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US History Foundations Final Exam Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following created a collective national anger towards France?

a)

The Louisiana Purchase

b)

The XYZ Affair

c)

The War of 1812

d)

The Battle of Tippecanoe

2.

Which of the following groups used of force or coercion to prevent citizens from voting?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

The Anti-Slavery Society

c)

The Freedmen's Bureau

d)

The Electoral Commission of 1877

3.

Ulysses S Grant's administration was best known for:

a)

Grant's hands on presidential style

b)

scandal

c)

great leaders surrounding him

d)

ending Reconstruction

4.

Which of the following laws created a system of thirteen federal district courts?

a)

The Judicial Act of 1789

b)

The Judicial Act of 1801

5.

Thomas Jefferson served in what capacity in Washington's Cabinet?

a)

Secretary of the Treasury

b)

Secretary of War

c)

Secretary of State

d)

Secretary of Defense

6.

Though the War of 1812 ended in a militaristic and political draw, its long lasting impact was that:

a)

America and Great Britain would be allies ever after

b)

America was here to stay

c)

America's alliance with France was strengthened.

d)

The Indian Wars came to an end.

7.

Which law(s) looked to limit the power of the Democratic Republican Party.

a)

Alien and Sedition Acts

b)

The Judicial Act of 1789

c)

The Enforcement Acts

d)

The Fugitive Slave Act

8.

Which Supreme Court Chief Justice is synonymous with Judicial Review?

a)

John Jay

b)

John Marshall

c)

Roger Taney

9.

Washington DC was captured and burned

a)

By the British during the War of 1812

b)

By Santa Anna's forces during the Mexican War

c)

During the Quasi War with France

d)

When Lee crushed John Pope's army at Second Bull Run

10.

Southern states:

a)

are in favor of high tariffs

b)

looked to nullify tariffs

c)

believed tariffs are a necessary evil towards a good economy

d)

seceded in 1832 because of the tariff

11.

Growing sectionalism over the issue of slavery became a growing national issue for the first time after:

a)

The Missouri Compromise of 1820

b)

The Ostend Manifesto

c)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

12.

John Quincy Adams won the election of 1824 by:

a)

A popular vote plurality

b)

A popular vote majority

c)

An electoral vote majority

d)

The House of Representatives vote

13.

The purpose of the Indian Removal Act of 1831 was:

a)

To kill Indians in the Southeast

b)

To open up areas for White settlement

c)

To give Indians more property in the Southwest

d)

To establish White schools in the Southwest

14.

Northern industrialists:

a)

Were in favor of the Compromise of 1850

b)

voted predominantly Democrat

c)

voted predominantly Republican

d)

Favored tariffs

15.

Which of the following groups of people would have supported slavery (multiple answers)

a)

Irish immigrants in northern cities

b)

Abolitionists

c)

Planters

d)

Southern Democrats

16.

Which group of people potentially saw blacks as potential competitors in the labor force? (multiple answers)

a)

Irish immigrants in northern cities

b)

Irish immigrants in southern cities

c)

Planters

d)

Free Soilers

17.

All of the following are examples of the day to day life for a slave in the antebellum period EXCEPT:

a)

backbreaking work from dawn to dusk

b)

floggings were common and “Breakers” were hired to weaken a strong-willed slave.

c)

higher mortality rate than whites

d)

working in factories for low wages

18.

To push the discussion of slavery out of Congress for several years, Southern congressmen implemented the:

a)

Compromise of 1820

b)

Gag Resolution

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Compromise of 1850

19.

Present day Utah was settled by Latter Day Saints (Mormons) lead by

a)

Joseph Smith

b)

Brigham Young

c)

Gordon Hinckley

d)

Russell Nelson

20.

Santa Anna was known for which of the following? (multiple answers)

a)

Seizing power in Mexico City through a revolt

b)

Siging the terms of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

c)

Signed the Treaty of Velasco

d)

Acted as first president of the Texas Republic

21.

The Oregon issue was decided under which President?

a)

Jefferson

b)

Lincoln

c)

Polk

d)

Tyler

22.

Oregon was split between the United States and Canada at:

a)

the 49th parallel

b)

the 36 30' line

c)

the Rio Grande

d)

the Nueces River

23.

The Mexican War was also known as ______________ because he actively pursued war with Mexico and many people actively opposed it

a)

Polk's War

b)

Taylor's Manifesto

c)

Tyler's Rout

d)

Harrison's Burden

24.

Manifest Destiny- the right for White Americans to spread all the way across the continent, spreading Christianity and civilization- was a term coined by:

a)

John L. O'Sullivan

b)

James Polk

c)

John Tyler

d)

Samuel Morse

25.

Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna at ________________

a)

The Battle of San Jacinto

b)

The Battle of the Alamo

c)

The Battle of the Goliad

d)

The Battle of San Antonio

26.

The Wilmot Proviso divided Congress because:

a)

It proposed to stop the expansion of slavery into the territories of the Mexican Cessian

b)

It proposed to expand slavery into the territories of the Mexican Cessian

c)

It proposed to compensate slave owners for runaway slaves

d)

It proposed to give freedom to slaves who escaped into non-slave territory

27.

True/False:


The Mexican Government openly invited Americans to settle in Texas in the 1820s

a)

true

b)

false

28.

Which of the following increased federal intervention in the affairs of independent states?

a)

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

Personal Liberty Laws

d)

Sherman's March to the Sea

29.

For his attempt to raid the arsenal at Harper's Ferry:

a)

John Brown was executed

b)

John Brown was offered asylum in Canada

c)

John Brown became the first governor of West Virginia

d)

John Brown was convicted to a life sentence

30.

Which of the following groups was morally opposed to slavery? (multiple answers)

a)

Free Soilers

b)

Cotton Whigs

c)

Conscience Whigs

d)

Abolitionists

31.

After Martin Van Buren failed a re-election bid in 1840, he ran again, unsuccessfully, in 1848, as the first presidential candidate for the:

a)

Southern Whig Party

b)

Republican Party

c)

Know Nothing Party

d)

Free Soil Party

32.

Stephen Douglas wrote which of the following?

a)

The Ostend Manifesto

b)

The Compromise of 1877

c)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

The Dred Scott Decision majority opinion

33.

What Claim Did Dred Scott Sue With?

a)

Slavery Is Illegal

b)

Since He Had Once Lived In An Anti-Slavery Area He Would Always Be Free

c)

No One Should be a Slave or Own Slaves.

d)

People with Slaves Should be Prosecuted

34.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; ruled that Scott was property
a)
Dred Scott
b)
Roger B. Taney
c)
Millard Fillmore
d)
Jefferson Davis
35.

Who was Dred Scott?

a)

Ex-slave, Lincoln's advisor

b)

Escaped slave, ended free in Iowa

c)

Pro-slavery sheriff

d)

Slave who sued the government for his freedom

36.

The Supreme Court ruled all of the following in the Dred Scott case EXCEPT:

a)

Slaves are not citizens, so he could not sue in federal court

b)

Slavery cannot be denied in any territory because property is protected by the Fifth Amendment

c)

Congress had no power to ban slavery in the territories, hence, the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

d)

Slaves can not become free until they have been in a free territory for five years

37.

The attack on Fort Sumter:

a)

Was the last battle of the Civil War

b)

Was John Brown's last defiant act, which lead to his hanging

c)

Directly lead to beginning of the Civil War

d)

Gave Abraham Lincoln his first military victory in the Civil War

38.

Which of the following WAS NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California was admitted into the Union as a free state

b)

The territories of New Mexico and Utah were open to slavery based on popular sovereignty

c)

Washington DC would allow slavery, but abolished the slave trade

d)

The new Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, “the Bloodhound Bill,” was passed.

e)

Kansas was admitted into the Union as a free state

39.

The election of Lincoln prompted:

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

The caning of Charles Sumner

c)

South Carolina to secede

d)

The surrender at Appomattox

40.
Appomattox Court House is important because....
a)
This is where the South got new weapons
b)
this is where the South kidnapped President Lincoln
c)
this is where the Civil War ended and the South surrendered.
d)
This is where both sides enjoyed a concert in the park
41.

A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that described the cruelty of slavery and helped solidify the abolitionist movement in the North.

a)

Gone with the Wind

b)

Across the Lines

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

d)

Gettysburg

42.
Which statement best explains President Abraham Lincoln's initial goals for the Civil War?
a)
Northern Aggression
b)
Preservation of the Union
c)
Economic Disagreements
d)
Manifest Destiny
43.

What was the first major battle in the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Anaconda

b)

Battle of Vicksburg

c)

Battle of Shiloh

d)

Battle of Bull Run

44.

First Bull Run surprised both sides of the Civil War because:

a)

No one expected it to be as brutal as it was

b)

The Confederacy lost few men

c)

The Union won without having as many men as the Confederates

d)

It prompted the end of the Civil War

45.

The Southern economy:

a)

improved throughout the Civil War

b)

worsened through the Civil War until it finally collapsed

c)

was helped with financial backing from Great Britain and England after treaties

d)

remained fairly strong throughout the war

46.

Which of the following IS NOT an advantage of the South during the Civil War?

a)

Fighting on their own territory

b)

Good Military Leadership

c)

Industrialization

d)

Fighting a defensive war

47.
What was Sherman's strategy of total war?
a)
destroying all civilian and military resources
b)
killing prisoners of war
c)
attacking from land and sea
d)
killing all the slaves in the south
48.

Which of the following IS NOT an advantage of the South during the Civil War?

a)

Fighting on their own territory

b)

Good Military Leadership

c)

Industrialization

d)

Fighting a defensive war

49.

Which of the following IS NOT an advantage of the Union during the Civil War?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Good Military Leadership

c)

Larger Population

d)

Established Government

50.

Many Freedmen: (multiple answers)

a)

returned to their former plantations and became sharecroppers for their former masters

b)

migrated to the North and West

c)

Started businesses in the towns they were once slaves

d)

Became bank managers and supervisors in northern mills

51.

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan said all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

10% of a state’s voters, who were eligible to vote in 1860, would have to pledge their oath of allegiance to the United States

b)

Southerners also had to pledge to abide by emancipation

c)

Full pardons would be granted to most southerners who took an oath of allegiance to the Union and Constitution and accepted emancipation

d)

Southerners had never really left the Union, they were just in rebellion

e)

Southerners had to ratify the 13th amendment to be admitted back into the Union

52.

Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan referred to:

a)

The United States had to raise a ten percent tax to fund the war

b)

The South must free ten percent of their slaves to become part of the Union again

c)

The southern states had to have ten percent of its people pledge allegiance to the Union to politically rejoin the United States

d)

The Confederacy must give ten percent of its cotton exports to the Union to be readmitted

53.

The Ku Klux Klan was made illegal through:

a)

The Enforcement Act of 1870

b)

The Civil Rights Bill of 1866

c)

The Reconstruction Act of 1867

d)

The Civil Rights Bill of 1875

54.

(5) What was the compromise of 1877?

a)

an agreement made between republicans and democrats that allowed Hayes to become President , if the republicans ended reconstruction in the south

b)

an agreement between Hayes and Tilden that allowed Hayes to become President if Tilden could be his Vice President

c)

an agreement between republicans and democrats that made Tilden President, but allowed Reconstruction to continue in the South

55.

(6) What did the democrats agree to do in the Compromise of 1877?

a)

they agreed to accept Hayes' election to the Presidency

b)

they agreed to accept Tilden as becoming Hayes' Vice President

c)

they agreed to end reconstruction in the south

d)

they agreed to rebel again, thus starting another war

56.

(7) What did the republicans agree to do in the Compromise of 1877?

a)

to remove federal troops from the south, appoint democrats to powerful positions, and create laws to spur industrialization in the south

b)

to outlaw slavery, provide federal aid to freedmen, and to provide government jobs to ex-slaves

c)

to provide farm aid for southern planters, reduce high taxes created under Grant, and appoint Democrats as electors in the next election

57.

Period from 1865 to 1877 in which the U.S. government attempted to rebuild Southern society and governments

a)

Reunion

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Repair Policy

d)

Antebellum

58.

Constitutional amendment that made all the people born in the U.S. (including former slaves) citizens

a)

16th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

13th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

59.

White southerner who supported Radical Reconstruction

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

jay hawker

c)

scalawag

d)

carpetbagger

60.

Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War to participate in Reconstruction

a)

Democrat

b)

Republican

c)

scalawag

d)

carpetbagger

61.

System in which landowners gave poor farmers seeds, tools, and land to cultivate in exchange for part of their harvest

a)

communal farming

b)

sharecropping

c)

contract work

d)

crop rotations

62.

Hiram Revels was:

a)

The first Black US Senator

b)

The Secretary of War under Lincoln and Johnson

c)

The Vice President under Johnson

d)

US Grant's opponent in the 1872 election

63.

Under Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction, all Confederate states had to:

a)

ratify the Thirteenth Amendment

b)

ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

c)

ratify the Fifteenth Amendment

d)

Swear "Iron Clad" oaths

64.

James Polk was the President during all of the following important expansionist events EXCEPT:

a)

Mexican War

b)

The dividing of Oregon

c)

The Annexation of Texas

d)

California Gold Rush and statehood

65.

Which of the following was a method Thomas Jefferson used to avoid war with France: (more than one answer)

a)

The Louisiana Purchase

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

The XYZ Affair

d)

The Embargo Act of 1807

66.

The War of 1812:

a)

Was a clear victory of the British over the Americans

b)

Was a clear victory of the Americans over the British

c)

Was a clear victory for Indians in the West

d)

Was a clear indication of America's staying power as a nation

e)

Was a clear indication of America's dependence on Great Britain

67.

The Embargo Act of 1807 resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

A massive recession of the American economy

b)

A resurgence of the Federalist Party

c)

A massive recession of the French and English economies

d)

A weakening of support for the Democratic-Republican Party

68.

Which group of people believed an invasion of British-controlled Canada would restore America's national pride?

a)

Federalists

b)

Northern Democrats

c)

War Hawks

d)

Southern Federalists

69.

The picture represents:

a)

The British capture of Washington DC

b)

General Jackson's victory in New Orleans

c)

William Henry Harrison's victory and burning of Prophet's Town

d)

The American capture of Fort Detroit

70.

Which of the following is true (multiple choices)

a)

After the War of 1812, the Federalist Party faded away once and for all

b)

After the War of 1812, America surged with national pride

c)

The Embargo Act of 1807 was an effective way of avoiding war with Great Britain or France

d)

The Age of Jefferson ended the Age of Jackson

71.

The controversy over the rechartering of the Bank of the United States was:

a)

Democrats (mostly southern and westerners) believed the Bank favored the wealthy over the poor and working class

b)

National Republicans (mostly easterners and northerners) believed the Bank favored the poor and working class over the wealthy

c)

The bank was controlled by the Supreme Court

d)

The Bank did not have the power to produce its own money, which crippled its ability to give loans

72.

States' Rights became a major issue during the:

a)

War of 1812

b)

Nullification Crisis

c)

Election of 1824

d)

Embargo of 1807

73.
Why did the election of 1824 go to the House?
a)
No candidate got a majority of electoral votes
b)
No candidate got a plurality of electoral votes
c)
The President and VP got the same number of votes
d)
Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton
74.
Which of the following best describes the "Corrupt Bargain"?
a)
a deal was made between Andrew Jackson and John Adams so that Adams would become president and Jackson a Supreme Court Judge
b)
a deal between Henry Clay and John Adams where Adams becomes president and Clay Secretary of State
c)
a Bargain where someone buys half priced goods that have already been used
d)
a deal between Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay where Jackson becomes president and Clay becomes Vice President
75.

Zachary Taylor provoked the Mexican War by:

a)

Invading Mexico City

b)

Capturing Santa Anna in the disputed area

c)

Forcing the Treaty of Guadalupe

d)

A military showdown near the Rio Grande

76.

Who won the Election of 1844 as a "Dark Horse":

a)

James K. Polk

b)

Zachary Taylor

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Martin Van Buren

77.

America gained northern Mexico in the Mexican Cessian and completed manifest destiny for the United States through the:

a)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

b)

Embargo Act of 1807

c)

Peace of Paris of 1783

d)

War of 1812

78.

This political cartoon would be from the perspective of ______________(more than one answer) because of the vetoing of the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States (SBUS).

a)

Democrats

b)

Federalists

c)

National Republicans

d)

Whigs

79.
Texas joined the United States through a process called
a)
expedition
b)
veto
c)
annexation
d)
joint resolution
80.
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
81.
To nullify a law means …
a)
to agree to the law
b)
to secede.
c)
to void or cancel the law.
d)
to vote on the law.
82.
Where were thousands of Americans sent by impressment?
a)
Army
b)
English Navy
c)
British Navy
d)
In the front lines of battle
83.
"American blood has been shed on American soil" was used by President Polk to...
a)
to fulfill Manifest Destiny
b)
to change the borders between Texas and Mexico
c)
to get congress to declare war on Mexico
d)
to negotiate price for the Mexican Cession
84.
Annexation of Texas was controversial in the United States because ____________________________________.
a)
it would increase the number of states that did not allow slavery
b)
it could lead to war with Spain
c)
it would increase the number of states that allowed slavery
d)
it would interfere with Manifest Destiny
85.
What was the line of latitude that marked the Missouri Compromise?
a)
54 40'
b)
49
c)
36 30'
d)
29'
86.

What did the Monroe Doctrine proclaim?

a)

That Europeans are not to further colonize in the Western Hemisphere.

b)

That the United States had the right to interfere in Latin American affairs

c)

That the United States had the right to interfere in European affairs

d)

That the United States could never be divided into separate countries

87.

Federal organization that provided food, housing and medical aid for former slaves.

a)

Freedmen's Bureau

b)

Wade Davis Bill

c)

scalawags

d)

carpetbaggers

88.

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that

a)

slaves in U.S. territories were free.

b)

slaves throughout the world were free.

c)

slaves in Confederate (rebelling) states were free.

d)

slaves in Border states were free.

89.
Washington's actions in the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794 demonstrated what?
a)
the federal gov't could enforce the laws of the land
b)
the federal gov't control of the production of whiskey
c)
the federal gov't prohibition of liqour
d)
suspension of habeas corpus
90.

As a response to the Alien and Sedition Act, Jefferson and Madison penned The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. What did the Resolutions state?

a)

stated that individual states do not have to enforce laws that states consider unconstitutional

b)

expressed support for the US Constitution

c)

expressed opposition to the government actions in putting down the Whiskey Rebellion

d)

were written in opposition to the economic policies of Alexander Hamilton

91.
What was a major effect of the cotton gin in the 1800s?
a)
One engine could do the work of 50 people, so the need for slaves decreased
b)
One engine could do the work of 50 people, so increased efficiency made slavery more profitable and slavery increased
c)
One engine could do the work of 50 people, so slaves began to earn more rights due to the increased profits they earned their owners
d)
One engine could do the work of 50 people, millions of slaves were freed just before the Civil War.
92.
The Free Soil Party, like many northerners:
a)
feared the expansion of slavery in the west would be competition for white labor.
b)
cost Henry Clay the presidency by siphoning off votes from him in New York.
c)
was powerful enough to convince James Polk not to seek reelection.
d)
strongly opposed the Wilmot Proviso but agreed to let it pass as part of a compromise.
93.
Which Amendment prohibited voting restrictions based on race, color, or previous conditions of servitude?
a)
12th 
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
94.
Which Amendment guaranteed federal protection of citizenship and equal rights under the law?
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
95.

Why did the Wade-Davis bill not go into effect

a)

Lincoln used a pocket veto

b)

Hayes ripped it up

c)

Grant veto'd it

d)

Congress did not pass it

96.

The image here is associated with:

a)

Military districts governed by Union Generals during Reconstruction

b)

The five zones of emergence for rebuilding the south

c)

The Anaconda Plan devised by Winfield Scott

d)

Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan

97.

Which group would be more interested in passing protective tariffs because they raise the cost of European goods and thereby promote American goods.

a)

northern industrialists

b)

southern plantation owners

c)

poor white southerners

d)

poor white northerners

98.

Which of the following, envisioned by Grant after Gettysburg and employed by Sherman, is the systematic destruction of an entire land—not just an army?

a)

blockade

b)

slash and burn

c)

terminal war

d)

total war

99.

Which political party was more likely to support nullification?

a)

Democrats

b)

Whigs

c)

Republicans

d)

Know-Nothings ("American Party)

100.

After laying siege to this city, and forcing its surrender, Grant took complete control of the Mississippi River

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Antietam

c)

Fort Henry

d)

Vicksburg