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Final Exam Review Questions – US History – Mrs. Mosier
Chapter One
1. Over time, the most important issue for most colonists was acquiring ______________________. 1, 106
2. During the Great Awakening enslaved Africans were allowed to join _______________________. 1, 112
3. The Great Compromise proposed that in the ______________, each state would have equal
representation. 1, 127
4. The Federalists chose their name to emphasize that they favored ___________________________. 1, 129
5. Europeans adopted many Native American inventions, including 1, 102
6. After contact with Europeans, millions of Native Americans died because 1, 102
7. The Southern Colonies developed an economy based on 1, 106
8. Bacon’s Rebellion convinced many wealthy planters to 1, 107
9. John Locke asserted that all people were born with the right to 1, 111
10. The revival of religious feeling in the 1700s was called 1, 112
11. The Pilgrims drew up a plan for self-government called 1, 103
12. Who controlled most of the land in the Southern Colonies? 1, 105
13. The British brought temporary peace to the colonies after the Boston Massacre by repealing most of the?
1, 114
14. The colonists protested the Stamp Act by 1, 114
15. “No taxation without representation” became a popular catch-phrase after the implementation of? 1, 114
16. The American victory at Saratoga was a turning point in the war because 1, 118
17. Little changed for African Americans in the South because 1, 126
18. How can the Legislative Branch check the Judicial Branch? 1, 128
19. Mercantilists believed that to become wealthy and powerful, a country had to 1, 110
20. The Great Compromise proposed that in the House of Representatives, the states would be represented
according to 1, 127
21. The details of the Boston Tea Party 1, 115
22. The Three-Fifths Compromise specified that 1, 127
23. The real issue for opponents of the Constitution was whether a national government or state government
would be 1, 129
24. What is federalism? 1, 128
Chapter Two
1. Southerners believed that the _______________________ gave them the right to retrieve an enslaved
person who fled across state lines. 2, 197
2. As the Civil War began, President Lincoln's goal was to ______________________________, even if it
meant allowing slavery to continue.2, 209
3. The Emancipation Proclamation decreed freedom for enslaved persons (where)
_________________________. 2, 211
4. The Bill of Rights that went into effect in 1791 had ________ amendments. 2, 173
5. Frances Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” after 2, 176
6. What elements were part of the Federalists’ national vision? 2, 174
7. The Democratic-Republicans believed _________________________ were not helpful to farmers. 2, 174
8. The solution that emerged in the Missouri Compromise was to admit Missouri and Maine how? 2, 183
9. Missouri’s request to enter the Union as a slave state created a problem because 2, 183
10. At the Seneca Falls Convention, Elizabeth Cady Stanton proposed 2, 188
11. Manifest Destiny was the idea that: 2, 193
12. Crittenden’s Compromise proposed to: 2, 200
13. The most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad was 2, 197
14. For most Southerners, John Brown’s raid offered proof that 2, 199
15. Lincoln wanted to prevent Maryland from seceding, because if it did, 2, 208
16. Lincoln tried to prevent Maryland’s secession by 2, 208
17. Robert E. Lee did not accept command of the Union troops because 2, 208
18. The site of the battle that was the turning point of the Civil War in the east. 2, 213
19. The ____ Amendment to the Constitution banned slavery. 2, 214
20. What case established the principle of judicial review? 2, 175
21. The war between the United States and Mexico ended when U.S. troops took 2, 195
Chapter Three
1. Immigrants who failed a _____________________________ upon arrival in the United States might be
separated from their families and returned to Europe. 3, 256
2. Immigrant parents sometimes worried that ________________________ would make their children
forget their own cultural traditions. 3, 270
3. Even before the invention of the automobile, petroleum was in high demand because 3, 244
4. During the early days of industrialization, many members of Congress believed that tariffs were necessary
to 3, 245
5. In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court introduced the doctrine of 3, 280
6. Railroad companies raised most of the money they needed to build their railroads from 3, 247
7. Describe vertical integration 3, 249
8. Describe horizontal integration 3, 240
9. What was Angel Island? 3, 257
10. ________________________________ was the philosophy that wealthy Americans bore the
responsibility of using their great fortunes to further social progress. 3, 267
11. The idea of individualism was that 3, 266
12. Political machines provided new city dwellers with necessities such as jobs, housing, and police
protection in exchange for 3, 261
13. How did Laissez-Faire advocates feel about high tariffs? 3, 245
14. Was there a significant increase in the crime rate among immigrants in comparison to other Americans?
3, 260
15. By 1900 half of all US immigrants came from where? 3, 255
16. Why did Chinese immigrants come to the US in the early 1860’s? 3, 257
17. Define Americanization 3, 270
18. What did the Pendelton Act do? 3, 272
Chapter 5
1. Progressives had a strong faith in 5, 327
2. Efficiency progressives believed that cities should be run by 5, 329
3. Socialists believe in 5, 335
4. The Constitution originally specified that senators would be selected by 5, 330
5. Under which form(s) of city government do voters elect a mayor? 5, 329
6. Match each item with its type of progressivism: Interstate Commerce Commission, referendum, scientific
management, Women’s Christian Temperance Union 5, 335
7. This allows a group of citizens to introduce legislation and required the legislature to vote on it 5, 330
8. Type of city government in which departments for city services were run by experts5, 329
9. The movement for moderation or elimination of alcohol5, 334
10. This allows proposed legislation to be submitted to the voters for approval 5, 330
11. The insurance fund financed by employers for workers injured in industrial accidents 5, 334
12. These people exposed corruption and scandal 5, 328
13. Amendment that provided for the direct election of senators 5, 330
14. Amendment that made it legal for the federal government to tax the income of individuals directly 5, 355
15. Amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote 5, 332
16. Laws that banned the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol 5, 334
17. Law passed in response to The Jungle5, 344
18. Federal agency that investigated and publicized problems with child labor 5, 351
19. Define direct primary 5, 330
20. Describe the details of Triangle Shritwaist Co. fire. 5, 334