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US History Review Pt 1

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California

b)

Maine

c)

Missouri

d)

Texas

2.

Which politician from Kentucky was instrumental in creating the Compromise of 1850? Hint: He also was key in passing the Missouri Compromise in 1820,

a)

Henry Clay

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

John C. Calhoun

d)

Abraham Lincoln

3.

As a result of the MO Compromise, Maine became a free state and ___________ became a slave state.

a)

Louisiana

b)

Alabama

c)

Kansas

d)

Missouri

4.

An abolitionist wants to

a)

keep slavery

b)

end slavery

c)

pay slaves

5.

What was needed to 'prove' a man was an escaped slave?

a)

A testimony from a white man

b)

A testimony from a black man

c)

Evidence including a description

d)

Evidence from their owner

6.

Who was Dred Scott?

a)

A Slave Owner

b)

A Widow

c)

A Doctor

d)

A Slave

7.
This law (act) opened the Kansas and Nebraska territory to being possible slave states 
a)
Fugitive Slave Act 
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Missouri Compromise 
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act 
8.

Who was a violent opponent of slavery?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

John Brown

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

John C Calhoun

9.

Sectionalism, States' Rights, and slavery all led to the ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Civil war.
Manifest Destiny.
American Revolution.
Popular Sovereignty.
10.
The Union strategy at the beginning of the Civil War was called the...
a)
Defense First plan
b)
Anaconda Plan
c)
King Cotton
d)
Try to Compromise Plan
11.

On November 19, 1863, President Lincoln gave a short speech to honor the dead. The speech is known as the

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Lincoln's Farewell

c)

President's Honor

d)

Gettysburg Farewell

12.

Gettysburg is located in the state of

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Virginia

c)

Maryland

d)

Tennessee

13.

Union General who won a major battle at Vicksburg and ultimately accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

William T. Sherman

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

John Brown

14.

Commander of the Confederate army. Native of Virginia. Highly respected General who wins battles at Bull Run and Chancellorsville but ultimately loses the war.

a)

Ulysses S Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

George McClellan

15.

1st major battle of the Civil War. Union invades Virginia. Confederates defeat Union. Nation realizes this war will not be over quickly...

a)

1st Bull Run

b)

Ft. Sumter

c)

Antietam

d)

Gettysburg

16.

Turning point of the war. South never invades the north again following this battle.

a)

Antietam

b)

2nd Bull Run

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Gettysburg

17.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

The Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for what constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States?

a)

The thirteenth amendment

b)

The nineteenth amendment

c)

The fifth amendment

d)

The first amendment

e)

The twenty-first amendment

19.
Which event occurred immediately after the Reconstruction period ended?
a)
Freedman's Bureau 
b)
Federal Troops were removed from the South
c)
Civil War ends
d)
15 amendment gives African Americans the right to vote
20.
Which plan required a 50% oath of loyalty, creation of the Freedman's Bureau, and punishment of the South
a)
Johnson
b)
Lincoln
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Democrats
21.

These were used to take away the rights of African Americans in the South after the Civil War.

a)

Amendments

b)

White Codes

c)

Black Codes

d)

Civil Rights

22.

Northerner who took economic, political, or social advantage of the south following the Civil War

a)

Radical Republican

b)

Confederate

c)

Carpetbagger

d)

Yankee

23.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
24.
Which amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen in 1868?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
25.
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
a)
Redskins vs Giants
b)
Aylor vs Byrd
c)
Brown vs Board of Education
d)
Plessy vs Ferguson
26.
Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group 
a)
Latinos
b)
African-Americans 
c)
Native Americans
d)
Asians
27.

Black Codes were outlawed, but

a)

many southern states continued to discriminate against African Americans

b)

were soon reinstated

c)

were adopted in the West

28.

After the Civil War, this action limited economic opportunities for ex-slaves:

a)

Use of the sharecropping system

b)

Ratification of the Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Creation of Military Districts

29.

What group was known for its use of violence and intimidation against its enemies during Reconstruction

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

freedmen

c)

sharecroppers

d)

the Ku Klux Klan

30.
How did Harriet Tubman help slaves?
a)
She helped injured and sick slaves hurt their masters.
b)
She brought food to the slaves who were starving.
c)
She offered the escaped slaves a place to live.
d)
She helped them escape through the Underground Railroad.
31.

Laissez-faire

a)

belief that the government should have very little involvement in economics

b)

belief that the government should direct the economy

c)

belief that the economy does not matter or is not important

d)

belief that the economy should be determined by employees only

32.

Industrialization

a)

organization of workers to fight for rights

b)

the movement to service industry

c)

The large-scale introduction of manufacturing

d)

trade

33.

Horizontal Integration

a)

Working from a laying down position

b)

Bringing in your family to help you run your business

c)

Owning all steps of the process for production

d)

Owning many of the businesses in a certain field

34.

Union

a)

The production, processing and storage of farm products.

b)

An official rule or law that says how something should of should not be done.

c)

Owning all the businesses in a certain field

d)

An organization of workers formed to protect the rights and interests of its members

35.

Urbanization

a)

Any industry that makes products from raw materials by the use of manual labor or machinery.

b)

The production, processing and storage of farm products

c)

The process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more and more people begin living and working in central areas

d)

A business that does work for a customer, and occasionally provides goods, but is not involved in manufacturing.

36.

Vertical Integration

a)

Owning all the businesses in a certain field

b)

larger merger of several businesses in a given industry giving them a monopoly

c)

An official rule or law that says how something should or should not be done.

d)

The business practice of owning all of the businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process.

37.
Who is famous for Railroads and Shipping?
a)
Henry Bessemer
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Thomas Edison
38.
This process converted iron to steel and allowed for taller buildings, longer bridges, and heavier machinery.
a)
Carnegie Process
b)
Ironing Process
c)
Bessemer Process
d)
Bell Process
39.
This man controlled the steel industry during the Gilded Age
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D Rockefeller
c)
JP Morgan
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
40.
This man owned Standard Oil and controlled most of the oil industry during the Gilded Age
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
John D Rockefeller
d)
JP Morgan
41.
This is a term for when one company controls the majority of an industry
a)
Monopoly
b)
Merger
c)
Corporation
d)
Company
42.

The sometimes unethical corrupt business practices of some industrialists led them to be given this nickname

a)

Captain of Industry

b)

Fat Tycoon

c)

Fat Cat

d)

Robber Baron

43.
The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as
a)
The Great Expansion
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Oregon Fever
d)
The Monroe Doctrine
44.

What did the Homestead Act offer?

a)

a new home for travelers

b)

a stop along the Oregon Trail

c)

free land after 5 years of living on it.

45.
This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 
a)
Homestead Act 
b)
Morrill Act 
c)
Dawes Act 
d)
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868