APUSH/DEUSH Final Review-Civil War to WWII

U.S. History 1

100

Under the Marshall Plan, the United States loaned the most money to: a) Yugoslavia and Romania b) Italy and Greece c) France and Great Britain d) East Germany and Russia

c) France and Great Britain

200

In asserting its authority in Latin America, the United States relied on the: a) the Declaration of Independence. b) the Roosevelt Corollary. c) doctrine of Manifest Destiny. d) the Treaty of Ghent.

b) the Roosevelt Corollary.

300

T/F: Vertical integration involves the merger or "buying up" of all competitors within the same industry while horizontal integration refers to the consolidation of all functions related to a particular product from raw materials extraction to finished product distribution and sales.

False

400

Some of the reasons that the South lost the Civil War include: a) their lack of factories. b) the fact that that the majority of the battles were fought in the South. c) they were often outnumbered in in battle. d) the North had a superior navy. e) all of the above.

e) all of the above.

500

T/F: Congress passed the first national conscription law (draft) during the Civil War.

TRUE

U.S. History 2

100

The Tripartite Act solidified the alliance between (the): a) Allies b) Axis Powers c) Great Britain and the United States d) Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth.

b) Axis Powers

200

Theodore Roosevelt believed that large corporation should be: a) eliminated entirely. b) severely restricted. c) broken into smaller components. d) orderly and regulated. left alone to boost the economy.

d) orderly and regulated.

300

Mark Twain wrote a book that referred tot he contradiction of extreme wealth and destitute poverty in the late 19th/early 20th centuries in the United States called: a) Ice Age b) Gilded Age c) Hidden Age d) Progressive Age

b) Gilded Age

400

At the first Battle of Bull Run: a) the Confederacy won, thus dispelling a widespread belief in the North that the war would end quickly. b) the Confederacy narrowly lost, thus dispelling the widespread belief in the North that the war would end quickly. c) the Union won but suffered more casualties than initially anticipated, thus dispelling the widespread belief in the North that the war would end quickly. d) the battle ended in a draw, thus dispelling the widespread belief in the North that the war would end quickly.

a) the Confederacy won, thus dispelling a widespread belief in the North that the war would end quickly.

500

The Emancipation Proclomation was not initially enforced in boerder states loyal to the Union because Lincoln wanted to retain their loyalty until the war was over.

TRUE

U.S. History 3

100

Western journalists coined the term ______________ to describe the aggressive tactics the Germans first used in Poland. a) Cupid b) Donner c) Blitzen d) Blitzkrieg

d) Blitzkrieg

200

Progressives were unified in their: a) organization b) leadership c) consensus on on objectives d) belief that industrialization had brought problems e) all of the above

e) all of the above

300

Despite growth in industry and railroads, the South's economy was depressed after the war due to: a) tightening credit b) low-wage paying factory jobs. c) falling cotton prices. d) weak agriculture. e) all of above.

e) all of above.

400

Most historians believe that the most important turning point of the war occurred at (the): a) First Battle of Bull Run b) Seven Days' Battle c) Gettysburg d) Fredricksburg

c) Gettysburg

500

Copperhead was a term that referred to: a) Irish immigrants who rioted in oppossition to the draft. b) Radical Republicans who wanted Lincoln to be more aggressive with emancipation. c) slaves who escaped from the South tot he North during the war. d) Northern Democrats who did not support the way the North was handling the war.

d) Northern Democrats who did not support the way the North was handling the war.

U.S. History 4

100

In the Zimmermann Note, Germany promised: a) that Mexico could regain lost territory in America if it joined the Central Powers. b) to follow all statues of the antipiracy law of 1819. c) to refrain from submarine warfare in the neutral zone. d) to negotiate peace with England, but not with France.

a) that Mexico could regain lost territory in America if it joined the Central Powers.

200

In 1911, a fire killed 146 trapped workers and exposed the unsafe conditions of factories at

the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York.

300

Congressional Reconstruction: a) provided open credit for Southern farmers to rebuild and transportation for any freed slave who desited to move North. b) provided a structure for new state governments in the South and restricted the cost of freight for cotton farmers. c) made black codes illegal and demanded that equal wages be paid to all men regardless of their race, color or ethnicity. d) set standards for readmission tot he Union that required states to accept the authority of the federal government and end slavery.

d) set standards for readmission tot he Union that required states to accept the authority of the federal government and end slavery.

400

T/F: According to the book, the Emancipation Proclomation changed the North's purpose in the war from simply preserving the Union to freeing Southern slaves by the will of God.

False

500

T/F: Sherman's March to the Seaut the South in half with a path of destruction intended to break Confederate resistance once and for all.

TRUE

U.S. History 5

100

When a Serbian nationalist killed Archduke Ferdinand, it ignited an alliance system that immeadiatly set up an ominous conflict between: a) Russia and France b) Russia and Germany c) Smurfs and Fraggles d) Russia and England.

b) Russia and Germany

200

Chicago settlement house founded by Jane Addams to help immigrants celebrate their cultural heritage and educate immigrants children.

Hull House

300

Southern white Republicans were called: a) scalawags b) carpetbaggers c) copperheads d) rednecks

a) scalawags

400

Historians believe that after this incident, the Civil War was ineveitable: a) the first armed conflict at Bleeding Kansas. b) John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. c) Lincoln's election. d) all of the above.

d) all of the above.

500

The Battle of Antietam was a major turning point in the war because: a) it halted Lee's Advancement into the North. b) it provided Lincoln with an ideal time to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. c) it prompted Britain and France to abandon plans to recognize the Confederacy. d) all of the above.

d) all of the above.