Question 1

The Industrial Revolution in the US involved all the following EXCEPT?

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a steadily growing slave trade in the South

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the construction of textile factories in the north

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the introduction of labor saving machinery

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a decrease in the nation's dependence on foreign trade

Question 2

During Reconstruction the system of sharecropping was least beneficial to

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sharecroppers

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landowners

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merchants

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bankers

Question 3

No one can be kept from voting based on race, color or former enslavement according to

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15th amendment

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13th amendment

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black code

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14th amendment

Question 4

In the 1820's it was not true that urban slaves

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were treated worse then rural slaves

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were better clothed and fed then rural slaves

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were often hired out to factories as workers

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spent more time on their own then rural slaves

Question 5

When the Civil War began Lincoln's main goal was to

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restore the Union

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punish the south

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end the war

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free the slaves

Question 6

In which of the following areas did the South have an advantage over the North

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military leadership

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industrial capacity

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food production

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population

Question 7

Which battle crippled Southern defenses and was a major turning point in the war

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Gettysburg

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Shiloh

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Antietam

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Vicksburg

Question 8

The President of the South was

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Jefferson Davis

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George Jefferson

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Mason Dixon

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Jefferson Mason

Question 9

One of the most active conductors on the Underground Railroad was

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Harriet Tubman

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John Brown

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Horace Greeley

Question 10

Which of the following abolished slavery

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13th amendment

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emancipation proclamation

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gettysburg address

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compromise of 1850

Question 11

Popular sovereignty held that the decision to be slave or free would be up to the

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residents of a territory

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President

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Congress

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Governor

Question 12

The main purpose of the Credit Mobilier Company was to

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steal railroad money for its shareholders

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obtain political positions for its shareholders

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set standard time zones for rail travel

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create a monopoly in the railroad

Question 13

In the late 1800s collective bargaining was a technique used to

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gain workers rights

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restrict labor unions

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expand industry

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organize labor unions

Question 14

Vertical integration means

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buying out raw materials, producers and distributors

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using new methods to increase production

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forming trusts

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merging with companies producing similar products

Question 15

Which of the following was the MAIN purpose of the Social Gospel Movement

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social reform

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economic reform

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religious reform

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political reform

Question 16

During Reconstruction, all the following increased in the south EXCEPT

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per capita income

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population

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taxes

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public works programs

Question 17

What is the main purpose of patronage

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reward one's supporters

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increase govt. funds

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increase govt. efficiency

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avoid concentrating power in one individual or group

Question 18

Which of the following is an example of a graft

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saying a project cost more then it really did and keeping the extra

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using a cartoon to illustrate political fraud

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choosing your friends for political office

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using threat or force to elect certain officials

Question 19

Settlement houses were founded by

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social reformers

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political machines

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industrial workers

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new immigrants

Question 20

The black codes regulated

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daily lives of Southern African Americans

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conduct of Southern govt. officials

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plans for Reconstruction

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distribution of former plantation lands

Question 21

Radical Republicans believed that former slaves should

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be granted citizenship and the right to vote

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be granted citizenship and right to vote in certain states

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be granted citizenship but no right to vote

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not be granted citizenship

Question 22

Jim Crow laws were laws that

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separated the races

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promoted discrimination against women

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taxed voters

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denied citizenship to Asian immigrants

Question 23

To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden night clubs known as

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speakeasies

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tenements

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tea rooms

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penthouses

Question 24

President Wilson and the leaders of the following countries made up the "Big Four" EXCEPT

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Russia

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Italy

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UK

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France

Question 25

All of the following contributed to Germany's decision to surrender at the end of the war EXCEPT

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a successful allied invasion of German borders

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severely limited resources

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civilians turning on their leadership

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a mutiny by its naval forces

Question 26

Wilson's 14 points were rejected by

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Allied leaders

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Congress

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League of Nations

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Russia

Question 27

The alliance of France GB and Russia made up the Central Powers

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False

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True

Question 28

Battles fought in France and Belgium would have been on the Western Front

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True

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False

Question 29

This contained the suggestion of an alliance between Germany and Mexico

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Zimmerman note

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trench warfare

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Selective Service Act

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militarism

Question 30

This long term cause of WWI encouraged competitiveness between nation's in colonziation

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imperialism

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no ideaism

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nationalism

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militarism

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