American Studies I MidTerm Review

Which statement describes what life was like for homesteaders?

John D Rockefeller gained control over much of the oil industry by

The Supreme Court Case, Scott v. Sanford, protected the rights of

A result of Lincoln winning the presidency was

T. Roosevelt believed his most important work as president concerned the area of

Nativist groups supported favoring native-born Americans over immigrants

How did Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell help change American society in the late 1800s?

How did industrial growth affect the distribution of wealth in the US?

This term refers to news that is sensational or exaggerated

The Ku Klux Klan used violence to

Missouri, Maryland, Kentucky, and Delaware were slave states that

The fighting at Ft. Sumter, in April 1861, was important because it

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad

Most immigrants travelling to the US were poor. When they traveled to the US they typically traveled in

In the Gilded Age, business leaders often influenced American politics by

In the election of 1860, Lincoln won the presidency because

All of the following groups opposed abolition EXCEPT

Which of the following resulted from rapid urbanization?

The North's strategy, The Anaconda Plan, did NOT include

Supporters of Social Darwinism believed that if the government did not get involved in business...

At the beginning of the Civil War, what was an advantage that the North held over the South

After the first battle of Bull Run,

The Radical Republicans believed Lincoln's plan was to lenient on the South; they hoped to

All of the following factors contributed to the end of Reconstruction EXCEPT

How did the Kansas-Nebraska act impact slavery in the new territories?

A major failure of Reconstruction was that

The issue of slavery's expansion __________ the country along sectional lines.

In 1906, Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle, exposed dangerous conditions in the

After the Civil War, one way southern farming changed was that

"Though the people support the government, the government should not support the people"

The 13th Amendment ...

____formed to oppose Dems and Reps in the 1890s. It included farmers, 8 hr work day, prog. income tax, change to gold $

Uncle Tom's Cabin convinced northerners that

What was the historical significance of Lincoln's and Douglas's 1858 senatorial debates

This Supreme Court affirmed legal segregation and the "separate but equal" doctorine

Gen William Tecumseh Sheman carried out Grant's policy of "total war" through his

A larger company purchasing competing companies in the same industry during the Gilded Age was known as

To prevent African Americans from voting, Southern states used

What happened as a result of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?

Victory at the Battle of Antietam gave President Lincoln the opportunity to issue the ____________

The Freedmen's Bureau succeeded in

Reconstruction was the plan to restore

Which best describes working conditions in factories in the late 1800s?

The Compromise of 1850 was very controversial. Which part caused the most tension in the US

Black codes restricted the

What happened at Appomattox Court House in April 1865?

Progressives believed that

Boss Tweed gained power by

Abolition means to

Lincoln said, "A HOUSE divided against itself cannot stand". What does HOUSE refer to?

In 1863, Gen. Robert E Lee marched to Gettysburg in hopes of

This image represents a major achievement of the US

The Homestead Act of 1862 offered American settlers

In 1910, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) began fighting for

Tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company led to

The battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg were

Which was a positive result of Reconstruction?

In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln declared that the purpose of the Civil War was to