Semester Review US History

Question 1

Wealthiest robber baron - OR captain of industry who ever lived

Answer 1

John D. Rockefeller

Question 2

case that declared the power and duties of the Supreme Court

Answer 2

Marbury v. Madison

Question 3

President #2, only served one term

Answer 3

John Adams

Question 4

These encouraged creative people to keep inventing and innovating, and getting rich from it.

Answer 4

Patents

Question 5

The country that the United States beat before they started taking them seriously

Answer 5

England

Question 6

Dark, dirty, hot, crowded, unsafe workplaces

Answer 6

Sweatshops

Question 7

The president that held the nation together during the Civil War

Answer 7

Lincoln

Question 8

The person that made many of the advances and inventions from the late 1800’s

Answer 8

Thomas Edison

Question 9

The word for the elimination of slavery, it finally happened after the Civil War ended

Answer 9

Abolition

Question 10

The action taken by the Southern states when they broke off and started their own nation

Answer 10

Secede (Secession)

Question 11

Place where immigrants first landed when they arrived from Europe

Answer 11

Ellis Island

Question 12

President #3, made the Lousiana Purchase

Answer 12

Thomas Jefferson

Question 13

First President of the United States

Answer 13

George Washington

Question 14

Where did the Civil War officially ended

Answer 14

Appomattox, Virginia

Question 15

Process of assimilation for immigrants, which helped the U.S. become a “melting pot”

Answer 15

Americanization

Question 16

Growth in the number of cities, and the populations within cities

Answer 16

Urbanization

Question 17

This kind of railroad is what led to the spiral of growth in all industries, cities, and expansion during the late 1800’s

Answer 17

Transcontinental railroad

Question 18

The people that we can thank for lots of good food and cool traditions, they helped make America a superpower country

Answer 18

immigrants

Question 19

U.S. governments policy of not interfering in the economy or in social problems

Answer 19

laissez-faire

Question 20

These articles were the United States’ first attempt of a government

Answer 20

Articles of Confederation

Question 21

Feelings of extreme prejudice against foreign-born people

Answer 21

Nativism

Question 22

Type of government we have, where powers are shared among the states and the national government

Answer 22

Federalism

Question 23

Interaction between Europe and North America that would change the world forever

Answer 23

Columbian Exchange

Question 24

Another word for ‘trust,’ complete control of a product or service

Answer 24

Monopoly

Question 25

The idea that if you are rich and successful, you are a better person than those who are not

Answer 25

Social Darwinism

Question 26

Conquistador who traveled through Suwanne County

Answer 26

Hernando de Soto

Question 27

President #5

Answer 27

(James) Monroe

Question 28

The type of integration that turns into a monopoly if left unchecked; involves buying up your competition to create a giant company

Answer 28

Horizontal Integration

Question 29

Worst accommodations for the poor folks on ships, how most immigrants traveled to come to America

Answer 29

Steerage

Question 30

The Act of Congress that shut down immigration from Asia for decades

Answer 30

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 31

Crowded, dirty, inexpensive housing near factories for the urban poor

Answer 31

Tenements

Question 32

The huge battle site, over 3 days more Americans died than in any other battle

Answer 32

Gettysburg

Question 33

The time period of economic, industrial, population, and creative growth that made the USA to become a stable country

Answer 33

Industrialization

Question 34

When human labor is replaced by a machine (technology)

Answer 34

Technological unemployment

Question 35

The idea the North had for defeating the South

Answer 35

Anaconda Plan

Question 36

Style of attack against military and civilian targets, which was designed to weaken the enemy and destroy any chance of fighting back

Answer 36

Total war

Question 37

Name of the slave who got smacked down by the Supreme Court

Answer 37

Dred Scott