Chapter 7 Ss Practice Test

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Ch 7 SS practice test

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1.

Americans became intersted in Alaska
- A.
  
  As a good place to grow cotton
- B.
  
  After gold was discovered there
- C.
  
  Until they realized that it had few natural resources
- D.
  
  Because it was so close to Russia
2.

Which of these Americans gained control of the land and trade in Hawii?
- A.
  
  Missionaries and sugar planters
- B.
  
  Tobacco planters and cotton planters
- C.
  
  Sea captains and merchants
- D.
  
  Fishing shipowners and whaling shipowners
3.

Which two areas gained by the United States in the Spanish-American War remain U.S. possessions today?
- A.
  
  Guam and Cuba
- B.
  
  Puerto Rico and the Philippines
- C.
  
  Puerto Rico and Guam
- D.
  
  Cuba and te Philippines
4.

President Theordore Roosevelt wanted the United States to use its power in the world because
- A.
  
  Most countries considered the United States to be work
- B.
  
  He wanted to fight in all the world's wars
- C.
  
  He wanted to force other countries to buy only American-made goods
- D.
  
  He believed that events in the rest of the world affected the United States
5.

Why did the United States want to build the Panama Canal?
- A.
  
  To move the Navy out of the Caribbean Sea into the Pacific
- B.
  
  To fight in the spanish-American War
- C.
  
  To link American territories in the Atlantic and Pacific
- D.
  
  To increase trade between Mexico and the United States
6.

The main goals of the progressives were to
- A.
  
  Improve government and make life better
- B.
  
  End wars and make peace
- C.
  
  Stop immigration and foreign trade
- D.
  
  Help farmers learn new ways and grow new crops
7.

Theodore Roosvelt called his program of progressive reforms the
- A.
  
  Square Deal
- B.
  
  Great Society
- C.
  
  Good Neighbor Policy
- D.
  
  United Way
8.

Governor Robert La Follette started a merit system to Wisconsin to
- A.
  
  Reduce the number of hours in a workday from 16 to 14
- B.
  
  Make sure that children could be hired for any jobs they wanted
- C.
  
  Make sure that people who got government jobs were qualified for them
- D.
  
  Make sure that high school graduates could read and write
9.

The goal of the National Urban League was to
- A.
  
  Help unions win the right to strike
- B.
  
  Find jobs and homes for African Americans living in cities
- C.
  
  Stop the railroads from charging city customers high fares
- D.
  
  Stop immigrants from coming to the United States
10.

Why did the United States enter World War I?
- A.
  
  Russia asked for its help
- B.
  
  France started killing American soldiers
- C.
  
  The Turkish navy sank the battleship Maine
- D.
  
  German submarines sand American ships
11.

The most feared of the new weapons used in World War I was
- A.
  
  Barbed wire
- B.
  
  Poison gas
- C.
  
  The machine gun
- D.
  
  The handgun
12.

How did women contribute to the war effort in World War I?
- A.
  
  They helped men fight in the trenches in France
- B.
  
  They were drafted into the Army and Navy
- C.
  
  They flew airplanes in battles over France
- D.
  
  They took over the jobs left by men going to war
13.

The government agency set up to plan production of goods that were needed to fight World War I was the
- A.
  
  Creel Committee
- B.
  
  War Industries Board
- C.
  
  NAACP
- D.
  
  Committee on Public Information
14.

The members of Congress voted not to join the League of Nations because
- A.
  
  They wanted the United States to stay out of other countries' problems
- B.
  
  The League refused to elect an American to head to organization
- C.
  
  The League wanted to United States to pay for the organization
- D.
  
  They believed that wars were the only way to won new territories