US History Semester One

In the Dred Scott decision the Supreme Court ruled that

• separate but equal was legal
• the Supreme Court had the power of judicial review
• slaves did not have the rights of citizens
• Indian removal was unconstitutional

What guaranteed birthright citizenship for all Americans and equality under the law?

• Emancipation Proclamation
• 13th Amendment
• Pendleton Civil Service Act
• 14th Amendment

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
--Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 1776
What is the purpose of the document?

• Guarantee rights to the people
• Establish a new government
• Proclaim colonial independence from Britain
• Abolish slavery in the United States

From what two countries did many immigrants come to America during the period the image was produced?

• Scotland & Italy
• Germany & Ireland
• Poland & Russia
• China & Mexico

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
--Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 1863
What document is is Lincoln referencing in the first lines of the Gettysburg Address?

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Federalist Papers
• Common Sense

According to the source what is one reason for extending the vote to African Americans?

• Level of education
• Military service
• Years of oppression
• Emancipation Proclamation

I am in pretty good health I am at work in the factory in the card room No 1 Mr Marshall is my overseer I get 10 Shillings a week besides my board I pay a dollar and a quarter for my board have my washing done I board at No 6 Basin Street right close to the counting room 
--Lydia Bixby, letter, 1852
Which of the following developments was Lydia Bixby a part of during the Antebellum Era?

• Westward Expansion
• Industrialization
• The Revolutionary War
• Emancipation

What was the name of the economic plan to build canals and raise tariffs in hopes of uniting America after the War of 1812?

• American System
• Manifest Destiny
• Utopianism
• Popular Sovereignty

Jacob Riis' image provides evidence for which statement about urban life in the late 1800s?

• Cities were clean with sanitary conditions that improved the lives of the people
• Immigrants and native born Americans regularly intermixed with each other in cities
• There were limited job opportunities in the city, when compared to the farms
• Poor sanitation made cities dirty and dangerous for one’s health

Based on evidence from the map, which best describes the southern economy in colonial America?

• large manufacturing and industrial centers
• agriculturally based
• totally self sufficient
• dependent on trade from France