Honors United States History A Exam
How did the invention of the telegraph impact American society? Select the two correct answers.
Business owners in the West could stay in touch with eastern markets. Those who moved out west could communicate with family members in far-away cities.
How did the Chinese Exclusion Act discriminate against Chinese immigrants?
Chinese immigration was almost completely banned for a period of time.
Which best describes Theodore Roosevelt's impact on the election of 1912?
Progressivism remained an important political movement.
How did the battle between Catholic Spain and Protestant England play out in the New World?
Protestant England defeated the Spanish Armada and began establishing Protestant colonies in the Americas.
What happened in the South as a result of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry? Select the two correct answers.
Support grew for secession from the Union. States passed laws to prevent rebellions by enslaved people.
Which idea from the Declaration of Independence is also conveyed in the Preamble to the Constitution?
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed . . ."
Drag and drop each person to the correct description. Some choices may be used more than once.
started a very successful financial investment company - JP Morgan was a leader within the steel industry - JP Morgan, Andrew Carnegie helped expand and improve the railroad- Corneiliuis Vanderbilt
What is Chief Joseph's response to western settlement an example of?
surrender
If an unskilled female worker wanted equal pay for her work in the textile industry, which group would be the most likely to help her cause?
the Knights of Labor
Which political party emerged out of the farmers' movements of the late 1800s?
the Populist Party
What was the argument in the passage used to justify?
the colonists' decision to break free from Britain
What was key to the Supreme Court's argument in the verdict of the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case?
the doctrine of separate but equal
Which of the following made the success of the agricultural industry in the southern colonies possible?
the labor of enslaved Africans
Which statement best interprets the message of this cartoon?
Boss Tweed was gone, but corruption was still a problem in New York's government.
What argument did the Committees of Correspondence most likely make in response to British policies in 1774?
"This is a horrible abuse of justice and a threat to our liberty."
What problem did Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis expose?
America's unique development could not continue in the absence of a frontier.
This excerpt is from a speech by a(n) Federalist / Anti-Federalist in favor of a strong / weaker central government. He fears that a national government will threaten / secure the rights of individuals. He will likely sign / not sign the Constitution.
Anti-Federalist, weaker, threaten, not sign
Who is best known for helping hundreds of runaway enslaved people gain freedom?
Harriet Tubman
Why was annexing Hawaii important to the U.S.?
Hawaii was a strategic location for a naval base.
Which of these statements about President McKinley best identifies him as an expansionist?
He paid Spain a large sum to secure the Philippines.
What was an unintended consequence of William Howard Taft's use of dollar diplomacy in U.S. relations with Latin America?
It caused Latin American countries to increasingly resent U.S. interference in their affairs.
Which of the following best describes the Progressive movement?
an attempt to address the problems associated with the Gilded Age
Which of the following was a result of the labor movement during the Progressive Age?
New regulations improved the safety and health of factory workers.
Compare and contrast how the North and South organized their armies. Drag each item to the correct category.
North offered bounties to volunteers South forced African Americans to serve the army both North and South passed conscription, or draft, laws offered ways for wealthy citizens to avoid serving
Which of the following statements was true of the Progressive Era?
The government took a more active role in regulating business.
What does the image illustrate in terms of how strategies of the Union and Confederacy differed?
The image shows that General Grant took a more offensive attack-and-strike strategy.
Why was the Battle of Saratoga a major turning point in the Revolutionary War?
The patriots' victory persuaded the French to form an alliance.
What conclusions can be drawn from Abigail Adams's letter to John Adams? Select the two correct answers.
The women are like the patriots who wanted representation. Men are like tyrants who refuse to pay attention to their subjects.
Select the sentences in the passage that best support the conclusion that the Corps of Discovery had some success encouraging Native Americans to end hostilities.
They requested of our officers, by their Interpreter, to speak a good word for them to the Mandan Nation of Indians, as they wished to make a peace with them, which our Officers agreed to do. they mention'd, that they wished to be at peace with all Nations
What was the purpose of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890?
They set aside land and money for affordable land-grant colleges.
Select the two phrases that best support the statement: Mark Twain no longer looked on the river romantically.
This sun means that we are going to have wind tomorrow; that floating log means that the river is rising, small thanks to it that tall dead tree, with a single living branch; is not going to last long, and then how is a body ever going to get through this blind place at night without the friendly old landmark?
What conflict initiated the French and Indian War?
a dispute over frontier land west of Pennsylvania
How did industrialization in Northern Europe cause immigration to the United States?
by consuming already scarce land and resources
Booker T. Washington is noted for which of the following?
establishing the Tuskegee Institute
What was a pull factor for European immigrants in the late 1800s?
factory jobs in American cities
Which of the following did Nikola Tesla do that helped advance American industrialization?
figure out how to send electricity over longer distances
What do the "spoils" in this cartoon represent?
government jobs
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In the years immediately after the American Revolution, what was the most serious weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
inability to tax citizens
Identify the main pull factor that drew both domestic and foreign-born people to move to American cities in the late 1800s.
job opportunities
Marbury v. Madison is famous for establishing what principle?
judicial review
Based on this passage and your knowledge of North American colonization, what is the primary motive of this French explorer?
to convert Native Americans to Catholicism
What was the primary goal of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)?
to lobby for laws against the consumption of alcohol