Unit 2 -- Expansion & Union
Unit 2 -- Expansion & Union
Unit 2 -- Expansion & Union
Unit 3 -- Capitalism & Reform
Unit 3 -- Capitalism & Reform
100
Probably the GREATEST reason native-born Americans in the first half of the 19th century opposed the immigration of the Irish to America was that the Irish...
practiced Catholicism.
100
Which is an example of the concept of Manifest Destiny in action?
A. the Compromise of 1850
B. the Missouri Compromise
C. passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
D. the annexation of Mexican territory
D. the annexation of Mexican territory
100
This Reconstruction era policy gave voting rights only to people whose grandfathers had been legally allowed to vote, thus excluded freedmen from voting.
Granther Clause
100
- Standard Oil Company
- Focus of muckraking journalist Ida Tarbell
Which individual is being described?
John D. Rockefeller
100
As railroads expanded westward across the United States in the late-1800s, Native Americans were increasingly unable to hunt across the formerly open landscape of the Great Plains.
In addition to the problems stated here, what other issue contributed to the problems faced by Native Americans on the Great Plains at the end of the 19th century?
A. European diseases wiped out a substantial portion of the Sioux population.
B. Timber land was harvested, robbing Native Americans of a valuable resource.
C. Under the Dawes Act, Indian reservations lost all of their federal funding.
D. Railroads brought an increase in population, leading to controversies over land usage.
D. Railroads brought an increase in population, leading to controversies over land usage.
200
According to this graph which of the following is correct?
A. Confederate soldiers won at Gettysburg.
B. Union Soldiers outnumbered Confederate Soldiers.
C. Union Soldiers were older than Confederate Soldiers.
D. 100,000 Union soldiers died at the Battle of Appomattox Court House.
B. Union Soldiers outnumbered Confederate Soldiers.
200
What is this map showing?
A. the Confederate and Union states
B. the U.S. following the election of 1876
C. the United States following independence
D. the original North American British colonies
A. the Confederate and Union states
200
Which issue would BEST explain the voting trend represented in this election map from 1860?
A. The Republicans promised increased industrial opportunities.
B. The Constitutional Union party stood for universal suffrage.
C. The southern states fully supported the election of Lincoln as president.
D. The northern states favored a stance of American neutrality in foreign conflicts.
E. The southern states refused to support Lincoln's stance against slavery's expansion.
E. The southern states refused to support Lincoln's stance against slavery's expansion.
200
- Immigrated to the US from Scotland
- Sold steel business to his competitor
Which individual is being described above?
Andrew Carnegie
200
- Financed the merger to create US steel
- Oversaw creation of General Electric
Which individual is being described?
JP Morgan
300
Manifest Destiny advanced the belief that...
God was on the side of American expansion.
300
Laws requiring that facilities and accommodations, public and private, be segregated by race.
This was the solution to the contested Presidential election of 1876 and furthermore brought an end to the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War.
Jim Crow Laws; Compromise of 1877
300
This payment was meant to keep certain groups of people (mainly former slaves and African-Americans) from being allowed to vote.
This was administered to poor blacks in order to attempt to keep them from voting in many parts of the American south for close to 100 years following the Civil War.
Poll Tax; Literacy Test
300
A major danger to democratic government in the last part of the 19th century was...
A. the inability to assimilate new immigrants.
B. the rise of one party states in many parts of the nation.
C. the conflict between industrial and agricultural interests.
D. the power of business leaders with corrupt political machines.
D. the power of business leaders with corrupt political machines.
300
What was the "spoils system?"
giving governmental positions to politically loyal individuals
400
The red path on the map from Tennessee to Oklahoma is most likely showing what aspect of American history?
The Trail of Tears
400
Which of these statements BEST describes the artist's views on this subject?
A. The Spoils System should be improved.
B. President Jackson should be impeached.
C. The Spoils System is hurting our government.
D. President Jackson has the power to end this system.
D. President Jackson has the power to end this system.
400
This political cartoon summarizes proposed legislation to stop immigration into the United States through the use of...
educational requirements.
500
The blue section of this map is showing which land acquisition?
The green section of this map is showing which land acquisition?
Blue = Oregon Territory, 1846
Green = Mexican Cession, 1848
500
The light blue section of this map is showing which land acquisition?
The orange section of this map is showing which land acquisition?
Light Blue = Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819
Orange = Texas Annexation, 1845
500
The pink area on the map is showing which land acquisition?
The yellow area on the map is showing which land acquisition?
Pink = Gadsden Purchase, 1853
Yellow = Louisiana Purchase, 1803
500
The industrial era of the late 1800s was dominated by large business organizations such as monopolies and ______________. Businessmen such as ____________________and Andrew Carnegie amassed great fortunes by using innovative- though often problematic- business practices. For example, Carnegie used a process referred to as _______________, a business that controls all of the elements of production of their product, from raw materials to finished goods.
trusts; John D. Rockefeller; vertical integration
500
In the cartoon what is the significance of the family and the wall labeled "literacy test"?
A. The literacy test is the wall. An insurmountable barrier to a family of immigrants.
B. The wall, literacy test, and military were combined to keep immigrants from entering the United States.
C. If immigrants could pass the literacy test, they still had to find a way to overcome the wall blocking their freedom.
D. The wall represents a literal wall that was built around the eastern coast of the United States in an effort to keep immigrants out.
A. The literacy test is the wall. An insurmountable barrier to a family of immigrants.