2024 US HISTORY 101
STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Jim Crow Laws - CORRECT ANSWERS-imposed a system of state-supported
segregation
After Reconstruction, political power under southern "redeemers" - CORRECT
ANSWERS-was very often restricted and conservative
In the 1890s, the black journalist Ida B. Wells devoted her writing to
attacking - CORRECT ANSWERS-the crime of lynching
The industrial revolution in the United States - CORRECT ANSWERS-created a
widening gap between the north and south
The Puritan founders of the Massachusetts Bay colony - CORRECT ANSWERS-
were intent on building a model community
The nation emerged from its second war with England - CORRECT ANSWERS-
better prepared to settle its western territories
As a supporter of land operations, the Union naval presence was particularly
important on the - CORRECT ANSWERS-western rivers
The United States Sanitary Commision - CORRECT ANSWERS-Helped turn
nursing into a female-dominated profession
Between 1861 and 1864, the cost of goods in the Confederacy rose by -
CORRECT ANSWERS-9000 percent
General Ulysses S. Grant - CORRECT ANSWERS-Thought the main Union
effort should target enemy armies and resources
At the start of the Civil War, the - CORRECT ANSWERS-North had more
advanced industrial and transportation systems
In 1865, Southern whites defined "freedom" as - CORRECT ANSWERS-
controlling their future without Northern interference.
, At the end of the civil war, the number of slaves emerged from bondage was
- CORRECT ANSWERS-about 3.5 million
In the South, the crop-lien system along with the burdensome credit system -
CORRECT ANSWERS-encouraged the planting of cash crops
After the civil war, the most poor rural Southerners relied on credit from -
CORRECT ANSWERS-country stores
The Panic of 1873 - CORRECT ANSWERS-was the nation's worst economic
depression to that time.
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln - CORRECT ANSWERS-
involved a larger conspiracy to kill other members of the administration.
During the Johnson administration, the United States acquired - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Alaska
During Reconstruction, there was a dramatic improvement in Southern -
CORRECT ANSWERS-education
The Freedmen's Bureau - CORRECT ANSWERS-distributed food to millions of
former slaves
As President, Rutherford B. Hayes - CORRECT ANSWERS-Promised to serve
only one term
Schuyler Colfax, Grant's vice president, - CORRECT ANSWERS-was involved
in a stock-fixing scandal.
Which of the following statements about the end of Reconstruction is
accurate? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Many white Southern leaders sympathized
with Republican economic policies in the South but could not publicly support
them
As Republicans planned for Reconstruction, - CORRECT ANSWERS-Radicals
sought a range of punishments for white Southerners.
In the South during the last twenty years of the nineteenth century, -
CORRECT ANSWERS-the southern share of national manufacturing doubled
By the 1890s, voting percentages in the south had - CORRECT ANSWERS-
decreased for both blacks and whites
STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Jim Crow Laws - CORRECT ANSWERS-imposed a system of state-supported
segregation
After Reconstruction, political power under southern "redeemers" - CORRECT
ANSWERS-was very often restricted and conservative
In the 1890s, the black journalist Ida B. Wells devoted her writing to
attacking - CORRECT ANSWERS-the crime of lynching
The industrial revolution in the United States - CORRECT ANSWERS-created a
widening gap between the north and south
The Puritan founders of the Massachusetts Bay colony - CORRECT ANSWERS-
were intent on building a model community
The nation emerged from its second war with England - CORRECT ANSWERS-
better prepared to settle its western territories
As a supporter of land operations, the Union naval presence was particularly
important on the - CORRECT ANSWERS-western rivers
The United States Sanitary Commision - CORRECT ANSWERS-Helped turn
nursing into a female-dominated profession
Between 1861 and 1864, the cost of goods in the Confederacy rose by -
CORRECT ANSWERS-9000 percent
General Ulysses S. Grant - CORRECT ANSWERS-Thought the main Union
effort should target enemy armies and resources
At the start of the Civil War, the - CORRECT ANSWERS-North had more
advanced industrial and transportation systems
In 1865, Southern whites defined "freedom" as - CORRECT ANSWERS-
controlling their future without Northern interference.
, At the end of the civil war, the number of slaves emerged from bondage was
- CORRECT ANSWERS-about 3.5 million
In the South, the crop-lien system along with the burdensome credit system -
CORRECT ANSWERS-encouraged the planting of cash crops
After the civil war, the most poor rural Southerners relied on credit from -
CORRECT ANSWERS-country stores
The Panic of 1873 - CORRECT ANSWERS-was the nation's worst economic
depression to that time.
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln - CORRECT ANSWERS-
involved a larger conspiracy to kill other members of the administration.
During the Johnson administration, the United States acquired - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Alaska
During Reconstruction, there was a dramatic improvement in Southern -
CORRECT ANSWERS-education
The Freedmen's Bureau - CORRECT ANSWERS-distributed food to millions of
former slaves
As President, Rutherford B. Hayes - CORRECT ANSWERS-Promised to serve
only one term
Schuyler Colfax, Grant's vice president, - CORRECT ANSWERS-was involved
in a stock-fixing scandal.
Which of the following statements about the end of Reconstruction is
accurate? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Many white Southern leaders sympathized
with Republican economic policies in the South but could not publicly support
them
As Republicans planned for Reconstruction, - CORRECT ANSWERS-Radicals
sought a range of punishments for white Southerners.
In the South during the last twenty years of the nineteenth century, -
CORRECT ANSWERS-the southern share of national manufacturing doubled
By the 1890s, voting percentages in the south had - CORRECT ANSWERS-
decreased for both blacks and whites
