American West/Industrialization
The Indian Removal Act of 1830, signed into law by President Andrew Jackson, directly resulted in:
The forced relocation of the Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations to lands west of the Mississippi River.
The terrorist organization known as the Ku Klux Klan primarily sought to achieve its goals during Reconstruction by:
Using violence and intimidation to suppress Black voting and undermine Republican rule in the South.
The Second Middle Passage refers to:
The forced internal migration and sale of over one million enslaved people from the Upper South to the Deep South between 1820 and 1860.
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was crucial to Reconstruction because it:
Defined U.S. citizenship and guaranteed equal protection under the law for all persons.
Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 was most upsetting to Northerners and fueled the growth of the Abolitionist Movement?
The strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act.
The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 had the most significant impact on which of the following?
Facilitating rapid westward migration and increased trade between the East and West coasts.
The Union's military strategy, known as the Anaconda Plan, focused on:
Blockading Southern ports and seizing control of the Mississippi River to cut the Confederacy in half.
The Task System was a labor practice common in which area of the American South?
Rice and indigo plantations of coastal South Carolina and Georgia.
The Battle of Antietam (1862) is historically significant because it:
Provided President Lincoln with the military victory he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
The San Patricios (St. Patrick's Battalion) were a group of soldiers who fought on the side of:
The Mexican Army against the United States during the Mexican-American War.
The concept of Manifest Destiny was most directly invoked to justify which conflict?
The Mexican-American War
The Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 is significant because:
It was the site of the first shots of the Civil War, beginning the conflict.
Which individual led a violent revolt of enslaved and free African Americans in Virginia in 1831, striking fear into slave owners across the South?
Nat Turner
The Emancipation Proclamation immediately:
Declared all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory to be free.
The late 19th-century focus on Technology and efficiency that defined the Industrial Revolution led to which major social problem?
Increased use of Child Labor in factories and mines.
The primary goal of the US government in establishing Native American Boarding Schools in the late 19th century was:
To assimilate Native American children by forcing them to abandon their traditional language and culture.
The term 'Carpetbaggers' was used by conservative white Southerners to describe:
Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction for political or economic gain.
The abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison is best known for:
Publishing the influential anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator.
The Republican Party of 1854 was primarily founded on which political platform?
Opposition to the extension of slavery into new Western territories.
The purpose of the Black Codes enacted by Southern states immediately after the Civil War was to:
Restrict the labor and movement of formerly enslaved people, effectively maintaining white control
The rapid growth of cities (Urbanization) during the Gilded Age led to which of the following social problems?
Overcrowding, increased crime rates, and widespread sanitation issues.
Which of the following describes the impact of European Immigration and the internal movement of people (including the early Great Migration) on the industrial labor force in the late 19th century?
It resulted in the creation of a large, cheap, and often desperate labor pool that fueled industrial growth.
The Supreme Court's Dred Scott Decision (1857) intensified sectional tensions by declaring that:
African Americans, whether enslaved or free, were not citizens and had no right to sue in federal court.
Hiram Revels is historically significant for being the first:
African American to serve in the United States Senate.
A major difference in the political organization of the Confederacy versus the Union was the Confederate emphasis on States' Rights, which meant that:
State governors often refused to cooperate with the central Confederate government, weakening the war effort.