US History First Semester Review

African American who founded the Tuskegee Institute for industrial education

all party members vote for the party's candidates to run in the general election

muckraker who photographed NY tenements to illustrate the poor living conditions

African American activist who helped form NAACP

advised European powers to respect the independence of Latin American countries

The Scopes Trial tested a law which banned

turning point in the Civil War

Workers who tried to unionize factories were often

The Dawes Act attempted to assimilate Native Americans by

What issue brought 8 nations to the Washington Conference in 1921?

What country was made a U.S. protectorate under the Platt Amendment?

The Haymarket Riot

What territory did the U.S. gain from the Adams-Onis Treaty with Spain?

What issue led to the Civil War?

legislation which required applicants for government jobs to take an exam

Seneca Falls Convention marked the beginning of the

The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine led to the

area where ranchers grazed their herds for free

Great Compromise created a House of Representatives based upon the _________ of each state.

Supporters of Manifest Destiny believed that

built in Central America by the U.S. to save time and money in shipping

militant abolitionist who organized a raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry

Sacco and Vanzetti were viewed as suspicious because

Enlightenment philosopher whose ideas influenced the Declaration of Independence

U.S. statement to keep trade open with China when nations were creating spheres of influence

gave the "cross of gold" speech in favor of bimetallism in 1896

Marbury v. Madison established the Constitutional concept of

Plessy v. Ferguson established the

The Anti-Federalist thought the Constitution needed

Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle, influenced passage of the

limited immigrants based upon ethnic identity

US Commodore who took the navy fleet to negotiate trade with Japan

passed to enforce prohibition

President Jefferson contradicted his opinions on the Constitution when he

strategy that prevented the loss of American troop ships during WWI

Lock out at a Carnegie steel plant which resulted in a violent altercation

The attack on Fort Sumter started the

The invention of the elevator and steel beams led to the development of

What movement is most associated with "survival of the fittest"?

Which legislation was passed to prevent criticism of WWI?

land legislation to encourage settlement West

Claude McKay and Langston Hughes are associated with

founder and leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

Quaker colony

transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas during exploration