Final

Question 1

In 1836, which group of individuals had the highest population in Texas?

Answer 1

Anglos

Question 2

At the battle of Sun Jacinto, which battle name was included in their cry?

Answer 2

Alamo

Question 3

How many acres of farmland was given at an inexpensive price as a result of the land grants?

Answer 3

177

Question 4

How many times did Polk offer to buy the land from Mexico?

Answer 4

2 times

Question 5

The animal featured on the flag for the Republic of California was a?

Answer 5

Grizzly Bear

Question 6

What was the FIRST state to secede from the Union?

Answer 6

South Carolina

Question 7

Who created the Anaconda Plan?

Answer 7

Winfield Scott

Question 8

What was the biggest cause of the Civil War?

Answer 8

States Rights

Question 9

What battle was the bloodiest day in American History?

Answer 9

Antietam

Question 10

What was Grants nickname given to him after capturing two forts on the Mississippi River?

Answer 10

Unconditional Surrender Grant

Question 11

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

Answer 11

Jefferson Davis

Question 12

Who was the president of the Union?

Answer 12

Lincoln

Question 13

What battle is the turning point of the war?

Answer 13

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 14

What was the South’s greatest seaport?

Answer 14

New Orleans

Question 15

Where was the Confederate Capital Located?

Answer 15

Virginia

Question 16

Who led the “March to the Sea”?

Answer 16

William T. Sherman

Question 17

What is the first major battle of the civil war?

Answer 17

First battle of Bull Run

Question 18

Who was the first African American senator?

Answer 18

Hiram Revels

Question 19

What amendment abolished slavery?

Answer 19

13th

Question 20

Which amendment was the basis of the Civil Rights act of 1866 and gave citizenship to African Americans?

Answer 20

14th

Question 21

What amendment gave African Americans the right to vote?

Answer 21

15th

Question 22

What was the BIGGEST reason for the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson?

Answer 22

Fired the secretary of war

Question 23

Who assassinated Lincoln?

Answer 23

John Wilks Booth

Question 24

What reaction to Reconstruction was considered “extreme”

Answer 24

KKK

Question 25

Which Reconstruction plan asked that 10% of the men in a state swear allegiance to the United States in order to be re-admitted to the Union?

Answer 25

Lincoln’s Plan

Question 26

How many acts of Congress did Andrew Johnson veto?

Answer 26

28

Question 27

What organization put in place after the Civil War to provide schools in the south?

Answer 27

Freedmens Vero

Question 28

What was the legislature called that prevented the President from dismissing Cabinet members without the Senates approval?

Answer 28

Tenure of office act

Question 29

Which scandal involved “Boss Tweed” as the head mastermind?

Answer 29

Tammuny Hall scandal

Question 30

Why was the kkk established in the south during reconstruction?

Answer 30

Scandal club for the veterans

Question 31

Which of the three Reconstruction plans promoted the Wade Davis Bill?

Answer 31

Radical Republicans Plan

Question 32

Where was the first Transcontinental Railroad completed at?

Answer 32

Promontory Utah

Question 33

What was the “Great White Fleet”?

Answer 33

White navy ships that sail around the globe

Question 34

What amendment allowed women the right to vote?

Answer 34

19th

Question 35

What group of immigrants work on the completion of the first transcontinental railroad?

Answer 35

Chinese and Irish

Question 36

Where was the first womens suffrage march that ended up turning violent?

Answer 36

Washing DC

Question 37

What did Andrew Carnegie control a monopoly in?

Answer 37

steal

Question 38

What percent of the refining business did Rockefeller control in his monopoly?

Answer 38

90%

Question 39

What did Native Americans depend on for their way of life and their independence?

Answer 39

Buffalo

Question 40

Who did the US blame for exploding and sinking of the USS Maine?

Answer 40

Spain

Question 41

What was the first state to give women the right to vote?

Answer 41

Wyoming

Question 42

Who won his fame by leading the infamous group known as the rough riders?

Answer 42

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 43

Where was GOLD discovered that forced the Native Americans to start the Sioux War over broken treaties?

Answer 43

Black Hills

Question 44

Where were the Nez Perce trying to fleet?

Answer 44

Canada

Question 45

What act was put in place to ensure safety of meat products and required the proper packaging of the meat?

Answer 45

Pure food and drug act

Question 46

What important federal act determined that it was ok to have “separate but equal” amenities for black vs white?

Answer 46

Plessy vs Ferguson

Question 47

What country was the Archduke, who was shot and killed the heir to the throne of?

Answer 47

Austria Hungary empire

Question 48

Who was the man that shot the Archduke and his wife?

Answer 48

Gravillo Princip

Question 49

What country declares war on Serbia starting WW1?

Answer 49

Austria Hungary

Question 50

The invasion of what country caused Great Britain to join WW1

Answer 50

Belgium

Question 51

What was the Zimmerman Telegraph m?

Answer 51

Farm Germany to Mexico

Question 52

What was the name of the German battle/war plan?

Answer 52

Schlieffen

Question 53

What country stated to mobilize troops because they considered Serbia their “little brother Slavs”?

Answer 53

Russia

Question 54

On what two fronts did Germany Fight?

Answer 54

Russia and France

Question 55

Which of the following causes the war was the biggest cause of the war, causing it to be a world war?

Answer 55

Alliance System

Question 56

What country did Germany plan to march through to invade France?

Answer 56

Belgium

Question 57

What was the bloodiest campaign of the war?

Answer 57

Battle of Somme

Question 58

Where were the British able to blockade the German navy for the rest of the war?

Answer 58

Battle of Jutland

Question 59

What was the name of the revolution that forced the collapse of Russia and brought Lenin to power?

Answer 59

Battle of Bullshivik

Question 60

What treaty ended the war between Russia and Germany?

Answer 60

Brest Litovisk

Question 61

What treaty ended WW1?

Answer 61

Battle of Versailles

Question 62

What country was not consulted in the making of the treaty that ended the war?

Answer 62

Germany

Question 63

What was a German U boat

Answer 63

Armed submarine

Question 64

Who was the president during WW1

Answer 64

Woodrow Wilson

Question 65

At what age does the Selective Service Act require a male to sign up for the draft?

Answer 65

18

Question 66

During WW1 most battles were fought on the Western Front Near what country was it located?

Answer 66

France

Question 67

President Wilson 14th amendment was?

Answer 67

Plan for lasting peace

Question 68

What were the U.S forces, led by General John “Black Jack” Pershing, called during WW1

Answer 68

American Expidision forces

Question 69

The United States Supreme Court case concerning the enforcement of the Espionage and Sedition Acts

Answer 69

Scheme vs US

Question 70

A dough boy is a?

Answer 70

US solder

Question 71

In what pout of Wilson’s Fourteenth point does he suggest the creation of the league of nation?

Answer 71

14th

Question 72

Who is the German Fighter pilot who was known for having the most kills during ww1

Answer 72

Man Fred von Richthofen