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US History I Final Exam
US History I Final Exam
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A #history review to help with a #USHistory1 final exam.
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1
Lincoln suspended ___to deal with dissent in the United States.
voting rights for freed African Americans
harsh sentences for draft rioters
conscription of men over 35 years of age
the writ of habeas corpus
2
With the invention of the telephone, this man opened the way for worldwide communication.
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
3
Why is the Battle of burg considered a turning point in the Civil War?
it divided the Confederacy
it made the South give up on invading the North
it made the Confederacy surrender
it marked the first Union victory
4
The formal withdraw of a state from the Union is known as _____.
secession
popular sovereignty
compromise
5
What Scottish immigrant made a fortune in steel and donated most of his profits?
J.D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
6
Grant and Sherman’s strategy of total war targeted not only the Confederate army, but also _.
Northern citizens sympathetic to the South
Native Americans who were not loyal to the United States
the South's enslaved Africans
the civilian population of the South
7
President Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction aimed to punish:
Northern abolitionists
Confederate leaders
formerly enslaved African Americans
poor white southerners
8
Who invented the typewriter?
Henry Bessesmer
Christopher Sholes
9
What invention allowed goods to be transported upriver, against the current
the steamboat
vulcanized rubber
locomotives
automobiles
10
Which made “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” citizens of the nation?
13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
Reconstruction Act of 1867
11
What was the aim of the Emancipation Proclamation?
to enlist slaves in the Union army
to free all slaves in the United States
to free slaves behind Confederate lines
to free slaves in the Union free states
12
When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?
to bring an end to the war.
to restore the Union
to punish the South
to abolish slavery
13
In which area did the South have the advantage over the North in the Civil War?
industrial capacity
food production
military leadership
civilian leadership
14
Clara Barton worked as a __________ in the Civil War.
military captain
nurse on the battlefield
federal clerk
Red Cross volunteer
15
What is it called when a farmer only raises one or two crops for sale?
good business sense
specialization
industrialization
16
Most American cowboys _____
worked 8 hours a day
used guns to protect their herds
owned their own horses
spent all their time fighting Indians
17
Which words would best describe John Brown?
pro-slavery and passionate
articulate and compromising
self educated and dry witted
antislavery and violent
18
This animal was extremely important to the Native Americans.
chicken
horse
buffalo
cow
19
The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called:
Tammany Hall
Hull House
Ellis Island
Angel Island
20
What invention carried messages, tapped in code, across copper wires?
the Bessmer process
the steamboat
the telepgraph
21
Uncle Tom's Cabin
was written by ________.
Horace Greeley
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
22
Who invented the steel plow?
John Deere
Uncle Tom
Abraham Lincoln
General Lee
23
Which of the following abolished slavery in the North?
the Compromise of 1850
the Gettysburg Address
the Thirteenth Amendment
the Emancipation Proclamation
24
Which was
most
responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide-open western frontier?
barbed wire
sheep ranching
the railroad
bonanza farming
25
No one can be kept from voting because of race, color or former enslavement according to the:
15th Amendment
black codes
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
26
With which of the following were the people known as the "forty niners" associated?
the NFL
The Civil War
The California Gold Rush
The Oregon Trail
27
The Confederacy included all of the following except,
Texas
Maryland
Alabama
South Carolina
28
Which marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians?
The Treaty of Forty Laramie
the death of Sitting Bull
the Sand Creek Massacre
the Massacre at Wounded Knee
29
What is a homesteader?
African American originally from the South
Settler who farmed land given by the government.
settler recruited in Europe by a railroad company
Settler who claimed land in Oklahoma
30
The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to ____.
decrease Chinese immigration
settle a disagreement between China and the United States.
stop Chinese Americans from attending school in the USA.
create segregated classrooms
31
One of the most active conductors of the Underground Railroad was _____.
Horace Greeley
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
32
This man perfected the incandescent light bulb.
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
33
_______was not part of the Union's three part plan to conquer the South.
Blockading Southern ports
Drafting free slaves to fight for the Union
Splitting the Confederacy in two
Capturing the Confederate capital
34
Within the United States, conflicts over what delayed the annexation of Texas?
its price
slavery
its boundaries
the mission system
35
Who developed vulcanization, a process of treating rubber?
John Smith
Hank Hill
John Deere
Charles Goodyear
