US History Semester 1 EOC Review

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?

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the expansions of slavery into new territories

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This time period in US History consisted of the Civil War and the struggle to end slavery.

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1861-1865

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Which of these was a direct consequence of the Civil War? Options: the extension of voting rights to African American men., the use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery, the addition of new states to the Union, the disintegration of the Whig Party

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the extension of voting rights to African American men.

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The 14th Amendment was proposed by Congress in response to which of the following? the emergence of white resistance to the civil rights movement, the passage of the Black Codes in the South, the rise of violence against emancipated slaves, the attempts of Democrats to limit the voting rights of African Americans

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the passage of the Black Codes in the South

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Which of the following was a pull factor that drew African Americans north during the Great Migration? Options: the sale of inexpensive land by the federal government, the construction of low-cost government housing in growing cities, the absence of segregation and racial discrimination outside the South, the availability of good jobs in the North and the West

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the availability of good jobs in the North and the West

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The Gentleman’s Agreement between President Theodore Roosevelt and Japan resulted in a decrease of which of these?
Japanese immigration to the US, Japanese troops stationed in Manchuria, tariffs between Japan and the US, U.S. and Japanese fleets in the Pacific Ocean

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Japanese immigration to the US

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Which of the following describes a reason for U.S. involvement in WWI?

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U.S. leaders feared that Germany might gain too much control and negatively affect American security and trade.

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Which of the following was the main reason that the federal government created a method for Native Americans to become U.S. citizens? Options: to reduce the amount of money spent supporting Native Americans, to encourage Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream society, to undermine the legal basis of the treaties made with Native American tribes, to guarantee that Native Americans enjoyed constitutionally protected civil rights

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to encourage Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream society

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Which of the following was a goal of the Dawes Act of 1877? Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural lifestyle, Lure Native Americans to migrate to the frontier, Entice Native Americans to move to urban areas, Give Native Americans jobs in the federal bureaucracy

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Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural lifestyle

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What was the large animal relied upon by Indians, depopulated by White Settlers?

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Buffalo