A) It made it harder for settlers to build railroads b) B) Buffalo were a main source of food, clothing, and shelter for many tribes c) C) Buffalo caused damage to farms and crops d) D) Native Americans used horses instead of buffalo 4) What was one major effect of rapid urbanization in U.S. cities during the late 1800s and early 1900s? a) A) Cities had fewer job opportunities for immigrants b) B) Farmland began to replace city neighborhoods c) C) Overcrowding and poor living conditions in tenements d) D) Most people moved to rural areas for a better life 5) What was the main purpose of Jacob Riis’s book How the Other Half Lives? a) A) To entertain people with stories about city life b) B) To encourage people to move to rural areas c) C) To show how immigrants and the lower class lived in poor conditions d) D) To advertise new apartment buildings in New York City 6) Why did some people in the late 1800s call wealthy business leaders like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie “robber barons”? a) A) Because they stole money from banks b) B) Because they made their fortunes by taking advantage of workers and crushing competition c) C) Because they were famous outlaws in the Wild West d) D) Because they gave away all their money to charities 7) Why did many workers join labor unions during the Industrialization era? a) A) To invest in the stock market b) B) To help business owners make more money c) C) To fight for better wages, safer working conditions, and shorter hours d) D) To learn new job skills from factory owners 8) How did the assembly line change the way products were made during the early 1900s? a) A) It made products more expensive and harder to build b) B) It slowed down production to ensure higher quality c) C) It allowed goods to be made faster and more cheaply by having each worker do one specific task d) D) It replaced all factory workers with machines 9) What was the main impact of Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle on the meatpacking industry? a) A) It increased the number of meatpacking jobs in Chicago b) B) It led to government regulations to make food safer c) C) It made people want to work in factories d) D) It helped factory owners sell more products 10) What concern is Upton Sinclair raising in this excerpt from The Jungle? a) A) Workers were paid too much for their labor b) B) Factories were using too many new machines c) C) Meat was often handled in dirty and unsafe ways d) D) Customers wanted more sausage 11) What right did the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give to women? a) A) The right to own property b) B) The right to work in factories c) C) The right to vote d) D) The right to join the military 12) Which of the following was a result of U.S. imperialism in the late 1800s and early 1900s? a) A) The U.S. gained control of territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines b) B) The U.S. closed its borders to all immigrants c) C) The U.S. stopped trading with other countries d) D) The U.S. returned land it had taken from Native Americans 13) What was one main reason the United States entered World War I in 1917? a) A) The U.S. wanted to gain new territories in Europe b) B) Germany’s use of unrestricted submarine warfare threatened American ships and lives c) C) The U.S. wanted to stop the spread of communism in Europe d) D) The U.S. was forced to enter by the British government 14) What was the main goal of Prohibition in the United States? a) A) To reduce crime by banning alcohol b) B) To make alcohol more expensive c) C) To encourage people to drink more d) D) To improve the quality of beer 15) Which amendment started Prohibition in the U.S.? a) A) 16th Amendment b) B) 18th Amendment c) C) 19th Amendment d) D) 21st Amendment 16) What was one major effect of the Great Depression on American workers during the 1930s? a) A) Most workers received higher wages b) B) Millions of people lost their jobs and were unemployed c) C) There were more factory jobs than ever before d) D) Businesses hired more workers to build railroads 17) What caused the Dust Bowl during the 1930s? a) A) Heavy rains and hurricanes across the Midwest b) B) Over-farming and drought that turned soil to dust c) C) Volcano eruptions that covered farms in ash d) D) Too many trees growing in the Great Plains 18) How did the New Deal help many Americans during the Great Depression? a) A) It gave free college to all students b) B) It created programs that provided jobs, like building roads and parks c) C) It stopped people from moving to cities d) D) It ended all taxes for workers 19) What was one important result of women working during World War II? a) A) Women were banned from working after the war b) B) It proved that women could do jobs traditionally done by men c) C) Most women joined the military instead of working in factories d) D) Women only worked as teachers during the war 20) What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials after World War II? a) A) To reward Allied soldiers for winning the war b) B) To divide Germany into different zones c) C) To punish Nazi leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity d) D) To create a new government for Japan 21) What was the goal of the U.S. policy of containment during the Cold War? a) A) To spread communism to other countries b) B) To avoid trading with other nations c) C) To stop the spread of communism to new countries d) D) To keep all American troops at home 22) What is civil disobedience? a) A) Breaking laws to create chaos and violence b) B) Quietly obeying all laws, even if they are unfair c) C) Nonviolent refusal to follow laws that are considered unjust d) D) Voting against a new law in an election 23) Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 an important law in American history? a) A) It gave African Americans land in the South b) B) It ended slavery in the United States c) C) It banned segregation and discrimination in public places, schools, and jobs d) D) It allowed only men to vote in federal elections 24) What happened in the United States after World War II that led to the growth of suburbs? a) A) Many people moved to cities to find work in factories b) B) Soldiers returning home started families, causing a baby boom and increased demand for homes c) C) The government banned building new homes d) D) Americans stopped having children and moved to farms 25) What major event happened in the United States on September 11, 2001? a) A) A peace treaty was signed ending a war b) B) Terrorists attacked the U.S. using hijacked airplanes c) C) A new president was elected d) D) A hurricane struck the East Coast 26) The 13th amendment a) A) gave Black Americans the right to vote b) B) prohibited slavery. c) C) defined citizenship rights. d) D) was passed without the support of President Johnson. 27) Which of the following acts was designed to force Native Americans to assimilate into White American culture? a) A) Dawes Act b) B) Homestead Act c) C) Sherman Act d) D) Addams Act 28) The Chinese Exclusion Act, the Gentlemen's Agreement, and the Emergency Quota Act were similar bc they were all expressions of a) A) imperialism b) B) nativism c) C) militarism d) D) Manifest Destiny 29) President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points were intended to a) A) make the United States, Great Britain, and France into leading world powers b) B) redistribute Germany's colonies among the Allied nations c) C) prevent future wars d) D) punish Germany for causing World War I 30) In the 1930s, which geographic factor most influenced the westward migration of thousands of people from the southern Great Plains? a) A) extended drought in farming areas (Dust Bowl) b) B) excessive flooding of the Mississippi River c) C) serious earthquakes in Pacific coastal areas d) D) destructive hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico

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