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WorksheetsU.S. and the World II Final Exam Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 12mins
What piece of land did Thomas Jefferson buy at a cheap price that doubled the size of the U.S.?
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
Mexican Cession
Oregon Teritory
What was the belief that the United States is destined to stretch from coast to coast called?
Manifest Destiny
Divine Destiny
Divine Calling
American Expansionism
The Second Great Awakening was a movement centered around...
Manifest Destiny
Religion
Industrialization
Immigration
Merchants and fur trappers living in the West were called...
Rugged Individualists
Mountain Men
Fur Fellows
Western Warriors
James Watt helped contributed to the Industrial Revolution by inventing the...
Telegraph
Phonograph
Light Bulb
Steam Engine
This policy is like the U.S. saying to Europe: "This is our half of the world, so stay out and don't colonize it!"
Manifest Destiny
Big Stick Diplomacy
Monroe Doctrine
Imperialism
The fight to get rid of slavery is sometimes called...
Abolition
The Fight for Freedom
Reconstruction
Nativism
This enraged many Northerners because it required them to return runaway slaves to the South.
Missouri Compromise
Monroe Doctrine
Fugitive Slave Act
13th Amendment
This word describes what southern states did after Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
Segregation
Succession
Colonization
Secession
The time period right after the Civil War is called...
Reconstruction
The Industrial Revolution
The Era of Good Feelings
The Progressive Era
A company that has complete control over an industry is known as a...
Cottage Industry
Capitalist
Monopoly
Duopoly
The Louisiana Purchase was explored by...
Washington and Lee
Monroe and Madison
Jefferson and Adams
Lewis and Clark
The people who wanted to go to war against Great Britain in 1812 were called...
Radical Republicans
War Hawks
Secessionists
Unionists
Though the Missouri Compromise maintained the important balance between free and slave states, why did it fail?
It was hard to enforce
It created the Fugitive Slave Act
It didn't address what would happen if a state wanted to switch sides
It didn't address the root problem of slavery
Thousands of people traveled on the ________ for religious freedom, land, and the opportunity for a new life.
Oregon Trail
Chisholm Trail
Trail of Tears
Appalachian Trail
What was the number one killer on the Oregon Trail and in the Civil War?
Battles
Wild Animals
Disease
Inclement Weather
Most of the 49ers who went to California for gold...
became very rich
decided to settle in Oregon
died
ended up with nothing
About 10 years after gaining independence from Mexico, Texas...
returned to Mexico
Fought a war against California
became a U.S. state
was overthrown by the Spanish
Innovation during the Industrial Revolution was focused around...
Farming Practices
Machines
Electricity
Military Weapons
Which of the following is NOT a limitation of using canals for transportation?
They are expensive to build
They are at the mercy of the weather
They are extremely dangerous
They are slow
Strikes are used by _____ to get concessions like better wages and working conditions.
Scabs
Carptebaggers
Strikebreakers
Labor Unions
The northern economy was primarily _____; the southern economy was primarily-----.
agricultural; industrial
industrial; agricultural
transportation-based; factory-based
shipping-based; production-based
The system used to give government jobs to friends and supporters.
Victors System
Back-Scratching System
Spoils System
Elector System
Andrew Jackson forced the Cherokee nation from Georgia on the...
Oregon Trail
Trail of Sorrows
Great Migration
Trail of Tears
For a long time, politicians did not discuss slavery due to the...
gag rule
silence clause
abolition article
harmony principle
Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the Union in the Civil War?
Larger population
More troops
Better generals
More factories
What declared that slaves in Confederate states were free?
Declaration of Independence
Emancipation Proclamation
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
The Union victories at _______ and _______ in July of 1863 marked the turning point of the Civil War.
Shiloh, Antietam
Fort Sumter, Second Bull Run
Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg
Gettysburg, Vicksburg
What was William Tecumseh Sherman practicing when he destroyed many parts of Georgia on his March to the Sea?
Total War
Limited War
Civilian Warfare
Tactical Destruction
_____ was the one who shot Abraham Lincoln.
Charles Guiteau
Leon Czolgosz
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
Why was President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan more lenient towards the South?
He was from the South
He wanted them to feel comfortable seceding again
He felt responsible for the destruction caused there
His plan was not actually very lenient
Southern states passed _____ during Reconstruction to limit the rights of Black Americans.
amendments
Black codes
a Fugitive Slave Act
the 3/5 Compromise
What group wanted to (1) punish the South for the Civil War and (2) give equal rights to Blacks?
Radical Democrats
Stalwarts
Radical Republicans
Half-Breeds
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) arose to...
reverse Radical Reconstruction
help freedmen get land
challenge the two major political parties in elections
support the 15th Amendment
The United States was connected entirely East to West coast by the...
Erie Canal
Oregon Trail
Chisholm Trail
Transcontinental Railroad
The Carlisle Indian Industrial School practiced _____ to make Native Americans adopt white culture.
abolition
assimilation
repatriation
transformation
What were towns built specifically to receive and ship cattle called?
Railroad Towns
Shipping Towns
Beef Towns
Cow Towns
