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a. | carpetbaggers | n. | nativism | b. | 16th Amendment | o. | military Reconstruction Act | c. | 15th
Amendment | p. | horizontal
integration | d. | Reconstruction | q. | vigilance committees | e. | pocket veto | r. | vertical integration | f. | scalawags | s. | Wade-Davis Bill | g. | veto | t. | Pacific Railway Act | h. | sharecroppers | u. | corporation | i. | Ellis Island | v. | trust | j. | buffalo | w. | holding company | k. | corn | x. | tariffs | l. | political
machine | y. | land
grants | m. | Angel Island | z. | longhorn cattle |
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(2 points) White Southerners who worked with the
Republicans and supported Reconstruction.
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2.
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(2 points) Northerners who traveled to the South.
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(2 points) rebuilding the nation after the Civil
War.
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4.
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(2 points) paid a share of their crops to cover
their rent as well as the cost of seeds, fertilizer, tools, and animals.
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5.
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(2 points) When a president lets a session of
Congress expire without signing legislation.
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6.
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(2 points) Declared that the right to vote
“shall not be denied ... on account of race, color, or previous condition of
servitude.”
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7.
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(2 points) divided the former Confederacy, except
Tennessee, into five military districts.
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8.
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(2 points) Main source of food for many Native
Americans
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9.
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(2 points) self-appointed volunteers who tracked
down and punished wrongdoers.
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10.
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(2 points) Location of barracks in California to
accommodate Asian immigrants.
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11.
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(2 points) an informal political group designed to
gain and keep power.
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12.
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(2 points) A preference for native-born people and
a desire to limit immigration.
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13.
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(2 points) When a company owns all the different
businesses on which it depends for operation.
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14.
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(2 points) Given to the railroad companies by the
government to encourage railroad construction.
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15.
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(2 points) Owns stock of companies that produce
goods.
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True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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16.
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(1 point) As the Civil War began, President
Lincoln's goal was to preserve the Union, even if it meant allowing slavery to continue.
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17.
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(1 point) The Emancipation Proclamation decreed
freedom for enslaved persons in all states where they were held.
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18.
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(1 point) President Andrew Johnson was impeached and
removed from office.
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19.
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(1 point) Rich farmland brought the first wave of
settlers that populated the mountain states of the West.
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20.
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(1 point) Laissez-faire advocates support high
tariffs.
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21.
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(1 point) Immigrants who failed a medical inspection
upon arrival in the United States might be separated from their families and returned to
Europe.
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22.
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(1 point) In the late 1800s, the Republicans
dominated the South, where white voters remained anti-Democrat because of Reconstruction.
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23.
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(1 point) Poor economic conditions in Europe were a
pull factor that brought many immigrants to the U.S. at the end of the 19th century.
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24.
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(1 point) The 14th amendment made former slaves U.S.
citizens.
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25.
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(1 point) The majority of immigrants from China were
welcomed by Americans because of their hardworking nature.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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(3 points) Under the Homestead Act, homesteaders
could gain title to the land by
a. | fencing it within five years. | c. | living there for five
years. | b. | planting it within five years. | d. | building a home on
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(3 points) The ____ Amendment to the Constitution
banned slavery.
a. | Tenth | c. | Twelfth | b. | Eleventh | d. | Thirteenth |
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(3 points) In his inaugural speech, President
Lincoln
a. | threatened to attack the seceded states if they did not return to the
Union. | b. | repeated his commitment not to interfere with slavery where it already
existed. | c. | repeated his commitment to abolishing slavery. | d. | threatened to attack
if the South did not return the federal forts it had seized. |
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(3 points) To receive a pardon under Lincoln’s
Reconstruction plan, Southerners had to take an oath of loyalty to the United States and
a. | promise never to secede from the Union again. | b. | accept the
Union’s proclamations concerning slavery. | c. | agree to set up schools to educate formerly
enslaved people. | d. | promise to pay a share of the costs of property damage done to the
North. |
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(3 points) Even before the invention of the
automobile, petroleum was in high demand because it could
a. | lubricate moving parts in machines. | b. | be turned into plastics. | c. | be turned into
kerosene. | d. | power locomotives. |
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(3 points) During the early days of
industrialization, many members of Congress believed that tariffs were necessary to
a. | raise money to operate the government. | b. | protect American industries from foreign
competition. | c. | raise the prices that Europeans would have to pay for American
products. | d. | entice European consumers to buy American products. |
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(3 points) Which of the following choices best
describes the diagram? 
a. | horizontal integration | c. | trust company | b. | vertical integration | d. | holding company |
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33.
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(3 points) What brought the first wave of settlers
to the West?
a. | ranching | c. | farming | b. | fur trading | d. | mining |
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34.
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(3 points) By 1900s, more than half of all
immigrants in the United States were
a. | European Jews. | c. | Chinese. | b. | eastern and southern
Europeans. | d. | Japanese. |
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35.
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(3 points) Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction
called for
a. | trying Southern leaders for treason. | c. | revolutionizing Southern
habits. | b. | punishing Southern armies. | d. | reconciling with the South. |
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36.
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(3 points) In the early 1860s, Chinese immigrants
came to the United States to
a. | escape industrialization in China. | b. | work in factories in
Chicago. | c. | escape religious persecution. | d. | work on the transcontinental
railroad. |
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(3 points) A ____ was a technique for breaking a
union in which the company refused to allow the workers on the property and refused to pay
them.
a. | blacklist | c. | closed shop | b. | strikebreaker | d. | lockout |
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38.
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(3 points) William M. Tweed was
a. | the engineer who invented the electric trolley car. | b. | the leader of the
Workingman’s Party. | c. | the architect who designed America’s
first skyscraper. | d. | a corrupt party boss in a political
machine. |
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(3 points) By the early 1900’s Americans had
transformed the United States into the world’s leading
a. | gross national product | c. | laissez-faire country | b. | industrialized
nation | d. | military
establishment |
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(3 points) | | Judging from the illustration above, ____ was most
important to emancipated African Americans at the time. | | |
a. | it would be difficult to determine what | b. | food provided by the
Freedmen’s Bureau | c. | the Freedmen’s Bureau’s
responsibility for allotting land | d. | gathering for educational instruction provided
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Essay
Remember to use complete sentences and proper
punctuation.
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41.
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(5 points) | | Explain the cycle illustrated in the diagram.
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42.
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(5 points) What is a corporation, who owns it, and
how does it raise money?
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43.
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(5 points) In what ways did the expansion of
railroads spur America’s industrial growth?
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