U.S. History Final, ch 16-18

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1 U.S. History Final, ch Chapter President Lincoln was determined to make the South suffer for many years even after the war had ended. (T/F) 2. Louisiana was the first southern state to rejoin the Union; it did so by complying with the Ten Percent Plan. (T/F) 3. Members of Congress who were unhappy with the Ten Percent Plan passed the Wade- David law; it quickly went into effect. (T/F) 4. The Thirteenth Amendment made slavery illegal everywhere in the United States. (T/F) 5. Once freed, many former slaves looked for family, traveled, gave themselves new names, and took other actions to test their new freedoms. (T/F) Multiple Choice: Choose the correct answer for the questions below. Mark each answer clearly on the answer sheet provided. 6. Which of the following limited the freedoms of African Americans? a) Black codes 7. Which of the following was passed by Congress to give African Americans the same legal rights as white Americans? a) Black Codes c) Reconstruction Acts 8. Which of the following defined all people born or naturalized within the United States, except Native Americans, as citizens? a) Black codes

2 9. Which of the following divided the South into districts to be controlled by military commanders? a) Reconstruction Acts 10. Which of the following gave African Americans the right to vote? a) Black Codes 11. Once the Civil War was over, all northerners and southerners forgave and forgot and begin to get along well again. (T/F) 12. The scalawags were the largest group of southern Republican voters during Reconstruction. (T/F) 13. To help the South recover from the war, Reconstruction governments funded new programs and construction in the South. (T/F) 14. The Ku Klux Klan was formed to oppose civil rights for African Americans, particularly the right to vote. (T/F) 15. Northern control over Reconstruction remained strong into the twentieth century. (T/F) Chapter 17 Matching: Read the definitions on the left side. Choose the correct corresponding term, and mark the answer clearly on the answer sheet provided. Not all terms will be used. 16. made settlement of the frontier and transportation of people and goods from East to West possible 17. very valuable natural resources in the West 18. community that was here today and gone tomorrow 19. portion of the Great Plains where ranchers raised cattle in the late 1800s 20. invention that led to the end of the Cattle Kingdom a. gold and silver b. Cattle Kingdom c. Chrishold Trail d. boomtown e. barbed wire ab. Pony Express ac. railroads ad. transcontinental railroad

3 Multiple Choice: Choose the correct answer for the questions below. Mark each answer clearly on the answer sheet provided. 21. The horse and the were the two most important animals to the Plains Indians. a) cow b) buffalo c) wild fox d) ram 22. The first major treaty between the United States and the Plains Indians was called the Treaty of. a) Fort Laramie b) Gentlemen c) Three Rivers d) Apple Colony 23. The U.S. government wanted Indians to live on, which were parcels of land set aside for that purpose. a) Homesteads b) Parcel packages c) Reservations d) Indian land portions 24. Indians called the U.S. African American cavalry soldiers. a) Buffalo b) Royal c) Gentlemen d) Dewey 25. The discovery of by U.S. soldiers in the Black Hills of the Dakotas ignited new tensions and fighting with Native Americans. a) Bronze b) Graphite c) Silver d) gold 26. Which of the following is a way you could participate in government? a) Move to New Zealand b) Work on a political campaign c) Do your homework d) Get a job after school 27. Which of the following pieces of legislation gave federal land to the states? a) National Grange Act b) Populist Party Act c) Homestead Act d) Morrill Act

4 28. Which of the following terms was used to refer to Plains farmers? a) Exodusters b) Sodbusters c) National Grange d) Populist Party 29. Which of the following terms was used to refer to African American southerners who moved to Kansas in great numbers? a) Exodusters b) Sodbusters c) National Grange d) Populist Party 30. Which of the following was a group organized to help farmers? a) Exodusters b) Sodbusters c) National Grange d) Morrill Act 31. Which of the following was NOT a part of the Populist platform? a) Belief in government ownership of railroads b) Belief in an eight- hour workday c) Belief in term limits d) Belief in free silver coinage Chapter The Bessemer process for manufacturing steel was replaced by a much faster process during the Second Industrial Revolution. (T/F) 33. During the late 1800s the cost of building railroads decreased. (T/F) 34. The most important new energy source of the Second Industrial Revolution was solar energy. (T/F) 35. At his research center in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison explored the possible uses of electricity. (T/F) 36. During the Second Industrial Revolution manufacturers learned that the key to producing affordable automobiles was the moving assembly line. (T/F)

5 Matching: Read the definitions on the left side. Choose the correct corresponding term, and mark the answer clearly on the answer sheet provided. Not all terms will be used. 37. business structure in which owners are not personally responsible for business debts 38. ownership of each step of a production process a. corporation b. Sherman Antitrust Act c. stockholders 39. ownership of all businesses of a certain kind d. partnership e. vertical integration 40. belief in survival of the fittest f. horizontal integration 41. leads to reduced competition in an industry g. social Darwinism h. monopoly (Continue to the next page.)

6 Multiple Choice: Choose the correct answer for the questions below. Mark each answer clearly on the answer sheet provided. 42. Which of the following was NOT a reason behind poor working conditions in the late 1800s? a) Henry Ford invented the assembly line b) Factories focused on specialization c) Labor unions were formed d) Machines could be run by unskilled workers 43. In factories where managers studied the research of Frederick W. Taylor, which of the following was a likely result? a) Workers were paid more b) Workers were injured more c) Work days were shortened d) Workers received better training 44. Which of the following was NOT a major goal of the Knights of Labor? a) Regulation of trusts b) End of child labor c) Removal of women from the workforce d) Equal pay for equal work 45. Which of the following people was NOT known for his/her efforts to improve working conditions? a) Andrew Carnegie b) Terence V. Powderly c) Samuel Gompers d) Mary Harris Jones 46. Which of the following events was unrelated to working conditions? a) Haymarket Riot b) Boston Tea Party c) Homestead strike d) Pullman strike 47. Immigrants who arrived in the United States before the Revolutionary War were called old immigrants. (T/F) 48. Most new immigrants came to the United States from Ireland, fleeing a potato famine (T/F) 49. During the late 1800s immigrants usually traveled to the United States on airplanes or trains (T/F) 50. Since many new immigrants had been farmers in their home countries, they bought farmland upon arrival in the United States (T/F)

7 51. Nativists formed benevolent societies that helped immigrants. (T/F) 52. During the late 1800s fabulous job opportunities and improved working conditions lured people from farms to urban areas. (T/F) 53. The production of strong and inexpensive steel made the construction of skyscrapers possible (T/F) 54. Mass transit, mass culture, and mass production are synonymous terms (T/F) 55. One example of mass culture is a world fair. (T/F)