US History Semester 1 Exam Review - Part 1

​Semester 1 Exam Review- 2025 (Part 1)

By Steven Jewell

Multiple Choice

JP Morgan, John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie were known as

• Robber barons

• financial barons
• business magnates
• industrial tycoons

Multiple Choice

One thing we have today that unions fought for in the late 1890's

• Six-hour workday
• Paid vacation days
• Flexible work hours
• Eight-hour workday

Issues with Urbanization

1. - Cities Lacked the Ability to deliver increased services

2. - Lack of Mass Transportation

3. - Overcrowding

4. - Social Tensions

Multiple Choice

Boss Tweed of Tamany Hall was an example of

• public accountability
• government transparency
• political corruption
• political reform

Categorize

Options (3)

Outlawed slavery

Granted birthright citizenship

Gave Former male slaves the right to vote

Place the description under the correct amendment

13th

14th

15th

Open Ended

What was the intent of the Jim Crow laws

Multiple Choice

Supreme court case that ruled "Separate but Equal" was legal

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Roe v. Wade
• Miranda v. Arizona

Sewards Folly

The Deal: 

• In March 1867, William Henry Seward, as the U.S. Secretary of State, negotiated the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire for $7.2 million. 

• Public Discontent: 

  The public and many in the press were not universally supportive. The purchase was seen by some as a wasteful expenditure, especially after the recent Civil War, and was given mocking names like "Seward's Folly". 

Match

Match the doctorine (policy) with the president

• Teddy Roosevelt doctorine

• Taft's policy

• Wilson's policy

The Big stick policy

Dollar Diplomacy

Moral Diplomacy

• The Big stick policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Moral Diplomacy