American Studies Final Test (All IDs) || 100% Correct Answers.
Clermont correct answers the first full-sized commercial steamboat, designed by Robert Fulton
Cotton Kingdom correct answers Areas in the south where cotton farming developed because of
the high demand for cotton
Cumberland (National) Road correct answers Highway that stretched across nation, providing
much aid to Westerners.
DeWitt Clinton correct answers Governor of New York who started the Erie Canal project. His
leadership helped complete the canal, which boosted the economy greatly by cutting time
traveled from west New York to the Hudson.
Eli Whitney correct answers Invented the cotton gin
Orestes Brownson correct answers Wrote "The Laboring Class"
Samuel F.B. Morse correct answers invented the telegraph
Samuel Slater correct answers He was a British mechanic that moved to America and in 1791
invented the first American machine for spinning cotton. He is known as "the Father of the
Factory System" and he started the idea of child labor in America's factories.
Second Great Awakening correct answers A series of religious revivals starting in 1801, based on
Methodism and Baptism. Stressed a religious philosophy of salvation through good deeds and
tolerance for all Protestant sects. The revivals attracted women, Blacks, and Native Americans.
Workingmen's Parties correct answers Skilled craftsmen created world's first workingmen's
parties, which sought to mobilize lower class support for candidates
,Battle of Little Bighorn correct answers In 1876, Indian leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
defeated Custer's troops who tried to force them back on to the reservation, Custer and all his
men died
Bonanza Farms correct answers Large scale farms often over 50,000 acres, where farmers set up
companies to operate
Chief Joseph correct answers Leader of Nez Perce. Fled with his tribe to Canada instead of
reservations. However, US troops came and fought and brought them back down to reservations
Grange correct answers aka Patrons of Husbandry, an association formed by farmers in the last
1800s to make life better for farmers by sharing information about crops, prices, and supplies
Grant Administration Scandals correct answers Credit Mobilier, Tweed Ring, Black Friday
John D. Rockefeller correct answers Established the Standard Oil Company, the greatest, wisest,
and meanest monopoly known in history
Nikola Tesla correct answers Invented the Alternating Current (AC current) for electricity.
Trust correct answers A group of corporations run by a single board of directors, short lived
Tweed Ring correct answers corrupt political machine, "Boss" William M. Tweed won
immigrants support, point was to make money
Vertical and Horizontal Integration correct answers beginnings of trusts (destruction of
competition); vertical- controlling every aspect of production (control quality, eliminate
middlemen - Rockefeller); horizontal- consolidating with competitors to monopolize a market
(highly detrimental)
,Bleeding Kansas correct answers A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-
Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further strained the
relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.
David Wilmot correct answers Congressman who proposed the amendment that would have
outlawed slavery from Mexican territories
Free Soil Party correct answers A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
John C. Freemont correct answers led groups into southwestern Mexico to claim California as an
independent nation
Lincoln-Douglas Debates correct answers 1858 Senate Debate, Lincoln forced Douglas to debate
issue of slavery, Douglas supported pop-sovereignty, Lincoln asserted that slavery should not
spread to territories, Lincoln emerged as strong Republican candidate
Matthew Perry correct answers commodore of the US Navy who opened up Japan with the
Treaty of Kanagawa
Preston Brooks correct answers Was a Congressman from South Carolina, notorious for brutally
assaulting senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate.
Republican Party correct answers 1854 - anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats, Free Soilers and
reformers from the Northwest met and formed party in order to keep slavery out of the territories
Sam Houston correct answers Commander of the Texas army at the battle of San Jacinto; later
elected president of the Republic of Texas
Winfield Scott correct answers United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and
who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)
, Alfred Thayer Mahan correct answers Navy officer whose ideas on naval warfare and the
importance of sea-power changed how America viewed its navy; wrote "The influence of Sea
Power upon History"
Anti-Imperialist League correct answers a group that opposed the treaty and the creation of an
American colonial empire
Carrie Chapman Catt correct answers (1859-1947) A suffragette who was president of the
National Women's Suffrage Association, and founder of the International Woman Suffrage
Alliance. Instrumental in obtaining passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.
Farmers Alliances correct answers groups of farmers of those in sympathy with farming issues,
whosent lectures from town to town to educate people about agricultural and rural issues,
Jacob Coxey correct answers Populist who led Coxey's Army in a march on Washington DC in
1894 to seek government jobs for the unemployed.
Jim Crow correct answers Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
Kansas Exodus correct answers A migration by some 40,000-60,000 blacks to Kansas to escape
the oppressive environment of the New South.
Pullman Strike correct answers in Chicago, Pullman cut wages but refused to lower rents in the
"company town", Eugene Debs had American Railway Union refuse to use Pullman cars, Debs
thrown in jail after being sued, strike achieved nothing
Rough Riders correct answers Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during
the Spanish American War
Clermont correct answers the first full-sized commercial steamboat, designed by Robert Fulton
Cotton Kingdom correct answers Areas in the south where cotton farming developed because of
the high demand for cotton
Cumberland (National) Road correct answers Highway that stretched across nation, providing
much aid to Westerners.
DeWitt Clinton correct answers Governor of New York who started the Erie Canal project. His
leadership helped complete the canal, which boosted the economy greatly by cutting time
traveled from west New York to the Hudson.
Eli Whitney correct answers Invented the cotton gin
Orestes Brownson correct answers Wrote "The Laboring Class"
Samuel F.B. Morse correct answers invented the telegraph
Samuel Slater correct answers He was a British mechanic that moved to America and in 1791
invented the first American machine for spinning cotton. He is known as "the Father of the
Factory System" and he started the idea of child labor in America's factories.
Second Great Awakening correct answers A series of religious revivals starting in 1801, based on
Methodism and Baptism. Stressed a religious philosophy of salvation through good deeds and
tolerance for all Protestant sects. The revivals attracted women, Blacks, and Native Americans.
Workingmen's Parties correct answers Skilled craftsmen created world's first workingmen's
parties, which sought to mobilize lower class support for candidates
,Battle of Little Bighorn correct answers In 1876, Indian leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
defeated Custer's troops who tried to force them back on to the reservation, Custer and all his
men died
Bonanza Farms correct answers Large scale farms often over 50,000 acres, where farmers set up
companies to operate
Chief Joseph correct answers Leader of Nez Perce. Fled with his tribe to Canada instead of
reservations. However, US troops came and fought and brought them back down to reservations
Grange correct answers aka Patrons of Husbandry, an association formed by farmers in the last
1800s to make life better for farmers by sharing information about crops, prices, and supplies
Grant Administration Scandals correct answers Credit Mobilier, Tweed Ring, Black Friday
John D. Rockefeller correct answers Established the Standard Oil Company, the greatest, wisest,
and meanest monopoly known in history
Nikola Tesla correct answers Invented the Alternating Current (AC current) for electricity.
Trust correct answers A group of corporations run by a single board of directors, short lived
Tweed Ring correct answers corrupt political machine, "Boss" William M. Tweed won
immigrants support, point was to make money
Vertical and Horizontal Integration correct answers beginnings of trusts (destruction of
competition); vertical- controlling every aspect of production (control quality, eliminate
middlemen - Rockefeller); horizontal- consolidating with competitors to monopolize a market
(highly detrimental)
,Bleeding Kansas correct answers A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-
Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further strained the
relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.
David Wilmot correct answers Congressman who proposed the amendment that would have
outlawed slavery from Mexican territories
Free Soil Party correct answers A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
John C. Freemont correct answers led groups into southwestern Mexico to claim California as an
independent nation
Lincoln-Douglas Debates correct answers 1858 Senate Debate, Lincoln forced Douglas to debate
issue of slavery, Douglas supported pop-sovereignty, Lincoln asserted that slavery should not
spread to territories, Lincoln emerged as strong Republican candidate
Matthew Perry correct answers commodore of the US Navy who opened up Japan with the
Treaty of Kanagawa
Preston Brooks correct answers Was a Congressman from South Carolina, notorious for brutally
assaulting senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate.
Republican Party correct answers 1854 - anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats, Free Soilers and
reformers from the Northwest met and formed party in order to keep slavery out of the territories
Sam Houston correct answers Commander of the Texas army at the battle of San Jacinto; later
elected president of the Republic of Texas
Winfield Scott correct answers United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and
who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)
, Alfred Thayer Mahan correct answers Navy officer whose ideas on naval warfare and the
importance of sea-power changed how America viewed its navy; wrote "The influence of Sea
Power upon History"
Anti-Imperialist League correct answers a group that opposed the treaty and the creation of an
American colonial empire
Carrie Chapman Catt correct answers (1859-1947) A suffragette who was president of the
National Women's Suffrage Association, and founder of the International Woman Suffrage
Alliance. Instrumental in obtaining passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.
Farmers Alliances correct answers groups of farmers of those in sympathy with farming issues,
whosent lectures from town to town to educate people about agricultural and rural issues,
Jacob Coxey correct answers Populist who led Coxey's Army in a march on Washington DC in
1894 to seek government jobs for the unemployed.
Jim Crow correct answers Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
Kansas Exodus correct answers A migration by some 40,000-60,000 blacks to Kansas to escape
the oppressive environment of the New South.
Pullman Strike correct answers in Chicago, Pullman cut wages but refused to lower rents in the
"company town", Eugene Debs had American Railway Union refuse to use Pullman cars, Debs
thrown in jail after being sued, strike achieved nothing
Rough Riders correct answers Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during
the Spanish American War
