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Copyright © 2014 Edmentum - All rights reserved. LEVEL III US History Reconstruction I Blizzard Bag 2014 - 2015 1. Federal soldiers were present in the Confederate states as a part of the Reconstruction effort until which event? A. the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau B. the passage of the Tenure of Office Act C. the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment D. the Compromise of 1877 2. Which wealthy businessman wrote the essay "The Gospel of Wealth," in which he encouraged wealthy people to use their money to benefit society? A. John D. Rockefeller B. Cornelius Vanderbilt C. J.P. Morgan D. Andrew Carnegie 3. The establishment of Ellis Island in 1892 enabled A. the U.S. government to process the increasing number of immigrants. B. the government to be more selective during the citizenship process. C. Congress to pass laws that stopped the immigration of certain races to the U.S. D. industrial factories to find immigrant workers as soon as they stepped off the boat. 4. In 1868, President Andrew Johnson was impeached after he removed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton from office without first getting approval from the Senate. President Johnson was impeached because he had violated which law? A. the Civil Rights Act of 1866 B. the Tenure of Office Act C. the Morrill Act D. the Kansas-Nebraska Act 5. Which of the following best completes the chart? A. Haiti B. the Philippines C. Jamaica D. the Dominican Republic 6. • lack of sanitation • overcrowded conditions • widespread poverty The box above describes the living conditions that were faced by people who lived where? A. on homesteads B. on reservations C. on plantations D. in tenements 7. Which of these encouraged industrialization to expand from the eastern part of the United States to the West? A. railroads B. labor unions C. muckrakers D. subways 8. What was the name given to Northerners who came to the South during the Reconstruction with the hopes of financial gain? A. scalawags B. copperheads C. carpetbaggers D. sharecroppers 9. During the Reconstruction, which group wanted to punish the Confederate states for seceding from the Union and wanted to make it difficult for the states re-enter the Union? A. Democrats B. Carpetbaggers C. Freedmen D. Radical Republicans 10. On April 11, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain in order to liberate Cuba from Spanish control. Before Congress approved the declaration of war, the Teller Amendment was added to it. What was the purpose of the Teller Amendment? A. The amendment stated that the United States would not annex Cuba after the war. B. The amendment stated that the United States intended to annex Cuba after the war. C. The amendment included funding for the United States to build a canal in Central America. D. The amendment stated that the United States intended to annex all territories in the Caribbean Sea after the war. 11. President William Howard Taft's foreign policy encouraged American investment in foreign countries and increased trade. What was the name given to Taft's foreign policy? A. dollar diplomacy B. missionary diplomacy C. shuttle diplomacy D. big stick diplomacy 12. One reason the United States was interested in acquiring Hawaii was that trade with Hawaii had become quite important. What was Hawaii's primary export to the United States? A. sugar cane B. fish C. corn D. cotton