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WorksheetsUS History DPMA I
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 2hrs 48mins
What advantages did the Union have over the Confederacy?
Better Generals
Stronger allies
Natives were on their side
More people, more factories and food, more railroads
How did Lincoln abolish slavery in ALL states?
He ordered them free
Congress passed the 13th Amendment
He used the Declaration of Independence. "All Men are Created Equal"
He did nothing
How did the Union hope to damage Confederate trade and transportation during the Civil War?
By patrolling rivers and the Gulf of Mexico
By attacking railroads
By blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River
By taking over Southern farms and factories
What was ONE reason why there were food shortages in the South?
Farming machinery was taken by the Union army
Farmland was used as Prisoner camps
Farm products became too expensive to buy
Most of the farm workers fought in the military
The Republican party was established on the belief of
Destroying the South
Helping slavery spread
Opposing slavery
Going to war
This 1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens therefore they had no rights.
Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
Siege of Vickburg
Appomattox Courthouse
Battle of Gettysburg
What Amendment was created to guarantee Freed Slaves citizenship?
15
13
14
Emancipation Proclamation
The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to
provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.
gain the vote for millions of former slaves.
provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.
get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.
Radical Republicans
Group of representatives that were very extreme with their views and believed the government should be tougher on the South for leaving the Union.
People that describe themselves as NOT excessive or extreme in their political beliefs.
A northerner who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era to take advantage of the unsettled conditions (to make money).
Southerners that wanted the northerners to leave the South and allow the southern states to rule themselves.
What was the Congressional (radical republican) Plan for Reconstruction?
Put southern states under military governments until the 14th and 15th Amendments were ratified.
Southern states could re-enter into the Union immediately
All males had to take a loyalty oath
No southern states could re-enter the Union.
Match the following vocabulary terms with the appropriate image
Assimilation
Nativism
Westward Expansion
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Which of the following was intended to assimilate Native Americans?
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Which of the following offered free land in the West to encourage settlement?
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Which of the following was passed due to nativism and concerns over job competition?
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Which of the following is responsible for the end of the cattle drives?
Dawes Act
Buffalo
Barbed Wire
Immigration
Immigrants from Asian countries like China were processed here:
Ellis Island
Coney Island
Angel Island
Staten Island
Immigrants from European countries like Ireland and Italy were processed here:
Ellis Island
Coney Island
Angel Island
Staten Island
Lack of jobs, poverty, famine, war, and persecution are all examples of:
Assimilation
Nativism
Push Factor
Pull Factor
Economic opportunities (jobs), religious freedom, improved living conditions are all:
Assimilation
Nativism
Push Factors
Pull Factors
Pressuring Native Americans to cut their hair, change their dress, and learn English are examples of:
Assimilation
Nativism
Push Factors
Pull Factors
Anti Catholic sentiment and the Chinese Exclusion Act are examples of
Assimilation
Nativism
Push Factors
Pull Factors
(a) : organizations of people who sympathized with farmers
To address their concerns, farmers did which of the following:
formed organizations
urged the government to increase the money supply
fought the railroad
created their own currency
developed better ways of shipping their goods cheaper
(a) : movement to gain more political and economic power for common people
(a) : monetary system in which the government would give people either gold or silver in exchange for paper currency
(b) : backing dollars solely with gold
(c) : favored gold to keep prices from rising
(d) : favored bimetallism because it would make more dollars available and could see a rise in prices and wages
What were the legacies of the Populist movement?
Poor and less powerful people could organize for political impact
many reforms they wanted would be enacted in the 20th century
the gold standard
bringing back slavery
repealing the Bill of Rights
What were some goals of the Populist movement?
Push for reforms to help farmers
Bimetallism
make the government more democratic
supporting the gold standard
push for reforms to help railroad companies
In the 1896 election, Republican (a) defeated Democrat (b)
How did Progressives feel about the government?
they supported the government 100%
they believed the government was not capable of fixing society's problems
they thought the government could fix the problems, but just wouldn't
What did the Progressives believe could help fix society's problems?
sending immigrants back home
the government
science and technology
the strength of the US economy
What did muckrakers use to get their message to the public?
books
photographs
newspaper articles
television shows
political cartoons
What are the characteristics of the Progressive Era?
Expand the Democratic Process
Social Justice
Correct issues with Industrialization and Urbanization
All the above
Reforms in big business are characteristic of what era?
Gilded Age
Progressive Era
New Deal
Roaring 20s
What are Jim Crow Laws?
A legal basis for discrimination against African Americans
Laws put in place to manage immigration
Legislation to support farmers in the West
A set of trusts that controlled most of the railroads
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act ineffective?
The Grander Movement was taking place at the same time
Labor Unions controlled everything
Judicial rulings that the federal government had no role in business
President Jackson did not enforce the law
How did the Transportation Act of 1920 Impact the Interstate Commerce Commission?
Allowed the ICC to create a regulatory system for railroad freight rates
Allowed the ICC to use telephones instead of telegraphs
The ICC began to collect taxes
State governments began to control the railroads
Lobbying includes which of the following?
signing a petition
speaking to lawmakers
writing to senators
all of the above
What were journalists called that investigated and wrote about the issues in society during the progressive era?
Reporters
Muckrakers
Yellow Journalists
Paparazzi
Which social reformer opened the Hull House (Settlement Homes)?
Rosa Parks
Ida B Wells
Jane Addams
Helen Jackson
Which figure was a major civil rights activist?
Woodrow Wilson
W.E.B. DuBois'
Andrew Jackson
JEB Stewart
The Bull-Moose Candidate was most associated with?
Progressive
Populist
Greenback
Anti-Masonic
What is the 19th Amendment?
Women's right to vote
Prohibition in the South
Legalizing of Child Labor
Federal Income Tax
Which third party received electoral votes?
Anti-Masonic
Tory
Progressive
Populist
Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle encouraged what to take place?
More people joining the work force
Legislation to make meat packing safer and cleaner
Immigration into large cities
New sewage lines to be built in cities
