This test contains information from the PVHS American History 2 Coursework from sections 1a - 1g.
In large measure through the investment of European banking firms.
Exclusively through the support of large numbers of small investors.
With the help of some of the largest government subsidies ever granted.
Almost totally through the investment of a handful of shrewd millionaires.
End all state sovereignty.
Carry out the goals of the abolitionist movement.
Free the slaves.
Preserve the Union.
All of these choices are correct.
The Battle of the Wilderness.
Vicksburg.
Gettysburg.
Antietam.
First Bull Run.
Freed the slaves and abolished slavery in all the states of the Union and the Confederacy.
Freed slaves only in areas in rebellion against the United States but not in areas that remained loyal.
Was formulated by the Radical Republicans and issued by Lincoln despite his strong personal objections.
Convinced England and France to enter the war on behalf of the Union in order to win the crusade against slavery.
Supported the Confederacy.
In a society that prized states' rights, Davis had to centralize authority.
In a crisis that demanded tough-minded attention to military details, Davis was more of a grand strategist.
In a war that required rapid mobilization of a whole society, most ordinary folk in the south expected a protracted conflict and hence were reluctant to enlist.
Led to an immediate end to the war.
Opened an invasion route to the North.
Inflicted a major loss on General Lee's army.
Cut off supplies to states west of the Mississippi River.
Whether the federal or state government was ultimately sovereign, and whether Africa-Americans or Native Americans were the most oppressed minority group.
Which party would gain the ascendance, and how the government could regulate the economy.
The future of political and economic power for freed slaves, and the future of North-South economic and political relations.
Rebuilding the North's shattered economy and restoring the South's shattered society.
Made it possible for former high-ranking Confederates to assume positions of power in the reconstructed southern governments.
Would implement a harsher program on the South than Lincoln had called for.
Adhered substantially to the views of Congressional leaders.
Never was implemented because Congress passed its own program before Johnson's could go into effect.
Transformed his personal popularity into a large majority in the popular vote.
Owed his victory to the votes of former slaves.
Gained his victory by winning the votes of the majority of whites.
All of these choices are correct.
Caused most northerners to support the Radicals' demand that more economic opportunity be extended to freedmen.
Caused a thorough restructuring of southern society.
Led to general land reform in the South.
Forced the Republicans to abolish the existing southern governments, form new governments, and extend the vote to freedmen.
Twelfth.
Thirteenth.
Fourteenth.
Fifteenth.
Sixteenth.
Welcomed both skilled and unskilled workers.
Stressed the organization of workers by craft.
Encouraged the use of the strike.
Discriminated against Blacks and women.
Unrestricted immigration.
Industrial unionism.
Compulsory arbitration of industrial disputes.
Non-involvement in party politics.
Government regulation of hours and wages.
The Teamsters Union.
The Knights of Labor.
The Industrial Workers of the World.
The Congress of Industrial Organizations.
The International Ladies' Garment Workers Union.
A gradual end to the wage system and the reorganization of society on cooperative principles.
Temperance.
The admission of blacks into local Knights of Labor assemblies.
All of these choices are correct.
There was a continuous demand for cheap labor.
Population growth did not present serious ecological problems then.
Immigrants from China made excellent workers in building railroads.
Many Europeans wanted to immigrate to America.
An amendment to the Constitution was necessary to enact such legislation.
Unskilled laborers tended to concentrate in crowded urban slums.
Contract laborers enabled employers to combat strikes effectively.
The American educational system could not absorb the numbers of immigrant children.
Unskilled laborers could not become members of labor unions.
Skilled laborers were essential to industry.
Were considered physically and mentally superior to earlier immigrants.
Arrived before the closing of the frontier and settled farms in the West.
Came chiefly from northern and western Europe.
Came generally from different countries than most earlier immigrants.
Opium addiction.
Air pollution.
The increase of murders and robberies.
Inadequate water and sewage systems.
Southern Blacks.
Southern Whites.
Foreign immigrants.
Eastern farmers.
Most immigrants were unskilled day laborers.
Immigration increased steadily during these years.
Immigrants tended to be Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, or Jewish.
Chinese immigrants were excluded by law during most of these years.
Most immigrants came from northern and western Europe.
Triumph of urban-industrial interests.
Rise of the common man.
Extension of government into the private sphere.
Triumph of rural-agricultural interests.
It was an age of universal benefit for all Americans.
Of the tremendous number of gold strikes that took place.
The glitter and flashiness of the time seemed to mask the ugliness and crass materialism that lay beneath the surface.
The gold and silver issues seemed to dominate the era.
Politics was seen more as a way to get office rather than a way to press certain issues.
Business remained separate from politics.
In national politics, neither party could keep both a majority in Congress and a president in the White House.
None of the presidents in this period could be described as a strong leader.
Created strong governmental machinery for dealing with corrupt business practices.
Both outlawed rebates.
Created price controls for industry.
Proved to be ineffective in the regulation of business abuses.
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