U.S. History Semester Review

Which of the following is not part of the 1st Amendment?

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

Which of the following is not an example of Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth (philanthropy)?

Which of the following is a term for the 1920s?

Where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired in 1775?

What is the name of the document that serves as the basis for all laws in the United States?

Which of the following was elected President of the U.S.A. four times, the most of any president ever?

Who was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War?

When did the fighting stop and WWI end for all intents and purposes?

What part of the U.S. Constitution explains who our government is for and what the government is supposed to do?

What happened to the Native Americans who were living in the eastern part of the U.S.A. in the 1820s and 1830s?

Which of the following was a failed constitutional amendment designed to lower crime rates, but ended up raising them?

What Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?

Why did the U.S.A. enter World War I?

Which amendment guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law?

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

T/F The Articles of Confederation worked well for the early United States.

Which President of the United States authorized the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the size of the United States?

Which of the following were reasons for U.S. expansion westward during the 1820s-1840s?

Which of the following is one way that increased supply of capital helped industrialization of the U.S.A.?

Which of the following changed how buildings and bridges were built?

What country's army burned Washington, D.C., including the White House, during the War 1812?

Which of the following were results of the Civil War?

Who was the first president of the United States?

Who used vertical integration to create a monopoly in steel?

On what date did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II?

Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?

What is the term for buildings where many immigrants to the United States first stayed upon arriving in NYC?

What is the introductory statement to the Constitution called?

T/F Abraham Lincoln promised to free all slaves everywhere, if elected to the office of President.

What Supreme Court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine, legalizing segregation in America?

What war did President Polk and General Zachary Taylor create to gain land for the U.S. from Texas to the Pacific Ocean?

What country established colonies that is now the United States?

Which of the following brought an end to the cattle drive era?

What caused a major migration of people to California territory in 1848 and 1849?

Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?

What is the term, coined by Mark Twain and Charles Warner, that applied to the era from 1870 to 1900?

T/F During the Great Depression, unemployment rose to 25%, meaning 1/4 of Americans were unable to find a job.

Which amendment abolished slavery?

What is the term for the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

Which of the following is viewed as the start of the Great Depression in the U.S.A.?

Which of the following are the major causes of World War II?

What was the root of the conflict between Native Americans and white settlers on the plains?

What development allowed for speedier transportation of goods and people possible in the Gilded Age?

What was the term for journalists who investigated poor social conditions and political corruption?