Midterm Review

Which factor was most responsible for the Northern victory in the Civil War?

• Southern slaves fought for the Union Army

• Most of the nation’s railroads were in the North

• The Confederate generals were poor military leaders

• Civilian support of the war was greater in the North

An increase in the number of factories in the mid-1800s led to

• an increased dependence on products made in homes.

• an increase in urbanization.

• a decrease in levels of water and air pollution.

• a reduction in immigration from Europe.

Mass production is a term that can best be defined as

• number of hours employees are required to work

• manufacture of large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply

• profit made by a large business or corporation

• formation of a business monopoly

What was the most significant economic impact of the transcontinental railroads during the late 1800s?

• eliminating overseas trade with Europe

• expanding interstate commerce nationwide

• decreasing the influence of big business

• rapid rebuilding of the South after the Civil War

Base your answer to this question on the poem below and on your knowledge of social studies. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" — Emma Lazarus The main message of this poem was to

• encourage a back-to-Africa movement among freed slaves

• call for the imprisonment of illegal immigrants

• welcome new immigrants to the United States

• support the quota system placed on immigrants

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, prejudice against “new” immigrants increased mainly because these immigrants

• came from cultural backgrounds very different from that of the majority of Americans

• tried to replace American democracy with their own forms of government

• formed their own labor unions in order to receive higher wages

• had job skills superior to those of most American workers

Antitrust laws such as the Sherman Antitrust Act were passed by Congress in an effort to

• regulate the power of big business

• limit low-priced imported goods

• encourage more immigration

• provide safer consumer products

The buffalo was the primary source of food, shelter, clothing, and tools for Native American Indians of the

• Southeast

• Pacific Coast

• Eastern woodlands

• Great Plains

The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added to the Constitution during the Reconstruction period to

• bring an end to the Civil War

• limit the powers of the president

• improve the operation of the electoral college

• grant legal rights to African Americans

During the Reconstruction Era, one reason for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was to

• prevent formerly enslaved persons from exercising their rights

• encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe

• support the South during the Civil War

• eliminate sharecropping in the Southern States