Title: Graduation Exam Review
1Graduation Exam Review
2Holy wars between Muslims and Christians
3What was the rebirth of learning and the classics?
4Identify the following Renaissance people
- Michaelangelo
- Sistene Chapel
- Martin Luther
- 95 Theses
- Raphael
- Madonnas
5Identify the following Renaissance people
- Medici Family
- Ruled Venice
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Last Supper
6Who started the Protestant Reformation?
7According to Luther what were three things wrong
with the Catholic Church?
- Selling church jobs
- Accumulating lands
- Indulgences
8Who started a school of navigation in Portugal?
9Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
10What two countries started European Exploration?
11Who discovered Florida looking for the fountain
of youth?
12What was the first permanent European Settlement
in the New World?
13What was the first permanent English settlement?
14Who was given credit for saving Jamestown?
15What did he save Jamestown from?
16What crop saved Jamestown?
17What century were the English colonies settled?
18What part of North America did the English settle?
19What is Spanish for conquerors or explorers?
20Who conquered the Aztecs Indians?
21Who discovered the area of present day Alabama,
Mississippi, and Louisiana?
22Who conquered the Incas?
23Who was looking for the Seven Cities of Gold in
present day Southwest United States?
24What were four reasons the the Spanish were able
to conquer the Native Americans?
- Weapons
- Disease
- Indians fought each other
- Prophecy
25What was the lost colony?
26What was the first representative form of
government in United States history?
27What was the interchange of foods and plants
between Europe and North America?
28Where was Christopher Columbus sailing to when he
discovered the New World?
29What is the theory that if a nation builds up its
gold supply then it will become more powerful?
30Who fought in the French and Indian war?
31Why was the French and Indian War fought?
- Over British settlement of Ohio River Valley
32What were the laws that limited the colonial
ships from trading with any other country?
33How many people were killed in the Boston
Massacre?
34Who was the free black sailor killed in the
Boston Massacre?
35What did the Europeans call the French and Indian
War?
36Who said The Redcoats are coming?
37Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty at the
Boston Tea Party?
38What colony was established by the Catholics?
39Who said Give me liberty or give me death?
40The British informed settlers that they could not
move west of the Appalachians because of Native
Americans in what act?
41What was the main cause of the American
Revolution?
- Taxation without Representation
42Identify these examples of taxation without
representation
- Tea Act
- Gave East India Company a tea monopoly
- Sugar Act
- Taxed sugar, molasses, etc
- Townshend Acts
- Taxed paper, tea, lead, paint, glass
- Stamp Act
- Taxed paper goods
43What laws were passed by the British after the
Boston Tea Party?
- Coercive Acts, (or Intolerable Acts)
44Who fought in the American Revolution?
- Great Britain vs. American colonists
45Who were the people who supported the king?
46Where were the first shots of the American
Revolution fired?
47What was the first major Battle of The American
Revolution?
48Who was the general for the Americans?
49What was the turning point of the American
Revolution?
50Where did George Washington and his men survive a
harsh winter where some of the men froze to death?
51At what battle did Nathaniel Greene lose when
Cornwallis fired into the mass of troops?
52What was the turning point of the Revolution in
the South?
53Where did General Cornwallis surrender to George
Washington?
54Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
55Who wrote Common Sense urging the Americans to
fight for freedom?
56What do the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution have in common?
- Government on the consent of the governedpeople
decide their government
57What date was the Declaration of Independence
adopted?
58What Treaty was signed that ended the American
Revolution?
59What were the boundaries of the United States in
the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
- North
- Canada
- South
- Florida
- East
- Atlantic Ocean
- West
- Mississippi River
60What were four major causes of the War of 1812?
- Impressment
- Interference with Shipping
- Arming Native Americans
- Desire for Canada
61What two Shawnee Indians allied themselves with
the British during the War of 1812?
62What battle did Andrew Jackson with the help of
the Cherokee defeat the Creek Indians?
63At what battle did Francis Scott Key write the
Star Spangled Banner?
64What Battle did Andrew Jackson become famous for
winning?
65What Treaty ended the War of 1812?
66What was the first document in the history of the
world to limit the power of the king?
67Name the Enlightenment thinker
- Natural rights
- Locke
- Social contract theory
- Rousseau
- Checks Balances
- Montesquieu
68What was a religious revival that swept the
colonies in the 1740s?
69What was the importance of the First Continental
Congress?
- Step towards unity of colonies
70What was the nations first Constitution?
- Articles of Confederation
71What was the major weakness of the Articles of
Confederation?
- Federal government had little power could not
tax
72What was the purpose of the Constitutional
Convention?
- Revise or fix the Articles
73What were three major compromises of the
Constitutional Convention?
- Great Compromiserepresentation
- 3/5 Compromise
- Slave trade Compromise
74Shared power between national and state is called?
75What are the three branches of government and
describe each?
- Legislativemakes laws
- Executiveenforces laws
- Judicialinterprets laws
76What was the purpose of the preamble?
77How does the Constitution begin?
78What were the first two political parties?
- Federalists Democrat-Republicans
79Who wrote the Federalist Papers?
- Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
80Who was the leading anti- federalist?
81What are the first ten amendments to the
Constitution called?
82Freedom of speech, press, petition, religion,and
assembly
83Freed the slaves
84Rights of the accused persons, such as the right
to remain silent and to have a lawyer?
85Slaves received the right to vote
86Right to bear arms
87Citizenship rights
88First Secretary of Treasury
89First Secretary of State?
90What was the major difference between Alexander
Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson?
- Federal power interpretation of the
Constitution - Hamiltonstrong federal govt, loose
interpretation - Jeffersonstrong states, strict interpretation
91What amendment give you the right to remain
silent, no double jeopardy?
92Women received the right to vote
93People who promised to work from 4 to 7 years in
return for a trip to the new world
94Trip across the Atlantic for the slaves
95Who is the father of the Constitution?
96What were hit and run tactics used in the
American Revolution?
97What document was sent to King George III wanting
peace?
98Who was the first poor president?
99What branch of government has the power to do
what is necessary and proper?
100What is the clause called that lets the
government do what is necessary and proper?
101What three amendments are known as the slavery
amendments?
102What law passed under the Articles of
Confederation established how new states would
enter the United States?
103What was George Washingtons Advice in his
farewell address?
- Avoid political parties alliances
104What president bought the Louisiana Purchase?
105How much was the Louisiana Purchase?
106Who did we buy Louisiana from?
107Who explored the Louisiana Purchase?
108Who was the Indian Guide that helped them?
109Where did they start and finish their trip?
110Who led a revolt in Haiti?
111Who was the president during the Era of Good
Feelings?
112Who proposed the American System?
113What was the American System?
114What was the Norths economy based on?
115What was the Souths economy based on?
116What was it called when Andrew Jackson hired all
of his loyal supporters?
117This doctrine stated that if a state did not like
a law then it did not have to obey it.
118What law was passed by Andrew Jackson that stated
that all the Native Americans should be sent to
Oklahoma?
119What was the trip called for Native Americans to
Oklahoma?
120What year was the California Gold Rush?
121Where was gold discovered in California?
122What trail west was established due to religious
persecution because of the practice of polygamy?
123Who was the leader for Mexico during the war for
Texas Independence?
124Who led the Mormons to Utah?
125What was the name of the country of Texas?
126At what battle did all the Texans get killed to
become a rallying cry of the war?
127At what battle did General Santa Anna surrender?
128What is the belief that America should settle all
the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
129Who wrote Americas first dictionary?
130Who was the leader of the Transcendentalist
Movement?
131Who wrote Walden and advocated Civil
Disobedience?
132Who wrote the Scarlet Letter and The House of
Seven Gables?
133Who wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
134Who wrote The Raven and Tell-Tale Heart?
135Who wrote the Last of the Mohicans?
136Who wrote Moby Dick?
137Who wrote Paul Reveres Ride?
138Perfect place or society
139Who promoted education for both boys and girls in
school?
140Who fought for the rights of mentally ill?
141What was the movement to outlaw alcohol?
142What was the movement to outlaw slavery?
143Who was the conductor of the Underground Railroad?
144Where was she taking the slaves to?
145Who was the leading black Abolitionist?
146Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin?
147I was born into slavery but was freed in 1828. I
am known for my public speaking about slavery
womens rights.
148I edited the Liberator. I was an abolitionist.
149Organized Seneca Falls Convention?
- Elizabeth C. Stanton Lucretia Mott
150Most famous suffragette. Fought for womens right
to vote?
151Two states admitted to the union in the Missouri
Compromise
152What territories and state were admitted in the
Compromise of 1850?
- TerritoriesUtah New Mexico
- StateCalifornia
153Mandated that northern states forcibly return
escaped slaves to their owners in the south.
154After the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed,
settlers rushed to the territory. Violence broke
out. What was this called?
155This slave sued for his freedom and lost.
156What did the Supreme Court rule in this case?
- Slaves were not citizens b/c they were property
157Who did Lincoln debate to make him famous.
158Who led a raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
159What was the first state to secede from the Union?
160What were the capitals of the Confederate States
Of America?
- FirstMontgomery
- SecondRichmond
161Who was the president of the Confederate States
of America?
162Where were the first shots fired of the Civil War?
163Who was the general that commanded the Army of
Northern Virginia?
164Who was the Northern general who was credited
with winning the war?
165What was the first true battle of the Civil War?
166What county in Alabama decided that they would
form their own state and stay neutral during the
Civil War?
167What part of the state of Virginia decided to
stay neutral during the Civil War?
168What was the plan of the North to defeat the
South before the Civil War began?
169What was the bloodiest multi-day battle of the
Civil War?
170What was the single day bloodiest battle of the
Civil War?
171After what battle did Lincoln issue the
Emancipation Proclamation?
172What was the turning point in the west during the
Civil War?
173What was the turning point of the Civil War in
the east?
174What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
175Who burned a 60 mile wide area of the south from
Chattanooga to Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia?
176Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
177What act promised settlers 160 acres of free land
if they would live on the land for 5 years?
178Name the act that allotted each of the states
thousands of acres of land to use for public
universities.
179People who would farm a piece of land for the
landowner and pay him for the seed, land, and
materials with a portion of the crops?
180This bureau provided clothing and food and helped
educate blacks after the Civil War?
181What were the three cultural foundations of the
black community?
182What was the first organized black church?
- A.M.E.African Methodist Episcopal
183Two types of laws passed that were aimed at
limiting black participation in government after
the Civil War?
- Jim Crow laws
- Black Codes
184These were Republicans that supported
Reconstruction
185Northerners who came South during Reconstruction
186Southerners who supported Reconstruction
187Who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln?
188For what two reasons did the Ku Klux Klan hate
people?
189What was it called when Democrats said they would
let Rutherford B. Hayes become president if he
would end Reconstruction?
190Where did the Union Pacific and the Central
Pacific meet to connect the first
transcontinental railroad?
191What was the number one food supply of the Great
Plains Indians?
192At what battle was General Custer defeated by
Native Americans?
193Who was the leader of the Nez Perce who was
stopped 30 miles from Canada and forced to move
to Oklahoma?
194What law gave 160 acres of land to Native
American families?
195What was the last battle of Indian resistance?
196Who came up with a cheap way to make steel?
197What was the number one industry in Alabama in
the early 1900s?
198List several important developments that were
used in westward expansion
- Windmill
- Steel Plow
- Barbed Wire
- Revolver
- Railroad
199What development had the greatest impact on
settling the West?
200What was formed by farmers to help purchase
cheaper farm equipment?
201What was the Political Party formed to address
the concerns of farmers?
202What insect led Alabama farmers to diversify
their crops after it destroyed the cotton crop?
203Who invented the first electric power plant?
204Who financed the first Transatlantic Cable?
205Who invented the first telephone?
206Who invented the radio?
207What is it called when one company controls all
the production of a product?
208Identify the robber barons.
- Steel
- Carnegie
- Oil
- Rockefeller
- Railroads
- Vanderbilt
209Who wrote stories about people gaining wealth
through hard work?
210What were three things that our first labor
unions wanted?
- Higher wages
- Better conditions
- Shorter hours
211List Three laws passed to limit immigration.
- Chinese Exclusion Act
- Emergency Quota Act
- National Origins Act
212This political group fought for whomever was
being oppressed in society
213What was The Jungle about?
214Who wrote The Jungle?
215Who wrote History of the Standard Oil Company?
216What were some progressive amendments passed?
- Income tax
- 16
- Direct election of senators
- 17
- Prohibition
- 18
- Womens suffrage
- 19
217List some accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt.
- National Park System
- Pure Food and Drug Act
- Square Deal
- Trustbusting
218What group did Theodore Roosevelt lead in a
charge up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American
War?
219What Alabama general came out of retirement to
fight in the Spanish-American War?
220Who became president as a result of the
Compromise of 1877?
221List three accomplishments of Woodrow Wilsons
administration.
- Federal Trade Commission
- Clayton Antitrust Act
- Federal Reserve
222Who was the founder of Tuskegee Institute?
223Who came up with over one hundred ways to use the
peanut?
224What year was the Alabama Constitution written?
225Who was the black intellectual who believed that
blacks should become just as educated as whites?
226What is it called when a stronger country takes
over a smaller or weaker country?
227What were two reasons that the United States took
over countries?
- New Markets
- Raw Materials
228This was a type of sensational writing which was
used to start the Spanish-American War.
229An agreement with Great Britain, Japan, Germany,
Russia, and Italy to keep China open to trade
with all nations.
230Who came up with a way to eradicate Yellow Fever
and Malaria in the building of the Panama Canal?
231What was the foreign policy that added to the
Monroe Doctrine?
- Roosevelt CorollaryUS is policeman of democracy
232What were the four long term causes of World War
I?
- Nationalism
- Militarism
- Imperialism
- Alliances
233Who were the members of the triple Alliance?
234Who were the members of the Triple Entente?
- Great Britain
- France
- Russia
235What single event started World War I?
- Assassination of Austrian Archduke Francis
Ferdinand
236Identify four weapons of World War I.
- Machine gun
- Poison gas
- Tank
- Submarine
237How did the US pay for World War I and World War
II?
238List 4 causes for the US entry into World War I?
- Propaganda
- Zimmerman Telegraph
- Democratic War
- Sub warfare
239Who was the leader of the American Expeditionary
Force?
240What was the basic US policy before WWI and WWII?
241What treaty ended WWI?
242What country was blamed for WWI?
243What idea did Woodrow Wilson come up with to
settle future country problems?
244Who wrote The Great Gasby?
245Who wrote The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms,
For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the
Sea?
246A movement that led to an increase in racial
pride and awareness where many black
intellectuals wrote works portraying the daily
lives of working class blacks.
247Two forms of music created during the Harlem
Renaissance?
248Identify some Harlem Renaissance writers and
entertainers.
- Which one was born in Florence, AL?
- W.C. Handy
- Considered the leader of the movement?
- Langston Hughes
249Where were movies made in the 1920s?
250With the invention of the automobile, where did
people move to?
251People that do not believe in any form of
government.
252A time of hysteria in the United States where
people had a fear of communism.
253A case involving atheists and immigrants.
254Who was the most famous gangster who became rich
off of the illegal sale of alcohol?
255People who sell alcohol illegally
256Secret or hidden bars
257Who decides who sells alcohol in Alabama?
258Who came up with the first birth control clinic
protested the Comstock Laws?
259What was the cause of the stock market crash?
260What was the date of the stock market crash?
261Name two reasons the farm economy collapsed.
262Two causes of the Dust Bowl
- Drought
- No soil conservation
263What president was blamed for the Great
Depression?
264What president proposed the New Deal?
265Describe the following New Deal programs
- AAA
- Paid farmers not to plant
- TVA
- Electricity to the South
- SSA
- Retirement, disability orphan pensions
266Describe the following New Deal programs
- NLRA or Wagner Act
- Protected unions
- FLSA
- Minimum wage
- FDIC
- Insured bank deposits
- WPA
- Jobs for unskilled
267What was the most expensive and most popular
movie during the 1930s?
268Franklin Roosevelt spoke to the nation directly
on the radio in the __.
269Who was the fascist leader of Italy?
270Who were the leaders of Japan in WWII?
- Emperor
- Hirohito
- Prime Minister
- Tojo
271Who was the leader of Germany in WWII?
272Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union?
27363 nations signed this agreement to negotiate
rather than use war to resolve political
differences.
274Italy, Germany, and Japan formed this alliance.
275Opponents of the Axis were called what?
276Who were the allies during WWII?
- Great Britain
- Franceuntil defeated
- USSR
- US
277To avoid war Britain and France came up with this
policy of allowing Hitler to have his way in
order to maintain the peace.
278What German term refers to Hitlers strategy to
defeat his enemies?
279What was the United States position about
entering WWII?
280What event led to the United States entering WWII?
281What were the women that worked in factories
during WWII nicknamed?
282This law placed Japanese-Americans in camps in
the Midwest.
283What were the black pilots in World War II called?
284What was the turning point in the Pacific theater
in WWII?
285Identify United States generals in WWII?
- Leader in Europe
- Eisenhower
- Leader of Southern Pacific Army
- MacArthur
- Leader of navy
- Nimitz
- Old Blood Guts
- Patton
286What was the turning point in the USSR?
287What was the planned invasion of Northern Africa
called?
288What best describes D-Day?
- Allied invasion of Normandy, France
289Why did Harry S Truman decide to drop the Atomic
Bomb on Japan?
290On what two cities did the United States drop the
Atomic Bomb?
- FirstHiroshima
- SecondNagasaki
291Auschwitz and the Nuremberg Trials are associated
with what event?
292What was the name of the project to build the
Atomic Bomb?
293What were the nicknames of the atomic bombs?
294What was the name of the airplane that dropped
the Atomic Bomb?
295What were the differences in WWI and WWII?
- Trench warfare v. Blitzkrieg
- One theater v. two theaters
296What was the turning point in favor of the Allies
in World War I?
- Battle of 2nd Marnehalt of the German advance to
Paris
297What was the date of Pearl Harbor?
298What was the main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
- To stop European colonization of the Western
Hemisphere
299I developed the first steamboat. Who am I?
300I developed the first Steam Locomotive. Who am I?
301Who flew the first successful airplane in United
States history?
302What Supreme Court decision dealt with rights to
New York waterways?
303What Supreme Court case established Judicial
Review?
304When did Alabama become a state?
305Good Luck on your Graduation Exam
306Remember to take your test three times
- First time through, answer the questions that you
know for sure - Second time, answer the questions that you are
pretty sure about or can get them down to a 50/50
guess - Third time through, take a guess