AMH2020 EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
The law which gave 160 acres of land to anyone who would farm it is the - ANS Homestead
Act
Established to help farmers adapt to farm life - ANS Pacific Railway Act
Two railroads made up the Transcontinental Railroad. Name one: - ANS central pacific, union
pacific
The troops under General George Custer were defeated at the Battle of - ANS Little Bighorn
The political party which supported the pirinting of paper money was the - ANS Green Back
Party
Abraham Lincoln was shot at - ANS Theatre
The two periods of reconstruction - ANS Presidential reconstruction & congressional
reconstruction
The 1876 election which ended Reconstruction was between - ANS Hayes (republican) and
Samuel Tilden (democrat)
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, There were negative terms applied to those who came South after the Civil War and those
southerners who supported the Union after the war. - ANS Scallywags, Carpetbaggers
The federal agency set up to help the newly freed slaves - ANS the Freedman bureau
The commander of the Union troops and future president was - ANS Ulysses S. Grant
The man who replaced Lincoln as president was - ANS Andrew Johnson
The United States' first large business bureaucracies began within which industry? -
ANS Railroad Industry
The boom in iron and steel production gave which U.S. industry the greatest rate of growth
after the Civil War? - ANS heavy machinery
Which of the following resulted from the opening of large coal deposits in the United States in
the late 1800s? - ANS Steam replaced water as the nation's leading source of energy.
How did the Second Industrial revolution change the economy in the United States after the
Civil War? - ANS Consumer goods were produced in unprecedented quantities.
Which U.S. region's natural resources made it a key area for the production of iron and steel in
the late 1800s? - ANS the Midwest
Which event was most crucial in steam becoming the leading energy source in the United
States by the year 1900? - ANS the discovery and opening of large coal deposits
Which industry experienced the greatest growth in the United States after the Civil War? -
ANS heavy machinery
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AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
The law which gave 160 acres of land to anyone who would farm it is the - ANS Homestead
Act
Established to help farmers adapt to farm life - ANS Pacific Railway Act
Two railroads made up the Transcontinental Railroad. Name one: - ANS central pacific, union
pacific
The troops under General George Custer were defeated at the Battle of - ANS Little Bighorn
The political party which supported the pirinting of paper money was the - ANS Green Back
Party
Abraham Lincoln was shot at - ANS Theatre
The two periods of reconstruction - ANS Presidential reconstruction & congressional
reconstruction
The 1876 election which ended Reconstruction was between - ANS Hayes (republican) and
Samuel Tilden (democrat)
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
, There were negative terms applied to those who came South after the Civil War and those
southerners who supported the Union after the war. - ANS Scallywags, Carpetbaggers
The federal agency set up to help the newly freed slaves - ANS the Freedman bureau
The commander of the Union troops and future president was - ANS Ulysses S. Grant
The man who replaced Lincoln as president was - ANS Andrew Johnson
The United States' first large business bureaucracies began within which industry? -
ANS Railroad Industry
The boom in iron and steel production gave which U.S. industry the greatest rate of growth
after the Civil War? - ANS heavy machinery
Which of the following resulted from the opening of large coal deposits in the United States in
the late 1800s? - ANS Steam replaced water as the nation's leading source of energy.
How did the Second Industrial revolution change the economy in the United States after the
Civil War? - ANS Consumer goods were produced in unprecedented quantities.
Which U.S. region's natural resources made it a key area for the production of iron and steel in
the late 1800s? - ANS the Midwest
Which event was most crucial in steam becoming the leading energy source in the United
States by the year 1900? - ANS the discovery and opening of large coal deposits
Which industry experienced the greatest growth in the United States after the Civil War? -
ANS heavy machinery
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