The Study Guide for the Final Exam for US History    

Clue: Use your online textbook, Google, ChaCha, or come in early to 2-212 on Tuesday for help studying.             

Directions: Use the Answer Sheet to bubble in the correct answers to the following questions:

Part One: Back to the Revolution. On the Answer Sheet, match ‘em by bubbling in the correct response:

a. Boston Massacre            b. French and Indian War        c. Boston Tea Party

d. Stamp Act                         e. Lexington and Concord        f. Intolerable Acts

 

1.       It was called the Seven Years War in Europe.

2.       March 5, 1770, five colonists left dead.

3.       December 16, 1773, Mohawks terrorize Griffin’s Wharf.

4.       “The Shot Heard ‘round the World.”

5.       The morning of April 19, 1775

Part Two: On the Answer Sheet, bubble in the most correct answer(s) for each question below:

I.  In 1584, Sir Walter Raleigh, with the backing of Queen Elizabeth I, decided to try to make a colony in North America. That colony was called

a Plymouth                            b New Salem                       c Roanoke                            d Jamestown

2. The bloodiest day (over 23,000 dead) in US History was September 17, 1862, the battle?
a Gettysburg                         b Cold Harbor
c Vicksburg                           d Antietam

3. Which side did Robert E. Lee fight for in the US Civil War aka War of Northern Agression?
a South          b North          c CSA          d Both a and c but not b   


4. The first major battle (not counting Ft. Sumter) of the Civil War occurred at Manassas, Virginia.
a False - It was at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
b True - At the northern end of Virginia on a Creek called Bull Run

5. July 1--3, 1863. Pennsylvania was the state, what was the battle?
a Bull Run             b Bunker Hill         c Gettysburg        d Cold Harbor                     

6. US Grant became the commander of all the troops for which side in the Civil War?
a North (USA or Union)                      b South (CSA)       c Border States      d   both b and c

7. "So this is the little woman that started this great war." Lincoln was referring to...
a Henrietta B. Stone                            b Clara Barton
c Clara Harris                       d Harriet Beecher Stowe

8. The crop that made slavery so important to the southern plantation economy was...
a Tobacco             b Indigo
c Wheat                 d King Cotton

9. Is this statement true or false? The Civil War essentially ended slavery in the U.S..
a False--Slavery continued for quite some time, only ending with Amendments 13, 14, and 15 in the 1950s.
b True—Although the share cropping, Jim Crow Laws, and widespread racism made it tough on the Freedmen.

10. Something different: Manifest Destiny meant:
a Slavery was a good thing because it helped the economy.
b From Latin, it quite literally means “out of many, one.”
c Slavery was a bad thing because in the US everyone is free.
d The US was supposed to stretch from sea to shining sea.

11. What was the first state to secede from the Union?
a South Carolina                 b Alabama                            c Texas                  d Virginia               e. Florida

12. In 1864 he marched his men to the sea, and totally destroyed a 60 mile wide path through the heart of the South. He was...
a US Grant                            b Robert E. Lee
c William T. Sherman         d George McClellan

13. The battle waged by Isabella and Ferdinand against the Semetic peoples of Spain, resulting in the expulsion of the Moors and Jews from that country, ended in 1491. It was called the

a  Protestant Reformation.                                b  Reconquista.       c  Spanish Inquisition.      d Torquemada.

14. This guy shot President Lincoln (who was watching Our American Cousin) at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865:
a John Wilkes Booth           b Lee Harvey Oswald   c Mark David Chapman            d George McClellan

15. Why did Robert E. Lee resign from the United States Army?
a He left for promotion with the Confederacy.        b He took an oath at West Point.
c He was a friend of Jefferson Davis.                      d He could not fight against Virginia, his home state.

16. Arlington National Cemetery is in his backyard:
a US Grant            b Ulysses Hiram Grant      c Robert E. Lee                    d John Fitzgerald Kennedy

17. Lincoln's name did not even appear on ballots in how many Southern states?
a 5                          b l0                         c 8                           d 7

18. In March, 1862 naval history was made when these two ships met off the coast of Hampton Roads:
a Monitor and Merrimac                     b Monitor and the Lousitania
c Monitor and Anaconda                    d Monitor and Sussex

19. The plan to blockade all Southern ports and economically strangle the Southern economy during the Civil War was called:
a The Python Plan                               b The Anacostia Plan
c The Anaconda Plan                         d The Antecedent Plan

20. Where did the South surrender to the North at the end of the Civil War on April 9, 1865:
a Shiloh                                                 b Vicksburg                                        c Appomattox Courthouse                    d Winchester

21. After Lincoln was shot to death, who became president?
a Lyndon Johnson              b Andrew Johnson                                           c Samuel Johnson d Randy Johnson

22. Cahokia, the largest city on the Mississippi until recent times, was located near present-day ____. The Cahokians flourished until the arrival of the Europeans.

a Cleveland          b St. Louis     c Chicago     d Phoenix

23. Jumping ahead: Who is the current vice president?
a   Dick Haney      b   Dick Chainy     c  Dick Cheney     d Joe Biden

24. The Stars and Bars is the...
a nickname for the battle flag of the CSA.       b nickname for the battle flag of the Union.

25. Now for something completely different: 1588
a Norman Conquest           b Jamestown settled          c Boston Massacre             d Spanish Armada

26. Now for something even more completely different: Jamestown was settled in:
a 1521                   b 1517                   c 1607                    d 1763

27. Now for something completely different from the last thing that was completely different: JFK was riding down Elm St. in a Lincoln when it is alleged he was shot three times, once in the head, and died at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. Who killed him?
a James Earl Ray                                b John Wilkes Booth           c Lee Harvey Oswald          d Mark David Chapman

28. How many people died in the American Civil War?
a 266,000              b 223,500              c 758,000              d 622,000

29. "December 7, 1941...
a ...is a day that will always be remembered."              b ...is a day that will live forever."
c ... is the day before December 8, 1941."                      d ... is a day that will live in infamy."

30. "Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers..." is the beginning of one of the most famous speeches in American history. We know this as...
a The Preamble                                                   b FDR's Pearl Harbor Radio Address                            
c Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address           d The Gettysburg Address

31. The president that made the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan (August 6, 1945) was...
a Franklin Roosevelt                           b Dwight David Eisenhower
c Harry S Truman                                                d Woodrow Wilson

32. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 led to…
a. The Civil War.                   B. The creation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
c. the mobilization of antislavery groups throughout the North.                 D. a and b and c are all correct.

33. The Holocaust...
a  was part of Hitler's Final Solution.               b was carried out in some 300 concentration camps.
c killed almost 12 million people.                    d All of the above.

34. The movie Gone with the Wind is set in...
a The South during the Civil War.       b. The Alps          c Nazi German      d  The North during the Civil War.

35. Those that don't study and learn from history are...
a   doomed to repeat it.
b   called idiots by their friends.
c   born to rich and powerful parents.
d   probably not very intelligent.

36. Draw a map of "Sherman's March to the Sea."

37. Draw a map of the Mississippi River and her two largest tributaries.

38. The pamphlet advocating complete independence for the colonies entitled "Common Sense" was written by  which of the following

a. John Rolfe                        b. Thomas Paine                                 c. Benedict Arnold               d. Thomas Jefferson

39. The French openly supported the American revolutionaries only after the American victory at ...

a. Saratoga           b.. Yorktown          c. Monmouth         d. Brandywine      e. Valley Forge

40. Which Revolutionary War engagement took place last?

a. Trenton              b. Saratoga           c. Yorktown           d. Bunker Hill        e. Brooklyn Heights

41. The Revolutionary War virtually ended in 1781 when Cornwallis surrendered the British forces at a village in southeastern Virginia named ...

a. Dover                 b. Concord            c. Yorktown           d. Richmond         e. Annapolis 

42. Francis Marion's activities during the American Revolution were mostly in which future state?

a. Florida               b. Virginia              c. New York           d. Pennsylvania                   e. South Carolina

43. Who was the English monarch when American patriots dumped British tea into Boston Harbor?

a. Arthur                 b. Victoria              c. George III          d. Henry VIII           e. Elizabeth

44. The British king hired thousands of Hessian mercenaries to fight in America during the Revolutionary War. These mercenaries were from ...

a. Spain                                 b. Russia              c. Germany           d. northern Africa                                 e. Scandinavian countries

45.  “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…” This passage is from:

a. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address                      b The Constitution              
c The Declaration of Independence                                d Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

 

Part Three

1. Which of the following statements can be made using just the information provided in the circle graphs?

a.	There were more white people in the North than in the South in 1860.
b.	There were more African American people in the North than in the South in 1860.
c.	There was a higher percentage of white people in the North than in the South in 1860.
d.	There was a higher percentage of African American people in the North than in the South in 1860.

 

 

____          13.

 How much did the percentage of people living in urban areas increase from 1830 to 1860?

a.	nine percent	c.	fifteen percent
b.	eleven percent	d.	twenty percent

 

 

____          14.

 In 1850, which two states produced the fewest bales of cotton?

a.	Mississippi & Georgia	c.	Virginia & Florida
b.	Tennessee & Florida	d.	South Carolina & Tennessee

 

 

____          15.

 Based on the graph, which of the following statements is correct?

a.	In 1840, there were more miles of railroad track in the North than in the South.
b.	In 1850, there were more miles of railroad track in the North than in the South.
c.	In 1860, there were more miles of railroad track in the North than in the South.
d.	all of the above

 

 

____          16. Which writer wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

a.	Washington Irving	c.	Edgar Allan Poe
b.	Herman Melville	d.	Charles Finney

 

 

____          17. What movement called for drinking little or no alcohol?

a.	Transcendentalist	c.	temperance
b.	utopia communities	d.	reformers

 

 

____          18. Who wrote seemingly simple, deeply personal poems?

a.	Edgar Allan Poe	c.	Emily Dickinson
b.	Herman Melville	d.	Maria Mitchell

 

 

____          19. The network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people was the

a.	Escape Network.	c.	Underground Railroad.
b.	Slave Network.	d.	Southern Escape Route.

 

 

“America is more our country than it is the whites’—we have enriched it with our blood and tears.” –David Walker

____          20. As a leading writer, with which group of abolitionists did Walker play a major role?

a.	Native Americans	c.	radical Southern whites
b.	free African Americans	d.	New England transcendentalists

 

 

“. . . That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm. I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man—when I could get it—and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? . . .” –Sojourner Truth, Speech to the Ohio Women’s Convention, 1851

 

____          21. The quotation upholds the idea that _____.

a.	women are more capable than men and deserve better treatment
b.	women are as capable as men and should be treated equally
c.	men need to understand how to treat women more fairly
d.	men should learn to help out women more

 

 

 

____          22. In general, in which direction did Underground Railroad routes travel?

a.	north	c.	east
b.	south	d.	west

 

 

 

____          23. Based on the time line, which three states adopted woman suffrage in 1910–1918?

a.	Wyoming, Colorado, Utah	c.	Washington, Michigan, Kansas
b.	Colorado, Utah, Kansas	d.	Washington, Kansas, Tennessee

 

 

 

____          24. How many freed African Americans settled in Liberia in 1822–1865?

a.	5 percent	c.	1822–1865
b.	12 percent	d.	12,000–15,000

 

 

____          25. Which party endorsed the Wilmot Proviso?

a.	Whig	c.	Democratic
b.	Free-Soil	d.	Republican

 

 

____          26. Enforcement of the Fugitive Act (1850) led to

a.	compromise.	c.	recognition of Southerners' rights.
b.	more anger in the North.	d.	an end to the struggle.

 

 

____          27. The main topic of the Lincoln–Douglas debates was

a.	Western territories.	c.	slavery.
b.	war with Mexico.	d.	the economy.

 

 

____          28. In 1861, Southerners justified secession with the theory of

a.	constitutional rights.	c.	the Union's errors.
b.	federal rights.	d.	states' rights.

 

 

____          29. The 1860 presidential candidate whose name did not appear on the ballot in most Southern states was

a.	Abraham Lincoln.	c.	John Bell.
b.	John Breckinridge.	d.	Stephen A. Douglas.

 

 

____          30. Who was the senator from Kentucky who tried to save the Union by proposing a last-minute compromise?

a.	John Calhoun	c.	Henry Clay
b.	John Bell	d.	John Crittenden

 

 

 

“The deed is done. The . . . chains of slavery are forged for [many] yet unborn. Humble yourselves in the dust, ye high-minded citizens of Connecticut. Let your cheeks be red as crimson. On your representatives rests the stigma of this foul disgrace.” –from a Connecticut newspaper, 1820

____          31. These strong words of criticism were a response to members of Congress who had helped pass the _____.

a.	Missouri Compromise	c.	Fugitive Slave Laws
b.	Wilmot Proviso	d.	Alien and Sedition Acts

 

 

 

“It was a sense of the wrongs which we have suffered that prompted that noble but unfortunate Captain Brown and his associates to attempt to give freedom to a small number, at least, of those who are now held by cruel and unjust laws, and by no less cruel and unjust men. . . . I fully believe that not only myself, but also all three of my poor comrades who are to ascend the same scaffold (a scaffold already made sacred to the cause of freedom by the death of that great champion of human freedom, Captain John Brown), are prepared to meet our God.” –John Copeland, black man in John Brown’s group, letter to his brother

 

____          32. The writer of this passage, along with many others, felt that John Brown was _____.

a.	a dangerous rebel	c.	a great hero
b.	a misguided person	d.	an ineffective leader

 

 

 

“As a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to the remedy of separation, and henceforth our energies must be directed to the conduct of our own affairs, . . . If a just perception of mutual interest shall permit us peaceably to pursue our separate political career my most earnest desire will have been fulfilled. But if this be denied to us . . . [we will be forced] to appeal to arms. . . .” –February 18, 1861

 

____          33. This statement of separation is a quotation from _____.

a.	Abraham Lincoln’s Inaugural Address
b.	John Brown’s Harper’s Ferry speech
c.	Jefferson Davis’s Inaugural Address
d.	Robert E. Lee’s letter to his wife

 

 

 

“Physically speaking, we can not separate. We can not remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country can not do this. . . . “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.” –March 4, 1861

 

____          34. Who made this statement about secession?

a.	Abraham Lincoln	c.	John C. Calhoun
b.	Jefferson Davis	d.	Robert E. Lee

 

 

 

____          35.

 What event occurred in the United States in the same year that Alexander II freed the serfs in Russia?

a.	Raid on Harpers Ferry	c.	Civil War begins
b.	Lincoln elected president	d.	French troops occupy Mexico City

 

 

 

____          36. Based on the information, which of the following regions of the country was predominately Republican?

a.	Deep South	c.	Southeast
b.	Northeast	d.	Non-voting territories

 

 

 

____          37.

 In which of the following years was Henry Clay not elected to the senate?

a.	1806	c.	1831
b.	1811	d.	1849

 

 

 

____          38. In the 1860 presidential election, which candidate received the fewest electoral votes?

a.	Douglas	c.	Bell
b.	Breckinridge	d.	Lincoln

 

 

____          39. Abraham Lincoln caused four states to join the Confederacy by

a.	declaring war.	c.	emancipating the enslaved people.
b.	firing on Fort Sumter.	d.	calling for troops.

 

 

____          40. What Confederate capital was only about 100 miles from Washington, D.C.?

a.	Richmond, Virginia	c.	Atlanta, Georgia
b.	Lexington, Kentucky	d.	Baltimore, Maryland

 

 

____          41. What battle was named after a small church?

a.	Shiloh	c.	Vicksburg
b.	Gettysburg	d.	Atlanta

 

 

____          42. African Americans in the North greeted the Emancipation Proclamation

a.	regretfully.	c.	angrily.
b.	joyfully.	d.	sadly.

 

 

____          43. William Tecumseh Sherman's "march to the sea" headed toward

a.	Charleston, South Carolina.	c.	Savannah, Georgia.
b.	Richmond, Virginia.	d.	Baltimore, Maryland.

 

 

____          44. In the Civil War, for the first time, thousands of women served as

a.	soldiers.	c.	generals.
b.	spies.	d.	nurses.

 

 

____          45. "Peace Democrats" became known as

a.	War Hawks.	c.	Copperheads.
b.	Rebels.	d.	Radicals.

 

 

____          46. In 1861, 48 Virginia counties organized themselves as a separate state called

a.	Maryland.	c.	West Virginia.
b.	Delaware.	d.	East Virginia.

 

 

____          47. General P.G.T. Beauregard fought against General Irvin McDowell at

a.	Shiloh.	c.	the First Battle of Bull Run.
b.	Gettysburg.	d.	the Second Battle of Bull Run.

 

 

 

 

“. . . I need not tell the brave survivors of so many hardfought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to the result from no distrust of them. But, feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that may have attended the continuance of the contest, I determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen. . . .” –General Robert E. Lee, last order to his troops, April 9, 1865

 

 

____          48. Which statement best describes why Lee is surrendering?

a.	Further fighting could not accomplish anything useful and losses would be heavy.
b.	Lee was tired of fighting and the Confederate armies had suffered very heavy losses.
c.	The Confederate armies were weary and would not continue to fight any more.
d.	Ammunition and other supplies for the Confederate troops had run out and could not be replaced.

 

 

 

____          49. When was Manassas, or Bull Run, fought?

a.	August 29–30, 1862	c.	April 12–14, 1861
b.	July 21, 1861	d.	September 17, 1862

 

 

 

____          50. The Turning Points map above shows more of which of the following battle results?

a.	Union victories	c.	indecisive battles
b.	Confederate victories	d.	none of the above

 

 

 

 

The Essay Question:

Use the back of the ANSWER SHEET to answer this question. Use multiple paragraphs and please restate the question in the opening paragraph. Neatness will count. Use evidence to support your answer. Proofread your response.

 

If the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 had never become law the Civil War could have been averted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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