1st Nine Weeks Review

Question 1

One of the First Two Political Parties; Founded by Alexander Hamilton

Answer 1

Federalists

Question 2

One of the First two political parties; founded by Thomas Jefferson

Answer 2

Democratic Republicans

Question 2

were owners of small farms that supported republican reforms during Reconstruction

Answer 2

SCALAWAGS

Question 3

The two groups of immigrants widely used during construction of the transcontinental railroad were the ___________________ and ______________.

Answer 3

IRISH AND CHINESE

Question 4

The invention of _____________________ brings an end to the glory days of the Cowboy in the American West

Answer 4

BARBED WIRE

Question 5

The ___________________ was an undeclared naval war between France and the United States.

Answer 5

QUASI WAR

Question 6

___________________ turns the Standard Oil Company into on of the first great trusts in the US.

Answer 6

ROCKEFELLER

Question 7

_________________ is credited with starting the public school movement in Massachusetts and the rest of the US.

Answer 7

MANN

Question 8

Andrew Carnegie developed the theory of the ____________________; meaning the wealthy should give away large portions of their fortunes to charity.

Answer 8

GOSPEL OF WEALTH

Question 9

A group of New England Federalist known as the _____________________, threatened to secede over the acquisition of new territory.

Answer 9

ESSEX JUNTO

Question 10

The book __________________ by _________________ is often referred to as a major cause of the Civil War

Answer 10

UNCLE TOM’S CABIN, STOWE

Question 11

_________________ led a slave rebellion in the south that led to the passing of very strict slave codes.

Answer 11

NAT TURNER

Question 12

“Fifty-four Forty or Fight,” refers to a boundary dispute between the US and Great Britain over the future state of ___________________.

Answer 12

OREGON

Question 13

The impeachment of Supreme Court Justice _____________________ proved that justices could only be removed for criminal behavior

Answer 13

CHASE

Question 14

With the passage of the ___________________ the federal government attempted to assimilate Native Americans into White culture. It resulted in more alienation than assimilation.

Answer 14

DAWES ACT

Question 15

____________________ refers to the idea that states should be able void laws passed by the federal government

Answer 15

NULLIFICATION

Question 16

_______________ is the founder of the Mormon religion, and _______________ leads the Mormons west to _______________ to avoid persecution.

Answer 16

SMITH, YOUNG

Question 17

The _____________________ told European nations to stay out of the affairs of the western hemisphere, and in return the US would stay out of the affairs of the eastern hemisphere

Answer 17

MONROE DOCTRINE

Question 18

____________________ invents the telephone

Answer 18

BELL

Question 19

Many European Immigrants were processed through ______________________ and many Asian Immigrants were processed through _______________________.

Answer 19

ELLIS ISLAND, ANGEL ISLAND

Question 20

As Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the early 1800’s, ________________ played a major role in increasing the power of the federal government over the states

Answer 20

MARSHALL

Question 21

General _________________ introduced total war during his infamous “March to the Sea.”

Answer 21

SHERMAN

Question 22

______________ is considered the turning point of the Civil War, because the south loses more soldiers during this battle than it could ever replace.

Answer 22

GETTYSBURG

Question 23

________________ campaigned for the better treatment of prisoners and the insane

Answer 23

DIX

Question 24

amendment that guaranteed citizenship/equal protection to African Americans

Answer 24

14

Question 25

____________________ refers to the theory that only the fittest members of society should survive and prosper

Answer 25

SOCIAL DARWINISM

Question 26

___________________ was a union that could strike successfully because it only organized skilled workers.

Answer 26

AFL

Question 27

_______________ made a fortune consolidating small railroads after the Civil War.

Answer 27

VANDERBILT

Question 28

Andrew Jackson and his supporters were outraged after the election of 1824. They came together and formed the _____________________.

Answer 28

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Question 29

Reconstruction ended when ____________________ promised to remove ____________ from the south in order to be elected president. This deal is known as the _____________________.

Answer 29

HAYES, TROOPS, COMPROMISE OF 1877

Question 30

amendment that ended slavery

Answer 30

13

Question 31

the __________________ riot ruins the reputation of the Knights of Labor

Answer 31

HAYMARKET SQUARE

Question 32

____________________ invented the steel plow, and _______________ invented the mechanical reaper.

Answer 32

DEERE, MCCORMICK

Question 33

_____________________ tried to capture the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and start a slave rebellion.

Answer 33

LINCOLN

Question 34

During the Civil War a ________________ referred to a slave state that did not leave the Union.

Answer 34

BORDER STATE

Question 35

___________________ were northerners who moved south after the Civil War

Answer 35

CARPETBAGGERS

Question 36

____________ is known as the great compromiser in US History.

Answer 36

CLAY

Question 37

The battle of _________________ brings an end to Native American resistance to white settlement of the Great Plains region

Answer 37

WOUNDED KNEE

Question 38

_______________ was the state that threatened to secede over the so called “tariff of abominations.”

Answer 38

SOUTH CAROLINA

Question 39

The ____________________ was formed in 1854 to oppose the westward expansion of slavery and the Kansas Nebraska Act.

Answer 39

REPUBLICAN

Question 40

___________________ was a Senator that was almost canned to death for giving an anti-slavery speech.

Answer 40

SUMNER

Question 41

Robert Fulton is most remembered for inventing the __________________.

Answer 41

STEAMBOAT

Question 42

________________ is remembered as a famous business consolidator of the post-Civil War industrial period.

Answer 42

MORGAN

Question 43

_______________ was the American hero at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.

Answer 43

ANDREW JACKSON

Question 44

______________ was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad

Answer 44

TUBMAN

Question 45

During the early 1800’s many _____________________ immigrants came to America. They usually came with some money and were able to settle in the Midwest

Answer 45

GERMAN

Question 46

_______________ starts one of the most famous settlement houses in America known as ___________________, to help immigrants.

Answer 46

JANE ADDAMS, HULL HOUSE

Question 47

___________ was the leading black abolitionist because of his ability to read and write

Answer 47

DOUGLASS

Question 48

__________________ brings electricity into homes and businesses

Answer 48

EDISON

Question 49

The period of rebuilding after the Civil War is known as ____________________________

Answer 49

RECONSTRUCTION

Question 50

The election of Thomas Jefferson is known as the _______________________, because it shows the peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another.

Answer 50

REVOLUTION OF 1800

Question 51

Jefferson’s response to the British kidnapping was to pass the _______________, which halted all trade with Europe.

Answer 51

EMBARGO ACT

Question 52

The election of John Quincy Adams in 1824 is known as the _____________________, because it looked like Adams made a deal with Henry Clay in order to get elected

Answer 52

CORRUPT BARGAIN

Question 53

The two railroads that constructed the transcontinental railroad were the ___________________ and ______________________.

Answer 53

UNION PACIFIC AND CENTRAL PACIFIC

Question 54

According to the Missouri Compromise _____________ would enter the Union as a slave state and _______________________ would come in as a free state.

Answer 54

MISSOURI, MAINE

Question 55

The election of _____________________ in 1860 causes the first seven states to secede from the Union. __________________ is the first to secede

Answer 55

LINCOLN, SOUTH CAROLINA

Question 56

______________________ used vertical immigration to create a monopoly in the American steel industry

Answer 56

CARNEGIE

Question 57

During the early 1800’s many ___________________ immigrants came to America to flee a potato famine.

Answer 57

IRISH

Question 58

The __________________ was established by the federal government to provide former slaves with food, clothing, shelter, and education after the Civil War.

Answer 58

FREEDMAN'S BUREAU

Question 59

Name of the system that trapped poor African Americans on land they did not own with little hope of advancement.

Answer 59

Debt Peonage

Question 60

The _________________ were one of the first two political parties. They were formed to support the North and the ideas of Alexander Hamilton

Answer 60

FEDERALISTS

Question 61

The court case of ________________________ said that the Cherokee Indians had rights to their land

Answer 61

WORCESTER V. GEORGIA

Question 62

The ____________________ is considered the first time women organized themselves in support of suffrage. It was led by ________________ and _______________.

Answer 62

SENECA FALLS, MOTT, STANTON

Question 63

Andrew Jackson was a big supporter of the __________________. Placing friends and political supporters in government jobs

Answer 63

SPOILS SYSTEM

Question 64

________________ is the idea that people living in future states should decide the issue of slavery for themselves.

Answer 64

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

Question 65

The _____________________ provided 160 acres of free land for anyone willing to move west and live on the land for five years

Answer 65

HOMESTEAD ACT

Question 66

A _______________ is a tax on imports

Answer 66

TARIFF

Question 67

________________________ referred to organizations in cities that provided immigrants with food, shelter, and jobs, in exchange for votes.

Answer 67

POLITICAL MACHINES

Question 68

The Presidency of James Monroe is known as the __________________, because of high nationalism and the existence of only one political party after the War of 1812

Answer 68

ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS

Question 69

amendment that stated the right to vote could not be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Answer 69

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Question 70

______________ is a term that refers to the state wide civil war that breaks out in the Midwestern US after popular sovereignty fails in that state.

Answer 70

BLEEDING KANSAS

Question 71

The two major causes of the War of 1812 were British Impressments, and the Battle of __________________ where it was discovered the British were supplying Native Americans with weapons

Answer 71

TIPPECANOE

Question 72

The group of congressmen led by Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner that wanted to guarantee the right of African Americans to vote were known as the ________________________.

Answer 72

RADICAL REPUBLICANS

Question 73

President Jefferson acquired the __________________ from France. It more than doubled the size of the US and gave us control of the Mississippi River.

Answer 73

PINCKNEY'S TREATY

Question 74

Prior to the War of 1812, the British kidnapped American sailors, a practice known as ________________________________.

Answer 74

IMPRESSMENTS

Question 75

__________________ invents the air breaks

Answer 75

WESTINGHOUSE

Question 76

____________________ was an organization formed in support of freeing the slaves and moving them to Liberia

Answer 76

ACS

Question 77

Samuel Morse created instant communication with his invention of the _________________.

Answer 77

TELEGRAPH/MORSE CODE

Question 78

_____________ is a term that refers to the strong dislike of foreigners.

Answer 78

NATIVISM

Question 79

The court case of ____________________________ established the principle of Judicial Review.

Answer 79

MARBURY V MADISON

Question 80

The _______________________ is name of the compromise that brings California into the Union as a free state

Answer 80

1850

Question 81

The _____________________ Treaty gives Florida to the US.

Answer 81

ADAMS ONIS

Question 82

___________________ was the first president to be impeached after he violated the ________________________ Act.

Answer 82

JOHNSON, TENURE OF OFFICE ACT

Question 83

The _____________________ were one of the first two political parties. They were formed to support the South and the ideas of Thomas Jefferson.

Answer 83

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS

Question 84

The __________________ were abolitionists that saw first hand the horrors of slavery because they were raised on a plantation

Answer 84

GRIMKE SISTERS

Question 85

_______________ was the infamous POW camp in the South where thousands of people died during the civil war

Answer 85

ANDERSONVILLE

Question 86

____________________ invents the refrigerated rail car

Answer 86

SWIFT

Question 87

The battle of ____________________ is a turning point in the Civil War, because after this battle the Union controlled all of the Mississippi River.

Answer 87

VICKSBURG

Question 88

The ___________________ was an event that occurred during the Presidency of George Washington. It proved the federal government would use force if necessary to enforce the laws it passed

Answer 88

WHISKEY REBELLION

Question 89

___________ was the leading white abolitionist. He wrote “The Liberator,” and focused on making slavery a moral issue.

Answer 89

GARRISON

Question 90

___________________ refers to the idea that God had given the North American continent to Americans and wanted them to settle western land.

Answer 90

MANIFEST DESTINY

Question 91

The ________________ was a piece of land added to the US in order to build a southern route for the transcontinental railroad.

Answer 91

GADSDEN PURCHASE

Question 92

___________________ was a name given to a group of western senators that strongly supported going to war with GB.

Answer 92

WAR HAWKS

Question 93

The Missouri Compromise created the ________________________. Slavery could exist below it, but was outlawed above it.

Answer 93

36-30

Question 94

_____________________ was a union that organized unskilled workers; it relayed on ____________ because of its inability to strike

Answer 94

KNIGHTS OF LABOR, BOYCOTTS

Question 95

The Treaty of ____________________ ends the War of 1812

Answer 95

GHENT

Question 96

___________________ was the head of the infamous Tammany Hall Machine

Answer 96

TWEED

Question 97

The battle of __________________ is better known as Custer’s Last Stand.

Answer 97

LITTLE BIG HORN

Question 98

The _____________________ was a supreme court case that said that slaves were nothing but property and could be taken into any state at anytime.

Answer 98

DRED SCOTT

Question 99

Prior to the election of Andrew Jackson, most states lifted the ______________ requirement to be able to vote.

Answer 99

PROPERTY

Question 100

The __________________ was a movement that tried to get Americans to rededicate themselves to God. It was led by Charles G. Finney

Answer 100

2ND GREAT AWAKENING

Question 101

Eli Whitney’s invention of the _________________ strongly increased the need for slaves in the pre-civil war south

Answer 101

COTTON GIN

Question 102

XYZ Affair, Quasi War, and Alien and Sedition Acts are all associated with this President

Answer 102

Adams