US HISTORY - SEMESTER A EXAM
Questions and Answers
1.Booker T. Washington is noted for which of the
following? A.
promoting black nationalism
B.
founding the Niagara Movement
C.
establishing the Tuskegee
Institute D.
reporting on lynchings in the South
Answer C
2.Use the quote to answer the question."I am tired; my heart is sick and
sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever."
—Chief Joseph, Nez Percé Tribe, 1877
What is Chief Joseph's response to western settlement an example of?
A.
surrender
B.
protest
C.
,assimilation
Answer A
3.Which of the following statements was true of the Progressive
Era? A.
The government retracted important democratic reforms.
B.
The government took a more active role in regulating
business. C.
The government embraced a laissez-faire attitude toward private life.
D.
The government actively sought to end racial discrimination and violence.
Answer B
4.Which best describes Theodore Roosevelt's impact on the election
of 1912?
A.
Republicans abandoned progressive reform.
B.
All parties focused on expanding presidential
power. C.
Progressivism remained an important political movement.
D.
The Democratic Party became the party of progressive reform.
Answer C
, 5.What problem did Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis
expose? A.
America's unique development could not continue in the absence of a fron-
tier.
B.
Intervention in international affairs would cause domestic interests to
suffer. C.
The U.S. Navy needed to be modernized.
D.
The purchase of Alaska was a bad idea.
Answer A
6.Which of these statements about President McKinley best identifies him
as an expansionist?
A.
He initially hesitated to enter into war with Spain.
B.
He feared that new U.S. naval ships were
untested. C.
He paid Spain a large sum to secure the Philippines.
D.
He put out a national call for men to join the military.
Answer C
Questions and Answers
1.Booker T. Washington is noted for which of the
following? A.
promoting black nationalism
B.
founding the Niagara Movement
C.
establishing the Tuskegee
Institute D.
reporting on lynchings in the South
Answer C
2.Use the quote to answer the question."I am tired; my heart is sick and
sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever."
—Chief Joseph, Nez Percé Tribe, 1877
What is Chief Joseph's response to western settlement an example of?
A.
surrender
B.
protest
C.
,assimilation
Answer A
3.Which of the following statements was true of the Progressive
Era? A.
The government retracted important democratic reforms.
B.
The government took a more active role in regulating
business. C.
The government embraced a laissez-faire attitude toward private life.
D.
The government actively sought to end racial discrimination and violence.
Answer B
4.Which best describes Theodore Roosevelt's impact on the election
of 1912?
A.
Republicans abandoned progressive reform.
B.
All parties focused on expanding presidential
power. C.
Progressivism remained an important political movement.
D.
The Democratic Party became the party of progressive reform.
Answer C
, 5.What problem did Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis
expose? A.
America's unique development could not continue in the absence of a fron-
tier.
B.
Intervention in international affairs would cause domestic interests to
suffer. C.
The U.S. Navy needed to be modernized.
D.
The purchase of Alaska was a bad idea.
Answer A
6.Which of these statements about President McKinley best identifies him
as an expansionist?
A.
He initially hesitated to enter into war with Spain.
B.
He feared that new U.S. naval ships were
untested. C.
He paid Spain a large sum to secure the Philippines.
D.
He put out a national call for men to join the military.
Answer C
