AP US History Semester 1 Final Ch 15-17

the American Indians themselves were often blamed for the troubles that ensued

As whites moved westward into Indian territories in the last half of the 19th century

the Constitution's failure to precisely define the relationship between American Indian tribes and the national government

Historically, struggles between American Indian tribes and the federal government have stemmed from

through predatory pricing and the creation of the trust

How did John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Corporation come to control 95 percent of the nation's oil refining capacity by the 1880s?

Russia

In 1867, the United States bought Alaska from

yellowstone

In 1872, which of the following was established by Congress as the first national park?

mining

In the 1860s and 1870s, Nevada's Comstock Lode, Colorado's Rocky Mountains, and South Dakota's Black Hills were all known for

forbade states from denying any citizen the right to vote on the grounds of race, color, or previous condition as a slave

Ratified in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment

the passage of legislation promoting national economic development

The activities described in the excerpt above most clearly show the influence of which of the following?

southern resistance to Radical Republicans' efforts to change Southern attitudes

The excerpt above is best understood in the context of

an increase in poverty for both blacks and whites

The ultimate consequence of the sharecropping system for the South was

sitting bull

Which Sioux leader led the forces that annihilated Colonel George A. Custer and his men on June 25, 1876?

blacks who migrated to Kansas

Which of the following groups called themselves the Exodusters in 1879?

Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens

Which of the following pairs identified with the Radical Republicans?

Created by Congress, it helped ex-slaves adjust to freedom and secure their basic civil rights

Which of the following statements describes the Freedmen's Bureau, which originated in 1865?

Andrew Carnegie

Who of the following represented the American notion that through hard work, even a poor immigrant could become tremendously successful?

the incident led to the downfall of the Knights of Labor

Why was the Haymarket incident of 1886 significant?

destruction of the buffalo herds

a central element in the conquest and submission of the American Indians of the West was the

given government subsidies to open new markets

between 1860 and 1900, railroads in the United States were

southern and Eastern Europe

between 1880 and 1900, the largest group of immigrants to the United States came from

post-Civil War migrations of whites

during the late 19th century, western Native American was most affected by

railroads

in the late 19th century, farmers had to adapt to new realities, as illustrated in the photograph above, requiring a greater dependence on

societal good could be advanced through the Social Gospel

late 19th century critics of the ideology expressed in the quote above would most likely argue that

violation of the Tenure of Office Act

president Andrew Johnson was impeached as a result of his

black codes

southern whites responded to the end of slavery by enacting

challenging railroad monopolies

the Granger movement was most dedicated to

the Bessemer process

the United States had become the leading steel producer in the world by 1900 because of

corruption in government as it relates to big business is the problem

the artist(s) of the illustration above would claim

migration of settlers to the West

the completion of the transcontinental railroads through the American West contributed most to the

determined Southern resistance to Northern efforts to change its culture

the controversy highlighted in the cartoon above was most directly a result of

the increasing conflict between the US government and American Indians as the country expanded territorially

the excerpt above best serves as evidence of which of the following?

a sense of American cultural and racial superiority

the excerpt above is best understood in the context of

the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments

the excerpt above is best understood in the context of

the social and economic continuities that characterized the antebellum and post-Civil War South

the excerpt above would best serve as evidence of which of the following?

US government interaction and conflict with American Indians

the excerpt quoted above would be most helpful to historians analyzing the

barring Chinese immigration to the United States in 1882

the federal government responded to the problem of discrimination against the Chinese in 19th-century California by

open new markets

the greatest priority of western railroad development as illustrated above was to

the migration of peoples seeking new economic opportunities

the ideas expressed in the excerpt above most directly reflect which of the following continuities in United States history

reform politics and creating stronger government oversight of the economy

the illustration above was likely created in support of

preservationists

the point of view expressed in the passage above is the most consistent with the sentiments of which of the following groups?

economic instability in the farming sector

the populist party developed as a reaction to the growth of corporate power in agriculture and

the progressive stripping away of the rights of African Americans

the practices described in the excerpt above most directly led to

end tribal identities

the primary goal of the government policy cited above was to

the post-Reconstruction return of the South to white rule

the term "redemption" as used in the Reconstruction era refers to

social darwinism

the view of the poor in the quote above is most consistent with the ideology of

Republican Party members

which 19th-century group would most likely oppose the regulations in the legislation above?

it specified that a state could return to the Union when 10 percent of its voters took an oath of loyalty to the Union

which of the following describes Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan, which he announced in December 1863?

populists

which of the following groups or movements most opposed the process illustrated above?

moderate republicans

which of the following groups was most likely the intended audience of the cartoon above?

corporate interests

which of the following most often stood in the way of attempts to achieve the broader goals suggested in the excerpt above?

created by Congress, it helped ex-slaves adjust to freedom and secure their basic civil rights

which of the following statements describes the Freedmen's Bureau,, which originated in 1865?

some women's equality activists abandoned the movement to grant and protect African American rights

which of the following was a major consequence of the ideas expressed in the passage above?

cities and rural and "boomtown" areas of the West

which of the following was the most popular destination for late 19th-century immigrants to the United States?

John Rockefeller

who pioneered the use of holding companies to control markets?