AHSGE-PART I

1.

1 point

What did New farm inventions, such as harvesters and threshers, contributed to?

an increase in the production of crops.

a decrease in the quality of farm goods.

an increase in the time it took to do farm work.

a decrease in the amount of land used for farming.

2.

1 point

• electoral reform
• expanded money supply
• regulation of big business

Which political party was formed in the 1890s to promote these goals?

Democrate

Whig

Populist

Republican

3.

1 point

When did Reconstruction end?

When President Hayes pulled federal troops out of the South

When Troops were sent to the South for protection

When the North won the Civil War

When the Treaty of Versailles was signed

4.

1 point

What is a series of religious revivals that swept across the colonies?

Reformation

Native American attacks

Great Awakening

Progressive Movement

5.

1 point

I was born into slavery and became known
for speaking out against slavery and in
support of women’s rights. Who am I?

Susan B. Anthony

Ida Tarbell

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Sojourner Truth

6.

1 point

What was the purpose of the Thirteenth
Amendment?

to increase voting rights

to establish term limits for elected officials

to authorize a federal income tax

to end slavery

7.

1 point

What is the main purpose of the “elastic clause” in
the Constitution of the United States?

Encourage greater voter participation.

Provide basic rights for individuals.

Strengthen the powers of the states.

Give Congress additional powers.

8.

1 point

Which amendment requires that members of
the United States Senate be elected by the
voters in their state?

Seventeenth Amendment

Eighteenth Amendment

Nineteenth Amendmet

sixteenth Amendment

9.

1 point

Where did Battles between Native American groups and the United States military in the late 1800s occur?

Montana

Alabama

Florida

Virginia

10.

1 point

Which reform movement helped lead to the passage of the constitutional amendment that instituted national prohibition?

Temperance Movement

Jazz Age

Progressive Movement

Drinking Movement

11.

1 point

The Civil War began when.

President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter.

Union forces established a blockade of Southern ports.

Southern states formed the Confederate States of America.

12.

1 point

What did the U.S. Open Door Policy in the Eastern Hemisphere try to establish?

Equal trading rights for foreign nations

Open Ellis Island to more immigrants

Open prison policies among foreign nations

Trading dominance in the Eastern Hemisphere

13.

1 point

What did the Homestead Act of 1862 offer
settlers?

bank loans

land

Equipment

job training

14.

1 point

Submarine
Tank
Poison Gas

These weapons were FIRST widely used in

Wold War I

Spanish-American War

World War II

Civil War

15.

1 point

What conflict involved American imperialism (strengthening political power by acquiring other territories)?

Civil War

Spanish-American War

World War II

Revolutionary War

16.

1 point

The MAIN reason railroad lines were built
in sparsely populated parts of Alabama
was to

encourage settlement.

Promote Tourism

support the coal and iron industries.

provide jobs for unemployed workers.

17.

1 point

What were the first battles of the Revolutionary war in which Paul Revere made his "midnight ride"

Gettysburg

Bull Run

Lexington and Concord

Bunker Hill