Period 5 APUSH Questions
James Garfield
"dark horse" murdered by a man who claimed he promised him a job.
14th Amendment
1) Citizenship for African Americans, 2) Repeal of 3/5 Compromise, 3) Denial of former confederate officials from holding national or state office, 4) Repudiate (reject) confederate debts.
Three part strategy for suffrage
1.) Tried to convince state legislatures to grant women the right to vote 2.) Pursued court cases to test the 14th Amendment (which declared that states denying their male citizens the right to vote would lose congressional representation) 3.) Pushed for a national constitutional amendment to grant women the vote
US vs Reese
15th amendment was determined not to grant voting rights to anyone, but rather to restrict types of voter discrimination. Kentucky officials refused to register a freedman to vote.
Pendleton Act
1883 law that created a Civil Service Commission and stated that federal employees could not be required to contribute to campaign funds nor be fired for political reasons........tarrifs are made on imported items so American companies can make more money.
The Slaughter House Cases
A group of decisions begun in 1873 in which the Court began to undercut the power of the Fourteenth Amendment to protect African American rights. Something with the butchery in lakes????
Grant's Peace Policy
A new effort by President Grant to end the Plains Indian wars by creating a series of reservations on which tribes could maintain their traditional ways. 1. Find Native tribe and exploit weaknesses...kill buffalo. 2. Target women and children, prevent repopulation. 3. destroy long term homes during winter.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
A railroad owner who built a railway connecting Chicago and New York. He popularized the use of steel rails in his railroad, which made railroads safer and more economical.
Which of the following can be concluded based on the situation in which Calhoun gave this speech? (Calhoun speech to president)
Americans debated how to integrate conquered territories into the United States.
Which of the following developments in labor systems in the United States before the Civil War is reflected by the data in the graph? (Regional Comparison graphs)
An internal trade in enslaved people spread throughout the South.
Second Native American Removal
As whites began to move West they took over territory belonging to Natives. White men's cattle would wander off and the natives would capture and kill them. They also would kill the whites and kidnap their children.
Lincoln's rhetoric in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted as promoting which of the following arguments? (Abraham Lincoln explaining Emancipation Proclamation)
Changing the purpose of the war would strengthen the Union cause.
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Crime for any individual to deny full and equal use of public spaces. Prohibited discrimination in jury selection.
Square Deal
Economic policy by Roosevelt that favored fair relationships between companies and workers
Ideas in the excerpt would most likely have influenced which of the following? (Frederick Douglass to editor)
Efforts at assisting enslaved people in escaping from the South
US vs Cruikshank
Following the Colfax Massacre, William Cruikshank argued that his conviction was unconstitutional because the his actions weren't under the authority of federal law. The Supreme Court overturned Cruikshank's conviction, saying that the federal government could only regulate the actions of states regarding civil rights, it was up to the states to regulate the actions of individuals. This limited the power of the 14th and 15th amendments, as well as the Civil Rights Acts.
The excerpt best provides evidence about which of the following historical situations in the late 1840s? (Calhoun speech to president)
Growing sectional tensions caused by the Mexican-American War
Samuel Gompers
He was the creator of the American Federation of Labor. He provided a stable and unified union for skilled workers.
The phrase in the excerpt "Some of them seem willing to fight for you" could most likely be interpreted as having which of the following purposes? (Abraham Lincoln explaining Emancipation Proclamation)
Highlighting the enlistment of formerly enslaved people into the Union army
The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following? (Abraham Lincoln explaining Emancipation Proclamation)
How Lincoln used executive powers to initiate wartime policy
Grant Admission Scandals
Involved the Credit Mobilier Bank, which was in charge of paying for the railroads. The money given by the bank was pocketed for personal use. The Tweed Ring was run by William Marcy Tweed whom was also the head of Tammany Political Club. Politicians paid him to pay vulnerable citizens to vote for those particular candidates.
Which of the following arguments about the Mexican-American War do the excerpts best support? (Two excerpt post Mexican-American war)
It generated debates over citizenship.
Homestead 1892
It was one of the most violent strikes in U.S. history. It was against the Homestead Steel Works, which was part of the Carnegie Steel Company, in Pennsylvania in retaliation against wage cuts. The riot was ultimately put down by Pinkerton Police and the state militia, and the violence further damaged the image of unions.
Yellow Journalism
Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
Black Codes
Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War. Guaranteed stable labor supply from freed slaves. Forced blacks to become sharecroppers.
Which of the following claims is supported by the arguments made by both Levine and Langguth? (Two excerpts end of Reconstruction)
Local political tactics served to deny African Americans their rights.
population control
Margaret Sanger was an advocate for abortion and birth control. Founded American Birth Control Leagues. Sir. Francis Galton published Human faculty and Development. ....eugenics
May Day
May 1; made an international labor day to be marked by strikes and mass labor demonstrations by the Second International, a socialist group
Natives Plan to Retaliate
Native children began to attend boarding schools and natives were moved onto reservations. Jack "Wavoka" Wilson comes in as a medicine man with "special powers". He claims he has a vision that on January 1st, 1889 that they had to do a special dance to get rid of the white man. white buffalo...ghost dances....goverment man hiding amongst them...
Levine's argument about Reconstruction in the excerpt differs from that of Langguth in that Levine argues (Two excerpts end of Reconstruction)
Northern Republicans gradually withdrew their support for Reconstruction policies
Railroad Strike of 1877
One of the worst outbreaks of labor violence erupted in 1877, during economic depression, when railroad companies cut wages in order to reduce costs. It shut down 2/3 of country's rail trackage. Strike quickly becoming national in scale. For the first time since 1830s federal troops used to end labor violence. More then 100 people killed.
Which of the following developments resulted most directly from the gold rush described in the excerpt? (California gold fields)
People from America, Europe, and Asia migrated to the region.
Southern Reconstruction
President's Johnson 10% plan: 10% of each state, who voted in the 1860 election had to swear an oath. It offered amnesty to those except confederate civil, military officers, and those with property worth over $20,000. Wade Davis Bill: 50% of voters swore an oath that they never will willingly aid/aided the confederate army. Southern states accepted minimum conditions regarding the repudiation of slavery.
The Fourteenth Amendment emerged from which of the following contexts?
Republican concerns that African Americans would be denied citizenship rights
Which of the following conclusions can best be reached based on the sentiments expressed in the excerpt? (Waitman Willey addressing Virginia State Secession Convention)
Sectional tensions erupted because most Southerners did not support Abraham Lincoln.
USS Maine
Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in Havana harbor and helps contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War
Which of the following groups would most likely have supported secession from the United States after the 1860 presidential election?
Southern Democrats
Evidence in the excerpt most strongly suggests which of the following? (Waitman Willey addressing Virginia State Secession Convention)
Southern voters viewed the presidential election with contempt.
Which of the following describes a trend in sectional development by 1860 reflected in the data in the graph? (Regional Comparison graphs)
The North was becoming more diverse in its economic activities than the South.
Which of the following differences between the North and the South during the Civil War is depicted in the graph? (Regional Comparison graphs)
The South relied more on plantation agriculture than the North.
Which of the following developments most directly led to the activities described in the excerpt? (California gold fields)
The acquisition of significant territory following the Mexican-American War
Which of the following developments most likely influenced the argument expressed in the image? (Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner)
The conclusion of the Civil War stirred debates over citizenship.
Both authors would most likely suggest that the historical situation described in the excerpts contributed to which of the following? (Two excerpt post Mexican-American war)
The continued alteration of Native American culture and society
The industrial resources of the North during the Civil War most likely accounted for which of the following?
The disadvantage of the Confederacy in access to arms, munitions, and other supplies
The speech given by Calhoun relates to which of the following? (Calhoun speech to president)
The effect of regional attitudes on federal policy making
The artist who created the image would have most likely opposed which of the following developments? (Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner)
The ending of Reconstruction
Which of the following developments was most directly connected to the collapse of the Whig Party in United States politics during the 1850s?
The escalation of tensions between proslavery and antislavery factions
The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was intended to resolve debates about which of the following issues in the 1850s?
The expansion of slavery
People who shared the views expressed in the image most likely supported which of the following? (Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner)
The extension of political opportunities to formerly enslaved people
The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following? (Frederick Douglass to editor)
The growth of the abolition movement in the United States
Rhetoric in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted as promoting which of the following? (Frederick Douglass to editor)
The immediate end to the practice of slavery through legal reform
Which of the following developments most directly related to the increased sectional strife immediately prior to the election of 1860?
The legal ruling that denied African Americans rights of citizenship
The excerpt best reflects the development of which of the following? (California gold fields)
The widely held belief that the United States had a right to expand westward
Bradwell v. Illinois (1873)
This Supreme court case ruled that Myra Bradwell did not have the right to be admitted to the bar of the State of Illinois. This upheld and legalized the practice of sex discrimination in professions.
Grand Army Republic
This organization was founded by former Union soldiers after the Civil War. It lobbied Congress for aid and pensions for former Union soldiers. It was also a powerful lobbying influence within the Republican party.
15th Amendment (1870)
U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed
Which of the following arguments about Reconstruction policies would both authors most likely disagree with? (Two excerpts end of Reconstruction)
With Republicans in retreat, Southern Democrats grew more supportive of Reconstruction policies.
Referendem
a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.
piece work
a worker paid a fixed rate for each unit produced
yellow dog contract
an agreement some companies forced workers to take that forbade them from joining a union. This was a method used to limit the power of unions, thus hampering their development.
The excerpt best serves as evidence that, in 1861, (Waitman Willey addressing Virginia State Secession Convention)
citizens in the Southern states were deeply divided over secession
Greenberg's argument most differs from Hietala's in that Greenberg claims that (Two excerpt post Mexican-American war)
most Americans believed that Mexicans in the new territories could not assimilate
Enforcement Act of 1870
passed by Congress to ban the use of terror, force, or bribery to prevent people from voting because of their race.
The Compromise of 1877 resulted in
the withdrawal of federal troops from the South
