3.5.10 Final Exam

Which was NOT a goal of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Increasing troop numbers in the Union

• Reducing the Confederacy's manpower

• Abolishing slavery in the United States

• Giving a moral purpose to the war effort

Why did the British King approve James Oglethorpe's charter to found the colony of Georgia?

• New settlers would come in and capture the escaped slaves who had settled there

• The new colony would be a buffer preventing Spanish attacks from Florida

• The King wanted to empty debtors' prisons to provide new settlers for the colony

• The king believed in Oglethorpe's plan for a Utopian society

How did many celebrities, such as Charlie Chaplin, contribute to the American war effort during World War I?

• Many European celebrities were secretly pacing information to American intelligence services

• They appeared in propaganda spots where they mocked the German Kaiser, thus making him less threatening and raising American morale

• They helped promote bonds that helped America fund the war, known as Liberty Bonds

• They significantly helped Woodrow Wilson in reelection campaign which he ran on the premise that he would intervene in what was then called The Great War

How did Executive Order 9066 affect Japanese Americans?

• Enacted an executive order that essentially meant that Japanese citizens could not leave the country

• Forbade immigration of Japanese Americans, due to a fear of them committing acts of terror

• Interned residents and citizens of Japanese descent in the United States

• Forbade film producers from making anti-war movies that included Japanese actors

What was NOT an element of the 1988 law that provided reparations to Japanese Americans?

• A commitment to demolish the remaining internment camps

• A $20,000 payment for each surviving internee

• A full apology from the government

• A fund to educate the public about the internment

Why did Napoleon want to sell Louisiana to the U.S.?

• to raise funds for English invasion

• to avoid U.S. invasion

• to make up for money lost in the Haitian Revolution

• the U.S. offer was too good to pass up

Why were the tribes that included the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole considered to be civilized?

• Because they could self-sustain.

• Because they could be relocated anywhere.

• Because they adopted customs of the colonists.

• Because they could learn quickly.

What important event occurred between the first and second meetings of the Continental Congress?

• The Townshend Acts were repealed

• Fighting broke out at Lexington and Concord

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

• Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence

What conflict sparked the Battle of Fort Sumter?

• Abraham Lincoln's election as president

• Property rights to the fort

• President Buchanan's attempt to resupply the fort

• South Carolina's right to secede from the Union

• Abraham Lincoln's inauguration

The birth of the two-party political system happened with the formal emergence of:

• the Whigs and the Tories

• the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans

• the Democrats and the Republicans