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U.S. History 203
Test 1
Fall 2006
Chapter 15
Question 01
• Where did draft riots occur where Irish
immigrants killed at least 1,000 African
Americans in 1863?
• New York City
Question 02
• What was Confederacy’s President
Jefferson Davis’ relationship with his
military leaders?
• As a West Point graduate, Davis
sought to run the army as if he
were a general, not a civilian leader
Question 03
• What was unusual about the military draft
in the Union States during the Civil War?
• When drafted you need only
produce someone to serve for you
or pay $300, you need serve
personally.
Question 04
• Definition: Finally allowed to enlist in May
1863, these soldiers accounted for more
than 180,000 troops and played a major
role in the Union victory.
• African Americans
Question 05
• Definition: Union general under Ulysses
S. Grant who took Atlanta and led the
“March to the Sea.”
• William T. Sherman
Chapter 16
Question 06
• Why did President Lincoln choose Andrew
Johnson as is vice president in 1864?
• As the only Southerner to
remain in the Congress,
Johnson was chosen as a
symbol of future national unity.
Question 07
• Who were the radical Republicans? They
were members of the Republican party
who held these views:
• Bitter over the death and
destruction caused by the
rebellion; wanted to punish the
South for it.
Question 08
• What was the primary means to terrorize
and oppress African Americans in the
South and elsewhere.
• lynching
Question 09
• Definition: Advocate of women’s suffrage
and leader in the women’s rights
movement.
• Susan B Anthony
Question 10
• Definition: The most celebrated example
of political corruption in the Reconstruction
era.
• Tweed Ring
Chapter 17
Question 11
• What was the centerpiece (i.e most
important component) of the Native
American’s survival in the West?
• the Buffalo
Question 12
• Who founded (started) the Church of
Latter Day Saints (the Mormons)?
• Joseph Smith
Question 13
• What industry, which grew greatly during
the Civil War, became the standard for
American industrialism?
• the railroads
Question 14
• 14. Though the most successful
industrialist insisted that the marketplace
rule the economy and not government
intervention through regulations, what the
reality of their actions regarding free
enterprise?
• They sought to take unfair or dishonest
advantage of competitors, such as
bribing officials and/or companies.
Question 15
• Social Darwinism is the application of
Charles Darwin=s theories of evolution to
the condition of human beings. What
phrase would best describe the
philosophy?
• Survival of the fittest
Question 16
• What are some major contributing factors
to the growth of the federal government
since its inception?
• The growth of industry, the
rebellion of the Confederacy, and
the rebuilding of the South after
the Civil War.
Question 17
• Definition: On May 4, 1886, workmen in
Chicago gathered to protest police
conduct during a strike at a factory of the
McCormick Company.
• Haymarket Affair
Question 18
• Definition: An Apache leader who resisted
white incursions until his capture in 1886.
• Geronimo
Chapter 18
Question 19
• The American Protective Association
founded in 1887 was created to “protect”
America from what?
• Catholics
Question 20
• Definition: This legislation was passed in
1890 to curb the growth of large
monopolistic corporations.
• Sherman Antitrust Act
Question 21
• Definition: Pioneer of settlement houses in
Chicago and a major reform leader.
• Jane Addams
Question 22
• Definition: This group led to the
emergence of the Populist party.
• National Farmers Alliance
Question 23
• Definition: The last major chapter in the
Indian wars, it was fought on the Pine
Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
• Battle of Wounded Knee