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U.S. History Semester Exam Review (Prog. Monitoring Winter 2021 - 2022)
U.S. History Semester Exam Review (Prog. Monitoring Winter 2021 - 2022)
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A review of the material from Semester 1 U.S. History
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Proposal to acquire Cuba and turn it into a slave state.
Ostend Manifesto
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
2
Select one change brought about to America as a result of The Industrial Revolution.
Less agricultural production.
Declining urban populations and increasing rural populations
Higher child birth mortality rates.
Declining rural populations and increasing urban population.
3
Military strategy calling for a naval blockade of the Confederate States.
Roosevelt Corollary
Monroe Doctrine
Anaconda Plan
10% Plan
4
What was the social program created for the former slaves during Reconstruction?
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The Proclamation of Amnesty
The 10% Plan
5
All of the following were reasons for why the USA should not join the League of Nations
EXCEPT
:
The League of Nations would make Germany too powerful
The League of Nations would do little to benefit the USA.
The League of Nations would drag the USA into conflicts.
Would prevent the USA from practicing isolationism
6
What were the purposes of Settlement Houses?
Protect new business, develop advertisement, educate public
Found jobs, developed new industries, passed legislation
Created fields of study in sociology, psychology, marketing
Helped the poor, immigrants, struggling mothers
7
Controversial court case declaring slaves were not U.S. citizens and therefore could not sue in court.
Freedman's Bureau
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Dred Scott Decision
8
Abraham Lincoln spoke of his hope that the United States would endure.
Gettysburg Address
10% Plan
Reconstruction Acts of 1867
14th Amendment
9
Congressional Law passed to deal with business monopolies.
Homestead Act.
Pure Food & Drug Act.
Sherman Anti-trust.
Meat Inspection Act.
10
Lasting from 1865 - 1876, Confederate States re-enter the Union, the U.S. addresses the evil legacy of slavery.
Bleeding Kansas
Spanish American War
U.S. Civil War
Reconstruction
11
Called for food to be prepared in a sanitary way and allow for routine investigations funded by the federal government
The "Square Deal" for America
The "Raw Deal" for America
Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
12
Why was the explosion that occurred on the USS Maine significant?
It proved that the USA could not set Cuba free
It halted the building of steel plated ships for the USA
All of the above
It provoked the USA to go to war against Spain
13
Who had the idea to create the League of Nations?
Vittorio Orlando
Woodrow Wilson
David Lloyd George
Henry Cabot Lodge
14
All of the following were practices that led to the need for the Pure Food and Drug Act
EXCEPT:
Many products were making people sick
Many products had opium
A number of products did not fulfill their claims
Companies made too much money on their drug products
15
What was one way in which women helped to support the war effort?
Voting for “hawkish” or war friendly politicians
Selling war bonds, aka “liberty bonds” to finance the war
Spying on German American mail correspondence
Creating pro-war propaganda
16
Ordered the relocation of Native Americans in southern states to lands west of the Mississippi River.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Homestead Act of 1862
Dawes Act of 1887
Emancipation Proclamation
17
International peace keeping organization created by the Treaty of Versailles.
The NAACP
The League of Nations
The Woodrow Wilson Foundation
The United Nations
18
Why did many Americans support imperialism?
Because Americans wanted to sell goods to new markets
Because the government guaranteed free land to US citizens
John Hay convinced people we should expand to the Carribean
They felt Spain would expand into U.S territory otherwise
19
Andrew Carnegie impacted the steel industry through the _ which made steel much more economical
Carnegie Process
Darwinian Process
Bessemer Process
Industrial Process
20
How did Teddy Roosevelt impact the Russo-Japanese War?
He sided with Japan and helped them gain Manchuria
He issued the Roosevelt Corollary
He acted as mediator, nations signed treaty, war ended
He sided with Russia and helped them gain Korea
21
All of the following are reasons given for the U.S. joining World War I
EXCEPT
The German violation of the Sussex Pledge
The Zimmerman Note
The British use of submarines to sink allied ships.
Unrestricted submarine warfare.
22
All of the following were goals of the Populist Party
EXCEPT:
Increase the money supply in the USA economy.
Create an eight hour work day for common workers.
Limit immigration into the USA
Allow governors of each state to appoint Senators
23
Railroad companies charged high prices to farmers to ship their crops in the late 1800s because
Could charge high prices because the RR owned the Grange.
RR foreclosed on farms and took the farmers’ properties.
Railroad companies had essentially no competition.
Great deal of competition between various RR companies.
24
All of the following occurred as a result of the Treaty of Versailles
EXCEPT:
Germany was required to pay war reparations
German military thrived with no restriction or limitation
Ottoman Empire was divided into the modern day Middle East
Germany was forced to accept blame for the war
25
What was an important consequence of The Haymarket Riot?
A rally of public opinion in favor of workers
Eugene Debs became president of Amalgamated Steel
Decline of Knights of Labor and fear toward unions in the US
Victory of workers in the Homestead Strike
26
Belief that people born in America are superior to all others and diverse cultural influences were undesirable.
Discrimination.
Legalism
Social Darwinism
Nativism
27
The Chinese Exclusion Act called for the integration of schools in the San Francisco school district in 1892.
True
False
28
Which option below describes the purpose of Indian Schools?
They required Native Americans to learn English.
Native Americans were taught the "white man's way".
They were used as instruments of assimilation.
All of these.
29
How did Yellow Journalism influence the Spanish-American War?
Yellow Journalism influenced public opinion against Spain
Encouraged Americans to colonize Guam
Yellow Journalism had little impact on Spanish-American War
Pulitzer & Hearst try to calm tensions between Spain and U.S
30
Forcing a people to become something they are not by rejecting their own culture is ___
integration
antagonism
assimilation
exclusion
31
What was the purpose of selling war bonds?
It was going to cost America to support the war in Europe
To increase enlistment in the U.S Army
It prevented enemy agents from selling them
All of the above
32
Moderate Republicans supported laws that would punish ex-Confederates for their support of slavery and the Civil War.
True
False
33
Which economic policy was most desired by the group known as the "silverites"?
The use of silver only to back money
The use of gold and silver to back money
The removal of silver from the money supply.
The removal of railroad companies from the West
34
Who gave the famous
, “Cross of Gold
” speech?
William Jennings Bryan
William Howard Taft
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
35
What option below explains why very wealthy individuals supported the gold standard?
All of the above
The gold standard kept inflation from drastically increasing
Silver difficult to excavate/unsafe environment for miners
Gold was abundant and in plentiful supply in the Midwest
36
Wrote ,
The Jungle
, which exposed the unsanitary conditions of the Meat Packaging Industry.
William Harrison
Mark Twain
Upton Sinclair
Teddy Roosevelt
37
Recognized as the final confrontation between the U.S. Government and the Native Americans during the Indian Wars.
Battle of Wounded Knee
Battle of the Little Big Horn
Battle of San Juan Hill
Sand Creek Massacre
38
Which option below correctly defines the term “kickback”?
Mayor reelected because majority of immigrants voted for him
Mayor provides important services to help the citizens
Mayor receives unlawful, financial gain from a city project
When a mayor serves as the “city boss”
39
What option below explains why imperialism led to conflict in the world?
Native peoples resented foreign powers and often rebelled against them
Countries had no problems getting along
Large nations competed against each other for resources
The USA was the only imperialistic nation
40
The rights of minorities in the South remained at a low point (Nadir) due to what causes?
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
The passing of the Enforcement Acts.
Enactment of Jim Crow Laws, Literacy tests and poll taxes.
The development of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
41
Which option below correctly defines the term “graft”?
The use of political power for personal gain
Attempt of politicians to win districts to gain reelection
Notion mayors should be allowed to hire qualified workers
Political machines no longer depend on precinct workers
42
The 14th Amendment
Excluded wealthy southerners from government leadership
Created social programs for the former slaves.
Ended slavery
Asserted former slaves would receive equal legal protection.
43
Which option correctly defines a strike?
When workers refuse to work and instead protest a company
When factories go out of business due to their high prices
When laborers unite their efforts
Business owners agree to reduce the work day hours each week
44
The Dawes Act of 1887 _____________.
gave citizenship/right to vote to all Native American males
both of these
neither of these
provided 160 acres of land to Native American males to farm
45
Which option below describes efforts to place limits on immigrants from Asia during the late 1800's?
Anti-Immigration Act of 1882
Gentlemen's Agreement
Chinese Exclusion Act
Immigration Act of 1924
46
Labor union tactics, including strikes and protests, had little impact on the public's view of the labor movement.
True
False
47
All of the following were causes of World War I
EXCEPT:
Communism
Nationalism
Militarism
Imperialism
48
After the Spanish American War, the USA controlled all of the following areas
EXCEPT:
Guam
Puerto Rico
The Philippines
Venezuela
49
Black Codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans.
False
True
50
Generally speaking, how did the U.S. government deal with society's challenges during the Progressive Era?
The government took an active role in legislating social reform.
Labor unions prevented the U.S. government from taking any action.
The government continued to allow big business to control the economy.
The government was not allowed to intervene to make society better.
