SDC History Challenge Exam UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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SDC History Challenge
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SDC History Challenge
SDC History Challenge Exam UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Abraham Lincoln () - CORRECT ANSWER- National Union/Republican
(Liberal back then)
-Civil War
-Emancipation Proclamation (Freedom Manifesto) abolished slavery in North
-13th Amendment
-Battle of Gettysburg
-Domestic Aff...
SDC History Challenge Exam UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔National Union/Republican
(Liberal back then)
-Civil War
-Emancipation Proclamation (Freedom Manifesto) abolished slavery in North
-13th Amendment
-Battle of Gettysburg
-Domestic Affairs (borders)
-Homestead Act of 1862 (encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of
public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid small filing fee and required to complete five
years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land)
-Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
-Foreign Affairs: Preventing foreign recognition of the Confederacy & blockade of
Confederate ports
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔National Union/Republican
(Liberal back then)
-Reconstruction
-First president impeached (tried to dismiss Edwin M. Stanton w/o permission of Senate
((Tenure of Office Act)))
-Purchased Alaska (Seward's Folly)
-Black Suffrage
-14th Amendment (give citizenship to slaves who were freed after civil war)
-Force out French puppet state in Mexico (Maximilian)
-Repair Anglo (Hispanic)-American Relations
-Loyal to union
Ulysses Grant (1869-1877) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Republican
-Union military hero of the Civil War
-Reconstruction continued
,-Fought for Blacks' rights
-Black Friday scandal: James Fisk and Jay Gould tried to influence the gov. and manipulate
gold market. Plot failed resulted in financial panic on September 24, 1869.
-Whiskey Ring scandal: group of whiskey distillers (and President's secretary) didn't pay
federal taxes on whisky were making/selling. Collected taxes from consumers and split
money
-Credit Mobilier Scandal: Crédit Mobilier of America was company created by Union Pacific
RR to funnel money during building of transcontinental RR. Money split between investors
(VP was part of it)
Rutherford Hayes (1877-1881) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Republican
-Spoils system: appointed friends and political supporters to federal position in exchange for
support (no experience needed). Republicans wanted it to end bc it was too corrupt.
-Compromise of 1877: states federal government pulled the last troops out of the South, and
formally ended the Reconstruction Era exchanged for his getting presidency
James A. Garfield (1881) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Republican
-Civil service reform
-Chinese immigration
-Assassinated by Charles Guiteau who was angry bc he didn't get a job in the gov.
-Assassination led to Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (positions within the federal
government should be awarded by skill, not relationship).
-Anti Spoils system
Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Republican
-Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883
-Chinese Exclusion Act
-Oppose high tariff
-Father of the Steel Navy: sought construction of steam-powered steel cruisers, steel rams,
and steel-clad gunboats.
-Discussion of Panama Canal (pushed for its building)
,-Knights of Labor, 1886
-Haymarket Riot, 1886
-Interstate Commerce Act, 1887
-Washburn v. Illinois, 1886
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Republican
-supported higher tariffs
-McKinley Tariff (highest tariff up to that time)
-Sherman Antitrust Act (First federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law by
Harrison and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting. initially misused
against labor unions)
-Billion Dollar Congress (Gave pensions to Civil War veterans, increased government silver
purchases)
-Expansion of Navy
William McKinley (1897-1901) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Republican
-Supporter of organized labor
-Assassinated by Leon Csolgosz
-Annexation of Hawaii
-Spanish-American War
-Filipino Revolt
-Open Door Policy (US secretary of state John Hay- all countries should have equal access to
any Chinese port open to trade)
-Boxer Rebellion (rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who
opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops)
-gold standard
-supported the rich
-front porch campaign; flyers paid my rich men, expensive, negative
-most of supporters lived in Northeast
, -Square Deal (Theodore Roosevelt's promise of fair and equal treatment for all; control of
corporations, consumer protection, conservation of natural resources)
-Conservation (built many parks like Yellowstone)
-Meat Inspection Act (made sure meat is safely slaughtered and prepared)
-"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair (pointed out the abuses of the meat packing industry. The
book led to the passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act)
-Panama Canal built under his presidency
-Roosevelt Corollary (extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the
right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force,
first put into effect in Dominican Republic)
-Big Stick Diplomacy (symbolizes his power and readiness to use military force if necessary.
Way of intimidating countries without actually harming them and was the basis of U.S.
imperialistic foreign policy)
-Russo-Japanese War (conflict between Russia and Japan, sparked by the two countries'
efforts to dominate Manchuria and Korea)
-Gentleman's Agreement (between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan.v
United States would not impose restrictions on Japanese immigration, and Japan would not
allow further emigration to the United States)
-France-Germany dispute over Morocco
-Great White Fleet (16 American battleships, painted white, sent around the world to display
American naval power)
William Taft (1909-1913) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Republican
-Dollar Diplomacy (U.S. exchanging financial support for the right to "help" countries make
decisions about trade and other commercial ventures. Exchanging money for political
influence in Latin America and the Caribbean)
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Democratic
New Freedom
Tariff reduction
Federal Reserve Act (1913) -flexible monetary supply
Federal Trade Comm
Clayton Antitrust Act
16th Amendment- income tax
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