U.S. History Semester 1 Review

Theodore Roosevelt supported William Howard Taft in the 1908 election after Taft was his

The event that touched off the first declaration of war in World War I was

What law prevented Chinese immigrants already in the United States from becoming citizens?

Huge ranches that covered thousands of acres were called

The confrontation at Wounded Knee occurred because the chief’s followers

Supporters of annexing the Philippines after the Spanish-American War believed that

Many of the first miners in the Colorado mountains did not find any minerals because

When a union called a strike, employers would often hire replacements, called

Nativists reacted to immigration in the late 1800s by

As Westward expansion slowed in the 1800s and Americans began looking for overseas markets like

Even before the invention of the automobile, petroleum was in high demand because it could

A free African American could be falsely taken into custody under the terms of the

In 1860 approximately what percentage of the nation’s factories were located in Northern states

How did N. W. Ayer and Son, the first advertising company, try to attract customers?

Early prospectors would extract shallow deposits of ore by

President Wilson called for the creation of a “general association of nations” known as the

Southern states used a loophole in the Fifteenth Amendment to impose restrictions that

Settlement of the Great Plains was promoted by the railroads and supported by

Progressivism was partly a reaction against ____ economics, which emphasized an free market.

What made river travel more reliable and upstream travel easier?

Employers generally viewed unions as

People who risk their own money to organize and run businesses are known as

What effect did using barbed wire to fence off land on the open range have on cattle ranching?

The men who led expeditions to conquer what today is Mexico and Central America became known as

Which of the following did the People’s Party—also known as the Populists—call for in 1892?

Farmers were hurt economically by high tariffs, high shipping rates, and

On February 2, 1848, Mexico’s leaders signed what to end the Mexican American War?

What did several railroads announce in 1877 that triggered the first nationwide labor protest?

One reason for the country’s idustrial success was its vast abundance of natural

If California entered the Union as a free state the slave states would become a minority in the

In the U.S. public support for Cuban rebels was fueled in large part by which of the following?

Issuing stock allows a corporation to raise large amounts of money for big projects while

“Selling” the war to the American people was the task of

Ida B. Wells was an American journalist who launched a campaign against

In World War I, the Central Powers included

During the early days of industrialization, Congress believed that tariffs were necessary to

Northern ______ traditionally supported high tariffs to protect them from competition overseas.

The Gospel of Wealth was a philosophy that wealthy Americans had a responsibility to

The army encouraged the killing of buffalo in order to

The Platt Amendment effectively made Cuba into an American

What is one advantage that big corporations had over small businesses?

Many immigrants came to the United States in part to escape from poverty and

What was used to defend soldiers against mustard gas and chlorine bombs during World War I?

The vast majority of immigrants arriving on the East Coast landed at a location called

To restore public confidence in the banking system, Wilson supported the establishment of a

Political machines provided new city dwellers with necessities such as jobs, in exchange for

In the late 1800s, many rural Americans moved to big cities in search of

In 1852 President Millard Fillmore sent a naval expedition to Japan to

Supporters of laissez-faire generally favor

According to the Zimmermann telegram, if Mexico allied with Germany, Germany would

Wisconsin became a model of political reform under the leadership of

Who argued that governments exist because people allow them to exist?

Criticism of the war at home was effectively silenced by

Who began the first modern industrial research laboratory, resulting in many new inventions

Abolitionists argued that enslaved African Americans should be

After ore deposits near the surface dwindled, mining corporations began using

The presidential election of 1800 resulted in a tie between which two candidates?

Department stores changed the idea of shopping by

To build their railroads, railroad companies raised most of the money they needed from

At the end of 1899 immigrants made up a significant percentage of some of the country’s largest

The Dawes Act attempted to help Native Americans by

Manifest Destiny was the idea that God had given the continent to

The United States gained the Louisiana Territory by

The American Federation of Labor pushed for closed shops, meaning that companies

The Triple Entente included

Which of the following greatly spurred the settlement of Colorado, Arizona, and Montana?

Mississippi took the first step to prohibit African Americans from voting when it required a

The issue of slavery’s expansion divided the country not along party lines, but along

A shortage of workers in California forced the Central Pacific to hire 10,000 workers from

What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China?

The Emancipation Proclamation

What became known in the colonies as the Intolerable Acts?

Who rose to become one of New York City’s most powerful party bosses?

In 1899 the United States was a major power in

In contrast to department stores, which offered many services, chain stores focused on offering

Laissez-faire relies on ____ to regulate prices and wages.

In the late 1800s, new technology helped farmers produce more crops, which tended to

The Comstock Lode in Nevada was a rich deposit of

Tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company led to

In the late 1800s, workers’ buying power generally increased because

A cotton gin

A __ was a technique for breaking a union by refusing to allow workers onto their property.

In Northern Securities v. United States case the Supreme Court ruled that Northern Securities

The solution that emerged in the Missouri Compromise was to admit Missouri

The Constitution originally specified that, in each state, U.S. senators would be elected by

Fighting between the British and French that began in 1754 in North America is known as the

Many Mexican Americans lost their lands in the West because

Through scientific management, a company could become efficient by

The leading economic activity in the United States in the early 1800s was

The total value of all goods and services that a country produces is its

In World War I, __________ were battles in the air between aircraft with attached machine guns.

The two railroads that built the transcontinental railroad were the

When the Maine exploded, who did many Americans hold responsible?

system created 2 prevent any one of the three branches of government from becoming too powerful

Formed in 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings were the nation’s first

The application of the theory of evolution and natural selection to human society was known as

What two new forms of warfare were introduced during World War I?

Threshing machines were used for

In the 1890s, some farmers tried to survive by mortgaging their land because

A serious toll was taken on Native Americans from the American settlers, forced movement, and

By the 1890s, more than half of all immigrants in the United States were

industrialization improved the standard of living for many people, enabling them to

The nation’s first two political parties were the Federalists and the

The Dakota Sioux uprising occurred as a result of

One approach to farming on the Great Plains was “dry farming,” in which farmers

In 1898, President William McKinley sent the American battleship USS Maine to Havana to

Most urban working-class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called

In response to urban congestion, Boston and New York City built the first

According to an accepted amendment to the Missouri Compromise, slavery

the North’s victory in the Civil War strengthened the power of the federal government over the

In the Crédit Mobilier scandal, Union Pacific investors got rich by

When a single company achieves control of an entire market, it is known as

The Great Migration during World War I was the flow of

America’s industrialization made some people wealthy and created a growing

The Treaty of Paris of 1898, which ended the Spanish-American War, granted independence to?

crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption were called?

What Union victory cut the Confederacy in two?

The United States declared war on _________ in 1812.

U.S. foreign relations were damaged by President Woodrow Wilson’s intervention in what country?

To make rail service more reliable, in 1883 the American Railway Association

During World War I, women officially served in the armed forces for the first time in

The “long drive” was when:

What is an organization owned by many people but treated by law as it were a single person?

1 reason for tension between the European powers was intense pride in their homelands called

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution prohibited

Alice Paul was arrested after picketing the White House, an example of her attempts to

The government offered each company building the Transcontinental Railroad _____ as payment.

In the 1800s, Americans did not think cattle ranches on the Great Plains were practical because

Anger over the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in a new coalition that became the _________ Party.

The Homestead Act gave land to homesteaders if they ____ for five years.

Texas joined the Union in

The Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson established a legal basis for

A large, well-trained army would be needed to defeat the South after the Union defeat at

By calling their era the “Gilded Age,” authors Mark Twain and Charles Warner were

The Roosevelt Corollary was an extension of the ____________________ Doctrine.

Which of the following was a hardship faced by settlers on the Great Plains?

Congress passed the Foraker Act in 1900, establishing a civil government for _______.

Realizing a draft was necessary, Congress created a new system of conscription called

What allowed voters to remove an elected official from office before their term had expired

In what area did Taft’s contributions equal or surpass Roosevelt’s?