US History Midterm Review

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US History Midterm Review

• Chapters 1 - 14

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Midterm Exam

• 150 Questions
• Multiple Choice
• Matching
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What was the global exchange of living things?
The Columbian Exchange
4
Ratification of the Constitution was required by
how many states?
9
5
What were the weaknesses of the Articles of
Confederation?

• There was no executive branch
• All 13 states had to approve amendments
• Congress could not collect taxes
• There was no national court system

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What does checks and balances mean as it
applies to the Constitution?
System to prevent any one branch from dominating
the other.
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What was the foreign policy that claimed Europe
did not belong in the Western Hemisphere?

• Monroe Doctrine

8
Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United
States was ordained to expand to where?

• The West Coast

9
What was the overlying cause of the Civil War?

• The Souths economy depended on slavery and the
  Norths did not.

10
What cause of the Civil War was related to the
Constitution?

• States Rights

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What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?

• It abolished slavery.

12
Which Amendment gave all men the right to vote
regardless of race?

• The 15th Amendment

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What did the 14th Amendment accomplish?

• It gave citizenship to the slaves.

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Why was the Battle of Gettysburg considered a
turning point in the war?

• It made the south give up the idea of invading
  the north.

15
Did the Dawes Act help or hurt the Native
Americans and their culture?

• It hurt Native American culture by having a
  negative impact on Native American unity and most
  of the land eventually went to white settlers.

16
What event marked the end of the Indian Wars?

• Battle (Massacre) of Wounded Knee

17
What process (type of monopoly) is described as
merging with companies that produce similar
products?

• Horizontal Integration

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What marked the collapse of populism?

• The Election of William McKinley (1896)

19
The main immigration station in San Francisco was
called ?

• Angel Island

20
What was the name of the policy that the U.S. and
Japanese government agreed upon that slowed
Japanese immigration to the U.S.?

• Gentlemans Agreement

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What did the Chinese Exclusion Act ban?

• All Chinese immigration of workers into the U.S.

22
Who believed in the power of the Talented Tenth?

• W.E.B. Du Bois

23
What precedent did the Supreme Court establish in
Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Separate but Equal

24
The poll tax, literacy test, and grandfather
clause had what effect on African Americans?

• Took away their right to vote.

25
What was the name of the U.S. ship that exploded
in the Havana Harbor?

• USS Maine

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What rallying cry did Yellow Journalist use
following the explosion of the USS Maine?

• Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain!

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What was the main goal of Roosevelt, Taft, and
Wilsons foreign policies dealing with Latin
America?

• To keep European nations out of Latin America.