U.S. History 11 Midterm 12-16-2020
Quiz by Paul Bachman
Grade 9-12
Social Studies
California Public Schools Standards
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- Q1The United States gained the Louisiana Territory bywinning it in the Quasi-Warbuying it from Spainbuying it from Francewinning it in the War of 181230s
- Q2The leading economic activity in the United States in the early 1800s wasroad and canal buildingtextile millsfarmingbuilding railroads30s
- Q3The American Temperance Union advocated for the restriction ofwomen's suffrageslaveryalcoholforeign immigration30s
- Q4Manifest Destiny was the idea that God had given the continent towhite settlers, and it was their duty to protect the environmentwhite men and expected them to bring Christianity to the Native AmericansAmericans and wanted them to settle western landAmericans, and it was their destiny to become the greatest nation in the world30s
- Q5The purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was toamend the Constitution to free all enslaved peopleend the Civil War immediatelygrant freedom to enslaved people in areas rebelling against the Uniondecree freedom for all enslaved people in the loyal border states30s
- Q6The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution prohibitedsecessionwardiscriminationslavery30s
- Q7What is one advantage that big corporations had over small businesses?They had higher operating costsTheir products were more expensiveThey could produce goods more cheaply and efficientlyThey could hire more workers30s
- Q8Social Darwinism is a philosophy that applied Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection to human society, arguing thatracial equality would be achieved through acceptanceindividualism could help people rise in societynew inventions would not lead to societal improvementsociety improved through survival of the fittest30s
- Q9What was the purpose of the Open Door policy in China?to end the Boxer Rebellionto ensure trading rights with Chinato establish a sphere of influenceto win leaseholds in China30s
- Q10What were crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption called?reformersefficiency progressivesmuckrakerssuffragists30s
- Q11World War I was the first war in whichthe government officially imposed conscriptionwomen officially served in the armed forcesAfrican American soldiers were not segregated from white soldiersthe military drafted men30s
- Q12The Great Migration during World War I was the flow ofMexicans fleeing to the American Southwest to escape political turmoilAfrican Americans moving from the South to Northern citiesFrench refugees fleeing to Britain ahead of the German onslaughtEuropean immigrants fleeing to the United States to escape the war in Europe30s
- Q13During World War I, a group called the ___________________ took power in Russia and established a Communist government.BosniansSlovenesBolsheviksSerbs30s
- Q14Henry Ford’s system for making cars increased efficiency byreducing the number of parts neededtraining each worker to do every taskdividing operations into simple tasksassigning a team to each car30s
- Q15John T. Scopes was put on trial forteaching evolutionviolating Prohibition lawsaccepting bribesbeing a leader of the Ku Klux Klan30s