U.S. History Final Exam: Semester 1
*Below are the questions for the comprehensive final exam. After
each question is the name of an assignment(s) that might help you
answer the question.
*You may prepare and use 1 handwritten page of notes for this
test. You will turn this in at the end of the exam. Any student with
a copied version of notes will earn zero credit on the final. Make
your own note sheet, don’t copy others.
* The test will include an additional 25 questions not shown here
regarding WWI.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. What does the term separation of powers refer to in American government? (Vocabulary Pictures)
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2. What does the term federalism refer to? (Vocabulary Pictures)
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3. Which statement about the United States Constitution best demonstrates that the government is based on the
principle of federalism? (Vocabulary Pictures)
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4. What does the term checks and balances refer to in American government? (Vocabulary Pictures)
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5. Monopolies, trusts, horizontal and vertical integration all share the goal of: (13.2 Reading Notes/New
Business Strategies Emerge Notes)
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6. In the late 1800s, workers tolerated poor wages and working conditions because they (Matewan Video Notes)
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7. Which arguments supported the view of big business leaders as “captains of industry”? (13.2 Reading Notes)
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8. Which statement about immigration to the United States during the 19th century is most valid? (14.1 Notes
&Immigration Swells the Workforce Assignment)
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9. How were the immigrants who arrived in America after 1870 different from the majority of immigrants that
arrived before 1870? (14.1 Notes)
____ 10. One way business leaders tried to eliminate competition was by: (13.2 Notes & New Business Strategies
Emerge)
____. 11. The Gentleman’s Agreement, Exclusion Act, and literacy tests were all examples of the U.S. government
attempt to: (Immigration lecture notes)
_____12. What was the main purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act? (Immigration Lecture Notes)
____ 13. Which ethnic groups of immigrants would have been least likely to encounter prejudice after 1870? (14.1
Notes and Immigration Lecture Notes)
____ 14. Many successful American industrial capitalists like Carnegie and Rockefeller used the theory of social
Darwinism to: (13.2 Notes)
____ 15. What were problems for workers living in company towns? (Matewan Film/Company Towns)
____ 16. During the latter half of the 19th century, many businesses organizations combined into large corporation or
monopolies because: (13.2 Notes/ New Business Strategies Emerge)
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____ 17. According to the theory of laissez faire capitalism, the economy functions best when the government: (New
Business Strategies Emerge Notes)
____ 18. What is an extractive economy? (18.1 Notes)
____ 19. How did the U.S. acquire the Philippines after the Spanish American War? (Crucible of Empire Notes and
18.3 Notes)
____ 20. When Filipinos rebelled against U.S. rule, the United States found itself using tactics such as: (Crucible of
Empire Notes and 18.3)
_____21. Corporations had the important advantage of : (13.2 Reading notes)
_____22. During the late 1800s, a major reason labor unions had difficulty organizing was: (MAtewan/Company town
notes)
_____23. What strategies did the U.S. government use to restore order in the Philippines? (Crucible of Empire and 18.3
notes
_____ 24. What were the end results of the U.S.- Indian Wars of the 1800s?
_____25 Why might the closing of the frontier have encouraged American imperialism? (18.1)
_____26. Which of the following statements sounds like an example of imperialism? (18.1 and Foreign Policy Spectrum)
_____27. One of the elements of the Dawes General Allotment Act was to: (Native American Policy lecture notes)
_____28. How were Native American children forced to change when they entered boarding schools? (In the White
Man’s Image)
_____29. The relocation of Native Americans to reservations was based on the following goals/beliefs: (Native American
Policy Lecture Notes)
_____30. The U.S. government relocated the Cherokee to “Indian Territory in Oklahoma in 1833 because: (Native
American Policy Lecture Notes and 15.2 Reading Notes)
Matching
Match the each job title and government responsibility to the appropriate description below. Terms will only
be used once. (VOCABULARY PICTURES)
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The U.S. federal chief executive branch is ....
The executive branch’s main job is to...
The U.S. federal legislative branch is...
The legislative branch’s main job is to ....
The head of the U.S. federal judicial branch is...
The judicial branch’s main job is to...
Match each branch of government with the powers it is given in the Constitutions to check the other branches.
The terms may be used more than once. VOCABULARY PICTURES)
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37. This branch can decide interpret whether laws are constitutional, and strike down laws that are not.
38. This branch has the power to veto a law that has been passed.
39. This branch has the power to pass laws and override vetos with a 2/3 majority.
40. This branch is responsible for declaring war.
41. This branch is the leader of the country’s armed forces.
42. The people in this branch are appointed for life, on the condition of “good behavior.”
Questions 43-54: Match each term with its appropriate description. Terms will only be used once. (Study:
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND IMMIGRATION VOCABULARY PACKET)
a. Nativism
b. push factors
c. Urbanization
d. pull factors
e. ghetto or ethnic island
a. Corporation
b. Monopoly
c. Entrepreneur
d. Pinkerton
e. Consumer
a. Reservation
b. Assimilation
c. allotment
d. imperialism
e. isolation
WWI Exam Content
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Be prepare to identify member countries of both the Allied Powers and Central Powers. (WWI
Overview Lecture/Map)
Know the MAIN causes of WWI and examples of how those MAIN causes created tension before WWI.
(WWI Overview Lecture/Map)
Know the spark that started WWI (WWI Overview Lecture/Map and Century:Shell Shock)
Explain the reasons/justifications given for why the US entered WWI in April of 1917. (WWI Inquiry)
How did WWI change the U.S. economy and government’s role in the economy? (19.2)
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How did the U.S. gov’t mobilize for war? What did they do to secure troops? Rally support from
American public? Ask civilians to help with war effort? (19.2)
How did WWI impact American free speech? Women? African Americans? (19.2)
What were the 14 Points? What was Wilson’s approach to resolving WWI and preventing future
conflicts? How did the 14 Points attempt to prevent MAIN tensions in the future?
What was the League of Nations? Why didn’t the US join? What effect did this have?
How did the actual Treaty of Versailles differ from Wilson’s suggestions in the 14 Points? Why? What
potential problems would this bring?