Final Exam Practice

Click all of the following descriptions that explain enslaved people's resistence during the Civil War era (1800s)

• Enslaved people used "day to day" actions that included breaking tools or faking illness

• Enslaved people formed their own groups to farm and compete against white owned plantation

• Enslaved people plotted rebellions against their slaveholders, but most failed

• Enslaved people organized escape routes that led to the North and other places were they could be free

Which was NOT an example of a PUSH factor in immigration?

• Irish people moving west and starting farms

• German artisans put out of business by factory-made products

• German Jews fleeing religious persecution

• Catholics who faced discrimination in Ireland came to the U.S.

These people called for stricter citizenship requirements and didn't like immigrants.

• Federalists

• Nativists

• Socialists

• Democratic-Republicans

Why did some Americans oppose immigration?

• Immigrants refused to join the Know-Nothing party

• The Pope sent Catholics to the Unites States to overthrow democracy

• Some Americans were prejudiced and racist towards immigrants

• Immigrants refused to learn American ways

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Second Great Awakening?

• increased interest in social reforms such as the temperance movement.

• an emphasis on individual rebirth and perfectionism.

• belief that God wanted/accepted slavery.

• extensive involvement by women and African-Americans.

What did Horace Mann believe?

• Alchohol is dangerous and should be banned

• Women should have the right to vote and participate in society

• Education is no the business of government and should be left for the private sector

• Americans should have access to free and public education

Who is the following: You were abused extensively as a slave and in 1826, escaped from your master. You are a strong Christian and believe that the Bible preaches against slavery. Therefore, you became a powerful speaker on religion and the evils of slavery. You gave a very famous speech called “Aint I a Woman?”

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Sojourner Truth

• Susan B. Anthony

Who is the following: You held the famous Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 where you and many other women and men argued for women’s rights. You wrote the document The Declaration of Sentiments where you proposed women receive the right to vote.

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Sojourner Truth

• Susan B. Anthony

Who is the following: You were appalled by the terrible conditions in prisons. You saw many mentally ill people chained up and put in cages. You fought to bring awareness to these issues and even spoke on the floor of Congress.

• Dorothea Dix

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Sojourner Truth

• Susan B. Anthony

Which of the following was favored by white southerners but opposed by Northerners?

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Wilmot Proviso

• The Crittendon Plan