Nationalism, Sectionalism, Civil War and Reconstruction Test

President Andrew Jackson used the spoils system to

• stop the westward expansion of slavery

• strengthen the military for national defense

• destroy the Bank of the United States

• reward loyal political supporters

President Andrew Jackson's policy toward Native Americans was created to

• improve educational opportunities for Native Americans

• grant citizenship to Native Americans

• encourage Native Americans to become part of mainstream American society

• force Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River

The Erie Canal contributed to the development of the United States by

• eliminating the need for railroads

• linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

• becoming the major trade route to California

• allowing southern planters to ship their cotton westward

In the 1840s, westward expansion was justified by a belief in

• Laissez-faire

• Popular sovereignty

• Cultural pluralism

• Manifest Destiny

William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Tubman, and Harriet Beecher Stowe are best known for their efforts to

• create free public schools

• begin the temperance movement

• expand the rights of women

• oppose the practice of slavery

• Publication of The Liberator
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott decision

The events listed above all contributed to the

• outbreak of the Civil War

• formation of the policy of Manifest Destiny

• passage of the Missouri Compromise

• annexation of Texas

Abolitionists in the pre-Civil War period were most likely to support the

• removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia

• passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• activities of the Underground Railroad

• use of popular sovereignty in the territories

The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War

• exposing the dangers of cotton manufacturing

• intensifying Northern dislike of slavery

• pressuring the president to support emancipation

• convincing Congress to ban the importation of slaves

Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether or not slavery would be legal in their territory?

• nullification

• sectionalism

• popular sovereignty

• southern secession

As the Civil War began, President Abraham Lincoln stated that his primary goal was to

• end slavery

• set new national boundaries

• increase congressional powers

• preserve the Union