Proficient Level Review, 30 October 2015
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- 1.Theodore Roosevelt was ordered to take which of the following locations in Cuba during the Spanish-American War?
- A.
Kettle Hill
- B.
Santiago Heights
- C.
San Juan Hill
- D.
Manila Bay
- 2.Which of the following statements is true? (3 statements are false, can you find the statement that is TRUE?)
- A.
The workers on the first mass-produced car were paid very low wages
- B.
The car is the first product to come from a moving assembly line
- C.
The workers on the first mass-produced car learned many different skills, and were never bored
- D.
The car was the product from the first-ever assembly line in U.S. History
- 3.The term for when a nation expands its influence beyond its borders is:
- A.
Imperialism
- B.
Globalism
- C.
Progressivism
- D.
Darwinism
- 4.Which of the following assassinated the President in 1901; he was a very, very depressed and disturbed recent immigrant and an anarchist that blamed the president for all his troubles:
- A.
Leon Czolgosz
- B.
Jonathan Schrank
- C.
Charles Guiteau
- D.
Guisseppi Zangara
- 5.Headline - The President Has Been Shot! - Which of the following was the latest medical advancement that could have helped save the President's life in 1901?
- A.
The X-Ray Machine
- B.
Sterilization of Medical Instruments and Hands
- C.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- D.
The Electro-Cardiogram Machine
- 6.How long did the Spanish-American War last?
- A.
Less than six months
- B.
One Year
- C.
Two Years
- D.
Three Years
- 7.As a result of the Spanish-American War, the American Government made U.S. Territories out of all of the following except:
- A.
Cuba
- B.
Puerto Rico
- C.
Guam
- D.
The Philippines
- 8.Which of the following immigrant groups were the first to be banned from entering the United States?
- A.
Chinese Immgrants
- B.
Japanese Immigrants
- C.
Russian Immigrants
- D.
Jewish Immigrants
- 9.All of the following were reasons why an immigrant would not be allowed become a citizen of the United States except an immigrant:
- A.
Failed a test to measure their intelligence
- B.
Claimed that he or she had a job waiting for them in America
- C.
Had a serious infectious disease
- D.
Was a young single woman that didn't have a man with her or waiting for her
- 10.Which of the following was the major reason why President Theodore Roosevelt would try and reduce the power of a Big Business? TR acted when he believed that:
- A.
The Public Good was threatened
- B.
It would be good for the Republican Party
- C.
A monopoly was being formed
- D.
Criminal behavior was present
- 11.All of the following statements are true about the meatpacking industry before 1906 except:
- A.
The factory owners spent some of their profits to make the factories safer for the workers
- B.
Body parts of workers were sometimes included in the process of making canned meat
- C.
Injuries to workers occurred often, such as being badly cut or losing a finger / fingers
- D.
Consumers were unaware of the actual ingredients in the meat they purchased
- 12.Which of the following medical abbreviations used at Ellis Island is incorrect?
- A.
L = Lungs
- B.
CT = Trachoma
- C.
H = Heart
- D.
E = Eyes
- 13.How many of the 9 Supreme Court justices voted in the majority in Plessy v. Ferguson?
- A.
8
- B.
7
- C.
6
- D.
5
- 14.All of the following statements were true about Andrew Carnegie except he:
- A.
Was the first to build a steel bridge crossing the Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio
- B.
Was an important assistant to a powerful railroad owner before he started to make steel
- C.
Was one of the people to blame for the second-deadliest natural disaster in US History
- D.
Learned from a British steel-maker how to manufacture steel in the fastest, most efficient method
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