US History 1st Quarter Review

Northerners that moved into the south to exploit the southern economy during reconstruction were known as:

• Scallywags

• Carpetbaggers

• Unionists

• Okies

What was the main goal of Samuel Gompers' American Federation of Labor.

• Prevent American workers from becoming communist radicals.

• Provide better conditions and benefits for American Workers.

• Increase production in steel factories.

• Keep immigrants from joining the labor force.

What was an effect of improved steel production via the Bessemer process?

• The invention of the telegraph.

• The creation of skyscrapers with the use of steel girders

• The growth of the automobile industry.

• Increased Immigration to the united states

A long-term impact of labor unions was

• Improvement of working and living conditions for workers, and a large number of labor strikes in the northeast

• Unsanitary and dangerous working conditions that led to catastrophic workplace accidents

• Labor Unions lost the ability to go on Strike and were forced to disband

• The creations of capitalism and communism as political systems

A system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work. Many freedmen were forced to endure this system after the Civil War through sharecropping.

• Indentured servitude

• Institution of Slavery

• Debtors Prison

• Debt Peonage

The name given to a faction in the U.S. Congress which encouraged freedmen to execute their new political rights, and insisted on harsh penalties for the South following the war, during the period of Reconstruction.

• Democratic-Republicans

• War Hawks

• Emancipationists

• Radical Republicans

Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?

• Keep public facilities cleaner

• keep African-Americans as second-class citizens

• keep the races pure

• keep African-Americans from voting

What best describes Jim Crow laws?

• better opportunities for women
• African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
• discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
• unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education

Why did Americans discriminate against the Chinese and try to heavily limit Chinese immigration with the Chinese exclusion act?

• There owned all the businesses in California
• They had a lot of money when they came to U.S.
• They opened too many restaurants
• They held onto their culture (language, food, clothing) & they thought they would take their jobs

Push factors are....

• good things that draw a person to another country
• negative reasons that drive a person out of their country of origin

• reasons people migrate to a new area
• Restrictions on immigration that prevent people from moving.