Florida History EOC Review

Which of the following was the main reason that the federal government created a method for Native Americans to become U.S. citizens?

• . to reduce the amount of money spent supporting Native Americans

• to encourage Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream society

• to undermine the legal basis of the treaties made with Native American tribes

• to guarantee that Native Americans enjoyed constitutionally protected civil rights

On March 3, 1845, Florida joined the Union as a slave state, while Iowa became a free state. This entrance into the Union as a pair was required under what document?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Fillmore Agreement

What did the South gain from both the Compromise of the 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• an enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law

• a provision to honor the Mason-Dixon line

• the gradual elimination of slavery in the territories being added to the nation

• the use of popular sovereignty in making decisions about slavery in the territories

What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?

• African Americans were unable to afford to work agricultural jobs.

• African Americans left the South in large numbers to escape their debts.

• African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery.

• African Americans had to work for low wages to pay off their emancipation costs.

How did the South continue segregation even after the end of the Civil War signaled the end of slavery?

• by instituting Jim Crow laws

• by using the plantation system

• by invoking grandfather clauses

• by creating the Freedmen’s Bureau

Which amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the United States?

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Sixteenth Amendment

“The farmers of the United States are up in arms. They are the bone and sinew of the nation; they produce the largest share of its wealth; but they are getting, they say, the smallest share for themselves. The American farmer is steadily losing ground.”

—from Forum

The issue discussed in this excerpt was one argument made by which group of reformers?

• Federalists

• Populists

• Silverites

• Bull Moose Republicans

Based on your knowledge of the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States, which statement is this cartoon making?

• The federal government is ruining the oil industry by placing too many restrictions and regulations on business owners.

• The oil industry is thriving due to a healthy working relationship with the federal government.

• The owner of Standard Oil has too much power and influence over the federal government.

• Emissions from oil refineries are polluting the air and harming the environment.

The Gospel of Wealth was a philosophy that held that wealthy Americans were responsible for using their great fortunes for social progress, or for engaging in

• gentility

• laissez-faire

• culture

• philanthropy

The information below identifies examples of the work of the muckrakers.

Upton Sinclair exposed the unhealthy practices of Chicago’s meat-packing plants in The Jungle

Ida Tarbell revealed the dishonest business tactics of Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company

Jacob Riis wrote How the Other Half Lives, showing the conditions of the residents of New York City tenements.

What was the impact of these muckraking activities during the early 1900’s?

• Society changed in response to their promotion of Social Darwinism

• Voters agreed to let the owners of Big Business create more profitable monopolies

• Reports of these works in publications abroad led to a sudden decrease in immigration

• Public reaction to their books led to new laws addressing the abuses of industrialization