1. 2015-2016 MIDTERM REVIEW VA./U.S HISTORY
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL

2. The Supreme Court Case of Plessy v
The Supreme Court Case of Plessy v. Ferguson decided that segregation was legal as long as facilities were _______

3. “separate but equal”

4. The Civil War began with the bombardment of the Federal Fort at _______

5. Ft Sumter, SC

6. Anti-Federalists believed that the Constitution created a central government that was…

7. strong

8. What document began the idea of separation of church and state?

9. The VA Statute of Religious Freedom

10. Jim Crow laws were designed to…..

11. separate blacks
and whites in the
South

12. Abraham Lincoln believed that the union (north and south) should be held together by _____if necessary

13. Force

14. The US Constitution was written to replace the ___________

15. Articles of Confederation

16. The War of 1812 was unpopular with the New England Federalists threatening to ….

17. secede

18. The Louisiana Purchase, Gadsden Purchase, Mexican Cession and the ceding of the Oregon Territory all were examples of ___________

19. Manifest Destiny

20. He was named President of the Constitutional Convention

21. George Washington

22. After the Civil War, federal policy was marked by what amendments to assist newly freed slaves (“Civil War Amendments”)

23. 13th / 14th / 15th

24. Frederick Douglass was the most famous escaped slave to become an …

25. abolitionist

26. What gave immigrant children help in assimilating into American society?

27. Public schools

28. Name 3 Industrialist who grew rich from the money of others

29. John D Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie

30. Who influenced Lincoln to allowed freed slaves to fight in the Civil War for the north?

31. Frederick Douglass

32. What amendments gave the government more power to protect the rights of minorities, esp. African-Americans?

33. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

34. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote….

35. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

36. What two documents invoke ideas of equality, liberty and pursuit of happiness?

37. The Constitution and the Declaration of Independence

38. It is our God given right to spread our democracy and culture across the continent

39. Manifest Destiny

40. After the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, the North switch to a war goal of ………..

41. ending slavery in the South

42. Abolitionists believed that slavery should be abolished……….

43. immediately

44. After the French and Indian War, the British succeeded in driving the _____from most of North America

45. French

46. Virginia at first had a House of Burgesses for its government and it is now called the……

47. General Assembly

48. The principles of “all men are created equal” and are ruled by a government “of, by, and for the people” are in what two documents?

49. Gettysburg Address

50. What guarantees all citizens equality before the law?

51. The 14th Amendment

52. What organization called for full political equality for African-Americans?

53. The NAACP

54. Europeans settled in Jamestown, the Mid-Atlantic, and New England regions for what 2 reasons?

55. economic opportunity and religious freedom

56. The South _______as a result of Lincoln’s election in 1860

57. seceded

58. The religious movement that led to the growth of evangelical religions and laid the foundation for the American Revolution was the______________

59. Great Awakening

60. Where did the American Revolution start?

61. The battles at Lexington and Concord

62. Who was a firm believer of all people have certain rights (life, liberty, and property) that cannot be taken away

63. John Locke

64. The greatest advantage the North had in the Civil War was its large population and ……..

65. diversified industry

66. What officially ended slavery?

67. The 13th Amendment

68. What 3 major activities did the New England Colonies have in common?

69. Building ships, fishing and a strong sense of religion

70. Patrick Henry’s famous speech in favor of the Revolution ended with the immortal words…….

71. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”

72. Suffrage means …

73. the right to vote

74. The purchase of the ……doubled the size of the United States

75. Louisiana Territory

76. North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia were all colonies who grew….

77. cash crops

78. What group believed that the South should be severely punished after the Civil War

79. Radical Republicans

80. Who reduced the price of automobiles by putting the assembly line into practice

81. Henry Ford

82. The Bessemer process revolutionized what industry?

83. steel

84. What were the main Southern cash crops during colonial times ?

85. cotton, indigo, rice and tobacco

86. A technological revolution combined with financial investments and improved transportation led to …….growth in the late 1800s

87. industrial

88. What grew as a result from: transportation improvements, influx of new immigrants, building of skyscrapers?

89. cities

90. Victory in the American Revolution was helped in part by B
Victory in the American Revolution was helped in part by B. Franklin’s treat of alliance with France and the French support at …..

91. Yorktown

92. Sectional disagreements, the extension of slavery into the territories and states’ rights all were factors in the start of the ……..

93. Civil War

94. Who wrote the VA Declaration of Rights indicating that basic human rights cannot be violated by government?

95. George Mason

96. Who urged a transition to peace and unity with the South while he was President (after Reconstruction)?

97. Ulysses S. Grant

98. The practice where successful politicians reward their supporters by appointing them to office is called the…..

99. spoils system

100. The idea of political participation founded in the Dec
The idea of political participation founded in the Dec. of Independence resulted in the ____Amendment allowing women the right to vote.

101. 19th

102. Immigration laws in the 1800s and 1900s discriminated most against the ……..

103. Chinese

104. Who believed that equality could be gained by vocational education and economic success?

105. Booker T Washington

106. After the Civil War, the south’s plantation system was destroyed, people moved west and north because of the strong ……..economy

107. industrial

108. Did the Reconstruction governments fail or succeed in changing white attitudes towards newly freed slaves or change the social structure in the South?

109. Fail

110. The policy where the government should not be imposing regulations on business is called….

111. Laissez-faire economic policy

112. What two people disagreed over the strength of the government and the type of economy that it would have leading to the first two political parties?

113. Hamilton and Jefferson

114. What signaled an end to Reconstruction?

115. Compromise of 1877