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WorksheetsAPUSH Period 5-7
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 52mins
Added to the American Union as the 28th state, and a slave state, in 1845. A dispute over the northern border of Mexico would contribute towards the Mexican-American War in 1846.
Texas Annexation
Mexican Cession
"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo
Land ceded by Mexico to the United States following the Mexican-American War. The territory included the future states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
Texas Annexation
Mexican Cession
"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo
11th President of the United States he was a strong advocate of "Manifest Destiny" adding more than a million square miles of western lands to the United States during his presidency.
James K Polk
Jonn C Freemont
Henry Clay
John C Calhoun
Law sponsored by Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas allowing popular sovereignty in the territories, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and leading to violence in the Kansas.
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Compromise of 1877
Wilmot Proviso
Elected the 16th President of the United States in 1860. His election led to secession of southern states. Delivered the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863.
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Served as U.S. Secretary of War in the Pierce Administration and senator from Mississippi. He resigned from the Senate when Mississippi seceded from the Union, and was selected the president of the Confederacy.
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
A graduate and superintendent of West Point he served with distinction in the Mexican-American War. He resigned his commission and joined the Confederacy, eventually being appointed comander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Elected 18th President of the United States, was a graduate of West Point, served in the Mexican-American War, and was appointed General-in-Chief in 1864.
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Adopted in 1865, it abolished slavery in the United States.
13th Amendement
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
Adopted in 1868, guaranteed rights of citizenship to former slaves, in words similar to those of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
13th Amendement
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
Adopted in 1870, expanded suffrage by prohibiting states from discriminating in voting privileges based on race. All men could now vote.
13th Amendement
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
The period after the Civil War of bringing the Confederate states back into the Union and dealing with the integration of former slaves into American society. It ended with the Compromise of 1877.
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Reconstruction
Freedmen's Bureau
Created to aid newly emancipated slaves by providing food, clothing, medical care, education, and legal support. Its achievements were uneven and depended largely on the quality of local administrators.
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Reconstruction
Freedmen's Bureau
Laws passed in southern states to restrict the rights of former slaves; to nullify the codes, Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment.
Black Codes
Sharecropping
Ku Klux Klan
Freedmen's Bureau
This gave all men regardless of race the right to vote.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
Which battle is considered the turning point and doomed the Southern Cause?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle Shiloh
Invasion of Jakku
Carpetbaggers purportedly moved South to
Help Republican policies get passed
Stop violence against Black people
Take advantage of southern economic conditions
Watch Moana restore the heart of Te Fiti
Select the term that best describes the Gilded Age
The time when everything was covered in gold
Businesses were struggling financially
businesses grew at a rapid rate and many problems lied below perceived prosperity
Businesses achieved unprecedented success with an increase in pay for all workers
Wealthy people used Social Darwinism to justify their position in life.
True
False
Select all the terms that describe the "New South"
term used to describe the South after the Civil War
A time when African American farmers became equal to White farmers
Promoted the idea that the South should industrialize
A term used to describe the South before the Civil War
What was the significance of Plessy v Ferguson
It ended segregation of schools
It ended segregation everywhere
It established that Whites and Blacks would remain separate but equal
It declared that Dred Scott was property
Select the statement that best describes the Social Gospel
A movement that aimed to alleviate social problems
A movement that encouraged people to be more social
A movement that encouraged social distancing in a global pandemic
A movement that aimed to help out people who were not social
Why is the year 1865 significant?
The Civil War started
Abraham Lincoln was elected
The Civil War ended
Reconstruction ended
The Gilded Age was characterized by (select all that apply)
The rise in trusts and monopolies
The growing gap between the rich and the poor
An increase in factory jobs
A rise in unions to demand fair working conditions
Select all the statements that led to an increase in urbanization during the Gilded Age
Increased immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe
Increased immigration from Mexico
Increase in factory jobs
A rise in political machines that provided services in exchange for political support
Select the statements that describe the Gospel of Wealth
A way for wealthy people to justify their wealth
Urged wealthy people to donate money and give back to the community
Promoted fair wages for everyone
Urged wealthy Americans to hoard their wealth
Select the statement that best describes the impact of the Social Gospel.
White men were given increased power
Women and African Americans challenged their place politically, socially, and economically.
White men sought to gain more political rights
All people in America became equal
Progressives tended to be __ (select all that apply).
white
middle-class
women
educated
The __th Amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920.
16
17
18
19
During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for---
the growth of big business
involvement in foreign wars
the acquisition of foreign territories
increased temperance regulations
Which application of a new technology can be attributed to an invention of Thomas Edison?
Refrigerated railroad cars allowed food to be transported long distances
light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night.
Diesel engines were used in the production of airplanes.
Sonar technology was used to track submarines
In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, many factories were built along rivers because
water was a major source of irrigation
water power was used to power factory machines
ships could easily deliver goods to factories
ships could bring in supplies
A place where people use machines to mass produce goods.
Cartel
Corporation
Factory
Urbanization
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
Low wages
Dangerous working conditions
Safe working conditions
Poor air quality/pollution
Child labor
Which statement IS TRUE about the Industrial Revolution?
Children were not allowed to work
There were no labor laws that prevented children from working
Work conditions were closely regulated
Children only had to work an 8 hour day
What was the cause of these effects:
The Agricultural Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
The Capitalist Revolution
The Enclosure Movement
The Industrial Revolution began in this country.
The United States
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
How did industrialization impact women?
Many women entered the paid workplace.
Many women practiced traditional activities such as making their families clothing.
It had no impact on the lives of women.
Women moved from cities to rural areas.
In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, which item was manufactured in great numbers at newly built factories?
Clothing and woven/fabric materials
industrial machines
cars
household goods like cookware
What new power technology was used by Robert Fulton to power boats?
electricity
wind
steam
nuclear
The _______ was a technique used during the Industrial Revolution that greatly increased efficiency. It involved the worker or machine completing the same task over and over again as products moved down the line.
Bessemer Process
Assembly Line
Trial and Error Method
Mechanization
Powerful companies like Standard Oil that had control over the majority of the industry they were involved in and controlled many businesses related to their own can be called
Labor Unions
Monopolies
Start-ups
Urbanization
___ was the belief that Americans should claim land from the east coast to the west coast of America.
Manifest Destiny
Manicure Destination
Festive Destiny
Destiny Manifest
What was the impact of the Louisiana Purchase?
The Louisiana Purchase decreased the size of the United States by half.
The Louisiana Purchase only gave the US a claim to the port of New Orleans. No other land was included in the purchase.
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.
The Louisiana Purchase gave more land to the French.
Thomas Jefferson commissioned ___ to explore the Louisiana Territory.
Daniel Boone
Lewis and Clark
Zebulon Pike
Christopher Columbus
What was the significance of the Oregon Trail?
The Oregon Trail was used to travel eastward to open land that was less populated by settlers.
The Oregon Trail was created to help Native Americans move to reservations.
The Oregon Trail was used by settlers/pioneers who wanted to travel west for land/gold/religion.
The Oregon Trail was used during the Revolutionary War to help the Americans defeat the British.
What were the major obstacles when traveling on the Oregon Trail?
The Pacific Ocean, large deserts, rainforests
Crossing rivers, bad weather, illnesses
Friendly natives, too many forts, too much food
The Great Wall of China, the Nile River, the Great Pyramids
The Oregon Trail was the main path to the west until...
Spaceships started taking people west
The Northwest Passage was found
The transcontinental railroad was built
Underground tunnels were dug to Oregon
