US History Chapter 1-3

Which country established a number of colonies along the Atlantic coast?

religious movement starting in the 1820s

Members of the Farmers’ Alliance formed which political party to improve conditions for farmers

The Articles of Confederation

Which of the following was outlawed by the Sherman Antitrust Act?

The end of Reconstruction came with

peacefully refusing to obey a law

federal agency during Reconstruction

Which of the following was an advantage of the North?

What was the North’s main goal in fighting the Civil War?

The demand for white-collar workers led to the formation of

promoted popular sovereignty

The Great Compromise appeased southern states by

Jay’s Treaty angered many Americans because it allowed the British to

Susan B. Anthony led the fight for the rights of

a Spanish invader who explored and conquered parts of the Americas

Jackson clashed with the Supreme Court over the rights of

Entrepreneurs herded _____ from the West on drives to cities such as Dodge City and Tombstone.

farmers who work land but do not own it

On the West Coast, most Chinese immigrants arrived through

What was one advantage that the South had early in the war?

How did the Battle of Gettysburg turn the tide of the Civil War?

How did the arrival of Europeans affect Native American culture?

The Sioux defeated General Custer at the Battle of

The Emancipation Proclamation applied to

formed to focus on workers’ issues such as wages and working hours.

industrialist who sold his steel business and became one of the wealthiest men in the world

When immigrants settled in the cities, which of the following did most experience?

a group that favored lower transportation costs, the regulation of the railroads

speech made by Lincoln in 1863

What was the outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Many political leaders wanted to change the Articles of Confederation because it

Why was the Fifteenth Amendment passed?

Before the Civil War, Southern farmers were dependent on

industrialist who gained control of the oil industry

a system in which the federal government is organized into more than one branch

a rundown building divided into a number of apartments to house several families

legislation that encouraged the Native Americans to assimilate into the main American culture

What form of transportation helped ranchers get their products to market?

system under which farm workers are often unable to get out of debt to the landowners

Which of the following expanded the power of the Supreme Court?

One thing that helped Lincoln win the 1860 presidential election was

a statement intended to protect the Americas from European interference

Which of the following could vote during the first state elections?

During the 1760s, American colonists rebelled against the British Parliament for

Why was the Seneca Falls Convention important?

What plant or animal change the way the Indians of the Great Plains lived?

What was the primary goal of women’s rights  during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Why did Radical Republicans call for the South to be punished?

Which of the following helped the industrial expansion of the United States?

Which of the following occurred during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency?

Which of the following were “pull” factors for immigration between 1880 and 1920?

Andrew Carnegie was the head of the

a law-making body with elected members that helped govern the Virginia colony

The discovery of _____ attracted prospectors to the west.

Which colonies offered settlers the most religious freedom?

Which of these was a new technology that improved urban life?

What movement helped bring religious fervor to social reform?

Which of the following would cause an immigrant to be sent back to his or her homeland?

Which state first seceded from the Union?

a series of evangelical religious revivals that swept through the nation during the 1740s

The growth of a middle class caused which of the following?

Thousands of Native Americans died as a result of

How did sharecropping affect farming in the South?

Which of the following were “push” factors for immigration?

The Dred Scott decision

a single corporation that controls an entire industry

groups of families related through a common ancestor

During the War of 1812,

Who particularly disliked Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan?

wrote a novel against slavery

The Industrial Revolution entailed a

strategy of targeting both troops and their resources

the practice of seizing sailors and forcing them to serve in the navy

One example of the new urban middle-class entertainment was

Plessy v. Ferguson established the doctrine of

The Ku Klux Klan tried to

southern military leader

Which minority was prohibited from working at certain jobs by laws enacted in the West?

clashed with Congress about Reconstruction

Which nation first established colonies in both North and South America?

Abolitionists wanted slavery to end because they thought that

How did Lincoln’s election in 1860 lead to secession?

Which of the following was a Southern advantage?

the man who drafted the Declaration of Independence

Over time, tensions arose between the owners of the RR and farmers and ranchers because

What was introduced that caused the deaths of thousands of N. Americans in the 1500s and 1600s

The Northwest Ordinance provided for

Because of the Compromise of 1850, Kansas

How did the South react to slave revolts?

Which of the following most helped Native American civilizations to grow?

The British Parliament needed the colonists to pay new taxes to

Federalists supported ratification of the Constitution because they wanted a

Identify one effect of the Civil War.

Powers shared by the federal and state governments are called

Most scientists believe that people first came to the Americas from

Alexander Hamilton believed that a national bank would

the delegate who designed the Virginia Plan and became known as the Father of the Constitution

assigning stock to a board then combining the stocks into a new organization, companies form a

Which of the following was a leading abolitionist?

Whose slogan was “Eight hours of work, eight hours of sleep, eight hours for what we will”?

What were the goals of the American Federation of Labor?

Antifederalists disliked the Constitution because it did not

The English established their first successful colony at