Semester 1 Review

Multiple Choice

Why was it important to Southern senators to have an equal number of slave and free states? It was mainly an ...

• Issue of respect.

• Issue of equal balance in voting power.

• Issue of tax revenue.

• Issue of future elections.

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Which of the following individuals was a former slave who published a newspaper titled “The North Star” which spoke about the evils of slavery?

• Sojourner Truth

• Frederick Douglass

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Tubman

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Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin influential?

• Campaign against slavery as a social issue.

• Woman's rights

• Slaves freedom

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President __________________________ supported Indian Removal, ignored the ruling of the Supreme Court in Worcester v. Georgia and forced the Cherokee to Oklahoma along the Trail of Tears.

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Quincy Adams

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Ruled slaves could never be U.S. citizens

-Slaves were continued to be viewed as property

-Declared Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• McCulloch v. Maryland

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What organization established education, health care and training in the South for newly freed African Americans?

• Ku Klux Klan

• Radical Republican

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Carpetbaggers

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Which Reconstruction plan wanted to punish the South?

• Abraham Lincoln's Plan

• Andrew Johnson's Plan

• Radical Republican's Plan

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Which of the following is true about sharecropping

• Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

• Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

• Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty

• Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

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What was the significance of the Battle of Gettysb

• This battle started the war

• I am not sure.

• This battle ended the war

• It was the turning point of the war

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What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

• To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

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Which animals were greatly affected by the Transcontinental Railroad being built?

• bison

• cattle

• horses

• birds

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Companies who control all the different phases of the business to control profits & maximize efficiency use the method called

• Horizontal Integration

• Vertical Integration

• Big Business Model

• Maximum Profit Idea

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The method of melting iron & blowing air to remove impurities, creating steel, is called the 

• Kelly Process

• Carnegie Steel Method

• Bessemer Process

• Steel Folding Process

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The biggest oil company in the US during the period 1865-1900 was created by 

• JP Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

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What is nativism?

• A policy that supported immigrants instead of native habitants

• A policy that favored Native Americans

• A policy that supported the growth of cities

• A policy that supported the native born citizens instead of the immigrants

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Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?

• closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years

• welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work

• allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules

• closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time

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These organizations tried to improve working conditions for workers-

• Political Bosses

• Labor Unions

• Political Machines

• Farmers

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This is a VIOLENT strike between workers and owners at Carnegie's mill. (20% wage cut).

• Pullman Strike

• Homestead Strike

• Haymarket Square

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established in poor neighborhoods where middle-class residents lived and helped the poor residents

• naturalism

• Reform Darwinism

• settlement houses

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Why did Jane Addams establish her project where she did?

• It was a huge house with tons of resources.

• It was surrounded by the poor she wanted to help.

• The federal government offered full payment.

• It was the worst city in all of the United States.

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Why are political machines an example of corruption in the Gilded Age?

• They made sure unions could not protect workers from management

• They forced immigrants into the US from Latin America

• They took control of city governments and stole millions of dollars from the cities

• They prevented immigrants from being Americanized

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The most famous political machine was Tammany Hall in New York lead by-

• Bill the Butcher

• Andrew Carnegie

• William "Boss" Tweed

• John D Rockefeller

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Represented the farmer and working man. Government ownership of railroads, bimetallism, and direct election of senators.

• Populist Party

• Reservation System

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

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Promised settlers cheap land (160 acres) if they settled or improved the land. Increased westward expansion

• Homestead Act

• Reservation System

• Populist Party

• Dawes Act

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Address by William Jennings Bryan promoting bimetallism to help farmers pay off their debts

• Pull Factors of Westward Expansion

• Farmers Problems

• Monopoly

• Cross of Gold Speech

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~Upton Sinclair exposed the unhealthy practices of Chicago's meat-packing plants

~Ida Tarbell revealed the dishonest business tactics of Rockefeller's Standard Oil

Company

~Jacob Riis wrote How the Other Half Lives, showing the conditions of the residents of

New York City tenements

What was the impact of these muckraking activities during the early 1900s?

• Society changed in response to their promotion of Social Darwinism

• Voters agreed to let big business owner create more profitable monopolies

• Reports of their works in publications abroad caused a decline in immigration

• Public reaction to their books led to new laws addressing the abuses of industrialization

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Progressives focused on three areas of reform:

• easing the suffering of the urban ponies, improving unfair and dangerous dragon conditions, and reforming government at the national, snake, and local levels.

• easing the suffering of the rural poor, improving unfair and dangerous living conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and international levels.

• easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and local levels.

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What was one of the results of Plessy v. Ferguson?

• The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.

• The Supreme Court never made a ruling.

• The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.

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What was the main goal of the Temperance movement?

• To promote the consumption of alcohol

• To reduce the consumption of alcohol

• To increase the production of alcohol

• To promote the sale of alcohol

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Why is the 19th Amendment named after Susan B. Anthony?

• It ended slavery in the United States

• It gave women the right to vote

• It allowed women to own land

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The United States defeated which former mighty empire in the Spanish American War?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Russia

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What was a result of Yellow Journalism?

• Economic growth for the readers

• Public opinion for the war increased

• Public outcry against the war increased.

• US won the Spanish American War

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At the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories? 

• Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain

• Spain, Cuba, Guam

• Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia

• Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico

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What was is the Open Door Policy? 

• Document stating America's control over China.

• Principles stating that all countries have equal acess to Chinese Ports. 

• Document explaining the intense competion between world powers. 

• Document explaing the "spheres of influence." 

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1903- The 48 mile international waterway allows ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, saving about 8,000 miles. ¨Expansion of World trade. 

• Platt Amendment 

• Monroe Doctrine 

• Boxer Rebellion 

• Panama Canal 

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Isolationism Definition WW1

• isolating from government officials

• hiding in fear of attack

• being a loner

• policy by the US to not be involved in foreign affairs

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Which theme does this picture represent?

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

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Who were the Triple Allies?

• France, Germany, Britain

• Britain, Italy, and Russia

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

• Japan and United States

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What does "unrestricted submarine warfare" mean?

• German submarines attacked ANY Allied ship.

• German submarines attacked ANY Central Power ships.

• French u boats attacked military ships.

• British air craft carriers attacked Central Power ships.

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Why did the Zimmerman note cause outrage among Americans?

• It revealed Mexico was getting ready to enter the war on the German side.

• It promised Mexico that Germany would help it reclaim territory in the U.S. if the United States entered the war against Germany.

• Zimmermann was passing American secrets to Germany with the help of Mexican leaders.

• The telegram contained secret messages sent by American leaders its commanders on European battlefields.

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What is the League of Nations?

• An international organisation that helps to promote trade

• An international organisation that aims to promote peace among the countries

• An international organisation that will fight other countries

• An international organisation that will bring hope and stability in the world

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What was the Red Scare 

• A time when people were afraid of anarchism, communism, and socialism

• When people were afraid of the color red

• Sacco and Vanzetti

• a red ghost

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RED SCARE: Arrest and deportation of radical leftists, especially anarchists. The arrests mostly only happened to immigrants. This happened during the Red Scare.

• Demobilization

• Sacco and Vanzetti

• Palmer Raids

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RED SCARE: Were Italian immigrants charged with murdering a guard and robbing a shoe factory. Convicted with little evidence. The men were electrocuted in 1927.

• Sacco and Vanzetti

• Nicoletti and Gucci

• The Palmieri brothers

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The _________________________ was a movement in which large numbers of African Americans began leaving the South to take jobs in northern factories.

• Great Migration

• Trail of Tears

• Red Scare

• fundamentalism

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In the 1920`s what was the most popular musical form which was influenced by African american music?

• blues 

• pop

• jazz

• hip hop 

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What name was given to the great achievements in art and learning by African Americans during the 1920s?

• The Roaring 20s

• The Best of Times

• Harlem Renaissance

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Who became the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?

• Babe Ruth

• Charles Lindbergh

• Amelia Earhart

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The ____ was an agency formed to insure bank deposits up to a certain amount.

• Social Security

• SEC

• FDIC

• Tennessee Valley Authority

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What are the 3 R's of the New Deal?

• Relief, Rebuild, and Reform

• Recover, Rebuild, and Reform

• Relief, Recovery, and Reform

• Recover, Revive, and Reform

Multiple Select

Which TWO answers best describe Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency during the Great Depression?

• Very active hands-on gov't with business

• Mostly hands-off gov't with business

• Created many New Deal Programs

• Created a tariff that hurt American economy

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Period of time beginning in 1929 and lasting through the 1930s where people lost jobs and didn’t have enough food; the economy took a downfall

• The Great Depression

• The Great Recession

• The New Deal

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Which trial saw the conflict between Modernism and Traditionalism?

• Sacco and Vanzetti 

• Scopes Trial

• Schenck v. United States

• Korematsu v. United States

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FDR made speeches called "_________________."

• fighter chats

• fireside chats

• freedom chats

• friendly chats

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Close reading the map, The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states. North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned.

• permitted

• prohibited

• sometimes prohibited

• cheap