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US History B EOC

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first, and only, President of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Bernard Bee

d)

Jefferson Davis

2.

Who was the author of both the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Andrew Jackson

3.

What is the 13th Amendment to the Constitution?

a)

Bans Slavery

b)

Freedom of Speech

c)

Gives voting rights to freedman

d)

Gives women the right to vote

4.

Manifest destiny encouraged America to....

a)

abolish slavery

b)

expand from coast to coast

c)

take over Mexico

d)

Explore the Gulf of Mexico

5.

The US recognized this river as our border with Mexico......

a)

Mississippi

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Ohio

d)

Nueces

6.

The Indian Removal Act of 1832 forced the Natives from Florida to Oklahoma - name of event

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Oklahoma Sooners

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

Florida outcasts

7.

What angered Americans and led us to war with England in 1812?

a)

Invasion

b)

Imprisonment

c)

Entrapment

d)

Impressment

8.

Most of the Civil War was fought in which region?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

West

d)

South

9.

First battle of the Civil War

a)

Antietam

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Bull Run

10.

Pres. Jefferson hired Lewis and Clark to...

a)

Explore the Louisiana Purchase

b)

buy the Louisiana Purchase

c)

Go to Alaska

d)

Sail to California

11.

The slave states that did not secede with the South were called?

a)

free states

b)

extra states

c)

border states

d)

smart states

12.

What ended the Populist movement?

a)

Death of Lincoln

b)

Election of Bryan as President

c)

The Gilded Age

d)

Election of McKinley as President

13.

The Oregon Trail began in

a)

Illinois

b)

Missouri

c)

California

d)

New York

14.

Which act restricted the immigration of the Chinese?

a)

Japanese Exclusion Act

b)

Chinese Entrance Act

c)

Chinese Exclusion Act

d)

Asian Exclusion Act

15.

A ghetto is....

a)

neighborhoods with diverse cultures

b)

an ethnic neighborhood

c)

an area of the city where no one lives

d)

a very populated region

16.

Which federal relief agency worked to provide blacks with food, clothing, and an education?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Department of Energy Conservation

c)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

d)

Freedman's Bureau

17.

Which group - mostly from the West - pushed for war with Great Britain in 1812

a)

Federalists

b)

War Hawks

c)

Republicans

d)

Anti Brits

18.

This law allowed any person seen as a runaway slave to be arrested - even in free states

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Compromise of 1820

c)

Wilmot Proviso

d)

Compromise of 1850

19.

Populism was a popular idea because it

a)

favored businesses over farmers

b)

favored tycoons over immigrants

c)

was grassroots movement of the people for change

d)

helped the labor unions vanquish the tycoons.

20.

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Harriett Tubman

c)

Harriett Beecher Stowe

d)

Lloyd Garrison

21.

Tensions between the North and South

a)

slavery, sectionalism, states rights

b)

population, slavery, geography

c)

federalism, population, sectionalism

d)

railroads, states rights, geography

22.

Andrew Jackson was considered a common man because

a)

He had great respect Europeans

b)

He hated expansion

c)

He was once a poor man.

d)

He fought against Congress

23.

Lincoln's main goal throughout the war was to

a)

abolish slavery

b)

encourage the South to break away

c)

punish the South

d)

preserve the Union

24.

Pres. Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase because he feared

a)

the French would declare war on us.

b)

France would sell it to Spain

c)

Great Britain would buy it

d)

France would build and empire here.

25.

Why was the Battle at Alamo important?

a)

It caused the Texans to rally together

b)

It allowed Mexico to have the upper hand

c)

It caused the Texans to give up

d)

It ended the war

26.

Tensions built between Whites and Native Americans because

a)

Natives wanted the best land

b)

Whites wanted the best land

c)

Natives wanted to remove the Whites from the country

d)

Whites wanted to remove the Natives from the country.

27.

The transcontinental railroad finished at

a)

Boise Point - Idaho

b)

Promontory Point - Utah

c)

Salt Lake Point - Utah

d)

Snake River Point - Idaho

28.

Laws created to keep former slaves from having equal rights in the South.

a)

Jim Bob Laws

b)

Emancipation Laws

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Black Codes

29.

Corrupt Bargain

a)

Clay wanted to be President

b)

Adams needed Clay to move to Europe

c)

Senate promised Adams the Presidency

d)

Adams promised Clay the Secretary of State position

30.

14th Amendment

a)

Abolish Slavery

b)

Right to vote to former slaves

c)

Citizenship and equal protection for former slaves

d)

Jim Crow laws are allowed

31.

Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 created the idea of

a)

popular sovereignty - people choose

b)

congress would choose slave states

c)

Both Kansas and Nebraska were free states

d)

Both Kansas and Nebraska were slave states

32.

Compromise of 1820 was designed to

a)

allow more free states

b)

make the # of free and slave states even

c)

allow more slave states

d)

abolish slavery

33.

The goal of the Confederates at the beginning of the Civil War.

a)

Control the North

b)

Join with Great Britain

c)

Spread slaves to all of North America

d)

Independence

34.

Why were time zones created?

a)

scheduling for arrival times for railroads

b)

times to close stores

c)

scheduling for businesses to open and close

d)

helps keep track of supplies

35.

The reason for the Pullman Strike

a)

Pullman added safety measures

b)

Pullman cut wages

c)

Pullman decreased work hours

d)

Pullman added vacation days

36.

Which Amendment allowed African Americans the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

15th

c)

14th

d)

16th

37.

The Point of the Monroe Doctrine was to

a)

Allow Europe to have Canada

b)

Encourage an alliance between Europe and America

c)

Create a rivalry between Canada and Mexico

d)

Keep Europe out of the Western Hemisphere.

38.

Reconstruction

a)

allow the South to create own government

b)

allows the North to control the South

c)

rebuild the South and bring back to the Union

d)

allowed the South the rebuild itself.

39.

Dawes Act of 1887

a)

kicked all Native Americans out to Canada

b)

allowed Native Americans to have land and citizenship

c)

allowed Native Americans to fight the whites

d)

kicked all Whites out of Native American lands.

40.

What is sectionalism?

a)

political similarities

b)

shared identity throughout the US

c)

differences in each region

d)

encouragement to secede from the Union

41.

Sharecropping caused what problems for former slaves

a)

kicked former slaves to the North

b)

Keep them in a circle of debt

c)

allowed former slaves to have best land

d)

forced them to move out West.

42.

After the 1890's, most immigrants came from

a)

West and North Europe

b)

North and East Europe

c)

South and West Europe

d)

South and East Europe

43.

This invention increased the cotton production and increased slavery in the South.

a)

Railroads

b)

Steam Engines

c)

Gatling Gun

d)

Cotton Gin

44.

The Gadsden Purchase was

a)

land in Florida bought for the Indians

b)

land in Arizona and New Mexico bought for railroad

c)

land in Texas for farming

d)

land in California for gold

45.

One characteristic of the Industrial Revolution was

a)

work done in villages

b)

more farmers

c)

less technology being used to make goods

d)

mass production of goods

46.

The North had the Anaconda to beat the South, the plan was designed

a)

to cut off supply routes to and from the South

b)

allow the South to move freely

c)

Allow the North to move troops into Canada

d)

to cut off the North from Europe

47.

Assimilation

a)

forbids Native Americans to live in the West.

b)

tried to make Native Americans more like White People

c)

allows Native Americans to live in their traditional ways.

d)

forbids the whites from interacting with Native Americans.

48.

Emancipation Proclamation

a)

made all blacks slaves

b)

gave confederate soldiers freedom to leave the South

c)

increased the fighting in the North

d)

freed slaves in rebel states

49.

Main General for the Confederates

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Andrew Jackson

50.

Abolitionist

a)

increase slavery

b)

expand slavery to west

c)

end slavery

d)

fights to increase populations in North

51.

Difference between North and South prior to the Civil War

a)

North industrial - South agricultural

b)

North agricultural - South industrial

c)

North low populations - South high populations

d)

North plantations - South slavery

52.

South seceded after the election of 1860 because

a)

they thought Europe supported the North over the South

b)

feared Lincoln would allow factories in the South

c)

their candidate didn't when the Presidential election.

d)

feared that Lincoln would abolish slavery

53.

This person led a bloody slave rebellion in 1831

a)

Henry Clay

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Thomas Culpepper

54.

Impeachment

a)

allow British sailors to take American sailors

b)

remove a President from office

c)

increase the amount of slaves in the South

d)

remove laws that favor the rich

55.

Land set aside for Native Americans

a)

compounds

b)

ghettos

c)

shelters

d)

reservations

56.

Goal of Anti Sherman Trust Act

a)

encourage monopolies

b)

break up the labor unions

c)

create labor unions

d)

break up monopolies

57.

Social Darwinism impacted the US by

a)

encouraging the rich to give to the poor

b)

allowing business owners to fight against workers rights.

c)

being decreed by God that everyone is equal

d)

allowing the poor to become rich

58.

At the end of the Battle of San Jacinto

a)

Santa Anna is killed and Mexico takes Texas

b)

US sells Texas to Mexico

c)

Santa Anna surrenders and Mexico takes Texas.

d)

Santa Anna captured and Texas gains independence

59.

Indian Removal Act

a)

force Native Americans to migrate to Canada

b)

began the policy of assimilation

c)

Made slave and Native Americans share land

d)

moved Native Americans to the West

60.

Who shot Lincoln?

a)

Henry Clay

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

John Wilkes Booth

61.

Chinese were discriminated against because

a)

they worked harder than everyone else

b)

they didn't stay in the country long

c)

their culture was very different

d)

they never tried to belong

62.

Which area represents the Oregon Territory?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

63.

Which area represents the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

64.

Which area represents the Gadsden Purchase?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

8

d)

7

65.

Which area represents the Texas Annexation?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

5

d)

3