Download American History Semester 1 Final Review

American History Semester 1 Final Review!!!
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Chapters 10 through 19 are covered. Review your reading, notes and previous study guides!
16 Matching- 1 point each
84 Multiple Choice- 1 point each
2 of 3 Essay Questions (your choice)- 5 points each
200 point common assessment!
CHAPTER 10
1) The territory the United States gained after the Mexican War contributed to worsening relations
between the ___________ and __________.
2) The purpose of the ___________ ________ ______ was to force all Americans to help catch escaped
slaves.
3) In _____ and _____, seven southern states seceded for the Union in protest of the election of
Republican ____________ ____________ as President.
4) The greatest impact of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry was that it deepened/decreased (circle one)
the division between the _________ and _________.
CHAPTER 11
1) Contraband:
2) Draft:
3) Martial Law:
4) Guerrillas:
5) War of Attrition:
6) Thirteenth Amendment:
7) _______’s victory at Vicksburg cut the _______________ in two.
8) In the ______________ Address, President __________ promised the nation a new birth of freedom.
9) Lincoln urged General McClellan to attack the Confederate capital of ____________, ___________.
10) During the Civil War, the South hoped to convince ___________ and __________ to intervene on the
Confederate side.
11) Battles in the West took place mainly along __________.
12) In battles in the East, McClellan was best known for his __________.
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13) The Confederate war effort was hurt by Southerner’s fierce devotion to _________’ rights.
14) During the early part of the war, Lincoln’s main goal was to __________ the Union.
15) Burnside lost the Battle of Fredericksburg by trying to charge into _______________ gunfire.
16) Lee crossed into Pennsylvania because he wanted a ___________ on ______________ soil.
CHAPTER 12
1) The _____________’s Bureau succeeded/failed (circle one) in providing clothing, medical care, food
and education to many freed people.
2) An important provision of the Radical Republicans’ Reconstruction Act of ______ was that it put the
South under __________ ______.
3) A major success of Reconstruction in the South was that it created a _________ school system.
4) The Civil War left the South _____ __________.
5) Many poor white southern laborers could no longer find work because of competition from
_______________.
6) Johnson freely gave __________ to southern officials.
7) The most visible new black organizations in the South were ___________.
8) Under Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan, white southerners began to enact laws that gave _________
power over _________ ________________.
9) In 1870, thanks to the _______________ Amendment, southern black men ________ for the first time.
10) ________________ were northern Republicans who moved to the postwar South.
11) One example of the wise use of Reconstruction funds was investing in ____________ education.
12) During the era of Reconstruction, women fought unsuccessfully for ___________ rights.
CHAPTER 13
1) __________________ advances made possible the American industrial growth of the late 1800s.
2) The government contributed to the building of the ___________________ railroad by awarding loans
and land grants to _____________ companies to build the railroad.
3) The ____________ and _____________ revolutionized American communications in the late 1800s.
4) The goal of the Sherman ____________ Act was to promote _______ industrial competition.
5) According to the theory of __________ _____________, the government should stay out of the affairs
of business.
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6) John D. ________________ gained control over much of the oil industry by managing a ________
made up of Standard Oil and allied companies.
7) Andrew ___________ argued that the success of wealthy industrialists helped the entire nation/only a
few people (circle one).
8) One thing a person could do in 1900 but not in 1865 was play a ___________________.
9) In _______, Alexander Graham Bell helped set up a company to build long-distance _____________
lines.
10) According to the theory of social Darwinism, the role of government in economic matters was to
_______ ______ of the affairs of business.
11) By the end of the _______s, most Americans did not trust industrialists.
12) Unlike the Knights of Labor, the _______________ _______________ of __________ included in its
membership only ___________ workers.
13) Employers did/did not (circle one) use collective bargaining in their attempts to crush labor strikes.
CHAPTER 14
1) Many agreements between Native Americans and the federal government fell apart because Native
Americans and settlers had differing concepts of _________ ______________.
2) The Populists supported a ___________________ income tax.
3) The challenges and hardships of settling the Great Plains led settlers to depend on help from ______
__________.
4) Farm _____________________ resulted in an increase in farm production.
5) ___________________ ________________ _____________’s Frontier Thesis held that the frontier
helped to create the strong, individualistic American spirit.
6) One key requirement that applicants had to meet to receive land under the _______________ Act was
that they had to farm the land for ______ years in a row.
7) Cheap ________ and new jobs drew many immigrants to the ____________.
8) As American settlers moved west in search of land, many ___________ ________________ nations
were weakened or destroyed.
9) Many white reformers believed that Native Americans should be “______________” and adopt white
______________.
10) Expansion of the ______________ contributed to the cattle ranching boom.
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CHAPTER 15
1) Quarantine:
2) Ghettos:
3) Restrictive covenants:
4) Social Gospel Movement:
5) Jobs with American ________________ companies attracted many Asians to the United States in the
late 1800s.
6) ___________________ and purity crusaders shared the goal of improving the personal behavior of
individuals.
7) A chance at a better life attracted many _________________ to the United States.
8) Determination and hard work typically led an _________________ to achieve success in America.
9) _____________ and tenements were characteristics of urban/rural (circle one) areas by the early 1900s.
10) Purity crusaders wanted to rid their communities of _______.
CHAPTER 16
1) _____________ became the most popular American sport during the late 1800s.
2) In the case of __________ v. ________________, the Supreme Court established the “separate-but_________” doctrine, upholding ________________.
3) By ______, public school enrollment had reached a record high because of the passage of laws
requiring ___________________.
CHAPTER 17
1) Imperialism:
2) Annex:
3) Arbitration:
4) Jingoism:
5) Open Door Policy:
6) Roosevelt Corollary:
7) A result of the _____________-American War was that ___________ _____ and ________ were made
unincorporated U.S. territories.
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8) The _________ ________ _______ was important to the United States because it gave the U.S. access
to millions of consumers in ____________.
9) The connection that was made between imperialism and the American frontier was that
_____________ would offer Americans a _____ frontier.
10) In the ______s, William R. Hearst and Joseph ___________ used their newspapers to increase public
sympathy for _________ rebels.
11) As a result of the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico became an ________________ territory of the
United States.
12) The building of the _________ Canal was important because it facilitated movement between
_____________ and _____________ ports.
13) As a result of the peace treaty with ________, the United States gained the ________________,
Guam and Puerto Rico.
14) The United States acquired control of the Isthmus of Panama from ______________ by encouraging a
___________ in Panama.
CHAPTER 18
1) The efforts of Florence __________ convinced many states to abolish ________ ________.
2) In ______, Upton Sinclair’s novel entitled ______ _____________ exposed dangerous workplace
conditions in the ________________ industry.
3) Roosevelt vigorously enforced the ____________ Antitrust Act.
CHAPTER 19
1) The assassination of the heir to the _________-_____________ throne sparked World War I.
2) During the first few years of World War I, both sides were locked in a ______________.
3) Germany’s unrestricted _____________ warfare was a major factor in the decision of the United States
to entire World War I.
4) The fact that there was no plan for merging the returning troops back into society made postwar
adjustment easy/difficult (circle one) in the United States.
5) President __________ convinced the Allies to accept his plans for the ____________ of ___________.
6) Many senators approved of/opposed (circle one) American entry into the _____________ of
____________ because they feared it would weaken/strengthen (circle one) the country’s independence.
7) The violent act in ________ that triggered World War I was the assassination of Archduke _________
__________________.
8) Because generals were not used to the killing power of modern __________, they kept giving the order
to _________.
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9) _______________ advocates argued that the United States should strengthen its armed forces.
10) The United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany when the _______________ note was
released.
11) Wilson urged Congress to declare war on ___________ when the ____________ sank three United
States ships.
12) The death toll from World War I was extraordinarily high/low (circle one).
ESSAY QUESTIONS: Choose 2 of 3. Make sure you study for these ahead of time!
1) Compare and contrast Westward Expansion and Imperialism. Make arguments for and against in
both cases, connecting the Native American experience with the experience of overseas groups
affected by U.S. expansion (Panama, Cuba, Puerto Rico, etc).
- This question requires information and examples from both Unit 5 and Unit
6. Westward Expansion and the Native American experience are discussed
in detail in Chapter 14. Imperialism is discussed in Chapter 17.
2) Northern abolitionists and southern slaveholders both believed they were defending the
Constitution. Summarize their opposing beliefs on this point.
- This is a question from Unit 4. Use examples and Constitutional references
to make the case for both sides. Chapter 10 will help you find the
information you need.
3) Explain the causes of World War I. Include how and why the United States got involved on the
side of the Allies.
- This is a question from Unit 6. Chapter 19 (especially sections 1 and 2) to help you study.
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