U.S. History:
EOC Flashback Exercise
Unit 7: International Involvement
and the Progressive Era
1. Theodore Roosevelt’s attitude about US
expansion can best be described as
A.
B.
C.
D.
isolationist.
uninterested.
imperialist.
fearful.
2. Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair are best
described as
A.
B.
C.
D.
social workers.
muckrakers.
progressive politicians.
founders of the NAACP.
3. Which of the following actions would be
illegal under Jim Crow laws?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Black citizens joining the NAACP.
African Americans receiving PhDs.
Progressives supporting education.
Blacks and whites riding together on a train.
4. What was The Jungle?
A. A nickname given to the Philippines by US
soldiers.
B. The title of a book that described urban life
in America.
C. The title of a children’s magazine published
during the 1910’s.
D. A novel by Upton Sinclair that exposed the
conditions in the meatpacking industry.
5. What would be the best heading for the list below:
* Unrestricted submarine warfare
* Sinking of U.S. ships
* The Lusitania
* Zimmermann telegram
A.
B.
C.
D.
Reasons Europe Went to War
Reasons the U.S. Entered World War I
Reasons for the Spanish-American War
Reasons Congress Limited Immigration
6. Which of the following would an isolationist
be against?
A.
B.
C.
D.
staying out of World War I
annexing the Philippines
joining the League of Nations
both B and C
7. An African-American who moved from rural
Georgia to New York City in 1919 would have been
part of the
A.
B.
C.
D.
Harlem Hell Fighters.
Isolationist movement.
Progressive movement.
Great Migration.
8. Who would have benefitted most from the
opening of the Panama Canal?
A. an isolationist wanting the U.S. to stay out of
interests in Latin America
B. a Filipino hoping for independence
C. Chinese immigrants wanting to enter the U.S.
after 1882
D. a U.S. navy captain needing to sail from
Florida to Hawaii
1. Theodore Roosevelt’s attitude about US
expansion can best be described as
A.
B.
C.
D.
isolationist.
uninterested.
imperialist.
fearful.
2. Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair are best
described as
A.
B.
C.
D.
social workers.
muckrakers.
progressive politicians.
founders of the NAACP.
3. Which of the following actions would be
illegal under Jim Crow laws?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Black citizens joining the NAACP.
African Americans receiving PhDs.
Progressives supporting education.
Blacks and whites riding together on a train.
4. What was The Jungle?
A. A nickname given to the Philippines by US
soldiers.
B. The title of a book that described urban life
in America.
C. The title of a children’s magazine published
during the 1910’s.
D. A novel by Upton Sinclair that exposed the
conditions in the meatpacking industry.
5. What would be the best heading for the list below:
* Unrestricted submarine warfare
* Sinking of U.S. ships
* The Lusitania
* Zimmermann telegram
A.
B.
C.
D.
Reasons Europe Went to War
Reasons the U.S. Entered World War I
Reasons for the Spanish-American War
Reasons Congress Limited Immigration
6. Which of the following would an isolationist
be against?
A.
B.
C.
D.
staying out of World War I
annexing the Philippines
joining the League of Nations
both B and C
7. An African-American who moved from rural
Georgia to New York City in 1919 would have been
part of the
A.
B.
C.
D.
Harlem Hell Fighters.
Isolationist movement.
Progressive movement.
Great Migration.
8. Who would have benefitted most from the
opening of the Panama Canal?
A. an isolationist wanting the U.S. to stay out of
interests in Latin America
B. a Filipino hoping for independence
C. Chinese immigrants wanting to enter the U.S.
after 1882
D. a U.S. navy captain needing to sail from
Florida to Hawaii
9. Someone who opposed U.S. expansion and
involvement in foreign affairs is known as
A.
B.
C.
D.
an imperialist.
an isolationist.
a socialist.
a mercantilist.
10. Which progressive change did the 19th
Amendment bring about?
A. Women gained the right to vote.
B. Senators would be elected directly by the
people.
C. People were allowed to buy alcohol legally.
D. Congress could collect taxes on the incomes
of individuals and businesses.
11. The 17th Amendment was added to the
Constitution, thanks largely to the efforts of
A.
B.
C.
D.
expansionists.
isolationists.
the League of Nations.
progressives.
12. The quote below is talking about
“She was nothing short of an angel. If it were not for
her founding Hull House and fighting for the rights of
the poor and those desperate souls born in foreign
lands, God only knows how many would have turned to
crime, or even perished.”
A.
B.
C.
D.
Carrie Nation.
Jane Addams.
Ida Tarbell.
Frances Willard.
13. Under President William H. Taft’s “dollar
diplomacy,”
A. the federal government invested taxpayers’
money in foreign nations.
B. American colonies began to regain control
over their own affairs.
C. U.S. banks and business were encouraged to
invest their money in foreign nations.
D. the U.S. purchased numerous islands in the
Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
14. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 gave the
government the authority to
A.
B.
C.
D.
control the supply of money in circulation.
close failing banks.
loan money to foreign nations.
monopolize the banking industry.
15. When World War I began in 1914, most
Americans
A. favored entering the war on the side of the
Allies.
B. supported the Central Powers.
C. earnestly hoped to stay out of the war.
D. had close cultural and economic ties with
Germany.
16. In the Sussex pledge, Germany promised
A.
B.
C.
D.
not to sink passenger ships.
not to sink passenger ships without warning.
to halt its naval blockade of Great Britain.
to halt all submarine warfare.
9. Someone who opposed U.S. expansion and
involvement in foreign affairs is known as
A.
B.
C.
D.
an imperialist.
an isolationist.
a socialist.
a mercantilist.
10. Which progressive change did the 19th
Amendment bring about?
A. Women gained the right to vote.
B. Senators would be elected directly by the
people.
C. People were allowed to buy alcohol legally.
D. Congress could collect taxes on the incomes
of individuals and businesses.
11. The 17th Amendment was added to the
Constitution, thanks largely to the efforts of
A.
B.
C.
D.
expansionists.
isolationists.
the League of Nations.
progressives.
12. The quote below is talking about
“She was nothing short of an angel. If it were not for
her founding Hull House and fighting for the rights of
the poor and those desperate souls born in foreign
lands, God only knows how many would have turned to
crime, or even perished.”
A.
B.
C.
D.
Carrie Nation.
Jane Addams.
Ida Tarbell.
Frances Willard.
13. Under President William H. Taft’s “dollar
diplomacy,”
A. the federal government invested taxpayers’
money in foreign nations.
B. American colonies began to regain control
over their own affairs.
C. U.S. banks and business were encouraged to
invest their money in foreign nations.
D. the U.S. purchased numerous islands in the
Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
14. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 gave the
government the authority to
A.
B.
C.
D.
control the supply of money in circulation.
close failing banks.
loan money to foreign nations.
monopolize the banking industry.
15. When World War I began in 1914, most
Americans
A. favored entering the war on the side of the
Allies.
B. supported the Central Powers.
C. earnestly hoped to stay out of the war.
D. had close cultural and economic ties with
Germany.
16. In the Sussex pledge, Germany promised
A.
B.
C.
D.
not to sink passenger ships.
not to sink passenger ships without warning.
to halt its naval blockade of Great Britain.
to halt all submarine warfare.