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U.S. History 203
Test 1
Fall 2006
Chapter 15
Question 01
• Where did draft riots occur where Irish immigrants killed at least 1,000 African Americans in 1863?
• New York City
Question 02
• What was Confederacy’s President Jefferson Davis’ relationship with his military leaders?
• As a West Point graduate, Davis sought to run the army as if he
were a general, not a civilian leader
Question 03
• What was unusual about the military draft in the Union States during the Civil War?
• When drafted you need only produce someone to serve for you
or pay $300, you need serve personally.
Question 04
• Definition: Finally allowed to enlist in May 1863, these soldiers accounted for more than 180,000 troops and played a major role in the Union victory.
• African Americans
Question 05
• Definition: Union general under Ulysses S. Grant who took Atlanta and led the “March to the Sea.”
• William T. Sherman
Chapter 16
Question 06
• Why did President Lincoln choose Andrew Johnson as is vice president in 1864?
• As the only Southerner to remain in the Congress,
Johnson was chosen as a symbol of future national unity.
Question 07
• Who were the radical Republicans? They were members of the Republican party who held these views:
• Bitter over the death and destruction caused by the
rebellion; wanted to punish the South for it.
Question 08
• What was the primary means to terrorize and oppress African Americans in the South and elsewhere.
• lynching
Question 09
• Definition: Advocate of women’s suffrage and leader in the women’s rights movement.
• Susan B Anthony
Question 10
• Definition: The most celebrated example of political corruption in the Reconstruction era.
• Tweed Ring
Chapter 17
Question 11
• What was the centerpiece (i.e most important component) of the Native American’s survival in the West?
• the Buffalo
Question 12
• Who founded (started) the Church of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons)?
• Joseph Smith
Question 13
• What industry, which grew greatly during the Civil War, became the standard for American industrialism?
• the railroads
Question 14• 14. Though the most successful
industrialist insisted that the marketplace rule the economy and not government intervention through regulations, what the reality of their actions regarding free enterprise?
• They sought to take unfair or dishonest advantage of competitors, such as bribing officials and/or companies.
Question 15
• Social Darwinism is the application of Charles Darwin=s theories of evolution to the condition of human beings. What phrase would best describe the philosophy?
• Survival of the fittest
Question 16
• What are some major contributing factors to the growth of the federal government since its inception?
• The growth of industry, the rebellion of the Confederacy, and the rebuilding of the South after
the Civil War.
Question 17
• Definition: On May 4, 1886, workmen in Chicago gathered to protest police conduct during a strike at a factory of the McCormick Company.
• Haymarket Affair
Question 18
• Definition: An Apache leader who resisted white incursions until his capture in 1886.
• Geronimo
Chapter 18
Question 19
• The American Protective Association founded in 1887 was created to “protect” America from what?
• Catholics
Question 20
• Definition: This legislation was passed in 1890 to curb the growth of large monopolistic corporations.
• Sherman Antitrust Act
Question 21
• Definition: Pioneer of settlement houses in Chicago and a major reform leader.
• Jane Addams
Question 22
• Definition: This group led to the emergence of the Populist party.
• National Farmers Alliance
Question 23
• Definition: The last major chapter in the Indian wars, it was fought on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
• Battle of Wounded Knee