A Young People's History of the USA Week 4

Which of these was a reason that people were against the war in Mexico?

• Because it was an excuse to add slave states.

• Because it was an excuse to end slavery.

• Because it was necessary to protect Native Americans.

• Because they supported the idea of manifest destiny.

Who wrote the poem Civil Disobedience?

• Frederick Douglass

• Henry David Thoreau

• Nathaniel Bacon

• Dred Scott

One of the largest slave revolts, perhaps the largest in the U.S., happened in 1811 near what city?

• New Orleans, La.

• Atlanta, Ga.

• Richmond, Va.

• Nashville, Tn.

Abraham Lincoln said he entered the Civil War to end slavery.

• True

• False

What was formed to give people more power in the workplace?

• A draft

• Contracts

• Labor Unions

• Political parties

Why were Irish immigrants fleeing to the United States in the 1830s?

• For religious freedom

• To join the American army

• Because of a potato famine

• To become farmers in the American west

Eight anarchists were hanged following the ...

• The Pullman Strike

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Civil War

• Haymarket Affair

An economic system in which the government or the people as a whole own the means of production is called ...

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Anarchism

Who wrote to a friend, "I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one."

• Abraham Lincoln

• Nat Turner

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Grover Cleveland

Which of the following rose up in revolt of the US in 1899?

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

• Hawaii

• Philippines