DC US History Final Exam Review
Questions And Answers
What happened on the evening of April 14, 1865? - Correct Answer-Abraham Lincoln visited
Richmond
How was the Fourteenth Amendment, in the context of the times, a truly radical measure? -
Correct Answer-Never before had newly freed slaves been granted significant political rights
Who were the "scalawags"? - Correct Answer-Southerners 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"? - Correct Answer-Northerners 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? - Correct Answer-Placed 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? -
Correct Answer-It's depredations weakened the will of white Republicans
What was the major significance of the "Compromise of 1877"? - Correct Answer-It was not
honored in every detail
How had the horse effected the cultures of the Native Americans? - Correct Answer-Indians
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? - Correct Answer-
Cavalry sword, and the rifle
But, how did these two modern weapons adopted by the Indians cause problems? - Correct
Answer-The buffalo herds began to diminish, and warfare became bloodier and more frequent.
, What was the "Chivington Massacre" in 1864? - Correct Answer-The "foulest and most
unjustifiable crime in the annals of Americans"
What was the new strategy tried by the government in 1867? - Correct Answer-The
"concentration" policy had evidently not gone far enough
What was chiefly responsible for the slackening of fighting after "Custer's Last Stand"? -
Correct Answer-The building of transcontinental railroads and the destruction of the buffalo
What was invented in 1874 by Joseph F. Glidden? - Correct Answer-Barbed wire
What had happened by the 1880's? - Correct Answer-Thousands 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'? - Correct Answer-A best-seller
What did Edward Bellamy's book, 'Looking Backward', describe? - Correct Answer-A future
America that was completely socialized all economic activity carefully planned
What did Henry Demarest Lloyd's work, 'Wealth Against Commonwealth', denounce? - Correct
Answer-The Standard Oil Company
When, where and by whom was the Knights of Labor founded? - Correct Answer-1869,
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? -
Correct Answer-Successful 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? - Correct
Answer-They were mostly peasants
What did the Social Darwinists and people obsessed with pseudoscientific ideas about "racial
purity" believe? - Correct Answer-They found the new immigration alarming
What did American workers fear? - Correct Answer-The competition of people with low living
standards and no bargaining power
What were the "settlement houses"? - Correct Answer-Community centers located in poor
districts that provided guidance and services
Questions And Answers
What happened on the evening of April 14, 1865? - Correct Answer-Abraham Lincoln visited
Richmond
How was the Fourteenth Amendment, in the context of the times, a truly radical measure? -
Correct Answer-Never before had newly freed slaves been granted significant political rights
Who were the "scalawags"? - Correct Answer-Southerners 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"? - Correct Answer-Northerners 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? - Correct Answer-Placed 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? -
Correct Answer-It's depredations weakened the will of white Republicans
What was the major significance of the "Compromise of 1877"? - Correct Answer-It was not
honored in every detail
How had the horse effected the cultures of the Native Americans? - Correct Answer-Indians
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? - Correct Answer-
Cavalry sword, and the rifle
But, how did these two modern weapons adopted by the Indians cause problems? - Correct
Answer-The buffalo herds began to diminish, and warfare became bloodier and more frequent.
, What was the "Chivington Massacre" in 1864? - Correct Answer-The "foulest and most
unjustifiable crime in the annals of Americans"
What was the new strategy tried by the government in 1867? - Correct Answer-The
"concentration" policy had evidently not gone far enough
What was chiefly responsible for the slackening of fighting after "Custer's Last Stand"? -
Correct Answer-The building of transcontinental railroads and the destruction of the buffalo
What was invented in 1874 by Joseph F. Glidden? - Correct Answer-Barbed wire
What had happened by the 1880's? - Correct Answer-Thousands 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'? - Correct Answer-A best-seller
What did Edward Bellamy's book, 'Looking Backward', describe? - Correct Answer-A future
America that was completely socialized all economic activity carefully planned
What did Henry Demarest Lloyd's work, 'Wealth Against Commonwealth', denounce? - Correct
Answer-The Standard Oil Company
When, where and by whom was the Knights of Labor founded? - Correct Answer-1869,
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? -
Correct Answer-Successful 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? - Correct
Answer-They were mostly peasants
What did the Social Darwinists and people obsessed with pseudoscientific ideas about "racial
purity" believe? - Correct Answer-They found the new immigration alarming
What did American workers fear? - Correct Answer-The competition of people with low living
standards and no bargaining power
What were the "settlement houses"? - Correct Answer-Community centers located in poor
districts that provided guidance and services
