U.S History A Final Review

Question 1

Critics of the Constitution wanted a Bill of Rights so the government would be able to have more power over the people.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Impressment of American sailors, the U.S. wanting Canada, and the British arming Natives all led to what conflict?

Accepted Answer

War of 1812

Question 3

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1870

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

This said settlers could not colonize west of the Appalachian Mountains

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763

Question 5

The political theory that defines the responsibilities of the branches of government is called seperation of powers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Which native tribe's Constitution and representative government influenced the Founding Fathers?

Accepted Answer

Iroquois

Question 7

J.D. Rockefeller was the railroad tycoon of the industrial age.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

The main general of the Union Army in 1864 was Ulysses S. Grant.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

This pamphlet by Thomas Paine inspired the common man to fight for independence from Britain.

Accepted Answer

Common Sense

Question 10

Which group were used as slaves because they were used to the work and climate and were resistant to the diseases?

Accepted Answer

Africans

Question 11

This document was a major historical event, was written to the world, & outlined the issues the we had with Britain.

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 12

J.P. Morgan was the banking tycoon of the industrial age.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

This court case upheld "seperate but equal"

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 14

To create a fair and honest society was the goals of what?

Accepted Answer

The Square Deal

Question 15

The biggest effect of the French and Indian War was British becoming more controlling of the colonies.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

John Wilkes Booth was the Confederate general who didn't really want to secede from the Union and didn't like slavery.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Andrew Carnegie was the steel tycoon.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Bleeding Kansas was when pro -Slavery and anti- slavery forces battled for control of the state.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

The U.S foreign policy that states that we will not interfere in European affairs is called the Monroe Doctrine

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Poor working conditions, low wages, and long hours, led factory workers to create

Accepted Answer

Labor Unions

Question 21

Emancipation Proclamation maintained control of border states, add men to Union, and to create instability in the South.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

This groups purpose was to spread propoganda against Britain and spread the idea of a free America

Accepted Answer

The Sons of Liberty

Question 23

How to rebuild South economy, readmit the South, and push for rights for former slaves were all issues of Progressivism

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

The Philidelphia convention originally met to revise the

Accepted Answer

Articles of Confederation

Question 25

Railroads were the industry that made Cornelius Vanderbilt super rich.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

The Sherman Anti Trust Act made it illegal to speak out against the government and restricted immigration.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

This was a response to the issues caused by industrialization, urbanization, and immigration in the United States.

Accepted Answer

Progressvism

Question 28

Marbury vs. Madison established Judicial Review

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

This document inspired the idea of self government in the colonies.

Accepted Answer

Mayflower Compact

Question 30

Goal of the U.S. Governemnt or Union at the beginning of the Civil War was to

Accepted Answer

keep or preserve the Union

Question 31

Allowed former slaves citizenship

Accepted Answer

14th Ammendment

Question 32

The worst thing the Colombian Exchange brought to the new world was smallpox

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

This man formed the Democratic party so poor farmers, laborers & immigrants could compete against the wealthy, educated.

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson

Question 34

The Mexican American War was fought because the U.S. wanted Mexican land.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Allowed all men to vote

Accepted Answer

15th Ammendment

Question 36

Pre-Civil War, 2 states had to enter at the same time to keep the balance in Congress

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

Government receiving power from the people is known as Popular Sovereignty.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

Speak softly and carry a big stick means use the military might of the U.S. if needed to get what we want.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

Getting the natural resources of West, belief of the land from sea to sea, and reason to go to war w/Mexico is all what?

Accepted Answer

Manifest Destiny

Question 40

Andrew Jackson did the Indian Removal Act to gain the support of the Southern states in the Election of 1828.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

This court case basically allowed slavery in any state regardless of the states laws on slavery.

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Question 42

Because of this the world saw our ability to sign treaties, negotiate loans & allowed us to buy the Louisiana Purchas

Accepted Answer

National Currency and National Bank

Question 43

Land, religous freedom, and gold were all motivators for going west

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

Jefferson stayed true to his strict interpretation of the Constitution when he bought the Louisiana Purchase.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 45

The 3/5 Compromise favored the Northern States

Accepted Answer

False

Question 46

He assassinated Lincoln

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 47

Increasing this groups political participation was a result of Reconstruction

Accepted Answer

African Americans

Question 48

James Madison was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 49

This event forced Mexicans and Natives off their land as well as resulting in the deaths of many Native Americans.

Accepted Answer

Gold Rush

Question 50

Settlers in Texas being upset with the legal requirements the Mexican government started the Texas Revolution

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

Abolished Slavery

Accepted Answer

13th Ammendment

Question 52

Child labor, food sanitation, and poverty were all troubles of the

Accepted Answer

Gilded Age

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