Midterm Review
Sectionalism means:
ANSWER: Excessive concern or interest for one region over anotherto the extent it harms the whole
The first and last capitals of Arizona are
ANSWER: Prescott – firstPhoenix - last
The motto for Arizona is:
ANSWER: Ditat Deus (God Enriches)
The most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad was:
ANSWER:
Harriett Tubman
Who wrote the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?
ANSWER:
Harriett Beecher Stowe
BONUS QUESTION
1.Maine became a free state
2.Missouri became a slave state
3.No states or territories above the 36.30 parallel (except Missouri) could have slaves.
What 3 things happened because of the Missouri
Compromise?
What branch of government decided slaves were only property AND what was the name of the case?
ANSWER:
Supreme Court in the Dred
Scott decision
Who gets the credit for inventing the light bulb?
ANSWER: Thomas Edison
Who published the abolitionist newspaper “The Liberator”?
ANSWER:
William Lloyd Garrison
Once the cities got too crowded, how did buildings change?
ANSWER: Vertical
construction of skyscrapers
What did Henry Ford invent that made it easier to make products for the public?
ANSWER: Moving assembly
line
California was admitted as a free state because of what compromise?
ANSWER:
Compromise of 1850
What did Abraham Lincoln feel was the highest priority in the civil war?
ANSWER:
Saving the Union
What was the battle that started the civil war?
ANSWER:
Fort Sumter
What was the first state to secede from the union?
ANSWER:
South Carolina
During the Civil War, the North was known as the ___________ and the South was known as the ___________.
ANSWER:
Union, Confederacy
What was the “March to the Sea”?
ANSWER: A plan by Gen’l
William T Sherman to march thousands of
troops through Georgia and take the city of
Savannah
The first ground battle at Bull Run was significant because
ANSWER: It revealed this was
an actual war and not just simple
disagreement
The climate in southern Arizona is:
ANSWER:
Arid
The Northern hero of the Fall of New Orleans was:
ANSWER:
Admiral David Farragut
The head general of the South was _______________ and of the North was ______________.
ANSWER: Robert E. Lee /
Ulysses S. Grant
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied …by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” This is the:
ANSWER:
15th Amendment
Which amendment defined citizenship and gave equal rights to all men in America?
ANSWER:
14th Amendment
What were black codes/Jim Crow Laws?
ANSWER:
Local laws designed to keep blacks under the control of whites
What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?
ANSWER:
Overturned slavery
The group which used violence to intimidate African-Americans was:
ANSWER:
The KKK
What kind of warfare did General Sherman use in his campaign through the South?
ANSWER: Total War
Why did General Lee surrender his troops to General Grant?
ANSWER: They were
surrounded by Union forces (at
Petersburg)
What was the name of the town where General Lee surrendered the Southern army to General Grant?
ANSWER: Appomattox Court
House
What is the date when Arizona became a state?
ANSWER: February 14, 1912
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
ANSWER:
John Wilkes Booth
What is cotton diplomacy?
ANSWER: The belief that Great Britain would help the South in the war because they needed the cotton.
Which battle had the bloodiest day in the Civil War?
ANSWER: The Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg)
BONUS QUESTION
ANSWER: Constitutional protection from unlawful imprisonment
What is habeas corpus?
What are copperheads?
ANSWER: People in the North who objected to the war
What speech did Lincoln give that inspired equality and liberty for all ?
ANSWER:
The Gettysburg Address
What was the name of the African-American infantry who fought so bravely at Fort Wagner?
ANSWER: The 54th
Massachusetts
What is the name of the president of the Confederate states of America?
ANSWER:
Jefferson Davis
What was the emancipation proclamation and what did it do?
ANSWER: An executive order by Lincoln that set slaves free in the rebel states.
What city did Sherman offer Lincoln as a “Christmas Present,” meaning he had defeated it?
ANSWER:
Savannah, Georgia
What was the result of Plessy v. Ferguson?
ANSWER:
Segregation became legal
What is segregation?
ANSWER: Segregation is
separating groups of people by race or ethnic groups
The process in which a person would pay the rent on his land by giving up 1/3 of his crops was:
ANSWER:
Sharecropping
The problem with sharecropping was:
ANSWER:
It kept the sharecroppers poor
and often in the same conditions as
slavery.
What were black codes/Jim Crow Laws?
ANSWER:
Local laws designed to keep blacks under the control of whites
Who invented the telephone?ANSWER:
Alexander Graham Bell
What is a labor union?
ANSWER: An organization
(usually made up of workers) working to
improve wages & working conditions.
Why were Labor Unions difficult to create? ANSWER:
Employers didn’t like them and resisted
them
What is the difference between “New” and “Old” immigrants?ANSWER: New immigrants (late
1800’s) were culturally deferent than the old
immigrants (mid 1800’s)
Why did Labor Unions oppose immigration? ANSWER:
They feared immigrants would take
all the jobs from the current Americans
Why was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 passed?
ANSWER: Many Americans
worried that Chinese immigrants
were hurting the economy.
What is horizontal integration?
ANSWER: Owning all the businesses in a
certain field
BONUS QUESTION
ANSWER: A process of negotiating where employees work together with their labor unions to get what they want from their employer.
What is collective
bargaining?
What is vertical integration?
ANSWER: Owning all the
steps in the production process
What is the process called that purifies steel?
ANSWER: Bessemer Process
How did the labor force change during the Industrial Revolution?
ANSWER: Skilled workers were replaced by unskilled
workers
What industry grew rapidly because steel could be mass-produced?
ANSWER: Railroads
Who discovered a way to mass-produce steel?
ANSWER: Andrew Carnegie
Who became the richest man in America after owning 90% of the oil industry?
ANSWER:
John D. Rockefeller
What are tenements?
ANSWER: Small, cheaply built
apartment buildings where
many immigrants lived.
What was the leading cause of death among soldiers in the war?
ANSWER:
Disease
The name of the processing center where 2/3 of all immigrants were processed was:
ANSWER:
Ellis Island