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WorksheetsUS History Review Pt 1
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
California
Maine
Missouri
Texas
Which politician from Kentucky was instrumental in creating the Compromise of 1850? Hint: He also was key in passing the Missouri Compromise in 1820,
Henry Clay
John Quincy Adams
John C. Calhoun
Abraham Lincoln
As a result of the MO Compromise, Maine became a free state and ___________ became a slave state.
Louisiana
Alabama
Kansas
Missouri
An abolitionist wants to
keep slavery
end slavery
pay slaves
What was needed to 'prove' a man was an escaped slave?
A testimony from a white man
A testimony from a black man
Evidence including a description
Evidence from their owner
Who was Dred Scott?
A Slave Owner
A Widow
A Doctor
A Slave
Who was a violent opponent of slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
John C Calhoun
Sectionalism, States' Rights, and slavery all led to the (a)
On November 19, 1863, President Lincoln gave a short speech to honor the dead. The speech is known as the
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln's Farewell
President's Honor
Gettysburg Farewell
Gettysburg is located in the state of
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Tennessee
Union General who won a major battle at Vicksburg and ultimately accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
Stonewall Jackson
John Brown
Commander of the Confederate army. Native of Virginia. Highly respected General who wins battles at Bull Run and Chancellorsville but ultimately loses the war.
Ulysses S Grant
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
George McClellan
1st major battle of the Civil War. Union invades Virginia. Confederates defeat Union. Nation realizes this war will not be over quickly...
1st Bull Run
Ft. Sumter
Antietam
Gettysburg
Turning point of the war. South never invades the north again following this battle.
Antietam
2nd Bull Run
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free?
TRUE
FALSE
The Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for what constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States?
The thirteenth amendment
The nineteenth amendment
The fifth amendment
The first amendment
The twenty-first amendment
These were used to take away the rights of African Americans in the South after the Civil War.
Amendments
White Codes
Black Codes
Civil Rights
Northerner who took economic, political, or social advantage of the south following the Civil War
Radical Republican
Confederate
Carpetbagger
Yankee
Black Codes were outlawed, but
many southern states continued to discriminate against African Americans
were soon reinstated
were adopted in the West
After the Civil War, this action limited economic opportunities for ex-slaves:
Use of the sharecropping system
Ratification of the Freedmen's Bureau
Establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau
Creation of Military Districts
What group was known for its use of violence and intimidation against its enemies during Reconstruction
Radical Republicans
freedmen
sharecroppers
the Ku Klux Klan
Laissez-faire
belief that the government should have very little involvement in economics
belief that the government should direct the economy
belief that the economy does not matter or is not important
belief that the economy should be determined by employees only
Industrialization
organization of workers to fight for rights
the movement to service industry
The large-scale introduction of manufacturing
trade
Horizontal Integration
Working from a laying down position
Bringing in your family to help you run your business
Owning all steps of the process for production
Owning many of the businesses in a certain field
Union
The production, processing and storage of farm products.
An official rule or law that says how something should of should not be done.
Owning all the businesses in a certain field
An organization of workers formed to protect the rights and interests of its members
Urbanization
Any industry that makes products from raw materials by the use of manual labor or machinery.
The production, processing and storage of farm products
The process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more and more people begin living and working in central areas
A business that does work for a customer, and occasionally provides goods, but is not involved in manufacturing.
Vertical Integration
Owning all the businesses in a certain field
larger merger of several businesses in a given industry giving them a monopoly
An official rule or law that says how something should or should not be done.
The business practice of owning all of the businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process.
The sometimes unethical corrupt business practices of some industrialists led them to be given this nickname
Captain of Industry
Fat Tycoon
Fat Cat
Robber Baron
What did the Homestead Act offer?
a new home for travelers
a stop along the Oregon Trail
free land after 5 years of living on it.
