U.S. history semester 1 review

This case went to the Supreme Court in 1831, in which the Supreme Court found in favor of the state of Georgia, but it was later overturned in the case of Worcester v. Georgia in 1832.

• Compromise of 1850

• The Geary Act of 1892

• Plessy v. Ferguson 1896

• Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 1831

The verdict of this case established the “separate, but equal” idea that segregated Blacks and Whites for decades until the verdict of Brown v. Board of Education overturned it.

• Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 1831

• Plessy v. Ferguson 1896

• The Geary Act of 1892

• Compromise of 1850

This act required all Chinese people to carry a residence permit or risk deportation.

• Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 1831

• Plessy v. Ferguson 1896

• The Geary Act of 1892

• Compromise of 1850

What is Roger Sherman remembered for in the writing of the Constitution?

• Compromise of 1850

• 3/5 compromise

• The Geary Act of 1892

In 2013 the Supreme Court decided it was no longer necessary for southern states to seek federal approval before changing voting regulations, in effect, canceling this act.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Poll Taxes

• Grandfather clause

Name this man who was born into slavery in Maryland and escaped to freedom in Massachusetts and joined the abolitionist movement there.

• Jefferson Davis

• Orval Fabus

• Frederick Douglass

• Malcolm X

After Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States in 1860, South Carolina seceded and this man became president of the Confederate States of America.

• Jefferson Davis

• Orval Faubus

• Frederick Douglass

• Malcolm X

This man was an activist for the rights of Black people and converted to Islam while in prison for stealing.

• Jefferson Davis

• Orval Faubus

• Malcolm X

• Frederick Douglass

This man was the Governor of Arkansas who chose to close schools rather than end segregation.

• Malcolm X

• Frederick Douglass

• Jefferson Davis

• Orval Faubus

Name the largest battle of the Civil War following which Abraham Lincoln gave a notable speech.

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle of Shilo