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U.S. History Review Guide
__________________________ 1. people who wanted an immediate end to slavery
__________________________ 2. document that declared the independence of the
colonies from Britain
__________________________ 3. first governing document of the United States
__________________________ 4. current governing document of the United States
__________________________ 5. man primarily responsible for writing the
Declaration of Independence
_________________________ 6. name of the convention that created the Constitution
__________________________ 7. system of government where states and the federal
government share the powers of governing
__________________________ 8. these types of powers are the specific rights given to
the federal government
__________________________ 9. powers not specifically given to the federal govt.
and thereby are reserved for the states
__________________________ 10. these powers are the rights shared by the states and
the national government
__________________________ 11. branch of the government that makes the laws, can
override a veto, and has powers of impeachment
_________________________ 12.branch of the government that enforces the laws, can
veto legislation, and appoints Cabinet members
___________________________13. branch of the government that interprets and
reviews the laws of the land
__________________________ 14. more common name for the first ten amendments to
the Constitution that were added in 1791
__________________________ 15. means the government must follow certain legal
procedures in dealing with citizens
_______________________________ 16. means the right to vote
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means to make a change or to add
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area the United States added to its territory
in 1803
large southern state that was added to the
Union in 1845
belief the United States had the right to
control and dominate the continent from
coast to coast
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states where slavery was banned
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states where slavery was permitted
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means to formally withdraw from something
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first state to secede from the Union in 1860
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man elected president in 1860 causing the
secession of seven southern slaves states
Civil War & Reconstruction
___________________________ 1. people who wanted an immediate end to slavery
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areas where slavery was banned
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areas where slavery was permitted
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means to formally withdraw from something
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president of the Union during the Civil War
__________________________ 6. president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
__________________________ 7. first state to secede from the Union in Dec. 1860
__________________________ 8. issued by Lincoln in 1863 that freed the slaves only
in areas of rebellion
__________________________ 9. general for the south who surrendered in 1865
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general for the North who accepted the surrender
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where the main surrender took place
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what the former slaves were called after they
were liberated
northerners who settled in the South after
the Civil War and supported Radical
Reconstruction
people who rented farmland and supplied
their own seed and supplies
people who shared with the landowner the
cropsthey raised
white southerners who supported Radical
Reconstruction
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agency established by Congress to provide
basic needs for the freedmen
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constitutional amendment that freed every
remaining slave in 1865
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constitutional amendment that determine
thosewho were given citizenship in the U.S.
_______________________________ 20. percentage of voters required to take the
oath ofloyalty to the government under
Lincoln’s plan
________________________________ 18. describes how many people live in a
particular area
_______________________________ 21. group in Congress who believed Lincoln’s
plan was too lenient
_______________________________ 22. man who assassinated Lincoln in April 1865
at Ford’ Theater
_______________________________ 23. man who became president after Lincoln
was assassinated
_______________________________ 24. name for postwar laws passed by Southern
legislatures that placed restrictions on the
freedmen
_______________________________ 25. Southern laws that legalized segregation
_______________________________ 26. constitutional amendment that gave black
males the right to vote
_______________________________ 27. terrorist group that opposed both blacks and
white sympathizers who tried to help them
_______________________________ 28. year Reconstruction was declared over
_______________________________ 29. means to give a pardon
_______________________________ 30. means to formally accuse a government
Expansion of Industry and Cities
________________________________ 1. invention that replaced the Pony Express
________________________________ 2. invention first used in businesses because it
was too expensive for most people to purchase
__________________________ 3. means to merge/join two or more things together
__________________________ 4. system the government established in 1883 that
divided the nation into four time zones
________________________________ 5. invention that made it easier and cheaper to
manufacture steel
__________________________ 6. one of his most significant inventions was the
light bulb
__________________________ 7. means to donate your money toward charities or
other good causes
________________________________ 8. what businesses were called after the
expanded and consolidated
_______________________ __ 9. describes a bottom to top integration of business
__________________________ 10. means to expand a business by purchasing other
companies that manufacture the same item
__________________________ 11. to have complete control over a particular industry
__________________________ 12. people who come to the U.S. from other countries
__________________________ 13. method used by workers to attain goals which
involves a stoppage of production
__________________________ 14. buildings that housed families living in poverty
__________________________ 15. feelings of pride of your country and resentment
toward those who are not native-born
__________________________ 16. means to blend in with a society
_________________________ 17. houses intended to help immigrants learn to blend in
and survive in American society
________________________________ 18. describes how many people live in a
particular area
_______________________________ 21. group in Congress who believed Lincoln’s
plan was too lenient
_______________________________ 22. man who assassinated Lincoln in April 1865
at Ford’ Theater
__________________________ 23. man who became president after Lincoln was
assassinated
_______________________________ 24. name for postwar laws passed by Southern
legislatures that placed restrictions on the
freedmen
_______________________________ 25. Southern laws that legalized segregation
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constitutional amendment that gave black
males the right to vote
terrorist group that opposed both blacks and
white sympathizers who tried to help them
year Reconstruction was declared over
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means to give a pardon
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means to formally accuse a government
official of wrong-doing
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U.S. History Review Guide – Cities & Politics in the Gilded Age
________________________________ 1. they came from western and northern areas
of Europe in the early and mid 1800s
________________________________ 2. they came from southern and eastern areas
of Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s
________________________________ 3. name for the poorest accommodations of a
ship where immigrants typically traveled
________________________________ 4. aid organizations created to help immigrants
in cases of sickness and unemployment
________________________________ 5. immigrant group denied access to America
in the late 1800s
________________________________ 6. process of making immigrants into
“Americans”
________________________________ 7. word to describe the many new forms of
public transportation introduced in the
growing cities
________________________________ 8. cheap apartment buildings where many
immigrants lived in the cities
________________________________ 9. name for run down apartment buildings after
years of neglect
________________________________ 10. community service centers designed to help
immigrants in poor neighborhoods
________________________________ 11. founder of the Hull House in Chicago
________________________________ 12. laws that required parents to send their
children to school instead of work
________________________________ 13. movement that involved city planning of
parks, designed streets, etc.
________________________________ 14. a type of variety show people attended for
pleasure during their leisure time
________________________________ 15. individuals who managed the political
machines of city governments in the late
1800s
________________________________ 16. acquisition of money pr political power
through illegal or dishonest methods
________________________________ 17. bribes or payoffs given to politicians in
exchange for certain services or awarding of
contracts
________________________________ 18. famous political boss of New York City
________________________________ 19. famous cartoonist who worked to expose the
crime of the political machines
________________________________ 20. political boss who was characterized as kind
hearted
________________________________ 21. term for American people who opposed
immigrants
________________________________ 22. term coined by Mark Twain used to
characterize the period of American history
in the late 1800s
________________________________ 23. president whose administrations were full of
scandals
________________________________ 24. assassination of this president led to reforms
in civil service jobs
________________________________ 25. law passed by Congress making
monopolies/trusts illegal in America
________________________________ 26. law passed by Congress regulating
commerce among states, especially that of
railroads
________________________________ 27. practice of awarding jobs to loyal members
of your party or to your friends
________________________________ 28. term for a high number of people living in a
small area, usually per square mile
________________________________ 29. formed by workers to advocate better
working conditions and better pay
________________________________ 30. popular method used by unions to achieve
goals
U.S. History Review Guide – Westward and Industrial Expansion
________________________________ 1. process of driving the cattle north to the
railheads
________________________________ 2. self-appointed law officers or group
________________________________ 3. land set aside for the Native Americans to
live on
________________________________ 4. law aimed at helping the Native Americans
adopt practices of “American” society
________________________________ 5. word that describes the process of adopting
the customs of another society or culture
_________________________ 6. law that encouraged railroad companies to
begin construction of a transcontinental railroad
________________________________ 7. law that encouraged immigrants to go west
and settle on 160 acres of land
________________________________ 8. invention that replaced the Pony Express
________________________________ 9. invention first used in businesses only
because it was too expensive for most
people to purchase
__________________________ 10. means to merge/join two or more things together
__________________________ 11. system the government established in 1883 that
divided the nation into four time zones
________________________________ 12. innovation that made it easier and cheaper to
manufacture steel
________________________________ 13. one of his most significant inventions was
the incandescent light bulb
________________________________ 14. means to donate your money toward
charities or other good causes
________________________________ 15. name for the “captains of industry” because
many thought they acquired their money
dishonestly
________________________________ 16. what businesses are called after they expand
and/or consolidate
________________________________ 17. describes a bottom to top integration of
business
________________________________ 18. means to expand a business by purchasing
other companies and manufacture the same
item
_________________________ 19. means to have a majority control over a
particular industry by eliminating competition
_________________________ 20. type of capitalism where there is no government
intervention in the economy
Progressive Movement Review Guide
U.S. History
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black leader who promoted practical
education to achieve economic equality first
black leader who believed blacks should
fight for immediate social, political, &
economic equality
name given to journalists & writers who
exposed abuses in politics & businesses
through their writing
organization formed to protect the rights of
African Americans and end racial
discrimination
a preliminary election held before a general
election
process where voters can approve or reject a
proposed law
process that allows citizens to propose a bill
process that allows voters to remove elected
officials before they complete their terms
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amendment giving the citizens of each state
the power to elect their senators to Congress
_______________________________ 10. a professional/expert hired by an elected
board oftrustees to run a city government
like a business
_______________________________ 11. man responsible for initiating progressive
state reforms that became known as the
Wisconsin Idea
_______________________________ 12. economic system that allows anyone to start
a business that wants to & has the means to
_______________________________ 13. nickname given to Roosevelt for the way he
dealt with trusts
_______________________________ 14. book written by Upton Sinclair that exposed
the uncleanliness of meatpacking plants
_______________________________ 15. law that set health and sanitary standards for
all phases of the interstate meatpacking
industry
_______________________________ 16. law that barred the use of harmful additives
in food & banned false advertisement for
drugs
_______________________________ 17. Roosevelt's successor who continued to
prosecute trusts as the new president in 1908
_______________________________ 18. amendment that made it legal for Congress
to establish a federal graduated personal
income tax
_______________________________ 19. name for Roosevelt's new program of
progressive reforms he introduced in 1910
_______________________________ 20. nickname of the third party created by
Roosevelt in 1912 when he split from the
Republican party
_______________________________ 21. official name of the third party created by
Teddy Roosevelt in 1912
_______________________________ 22. name for Wilson's program of progressive
reform he introduced in response to T.R.'s
program
_________________________ 23. means no government intervention in businesses
_____________________ 24. law that created a new system for regulating
banks
_______________________________ 25. amendment that outlawed the
manufacturing, transportation, and selling of
all alcoholic products
_______________________________ 26. amendment that gave women the right to
vote in the elections of 1920
_______________________________ 27. anti-trust law that stated clearly what
corporations could & could not do in their
business practices
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name for the movement to protect the
country’s natural environment
_______________________________ 29. the process of making damaged lands
productive again
_______________________________ 30. word that means the right to vote
Imperialism Review Guide
________________________________ 1. the effort by a powerful nation to create an
empire by controlling other nations
________________________________ 2. responsible for the United States’ purchase
of Alaska in 1867
________________________________ 3. wrote the Influence of Sea Power Upon
History
________________________________ 4. said European nations should not interfere in
the affairs of countries in the Western
Hemisphere
________________________________ 5. means an exaggerated and arrogant national
pride
________________________________ 6. harsh Spanish policy of placing Cuban
villagers into detention camps
________________________________ 7. writing tactic of paying scarce attention to
the facts and instead printing sensational
stories
________________________________ 8. ship that mysteriously sunk in Havana
Harbor in February 1898
________________________________ 9. a country that is technically independent but
whose govt. & economy are controlled by a
stronger power
________________________________ 10. the practice of owning colonies
________________________________ 11. areas in which one power would be
dominant, usually in terms of trade and
transportation
________________________________ 12. revolt by the Chinese against foreign
countries controlling their trading
________________________________ 13. president who introduced “Big-Stick
Diplomacy”
________________________________ 14. president who introduced “Dollar
Diplomacy”
________________________________ 15. president who introduced “Moral
Diplomacy”
________________________________ 16. president when construction of the Panama
Canal began
________________________________ 17. foreign policy the U.S. pursued in China
________________________________ 1. policy Britain and France followed in an
attempt to satisfy Hitler and avoid war
________________________________ 2. new fighting style the Germans used when
they invaded Poland
________________________________ 3. month, day, and year when World War II
started with the invasion of Poland by Germany
________________________________ 4. Britain's new prime minister in 1940
________________________________ 5. leader of the U.S. during most of World War
II
________________________________ 6. month, day, and year when the U.S. was
attacked at Pearl Harbor
________________________________ 7. battle in the Pacific in which the U.S.
prevented the Japanese from seizing Australia
________________________________ 8. battle in the Pacific after which the U.S.
began to take the offensive against the Japanese
________________________________ 9. Allied commander in the Pacific who had
been stationed on the Philippines
________________________________ 10. name for Britain, the United States, the
Soviet Union and others during WWII
________________________________ 11. name for Germany, Italy, and Japan during
WWII
________________________________ 12. name for the strategy to attack North Africa
________________________________ 13. the key turning point battle in Europe in
1943
________________________________ 14. group of people placed in internment camps
in the U.S. during WWII
________________________________ 15. name for what happened on June 6, 1944
________________________________ 16. name for the operation that took place
starting on June 6, 1944
________________________________ 17. Supreme Allied commander in charge of DDay
________________________________ 18. new suicide fighting method the Japanese
pilots used at the end of the war
________________________________ 19. last two islands the U.S. captured before
preparing to invade Japan itself
________________________________ 20. last German counteroffensive in 1945
________________________________ 21. month, day, and year on which the world
celebrated Victory in Europe Day
________________________________ 22. man who became president after FDR died
________________________________ 23. name for the project to develop the atomic
bomb
________________________________ 24. site where the first atomic bomb was
successfully tested on July 16, 1945
________________________________ 25. the two Japanese cities the United States
dropped atomic bombs on in 1945
________________________________ 26. caused the Japanese to finally surrender on
August 14, 1945
________________________________ 27. international peacekeeping organization
created in 1945 in San Francisco
________________________________ 28. body of the UN that all member nations
belong to
________________________________ 29. body of the UN that has only 15 members
and decisions for action throughout the world
________________________________ 30. new nation created in 1948 in the Middle
East
________________________________ 31. nation divided into 4 occupation zones after
WWII
________________________________ 32. what Winston Churchill said had descended
across Europe dividing it in half
________________________________ 33. Asian nation U.S. occupied after WWII
________________________________ 34. said the U.S. would hold communism where
it currently existed through any means necessary
________________________________ 35. said the U.S. would support free peoples
who were resisting attempted domination by armed minorities or by outside pressures
________________________________ 36. a state of tension and hostility between
nations in which no fighting actually occurs
________________________________ 37. economic recovery plan offered to every
nation in Europe & funded by the U.S.
________________________________ 38. defense treaty created between the U.S.,
Canada, and 10 western European nations
________________________________ 39. defense treaty created between the Soviet
Union and eastern European nations
________________________________ 40. agency created to collect information about
potential enemies of the United States
________________________________ 41. new foreign policy that called for the U.S. to
do whatever was necessary to protect the free world