US History Midterm Review

What caused African American demographic patterns in the United States to shift during WWI?

• the closing of factories in the South
• effects of the Civil Rights movement
• more job opportunities in Northern cities
• The availability of cheap farmland in the North

Why did the US Senate fail to ratify the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?

• Many senators opposed the severe sanctions that the treaty placed on Germany
• Many senators feared the League of Nations would involve the US in foreign wars
• Many senators felt the League of Nations would interfere with American plans in the Phillipines
• Many senators predicted that membership in the new League of Nations would be too expensive

Which tactic was used by management to resist the demands of labor?

• strike
• boycott
• lockout
• picket line

Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861?

• passage of a higher protective tariff
• issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
• the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
• the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter

Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War?

• to promote domestic industries in the South
• to strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy
• to motivate enslaved African Americans to migrate to the North
• to encourage Union sympathizers to persuade their states to rejoin the Union

Which view was held by most Southerners of the secession crisis of 1860-1861?

• Revolution against properly elected officials is never justified 
• since the Union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time
• The Union was formed by the American people, and not by individual states
• Because of their economic connections with the North, secession would be disastrous

Which amendment guaranteed the "equal protection" of the laws to all American citizens?

• 1st Amendment
• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

This amendment gave women the right to vote

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 1st Amendment
• 19th Amendment

This amendment abolished slavery in the United States

• 1st Amendment
• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?

• They opposed the passage of the 14th Amendment
• They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights
• They persuaded President Johnson to pardon former Confederate leaders
• They prevented President Johnson from sending federal troops to the South