Fall Semester US History

Which groups supported the rights of African Americans during Reconstruction?

• Radical Republicans

• Southern Democrats

• Former Confederates

• Northerners who opposed the war

Which of the following did Southerners use to resist Reconstruction?

• 14th Amendment

• Reconstruction Acts

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Literacy Tests

Leaving big business alone during the Gilded Age is called

• the Social Gospel

• the Gospel of Wealth

• Laissez-Faire Capitalism

• Muckraking

Which of the following did NOT occur on the US homefront during WWI?

• Sedition & Espionage Acts

• 100% support for the draft/conscription

• Progaganda

• Rationing

Which of the following would be a statement Jefferson would make?

• "The US should be a nation of farmers"

• "The rich should rule the US"

• "The bank of the United States is a great idea"

• "The Constitution needs to change with the times"

Which of the following was NOT a part of WWI?

• Barbed wire & trenches

• Poison Gas

• Airplanes & tanks

• Muskets & atomic bombs

Which of the following is NOT a reason for US expansionism in the 1890s?

• Spreading Anglo-Saxon culture

• Coaling stations

• Avenging the sinking of the Lusitania

• Desire for additional trading markets

Which of the following is the responsibility of the Executive Branch?

• Create the laws

• Interpret the laws

• Veto the laws

• Enforce the laws

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of slavery before the Civil War?

• It was inherited from the father

• It treated people as property

• It lasted for a lifetime

• It was dehumanizing

Which of the following caused Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Atlanta

• Vicksburg