Us History Semester 1 Final Exam

Who spoke out against the acquisition of the Southwest following the Mexican-American War?

Who became president after the 1876 presidential election?

As Union soldiers marched into Richmond in 1865, General Lee's army

Which two political parties did Abraham Lincoln join?

Americans who supported Manifest Destiny primarily believed that the United States should

The Emancipation Proclamation freed

During the Civil War, African American military units

Who sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

Congress disapproved of President Johnson's attempt to fire Secretary of War

In the 1840s, the United States and Mexico fought over

The Republicans selected Abraham Lincoln as their presidential candidate even though

The outcome of the Second Battle of Bull Run

After the Civil War, newly-freed African Americans had to

What was the main reason why many white Southerners hoped to become slave owners?

What was a purpose of the Compromise of 1850?

American Indians who lived in the West

During the mid-1800s, the greatest danger to American Indians in the West was

American exceptionalism can best be defined as the belief that

In the mid-1800s, about how far could pioneers travel on a good day?

In the mid-1800s, travelers faced a high risk of attack by Apache and Comanche groups on

Which of the following challenges did travelers on the Oregon Trail often face in the mid-1800s?

Which of the following statements best describes the journey westward in the mid-1800s?

Pioneers who crossed the western mountains in the mid-1800s were threatened by

Which of the following statements describes a consequence of gold and silver mining that affected American Indians in the mid-1800s?

Which of the following best describes nativism during the 1800s?

By 1850, in the largest northern cities such as New York and Boston,

Why did the Know-Nothing Party want to prevent immigrants from voting?

What was a major pull factor that brought immigrants to the United States between 1830 and 1850?

Who helped develop the concept of interchangeable parts in 1798?

Which statement best describes the use of interchangeable parts in manufacturing during the 1800s?

The First Great Awakening in the American colonies

In the late 1600s, the change by the British government in enforcing colonial rules was called

The Half-Way Covenant adopted by Puritans in 1662

An unexpected result of British salutary neglect was that

Puritan communities in New England in the 1600s believed that all children should learn to read and write so they could

Puritans moved to America in the 1600s because

Puritan communities in New England during the 1600s emphasized

By the early 1700s, religious influence in the American colonies had

As a result of changes in British policy during the late 1600s, the American colonies

How did the First Great Awakening affect attitudes toward religion in the colonies during the early 1700s?

In 1735, the trial of Peter Zenger in the colony of New York established

How were people in the middle colonies different from those in the New England and southern colonies?

Which New England colony had a governor who was not appointed by the King of England?

During the First Great Awakening, several educational centers and universities were founded to

How did hunger strikes by enslaved Africans affect slaveholders during the Middle Passage?

How did slavery in the Americas affect African society?

How did transatlantic slavery most affect the population of Africa?

Which of the following events during the 1600s and 1700s led to the development of slavery in the Caribbean?

To protest their treatment on slave ships, some enslaved people

In the 1600s and 1700s, Europeans established themselves in the West Indies to

How did the writings of Olaudah Equiano affect the slave trade?

To keep up with European demand, how did African slave traders enslave people?

"The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us." A conclusion that can be drawn about slave ships from this description is that passengers

Conditions on slave ships caused

Slavery in the Americas

Ships used during the Middle Passage were