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1.
The Nullification Crisis of 1832 centered around
a)
the annexation of Texas
b)
Jackson's war on the bank
c)
The extension of slavery into Missouri
d)
Southern opposition to tariffs
2.
Frederick Douglas, William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth: All of these were figures in which social movement?
a)
Abolitionist
b)
Temperance
c)
Education
d)
Suffrage
3.
Which treaty ended the United States' war with Mexico in 1848?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Vera Cruz
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
4.
When the admission of new states threatened the balance of free and slave states in the Union, which Kentucky Senator drew up the "Missouri Compromise" in 1820?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
William H. Harrison
5.
California was initially admitted as a "free state" while citizens of the Utah and New Mexico territories were left to decide the issue for themselves. Which of these set this up?
a)
Wilmot Proviso
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
6.
Before the Civil War began, which issue played the GREATEST role in increasing tension and conflict between northern and southern state?
a)
northern opposition to the Tariff of 1832
b)
westward expansion and the issue of how to seize land owned by the Native Americans
c)
westward expansion and the issue of whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories
d)
the Indian Removal Act, the "Trail of Tears," and the creation of Indian reservations in Oklahoma.
7.
Which statement BEST identifies a positive effect of westward expansion in the years before the Civil War?
a)
Westward expansion led to loss of life and territory for the Native Americans
b)
Westward expansion added to the growing conflict between "free" and "slave" states before the civil war
c)
Westward expansion led to an economic boom in the Midwest, as new cities and markets were connected by rail and canals
d)
Westward expansion led to increased numbers of slaves in the west, as southern cotton planters sought new lands to make greater profits
8.
A new philosophy formulated by Ralph Waldo Emerson, that emphasized the value of the simple life and the truth found in nature.
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
c)
Second Great Awakening
d)
Utopia
9.
This religious movement that swept the nation shortly after 1790 is known as ________.
a)
Great Awakening
b)
Transcendentalism
c)
Second Great Awakening
d)
Utopia
10.
Born into slavery, this great writer and speaker escaped to the North, where he worked to achieve freedom of slaves through nonviolent means.
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Nat Turner
c)
David Walker
d)
Frederick Douglass
11.
When ____ found herself excluded from an anti-slavery convention in London because she was a woman, she planned with Lucretia Mott to form a society for women's rights.
a)
Sarah Grimke
b)
Catharine Beecher
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Sojourner Truth
12.
The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union is known as ___.
a)
confederacy
b)
compromise
c)
secession
d)
popular sovereignty
13.
Why did the invention of cotton gin increase the need for slaves by reducing the need for labor to complete this task?
a)
More slaves needed to pick cotton on growing plantations
b)
more slaves needed to operate cotton gins
c)
cotton gin only picked fibers, slaves still needed to separate seeds
d)
smaller farms to stay competitve needed more slaves.
14.
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Clara Barton
d)
Harriet Tubman
15.
According to the ____, Congress could not forbid slavery in any territory because it would interfere with a slaveholder's right to own property.
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Dred Scott Decision
c)
Know-Nothing Party
d)
Plessy vs Ferguson Case
16.
In general, this term means "a complete doing away with," which is how it came to be the name of the movement to outlaw slavery.
a)
antebellum
b)
emancipation
c)
abolition
d)
civil disobedience
17.
As the publisher of The Liberator, this man was one of the first white Americans to demand the immediate freeing of slaves.
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Henry David Thoreau
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
18.
The ___, which gets its name from a word meaning "self-restraint," attempted to prohibit the drinking of alcoholic beverages.
a)
civil disobedience
b)
temperance movement
c)
utopian community
d)
antebellum
19.
This reformer focused on the mentally ill.
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Lucretia Mott
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Sojourner Truth
20.
During the Second Great Awakening these were highly emotional church meetings.
a)
revivals
b)
baptisms
c)
concerts
d)
readings
21.
Civil disobedience was formulated by _____.
a)
Charles Grandison Finney
b)
Henry David Thoreau
c)
Nat Turner
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
22.
How did tariffs affect imported goods?
a)
Tariffs lowered the prices of imported goods.
b)
Tariffs made imported goods illegal to buy.
c)
Tariffs set weight restrictions for imported goods.
d)
Tariffs raised the cost of imported goods.
23.
Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?
a)
He thought its president was inexperienced and poorly educated.
b)
He thought it loaned too much money to farmers and workers.
c)
He thought it was unconstitutional and that it favored the rich.
d)
He thought it benefited western business owners over those in the east.
24.
Which Indian group was known for having a written language, a newspaper, and a constitution?
a)
Cherokee
b)
Chickasaw
c)
Choctaw
d)
Creek
25.
The Trail of Tears refers to
a)
Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.
b)
the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.
c)
government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.
d)
the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory.
26.
What state was ready to nullify the tariffs in 1832?
a)
South Carolina
b)
Georgia
c)
Virginia
d)
Alabama
27.
What was the name of the journey made by Cherokee Indians after they were removed from their land?
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Trail of Sorrows
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Nullification Act
28.
What is the term for the extension of political power to the common people?
a)
Jacksonian Democracy
b)
Republicanism
c)
Federalism
d)
Liberties
29.
Andrew Jackson was a member of which political party?
a)
Whigs
b)
National Republicans
c)
Democrats
d)
Anti-Federalists
30.
Why did South Carolina threaten to secede from the union the first time?
a)
Slavery
b)
Land costs
c)
Tariffs
d)
Missouri entering the union
31.
Jackson rewarding political backers with jobs was known as?
a)
Democracy
b)
Spoils System
c)
Panic of 1837
d)
Friendship
32.
The theory of ________ presents a view of the nation and the Constitution that is closest to the Doctrine of Nullification.
a)
Federalism
b)
Soverignty
c)
Patriotism
d)
States Rights
33.
Which region was upset about the Tariff of Abominations?
a)
West
b)
South
c)
North
d)
Northwest
34.
Southerners felt they were paying for which regions prosperity with the Tariff of Abominations
a)
West
b)
Southeast
c)
Northwest
d)
North
35.
Which Massachusetts political leader was the strongest nationalist in the Senate?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Daniel Webster
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Thomas Jefferson
36.
The Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee nation was
a)
a part of the US and had to follow our laws
b)
a sovereign nation and did not have to follow the removal law
c)
a part of a larger Native American nation and they would have to fight together to oppose the removal act
d)
interfering with the nations prosperity and would have to move further west
37.
Which Supreme Court Case did Chief Justice John Marshal disagree with Andrew Jackson?
a)
Marbury v Madison
b)
Gibbons v Ogden
c)
McCulloch v Maryland
d)
Worcester v Georgia
38.
Which President was known as the Common Man's President?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Millard Fillmore
d)
William Henry Harrison
39.
During the 1820s and 1830s, their was an expansion of voting rights by lowering property requirements. This allowed more people to vote and became known as
a)
Jacksonian Conventions
b)
Jacksonian America
c)
Jacksonia
d)
Jacksonian Democarcy
40.
What is suffrage?
a)
the right to vote
b)
the act of suffering
c)
anything that is disliked or hated
d)
limiting voting
41.
Why did Texas want their independence?
a)
They wanted to break away from Mexico
b)
They were being taxed by the hispanics
c)
They couldnt speak their language
42.
All of the following were CAUSES of the Mexican-American War EXCEPT which one?
a)
Manifest Destny
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Border disputes
d)
Annexation of Texas
43.
Who was James Polk?
a)
President of the US during the M-A war
b)
A soldier who died for his country
c)
A Mexican General
d)
An American General
44.
What was the Guadalupe Hidalgo?
a)
A famous Mexican General's horse
b)
The river between the US and Mexico
c)
The treaty that ended the war
d)
A famous battle field
45.
Which river marks the border between Mexico and the US?
a)
The Rio Grande
b)
The Nueces River
c)
The border is not marked by a river
d)
The Red River
46.
Which of the following states was admitted into the Union as a "free" state as a result of The Compromise of 1850?
a)
California
b)
Nevada
c)
New Mexico
d)
Colorado
47.
Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, and Nevada were all states that joined the US as a result of what?
a)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)
The Annexation of Texas
c)
The Mexican Cession
d)
The Joint Resolution
48.
Who is considered the "founder of public education"?
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Lucretia Mott
c)
Horace Mann
d)
Fredrick Douglass
49.
Who or what is an abolitionist?
a)
one who wants to end slavery
b)
one who wants to improve public schools
c)
one who wishes to reform America's prisons
d)
One who wishes to give women more freedom and fairness in society
50.
Who is considered the major reformer behind the fight to reform America's prisons?
a)
Horace Mann
b)
Angelina Grimke
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Dorothea Dix
51.
________encouraged its followers to believe that they could find truth within, learn from nature and participate in civil disobedience to protest law.
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
c)
Hudson River School
d)
industrial revolution
52.
Which of the following best describes Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
a)
Leader in the abolitionist movement
b)
First woman doctor in the United States
c)
Leader in improving American schools
d)
Organizer of the Women's Rights Convention
53.
Defeating the abuse of alcohol was the cornerstone of this movement.
a)
Prison Movement
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Mentally ill movement
d)
Orphan train movement.
54.
Who were the first workers in Textile factories in America?
a)
Immigrants
b)
Lowell girls
c)
young children
d)
males
55.
What do we call the period in America where production changed from hand made to machine manufacturing?
a)
Market Revolution
b)
Industrial Revolution
c)
Machine Revolution
d)
Cottage Revolution
56.
What act passed by Congress allowed slave owners to capture runaway slaves?
a)
Slave law
b)
Slave Codes
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Black Codes
57.
What did Robert Fulton create that changed travel in America?
a)
Rail roads
b)
Canals
c)
Steamboats
d)
cars
58.
What 2 states came in under the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
a)
Maine and Vermont
b)
Missouri and Maine
c)
Mississippi and Missouri
d)
Missouri and Kansas
59.
Which technology from the early 1800's contributed to the development of the cell phone?
a)
cotton gin
b)
telegraph
c)
sewing machine
d)
mechanical reaper
60.
Why did the invention of cotton gin increase the need for slaves by reducing the need for labor to complete this task?
a)
More slaves needed to pick cotton on growing plantations
b)
more slaves needed to operate cotton gins
c)
cotton gin only picked fibers, slaves still needed to separate seeds
d)
smaller farms to stay competitve needed more slaves.
61.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote _________ to discuss women's voting rights in 1848.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Declaration of Rights of Women
c)
Declaration of Sentiments
d)
Declaration of Rights of Women and Men
62.
What two people became good abolitionists speakers because they had been former slaves?
a)
Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth
b)
Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass
c)
Harriet Tubman, Dorthea Dix
d)
Dorthea Dix, Sojourner Truth
63.
What was Reconstruction
a)
Rebuilding the school after it was torn down.
b)
Rebuilding the South after the Civil War
c)
Using heavy equipment to build buildings in downtown Chicago
d)
Rebuilding the cities of the North after the Civil War
64.
What did the 15th amendment do?
a)
It gave women the right to vote
b)
It guaranteed African Americans the right to hold public offices
c)
It gave African American men the right to vote
d)
It made all blacks US citizens
65.
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
a)
A club where African Americans could hang out
b)
A newspaper for African Americans
c)
An organization to keep African Americans from being free
d)
An organization that taught freed slaves and poor whites new job skills and taught them to read and write
66.
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
a)
Laws that all crows in the South must be named Jim
b)
Laws to keep blacks and white separate in public places
c)
Laws that helped African Americans get equal rights
d)
Laws that ensured all blacks would be treated equally to whites
67.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
It made slavery illegal everyone in the United States
b)
It admitted the Southern states back into the union.
c)
It punished the Northern states for starting the Civil War.
d)
It provided free seats on any bus to African Americans.
68.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
It outlawed slavery in every state in the union.
b)
It allows Congress to impeach a president.
c)
It gave women the right to vote
d)
It made everyone born in the US a citizen of the US and required laws to be applied equally to all US citizens.
69.
Who was Hiram Revels?
a)
One of the freedom riders
b)
A bus driver who refused to give up his seat to a white woman
c)
He was the first African American elected to the US senate
d)
A famous African American dancer
70.
Who was the president when the civil war took place
a)
John Whikes Booth
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Mrs. Fullen
d)
Ms. Woods
71.
Who shot president Lincoln
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Ms. Fullen
72.
What are black codes
a)
Codes that look black
b)
Laws that limit rights to African Americans
73.
Which of the following was a Confederate advantage in the war?
a)
More miles of railroad track
b)
Greater number of factories
c)
Defending their homeland
d)
Larger population
74.
In the Kansas-Nebraska Act ______________ was used to decide the slavery issue.
a)
voting (popular sovereignty)
b)
states' rights
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
secession
75.
According to the terms of the Compromise of 1850,
a)
California was a slave state
b)
California was a free state
c)
Texas claimed New Mexico and extended slavery in that territory
d)
slave trade continued in the Disctrict of Columbia
76.
Lee surrendered to Grant ending the Civil War at?
a)
Washington DC
b)
Fort Sumter, SC
c)
Appomattox Courthouse, VA
77.
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
78.
Who was the military general of the Confederacy?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
79.
Who was the military general of the Union who helped the North win the war?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
80.
What economic system replaces slavery during Reconstruction keeping African-Americans in poverty and debt?
a)
Sharecropping
b)
40 Acres and a Mule
c)
Free Enterprise
d)
Plantation Farming
81.
What was the name of the terrorist group that drove African-Americans out of political control during and after Reconstruction?
a)
Al Qaeda
b)
Klu Klux Klan
c)
Nazis
d)
Sons of the Confederacy
82.
To withdraw from something, such as a nation
a)
blockade
b)
amend
c)
ratify
d)
secede
83.
A person who wanted to end slavery
a)
Confederate
b)
sharecropper
c)
vigilante
d)
abolitionist
84.
What was the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?
a)
It was the first battle in which African-American troops participated.
b)
The Union troops were able to defeat the Confederate troops which had invaded the North.
c)
This battle was an important victory for the Confederate army.
d)
It was the first battle fought on Southern soil.
85.
The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Law was to
a)
prevent slaves from testifying against whites in court trials
b)
require slaves to have citizenship papers in order to obtain jobs
c)
prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings
d)
require the return of runaway slave to their owners
86.
Which American document issued by Lincoln after the Battle of Antietam freed slaves in states rebelling against the United States, and was the first step towards the freedom of slaves throughout the United States?
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
The Slavery Proclamation
c)
The Emancipation Proclamation
d)
The Civil Rights Declaration
87.
The Civil War began at?
a)
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
b)
Shiloh, Tennessee
c)
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
88.
The closing of a port by positioning ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
a)
Blockade
b)
arsenal
c)
conscription
d)
sharecropper
89.
In what year did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?
a)
1903
b)
1812
c)
1848
d)
1803
90.
What President was the biggest supporter of Manifest Destiny?
a)
James K. Polk
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
James Monroe
d)
George Washington
91.
What year did the most miners rush to California?
a)
1848
b)
1849
c)
1852
d)
1853
92.
Results of the U.S. Mexican War
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present day states.
Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present day states.
Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Adams-Onis Treaty
c)
Treaty of Jefferson
d)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
93.
What piece of land was purchased in order to build something in the South? What did they want to build?
a)
Mexican Cession/Trails
b)
Louisiana Territory/Canals
c)
transcontinental/Oregon Country
d)
Gadsden Purchase/Railroad
94.
How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?
a)
It led to war.
b)
It doubled the nation's size.
c)
It limited trade opportunities.
d)
It led to the discovery of a water route across the country.
95.
Who did the United States buy the Louisiana Purchase from?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Great Britain
d)
Mexico
96.
Texans fought for independence against what country?
a)
United States
b)
Mexico
c)
France
d)
Great Britain
97.
A belief in manifest destiny, the Mexican - American War and the completion of the Transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the
a)
rise of big business
b)
growth of the labor movement
c)
abolitionist movement
d)
expansion and settlement of the West
98.
The primary goal of manifest destiny was
a)
End slavery in the new territories
b)
removal of European influence from South America
c)
expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
d)
secession of southern states from the nation
99.
Which acquisition was ceded to the U.S. with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
a)
Texas
b)
Louisiana Territory
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Gadsden Purchase
100.
What year was territory #3 acquired?
a)
1607
b)
1783
c)
1803
d)
1819
101.
Which area on the map was annexed by the United States?
a)
5
b)
1
c)
6
d)
4
102.
Which area on the map was part of the Mexican Cession?
a)
6
b)
8
c)
7
d)
4
103.
What territorial acquisition doubled the size of the United States?
a)
Florida Cession
b)
Mexican Cession
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Oregon Treaty
104.
What territory first allowed the United States to reach the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Oregon Treay
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Gadsden Purchase
105.
What territory was acquired in 1783 after the American Revolution?
a)
Area 1
b)
Area 4
c)
Area 3
d)
Area 2
106.
What was the main reason the United States went to war with Mexico?
a)
Border dispute of Texas
b)
Annexation of Texas
c)
Building of railroads in Mexican Territory
d)
Slaves running away into Mexican Territory
107.
What territory was acquired through negotiation with Britain?
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Oregon Territory
c)
United States Territory
d)
13 Original Colonies
108.
How did we acquire area 4?
a)
Negotiation with Britain
b)
Conquest
c)
Florida Cession
d)
Mexican Cession
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