MIDTERM REVIEW VA./U.S HISTORY

MIDTERM REVIEWVA./U.S HISTORY

Membership in the ___ is based on population, while membership in the ___ has equal representation.

House of Representatives; Senate

The First Amendment to the Bill of Rights was influenced by this document written by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

The Monroe Doctrine established an imaginary boundary line around the Americas. The purpose of the line was to

ban further European colonization inside the line

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act resolve the issue of slavery in the territories?

Popular sovereignty would be permitted in the territories.

The Compromise of 1877 accomplished THIS?

Agreement reached to allow Rep. Rutherford B. Hayes to become president

The forced journey of slaves from Africa to the New World was called

the Middle Passage

What was affirmed in the Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison?

The right of the Supreme Court to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional

The Missouri Compromise is described by:

Maine admitted as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, line of 36 30’ drawn through the Louisiana Territory

After the surrender at Appomattox Court House, what did Robert E. Lee encourage Southerners to do?

Admit defeat and rejoin the Union

The growth of the “cotton kingdom” resulted from

Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin

a result of Nat Turner’s rebellion

whites used their fear of rebellion to justify stricter enforcement of the Slave Codes

The founder of the influential anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator, was

William Lloyd Garrison

Supporters of popular sovereignty believed that

residents of a territory should decide the issue of slavery

“Bloody Kansas” was the result of the the repeal of the conditions established by the Missouri Compromise

In the controversial Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court declared that

because slaves were not citizens of the United States, they had no rights

The term “nativism” means

disliking immigrants

What anti-immigrant law was passed in the 1800s?

the Chinese Exclusion Act

The following contributed to the growth of cities:

improvements in transportation, construction of skyscrapers, large amounts of immigrants

How were immigrant children affected by the creation of a public school system?.

They were given help to assimilate into American society

The term “suffrage” refers to

the right to vote

Where were immigrants in the late Nineteenth century most likely to settle?

In large cities in the Northeast or Midwest

What balance were the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 designed to maintain?

representation of slave and free states in Congress

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, immigration laws discriminated the most against

the Chinese

One of the reasons for the American victory in the American Revolutionary War was

Benjamin Franklin negotiated an alliance with France

Which Supreme Court decision rejected efforts to limit the spread of slavery?

The publication of what book inflamed anti-slavery feelings in the North?

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

The Great Awakening is best described as

a series of religious revivals

The Revolutionary War began with the

Battles of Lexington and Concord

What event formally ended slavery in the United States?

the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution

Andrew Jackson’s presidency was known as the Age of

Democracy

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued after the battle at Antietam

freed the slaves of all states in rebellion

The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed

all citizens equality before the law

The purchase of the Louisiana Territory

doubled the sized of the United States.

The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave male citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or former status as a slave. Later methods of depriving citizens of their 15th Amendment rights included

poll taxes and literacy tests

Which state was the site of Robert E. Lee’s surrender?

Virginia

The Articles of Confederation proved to be ineffective because they

created a weak national government

President Lincoln’s view of secession is best expressed by

states did not have the constitutional right to leave the Union

What was the most important result of the Mexican War?

The US gained control of a vast amount of territory in the Southwest.

The Preamble illustrates the constitutional principle that people

are the true source of political power

The first political parties in the United States were

Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

Who is associated with the abolitionist movement as an escaped slave?

Frederick Douglass

Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address remarks were meant to serve as a guide for what event?

Reconstruction

“It is our God-given right to spread our democracy and culture across the continent.”

Manifest Destiny

The territories of Oregon and Florida were acquired by America after the

War of 1812

Why did seven states seceded from the Union in 1860 and 1861?

to protest the election of Abraham Lincoln as President

What was the event that actually started the Civil War?

the bombing of Ft. Sumter

Abolitionists believed that

the institution of slavery should immediately cease

The women’s suffrage movement began with the

Seneca Falls Declaration

Which region’s states seceded from the union as a result of the Election of 1860?

South

The chief guide for Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Territory was

Sacajawea

Fifty-five delegates from twelve states convened in Philadelphia in 1787 for the Constitutional Convention, choosing ___ to preside over the convention:

George Washington

He was a Northern Army general in the Civil War:

Ulysses S. Grant

Who directly influenced Abraham Lincoln to allow freed slaves to fight in the Civil War?

Frederick Douglass

What were the greatest advantages for the North during the Civil War?

the large population and diversified industrial base

The Emancipation Proclamation changed the goal of the Civil War for the North to

ending the institution of slavery

What result did the Civil War have on the South?

The economy was ruined, and a large class of poor tenant farmers developed.

“Jacksonian Democracy” illustrates:

That Jackson’s presidency was a reaction against aristocracy; that power should not only be in the hands of the wealthy.

Which statement best described the relationship between Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin and slavery?

Increased cotton production necessitated an increase in the number of slaves.

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson disagreed over the issue of

a strong vs. weak national government

and the type of economy

Abraham Lincoln’s assassination impacted the South in what way?

It led the way to Radical Reconstruction,

which was harsher than Lincoln’s moderate plans for Reconstruction.

Most settlement houses in the late 1800s offered poor city dwellers

social services

In the 1890s, immigration patterns shifted dramatically with most immigrants coming from

southern and eastern Europe  

What was the federal policy regarding Native (First) Americans in the 1830s?

Relocation.

The First Continental Congress was the first example of

the colonies coming together for a common cause

Practice called whereby successful politicians reward their supporters by appointing them to office?

The spoils system

After the Civil War who became the leading spokesman for African Americans?

Frederick Douglass

American immigration patterns between 1890 and 1914 showed that most immigrants came from

southern and eastern Europe

The main purpose of the Jim Crow laws was to

discriminate against blacks in the South

Those who supported ratifying the Constitution promised to add a Bill of Rights in order to

persuade the Anti-Federalists to sign the Constitution

What document written by George Mason established the premise of basic human rights which cannot be violated by governments?

Virginia Declaration of Rights

Which statement best describes British-American relations after the French and Indian War?

The colonists began to question British authority.

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