History Quiz !

How did the North protect its industry?

• by favoring a high tariff

• by boycotting Southern goods

• by boycotting trade with Europe

Select the items specifically wanted by the West.

• high tariffs

• easy bank credit

• cheap public land

• internal improvements at national expense

• movies and pizza

Clay's plan to encourage an end to sectionalism was called:

• the doctrine of nullification

• the American Plan

• secession

Which of the following statements is true of the South?

• favored high tariffs on cotton

• encouraged the building of roads in the West

• the only section to allow slavery

The north believed tariffs would provide what safety net?

• Protection from Southern products

• Protection from European competition

• Protection from inadequate products

• Protection from Western farm goods

In which of the following cities did a Dutch ship bring twenty African slaves in 1619?

• New York

• Jamestown

• Philadelphia

Why were slaves considered to be more profitable than indentured servants?

• Slaves were permanent possessions of their master.

• Slaves were treated better than indentured servants.

• Their contracts were shorter than an indentured servant.

One of the main groups in the early 1800s to object morally to slavery was the:

• Southern plantation owners

• Quakers

• New England merchants

Why did slavery decline after the Revolutionary War?

• Indentured servants were more profitable than slaves.

• Ideas toward individual freedom were changing.

• The number of plantations was declining.

The American Colonization Society planned to send freed slaves to:

• the North

• Liberia

• Nigeria

• none of these