US History Unit 1-6 Review

Why did Radical Republicans (abolitionist Republicans) disagree with Andrew Johnson’s proclamation, granting full pardons to former Confederates?

• Radical Republicans wanted a quick reunification of the Unite States.

• Radical Republicans opposed Reconstruction Amendments.

• Radical Republicans felt that former confederates should be punished.

• Radical Republicans supported Popular Sovereignty.

Why did U.S. congress not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

• Article X (10) forced them to join the League of Nations and would undermine their power to declare war.

• The treaty did not have a stipulation, creating the Dawes Act (Loans to Germany to repay war reparations)

• The ratification was stopped due to political infighting.

A negative name for industrialists. Stole patents, abused workers, corrupted government.

• Robber Barons

• Carpet Baggers

• Populists

• Captains of Industry

Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?

• Being a terrible president

• Vetoing Civil Rights legislation

• Violation of the Tenure of Office Act

• Pardoning Jefferson Davis

Explain the Dawes Act.

• Universal education was given to all native Americans.

• Native Americans would become citizens and be given land in tribal reservations.

• American settlers were sold very cheap land in the central plains and the west.

• American government accepted total sovereignty of Native American tribes.

Which one describes sharecropping?

• Freedmen bought land from ex-plantation owners

• Freedmen rented land and tools in exchange for a portion of crops

• Farmers would "share" in regional profits

• Freedmen rented land and tools in exchange for cash

Why was the 13th Amendment necessary after the Emancipation Proclamation

• Failed to include newborns

• Failed to to be valid after civil war

• The Emancipation Proclamation failed to free slaves in border states

• Failed to offer reparations

Where were most Civil War battles fought?

• South

• North

• West

• Atlantic Ocean

Who supported the Populist Party?

• Farmers

• Athletes

• Bankers

• Railroads Monopolies

How did the transcontinental railroad (contiguous railroad track, stretching from Atlantic to Pacific) impact the west in mid-1800s?

• boomtowns disappeared

• settlement growth and food security increased

• settlement growth decreased

• food security decreased