US History Midterm Review

The government responded to strikes, such as the Pullman Railroad Strike, by:

"Political machines" provided city dwellers with jobs, housing, and protection in exchange for

In which neighboring location did our interventions damage relations?

Connecticut Compromise proposed that in The House of Reps states would be represented based on

What did Anti-Imperialists fear about American intervention in foreign affairs?

What is one advantage that big corporations had over small businesses?

The majority of immigrants on the East Coast spent a day at a processing center located where?

When a union called a strike, employers would often hire replacements, called

Why is the Battle of San Juan Hill the main land battle remembered of the Spanish-American War?

What motivated the building of the Panama Canal?

Mississippi tried to prohibit African Americans from voting when it required citizens to pay a

Which of the following spurred settlement of Colorado, Arizona, & Montana and led to statehood?

Our arbitration of Venezuela's boundary disputes is an example of what philosophy at work?

What did the Morrill Land Grant Act and the Homestead Act have in common?

The confrontation at Wounded Knee occurred because the chief's followers

The Founders most shared the beliefs and ideas of which 17th century Enlightenment thinker?

The idea of Manifest Destiny included all of the following beliefs EXCEPT:

Which of the following was accomplished under the Articles of Confederation?

The purpose of the Three-Fifths Compromise was the determine:

Our involvement in Panama is the first major example of ____________.

Most urban working-class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called?

What is an organization owned by many people but treated by law like a single person?

Why were Americans quick to believe that Spain had destroyed the USS Maine?

What drew many new immigrants to the West?

Why did the United States choose to expand to other areas beyond the Mainland?

Why are primary sources important to help us form arguments or theses about the past?

To make rail service more reliable, in 1883 the American Railway Association

Critics of powerful industrialists referred to them as:

People who risk their own money to organize and run businesses are known as

Which of these territories was not acquired in the Spanish-American War?

The Supreme Court Ruled in Dred Scott v. Sanford that

In debate over the U.S. Constitution, which group supported ratifying the U.S. Constitution?

Why did the idea of "The Frontiersman" become such a strong symbol for America at the time?

The first oil well was drilled near Titusville, Pennsylvania, by

What had Filipino leaders whose help was enlisted for the war been promised in return?

What were the Spanish doing that foreshadowed the World War that waited 50 years in the future?

Nativists reacted to immigration in the late 1800's by

John D. Rockefeller gained control over much of the oil industry by:

Why was there concern that American Imperialism would violate other countries' freedoms?

Laissez-faire economics relies on ________ to regulate prices and wages

What law prevented Chinese immigrants already in the U.S. from becoming citizens?

To determine if a source is CREDIBLE or not, you should consider:

Who began the first modern industrial research laboratory, resulting in many new inventions?

Many Mexican Americans lost their lands in the West because

The United States gained the Louisiana Territory by: