U.S. History Midterm Exam U.S. History EHS

Question 1

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What improvement made travel and exploration increasingly possible for Spain and Portugal?

invention of the astrolabe

better shipbuilding

invention of the compass

all of these answers are correct

Question 2

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Who helped form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?

all of these answers are correct

W.E.B. Du Bois

Booker T. Washington

Ida B. Wells

Question 3

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Corporations often offer ________ to investors as some tangible evidence that the corporation is doing well, and the investor is getting something from his or her money.

trusts

shares of stock

dividends

index funds

Question 4

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Why would newspapers after 1865 often have ads asking for information about so-and-so from such-and-such plantation?

family members of slaves were sold to different masters and sent in different directions

many Southerners moved to the North after the Civil War

many Southerners moved to the West after the Civil War

former slaves often looked for their former masters for employment

Question 5

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Who was one of the most powerful railroad barons?

J.P. Morgan

Andrew Carnegie

Cornelius Vanderbilt

John D. Rockefeller

Question 6

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Which act authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal communal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals?

Act of 1838

Dawes Act

Public Lands Act

Land Act of 1804

Question 7

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What was required in order to receive 160 acres of land under the Homestead Act?

All of these answers are correct

A small fee to register the land

A promise to live on the land for five years

A promise to make improvements to the land in the form of buildings or farms

Question 8

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How did ranchers change the way they operated on the Great Plains after the deadly blizzards of 1885-1886 and 1886-1887?

they went from controlling only the land that they owned to controlling hundreds to thousands of acres of open range land

they sold their horses and only used herding dogs

they fenced in their herds and provided food for them when the grass was not sufficient

all of these answers are correct

Question 9

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Who founded the National Negro Business League in 1900?

Ida B. Wells

Jim Thorpe

W.E.B. Du Bois

Booker T. Washington

Question 10

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What is the process by which an elected government official is charged with wrongdoing?

conspiracy

criminal charge

impeachment

acquittal

Question 11

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What was the Pacific Railroad Act?

a law that governed prospecting and mining for economic minerals, such as gold and silver, on public lands

an act that gave the western states more than 17 million acres of land to finance the building of colleges teaching agriculture and engineering

an act that authorized the U.S. Treasury to fund the construction of a telegraph line across the continental United States

an act that authorized the construction of the first transcontinental railroad connecting the east and west coasts

Question 12

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When did Bacon’s Rebellion take place?

1630

1525

1675

1575

Question 13

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What was the Trail of Tears?

the forced assimilation of Native Americans

the forced relocation of Native Americans

the U.S. expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase

the development of the Erie Canal

Question 14

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How did the Declaration of Independence garner the sympathies of foreign countries?

by offering land to sympathizers

by offering money to sympathizers

by documenting the abuses the colonists had endured since the early 1760s

by describing the colonists as rebels who did not like answering to the King

Question 15

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Which business practice involves buying all of one’s suppliers?

vertical integration

fair trade

parallel processing

horizontal consolidation

Question 16

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Who used threats and violence to make sure that African Americans did not express their civil rights?

Scalawags

Ku Klux Klan

Carpetbaggers

Black Republicans

Question 17

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What did the Southern states do after secession?

print and issue their own currency

all of these answers are correct

draft their own constitution

elect their own president

Question 18

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What was one of the problems with the sharecropping system?

all of these answers are correct

the land became overused

it often resulted in sharecroppers owing more to the landowner than they were able to repay

it often resulted in sharecroppers earning more than the landowner

Question 19

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What was a major source of commerce for Europeans and Indians for nearly 400 years?

the gin trade

the fur trade

the gold trade

the cotton trade

Question 20

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Why were women one of the main driving forces behind the temperance movement?

They were aware of the awful conditions in hospitals and asylums for those who suffered from mental illness.

They felt alcohol led many men to treat women abusively.

They believed that tariffs were too low on imported alcohol which resulted in lower revenue for the government.

They felt that the Constitution guaranteed them the right to vote.

Question 21

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What was the purpose of the national bank sought by Hamilton?

to collect taxes

to reserve government funds

to coordinate loans to the government and other borrowers

all of these answers are correct

Question 22

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Which of the following was NOT a method some businesses used to control union activity?

lowering the price of products and emptying inventory

increasing production and stockpiling product beyond normal levels

blacklisting employees who were vocal against management

employing strike breakers

Question 23

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Which of the following describes the relationship between the Indians and early settlers in the Southern Colonies?

the early settlers established friendly relationships with the Indians

the early settlers frequently raided the Native American colonies

the Indians and early settlers in the Southern Colonies rarely came in contact with one another

the early settlers married many of the Indians (including John Rolfe and Pocahontas)

Question 24

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Which of the following best describes Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction?

ban slavery and offer the Southerners amnesty in exchange for them pledging loyalty to the United States

punish the Southerners for the rebellion

ban slavery and have a majority of the adult males in the state swear that they had never supported the Confederacy

require that the Southerners pay for the costs of war

Question 25

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What was the major source of food for the Plains Indians?

corn

buffalo

chokecherries

wheat

Question 26

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Why did passengers on the Mayflower sign the Mayflower Compact?

they were inspired by the Declaration of Independence

they were required to under English law

they had faith in John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

they knew that prior settlers failed because they lacked clear governance

Question 27

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Which business practice involves buying all of one’s competition?

parallel processing

vertical integration

fair trade

horizontal consolidation

Question 28

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Why was it especially difficult for African Americans to fight back against the Ku Klux Klan’s vicious attacks?

the Klan had the support of the Southern Republicans

all of these answers are correct

the Klan had the support of the Ku Klux Klan Act

the Klan had the support of many of the local sheriffs

Question 29

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What went out of business after the construction of a telegraph line across the continental United States?

silver mining

gold mining

the Pacific Railroad

the Pony Express

Question 30

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What was the Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860?

an act that authorized the U.S. Treasury to fund the construction of a telegraph line across the continental United States

an act that authorized the construction of the first transcontinental railroad connecting the east and west coasts

a law that governed prospecting and mining for economic minerals, such as gold and silver, on public lands

an act that gave the western states more than 17 million acres of land to finance the building of telegraph lines