US History DeSSA Basics Review

Why did many American colonists seek independence from Great Britain?

• Too much local power

• Taxation without representation

• Lack of farmland only

• Desire for monarchy

What was the main purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• End slavery immediately

• Create a stronger national government

• Start the Civil War

• Purchase Louisiana

What did the Louisiana Purchase do?

• Doubled the size of the United States

• Ended the Great Depression

• Started World War I

• Freed enslaved people

What was a major cause of the American Civil War?

• Space exploration

• Conflict over slavery and states’ rights

• Oil shortages

• Immigration quotas

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Ended all segregation

• Freed enslaved people in rebelling states

• Gave women voting rights

• Created labor unions

What was the goal of Reconstruction after the Civil War?

• Rebuild the South and define rights for freedpeople

• Expand overseas colonies

• End industrialization

• Lower tariffs only

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• Guaranteed voting rights to women

• Ended slavery

• Created income tax

• Lowered voting age to 18

What was a major result of industrialization in the late 1800s?

• Decline of cities

• Growth of factories and urbanization

• End of immigration

• Fewer inventions

Why did many immigrants come to the United States in the late 1800s?

• For jobs and opportunity

• To avoid cities

• To end farming

• To join the military only

Why did labor unions form?

• To reduce education

• To improve wages and working conditions

• To end voting

• To increase child labor