The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Gave all citizens the right to vote

The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...

Made all people born in the U.S., citizens

Secession or to secede means to

to leave an alliance or federal union

The First Industrial Revolution was marked by

Steam power and the factory system. Coal and Iron were major

More efficient weapons such as the ________and _______ produce high numbers of casualties.

more accurate rifles and deadlier bullets

Under the Sharecropping System

A party lives on and farms another's land, sharing the crops

This was the first federal authority to regulate American Businesses.

Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)

The 13th Amendment...

Officially abolished slavery in the United States

Between 1870 and 1900 most immigrants came from

Southern, Northern and Western Europe

A tax on goods made in other countries

Describe the growth in the labor force between 1860 and 1900

Agriculture workers decreased/Industry workers increased

are goods made in other countries

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Mr. Bowers-Final Review

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1
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Gave all citizens the right to vote
Made all people born in the U.S. citizens
officially abolished slavery
none of the above
2
Supreme court decision that said slaves were not citizens and could not sue in the courts
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred Scott v. Sandford
3
Citizens in a state or territory would decide for themselves whether to allow slavery is known
as democracy
Popular Sovereignty
Laissez-Faire
None of the above
4
The act of bringing charges against an official to determine whether they should be removed
Trial
abridgment
Impeachment
Censure
5
Allowed California to become a free state, while appeasing the slave states
The Wilmot Proviso
The Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
6
Andrew Carnegie was a business tycoon of which of the following industries
Steel
Oil
Banking
Railroads
7
This law made it a crime to help African-Americans escape from slavery.
Fugitive Slave Act
The Wilmot Proviso
The justice Act
None of the Above
8
What strategies did corporations use to decrease costs and increase profits
horizontal and vertical integration
Cartels and trusts
All of the above
Monopolies
9
The First and Second Battles of Bull Run were Victories for the Union or the Confederacy?
Union
Confederacy
10
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...
Gave all citizens the right to vote
officially abolished slavery
None of the above
Made all people born in the U.S., citizens
11
Which event below, sparked the Civil War?
Sherman's March to the sea
The 1st battles of Bull Run
The attack on Fort Sumter
None of the above
12
The Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Horace Mann
13
This group terrorized African-Americans in the South
The Ku Klux Klan
The Knights of Labor
The Freedman's Bureau
The Radical Republicans
14
What are the ways workers' rights could be expanded
Jesus
By hard work and dedication
Unions and strikes
By producing a good product
15
Abraham Lincoln was a member of which political party?
Southern Democrat
Republican
Northern Democrat
Constitutional Unionist
16
What are some things immigrants did in order to assimilate into American culture.
opened businesses
Get citizenship
All of the above
Vote
17
Secession or to secede means to
to leave an alliance or federal union
a process where local governments collect taxes
to rise up and gain power
None of the above
18
True or False: Most of the battles of the Civil war took place on Northern Soil.
True
False
19
The North's Anaconda plan to defeat the South included
Sue for peace
None of the above
Help from the British Empire
Naval Blockades
20
In 1886, he founded the American Federation of labor (AFL)
Terence V. Powderly
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Gompers
Eugene V. Debs
21
The commander of the North's military forces.
General Robert E. Lee
General George S. Patton
General Colin Powell
General Ulysses S. Grant
22
How many Amendments to the U.S. Constitution were made during Reconstruction?
3
2
1
4
23
Americanization programs help newcomers with
How to dress
All of the above
Learn English
How to diet
24
Happening before and leading up to something; initial
Secondary
Preliminary
Antecedent
Precedent
25
The First Industrial Revolution was marked by
All of the above
Steam power and the factory system. Coal and Iron were major
None of the above
steel, oil and electricity
26
More efficient weapons such as the ________and _______ produce high numbers of casualties.
more accurate rifles and deadlier bullets
artillery
tanks
bows and arrows
27
The workforce grew in the U.S.
All of the above
None of the above
Because of immigration from Europe and Asia
More people moving from farms to cities
28
Which of the following was not an invention of the late 1800s (2nd Industrial Revolution)
the Steam Engine
The Telegraph
The Steam Boiler Furnace
the Light Bulb
29
People in Congress that favored punishment and harsh reorganization of the South
Radical Democrats
Radical Republicans
Radical Independents
Radical Libertarians
30
Public Shareholders give money to a company in exchange for?
Employment
Support
The product the company makes
Ownership
31
The commander of The South's military forces
General Ulysses S. Grant
General Colin Powell
General George S. Patton
General Robert E. Lee
32
Under the Sharecropping System
Land was sold to farmers for a high price
Sharing the profits off the sell of crops
All of the above
A party lives on and farms another's land, sharing the crops
33
Working long hours in small, hot, dark and dirty warehouses called...
schools
sweatshops
work-spaces
laboratories
34
This was the first federal authority to regulate American Businesses.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
None of the above
The Sherman Antitrust Act
35
True or False: The South (Confederacy) had more experienced military leaders.
False
True
36
In these towns the factory, homes and other businesses would be owned by the same entity.
steel towns
company towns
coal towns
Mining towns
37
Divided the Nebraska territory into two states and popular sovereignty would decide slavery
The Missouri Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
The Wilmot Proviso
38
A failed, last proposal to avoid the Civil War.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Fugitive Slave Act
Crittenden Compromise
The Missouri Compromise
39
When the cost of goods and services increases.
deflation
stagnation
inflation
All of the above
40
What products came through the Chicago Railroad Hub?
livestock and grain
Oil
automobiles
Steel
41
A political party that wanted to prevent the spread of Slavery into Western Territories
Libertarians
The Whig party
The Free-Soil Party
Radical Republicans
42
The title of President Lincoln's most famous speech to commemorate a battle by the same name.
The Gettysburg Address
The impeachment debates
none of the above
The Lincoln-Douglass debates
43
Because of immigration between the 1870 and 1900 the U.S. foreign born population...
None of the above
Tripled
Quadrupled
Doubled
44
True or False: Monopolies create fair environments for other corporations in the same industry.
False
True
45
Immigrants were processed in two locations
Staten Island/Paris Island
Belle Isle Island/Mackinaw Island
The West Indies
Ellis Island/Angel Island
46
The 13th Amendment...
Made all people born in the U.S., citizens
Officially abolished slavery in the United States
Gave all U.S. citizens the right to vote.
All of the above
47
Between 1870 and 1900 most immigrants came from
Southern, Northern and Western Europe
The Americas (South America, Central America, ETC,)
Asia
Africa
48
Tariffs are...
A tax on goods made in other countries
a treaty
None of the above
machines that count money
49
Which of the following is true about primary sources.
Created or experienced at the same time of the event
All of the above
Can be documents, images or artifacts
Provide firsthand testimony or direct evidence
50
Describe the growth in the labor force between 1860 and 1900
All the above
None of the above
Agriculture workers decreased/Industry workers increased
Agriculture workers increased/Industry workers decreased
51
Imports ...
none of the above
all of the above
goods made in the same country
are goods made in other countries
52
A "push" factor that would cause immigration
All of the above
Religious persecution in the home country
War in the home country
Poverty in the home country
53
Laws that stopped children from working.
None of the above
Child-labor laws
Child protection act
adolescent labor laws
54
The first state to secede from the Union
Michigan
South Carolina
Nevada
Alabama
55
Which group of immigrants experienced to most hostility after arriving in the U.S.
Southern Europeans
The Chinese
Northern Europeans
The Germans
56
Immigrants would come to America for
Economic Opportunity/Religious Freedom
To join the political Process
To have kids
To Marry
57
Which of the following are not found as part of the structure of a corporation?
Customers
Board of Directors
Shareholders
Employees
58
The inventor of the Traffic Light and Gas Mask
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
Garret Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
59
The Freedmen's Bureau was created by President Lincoln and Congress to
to spy on southern soldiers returning from the war
to insure southern states paid the Union debts for the war
aid freed slaves and relieve the South's immediate needs
divide up the southern states into military districts
60
People use this term to justify racist beliefs
Social Darwinism
High profits
segregation
evolution
61
the belief that native born White Americans were superior than white new comers from Europe
Social Darwinism
None of the above
Exclusionism
Nativism
62
The cause of this strike was in part to get an 8 hour work day.
The Homestead Strike
DPS Teacher strike in the 90's
The Pullman Strike
Haymarket Square
63
True or False: The North (Union) had more railroad
True
False
64
A "pull" factor that attracts immigrants to the new country
None of the Above
Economic opportunity
All of the above
Religious Freedom
65
Who benefited from the use of time zones
corporations
none of the above
railroads
inventors
66
Became President after Lincoln was assassinated
George W. Bush
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Jackson
67
Led a 4oo mile march through the South, soldiers destroyed crops, tore up railroad tracks, etc
General Ulysses S. Grant
General William T. Sherman
General Robert E. Lee
General Colin Powell
68
Before becoming President. Lincoln gained national attention from a series of debates known as
The Emancipation Proclamation
The State Of Union Address
The Gettysburg Address
The Lincoln-Douglass debates
69
John D. Rockefeller was a business tycoon in which industry
railroads
banking
steel
oil
70
True or False: The Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited immigration for any Chinese
False
True
71
People who invest money in a product or enterprise in order to make a profit
Entrepreneurs
Bankers
none of the above
Robber Barons
72
A grant by the government giving an inventor the exclusive right to make and sell an invention
incorporation
none of the above
the scientific method
patent
73
This event increased Northern opposition to slavery
The Fugitive Slave Act
Dred Scott v. Sanford
All of the above
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
74
This event challenged industries to make goods more quickly and efficiently.
The 13th Amendment
The Civil War
The Korean War
The Election of Abraham Lincoln
75
To turn out large numbers of products, factories used machines to replace hand tools
Mass production
faster trains
the Bessemer Process
All of the above
76
Which is a long-term/short-term cause of the Civil War.
Growth of antislavery movement/Lincoln elected President
The battle of the Alamo
Mexican-American war/Mexican-Cession
Nullification
77
Based on the Presidential Election Map of 1860. Which candidate won the most electors
Breckinridge
Lincoln
Douglas
Bell
78
Which of the following was a major strike of the 1800's
Pullman Strike
All of the above
Homestead Strike
Haymarket Square Strike
79
A proposal that banned slavery in any territory the U.S. acquired from the Mexican-American war
The Compromise of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Wilmot Proviso
None of the above
80
The Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to slaves in
Washington, D.C.
States that seceded
None of the above
the border states and areas under Union Control
81
The Bessemer Process...
Made strong wood
Made strong coal
Made strong steel
Made strong iron
82
Terrence V. Powderly was a leader the labor union called the
The National Trades Union
America Federation of Labor (AFL)
Knights of Labor
The United Auto Workers (UAW)
83
Reconstruction was meant to
Give African-Americans equal rights
Free the slaves
none of the above
Bring the Southern States back into the Union
84
What challenged industries to make goods more quickly and efficiently?
World War 1
The Civil War
The Great Depression
The Dust Bowl
85
When most of the Southern states seceded from the Union, they formed
The Confederate States of America
None of the above
The European Union
The United States of America

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