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WJHS AH Unit 3 Review
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1
How did Carnegie use vertical integration to his advantage?
Rather than pay others to supply materials, they made what they needed.
They did not use vertical integration.
They spread their wealth out to several outside businesses.
They bid out their supply needs to the lowest bidder.
2
Why were organizations like the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor popular early on?
They increased profits for the owners of industry owners
They educated workers to help develop new technology.
They advocated for the rights of workers in a market economy.
They organized the industrial sector workers into a single voting bloc.
3
The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed
Citizenship to freed slaves
Freedom of slaves
Land for former slaves
Freed slaves the right to vote
4
How did the outcome of the Civil War change the distribution of power between the federal and state governments?
The South separated from the Union, confirming their right to do so.
The Southern states redefined the doctrine of states’ rights
The Union victory reinforced the supremacy of the federal government.
The Union agreed to have nullification.
5
Which of the following industrialists/entrepreneurs is matched with their correct industry?
Cornelius Vanderbilt - Railroads
Andrew Carnegie - Electricity
John D. Rockefeller - Coal
JP Morgan - Oil
6
Social Darwinism would most likely be supported by
the wealthy business class
Irish immigrants
Chinese railroad workers
well educated middle class
7
The use of new weapons and old _____________ caused a lot of deaths in the Civil War.
Food
Tactics
People
Weapons
8
Slavery was legally abolished in the United States by the
Emancipation Proclamation
Surrender terms at Appomattox Court House
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
Union victory at Gettysburg
9
Before the Civil War, the principle of popular sovereignty was proposed as a means of allowing states to..
to secede from the Union
Permit voters to nullify federal laws
Decide the legality of slavery in territories
overturn unpopular decisions of the Supreme Court
10
What was the name of Teddy Roosevelt’s domestic policy?
Square Deal
Fair Deal
New Deal
New Freedom
11
How was issuing the Emancipation Proclamation a turning point in the Civil War?
It freed slaves in the Confederate States.
It proposed a peace treaty with the Confederate states.
It provided a plan for Reconstruction.
It established a Freedman’s Bureau to help freed slaves
12
During the early part of the war, President Lincoln’s main goal was to
Free the slaves
Reduce the power of states’ rights
Preserve the Union
Stop the spread of slavery
13
Which of the following individuals would be addressed as a robber baron?
a leader of industry
a union leader
southern politician in favor of industrialization
an industrialist worker demanding more consumer goods
14
As the Civil War began, the South seemed to have the advantage of
Having many talented military leaders
Waging offensive warfare
Superior railroad transportation
Superior industrial capabilities
15
In "How the Other Half Lives", Jacob Riis exposed
trade unions.
corruption in New York government.
terrible living and working conditions of immigrants.
the meat packing industry.
16
Which of these factors was most responsible for pulling immigrants to the United States?
religious persecution
poor economic conditions
potential employment
lack of food
17
How was Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the 1860 presidential election a turning point in American history?
The Crittenden Compromise resolved tensions aroused by the election.
Lincoln’s election prompted Southern secession and the Civil War.
Lincoln won a majority of the electoral votes but not the popular votes.
Know-Nothings, Whigs, and Democrats ran a strong third-party candidate.
18
The 14th & 15th Amendments were later undermined by which of the following, resulting in a lack of protection of rights
Ratification of female suffrage in the United States
Federal acquisition of Indian reservations
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and Jim Crow laws
Presidential suspension of habeas corpus
19
All of the following were goals of the Populists EXCEPT
having U.S. senators elected directly by the people
decreasing the money supply
having government take over and run the railroads
raising protective tariffs
20
What was the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
It prohibited Chinese immigrants from settling only on the west coast.
It prevented Chinese immigrants from legally coming to the U.S.
It declared that all Chinese immigrants in the U.S. had to move back.
It excluded Chinese immigrants from the legal protections of due process.
21
When Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe he said, "So you're the little woman who started this big war." Why?
She had published a number or articles depicting the horrors of slavery.
She had funded a number of campaigns against slavery.
She had written Uncle Tom's Cabin.
She was one of Lincoln's chief financial supporters.
22
What was a goal of Progressive Era reforms such as recall, referendum, and the direct primary?
Establishing term limits
increasing citizens’ control of their government
supporting third-party candidates
Reduce campaign spending
23
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Missouri Compromise, and the Compromise of 1850 all dealt with:
Slavery
Civil War
Popular sovereignty
Taxes
24
The Transcontinental Railroad aided Westward Expansion in each of the following ways EXCEPT.
It improved relations between the U.S. Gov't and Native American tribes.
It established time zones across the U.S.
It gave farmers in the Great Plains a way to send their crop to market.
It aided the beef industry by shipping cattle to processing centers.
25
What was the Freedmenś Bureau?
Bans slavery in the U.S. and any of its territories
Government agency that helped freed slaves find jobs, homes, and education
All citizens right to vote regardless of race and color
Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.
26
The battle that is considered the “turning point” of the Civil War was
Antietam
Shiloh
Chickamauga
Gettysburg
27
Investigative journalists that exposed corrupt or unscrupulous actions in business or politics were called...
Scalawags
Muckrakers
Know-nothings
"Fake News"
28
Which of the following were put in place in the South to restrict black citizens’ rights?
Schools
Wade-Davis Bill
Sharecropping
Black codes
29
Andrew Carnegie utilized the Bessemer process to allow for the mass production of increasingly inexpensive
steel.
coal.
rubber
cattle.
30
What was one purpose of the Settlement House movement in the United States?
to increase immigrant participation in labor unions
to improve relations between religious and political groups
to facilitate the assimilation of immigrants
to maintain the balance of religious freedom and political rights
