TCBOE History 10 Post 3

Which was an example of the rise of abolitionism?

• Homestead Act of 1862

• Great Awakening

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Common Sense

What government action prohibited slavery in the territories north of the Ohio River after the American Revolution?

• the Missouri Compromise

• the Articles of Confederation

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Which issue was addressed at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention?

• child labor

• gender equality

• public education

• westward expansion

What is the spoils system viewed as?

• It was viewed as a dishonorable system of government corruption.

• It was viewed as an honorable system that instituted a stronger sense of leadership.

• It was viewed as a dishonorable system that paid Americans to better support their government.

• It was an honorable system that shifted America's view of future presidents.

What action by President Andrew Jackson is best supported by this quote?

• Allowing civil servants to remain in public office for life

• Requiring political supporters to have previous government experience

• Appointing political supporters to government positions

• Requiring all civil servants to have a college education

What was the broader goal of reforms like the ones in the list?

• To reduce crime rates in the community

• To allow religious groups to manage prisons

• To support the rehabilitation of prisoners

• To make sure all prison inmates were literate

Why was it necessary for the Cherokee to sue the state of Georgia in 1831?

• They wanted to secede from the United States.

• They were being forced to give up their lands.

• They were seeking assistance in fighting against Spain.

• They believed they were entitled to voting rights in the state.

How did 'Conductors' in the North assist escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad?

• Conductors would hide escaped slaves in their homes, barns, and churches.

• Conductors assisted escaped slaves financially.

• Conductors coded newspapers with Railroad symbols.

• Conductors used secret verbal codes.

• Conductors used secret flags and lanterns as signals.

The influence of the Second Great Awakening is demonstrated by this excerpt because citizens were expected to

• accept the legal supremacy of states’ rights.

• submit to political control by an elite minority.

• unite to support constitutional reform policies.

• surrender individual rights to guarantee majority rule.

Why was the above sequence of events significant in the history of the Cherokee people?

• It brought about the establishment of federal reservations in the eastern United States.

• It restored Cherokee land rights that had been granted during the colonial period.

• It brought about the granting of citizenship rights to the Cherokee people.

• It led to the Cherokee people being forced to move west of the Mississippi River.