Unit #6 Test REVIEW

What system changed the way that factories produced complex products?

• checks and balances 
• mill work
• interchangeable parts
• free enterprise 

How did President Jackson use the spoils system to his advantage?

• He gave government jobs to his opposition
• He gave government jobs to his friends and political supporters
• He gave government jobs to those he felt were capable to run the country
• He gave government jobs to members of his secret political organization

What did the Abolitionist Movement desire with regard to slavery?

• immediate end of slavery everywhere that it existed
• a gradual phase out of slavery over time
• allowing slavery only to remain where it already existed
• allowing slavery to stay in some states but be abolished in others

In 1828, passage of which piece of legislation caused South Carolinians to threaten to seceded from the Union? 

• the charter for the Second Bank of the United States 
• the Tariff of Abominations
•  the Force Bill
• the Indian Removal Act

How did the teachings of the Second Great Awakening cause a change in the society of the 1830s? 

• it caused people to build more churches 
• it caused people to reform the problems in society 
• it caused people to turn back to the church as the only source of truth 
• it caused people to contemplate the necessity of their own salvation

In the 1840s, Horace Mann became the foremost reformer in what area?  

• education reform 
• prison reform 
• temperance movement 
• abolitionist movement

What was suggested at the 1st Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, NY in 1848?

• that women should be able to wear pants to meetings
• proposed that women seek the right to vote 
• insisted that African-Americans be admitted to the meeting 
• announced that women would run for Congress 

What group in Southern society made up the wealthy upper class?  

•  slaves
• indentured servants 
• artisans
• planters

How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery in the South?

• it made slavery much more profitable
• it did away with the need for many slaves
• it made the work on Southern plantations much harder 
• it helped the master learn how to do farm work

What was the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman's private RR Line
• A series of safe houses and code words to help slaves escape North
• A well known abolitionist network
• A cruel joke