1st Semester US History Final

He was the President of the Confederate States of America, and came up with the strategy of Cotton Diplomacy.

Most new immigrants moved into areas with people of their own nationality?

A system of messengers that carried mail between relay stations on a route 2,000 miles long in 1860 and 1861

The leader of the oil industry in the late 1800s.

What country had an Open Door Policy for years to the rest of the world?

Winfield Scott's strategy of blockading Southern ports and taking control of the Mississippi River was known as

Which of the following did NOT help lead to an increase in the size of city population?

What city grew very large as a result of railroads and meat processing centers?

Loans in the US paid to the government that aided the military to prepare for war.

Which of the following was NOT a lasting effect on the country after the Civil War?

Public Transportation systems built to move many people and ease traffic in crowded cities

He was the commander of the Confederate Army?

He was the most famous leader of the Rough Riders.

Federal lands set aside for American Indians

Made the first piloted flight in a gas-powered plane in 1903

Neighborhood centers staffed by professions & volunteer for education, recreation, and social activities in poor areas

Several southern states seceded when Grant was elected president.

Who assassinated President Lincoln?

What law prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs?

Organizations that strongly influenced city, county and even federal politics in the late 1800s.

A term coined for journalists who “raked up” and exposed corruption and problems of society.

Lee surrendered to Grant in this small town, ending the Civil War.

German submarines

Which amendments were known as the Civil War Amendments?

Where did the US create a canal so they could travel quicker between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?

What country entered into war with the US over control of places like Cuba and the Philippines?

This was termed "Seward's Folly".

He was nicknamed "Stonewall" for his bravery.

The main immigration center on the East coast.

A telegram from Germany to Mexico offering Mexico a return of territory in exchange for declaring war on the US.

The first to implement the moving assembly line in manufacturing.

Who wrote a book about the meatpacking industry in Chicago to expose the troubles there?

President of the US during World War I?

Amendment that allowed for women to have the right to vote.

A constitutional amendment that outlawed the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in the U.S.

Complete control over the entire supply of goods or a service in a particular market

A term often used for an immigrant who arrived in the U.S. before the 1880s

A western community that grew quickly because of the mining boom and often disappeared when the boom ended

Organization that called for economic and educational equality for African Americans.1

A railroad system that crossed the continental U.S. - It's construction began in 1863

Patented the telephone in 1876

Law that allowed the president to draft soldiers in times of war.

Which of the following was NOT considered a "border state"?

What were conditions like in tenements in the late 1800s?