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U.S. HISTORY MIDTERM REVIEW PART 1 of 5
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A review of the first semester of high school U.S. History (1850 - 1941).
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1
Poll taxes and literacy tests were intended to discourage which group from voting?
immigrants
women
freedmen
Native Americans
2
Which of the following were part of the
Compromise of 1850
?
a new strict fugitive slave law
ban on the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
popular sovereignty to decide slavery in Utah & New Mexico
admission of California to the Union as a free state
3
The
Thirteenth Amendment
(1865)
makes all African Americans U.S. citizens.
creates a federal income tax.
extends voting rights to African American men.
abolishes slavery.
4
What issue brought white settlers and Native Americans into conflict in the West most often?
land
intermarriage
religion
voting
5
The
Fourteenth Amendment
(1868)
makes all African Americans U.S. citizens.
abolishes slavery.
creates a federal income tax.
extends voting rights to African American men.
6
Which 3-day battle fought in PA is considered the turning point of the Civil War (1863)?
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Bull Run
Fort Sumter
7
The
Dawes Act
(1887)
divided tribal lands into individual allotments.
established off-reservation boarding schools.
attempted to assimilate Native Americans into white culture.
all of these
8
Term for the period of U.S. history (1865 - 1877) that followed the end of the Civil War?
Reconstruction
the Progressive Era
the Roaring '20s
the Gilded Age
9
Established in 1865, the
Freedmen's Bureau
provided food and clothing for former slaves.
increased the literacy rate among former slaves.
established public schools throughout the South.
all of these
10
The
Anaconda Plan
(Union plan for winning the Civil War) involved ALL of the following EXCEPT
the capture of the Confederate capital of Richmond, VA.
the assassination of Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
a naval blockade of southern ports.
the capture of the Mississippi River.
11
The
Black Codes
included which of the following?
all of these
imprisonment for those African Americans men not employed
a prohibition from serving on juries
a prohibition against the purchase of alcohol
12
During Reconstruction, the
Radical Republicans
wanted to
use the federal government to make changes in the South.
grant citizenship and voting right to African Americans.
punish the former Confederate states harshly for secession.
abolish slavery.
13
The
Fifteenth Amendment
(1870)
abolishes slavery.
extends voting rights to African American men.
makes all African Americans U.S. citizens.
creates a federal income tax.
14
President Abraham Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation
(1863)
freed slaves in the all parts of the Confederacy.
freed slaves in some parts of the Confederacy only.
freed slaves in the border states only.
supported the expansion of slavery.
15
Term for white Southerners who joined the Republican Party during Reconstruction?
scalawags
carpetbaggers
copperheads
freedmen
16
Term for land the federal government set aside for Native Americans?
estate
national park
plantation
reservation
17
The agricultural system of
sharecropping
allowed many freedmen to achieve financial independence.
kept freedmen in a cycle of debt to white landowners.
18
Which of these suggests that
Reconstruction
(1865 - 1877) was NOT a success?
the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
increased African American political participation
the development of Jim Crow laws and the Black Codes
the founding of several black colleges & vocational schools
19
The
Black Codes
granted citizenship to African Americans.
abolished slavery.
extended voting rights to African American males.
severely limited the rights of former slaves.
20
At which site did U.S. Army soldiers slaughter 146 unarmed Native Americans in 1890?
Red River, Texas
Sand Creek, Colorado
Little Big Horn River, Montana
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
21
Slavery, sectional differences, and disagreements about the role of the federal gov't. caused
the Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848).
the U.S. Civil War (1861 - 1865).
World War I (1914 - 1919).
the Spanish-American War (1898).
22
Which of the following provided 160 acres of free land to settlers on the Great Plains?
the Homestead Act (1862)
the Dawes Act (1887)
the Pacific Railroad Act (1862)
the Reconstruction Act (1867)
23
Term for a system in which one is forced to work for another to pay off a debt?
socialism
free-market capitalism
slavery
debt peonage
24
The Union victory at the Civil War battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi (1863)
allowed the Union to gain control of the Mississippi River.
brought the Civil War to an immediate end.
was the final Union victory of the Civil War.
resulted in the capture of Confederate President Jeff Davis
25
The
Ostend Manifesto
(1854) was a failed attempt by Democrats to expand slavery by acquiring
Canada.
Haiti.
Hawaii.
Cuba.
26
Term for Northerners who went South during Reconstruction (1865 - 1877)?
Radical Republicans
scalawags
Stalwarts
carpetbaggers
27
At which 1876 battle did Native Americans annihilate Col. George Custer's 7th Calvary?
the Battle of the Little Bighorn
the Wounded Knee Massacre
the Sand Creek Massacre
the Battle of the One-Hundred Slain.
28
The
Kansas-Nebraska Act
(1854)
used popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery.
abolished slavery.
extending voting rights to African American males.
halted the expansion of slavery.
29
Which of these were goal of the white supremacist group the
Ku Klux Klan
?
prevent African Americans from exercising political rights
keep black economically dependent on whites
keep blacks socially subordinate to whites
destroy the Republican Party in the South
30
Jim Crow
was another term for racial segregation laws.
was the subject of a court case regarding slavery.
was the first African American United States senator.
published an anti-slavery newspaper.
31
What contributed to the
nadir
in race relations in the United States in the period following the end of Reconstruction?
the federal government delaying the removal of troops from the South
Southern African Americans moving north and west
the desegregation of public schools
the federal government failing to enforce civil rights legislation
32
In the
Dred Scott
case (1857), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were not
subject to taxation.
citizens.
slaves.
property.
33
The
Dred Scott
decision (1857)
used popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery.
extended voting rights to African American males.
guaranteed the expansion of slavery
abolished slavery.
