american history exam

 Why did the Russians support the Slavic people against Austria-Hungary?

Where was Custer Last Stand? (Battle)

The abolition of slavery would entitle the South to more seats in the House of Representatives-a concern for Republicans

President Johnson strongly opposed the Fourteenth Amendment, clashing with Radical Republicans in Congress.

As stock prices declined in 1929, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff caused what to take place?

What was the Homestead Act?

Where did Lee surrender to Grant to end the war?

The first leader of the American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers, believed that unions should stay out of what?

A steel company that owns the coal mines, limestone quarries, and iron ore fields it depends on is an example of _____.

The “Big Four” who attended the peace conference were the leaders from the United States, Britain, France, and ____.

The roots of World War I date back to the ____.

As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union army experienced a boost in enlistment. Why?

How tall was the world’s first skyscraper? (built in 1885)

A long period of rising stock prices is known as a _____?

What was President Wilson’s plan for peace called?

On what occasion did President Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?

President Roosevelt established the _____, to manage timber resources in the West

On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey led his squadron into Manila Bay in ____.

What is an armistice?

Under President Roosevelt, did the power of the executive branch grow or shrink? 

In 1868 Congress led by Radical Republicans impeached President Johnson and removed him from office.

What doctrine did the 1896 Supreme Court Case Plessy v. Ferguson uphold?

What country made an offer to the Mexican government proposing that Mexico become its ally against the USA?

 How did railroad companies make most of their revenue to build more railroads?

American modern artists were greatly influenced by the art movements of _____.

Sherman’s troops set fires to destroy structures, but fires quickly spread, burning down more than a third of what city?

Who made the first successful flight in history in 1903?

In 1894 the United States caused an economic crisis in Cuba by passing a tariff on what?

In the coal strike of 1902, the UMW agreed to accept _____ , but the mine owners refused

The wave of immigrants that arrived in the late nineteenth century changed American society by doing what?

Why was Harding's appointment of Andrew Mellon as secretary of the treasury important at this time?

Why did General Weyler build “reconcentration camps” in Cuba?

Most Progressives shared a strong faith in what?

What ended the open range and the long drives?

What did progressives think needed to play a more active role in solving society’s problems?

President Andrew Johnson broke with President Lincoln’s moderate policy for bringing the South back into the Union. 

To win the votes of poor whites during the 1890s, Democratic leaders in the South began appealing to what?

During the Great Depression, many farmers were forced to turn their farms over to whom? Why were they forced to do so?

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

What group was hurt the most by the Morrill Tariff?

Where did the Dust Bowl take place?

President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction focused on punishing former Confederate leaders for treason.

Who proposed creating two large reservations in 1867, one for the Sioux and another for the southern Plains Indians?

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

Who said there would be a workers’ revolution where workers would control the factories and create a socialist society?

Who was William M. Tweed?

Many Republicans in Congress had been abolitionists before the Civil War-- goals for Reconstruction were rooted in this

How did the Dawes Plan try to promote peace?

Native Americans who roamed vast distances were considered what?

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

What was Hardtack?

What was Henry Ford’s business philosophy when it came to increasing sales?

Under the Treaty of Paris, the United States acquired what three islands?

What group started a rebellion in 1900 against foreign influence in China?

African American arts flourished in the 1920s in what became known as the ____.

At the start of the war, the Germans were surprised when ____.

What type of business does not produce anything itself?

Nativism in the late 1800s was focused on Asian immigrants, Jewish immigrants, and _____.

During the stock market crash of October 1929, what were prices driven down by?

One reason for America’s industrial success was its abundant _____.