US HISTORY TEST QUESTIONS FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024
Which state granted women the full right to vote in 1890? - ANSWER Wyoming
What is another name for the right to vote? - ANSWER Suffrage
This law banned the production, sale, and transpiration of alcoholic beverages throughout the US -
ANSWER 18th Amendment
Theodore Roosevelt's idea for balancing the interests of consumers, laborers and business people was
called? - ANSWER Square Deal
Who encouraged African Americans to improve their economic and educational opportunities rather
than fight discrimination directly? - ANSWER Booker T Washington
What were journalists who wrote problems in society during the Progressive age called? - ANSWER
Muchrakers
What is the practice of printing sensational, often exaggerated stories called? - ANSWER Yellow
Journalism
What territory did the US acquire from Russia in 1867? - ANSWER Alaska
What did supporters of isolationism believe that the US should do? - ANSWER Avoid interfering with
other countries' affairs
Name the queen of Hawaii who lost her kingdom to the US - ANSWER Queen Liliuokalani
What was the battleship that exploded in Havana harbor starting the Spanish-American War? - ANSWER
The U.S.S Maine
, What was the major crop grown on the Hawaiian Islands in the late 1900s? - ANSWER Sugar Cane
He was the first President to consider conservation an important national priority? - ANSWER Theodore
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt's nickname - ANSWER Teddy
The name given to the soldiers who joined with TR during the Spanish American War who charged up
San Juan Hill - ANSWER Rough Riders
He arranged the purchase of Alaska - ANSWER William Seward
The waterway between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans - ANSWER Panama Canal
Who said "Speak softly and carry a big stick..." - ANSWER Theodore Roosevelt
He opened up Japan in 1853 - ANSWER Commodore Party
Allowing all nations to trade with China - ANSWER Open Door Policy
A Yellow Journalist - ANSWER William Randolph Hearst
Freed from Spain, it fought a long revolution to free itself from the US - ANSWER Philippines
Its citizens are US citizens and pay no tax - ANSWER Puerto Rico
Panama declared independence from this country - ANSWER Colombia
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024
Which state granted women the full right to vote in 1890? - ANSWER Wyoming
What is another name for the right to vote? - ANSWER Suffrage
This law banned the production, sale, and transpiration of alcoholic beverages throughout the US -
ANSWER 18th Amendment
Theodore Roosevelt's idea for balancing the interests of consumers, laborers and business people was
called? - ANSWER Square Deal
Who encouraged African Americans to improve their economic and educational opportunities rather
than fight discrimination directly? - ANSWER Booker T Washington
What were journalists who wrote problems in society during the Progressive age called? - ANSWER
Muchrakers
What is the practice of printing sensational, often exaggerated stories called? - ANSWER Yellow
Journalism
What territory did the US acquire from Russia in 1867? - ANSWER Alaska
What did supporters of isolationism believe that the US should do? - ANSWER Avoid interfering with
other countries' affairs
Name the queen of Hawaii who lost her kingdom to the US - ANSWER Queen Liliuokalani
What was the battleship that exploded in Havana harbor starting the Spanish-American War? - ANSWER
The U.S.S Maine
, What was the major crop grown on the Hawaiian Islands in the late 1900s? - ANSWER Sugar Cane
He was the first President to consider conservation an important national priority? - ANSWER Theodore
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt's nickname - ANSWER Teddy
The name given to the soldiers who joined with TR during the Spanish American War who charged up
San Juan Hill - ANSWER Rough Riders
He arranged the purchase of Alaska - ANSWER William Seward
The waterway between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans - ANSWER Panama Canal
Who said "Speak softly and carry a big stick..." - ANSWER Theodore Roosevelt
He opened up Japan in 1853 - ANSWER Commodore Party
Allowing all nations to trade with China - ANSWER Open Door Policy
A Yellow Journalist - ANSWER William Randolph Hearst
Freed from Spain, it fought a long revolution to free itself from the US - ANSWER Philippines
Its citizens are US citizens and pay no tax - ANSWER Puerto Rico
Panama declared independence from this country - ANSWER Colombia
