Fall 2019 US History Midterm review
Quiz by Nick Friedman
Grade 9-12
Social Studies
Ohio Learning Standards
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- Q1Manifest Destiny was the idea that God had given the continent toAmericans, and wanted them to settle western landsWhite men, and expected them to bring Christianity to the Native AmericansAmericans, and it was their destiny to become the greatest nation in the worldAmericans, and it was their duty to protect the environment30s
- Q2The Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott casefreed an enslaved manoutlawed slavery in the territoriesruled that Congress could not ban slavery in the territoriessettled the slavery issue30s
- Q3The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 reflected the ideals of the Declaration of Independence bydividing the area into three to five districtsguaranteeing property rights and freedom of speech in the territoryallowing slavery in the territoryallowing Congress to choose a governor and three judges for each district30s
- Q4The Great Compromise proposed that in one house of Congress - the House of Representatives - the states would be represented according to the size of theirtrade incomestate bankspopulationacreage30s
- Q5The Homestead Act allowed Western settlers toreceive land for free after living on it for yearscontrol the best land on the Great Plainssell their land to European investorsDetermine where the railroads would build new tracks30s
- Q6It was not until 1924 that Congress granted all Native Americanscitizenshipthe right to assimilatethe right to votereservation lands30s
- Q7Railroad companies raised most of the money they needed to build their railroads fromprivate investorsselling government land grantssubsidies from tax revenueshauling freight to market30s
- Q8A ________________ was a technique for breaking a union though which the company refused to allow workers onto their propertysit-downstrikelockoutblacklist30s
- Q9Laissez-faire relies on ______________ to regulate prices and wagesbusinessesgovernmentsupply and demandthe GNP30s
- Q10What does operating costs meanrepresented all workers in a particular industrybegan the railroad boomwages, shipping charges and suppliesloans, mortgages and taxes30s
- Q11What is an industrial unionrepresented all workers in a particular industryIron Molders' International Union, for exampleloans, mortgages and taxesbegan the railroad boom30s
- Q12In contrast to Social Darwinism, social reformers believed that society's problems could be fixed only byregulating the economy and helping those in needrecognizing that people fail due to circumstances beyond their controlencouraging competition and natural selectionhelping poor people to help themselves30s
- Q13Social Darwinism was used by some industrial leaders to justifylaissez-faire capitalismpolitical activismgovernment regulaitonphilanthropy30s
- Q14Many labor unions opposed immigration, arguing that most immigrantshad no marketable skillswould work for low wageswould not join a uniondid not understand English30s
- Q15Many immigrants left Europe to escape poverty, the restrictions of social class, forced military service, high food prices, population pressure, andreligious percecutionthe lack of industrial jobscivil warurban problems such as crime30s