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Semester 2 Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Overcrowded cities in the east, inexpensive land and the discovery of gold in the west all contributed to

a)

The growth of reform movements

b)

Support for Manifest Destiny

c)

The growth of cities in the South

d)

Support for women's suffrage

2.

Which of the following is not true about the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

The land was purchased from France

b)

Jefferson originally only wanted New Orleans

c)

It was part of the Monroe Doctrine

d)

The US doubled in size in 1803

3.

After the Treaty of Paris finished the Revolutionary War, the US stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the

a)

The Pacific Ocean

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Mississippi River

4.

Which territorial acquisition led to a border dispute with Mexico?

a)

The Florida Purchase

b)

The Oregon Treaty

c)

The Annexation of Texas

d)

The Gadsden Purchase

5.

Which territorial acquisition was peacefully negotiated with Britain?

a)

The Florida Purchase

b)

The Oregon Treaty

c)

The Louisiana Purchase

d)

The Gadsden Purchase

6.

Which territorial acquisition led to disputes over slavery which were eventually solved with the Compromise of 1850?

a)

The Gadsden Purchase

b)

The Oregon Treaty

c)

The Mexican Cession

d)

The Louisiana Purchase

7.

Which territorial acquisition was completed to build a railroad to support western migration?

a)

The Gadsden Purchase

b)

The Oregon Treaty

c)

The Mexican Cession

d)

The Louisiana Purchase

8.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave the US land which it...

a)

Bought from France

b)

Bought from Mexico to build a railroad

c)

Won in a war with Mexico

d)

Won in a war with Britain

9.

During the era of westward expansion, which of the following was the cause sectional tensions?

a)

Disputes over the free enterprise system in the new land

b)

Disputes over women's suffrage in the new land

c)

Disputes over religious freedom in the new land

d)

Disputes over slavery in the new land

10.

Which of the following led to a growth in the demand for free agricultural labor in the western lands?

a)

The use of interchangeable parts and mechanization

b)

Samuel Morse's telegraph

c)

The invention of the cotton gin

d)

The growth of the free enterprise system

11.

What was the most significant impact of the introduction of interchangeable parts?

a)

The need for tariffs to support the southern economy

b)

The expansion of slavery in the northern states

c)

The growth of industrial centers in the South

d)

The growth of cities based around factories

12.

The failure of an essential crop led to which of the following?

a)

The Mormon migration to Utah

b)

An increase in Chinese immigration in the west

c)

An increase in Irish immigration to northern cities

d)

The decline in anti-immigrant Nativism

13.

The discovery of gold and the need for inexpensive wage labor on the railroad led to which of the following?

a)

The Mormon migration to Utah

b)

An increase in Chinese immigration in the west

c)

An increase in Irish immigration to northern cities

d)

The decline in anti-immigrant Nativism

14.

Which of the following is true about the free enterprise system?

a)

There should be a lot of rules and regulations to control business behavior

b)

The government needs to make sure that everyone has a job they enjoy

c)

Businesses and the economy do best when there are not many regulations

d)

It is the role of the government to make sure that all businesses thrive

15.

Which group would support this slogan?

"America for Americans"

a)

Anti-Federalists

b)

Know Nothing Nativists

c)

Loyalists

d)

Abolitionists

16.

Which of the following is not true about the Erie Canal?

a)

It helped trade and travel through the Appalachian Mountains

b)

It connected the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains

c)

It connected the Great Lakes and New York Harbor

d)

It led to the growth of trade in the northeast

17.

Which of the following explains the growth of cities in the North rather than the South?

a)

The diverse economic development of the South

b)

The reliance on wage labor in the South

c)

The lack of industrial centers in the South

d)

The growth of Know Nothing Nativism in the South

18.

Which of the following was an effect of Samuel Morse's invention?

a)

Instantaneous delivery of long distance communication

b)

An increase in long distance transportation costs

c)

An increase in production costs for factories

d)

A decline in industrial productivity levels

19.

Which of the following was an effect of the steamboat?

a)

A decline in support for Manifest Destiny

b)

The growth of trade and cities near the Mississippi River

c)

An increase in production costs for factories

d)

A decrease in the efficiency of communication

20.

Which of the following was an effect of the Second Great Awakening?

a)

Crowded and polluted cities in the East

b)

The expansion of slavery in the west

c)

Support for social reform

d)

A decline in church attendance

21.

An increase in female and child labor was caused by which of the following?

a)

The Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Know Nothing Nativists

c)

The growth of mercantilism

d)

The growth of mechanization

22.

The Transcontinental Railroad supported the economic development of the US by...

a)

Connecting the Great Lakes to New York Harbor

b)

Connecting minerals in the West to markets in the East

c)

Helping northern factories export manufactured goods to Britain

d)

Making imported cloth from Britain cheaper

23.

Who would have said the following?

"Women are the equal of men and deserve the right to vote"

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony

c)

Sojourner Truth and

Harriet Tubman

d)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

24.

Who would have said the following?

"We must do more to support mentally unwell people"

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony

c)

Sojourner Truth and

Harriet Tubman

d)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

25.

Who would have said the following?

"The Fugitive Slave Law must be nullified"

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony

c)

Sojourner Truth and

Harriet Tubman

d)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

26.

Which of the following does not match the movement with its goal or leader?

a)

Dorothea Dix - help insane people

b)

Transcendentalists - Admire nature

c)

Temperance - end child labor

d)

Horace Mann - free public school

27.

Which of the following matches the abolitionist with their strategy?

a)

Frederick Douglass

North Star newspaper and public speaker

b)

Harriet Tubman

Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

The Quakers

End slavery with violence

d)

John Brown

Help slaves escape on the Underground Railroad

28.

Which of the following headlines is from 1861?

a)

"The US doubles in size after deal with France"

b)

"Firing at Fort Sumter as war breaks out"

c)

"Peace at last at Appomattox"

d)

"California free but fugitive slaves must return"

29.

Which of the following headlines is from 1865?

a)

"The US doubles in size after deal with France"

b)

"Firing at Fort Sumter as war breaks out"

c)

"Peace at last at Appomattox"

d)

"California free but fugitive slaves must return"

30.

Which of the following is true about the Siege of Vicksburg?

a)

It guaranteed victory for the Union

b)

It was the final battle

c)

It was the deadliest battle and first Union victory

d)

Southern forces were divided in two

31.

Which of the following is true about the Battle of Antietam?

a)

It guaranteed victory for the Union

b)

It was the final battle

c)

It was the deadliest battle and first Union victory

d)

Southern forces were divided in two

32.

Which of the following is true about the Battle of Appomattox?

a)

It guaranteed victory for the Union

b)

It was the final battle

c)

It was the deadliest battle and first Union victory

d)

Southern forces were divided in two

33.

Which of the following is true about the Battle of Gettysburg?

a)

It guaranteed victory for the Union

b)

It was the final battle

c)

It was the deadliest battle and first Union victory

d)

Southern forces were divided in two

34.

Which of the following changed the goal of the war to ending slavery and allowed African Americans to join the Union Army?

a)

Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

b)

The Emancipation Proclamation

c)

The 14th Amendment

d)

The Northwest Ordinance

35.

Which of the following was not an advantage for the Union over the Confederacy?

a)

More industrial centers

b)

They knew the terrain

c)

More railroads

d)

Greater population

36.

What was the goal of the Union's Anaconda Blockade Plan?

a)

Train immigrant soldiers

b)

Help slaves in the South escape

c)

Stop cash crop exports

d)

Educate people on the horrors of slavery

37.

Which of the following was an advantage for the Confederacy?

a)

Larger army

b)

Home advantage so they knew the terrain

c)

More railroads

d)

More factories

38.

Which of the following does not match the amendment with its impact?

a)

13th - ended slavery

b)

14th - ended slavery

c)

14th - African Americans became citizens

d)

15th - African Americans could vote

39.

How did Southern states respond to the 13th Amendment?

a)

Black codes and sharecropping

b)

Jim Crow segregation

c)

Literacy tests and poll taxes

d)

The Compromise of 1877

40.

How did Southern states respond to the 14th Amendment?

a)

Black codes and sharecropping

b)

Jim Crow segregation

c)

Literacy tests and poll taxes

d)

The Compromise of 1877

41.

How did Southern states respond to the 15th Amendment?

a)

Black codes and sharecropping

b)

Jim Crow segregation

c)

Literacy tests and poll taxes

d)

The Compromise of 1877

42.

Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise?

a)

It allowed for a vote on slavery which led to violence

b)

It maintained the balance of power between free and slave states

c)

California joined as a free state but the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced

d)

It ended Reconstruction and allowed Jim Crow segregation to continue

43.

Which of the following is true about the Kansas Nebraska Act?

a)

It allowed for a vote on slavery which led to violence

b)

It maintained the balance of power between free and slave states

c)

California joined as a free state but the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced

d)

It ended Reconstruction and allowed Jim Crow segregation to continue

44.

Which of the following is true about the Compromise of 1850?

a)

It allowed for a vote on slavery which led to violence

b)

It maintained the balance of power between free and slave states

c)

California joined as a free state but the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced

d)

It ended Reconstruction and allowed Jim Crow segregation to continue

45.

Which of the following is true about the Compromise of 1877?

a)

It allowed for a vote on slavery which led to violence

b)

It maintained the balance of power between free and slave states

c)

California joined as a free state but the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced

d)

It ended Reconstruction and allowed Jim Crow segregation to continue

46.

Who were the Radical Republicans?

a)

People who moved from the South to Kansas to vote for slavery

b)

Supporters of Andrew Jackson who encouraged him to close the National Bank

c)

People who moved west during the California Gold Rush

d)

Members of congress during Reconstruction who impeached Andrew Johnson

47.

Which system saw freed slaves borrow money to buy equipment and continue working on plantations for almost nothing?

a)

Triangle Trade

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Sharecropping

d)

Carpetbagging

48.

Who was the first African American elected to the Senate?

a)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

William Carney

49.

Which of the following is not true about Andrew Johnson

a)

He supported the Reconstruction Amendments and Civil Rights Acts

b)

He was impeached by Radical Republicans

c)

He was once a slave owner

d)

He was Lincoln's Vice President

50.

Which group was established to support former slaves with schools and help negotiating contracts?

a)

The Freedmen's Bureau

b)

The Republican Party

c)

The Radical Republicans

d)

The Know Nothing Nativists