US I Final Review

Vertical Integration, a business policy used by steel mogul Andrew Carnegie, involves

This Populist lost the Presidential race three times

This person founded the Standard Oil Company

The Civil War began when

The words of Emma Lazarus are engraved on a pedestal beneath

John Brown raided Harper's Ferry in order to 

An African-American who founded the Tuskegee Institute and argued freed slaves should find jobs

All of the following seceded from the Union except

The idea that the people living in the territories should decide about slavery for themselves

Hiram Revels was the first African-American

Last Hawaiian monarch

The first African-American regiment

What was the decree that freed slaves in southern states?

In the Civil War, the South never regained the offensive after the battle of 

Wrote a best selling book arguing for the need for a stronger navy

Assassinated a few months into his presidency by Charles Guiteau

By 1890, one could travel to virtually any U.S. destination by 

Ran for president under the "Bull Moose Party"

Writers who exposed corruption and social wrongs

Northerners who traveled South for political and economic opportunity were the 

Most immigrants flocked to the nation's cities because of 

This system personally guided many slaves to freedom

Which state was admitted to the Union as part of the Compromise of 1850?

People from which country were, for a time, excluded from entering the United States?

No one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or former enslavement according to

These were discriminatory laws created in order to limit the rights of former slaves

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by

Author of The Jungle, about conditions in the meat packing industry. 

Which of the following abolished slavery?

During Reconstruction many African Americans aligned themselves with which political party?

What political agreement effectively ended Reconstruction?

Which of the following problems was a result of rapid urbanization in the late 1800s?

A bill that starts with the people rather than the legislature is 

Jacob Riis discusses the difficulties faced by the urban poor in his 1890s book

One way Southerners tried to prevent African-Americans from voting was the

What was the period after the Civil War called?

The North's plan of attack against the South was called the

All of the following were Northern advantages during the Civil War except

What government agency assisted African-Americans' assimilation into southern society?

What Massachusetts senator was caned because of his statements against slavery 

What Southern city fell during Sherman's March to the Sea?

William "Boss" Tweed ran a 

Andrew Johnson broke what law, causing his impeachment?

Inventor of the incandescent light bulb was 

The man who Lincoln debated for the Illinois Senate seat in 1858

The name of the ship that blew up in Havanna Harbor touching off the Spanish-American War

President Theodore Roosevelt supported all of the following except:

Opened Hull House in Chicago

Susan B. Anthony

The president who followed Lincoln was 

White Southerners who supported Reconstruction were called

Those who favored banning or limiting the sale of alcohol were part of the __________ movement.

All of the following statements regarding the election of 1876 are true EXCEPT:

The Amendment that banned slavery

Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

The economic and political domination of a strong nation over weaker nations

The president of the Confederacy was

In was state did the territorial fight take place between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers

The nation's first farm organization

Multi-family residences were called 

Who was one of the first major labor leaders in America?

The most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad was

This Amendment gave former slaves their citizenship

The Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met at Promontory, Utah, where a golden spike?

Giving people jobs in return for their political support is

Inventor of the telephone

The illegal use of political influence for political gain

One provision of the Compromise of 1850 that angered Northerners was 

Who was NOT a Union general?

Given to railroads by the government to encourage railroad construction

Native Americans of the Great Plains had which of the following uses for buffalo?

The Supreme Court basically legalized segregation on the 1896 case of 

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was

Thaddeus Stevens was a member of which of the following

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by 

Island off of New York that processed immigrants who came to the United States

In 1849 thousands of people came to California because

The original purpose of the Gadsden Purchase was to 

An informal political group that tried to keep and maintain power

Settlement house were run largely by

Which view best summarizes Lincoln's position on slavery in 1860?

What was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War?

Which of the following was a scandal during the Grant Administration?

What was a group that the Ku Klux Klan did NOT discriminate against?

Drilled first oil well

The famous American novelist who coined the term "Gilded Age."