American history review

The sale of alcohol was declared illegal by the _______Amendment.

Eighteenth

Two countries with valid claims to Oregon were:

England the United States

Which President in the 1920s saw his administration marred by scandals?

Harding

The President of the United States who ordered the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was _______.

Harry S. Truman

The Constitution became effective on June 21

1788

Texas declared its independence from Mexico and became the:

Lone Star Republic

The Gadsden Purchase bought land from:

Mexico

In 1820, tension over slavery was eased by the:

Missouri Compromise

The man who secured an agreement to bring Americans to settle in Texas was _______.

Moses Austin

Franklin D. Roosevelt's program to end the Depression was called the:

New Deal

On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked the United States at the Battle of

Pearl Harbor

The beginning of Word War II in Europe was brought on by Hitler's attack on ________.

Poland

The first state to secede from the Union was:

South Carolina

The kings of which countries ruled their colonies with absolute authority?

Spain France

To______ is to refuse to buy something.

boycott

Which of the following is not true of Columbus?

calculated the correct size of the world

A_______ is a person who, without having any claim through inheritance or free election, seizes control of a government.

dictator

Warren Harding's administration is characterized by all of the following except:

excessive credit buying

What advantages did the North have over the South?

factories population capital railroads

New England's land and climate were well-suited for farming.

false

Stockholders of corporations are not affected by the loss and profit of a company.

false

The North depended on agriculture while the South was becoming highly industrial.

false

A temporary peace or truce is a(n):

armistice

Who invented the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

The "people's President" was:

Andrew Jackson

In 1781, the United States was governed by the document called the:

Articles of Confederation

The treaty after the Mexican War gave the United States the territories of:

California New Mexico

The first French settlement was established at Quebec by

Champlain

What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

Congress could not control trade. There was no national court system. There was no executive to enforce the laws. Nine of the states had to agree to pass a law. Congress could not levy taxes.

Who laid the first transatlantic cable?

Cyrus Field

Held that a state could declare a law null and void if that law was harmful to the state.

Doctrine of Nullification

Which battles took place before the Declaration of Independence was adopted?

battles of Lexington and Concord siege of Boston battle of Bunker Hill

During World War II, the U.S. was forced to fight a two-front war in which of the following areas?

Europe Pacific

A European arms race developed between nations seeking possessions in Japan and Russia.

False

Although it was important politically, the Panama Canal does not rank very high among the world's engineering accomplishments.

False

As a result of the Spanish-American War, Cuba became a protectorate of Spain.

False

At the time it was built, the Panama Canal was referred to by opponents as "Seward's Folly."

False

Germany was a member of the Triple Entente.

False

President McKinley bought Alaska from Russia.

False

President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points for a fair and just peace after the war were eagerly adopted by allies of the United States.

False

Russia dropped out of the First World War after it was conquered and occupied by Germany.

False

The Southern plantations were not self-sufficient.

False

When the First World War began, most United States citizens were eager to join on the side of Germany's enemies.

False

The party supporting the Constitution was the______ Party.

Federalist

The present southwestern boundary was secured through the:

Gadsden Purchase

The president of the Constitutional Convention was:

George Washington

President _________ believed that private business should end the Depression.

Herbert Hoover

The President during the Era of Good Feelings was:

James Monroe

In the year 1607, the first permanent English colony was established in:

Jamestown

The president of the Confederacy was:

Jefferson Davis

The _________ of 1928 was an international agreement to not use war to settle disputes.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Which of these border states remained with the North during the Civil War?

Kentucky Delaware Missouri Maryland

The southern boundary of Texas is the:

Rio Grande River

The dictator of Mexico who was alarmed at the rate of American immigration to Texas was _______.

Santa Anna

Which British law required Americans to house and feed British troops?

Quartering Act

The period following the Civil War was called:

Reconstruction

The Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in the birth of the ________ Party.

Republican

What were the provisions of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

States north of 36°30' in the Louisiana Territory would be free. Maine was admitted as a free state. Missouri was admitted as a slave state.

What were the provisions of the Treaty of Paris (1783)?

The U.S. received all land east of the Mississippi except New Orleans and Florida. England recognized American independence. The U.S. would pay pre-war debts to England. Loyalist property would be returned.

A major cause of World War I was nationalism.

True

Congress refused to allow the United States to join the League of Nations.

True

Industrial expansion in the United States was one reason for its move away from isolationism.

True

One reason the United States fought in the Spanish-American War was because it had large business interests in Cuba.

True

The Monroe Doctrine warned European nations not to become involved in Western Hemisphere political affairs.

True

The Panama Canal links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

True

The sinking of the Lusitania with United States citizens aboard helped bring the United States into the war

True

Yellow fever was a major obstacle to building the Panama Canal.

True

President____________did not want to admit Texas into the Union because it was a slave state.

Van Buren

Which of the following were a part of Alexander Hamilton's financial program?

a federal government that would pay war debts tariffs a national bank

Which of the following is not true of Cortes and Pizarro?

followed the creed of brotherly love

The United States purchased Louisiana from the _______ for $15,000,000.

french

"Forty-niners" went to California looking for riches in _____.

gold

In the time before Jamestown, colonists came to America for:

gold adventure missionary work

What did early labor unions want?

higher pay shorter hours more humane working conditions

Interference by one nation in the affairs of another is called:

intervention

The three major sections of the Declaration of Independence:

listed grievances against England stated political principles declared independence from England

What were the early benefits of corporations?

lower prices per unit higher standard of living improved economy

What were the reasons given to oppose slavery?

morality harsh treatment of slaves

How did the cotton gin affect the South?

non-cotton crops declined cotton culture spread west development of a social caste system attitudes about slavery hardened

Andrew Jackson:

opposed the National Bank rose from the lowest social ranks caused the nation problems with his economic policies had the most votes in the election of 1824, but did not win

Spain's reasons for exploration were all of the following except:

prove the earth was round

Which of the following is not true of Magellan?

sailed through the Isthmus of Panama

Big corporations grew rapidly because of:

skilled labor abundant natural resources technical knowledge

What Southern state threatened secession from the Union if the Tariff of 1832 was enforced?

south carolina

The practice of Andrew Jackson awarding public offices to his supporters is called the______- system.

spoils

Jackson's greatest problems concerned the issue of _________rights.

state

Lincoln's plan allowed a former Confederate state to form a new government once________ percent of the electorate had taken the Oath of Loyalty.

ten

The Bill of Rights contains the first______ Amendments to the Constitution

ten

Which came out of the implied powers of the Constitution?

the Louisiana Purchase a national bank

What advantages did the South believe it had in the Civil War?

the North needed Southern markets military advantage European aid

Priests played important roles in building missions and settlements for which of the following?

the Spanish the French

What was the outcome of the Civil War?

the Union was now indivisible slavery ended

Which event triggered World War I ?

the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

The Great Depression was caused by all the following reasons except:

the illegal leasing of federal oil reserves

The urge to explore was increased by all of the factors below except:

the organization of the feudal system

Before the Civil War, the industrial North wanted high tariffs--protective taxes on foreign goods entering this country.

true

In the Bread colonies, the lifestyles followed the customs of the homeland.

true

Shipbuilding became important to New England.

true

The Constitution is the voice of the people.

true

Man's first attempts at industry depended on________ as a source of energy.

water