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WorksheetsUSH3 - Antebellum Chs 7 & 8
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
This was a state's right issue where southern states especially believed they had the power to ignore enforcement of a federal law they disagreed with..
Sectionalism
Nullifaction
Nativism
Abolition
In 1801, Eli Whitney showed the possibilities of ______ ____ to President John Adams. These would enable faster manufacture and replacement of industrial-made goods.
Interchangeable Parts
Cotton Gin
Slavery Abolition
The Telephone
These types of buildings replaced artisans' workshops as places of manufacture.
Factories
Steel Mills
Artisan Booksmiths
Chemical Plants
Thomas Jefferson passed this law which closed America to foreign trade and refocused American efforts on domestic development. It would be repealed only two years later.
Embargo Act of 1807
Non-Intercourse Act
America First Act of 1806
American Domestic Alliance Act of 1805
While original British-designed textile mills could only automate one part of clothing, Americans found a way to mechanize all stages of cloth manufacture. In what town was this originally found?
Boston, MA
Philadelphia, PA
Lowell, MA
Washington, DC
Which of the following was not a reason for voluntary slave abolition in the North?
Graincrops in the north and Midwest required little labor
The invention of the Cotton Gin
Low profit for corn & cattle found in the north
Subsistence farming still existed in new northern territories
Because cotton was in great demand in Britain and the United States North regions, this invention expanded slave plantations and slave demand in the south.
Cotton Gin
Steamship
Railroad
Water Mill
Because the North and South were developing different economies, Henry Clay and President Madison in 1815 presented a plan to unify the country. Which of the following was not part of the "American System" proposal?
A National Bank
A protective tariff
A free-trade tariff
Infrastructure improvements for transportation and trade
Which of the following was not a way the United States improved internal infrastructure between 1790 and 1840?
The National Road between Maryland and Illinois
The Erie Canal between Hudson River, NY and Lake Erie
Steamships Traveling Waterways
100,000 miles of Rails
In 1824, the Supreme Court ruled that interstate commerce could only be regulated by _____. This was the Gibbons v. Ogden decision.
The State Governments
The Federal Government
Federal Popular Sovereignty vote
State Legislatures
What land was ceded to the United States under the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819?
Spanish Florida
Mexican Texas
British Canada
French Louisiana
Which of the following was not a cause of President James Monroe's Doctrine in 1823?
Spain & Portugal were trying to move back into old colonial areas
Russia expanding settlements in Alaska and trade posts in California
Defeat of Napoleon allowed European powers to seek to control prior-held colonies in the Americas
Mexicans were illegally crossing the Rio Grande River into the United States
What did the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 state?
Warned foreign countries to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
Warned China to avoid developing African countries
Warned Mexicans to stay south of Rio Grande River
Warned England not to expand colonies in China
Which of the following was not a facet of the 1820 Missouri Compromise?
Avoided Civil War for a few generations
Maine admitted as a free state
Missouri admitted as a slave state
Louisiana Territory split along 360 30' north latitude
California admitted as a slave state
Why did Andrew Jackson contend the 1824 election was stolen and rigged away from him and given to John Q. Adams?
Tie in electoral college led to the House voting for the winner
Popular vote was miscounted in several states
Slave votes under the 3/5 compromise were ignored
None of these, he was just a whiny person
Which of the following was not a factor in the 1828 election of Andrew Jackson to President?
Voting requirements were eased between 1824-1828 enlarging voting population
Free Blacks and Women were finally able to vote
Andrew Jackson mastered the art of talking to the common population
Andrew Jackson characterized Quincy Adams as an elitist while portraying himself as a man of humility and common values -- lying or hiding the truth about his wealth as a harsh plantation owner
"To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy.
This saying led to the spoils system practiced by Andrew Jackson, which of the following was not a facet of this system?
Mass firings of those in government from other political party
Friends of the president elevated to high offices in government
Individuals not specialized in certain industries given control of things they knew very little or nothing about
Political corruption
More efficient representative government that sought how to best serve the majority of the country
Under Andrew Jackson's 1830 Indian Removal Act, what territory were most American Indians moved to?
California
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Texas
Partly by steamboat and railroad, but mostly on foot, the Cherokee were moved 800 miles west along the way losing a quarter of their population. What was this event known as?
Cherokee Burdens
White Man's Burden
Trail of Tears
Westward Mobility
Which of the following was not a point Jackson made to defend his veto of the Bank of the United State's charter?
The B.U.S. extended loans to congressmen at much lower interest rates than offered average citizens
the B.U.S. only gave interest to stockholders while all tax payments from all Americans were deposited into the bank
Jacksonians managed to convince common Americans that the B.U.S. was a privileged institution
Andrew Jackson was refused a loan, and since he was seen as a humble, common America the population hated the National B.U.S.
The Whig Party separated from the Democratic Party in 1834. Which of the following was not part of the Whig Party Platform?
Backed the American System for infrastructural improvements throughout the Country
Wanted a protective tariff to encourage American industrialization and expand it
Wanted federal control of the banking system and national currency
Wanted to end slavery
Which of the following is not an example of how Andrew Jackson caused the Economic Panic of 1837?
He suspended the charter for the B.U.S. instead depositing federal funds into wildcat banks who printed bank noted wildly in excess of the gold and silver each bank had on hand to back up the worth of the printed currency
Since wildcat currency was near worthless, the federal government got in trouble when folks tried to purchase federal lands with the worthless currency, so Jackson ordered lands only be bought with gold and silver
Because hard currencies (gold & silver) were necessary to buy land, people flocked to banks to cash in their dollars, but the banks didn't have proper amounts of gold and silver to back the value of the printed dollars
Andrew Jackson wanted to make slaves cheaper to buy in hopes of luring northern and western territories to buy more slaves, so he backed a bad U.S. dollar from his pet banks.
Which of the following election propaganda messages did not become a staple in American politics because of the 1840 election?
Portraying a candidate as common, while lying about his real wealth
War heroes should be seen as more experienced than others
Campaign slogans, symbols, and printed advertisements should be used to influence the mass opinion in America
Television ads should employ a majority of campaign donation spending
Which of the following was not a facet of the Second Great Awakening?
Evangelism
Countered Calvinism's belief in predestination
Emphasized individual responsibility for seeking salvation
Insistence on using religion as a way to improve each self and society
Embraced the notion that each soul's fate was predetermined by God
An emotional meeting designed to awaken religious faith through impassioned preaching and prayer that could last for days was called a ______ during the Second Great Awakening.
Revival
Baptism
Church
Damnation Meeting
While blacks were allowed in many churches including the new Baptist of Methodist churches, they were segregated to pews of their own. How did blacks interpret the same Christian message preached in these churches?
As a promise for freedom
As a promise for eternal life if they were good slaves
As a need to create their own separated churches run only by folks of same color
As a call to endure pain as a slave
Which of the following was not a facet of transcendentalism?
A philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life
Exalted the dignity of the individual
Literary movement that stressed American ideals of optimism, freedom, and self reliance
Philosophical movement that called for public displays or religious values in revivals.
This form of protest called for citizens to disobey laws in order to show how silly or pointless they were. It would be heavily used in the 20th century Civil Rights era, but began with Thoreau's protest against slavery and the War with Mexico.
Civil Disobedience
Sit-Ins
Student speeches
Teach-ins
This woman spearheaded a movement to reform asylums and prisons after visiting a house for correction that caused more harm than rehabilitation to the mentally ill.
Dorothea Dix
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Hillary Clinton
Susan B Anthony
Which of the following was not a reason cited to avoid publicly-funded education systems in the Antebellum era?
Rich taxpayers didn't want to pay for public schools while their kids were already attending private schools
German immigrants feared their children would not learn about their heritage, culture, nor language
Lack of perceived need for education past 10 year olds
The country feared having to educate black pupils with public money out of a suspicion that blacks would one day become a majority of college-educated citizens.
This individual started the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, which called for immediate emancipation.
Henry David Thoreau
William Lloyd Garrison
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Which of the following is not associated with Frederick Douglass?
Born into slavery
Founded his own anti-slavery newspaper, The North Star
Escaped slavery by impersonating a free black sailor's name
Became a speaker for the American Anti-Slavery Society
Educated at the request of his former slave master
Even at the start of the Civil War, there were Black slaveowners who would support the Confederacy.
True
False
Which of the following was not true of slavery in the Antebellum era of America?
Urban slaves were often hired out to factory owners while their pay was sent to the slave master
A majority of slave plantations owned between 10-99 slaves
More slaves lived on plantations than in cities by 1850
Enslaved women and children worked the same jobs as men in southern industries
Slave breeding was forbidden throughout the south
Which of the following is not true with regards to Nat Turner's rebellion?
With nearly 80 followers, Turner attacked four plantations killing around 60 white inhabitants
Turner hid from capture, but was eventually captured and hanged
An effect of Turner's Rebellion was as many as 200 blacks were killed
The rebellion convinced many southerners to defend and further brutal controls of slaves
The rebellion started the Civil War
Which of the following is not true about pro-slavery advocates in the Antebellum period?
The bible was used to defend and even justify slavery
Slave owners argued being a part of American slavery was a benefit to the black race because they were advancing a prosperous, Christian civilization
The myth of the happy slave became propaganda
Gag rules would encourage debate on abolition
This tradition held that women had limited options in society citing that married women would be restricted to the home and family as proper expectations.
Cult of Domesticity
Cult of Matriarch Traditions
Cult of Stanton
Cult of Suffrage
This movement developed in the mid 19th century and would continue through the early 20th century. It called for the prohibition of alcohol so that society would improve and men would be better to women.
Temperance Movement
Prohibition Society Movement
Suffrage Movement
Women's Suffering Society Movement
In 1848, Mott and Stanton organized this meeting to discuss women's rights. This meeting would offer a "Declaration of Sentiments" carefully tied to the Declaration of Independence.
March of Washington
Seneca Falls Convention
Women's Suffrage Convention
Suffragette Assembly of Washington
Which of the following is not associated to Sojourner Truth?
Changed name when she decided to sojourn or travel throughout the country preaching & arguing for abolition
Supported women's rights movement publicly
Never learned to read or write
A white, former indentured servant
This system had manufacturers provide goods for families to turn into home-produced finished products such as clothes.
Northern Steel Mills
Southern Cotton Industries
Cottage Industry
Urban Outfitters
Which of the following was not a title for artisans or skilled craftsmen in the second industrial revolution?
Master
Journeyman
Apprentice
Trader
Which of the following is not true about the Lowell Mill?
Females hired because they were cheaper
Girls flocked to the industrial mills because it paid better than teaching
All day labor in dark, heated spaces contributing to illness and discomfort
There were never any labor strikes by women
Americans were often hostile towards Southern & Eastern European immigrants while accepting Northern & Western Europeans because ....
S&E Europeans were largely Catholic, unclean, and undereducated
N&W Europeans all spoke english
None of these
S&E Europeans all spoke Greek and brought large families with them
