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The earliest known use of Manifest Destiny was in 1845 by
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Ralph Waldo Emerson
John L. O'Sullivan
All of the following happened after John Tyler's veto of a bill to establish a new Bank of the US EXCEPT
he was expelled from the Whig party
all but one member of his cabinet resigned
an attempt was made in the House of Representatives to impeach him
Tyler also vetoed a Whig-sponsored high-tariff bill
he sent legislation to Congress for the creation of a National Bank
Relations between Britain and the US in the 19th c could be characterized by
generally peaceful with occasional periods of tension
marked by growing American economic supremacy
constantly on the brink of war
generally tense, with periods of both violence and peaceful resolution
As a result of the Panic of 1837
the US established restrictions on foreign loans
Britain lent money to America, its close ally
anti-British passions cooled in America
several states defaulted on their debts to Britain
What treaty ended the Aroostook War (dispute over northern boundary of Maine) in 1842?
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Jays' Treaty
Adams-Onis Treaty
Which is NOT true of the Treaty of Wanghia (Wangxia) 1844?
between US and Japan
between US and China
promoted trade between the 2 nations
US citizens would be tried in US
What slogan was used in the Election of 1844 by Polk?
36°30 no more !
54°40 or fight!
Tippecanoe and Tyler too!
49th parallel is where it's at
In the Treaty of 1846 between the US and Great Britain the northern boundary of the US was set at
42°
54°40′
49th parallel
38th parallel
Which is NOT part of Polk's 4 Point Program?
Oregon
California
Lower Tariff
Missouri
Independent Treasury
What phrase is associated with the Texas/Texan Revolution 1835-1836?
"Remember the Alamo!"
"Remember the Maine!"
No slavery north of 36°30′
54°40′ or fight!
The Spot Resolutions (demanding to see the spot on the map where American blood had been shed) is associated with ___.
Andrew Johnson
John Tyler
Abraham Lincoln
Millard Fillmore
The Bear Flag Revolt 1846 is associated with
California
Oregon
Texas
New Mexico
Which is NOT true of Zachary Taylor?
defeated Santa Anna's army at the Battle of Buena Vista
nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready"
helped with Bear Flag Revolt
later becomes US President
Which is NOT true of Winfield Scott?
marched onto Mexico City and captured it
nicknamed "Old Fuss and Feathers"
nicknamed "The Grand Old Man of the Army"
later becomes US president
Which is NOT a cause of the Mexican-American War?
US annexed Texas
John Slidell dispatched to Mexico City to resolve boundary dispute but was rejected
US annexed CA
American troops occupied contested territory between Nueces River and the Rio Grande River
Which is NOT true of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848?
officially ends Mexican-American War
US pays $15 million for land and $3.25 million in claims
US acquires the Mexican Cession
US gives Texas back to Mexico
What is NOT true of the Mexican Cession?
US gets all of CA, NV, and UT
US gets parts of WY, CO, NM, and AZ
decreases size of US
increases the land size of US by 1/3
Which is NOT true of the Wilmot Proviso 1848?
states that slavery can't exist in the Mexican Cession
opposed by almost all Southerners
passed the House but failed in the Senate
passed both the House and the Senate
The Free Soil party of 1848 harbored many northerners who stood squarely against slavery in the territories primarily on the grounds that
further expansion of slavery might break up the union
it destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise up from wage-earning dependence
slavery was a moral evil contrary to American principles
slave labor would be unproductive in the West
According to popular sovereignty, the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by
the most popular national leaders
a national referendum by the Electoral College
a Supreme Court decision
the people in any given territory
Which is NOT part of the Great Triumvirate or Immortal Trio who negotiated the Compromise of 1850?
Lewis Cass
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
When President Zachary Taylor dies from cherries/milk (gastrointestinal woes) who becomes President?
James Buchanan
Millard Fillmore
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
For the Compromise of 1850, which is NOT something for the North?
CA would become a free state
disputed land between TX and NM given to NM
stronger Fugitive Slave Law
abolition of slave trade (not slavery itself) in Washington, D.C.
For the Compromise of 1850, which is NOT something for the South?
NM and UT get "popular sovereignty"
Texas is paid $10 million for disputed territory given to NM
more strict/stringent Fugitive Slave Law
CA is a free state
Which is NOT true of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850?
nicknamed the "Bloodhound Bill"
welcomed by Northerners
slaves can't testify in court and no jury trial for a slave
judges paid $5 if slave is freed or $10 if enslaved
fines, jail, and/or having to hunt escaped slaves
Who went down to Nicaragua in 1850, declared himself president, wanted to make it a slave state, and was killed in 1860 by a Honduran firing squad?
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
William Walker
John Brown
What is the name of the treaty between the US and Great Britain in 1850 stating that neither would build a canal in Panama without the consent of the other?
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Ghent
In the debates of 1850, Senator William H. Seward argued that
the Constitution must be obeyed
Christian legislators must obey God's moral law or "higher law"
compromise must be achieved to preserve the Union
African Americans should be granted their own territory
Who was the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Eliajah Lovejoy
The man who opened Japan to the US was
William Walker
Franklin Pearce
Clayton Bulwer
Matthew Perry
Which is NOT true of the Treaty of Kanagawa 1854?
will open ports for American ships to refuel
US can appoint consuls to live in port cities
between US and China
between US and Japan
In 1853, the US pays $10 million for the ____ for land in Southwest (part of NM and AZ) to build a southern transcontinental railroad.
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
Mexican Cession
Adams-Onis Treaty
The Pierce administration's secret scheme to gain control of Cuba was stopped when
Spain threatened a preemptive war against the US
the secret Ostend Manifesto was leaked to the public
US leaders signed the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Spain declared that it would abolish slavery in Cuba
Stephen A. Douglas proposed that the question of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory be decided by
popular sovereignty
making Kansas a free territory and Nebraska a slave territory
the Supreme Court
the winner of the next presidential election
Which is NOT true of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
KS territory: popular sovereignty
NE territory: popular sovereignty
ended future violence in "Bleeding Kansas"
violates the Missouri Compromise 1820
The impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act included all of the following EXCEPT for
enraged antislavery abolitionists
lessened the prospects for future compromises between North and South
split the Democratic party and led to demise of the Whig Party
unified the Democratic party
Hinton R. Helper's The Impending Crisis of the South, argued that those who suffered the most from slave labor were
African Americans
southern planters
nonslaveholding southern whites
western farmers
The central plank of the Know-Nothing Party in the 1856 election was
popular sovereignty
expansionism
nativism
proslavery
The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed
the seriousness of political divisions in the North
the importance of honor to northerners
passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South
the division between the House and Senate over slavery
What is NOT true of the Dred Scott decision 1857?
upheld the Missouri Compromise
violated the Missouri Compromise
Congress could not prohibit slavery in the federal territories
Dred Scott was a slave, not a citizen, had no rights to sue in court
Which is NOT true of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858?
Lincoln: "A house divided against itself cannot stand...this gov't cannot endure half slave and half free"
Douglas: "gov't made on white basis...made for white men, for the benefit of white men"
Lincoln was opposed to slavery; Douglas: for local self-gov't and self-determination
ended in violence between Lincoln and Douglas
In his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown intended to
call upon the slaves to rise up and establish a black free state
arouse the South to secede from the Union
stir West Virginia to break away from VA as a free state
demonstrate that blacks could fight for their freedom
Which is NOT true of the Crittenden Compromise 1860?
proposal to permanently abolish slavery in the US Constitution
proposal to permanently place slavery in the US Constitution and not be able to ever end it
proposed an extension of the Missouri Compromise line of 36°30′ to the California border
opposed by Lincoln; rejected by House and Senate
Which is NOT true of the Copperheads?
formed in 1860; AKA Peace Democrats
strongest base of support in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois
Clement Vallandigham: demanded an end to war
supported the draft/conscription
"Lame-Duck" President James Buchanan believed that
southern states had a legal right to secede from the Union
his duty was to protect federal installations from assault
the election of 1860 was a fraud
the Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union
In 1861, many Northerners were willing to allow Southern states to leave the Union until
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
the South attacked Fort Sumter
South Carolina seceded from the US
Virginia and Tennessee joined the seceding states
Which is NOT true of the Confederacy?
leader was Jefferson Davis
capital was in Montgomery, AL and then moved to Richmond, VA
7 states seceded before the attack on Fort Sumter
no states seceded after the attack on Fort Sumter
Which person was NOT part of Lincoln's cabinet?
William H. Seward: Secretary of State
Salmon P. Chase: Secretary of Treasury
Edwin M. Stanton: Secretary of War
Henry Clay: Secretary of State
During the Civil War, the Border States included all of the following EXCEPT ___.
West Virginia
Arkansas
Missouri
Maryland and Delaware
Virginia
The 4 Phase Plan of the North included all of the following EXCEPT for
get help from France
Anaconda Plan: blockade the South
control Mississippi River to cut Confederacy in half east/west
cut through GA and send troops north to the Carolinas
capture Richmond
New technology of the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT for
railroads, submarines, telegraph
tanks, airplanes
ironclad warships, balloons, hospital ships
Gatling gun, rifled muskets, land mines
canning of food, press correspondents
Lincoln bent the Constitution in which of the following ways?
called for blockade when Congress was not in session
increased size of federal army/navy without Congressional approval
declared martial law in MD and extended volunteer enlistments to 3 years
suspends writ of habeas corpus (person before a judge/court before being detained)
all of the above
Which is true of Ex parte Merryman 1861?
Chief Justice Taney ruled that habeas corpus can only be set aside by Congress
Taney determined that Dred Scott was a slave and not a citizen, had no right to sue in court
military tribunals are illegal if civilian courts are available
"separate but equal" was constitutional
Which is true of the Trent Affair/Incident 1861?
North illegally stopped a British ship north of Cuba with 2 Confederate diplomats heading to Europe
British saw this as a violation of neutrality
Lincoln made them release the 2 envoys
all of the following
The most serious Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from
British navy vessels on loan to the South
swift blockade-running steamers
the threat of mutiny from pro-southern sailors
the ironclad Merrimack (renamed the Virginia)
The turning point Civil War battle of the east was ____.
Gettsyburg
Vicksburg
Antietam
Shiloh
The turning point Civil War battle of the west was ___ because it split the Confederacy in two.
Bull Run
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Fredericksburg
Which is NOT true of the Homestead Act of 1862?
provided 40 acres and a mule to former slaves
provided 160 acres of land to pioneers for processing fee
had to live on land for 5 years and improve upon it (house/well)
had to farm at least 20 acres and live on it 6 months a year
Which is NOT true of the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862?
each state gets 30,000 acres of public land for each senator/congressman
profits from sale of land to be used for agricultural and mechanical colleges in each state
only applied to Northern states
Southern states who rejoined the Union enjoyed the same terms
Which is NOT true about the Battle of Antietam 1862?
single bloodiest day in American History
stops European alliance with the South
Lincoln uses this "victory" to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
South uses this "victory" to win support from Great Britain and France
When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in
the Border States
slave states that remained loyal to the Union
states still in rebellion against the US
areas controlled by the Union army
Which Northern general led a "March to the Sea" through GA employing total warfare and destroying civilian morale?
William T. Sherman
Ambrose Burnside
George McClellan
Ulysses S. Grant
Which is NOT true of the NY Draft Riot 1863?
sparked by Irish Americans against African Americans
initial riot over draft turned into a race riot for 4 days
500 lives lost; 1,000s injured
no buildings, houses, or churches were burned
During the Civil War, most of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory
supported the Confederacy
supported the Union
remained neutral
gave up their slaves
Which unit was an all African-American regiment known for their part in the Battle of Ft. Wagner?
54th Massachusetts
12th New York
42nd New Jersey
22nd Pennsylvania
Who is known for serving as a nurse in the Civil War and being the founder of the American Red Cross?
Jane Addams
Clara Barton
Mary Surrat
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who is tried and executed for war crimes at Andersonville Prison Camp (Confederate POW camp in GA)?
Robert E. Lee
George McClellan
Henry Wirz
William Seward
What is true of Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" 1863?
dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, PA
starts with "Four score and seven years ago"
"gov't of the people...by the people...for the people"
all of the above
What is true of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address?
"to strengthen, perpetuate, and extend...the Union"
"with malice toward none, with charity for all..."
"...to bind up the nation's wounds"
all of the above
Robert E. Lee surrendered at ____ on April 9, 1865.
Shiloh
Wilderness
Appomattox Court House
Antietam
Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theater by
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jefferson Davis
Leon Czolgosz
Which is INCORRECTLY matched?
13th Amendment: abolishes slavery everywhere
14th Amendment: citizenship if born in US; due process
15th Amendment: voting for all citizens (not including women)
15th Amendment: right to vote for all men and women
All of the following are advantages of the North in the Civil War EXCEPT for
concept of "union"
larger population, 3/4 nation's railroads, more industry
border states: 300,000 soldiers
fewer railroads and they are all disconnected
All of the following are advantages for the South in the Civil War EXCEPT for
larger population than the North
fighting on their own land and for their way of life
Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee
can fight a defensive strategy
All of the following are disadvantages of the North in the Civil War EXCEPT for
fighting away from home
long supply lines
changed leadership often
defensive strategy
What is the time period from 1865-1877 called in US History?
Reconstruction
Rehabilitation
Progressive Era
Gilded Age
The fate of the defeated Confederate leaders was that
most were sentenced to prison for life
several were executed for treason
after brief jail terms, all were pardoned in 1868
they were immediately returned to citizenship and full civil rights
From 1878-1880, some 25,000 African-Americans from LA, TX, and MS were known as the Exodusters; they were
black church leaders who linked emancipation to the Book of Exodus
black migrants from the South to Northern cities
black freedmen who left the South to seek opportunity in KS
a political organization developed by the freedmen
The greatest achievement of the Freedmen's Bureau under Oliver O. Howard were in
education
the provisions of food and clothing
helping people to find employment
securing black civil rights
Which is NOT true of Lincoln's 10% plan?
in ex-Confederate states 10% of men had to swear allegiance to Union and accept the end of slavery
new state constitution had to outlaw slavery
in ex-Confederate states 90% of men had to swear allegiance to Union and accept the end of slavery
no pardons for high-ranking military/civilian leaders
Which is NOT true of the Wade-Davis Bill?
in ex-Confederate states, 50% of voters had to swear allegiance to the Union
new constitution: outlaw slavery and suffrage for African Americans
former Confederate leaders could hold office
states treated as "conquered provinces"
Which is true of Andrew Johnson's Presidential Reconstruction Plan?
states had to abolish slavery and repeal secession
provided amnesty to white people who signed loyalty oaths
no pardons to high Confederate officials unless they asked for it personally
all of the above
What is true of Radical Republicans and their plan for Congressional Reconstruction?
want to punish the South and keep them out as long as possible
pass Military Reconstruction Act 1867: splitting South into 5 occupied zones
had to guarantee voting for African Americans and oppose Black Codes
included Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner
all of the above
What term describes northerners who pack up their belongings and moves to the South during Reconstruction to seek their fortune?
scalawags
carpetbaggers
Exodusters
Redeemers
This term is used by white Southerners to describe "sell-outs" or those that positively helped African Americans during Reconstruction: ___.
carpetbaggers
freedmen
scalawags
Bourbons
Which is NOT true about the purchase of Alaska?
known as "Seward's Folly" or "Seward's Icebox"
purchased from Russia for $7.2 million
purchased from Great Britain for $10.2 million
becomes a major source of oil, fishing, and furs
The main purpose of the Black Codes was to
guarantee freedom for the blacks
ensure a stable and subservient labor supply
prevent blacks from becoming sharecroppers
create a system of justice for ex-slaves
The Black Codes provided for all of the following EXCEPT
a ban on jury service by blacks
a restriction against black migration from the South
a bar on blacks from renting land
punishment of blacks for idleness
fines for blacks who jumped labor contracts
For Congressional Republicans, one of the most troubling aspects of the South states' quick restoration to the Union was that
with the black population fully counted, the South would be stronger than ever in national politics
pro-Union southern politicians would be weak and inexperienced
the majority white South might be represented by black Congressmen
slavery might be re-established
The incident that cause a clash between Congress and President Johnson to explode was the
passage of the 13th Amendment
the creation of the sharecropping system
the attempt to pass the 14th Amendment
Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau
The Ku Klux Klan (white supremacist group) could best be described as
an attempt to revive the Confederacy
the military arm of the southern Democratic party
a civic reform and service organization
a secret terrorist organization
The official charge that the House of Representatives used to impeach President Johnson was his
highly partisan "swing around the circle" in 1866
readmission of Southern states without seriously reconstructing them
dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton violating the Tenure of Office Act
veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill
Which is true about Redeemers?
coalition of Democrats and Union Whigs
rise of ex-plantation owners (called Bourbons) sought to undo changes of the Civil War
vowed to dismantle the corrupt Republican system
all of the above
What is NOT true of the Enforcement Acts?
AKA the Force Acts
used to put down the intimidation of the KKK
allowed African Americans the right to vote, to serve on juries, and equal protection under the law
put an end to the KKK permanently
Who was the first African American to serve in Congress (partial term)?
Hiram Revels
Frederick Douglass
Blanche K. Bruce
none of the above
Which Supreme Court case in 1866 ruled that military tribunals were illegal if civilian courts were available?
Ex parte Merryman
Ex parte Milligan
Dred Scott Decision
Plessy v. Ferguson
Which is true of the Compromise of 1877?
officially put an end to Reconstruction
gave the Election of 1876 to Hayes over Tilden
pulled federal troops out of the remaining southern states
all of the above
