END OF SEMESTER EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE WITH
TESTED SOLUTIONS
◉ The Founders of the United States wrote the Declaration of
Independence and U.S. Constitution supporting the ideas of freedom for
all. At the same time many of them held men and women in slavery. This
reflects a (dropdown) in their lives. The Founders excluded African
Americans and women from their discussions about (dropdown).
Answer: 1. contradiction
2. rights and equality
◉ What was the cause of the Tippecanoe Battle?Conflicts over white
expansion into (dropdown) Indian territory caused the Tippecanoe
Battle. This conflict was one of the primary reasons for the (dropdown).
Answer: 1. Shawnee
2. War of 1812
◉ What did the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo accomplish? Answer: It
ended the war between the US and Mexico
, ◉ What did Congress do to punish President Andrew Johnson for the
removal of his Secretary of War? Answer: It impeached Johnson
◉ The South tried to justify (dropdown) by arguing that keeping slavery
was a matter of states' rights, but the South also favored the (dropdown)
, which took away Northern States' rights to protect enslaved people who
had escaped to the North. Answer: 1. secession
2. Fugitive Slave Act
◉ Which actions by John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and other
business tycoons would suggest that they were worthy of being called
Robber Barons? (select 2 out of 5) Answer: 1. engaging in unethical
business practices
2. developing a monopoly in their industries
◉ Which mostinfluenced American society during the Gilded Age?
Answer: an increased number of innovations that led to mechanization
◉ Approximately how many immigrant women and children died in the
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire? Answer: 146
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE WITH
TESTED SOLUTIONS
◉ The Founders of the United States wrote the Declaration of
Independence and U.S. Constitution supporting the ideas of freedom for
all. At the same time many of them held men and women in slavery. This
reflects a (dropdown) in their lives. The Founders excluded African
Americans and women from their discussions about (dropdown).
Answer: 1. contradiction
2. rights and equality
◉ What was the cause of the Tippecanoe Battle?Conflicts over white
expansion into (dropdown) Indian territory caused the Tippecanoe
Battle. This conflict was one of the primary reasons for the (dropdown).
Answer: 1. Shawnee
2. War of 1812
◉ What did the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo accomplish? Answer: It
ended the war between the US and Mexico
, ◉ What did Congress do to punish President Andrew Johnson for the
removal of his Secretary of War? Answer: It impeached Johnson
◉ The South tried to justify (dropdown) by arguing that keeping slavery
was a matter of states' rights, but the South also favored the (dropdown)
, which took away Northern States' rights to protect enslaved people who
had escaped to the North. Answer: 1. secession
2. Fugitive Slave Act
◉ Which actions by John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and other
business tycoons would suggest that they were worthy of being called
Robber Barons? (select 2 out of 5) Answer: 1. engaging in unethical
business practices
2. developing a monopoly in their industries
◉ Which mostinfluenced American society during the Gilded Age?
Answer: an increased number of innovations that led to mechanization
◉ Approximately how many immigrant women and children died in the
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire? Answer: 146
