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US Midterm Studyguide

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Manifest Destiny was the idea that God had given the continent to

a)

White men, and expected them to bring Christianity to the Native Americans

b)

Americans, and it was their destiny to become the greatest nation in the world

c)

Americans, and wanted them to settle western land

d)

Americans, and it was their duty to protect the environment

2.

How did the Gilded Age get its name?

a)

Because everyone painted their possession gold

b)

Because most people were rich

c)

It just was called that.

d)

It appeared glamorous on the outside, but this covered up many problems.

3.

How did the railroad change the west?

a)

It led to the growth of new cities

b)

It made things seem more far away

c)

Things actually relatively stayed the same

d)

It attracted outlaws

4.

What does the term "robber baron" describe?

a)

A successful farmer

b)

An ace fighter pilot

c)

A powerful industrialist

d)

A western outlaw

5.

How did Immigration and Industrialization affect the United States

a)

Led to the rapid growth of American Cities

b)

Led to a resurgence in farming

c)

Led to the passing of the Espionage and Sedition Acts

d)

Led to an increased advocacy for Imperialism

6.

How did Immigrants fight Nativism?

a)

Buying the latest technologies for their families

b)

Refusing to speak English or become Christian

c)

Moving to more rural parts of the country

d)

Forming ethnic enclave neighborhoods

7.

Robber Barons such as Carnegie or Rockefellar are generally the head of (a)?

a)

Monopoly

b)

Philanthropy

c)

Political machines

d)

Nativism

8.
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by __________________.
a)
Clara Barton
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Harriet Lecter
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
9.
The main effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin on American society was that it __________________.
a)
was a huge best-seller in the south
b)
led to a cabin building boom
c)
forced readers to understand the true brutality of slavery
d)
led to a Congressional vote that ended slavery
10.
When settlers and border ruffians got in fights that led to fifty deaths, the term ______________ became commonly used.
a)
Bleeding Kansas
b)
Oozing Kansas
c)
Bruised Kansas
d)
Hemorrhaging Kansas
11.
John Brown felt that he had been chosen by God to stop slavery. He and his band killed five pro-slavery men who had helped to burn down the anti-slavery capitol in Kansas.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Preston Brooks attacked Charles Sumner on the floor of the Senate following a speech made by Sumner which Brooks took as an insult on his family.
a)
True
b)
False
13.

Which law was not included in the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California was admitted into the Union as a free state to please the North.

b)

All slaves must be freed from their owners.

c)

People in New Mexico and Utah could vote on whether to allow slavery in their states or not.

d)

The Fugitive Slave Law.

14.
This law said Americans could NOT help runaway slaves.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
15.
After Lincoln was elected:
a)
Southern states were happy
b)
Northern states hated him
c)
He began to establish more slave states
d)
Southern states began to secede
16.
In 1861, the first shots of the Civil War were fired at:
a)
Fort Bragg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Summer Camp
d)
Antietam
17.
A person who wanted to end slavery
a)
Secession
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Fugitive
d)
Southerner
18.
States that DID NOT allow slavery 
a)
free states
b)
slave states
c)
sectionalism
d)
state's rights
19.
States that DID allow slavery and practice it. 
a)
slave states
b)
free states
c)
sectionalism
d)
state's rights
20.
Case brought before the Supreme Court involving a slave wanted his freedom: Court decided African Americans CAN'T be citizens and can't sue in federal court.
a)
Dred Scott Decision
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Fugitive Slave Act
21.
Act made it a federal law that all runaway slaves MUST be returned to their owners in the south. 
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Compromise of 1850
22.
California was admitted into the Union, Utah and New Mexico were able to choose (free or slave state) and settled border disputes from war with Mexico. 
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise 1820
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Decision 
23.

Who Was John Brown?

a)

An Radical Abolitionist

b)

President of the United States

c)

A Rich Slave Owner

d)

A Southern Democrat

24.
Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Baltimore
25.
What processing station did Immigrants go through on the WEST coast?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Devil Island
d)
Alcatraz
26.
Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?
a)
Melting Pot
b)
Birds of Passage
c)
Nativism
d)
All of the above
27.
This party was secretive, favored nativism, did not approve of immigration, or immigrants who practiced certain religions.
a)
Democrat
b)
Whig
c)
Know-Nothing
d)
Republican
28.

Who was the President in 1860?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

John Kennedy

c)

Micah Wages

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

29.
The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use___________________________ to determine whether the territory would be free or slave.  This decision applied to much of the land gained from the the U.S. Mexican War.
a)
Three Fifths Compromise
b)
Raiding
c)
Popular sovereignty 
d)
Secession
30.
What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?
a)
the expansion of slavery
b)
the building of railroads 
c)
the provision of women's suffrage
d)
support for the homesteading 
31.

This event leads to the secession of Southern states starting in the winter of 1860.

a)

Lincoln Douglas Debates.

b)

Nullification Crisis.

c)

Presidential Election of 1860.

d)

Secession.

32.
Which famous person gave the speech entitled "A House Divided".  
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Harriet Tubman
33.
Who was President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
George Washington
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Jefferson Davis
34.
Who was President of the Union during the Civil War?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
George Washington
d)
Abraham Lincoln
35.
What were the states who seceded called?
a)
The Southern States of America
b)
Dixie
c)
The Confederate States of America
d)
Texas
36.

Which of the following is NOT a border state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Maryland

c)

Kentucky

d)

Virginia

37.

Border states stayed in the Union, but still had slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

38.
The __________ ___________ was the name of the Union's plan to win the war.
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Anaconda plan
c)
emancipation Proclaamation
d)
Bull Run
39.

A person killed, wounded, captured, or missing during the war.

a)

Casualty

b)

Cavalry

c)

Enlisted

d)

Blockade

40.

rule by the army instead of by the elected government

a)

habeas corpus

b)

inflation

c)

martial law

41.

Banning trade with a country

a)

blockade

b)

embargo

c)

expedition

d)

impressment

42.
During the Civil War, many women had jobsas________________________________________.  
a)
lawyers
b)
doctors
c)
nurses
d)
 merchants
43.
President Lincoln’s first plan for Reconstruction failed because____________________________. (3-4.6)  
a)
Confederate leaders were still in power
b)
 there was no Constitution
c)
there was interference from carpetbaggers
d)
 the plantation system had collapsed
44.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
45.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
46.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
47.
How was President Lincoln killed?
a)
heart failure
b)
bit by a snake
c)
falling off a horse
d)
shot by John Wilkes Booth
48.

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

a)

The Renaissance

b)

Reconstruction

c)

The Guilded Age

d)

The Industrial Revolution

49.
The purpose of Reconstruction was to:
a)
destroy the South
b)
rebuild and unite the country
c)
send former slaves back to Africa
d)
settle the West
50.
Assasination means the killing of a political figure.
a)
true
b)
false
51.

What does it mean to "emancipate" someone?

a)

To enslave

b)

To abolish

c)

To free

d)

To vote

52.

What was Lincoln's main goal during the Civil War?

a)

To abolish slavery in the US

b)

To stop slavery from spreading west

c)

To preserve the unity of the country

d)

To get Europe to support the north in the war

53.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation say?

a)

That slavery in the north was over

b)

That slavery in the south was over

c)

That slavery wouldn't spread west

d)

That slavery would be voted on in the next election

54.

What part of the country was EXCLUDED from the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

The East Coast

b)

The West Coast

c)

The Border States

d)

The Great Lakes State

55.

Why did Lincoln exclude the Border States from the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Slavery was already illegal in the Border States

b)

Lincoln didn't have any power the in the Border States

c)

The Border States worked out a compromise to keep slavery

d)

He didn't want to give them a reason to side with the South

56.

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

57.
In which theater did the assassination of Abraham Lincoln take place?
a)
Ford's Theater
b)
Kennedy Center Performing Arts Theater
c)
Strathmore Theater
d)
Warner Theater
58.

process of teaching immigrants to become Americans (English, thriftiness, punctuality, and cleanliness)

a)

americanization

b)

assimilation

c)

horizontal integration

d)

vertical integration

59.

merger of companies in the same industry, controlling one part of the production process

a)

horizontal integration

b)

vertical integration

c)

laissez faire

d)

Bessemer process

60.

when a company controls all parts of production from raw materials to distribution

a)

vertical integration

b)

horizontal integration

c)

americanization

d)

laissez faire

61.

to settle in/enter a country other than your native land

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

c)

salad bowl

d)

melting pot

62.

True or False: Andrew Carnegie wrote the "Gospel of Wealth"

a)

True

b)

False

63.
The United States relocation policy resulted in American Indians being--
a)
sent to live in foreign nations
b)
taught to become factory workers
c)
ordered to leave traditional lands
d)
forced to trade with foreign nations
64.
What is the process in which a group makes changes or modifications to become part of the mainstream American culture?
a)
Conversion
b)
Acceptance
c)
Assimilation
d)
Nativism
65.
What was the purpose for the development of the reservation system for American Indians in the United States?
a)
Americans wanted to stop American Indians from interfering with white settlers in western lands.
b)
American Indian victories forced the United States to give them full ownership of Native American land.
c)
American Indians wanted to live apart from the settlers who claimed their land.
d)
American Indians wanted to invite American Indians into white society and culture. 
66.

What is the name given to the technique where a company refuses to hire someone that has union ties.

a)

strikebreaker

b)

blacklist

c)

shutout

d)

lockout

67.
Leader of Hawaii when the American businesses over threw the government by surrounding her throne at gunpoint.
a)
Sanford Dole
b)
Queen Liliokahlani
c)
Queen Kalakaua  
d)
Jose Marti
68.
Imperialism is __________.
a)
when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation
b)
when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize
c)
when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation

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