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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
Who did the transforming events of the 20th century effect?
a.
only the poor
c.
everyone
b.
only the rich
d.
only the common man
 

Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
 

 2. 
What kinds of subject were girls expected to study in school in the early 1900’s? (pick 3)
 a.
sewing
 d.
wood shop
 b.
home economics
 e.
auto shop
 c.
typing
 f.
metal shop
 

 3. 
What group of people changed America in the 20th century?
 a.
the common man
 c.
both nobility and the common man
 b.
nobility
 d.
neither the nobility or the common man
 

 4. 
At the start of the 20th century which country offered the greatest hope for the common man?
 a.
Germany
 d.
France
 b.
Russia
 e.
United States
 c.
England
 

 5. 
By 1900 which country was the leading industrial country in the world?
 a.
England
 d.
Mexico
 b.
United States
 e.
France
 c.
Canada
 

 6. 
What country had one third of the railroad tracks in the world?
 a.
United States
 c.
Russian Siberian Railroad
 b.
England railway system
 d.
Italy Alps Railway
 

 7. 
What did Orville and Wilber Wright invent?
 a.
sewing machine
 c.
airplane
 b.
movies
 d.
submarine
 

 8. 
What country was the leader in the number of technological innovations?
 a.
Great Britain
 c.
United States
 b.
France
 d.
Germany
 

 9. 
Who made the automobile available to all people, not just the rich?
 a.
Thomas Edison
 c.
Henry Ford
 b.
John Rockefeller
 d.
Wm. Honda
 

 10. 
What was Henry Fords great manufacturing idea?
 a.
Child Labor
 c.
Women in the workplace
 b.
The assembly line
 d.
Time studies
 

 11. 
Between 1900 and 1914 how many people immigrated from Europe?
 a.
6 million
 c.
26 million
 b.
13 million
 d.
500 thousand
 

 12. 
What was the status of organized labor in turn of the century industrial America?
 a.
the unions were very strong
 c.
there were no unions
 b.
the unions were weak
 d.
there were too many unions
 

 13. 
What was the name of the factory fire where 146 woman workers died?
 a.
Triangle Shirt Waist Fire
 c.
Fashion industry fire of 1906
 b.
Gimbles Fire
 d.
Button shirt fire
 

 14. 
What effect did the Triangle Shirt Waist Fire have on American public opinion?
 a.
It made Americans aware of the abuse of workers in factories
 c.
It had no effect on American opinion
 b.
It make Americans resent immigrants
 d.
It forced the government to increase social security
 

 15. 
What was the name of movement that pushed for change in America?
 a.
the Conservative movement
 c.
Progressivism
 b.
the Liberal movement
 d.
Capitalism
 

 16. 
What did they call women who pushed for a woman’s right to vote?
 a.
liberated women
 c.
suffragettes
 b.
conservative women
 d.
woman libs
 

 17. 
Though black men had the constitutional right to vote very few did. What kinds of rules kept black men from voting? (pick 2)
 a.
literacy tests
 c.
poll tax
 b.
high school diplomas
 d.
Mexican citizenship
 

 18. 
What percentage of black people lived in poverty at the turn of the century?
 a.
10%
 c.
50%
 b.
25%
 d.
85%
 

 19. 
What were the laws called that kept blacks and whites segregated in the South?
 a.
Black laws
 c.
Miranda Rights
 b.
Jim Crow Laws
 d.
Freedom of Speech
 

 20. 
What did the Supreme Court do about segregation laws at the turn of the century?
 a.
they ruled that segregation was illegal
 c.
they said it was protected by the 5th Amendment
 b.
they made no comments on the topic
 d.
they said it was a state matter
 

 21. 
Who was the most prominent black reformer at turn of the century?
 a.
Jessie Jackson
 c.
Booker T. Washington
 b.
W.E.B. Dubois
 d.
Ted Roosevelt
 

 22. 
What did WEB Dubois urge black people to do?
 a.
keep quiet and learn a trade
 c.
struggle for freedom
 b.
go to college and keep the peace
 d.
join the Democrat party
 

 23. 
In what direction was New York growing?
 a.
Into Pennsylvania
 c.
vertically
 b.
horizontally
 d.
into the suburbs
 

 24. 
To whom were libraries available in America?
 a.
Everyone
 c.
Mostly the educated
 b.
Mostly the rich
 d.
All non immigrants
 

 25. 
What American ship was sunk in Havana harbor and blamed on Spain in 1898?
 a.
The USS New Jersey
 c.
The USS Merimac
 b.
The USS Main
 d.
The USS Castro
 

 26. 
How did President McKinley feel about war with Spain?
 a.
He opposed war
 c.
He ignored the issue
 b.
He wanted war
 d.
none of these are true
 

 27. 
How did Theodore Roosevelt feel about war with Spain?
 a.
He opposed it
 c.
He did not care about the issue
 b.
He favored war
 d.
He cared but ignored the issue
 

 28. 
Which statement is true?
 a.
Teddy Roosevelt wanted to extend the right to vote to everyone in the world
 c.
Teddy Roosevelt did not care about international issues
 b.
Teddy Roosevelt was an internationalist who wanted America to follow international law
 d.
Teddy Roosevelt was an imperialist who wanted to extend American power around the world
 

 29. 
What was the name of the group of soldiers organized by TR to fight in the Spanish American War?
 a.
the Light Brigade
 c.
the Contra Rebels
 b.
the Big Red One
 d.
the Rough Riders
 

 30. 
How long did the Spanish American War last?
 a.
four weeks
 c.
four years
 b.
four months
 d.
one year
 

 31. 
What territories did the U.S. get control of as a result of the Spanish American War? (pick 3)
 a.
Guam
 d.
Hawaii
 b.
Puerto Rico
 e.
Panama
 c.
Philippines
 

 32. 
Which president built the Panama Canal?
 a.
McKinley
 c.
Teddy Roosevelt
 b.
Hoover
 d.
Franklin Roosevelt
 

 33. 
Who encouraged Panama to revolt against Columbia so the U.S. could build the canal?
 a.
Herbert Hoover
 c.
Theodore Roosevelt
 b.
Franklin Roosevelt
 d.
Howard Taft
 

 34. 
What war was called the War to End All Wars?
 a.
World War Two
 c.
Spanish American War
 b.
World War One
 d.
Civil War
 



 
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