History Final Exam Review

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

14th

The _____ Amendment protected blacks' right to vote

15th

The ___ Amendment granted women the right to vote in all the states

19th

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

A shift from broad reform goals to more limited goals.

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

Alleged sexual conduct

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:

April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse

The Manhatten Project was the code name for:

Atomic Bomb

On September 17, 1862, the "bloodiest single day" of fighting in American history occurred at:

Battle of Antietam Maryland

When assessing the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, what can be determined about this issue?

Both Congress and the president accused the other of unconstitutional acts.

The Compromise of 1850 established all of the following statutes

California joined as a free state. remaining land of southwest was divided into two territories. Utah and New Mexico. Slave trade was outlawed in DC. Fugitive slave law of 1850. requires northerners to return escaped slaves to masters.

Why was Vicksburg essential?

Capturing the city allowed the Union to control the entire Mississippi River.

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

Chinese Exclusion Act

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

Communism

what broad popular sentiments did the ku klux clan express in the 1920s?

Control should be returned to native born protestants

Emperor Hirohito was tried as a war criminal and sentenced to death along with General Tojo

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

The America First Committee campaigned for Americans to be the first to go to war against Nazi Germany.

False

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

False

The only people killed during the German Holocaust were the Jewish people.

False

The purpose of the D-Day invasion was to:

Free France, start allied operations to end Nazi regime.

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

Freedom to work

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.

Guilded

The Freedmen's Bureau:

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

_______ the systematic state-sponsored killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II.

Holocaust

Who became the first African-American Senator in 1870?

Hyrum Revels

According to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, how could corporations have prevented the Great Depression?

Increased wages

In contrast to the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations fought for:

Industrial Democracy

In what way was Reconstruction policy a success?

It established an amendment promising equal protection for all. paved the way for the 14th amendment

When "Fifty-four forty or fight" did not result in gaining all of the Pacific Northwest, who most likely would have been the angriest?

James Polk

The declared president of the Confederate States of America was:

Jefferson Davis

PULL factors for immigration include:

Jobs, food, money

which of the following elements of President Wilson's Fourteen Points most resembled the commissions Progressives had instituted back home?

League of Nations

In the first half of the nineteenth century, the United States gained the most territory through:

Manifest Destiny

The Battle of _______ was a turning point in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

Midway

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

Military service

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

Nativism

_____________ is an antiforeigner sentiment in the US that fueled a drive against immigration. (feeling of hatred towards those not "American")

Nativism

Causes of World War I include:

Nativism, Imperialism, militarism, alliance system

What did the members of the new United Nations Security Council all have in common?

Nuclear superpowers. suffered least casualties and financial losses in WWII

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

Position of Non Violence

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

Potsdam agreement

What was Lincolns 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 man's war, poor man's fight

______________, 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.

Rockefeller

Passed by Congress in 1865, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution outlawed:

Slavery

Which of the following second new deal measures come closest to meeting the demands of Congress of Industrial Organizations for workplace democracy?

Social Security

The first state that chose secession was

South Carolina

What was ironic about the election of Andrew Johnson?

Southern Democrat who remained loyal to the north

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 Great Depression/ First World War

Unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry were sensationalized in ____________, a 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair

The Jungle

What was a result of the expanding Union economy?

The size and spending of the government increased tremendously

The "March to the Sea" (Atlanta GA to Savannah NC) was the culmination of Union General William Sherman's 1864 campaign and was a devastating example of _______ War

Total

Treaty of Versailles (1919)

Treaty that ended World War I - most important part was the forced blame on Germany and other allies

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

Although well intended, the New Deal for Native Americans resulted in a series of forced assimilations.

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 the U.S. ships.

True

Franklin D Roosevelt was the only US President to serve with more than two terms

True

John Wilkes Booth, an actor who killed Lincoln

True

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

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

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

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-Davis Bill, a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, was vetoed by Lincoln and never took effect.

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?

Vietnam War

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

Wanted to deliver a knockout blow to the union

PUSH factors for immigration include:

War, corruption

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

Women were excluded from suffrage amendment

Results of the Kansas-Nebraska Act included

created Kansas and Nebraska territories. Opened new lands for settlement. Repealed the Missouri compromise.

In the controversial Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court declared that:

he was property and could be taken anywhere

Black Codes:

plantation owners can exploit African American workers as well as allowed them to arrest and fine African Americans.