US History Final Review

Why did business owners and employers typically oppose the growing labor movement?

______________ means to be absorbed into the main culture of a society.

What is a grant for an inventor to develop, use, and sell an invention for a set time?

_____________ is an organization owned by many people but treated by law as though it were one person.

The Open Door Policy (1899) was created to allow countries to trade with which country?

_____ is a policy by which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories

The invention of barbed wire made it possible to fence in huge tracts of land on the treeless plains

Which of the 3 plans for Reconstruction created military districts in the South?

During the economic hardships of the Civil War, the North experienced an economic boom

____________ was General of the Union Army and he received the official surrender of the South at Appomattox Courthouse. 

In 1861___________, the first female physician in the U.S., started the nation's first training program for nurses.

This law allowed officials to arrest any person accused of trying to escape slavery

_____ pressured the King of Hawaii into amending their constitution to grant voting rights for a few key representatives

When one company grows by buying up its competitors, it is using ____________ integration to expand.

Pardon means to forgive.  A synonym for pardon is amnesty.

There were 3 major successes of Reconstruction, but which of the following does NOT belong on the list?

______________ gave 160 acres of land to persons willing to live on and cultivate it for 5 years

Under the __________________ - controlled Congress, the South began to rebuild.

Which of the following, does NOT belong on the list of long-term effects created by the railroad?

Who believed that African Americans should concentrate on achieving economic goals rather than political ones?

Farmers' organization who wanted to provide education on new farming techniques

Congress passed the ______________, which pledged that the Philippines would ultimately gain their independence

Which of the following is NOT a question most Americans asked regarding the political fate of the Confederate States

Which was NOT mentioned as early farming technology in the Great Plains?

The Pullman Strike was a victory for railroad unions across the country.

The Emancipation Proclamation permitted _______ to enlist in the Union forces.

Free enterprise affected the country's relationship with the world and its own environment

One of the main reasons countries in Europe and Japan rushed to grab colonies was a desire for . . . 

Which of the following rebel leaders fought for Filipino independence against Spain?

_____________ opposed the gold standard.

Between 1877-1897, why was it so difficult to pass new laws?

The belief of "Survival of the fittest"

____________ wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin in an effort to call public attention to plight of slavery in the South.

The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was inevitable

Southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction were called _____________. 

The 17th Amendment . . . 

What did the Republicans give up in order to receive the office of the president?

Which of the following territories were Spain's oldest territories in the Western Hemisphere?

William Howard Taft's policy:

When a single company achieves control of an entire market, it becomes a ________________

The main goal of the KKK: to prevent African Americans from voting and regain the control of the South

Which does NOT belong on the list of factors that created an economic environment in which entrepreneurs could flourish.

If a farmer wanted or need to make more money they should increase the amount of crops they planted and harvested.

What was the logic or purpose behind William Jennings Bryan's cross of gold speech?

Who won the Presidential Election of 1876 which later became known as The Compromise of 1877?

The Wilmot Proviso of 1846 called for the prohibition of which of the following:

Which of the following does not belong on the list of people the Populists movement represented?

Whose main goal was to provide food, clothing, health care, and education for both African American and white refugees?

An economic system in which the government owns the means of production.

What was the nickname for Roosevelt's diplomacy?

Economies of scale occur when the cost of manufacturing is increased by producing goods quickly and in large quantities

Newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories in order to promote readership

Established in 1824, the _____________ functioned as a problem solver between American Indians and the government.

Which of the following "economic systems" allows individuals and corporations to own/control the means of production?

Marxist ideas closely resembled _____________________

_______________ promoted laws to improve living conditions, public health, and schools. 

Which is NOT a major development that affected relations between American Indians and white settlers?

Democrats favored a high tariff

(Which of the following does not belong) on the list of Enforcement Acts.

Giving jobs and appointments to its supporters, rather than to people based on their qualifications

Which of the following is NOT belong a factor that brought benefits to America?

According to the Compromise of 1850, which of the following does NOT belong?