US History - Midterm Review

Question 1

Which of the following was not important to the life and culture of the Plains Indians?

Accepted Answer

Land Ownership

Question 2

All of the following statements summarize the Civil Rights Movement, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Full equality was achieve + there are no more racial issues

Question 3

Of the following statements, which one BEST summarizes the end of Federal Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

Hayes stole the presidency and agreed to remove troops

Question 4

Inventor who is credited with improving the light bulb

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison

Question 5

All of the following are true about the Transcontinental Railroad, except:

Accepted Answer

It was a simple and quick project with few challenges

Question 6

Many Native Americans were forcibly removed and resettled in:

Accepted Answer

Reservations

Question 7

Drilled the first American oil well in Titusville, PA

Accepted Answer

Edwin Drake

Question 8

A violent terrorist group that uses violence and intimidation:

Accepted Answer

KKK

Question 9

The Freedmen's Bureau did all of the following, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Provide forty acres and a mule for former slaves

Question 10

The Dawes Act was a law that:

Accepted Answer

Allowed settlers to take much of the land set aside for NAs

Question 11

Which Amendment abolished slavery?

Accepted Answer

13th

Question 12

Which Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

15th

Question 13

What effect did the Little Bighorn have on how the US government treated Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

The govt. sought revenge and no longer accepted resistance

Question 14

An economic system that encourages private initiative and minimizes government involvement:

Accepted Answer

Capitalism

Question 15

What was the national idea that justified American expansion west of the Mississippi River?

Accepted Answer

Manifest Destiny

Question 16

The belief that government should be as hands off as possible towards business regulation:

Accepted Answer

Laissez-Faire Capitalism

Question 17

During the post-Civil War Era, many southern blacks were prohibited from voting by:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 18

Although he didn't invent the car, he mass produced the Model-T

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford

Question 19

All of the following theories worked together to fuel industrial growth (EXCEPT):

Accepted Answer

Populism

Question 20

All of the following were factors leading to industrial growth, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Strict govt regulations of business

Question 21

Plessy v. Ferguson permitted racial _________ for nearly 60 years.

Accepted Answer

Segregation

Question 22

All of the following are changes workers faced during the New Industrial Age, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

The skills required to do their jobs increased

Question 23

This group in Congress wanted to punish the South and destroy the power of former slaveholders.

Accepted Answer

Radical Republicans

Question 24

This titan of industry was a financial tycoon who bought and combined businesses

Accepted Answer

Morgan

Question 25

The Pendleton Civil Service Act required:

Accepted Answer

Civil service exams

Question 26

Which word best describes Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

Lenient

Question 27

The name of New York City's infamous political machine:

Accepted Answer

Tammany Hall

Question 28

Creation of sewage lines to carry waste away from the city is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Sanitation

Question 29

The demographic movement of populations from rural areas to cities is called:

Accepted Answer

Urbanization

Question 30

All of the following are TRUE regarding farming in the West, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

The government paid farmers to create the Bread Basket of A

Question 31

When John D. Rockefeller bought out other oil companies this was an example of:

Accepted Answer

Horizontal integration

Question 32

In 1887, the federal government secured the right to regulate business with the:

Accepted Answer

Interstate Commerce Act

Question 33

The Gospel of Wealth by Carnegie advocated people should do what with their wealth:

Accepted Answer

Use their resources to help society

Question 34

In 1889, settlers claimed about two million acres of free land in:

Accepted Answer

Oklahoma

Question 35

Immigrants arriving on the East Coast went through:

Accepted Answer

Ellis Island

Question 36

Which Amendment made African-American men citizens with civil rights?

Accepted Answer

14th

Question 37

From 1895 to 1905, new immigrants arrived from all of the following regions, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

WESTERN EUROPE

Question 38

The practice of favoring natural-born citizens over immigrants is known as:

Accepted Answer

Nativism

Question 39

Controlling companies in each stage of production and distribution is called:

Accepted Answer

Vertical Integration

Question 40

The Homestead Act gave:

Accepted Answer

160 acres of free land to any loyal American male

Question 41

When labor disputes occurred during the Industrial Era, the government:

Accepted Answer

Sided with the owners and used force to break up strikes

Question 42

Tammany Hall was led by:

Accepted Answer

William M. Tweed

Question 43

New immigrants had a hard time adjusting to life in America because:

Accepted Answer

They differed in language, religion, and race

Question 44

The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to:

Accepted Answer

Decrease Chinese immigration

Question 45

This court case reversed Plessy v. Ferguson and started the process of desegregation.

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education

Question 46

The introduction of filtration and chlorination systems in big cities was introduced to provide

Accepted Answer

Clean Water

Question 47

Immigrants arriving on the West Coast were usually received and processed at:

Accepted Answer

Angel Island

Question 48

The American cowboy culture that we know today had its roots in the:

Accepted Answer

Mexican Vaquero

Question 49

Which two companies constructed the first Transcontinental Railroad

Accepted Answer

Union Pacific and Central Pacific

Question 50

Why did the federal government send troops to the South?

Accepted Answer

To limit violence and intimidation against African-Americans

Question 51

What one word summarizes the Carlisle Indian School and its effect on Native Americans

Accepted Answer

Assimilation

Question 52

The Morrill Act gave land to states in order to form:

Accepted Answer

Agricultural colleges

Question 53

Farmers Alliances fought the railroads and would lead to the:

Accepted Answer

Populist Party

Question 54

Between which two geographic features do the Great Plains lie?

Accepted Answer

Rocky Mountains and Mississippi River

Question 55

Congress encouraged the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad with the:

Accepted Answer

Pacific Railway Act

US History - Midterm Review

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US History - Midterm Review

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