History 1700 Final

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the _____ amendment prohibited states from depriving any male citizen of equal protection under the law regardless of race

14th

The _______ Amendment protected blacks rights to vote.

15th

the ______ amendment granted women the right to vote in all the states.

19th

the first United states president to be impeached in the house of representatives was:

Andrew Johnson

General Lee surrendered his army to General Grant at the courthouse in:

Appomattox, Virginia

Enacted in 1882, ___________ was the first immigration law to ban a certain race of people from coming to America.

Chinese Exclusion Act

Results of the Kansas-Nebraska Act included

Created kansas and nebraska, repealed the missouri compromise of 1820, allowed white settlers to determine the popular sovereignty

The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 freed slaves in border states fighting on the Union side.

False

During the Allied occupation of Japan, ______________ introduced reforms designed to convert Japan into a democratic country.

General MacArthur

who became the first african american senator in 1870?

Hiram Revels

The declared president of the Confederate States of America was:

Jefferson Davis

The Battle of ____________________ was a turning point in the pacific theater of world war ||.

Midway

What was Lincoln's hidden weapon that allowed the military to quickly transport troops and supplies over long distances like never before?

Railroads

In the controversial Dred Scott decision the supreme court declared that:

Scott loses because he wasn't considered a citizen

The first state to choose secession was:

South Carolina

Lincoln used the _______ to communicate with his generals and other officers to keep tabs of what was going on at the battle front.

Telegraph

on sept. 17, 1862, the "bloodiest single day" of fighting in American History occurred at:

The Battle of Antientan

By analyzing the New York City draft riots, what can be determined about the Civil War?

The Civil War was a rich man's war and a poor man's fight.

unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry were sensationalized in ______ a 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair.

The Jungle

what was the result of expanding union economy?

The size and spending of the government increased tremendously

The "March to the Sea"(GA-NC) was the culmination of Union General William Sherman's 1864 campaign and was a devastating ex. of "________ war".

Total War

The congress passed the first national conscription law in 1863, but the rich people could buy their way out of the draft by hiring a substitute for $300.

True

On May 10, 1869, the Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, _______ Territory.

Utah

What would John Winthrop most likely criticize about antebellum America?

Utopian societies promoting free love

The scale of Civil War bloodshed was comparable to that of which other conflict?

War of the Triple Alliance

in the first half of the 19th century the US gained the most territory through:

Wars with Mexico

The idea that change comes slowly can be evidenced by what event during Reconstruction?

Women were excluded from the suffrage amendment.

The ascendancy of the American Federation of Labor during the 1890s reflected:

a shift from board reform goals to more limited goals

what did the members of the new united nations security council all have in common?

all part of allie's that won WW||

Why was Vicksburg important?

allowed to control mississippi

Black Codes:

allows official to arrest and fine jobless african americans

The compromise of 1850 est. all of the following statutes EXCEPT:

cali joined union, remaining land of the SW was divided into 2 territories (UT&NM)

What broad popular sentiments did the Ku Klux Klan express in the 1920s?

control of nations should be returned to native-born protestants

Treaty of Versailles (1919):

eat. 9 new nations broke up the austro-hungarian empire and the ottoman empire.

In what way was Reconstruction policy a success?

eat. amendment promising equal protection for all

in the 1950s what did the term "totalitarianism" describe?

facism, nazism, communism

Emperor Hirohito was tried as a war criminal and sentenced to death along with general tojo

false

Overall, despite good intentions the Marshall Plan was not very successful.

false

Proposed by Woodrow Wilson to promote peace through collective security, the League of Nations was created in 1920, and the United States was the first member.

false

although well intended, the new deal for native americans resulted in a series of forced assimilations

false

the america first committee campaigned for americans to be the first to go to war against nazi germany

false

the only people killed during the german holocaust were the jewish people

false

what time period most influenced the new deal?

first world war

While standard of living rose for many Americans after the Civil War and huge fortunes were amassed by industrialists, significant societal problems developed. Mark Twain called the era a ___________ Age.

gilded

What could be one possible reason why Robert E. Lee invaded the North in 1863?

hoped to discover a knocked blow to the North

What inspiration did Martin Luther King Jr. gain from Mahatma Gandhi?

idea of peaceful civil disobedience

according to the supreme court justice louis brandeis how could corporations have prevented the great depression

increasing workers wages

in contrast to the american federation of labor the congress of industrial organizations fought for

industrial democracy

_______, founder of the standard oil co. gained control of 90% of the petroleum refining capacity in the US by eliminating competitors through buyouts and aggressive business practices.

john d. rockefeller

which of the following elements of president wilson's fourteen points most resembled the commissions progressives had instituted back home?

league of nations

the purpose of the D-Day invasion was to:

liberate France from German control

which of the following least symbolized the growing autonomy of working women with regard to their consumerism?

military service

Causes of World War I include:

nationalism, imperialism, militarism, alliance system (all of the above)

______ is an anti foreigner sentiment in the US that fueled a drive against immigration (feeling of hatred towards those not "american")

nativism

when assessing the impeachment of andrew johnson what can be determined about this issue?

never attack him for what he did

when "fifty-four forty or fight" didn't result in gaining all of the pacific NW who most likely would have been the angriest ?

northern democrats

What taste of freedom did women enjoy in World War II?

perks of doing mens jobs

Push factors for immigration include:

poverty, overpopulation, and lack of jobs (all of the above)

what was ironic about the election of andrew johnson ?

president from a state that had succeeded.

Pull Factors of Immigration include:

religious freedom, employment, better conditions

passed by congress in 1865, the 13th amendment to the constitution outlawed:

slavery everywhere in the US

The freedman's bureau:

the bureau helped african americans adjust to freedom

_______ the systematic state-sponsored killing six million jewish men,women, and children and millions of others by nazi germany and it's collaborators during world war ||.

the holocaust

which of the following trends of the 1920s did fundamentalists support?

the prohibition of liquor sales

the manhattan project was the code name for:

the project to develop the atomic bomb

which of the following second new deal measures came closest to meeting the demands of the congress of industrial organizations for workplace democracy

the wagner act

Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 without any southern electoral votes

true

After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR issued Executive Order 9066. As a result, over 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were uprooted and confined to remote camps farther inland for most of the war.

true

By 1880, a majority of Americans worked in nonfarm activities.

true

Chinese immigrants often performing dangerous tasks played an important role in the completion of the transcontinental railroad.

true

During the 1920s, labor lost over 2 million members.

true

During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, over 2,000 kamikaze pilots crashed their aircraft into U.S ships.

true

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only US president to serve more than 2 terms

true

The most common Civil War battlefield surgery was the amputation

true

The percentage of families at or below the poverty rate fell during the 1950s.

true

Wade-David bill, a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the south written by 2 radical republicans was vetoed by Lincoln and never took effect.

true

picture bride refers to the practice of Japanese immigrants in Hawaii and the west coast, selecting brides from japan via a matchmaker, who paired bride and groom using ONLY photographs and family recommendations of the possible candidate.

true

social security was instituted during the Great Depression.

true

Apart from the racial identity of victims, what typically triggered the lynch violence of southern white mobs?

victims alleged sexual conduct

John Wilkes Booth, an actor who killed Lincoln.

was shot to death in a barn by Union soldiers


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