DC US HISTORY FINAL EXAM REVIEW
100% CORRECT.
What happened on the evening of April 14, 1865? - ANSWERSAbraham Lincoln visited
Richmond
How was the Fourteenth Amendment, in the context of the times, a truly radical
measure? - ANSWERSNever before had newly freed slaves been granted significant
political rights
Who were the "scalawags"? - ANSWERSSoutherners willing to cooperate with the
Republicans because they accepted the results of the war and wished to advance their
own interests
Who were the "carpetbaggers"? - ANSWERSNortherners who went to the South as
idealists to help the freed slaves as freed slaves as employees of the federal
government, or more commonly as settlers hoping to improve themselves
What were some of the facets of the Force Acts? - ANSWERSPlaced elections under
federal jurisdiction and imposed fines and prison sentences on persons convicted of
interfering with any citizens exercise of the franchise
How did the Klan contribute substantially to the destruction of Radical regimes in the
South? - ANSWERSIt's depredations weakened the will of white Republicans
What was the major significance of the "Compromise of 1877"? - ANSWERSIt was not
honored in every detail
How had the horse effected the cultures of the Native Americans? - ANSWERSIndians
could run down buffalo, move more easily over the country and fight more effectively,
too.
What were the modern weapons adopted from the white by the Indians? -
ANSWERSCavalry sword, and the rifle
But, how did these two modern weapons adopted by the Indians cause problems? -
ANSWERSThe buffalo herds began to diminish, and warfare became bloodier and more
frequent.
What was the "Chivington Massacre" in 1864? - ANSWERSThe "foulest and most
unjustifiable crime in the annals of Americans"
, What was the new strategy tried by the government in 1867? - ANSWERSThe
"concentration" policy had evidently not gone far enough
What was chiefly responsible for the slackening of fighting after "Custer's Last Stand"? -
ANSWERSThe building of transcontinental railroads and the destruction of the buffalo
What was invented in 1874 by Joseph F. Glidden? - ANSWERSBarbed wire
What were the "settlement houses"? - ANSWERSCommunity centers located in poor
districts that provided guidance and services
Where did the settlement house workers live, who were they, and what types of work
did they do? - ANSWERSMost of the them idealistic, well-to-do young people, lived in
the houses and were active in neighborhood affairs
List some of the names of the "settlement houses" that had opened by the beginning of
the 1900's. - ANSWERSJane Addam's Hell House in Chicago (1889), Robert A.
Woods's South and House in Boston (1892), and Lillian Wald's Henry Street Settlement
in New York (1893)
What were most city machines? - ANSWERSLoose-knit neighborhood organizations
What had happened by the 1880's? - ANSWERSThousands of miles of the new fencing
had been strung across the plains, often across rods and in a few cases around entire
communities
What was Henry George's publication, 'Progress and Poverty'? - ANSWERSA best-
seller
What did Edward Bellamy's book, 'Looking Backward', describe? - ANSWERSA future
America that was completely socialized all economic activity carefully planned
What did Henry Demarest Lloyd's work, 'Wealth Against Commonwealth', denounce? -
ANSWERSThe Standard Oil Company
When, where and by whom was the Knights of Labor founded? - ANSWERS1869,
Philadelphia , by a group of garment workers headed by Uriah S. Stephens
What actions of the union brought in recruits by the thousands between 1882 and
1886? - ANSWERSSuccessful strikes by local "assemblies" against western railroads ,
including one against the hated Jay Gould's Missouri Pacific
What did many of the "older" Americans conclude concerning the new immigrants? -
ANSWERSThey were mostly peasants
What did the Social Darwinists and people obsessed with pseudoscientific ideas about
"racial purity" believe? - ANSWERSThey found the new immigration alarming
100% CORRECT.
What happened on the evening of April 14, 1865? - ANSWERSAbraham Lincoln visited
Richmond
How was the Fourteenth Amendment, in the context of the times, a truly radical
measure? - ANSWERSNever before had newly freed slaves been granted significant
political rights
Who were the "scalawags"? - ANSWERSSoutherners willing to cooperate with the
Republicans because they accepted the results of the war and wished to advance their
own interests
Who were the "carpetbaggers"? - ANSWERSNortherners who went to the South as
idealists to help the freed slaves as freed slaves as employees of the federal
government, or more commonly as settlers hoping to improve themselves
What were some of the facets of the Force Acts? - ANSWERSPlaced elections under
federal jurisdiction and imposed fines and prison sentences on persons convicted of
interfering with any citizens exercise of the franchise
How did the Klan contribute substantially to the destruction of Radical regimes in the
South? - ANSWERSIt's depredations weakened the will of white Republicans
What was the major significance of the "Compromise of 1877"? - ANSWERSIt was not
honored in every detail
How had the horse effected the cultures of the Native Americans? - ANSWERSIndians
could run down buffalo, move more easily over the country and fight more effectively,
too.
What were the modern weapons adopted from the white by the Indians? -
ANSWERSCavalry sword, and the rifle
But, how did these two modern weapons adopted by the Indians cause problems? -
ANSWERSThe buffalo herds began to diminish, and warfare became bloodier and more
frequent.
What was the "Chivington Massacre" in 1864? - ANSWERSThe "foulest and most
unjustifiable crime in the annals of Americans"
, What was the new strategy tried by the government in 1867? - ANSWERSThe
"concentration" policy had evidently not gone far enough
What was chiefly responsible for the slackening of fighting after "Custer's Last Stand"? -
ANSWERSThe building of transcontinental railroads and the destruction of the buffalo
What was invented in 1874 by Joseph F. Glidden? - ANSWERSBarbed wire
What were the "settlement houses"? - ANSWERSCommunity centers located in poor
districts that provided guidance and services
Where did the settlement house workers live, who were they, and what types of work
did they do? - ANSWERSMost of the them idealistic, well-to-do young people, lived in
the houses and were active in neighborhood affairs
List some of the names of the "settlement houses" that had opened by the beginning of
the 1900's. - ANSWERSJane Addam's Hell House in Chicago (1889), Robert A.
Woods's South and House in Boston (1892), and Lillian Wald's Henry Street Settlement
in New York (1893)
What were most city machines? - ANSWERSLoose-knit neighborhood organizations
What had happened by the 1880's? - ANSWERSThousands of miles of the new fencing
had been strung across the plains, often across rods and in a few cases around entire
communities
What was Henry George's publication, 'Progress and Poverty'? - ANSWERSA best-
seller
What did Edward Bellamy's book, 'Looking Backward', describe? - ANSWERSA future
America that was completely socialized all economic activity carefully planned
What did Henry Demarest Lloyd's work, 'Wealth Against Commonwealth', denounce? -
ANSWERSThe Standard Oil Company
When, where and by whom was the Knights of Labor founded? - ANSWERS1869,
Philadelphia , by a group of garment workers headed by Uriah S. Stephens
What actions of the union brought in recruits by the thousands between 1882 and
1886? - ANSWERSSuccessful strikes by local "assemblies" against western railroads ,
including one against the hated Jay Gould's Missouri Pacific
What did many of the "older" Americans conclude concerning the new immigrants? -
ANSWERSThey were mostly peasants
What did the Social Darwinists and people obsessed with pseudoscientific ideas about
"racial purity" believe? - ANSWERSThey found the new immigration alarming
