U.S. History Test Questions
What did W.E.B. Du Bois believe about African Americans and racial relations in the United States?
African Americans should immediately demand equal treatment under the law.
In the late nineteenth century, tenements such as this were examples of?
The social issues affecting urbanization.
What was the primary effect of Native Americans being confined to reservations?
Their traditional nomadic way of life was increasing restricted.
Why did tenant farmers need to be better at managing money than sharecroppers?
They controlled more of their own planning and finances.
How did business leaders in the late nineteenth century utilize vertical integration?
They maintained total control of production and distribution of their products.
Which statement explains why federalists promised to add a Bill of Rights once the constitution was ratified?
They wanted to assure Anti-federalist that the new federal government would respect individual liberties.
What important Spanish Goal is revealed in this excerpt? (Journal of Christopher Columbus, October 1492)
They wanted to spread Christianity.
Chapter 4 What was the real reason for the passage of the American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924?
To encourage Native American assimilation into mainstream culture.
What basic conflict was the Sand Creek Massacre part of?
U.S. settlers and soldiers against Native Americans.
How does this cartoon portray the South during the Grant administration (on the left) and during the Hayes administration (on the right)?
Under Grant, the South is oppressed, while under Hayes it is thriving.
In this report, Samuel Gompers is explaining the need for? (Report of the (U.S.) Industrial Commission on Capital and Labor, 1890)
Unions.
This excerpt for the Articles of Confederation indicates that it's authors were?
Unwilling to transfer too much power to the national government.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 sought to abolish the black codes by?
Using federal government legislation to overrule state laws.
The U.S. government outlawed practices such as this traditional Native American ceremony in order to?
Weaken tribal cultures and encourage assimilation.
According to this graph, which crop lost the greatest amount of value per bushel between 1866 and 1896? (Falling Prices of Farm Crops)
Wheat.
This reports demonstrates that during the Gilded Age, child labor? (Mary Van Kleeck, "Child Labor in New York City Tenements," 1908)
Would be more difficult to put an end to than previously thought.
In what way did California laws especially threaten Japanese immigrant farmers?
California laws restricted their right to own land.
Folsom would be most likely to call John D. Rockefeller a? (Historian Burton W. Folsom, Jr.)
Captain of industry.
According to the chart, which city grew the most between 1880 and 1890? (10 Largest Urban Places, 1880 and 1890)
Chicago, IL.
Most immigrants who entered the United States through Angel Island were from?
China.
In the early 1800s, American foreign policy was largely defined by?
Colonization in Latin America.
This oath, used by the United States Congress, was primarily intended to eliminate which group from elected office? (Ironclad Test Oath, 1864)
Confederate sympathizers.
Chapter 1 In this speech excerpt, which Reconstruction issue does Steven address? (Representative Thaddeus Stevens, Speech, 1865)
Confiscation of Southern land.
The way Thomas Edison's laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey is equipped shows that?
Entrepreneurs invested in innovation and invention.
Those who favored loose construction and who supported strict construction most strongly differed on which of the following issues?
Extent of federal power.
What conflict arose between farmers and ranchers settling western lands?
Farmers demanded water rights from ranchers.
Which of the following attempted to protect this right?
Fifteenth Amendment.
How was William Jennings Bryan different from the majority of other presidential candidates of the era?
He toured the nation, doing his own campaigning.
One major reason for the growth in urbanization between 1860 and 1900 was that?
Many factory jobs were located in cities near transportation routes.
How did many large cities in the late 1800s deal with the growing problem of crime?
Many professional, uniformed police officers were put on patrol in neighborhoods.
Which author, who invented the term describing this time period, wrote novels focusing on moral issues in high society during the Gilded Age?
Mark Twain.
Which of the following economic activities best completes the chart?
Medium-scale farming of wheat, rye, and barley.
According to this map, which of the following states had the largest percentage of immigrants in 1890? (Foreign-born Population in 1890)
Michigan.
What solution did the Populist propose to solve the problem of crop prices not meeting their cost of production?
Minting silver coinage to increase inflation.
In this text, Lloyd describes how John D. Rockefeller built an oil--? (H.D. Lloyd, The Atlantic, 1881)
Monopoly.
Which of the following best accounts for the number of southern votes cast for Johnson's impeachment?
Only a few southern states had been readmitted to the Union.
Which Supreme Court decision does Justice Field address in this statement? (Justice Stephen Field, dissenting opinion, 1873)
Plessy v. Ferguson.
Which problem was the muckrake Upton Sinclair most concerned to expose?
Poor working conditions in American factories.
During Reconstruction, which of the following was a way African American churches worked to develop new leaders in the community?
Providing a platform for organizing and group planning.
According to the passage, when African Americans faced vagrancy laws they struggled to earn money because of both limited employment opportunities and?
Punishment for being out of work.
This quotation reflects the desire of many newly feed slaves to? (African American Minister)
Pursue a fresh start in a new place.
Which of the following directly contributed to the changes between 1872 and 1876 shown in the presidential election maps?
Redeemer Strategy.
The destruction caused by the hurricane that ravaged Galveston, TX in 1900 resulted in what kind of reform?
Reforms in state government.
According to the information on this map, if a train station in Cheyenne's clock reads 10:00, it would be 12:00 at a train station in? (Establishing Time Zones)
Richmond.
On which institutions did the progressive leader John Dewey have the largest impact?
Schools
What kind of arrangement is agreed to in this contract? (Contract, Marshall County, Mississippi, 1867)
Share-tenancy.
The Bessemer process was crucial in the development of?
Skyscrapers.
Which type of people were most likely to support the Populist Party in the 1890s?
Small farmers.
In this text, Grady is expressing high hopes based on the South's? (Henry Grady, 1886)
Social system and new diversified industry.
The house in this image, typical of those built by homesteaders adapting to their physical environment on the Great Plains, was made from?
Sod.
Which of the following was a consequence of the Supreme Court decision in 1883 called the Civil Rights cases?
States and municipalities could impose segregation on public accommodations.
The Tariff of Abominations and subsequent nullification crises signified a growing crisis in the United States over?
States' rights v. federal authority and sectionalism.
How does this photo of the Brooklyn Bridge reflect the technological innovations of the late nineteenth century?
Steel was a necessary component for the construction.
This text was taken from the constitution of an organization led by? (Preamble to the Knights' Constitution, 1878)
Terence V. Powderly.
Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the excerpt from Andrew Jackson's veto of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866? (President Andrew Jackson, veto of Civil Rights Bill, 1866)
Johnson supported states' rights.
To which industry in the late 1800s does this political cartoon allude? (WAR)
Journalism.
Which of the following issues contributed to conflict over Reconstruction?
Lack of constitutional guidance on secession.
What did the gridlock between parties in Congress and the White House in the late 1800s lead to?
Little meaningful legislation was passed.
In this paragraph, Riis drew attention to the? ( Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives)
Living conditions of the urban poor.
Which statement from the text is supported by the information in the graph? (African American Farm Ownership, 1870-1910)
"A few African American men...were able to gather together the means to buy land."
This passage describes the effects of which legislative action? (After 1872, on account of the federal government's readiness to use legal action...)
Enforcement Acts.
President Grant is remembered as a corrupt president because he?
Allowed members of his administration to engage in corruption.
The outcome of the Constitutional Convention differed from the original purpose of the meeting because the meeting was originally intended to?
Amend rather then completely replace the Articles of Confederation.
The works on Horatio Alger promoted the idea that--? (Horatio Alger, 1868)
Anyone could become successful with hard work.
The Knights of Labor was formed with the goal of?
Broad social reform for laborers.
How did industrialization lead to improvements in the status of women?
By providing economic opportunities outside of the home.
In what ways did Booker T. Washington think the Tuskegee Institute could best help the African American community?
By teaching practical skills.
Which argument is Thomas Watson making in this quote? (Thomas Watson, "The Negro Question in the South," 1892)
Conflict between the races has made it more difficult to achieve economic justice for the poor.
Reconstruction Based on the information in the graphic, what was the greatest challenge facing Jamestown's early settlers?
Conflict with American Indian groups.
Which of the following statements best completes the chart?
Dependence of international commerce grows.
Which of the following was a lasting effect of Reconstruction?
Diversification of the southern economy.
Based on the text, which piece of legislation would eventually extend the legal goals of the Freedmen's Bureau?
Fourteenth Amendment.
From which country did the rate of emigration to the United States drop between the 1870s and the 1880s? (Immigration to the United States in the Late 1800s)
France.
Which voting practice did this Supreme Court decision address? (Guinn v. United States, 1915)
Grandfather clause.
This political cartoon implies that the American "captains of industry" are?
Greedy.
What step did the Populist Party support to reduce the cost of railroad shipping?
Having the national government control the railroads.
Americanization programs were mostly focused on?
Helping immigrants assimilate into American Society.
What did Alexander Graham Bell's most famous invention contribute top life in the late 1800s?
His invention helped make communication between households and business more efficient.
Chapter 3 What group is Horace Greeley forgetting in the quote above? (Horace Greeley, New York Tribune, February 5, 1867)
Immigrants.
Based on this text, Strong feels that cities are characterized by their? (Josiah Strong, Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis, 1885)
Inequality.
Which of the following events most likely led to the data pattern in the chart?
Introduction of the cotton gin to plantations.
How did the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act affect opinions about slavery in the North?
It drove moderate northerners to side with abolitionists.
Based on the map, what key geographic advantage did the Louisiana Purchase off the United States?
It gave Americans control of the Mississippi River.
Chapter 2 What is Carnegie's message in the text above? (Andrew Carnegie, "Wealth", 1889)
It is the responsibility of wealthy people to give back to society.
What did the Interstate Commerce Act do? (Interstate Commerce Act, 1887)
It monitored the rates charged by railroads.
Why was sod a common building material for homesteaders in the Great Plains?
It was readily available in the Great Plains.
It can be inferred from these pie graphs that after 1860,? (Per Capita Income in the South, 1860 and 1880)
The Northern economy grew more quickly than the South.
Although he was previously a member of the Republican Party, what other party did Theodore Roosevelt represent in his 1912 run for President?
The Progressive Party.
This law is an example of? (An Act to Confer Civil Rights on Freedmen, and for other Purposes, Tennessee, 1865)
The black codes.
During Reconstruction, Republicans dominated new state governments because of?
The efforts of carpetbaggers and a new crop of women voters.
This image, illustrating the Anaconda Plan, shows that the plan?
anticipated blockading the Confederacy and starving it of supplies.