History 1700 Final Exam

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

John Wikes Booth, an actor who killed Lincoln

???he is remembered as the assassin who mortally wounded U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865???

the manhattan project was the code name for

Americas atomic bomb development efforts

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

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

Chinese exclusion act

T/F: 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

the freedmen's bureau:

Helped African Americans adjust to freedom; helped to provide services, acquire land and find work for fair wages.

Who became the first african american senator in 1870

Hyrum Revels

the declared president of the confederate states of america was

Jefferson Davis

during the allied occupation of japan, _____ introduced reforms designed to convert japan into a democratic country

MacArthur

_______ founder of the standard oil company gained control of 90% of the petroleum refining capacity in the US by eliminating competitors through buyouts and aggressive business practice

Rockerfeller

unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry were sensationalized in ________, a 1906 novel by Uptown Sinclair

The Jungle

on May 10, 1869, the union and central pacific railroads joined their rails at promitory summit, ________ territory

Utah

what was ironic about the election of andrew johnson

a man from a seceded state was president

the ascendancy of the american federation of labor during the 1890s reflected

a shift from broad reform goals to limited reform goals

The compromise of 1850 established all of the following statues except

admission of New Mexico as a slave state

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

alleged sexual conduct

Black Codes:

allowed the arrest of jobless African Americans

PUSH factors for immigration include

bad things, why they leave their country. poverty, lack of social mobility, violence, or persecution

On september 17,1862, the bloodiest single day of fighting in american history occurred at

battle of antietim

Treat of Versailles (1919)

blamed germans, ended WW1, humiliated germans, war guilt clause

when assessing the impeachment of andrew johnson,

both congress and the president accused the other of unconstitutional acts

why was Vicksburg essentail

capturing the city allowed union to control the Mississippi river

what broad popular sentiments did the KKK express in the 1920s

control of nation should be returned to native born prosidents

Results of the Kansas-Nebraska Act included

created 2 new territories and allowed popular sovereignty. Eventually lead to Bleeding Kansas

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

false

T/F: during the 1920s, labor lost over 2 million members

false

T/F: during the battle of Leyte gulf, over 2000 kamikaze pilots crashed their aircraft into US ships

false

T/F: emperor hirohito was tried as a war criminal and sentenced to death along with general tojo

false

T/F: overall, despite good intentions the marshall plan was not very successful

false

T/F: the america first committee campaigned for americans to be the first to go to war against nazi germany

false

T/F: the emancipation proclamation of 1863 freed slaves in border states fighting on the union side

false

T/F: the only people killed during the german holocaust were the jewish people

false

in the 1950s what did the term totalitarianism describe

fashism, nazism, communism

in what way was reconstruction policy a success

gave black men the right to vote

while the standard of living rose from 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

PULL factors for immigration include

good things, why they would come to a country. better opportunities

what could be one possible reason why robert e lee invaded the north in 1863

he hoped to deliver a knockout blow to the north

________ the systematic state-sponsered killing of six million jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by nazi germany and its collaborations during ww2

holocaust

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

increasing workplace wages

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

industrial democracy

the purpose of the d-day invasion was to

libewestern europe, defeat natzi germany and end ww2

the battle of _________ was a turning point in the pacific theater of WW2

midway

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

military service

causes of ww1 include

nationalism, alliance system, imperialism, militarism

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

nativism

Wade-Davis Bill, a program proposed for the reconstruction of the South written by two radical republicans, was vetoed by Lincoln and never took effect

new state constitutions had to ban slavery, Lincoln refused to sign

when fifty four forty or fight did not result in gaining all of the pacific northwest, who most likely would have been the angriest

northern democrats

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

railroads

by analyzing the new york city draft riots, what can be determined about the civil war

rich mans war, poor mans fight

passed by congress in 1865, the thirteenth amendment to the constitution outlawed

slavery

in the controversial dred scott decision, the supreme court declared that

slaves are property

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

social security

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

what time period most influenced the new deal

the first world war

what inspiration did martin luther king jr. gain from mahatma gandhi

the idea of peaceful civil disobediance

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

the league of nations

what taste of freedom did women enjoy in world war 2

the perks of doing mens jobs

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

the prohibition of liquor sales

what was a result of the expanding union economy

the size and spending increased

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

they had all suffered the least financial casualties during the war

The march to the sea (Atlanta, GA to Savannah, NC) was the culmination of Union General William Shermans 1864 campaign and was a devastating example of "__________ war."

total

T/F: Chinese immigrants, often preforming dangerous tasks, played an important role in the completion of the transcontinental railroad

true

T/F: Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only US president to serve more than two terms

true

T/F: abraham linclon was elected president in 1860 without any southern electoral votes

true

T/F: after japans attack on pearl harbor, FDR issued executive order 9066. As a result, over 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were uprooted and confined to remove camps farther inland for most of the war

true

T/F: by 1880, a majority of americans worked in nonfarm activites

true

T/F: 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 photo graphs and family recommendations of the possible candidate

true

T/F: social security was instituted during the great depression

true

T/F: the congress passed the first national conscription law in 1863, but the rich people could buy their way out of the draft by hiring the substitute for $300

true

T/F: the most common civil war battlefield surgery was the amputaition

true

T/F: the percentage of families at or below the poverty rate fell during the 1950s

true

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 nineteenth 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 suffrage movement