US History Study Guide Midterm

The main accomplishment of the Freedmen's bureau was it:

provided aid and education to emancipated slaves.

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that:

racial segregation in public facilities was legal.

_____________ was NOT one of the ways in which 19th century settlers dealt with the challenges of farming on the Great Plains.

relaying on irrigation from nearby lakes for water

Political machines expect in return for economic favors __________

votes

Madame CJ Walker

was an entrepreneur that had a significant impact on the cosmetics industry.

The main reason for fighting in Florida during the Civil War:

was because the Union army wanted to prevent cattle and crops in Florida from reaching Confederate troops.

Theodore Roosevelt

was responsible for the development of the U.S conservation policy. -Withdrew 1.5 million acres of public lands from sale -Established five new national parks -Created the National Conservation Commission

The role women played in the Progressive Movement:

were that they were leaders and key activists in virtually every aspect of the Progressive movement.

___________ethnic neighborhoods such as Chinatown and Little Italy emerge in New York at the turn of the 20th century.

To help preserve their native cultures and provide mutual support

The cartoon below was published in the early 1900's. Why does this cartoon depict Roosevelt carrying his "big stick" through the Caribbean?

To prevent Caribbean nations from incurring major debt with European nations.

______________the United States issued the Open-door policy (1899-1900).

To secure equal trade opportunities in China

Which of the following describes a reason for U.S. involvement in World War I?

U.S. citizens worried that the Central Powers might be swayed to adopt a non-democratic form of government.

The diagram below provides details about United States involvement in China during the late 1800's and early 1900's.

United States Develops Interest in Chinese Markets.

The government's adoption of laissez-faire policies influence big business___________

by minimally regulating the business environment.

The black codes regulated the __________________

daily lives of Southern freedmen.

Late 19th century pull factor _____________ encouraged immigration to the United States.

economic opportunities

During the 1920's, the ______________ was plagued by low prices as a result of overproduction and under-consumption.

farming industry

The statement that best summarizes the perspective of white settlers who claimed native American land on the Great Plains.

"Native Americans had not settled down to improve the land"

The main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the south during the late 19th century was:

African Americans labored in a system that was the same as slavery.

_________________-an African American leader supported the use of technical training to obtain economic independence to raise the standard of living for African Americans.

Booker T. Washington

___________ was NOT a factor in U.S. imperialism?

Competition with Japan for control of China

The chart below shows the population of Chinese and Japanese immigrants in the United States from 1850 to 1940. Which led to the population of Chinese Americans decrease while the population of Japanese Americans continued to increase.

Congressional legislation in the 1880's banned any further immigration of workers from China

The significance of the Dred Scott decision was:

Dred Scott, and his wife spent the rest of their lives in slavery.

The chart below shows a cause-and-effect relationship. Cause: Abraham Lincoln elected to the presidency

Effect: South Carolina seceded from the Union

"What you farmers need to do is to is raise less corn and more Hell! We want the accursed foreclosure system wiped out . . .We will stand by our homes and stay by our firesides if necessary, and we will not pay our debts to the loan-shark companies until Government pays its debts to us." EST summarizes the point of view presented in the quotation printed.

Farmers should sell off their farms as a way of protesting their loss of income

Anarchism

Ideology favored self-governing communities over organized government.

The map below shows the location of the Panama Canal: What does this map show about the importance of completing the Panama Canal?

It shortened shipping routes between South America and the United States.

The Gentleman's Agreement between Theodore Roosevelt and Japan resulted in a decrease of

Japanese immigration to the United States.

"It should be unlawful for a Negro and a white person to play together or in company with each other at any game of pool or billiards". "No colored barber shall serve as a barber [to] white women or girls". "It shall be unlawful for colored people to frequent any park owned or maintained by the city for the benefit, use, and enjoyment of white persons". The above quotes are examples of:

Jim Crow Laws.

American inventor _________________ became a millionaire by developing new hair care and cosmetic products for African American women.

Madame C.J. Walker

The political cartoon below depicts William McKinley at the onset of the Spanish- American War. Use your knowledge of U.S. history to choose the statement below that most accurately summarizes the drawing.

McKinley wanted to secure new territories but took cautious steps before proceeding to war with Spain.

In 1898, the relatively moderate sized town of Tampa Bay, Florida acquired the title of "on the map". ___________________lead to this once sleepy little town becoming an area of vast importance.

Military port for soldiers and supply point for food, ammunition, and medical supplies that were destined for Cuba

Title:_______________________________________________ Supported government ownership of railroads Opposed the gold standard Supported Bryan for president in 1898 Supported increasing the money supply

Populists BEST fits as the Title of the chart above.

The U.S. acquisition of ________ limited Spain's influence in the Western Hemisphere.

Puerto Rico

The result from the implementation of the "initiative" and the "referendum" by the Progressives led to:

State laws could be proposed by ordinary citizens in addition to the state legislature.

____________________"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

The Fifteenth Amendment states that

____________made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the nation?

The Fourteenth Amendment

______________________abolished slavery in the North.

The adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment

The map below shows routes taken by African Americans who participated in the Great Migration. ___________describes a pull factor that drew African Americans during the Great Migration.

The availability of good jobs in the North and West

"Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic, but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the street of every city in the country . . .[We] . . .answer . . .their demand for a gold standard by saying . . .You should not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." __________________Bryan warned against in this speech.

The gold standard economic policy Bryan warned against in this speech.

The Political cartoon below is from the late 1800's:

The political cartoon is a criticism of the monopolization practice in the 19th century.

___________________was an effect of the Transcontinental railroad.

The population of the West increased

Which statement describes the role played by U.S. journalists during the Spanish-American war?

The president and Congress had little chance to resolve the conflict diplomatically.

"Laws permitting, and even requiring, their [racial] separation, in places where they are liable to be brought into contact, do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures . . ." ___________________was established as a result of this decision.

The separate but equal doctrine

___________ movement benefitted the most from its member's contributions to the war effort during World War I.

Women's suffrage

____________ is most closely associated with the decision of the United States to declare war on Spain in 1898.

Yellow journalism

President Andrew Johnson's views on Reconstruction differ from those of Congress:

because Congress overturned them with a Civil Rights bill prohibiting racial discrimination.

How did the Black codes of 1865-1866 differ from the Jim Crow laws of 1880's and 1890's they differed:

because juries or exercising civil rights; Jim Crow laws required racial segregation.

Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns: you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." Why did Bryan's rural supporters believe that the gold standard was oppressive

because they knew that railroad owners and grain elevator operators usually insisted on being paid with gold coin.

What did the Supreme Court declare in the Dred Scott decision

being in a free territory did not make a slave free.

Which statement describes both the 1st and 2nd Industrial Revolutions,

both revolutions produced technologies that improved productivity.

How did Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan and Henry Ford help transform the American economy:

by creating new industries requiring large investments, which resulted in cheaper products.

The following is true of the Chinese Exclusion Act _________________

it decreased Chinese immigration.

An important effect of the Emancipation Proclamation is that

it gave a moral purpose to the war.

An important impact of mass production on U.S. industries in the early 1900's was that

it made production less expensive.

What Impact did the emancipation proclamation have on the civil war:

it turned the war into a conflict about maintaining the Union and about slavery.

Prior to the Civil war, how was the issue of slavery related to westward expansion:

it was related because the possible addition of new states created from western lands raised concerns over the balance between free and slave states.

In the late 1800's, industrial workers faced:

low wages and long hours in unsafe working conditions.

The following quote expresses the attitude of ______________"Immigrants are taking jobs away from Americans and should be sent home."

nativism

The image below illustrate

the North had more advantages than the South.

What does the image below represent:

the Union's war strategy.

The Kansas Nebraska act concerned the issue of:

the expansion of slavery into new territories.

A direct consequence of the Civil war was:

the extension of voting rights to African American men.

The passage below is an excerpt from the 14th amendment: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. This amendment was proposed by Congress in response to:

the passage of the Black codes throughout the south.

The patents below were filed by Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Alva Edison. These inventions affected the United States economy because:

they created a new demand for electricity.

The major purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887 was _____________________

to allow the Native Americans to return to their hunting grounds.

The main reason that the federal government created a method for Native Americans to become U.S citizens was:

to encourage Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream.

Use the map and your knowledge of U.S. history to answer the question below. By providing a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, it opened up new trading opportunities

which explains why the building of the Panama Canal supported United States efforts to become a world power.

The photograph below shows immigrants on Ellis Island in 1904:

which was used for processing immigrants who mainly came from Southern and Eastern Europe.