1. American History Semester Exam Study Guide

2. States and Capitals ALABAMAMontgomery ALASKAJuneau ARIZONAPhoenix ARKANSASLittle rock CALIFORNIASacramento COLORADODenver CONNECTICUTHartford DELAWAREDover FLORIDATallahassee GEORGIAAtlanta

3. States and Capitals HAWAIIHonolulu IDAHOBoise ILLINOISSpringfield INDIANAIndianapolis IOWADes Moines KANSASTopeka KENTUCKYFrankfort LOUISIANABaton Rouge MAINEAugusta MARYLANDAnnapolis

4. States and Capitals MASSACHUSETTSBoston MICHIGANLansing MINNESOTASt. Paul MISSISSIPPIJackson MISSOURIJefferson City MONTANAHelena NEBRASKALincoln NEVADACarson City NEW HAMPSHIREConcord NEW JERSEYTrenton

5. States and Capitals NEW MEXICOSanta Fe NEW YORKAlbany NORTH CAROLINARaleigh NORTH DAKOTABismarck OHIOColumbus OKLAHOMAOklahoma City OREGONSalem PENNSYLVANIAHarrisburg RHODE ISLANDProvidence SOUTH CAROLINAColumbia

6. States and Capitals SOUTH DAKOTAPierre TENNESSEENashville TEXASAustin UTAHSalt Lake City VERMONTMontpelier VIRGINIARichmond WASHINGTONOlympia WEST VIRGINIACharleston WISCONSINMadison WYOMINGCheyenne

7. a.Coloradoc.Montana b.Oklahomad.Kansas Which state joined the Union in 1876?

8. a.Chinese.c.Irish. b.German.d.African American. The Central Pacific relied on workers who were

9. a.dry farmersc.vaqueros b.sodbustersd.homesteaders Who customarily wore wide-brimmed hats, chaps, and lariats?

10. a.dry farmingc.a branding b.homesteadingd.a stampede What is it called when thousands of cattle run in panic?

11. a.eliminated.c.moved to reservations. b.honored.d.captured or killed. The Indian Peace Commission recommended that native Americans be

12. a.Helen Hunt Jacksonc.J.M. Chivington b.William McKinleyd.George Custer Who was the Civil War veteran defeated by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse?

13. a.Sitting Bull.c.Crazy Horse. b.Geronimo.d.Chief Joseph. The last Native American to surrender formally to the United States was

14. a.Sand Creek.c.Wounded Knee. b.San Carlos.d.Ghost Dance. Using machine guns, United States soldiers killed more than 300 starving Lakota men, women, and children at

15. a.Southern Alliance.c.Long Drive. b.National Grange.d.Pikes Peak. The network of farmers' self-help organizations eventually came to be called the

16. a.a homestead.c.a brand. b.dry farming.d.a sodbuster. A symbol that marks ownership burned into the hide of cattle is called

17. a.dry farmingc.lode farming b.wet farmingd.ore farming What was one approach of the sodbusters?

18. a.sodbusters.c.open range ranches. b.dry farms.d.branding farms. Texas ranches that were not fenced in or divided into lots were

19. a.Crowc.Cheyenne b.Apached.Sioux What nomadic Plains nation followed the buffalo?

20. a.ritualsc.Sitting Bull b.Ghost Danced.Dawes Act What did Wovoka, a prophet, claim would restore the Sioux to their greatness?

21. a.was stablec.was constantly at war b.decreasedd.developed written language Based on the graph, it can be said that between 1850 and 1890 the Native American population _______________.

22. a.sharecroppingc.ecology b.educationd.athletics Based on the diagram, which of the following was a goal of the Grange?

23. a.economy.c.patent system. b.electorate.d.Oregon Trail. The fast-growing national rail system encouraged the expansion of the

24. a.rebate.c.consolidation. b.monopoly.d.philanthropy. The practice of combining separate companies in an industry is called a

25. a.Eli H. Janney.c.Henry Ford. b.Gustavus Swift.d.George M. Pullman. The inventor of the railroad sleeping car was

26. a.George Eastmanc.Edwin L. Drake b.Cyrus Fieldd.Thomas Edison Who linked the United States and Europe with a transatlantic telegraph line?

27. a.Thomas Edisonc.Henry Ford b.Granville Woodsd.George Eastman Which inventor's most important invention was the electric light bulb?

28. a.Lewis H. Latimerc.Jan E. Matzeliger b.John Thurmand.Christopher Sholes Whose shoe-making machine performed many steps previously done by hand?

29. a.Granville Woodsc.Andrew Carnegie b.Gustavus Swiftd.Cyrus Field Who was the steel company owner who was a great philanthropist?

30. a.dividends.c.corporations. b.shareholders.d.mergers. The combining of companies is called

31. a.National Miners' Union. b.American Federation of Labor. c.American Pullman's Union. d.International Ladies' Garment Workers Union. In 1886, a group of national trade unions formed the

32. a.Pullman Strike.c.Haymarket Riot. b.Railroad Strike of 1877.d.Homestead Strike. The United States Attorney General Richard Olney ordered an injunction to stop the

33. a.Pullman Strike.c.Railroad Strike of 1877. b.Homestead Strike.d.Haymarket Strike. The steelworkers' union dwindled after the failure of the

34. a.concentrated.c.consolidated. b.condensed.d.collated. Railroad barons were created because the industry

35. a.George Westinghousec.Cyrus Field b.Thomas Edisond.Alexander Graham Bell Who invented the telephone?

36. a.Thomas Edisonc.Cyrus Field b.Henry Fordd.George Eastman Whose electric power plant lit up 85 buildings in New York City?

37. a.Granville Woodsc.George Westinghouse b.Elijah McCoyd.Lewis Howard Latimer Who took Edison's work a step further by developing transformers?

38. a.Henry Fordc.Thomas Edison b.Jan Matzeligerd.Cyrus Field Who pioneered the assembly line?

39. a.electricityc.railroads b.air traveld.Edwin L. Drake's well What led to the creation of a multimillion-dollar petroleum industry?

40. a.George Westinghousec.Henry Ford b.Andrew Carnegied.John D. Rockefeller Who was the philanthropist who built more than 2,000 libraries worldwide?

41. a.textilec.agriculture b.steeld.mining Child-labor laws did not apply to what industry, which employed about 1 million children?

42. a.Haymarket Riot.c.Pullman Strike. b.Homestead Strike.d.Railroad Strike of 1877. Antilabor feeling grew after the bloody clash in Chicago called the

43. “... a car which anyone could afford to buy, which anyone could drive anywhere, and which almost anyone could keep in repair.” –Charles Sorenson, 1908 a.New York–Chicago Pullman car c.Model T Ford b.bicycled.Wright Brothers’ airplane This quotation describes the new _____.

44. a.cleverlyc.unsatisfactorily b.easilyd.accidentally When his assistant heard these words, Bell had _____ transmitted the sound of the human voice through electrical wires for the first time. “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you!” –Alexander Graham Bell, 1876

45. a.onec.three b.twod.none of the above Based on the time line, how many terms did Theodore Roosevelt serve as United States president?

46. Powerful nations creating large empires by exercising economic and political control over weaker regions is called___. A. expansionism. C. isolationism. B. civilization. D. imperialism.

47. Imperialism was driven by the search for ___. A. land. C. materials and markets. B. gold. D. new trade routes.

48. Who pictured a canal across Central America linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean? A. Matthew Perry B. William H. Seward C. James G. Blaine D. Alfred Thayer Mahan

49. The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for ___. A. $100 million. C. $3.5 million. B. $10. D. $7.2 million.

50. Who was responsible for establishing the Pan- American Union? A.James G. Blaine B. William H. Seward C. Alfred Thayer Mahan D. Matthew Perry

51. In return for the renewal of the trade agreement, King Kalakaua had to agree to ___. A. an open door policy. B. a canal across the Pacific Ocean. C. a naval base at Pearl Harbor. D. annexation.

52. What American diplomat helped in the planters’ revolt to overthrow the Hawaiian leader? A. Grover Cleveland C. John Hay B. John Stevens D. Liliuokalani

53. Without consulting the Samoans, the islands were divided up by the United States, ___. A. Germany, and Spain. B. Germany, and France. C. Great Britain, and Spain. D. Great Britain, and Germany.

54. What policy, proposed by John Hay, expanded American trading interests in China? A. Boxer policy B. Open Door policy C. Shandong policy D. Gentlemen’s Agreement

55. How did President Theodore Roosevelt display the nation’s naval power in 1907? A. the “Great White Fleet” B. Gentlemen’s Agreement C. annexation of Hawaii D. the president’s trip to Japan

56. In 1898 Congress declared war on Spain because of events in ___. A. Cuba. C. Germany. B. Great Britain. D. Mexico.

57. What commander launched a surprise attack on the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay? A. Emilio Aguinaldo B. José Martí C. Joseph Pulitzer D. George Dewey

58. Americans clamored for war with Spain after an explosion on the ___. A. Luzon. C. Maine. B. Lusitania. D. Philadelphia.

59. After the United States and Spain signed the Treaty of Paris, what country became an American protectorate? A. Guam C. Cuba B. Hawaii D. Puerto Rico

60. Although President William Howard Taft began in 1901 to prepare the Philippines for self-rule, it did not achieve independence until ___. A. 1946. C. 1905. B. 1928. D. 1902.

61. A narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land is called ___. A. an island. B. an isthmus. C. a peninsula. D. a jetty.

62. The United States could not have built the Panama Canal without controlling ___. A. expenses. B. workers’ hours. C. the Colombian government. D. disease.

63. Under what policy did the United States claim the right to intervene in the domestic affairs of Latin American nations? A. the Roosevelt Corollary B. dollar diplomacy C. the Monroe Doctrine D. moral diplomacy

64. President William Howard Taft’s policy of joining American business interests to diplomatic interests abroad was known as___. A. the Monroe Doctrine. B. moral diplomacy. C. dollar diplomacy. D. the Roosevelt Corollary.

65. President Woodrow Wilson’s moral diplomacy faced a serious challenge in ___. A. Mexico. C. Hawaii. B. Puerto Rico. D. Guam.

66. Name the countries that were involved in World War I and what side they participated on by using the chart below. 110. 119. 111. 120. 112. 121. 113. 122. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118.