US History Midterm Review

What was the immediate effect of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• Former enslaved African Americans became citizens.

• Southern slaves were freed.

• Segregation was instituted in the South.

• All male citizens could vote.

What was one problem that damaged the cause of Radical Republicans?

• growth of the Ku Klux Klan

• increased voter turnout

• the Grant administration's scandals

• low incomes for sharecroppers

What was one immediate goal of Reconstruction?

• to bring African Americans and whites together

• to rejoin the North and South

• to institute segregation

• to encourage sharecropping

Congress tried to regain control of Reconstruction by

• passing the Fifteenth Amendment.

• sending troops to the South.

• electing Democrats.

• impeaching Johnson.

Why did children work in factories in the late 1800s?

• The law required children to work at a certain age.

• Families needed the additional income.

• Factories kept schools on site.

• Their jobs included benefits.

J. P. Morgan helped industry by

• consolidating shipping systems.

• building a vast oil empire that fueled economic growth.

• encouraging corporate accountability.

• supporting research laboratories for inventors.

The railroad industry stimulated the rapid growth of suburbs by

• building subways to make it easier to get around in the city.

• increasing safety with the invention of air brakes.

• making it possible to commute to and from cities.

• establishing time zones.

In 1868, Horatio Alger published a "rags to riches" novel that

• told the story of one monopoly's collapse.

• stressed the idea that anyone who worked hard enough could succeed.

• recounted the efforts of famous inventors to advance technology.

• highlighted the shift in society from a rural to an urban economy.

Laissez faire policies helped businesses grow by

• allowing them to operate freely.

• requiring fair pay for workers.

• providing protections for the environment.

• lowering protective tariffs.

The mass production of goods meant that more people

• had to leave the cities.

• found fewer products available close to home.

• faced lower costs of living.

• were dependent on cash wages to buy food.