US History Midterm Review 2

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on:

• one vote per state

• the state's size

• the state's total population

• the state's voting population

The "problem" with the presidential election of 1824 was......

• John Quincey Adams was declared the winner of the election despite having received less of the popular vote

• the votes submitted by indigenous peoples were not counted, which was illegal

• the British government was accused of interfering with the vote

• there was no vice-presidential candidate which was a problem for presidential succession

The Radical Republicans were the Congressional Republicans who

• supported slavery

• wanted the South to be punished for the Civil War

• wanted to bring the South back quickly into the Union

• Congressional Republicans who wanted to send Union troops to the South to protect the rights of freed Blacks.

The Freedmen's Bureau--

• a. Helped former enslaved people with school, jobs, and housing.

• b. Registered former slaves for the purpose of collecting their debts for Southern governments.

• c.Had as a major goal of assisting Black women start their own businesses and buy property

• d. Supported indigenous populations, specifically the Cherokee of Georgia.

In which speech did President Lincoln state that the Civil War was necessary to preserve the Union and that America was one nation, not a collection of individual states?  

• a. The Emancipation Proclamation

• b. The Dedication of Bull Run

• c. The Gettysburg Address

• d. His Third Inaugural Address

What was one major reason that the Republic of Texas declared independence in 1836?

• a. Disagreement with Mexico over the legality of slavery.

• b. Tension with the United States government over federal taxes; "taxation without representation."

• c. The American army's loss to the Spanish at the Battle of the Alamo.

• d. Nullification.

What was "The Lone Star Republic?"

• a. A Mexican colony controlled by Spain from 1820 - 1837.

• b. A nickname for the United States during the era of Manifest Destiny.

• c. France, an important American ally and the first modern republic established in Europe.

• d. Texas, as an independent country from 1836 - 1846.

Why did American crop prices fall in the mid-19th century?

• a. The demand for food crops diminished following the Mexican-American War because the U.S. government was no longer buying up large quantities to feed government troops.

• b. New technologies and the use of more productive farming techniques meant that each farmer was producing much larger quantities of crops, leading to surplus crops and low prices.

• c. Americans began to demand specialty crops and food products from South America, such as sugar cane, chocolate, and coffee. Interest in American crops dropped, leading to lower profits for American farmers.

• d. All of the above.

What happened at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Territory, in December of 1890?

• a. A small settlement of Irish-American homesteaders was massacred by Cheyenne warriors.

• b. A mutually-agreed treaty was signed between the Lakota Sioux, the Cheyenne, and the U.S. government, ending the so-called "Indian Wars."

• c. A major battle between the Lakota Sioux and the Cheyenne resulted in significant land gains for the Sioux; land that remains under Lakota Nation independent rule to this day.

• d. The U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry killed over 150 Lakota Sioux, many of them unarmed women and children.

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Populist Party's political platform?

• a. Direct elections of U.S. senators.

• b. An eight-hour work day for all Americans.

• c. A graduated federal income tax.

• d. Redistribution of lands to indigenous groups, with the goal of ending the reservation system.