BYU HIST 043 Final Exam Set
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1. What is the difference between nationalism and sectionalism?: Nationalism
is pride in one's country and sectionalism is loyalty to a part of the country.
2. What does civil war mean?: a war between people from the same country
3. How did most colonists view slavery before the American Revolution?: Slav-
ery was a necessary evil.
4. Which individuals were all abolitionists?: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth,
William Lloyd Garrison, Maria Stewart
5. Which invention helped the North and the South transport goods more
quickly and efficiently?: steamboat
6. What policy was passed to help former slaves after the Civil War?: Freed-
men's Bureau
7. How did Northerners react to the Dred Scott decision?: They were shocked
because blacks could not be citizens.
8. Which abolitionist founded the Boston antislavery newspaper the Libera-
tor?: William Lloyd Garrison
9. Why was the Civil War considered a turning point in American history?: -
Many lives were lost and blacks received some basic rights.
10. What is a cash crop?: any crop that is sold for money
11. Which of the following was one type of resistance to the Fugitive Slave
Act?: Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
12. What impact did Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin have
on America?: The book convinced a large group of Northerners that slavery was
wrong.
13. Why was Reconstruction viewed as not being very successful?: The South
returned to their old traditions and social order.
14. Which of the following was not a result of the Emancipation Proclamation?-
: Andrew Johnson became president of the United States.
15. If Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, what did the leaders of the
South want the Southern states to do?: leave the Union
16. Why was the South so dependent on cotton?: Farmers made a lot of money
growing cotton.
17. What did the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act have in
common?: They were both a compromise on the issue of slavery in the territories.
18. Who was the Republican candidate for the 1860 election?: Abraham Lincoln
19. Which of the following is not true about the Compromise of 1850?: It upheld
popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska.
20. Why did the South not support the newly formed Republican Party?: The
Republican Party opposed slavery and wanted it to be abolished.
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21. Why did some Northerners oppose the abolitionist movement?: Some
Northerners made money from Southern cotton.
22. Which invention allowed for factories to be built anywhere?: steam engine
23. Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War?: the invention of the
cotton gin
24. What does popular sovereignty mean?: allowing the people of a region to vote
on a particular issue, which was slavery in this case
25. Which of the following was not a difference between the North and the
South?: The South welcomed new industry.
26. Who said, "We are not enemies, but friends"?: Abraham Lincoln
27. What inspired Progressives to try and fix social and economic problems
during the early nineteen hundreds?: religion and science
28. Which of the following was not a factor that forced the United States into
World War I?: propaganda posters against the Central Powers
29. Which amendment gave women the right to vote?: Nineteenth Amendment
30. This invention was used to combat Great Britain's naval blockade. It also
infuriated President Wilson and turned American public opinion against the
Central Powers. What invention is this passage describing?: u-boat
31. How did the United States fund World War I?: The government sold Liberty
Bonds.
32. What was a direct result of Robert La Follette's political reform?: Voters got
more involved in the government.
33. What regulatory institution emerged partially because of Upton Sinclair's
influential novel The Jungle?: Food and Drug Administration
34. William Howard Taft said, "This policy has been characterized as substitut-
ing dollars for bullets. It is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian
sentiments, to the dictates of sound policy and strategy, and to legitimate
commercial aims."
What is the name of this foreign policy?: Dollar Diplomacy
35. After the Spanish-American War, the United States gained the following
possessions:: Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam
36. What sparked the war with Spain?: explosion of the Maine
37. How did foreign policy in the United States change in the early nineteen
hundreds?: It went from isolationism to imperialism.
38. What was the setting of Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle?: the stockyard
district in Chicago
39. Who became president after McKinley was assassinated?: Theodore Roo-
sevelt
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1. What is the difference between nationalism and sectionalism?: Nationalism
is pride in one's country and sectionalism is loyalty to a part of the country.
2. What does civil war mean?: a war between people from the same country
3. How did most colonists view slavery before the American Revolution?: Slav-
ery was a necessary evil.
4. Which individuals were all abolitionists?: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth,
William Lloyd Garrison, Maria Stewart
5. Which invention helped the North and the South transport goods more
quickly and efficiently?: steamboat
6. What policy was passed to help former slaves after the Civil War?: Freed-
men's Bureau
7. How did Northerners react to the Dred Scott decision?: They were shocked
because blacks could not be citizens.
8. Which abolitionist founded the Boston antislavery newspaper the Libera-
tor?: William Lloyd Garrison
9. Why was the Civil War considered a turning point in American history?: -
Many lives were lost and blacks received some basic rights.
10. What is a cash crop?: any crop that is sold for money
11. Which of the following was one type of resistance to the Fugitive Slave
Act?: Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
12. What impact did Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin have
on America?: The book convinced a large group of Northerners that slavery was
wrong.
13. Why was Reconstruction viewed as not being very successful?: The South
returned to their old traditions and social order.
14. Which of the following was not a result of the Emancipation Proclamation?-
: Andrew Johnson became president of the United States.
15. If Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, what did the leaders of the
South want the Southern states to do?: leave the Union
16. Why was the South so dependent on cotton?: Farmers made a lot of money
growing cotton.
17. What did the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act have in
common?: They were both a compromise on the issue of slavery in the territories.
18. Who was the Republican candidate for the 1860 election?: Abraham Lincoln
19. Which of the following is not true about the Compromise of 1850?: It upheld
popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska.
20. Why did the South not support the newly formed Republican Party?: The
Republican Party opposed slavery and wanted it to be abolished.
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, BYU HIST 043 Final Exam Set
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_9jddif
21. Why did some Northerners oppose the abolitionist movement?: Some
Northerners made money from Southern cotton.
22. Which invention allowed for factories to be built anywhere?: steam engine
23. Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War?: the invention of the
cotton gin
24. What does popular sovereignty mean?: allowing the people of a region to vote
on a particular issue, which was slavery in this case
25. Which of the following was not a difference between the North and the
South?: The South welcomed new industry.
26. Who said, "We are not enemies, but friends"?: Abraham Lincoln
27. What inspired Progressives to try and fix social and economic problems
during the early nineteen hundreds?: religion and science
28. Which of the following was not a factor that forced the United States into
World War I?: propaganda posters against the Central Powers
29. Which amendment gave women the right to vote?: Nineteenth Amendment
30. This invention was used to combat Great Britain's naval blockade. It also
infuriated President Wilson and turned American public opinion against the
Central Powers. What invention is this passage describing?: u-boat
31. How did the United States fund World War I?: The government sold Liberty
Bonds.
32. What was a direct result of Robert La Follette's political reform?: Voters got
more involved in the government.
33. What regulatory institution emerged partially because of Upton Sinclair's
influential novel The Jungle?: Food and Drug Administration
34. William Howard Taft said, "This policy has been characterized as substitut-
ing dollars for bullets. It is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian
sentiments, to the dictates of sound policy and strategy, and to legitimate
commercial aims."
What is the name of this foreign policy?: Dollar Diplomacy
35. After the Spanish-American War, the United States gained the following
possessions:: Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam
36. What sparked the war with Spain?: explosion of the Maine
37. How did foreign policy in the United States change in the early nineteen
hundreds?: It went from isolationism to imperialism.
38. What was the setting of Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle?: the stockyard
district in Chicago
39. Who became president after McKinley was assassinated?: Theodore Roo-
sevelt
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