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USHC-2 EOC Review

Total questions: 95

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the political and legal view that the power of the government should not extend past what is specifically outlined in the U.S. constitution.

a)

Strict Construction

b)

Loose Construction

c)

Legalist View

d)

Progressive View

2.

As a strict constructionist Thomas Jefferson struggled justifying this decision as the Constitution made no provision for it?

a)

The Louisiana Purchase

b)

Declaring war

c)

Enacting an embargo

d)

Displacing Native Americans from Georgia.

3.

Who led the Corps of Discovery that explored the newly purchased Louisiana Territory?

a)

Meriwether Lewis

b)

William Clark

c)

Daniel Boone

d)

David Crockett

4.

Diplomats to Paris originally aimed to purchase what critical port city before being offered the whole Louisiana Territory?

a)

New Orleans

b)

Galveston

c)

Havana

d)

Miami

5.

The most controversial, and detrimental action of Jefferson's Presidency was

a)

The Embargo

b)

The War of 1812

c)

The Louisiana Purchase

d)

The treason trial of Aaron Burr

6.

Jefferson's Embargo eventually led to

a)

The War of 1812

b)

The Second Barbary War

c)

The Louisiana Purchase

d)

The treason trial of Aaron Burr

7.

What is most often cited as the reason for the War of 1812?

a)

Impressment of American sailors by the British navy.

b)

Conflicts on the western frontier with Native Americans supported by the British.

c)

Jefferson's Embargo of European powers.

d)

The secession of New England over its relationship with the British.

8.

Members of Madison's political party which were pressing for war were known as?

a)

War Hawks

b)

Warmongers

c)

Patriots

d)

Tea Partiers

9.

The two most famous War Hawks during this time were?

a)

Henry Clay

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

James Monroe

d)

John Marshall

10.

Which British territory was a target of U.S. expansion as it was believed that British agents from this region were supplying Native Americans with firearms?

a)

Canada

b)

The Oregon Territory

c)

Louisiana Territory

d)

New Spain

11.

This militant Native American leader tried to unite the Native Americans against the ever expanding U.S.?

a)

Tecumseh

b)

Pontiac

c)

The Red Sticks

d)

Tenskwatawa

12.

Which generals' victory at Tippecanoe against the Native Americans at Prophetstown would help propel him to the Presidency in 1840?

a)

William Henry Harrison

b)

William Harrison

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

James Monroe

13.

Which region of the U.S. was not in favor of the War of 1812 as they had strong economic ties to Britain?

a)

The Northeast (New England)

b)

The Southwest (Slave holding states)

c)

The Western Frontier (Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee)

d)

None of the above

14.

The largest American victory of the War of 1812 was?

a)

The Battle of New Orleans

b)

Battle of Tippecanoe

c)

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend

d)

The Siege of Fort McHenry

15.

Who was the U.S. general at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend & New Orleans that would later go on to be President of the U.S.?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

William Harrison

d)

James Monroe

16.

What is notable about the Battle of New Orleans?

a)

It took place two weeks after the peace treaty was signed.

b)

It took place in Mississippi not New Orleans.

c)

It killed more Native Americans than British or U.S. soldiers.

d)

All of the above.

17.

Like most of U.S. History, the biggest losers of the War of 1812 were?

a)

The Native Americans

b)

The British

c)

The French

d)

Women

18.

The War of 1812 saw the end of the Federalist Party as the Federalist tried to amend the constitution and threaten secession with the

a)

Hartford Convention.

b)

Article of Confederation.

c)

Compromise of 1815.

d)

Dumbarton Oaks Convention.

19.

This period in American history between the War of 1812 and the Civil War saw strong nationalism and little political division as there was essentially one political party.

a)

"The Era of Good Feelings"

b)

"The Colonial Period"

c)

"The Antebellum Period"

d)

"The Jeffersonian Era"

20.

The Market Revolution best aligns with who's vision for America?

a)

The Jeffersonian

b)

The Hamiltonian

21.

The rise of democratization in the U.S. is also known as

a)

The Age of Jackson

b)

The Era of Good Feelings

c)

The Jeffersonian Era

d)

The Hamiltonian Era

22.

Which of the following best describe voters in the U.S. prior to the election of Andrew Jackson?

a)

White

b)

Male

c)

Land owners

d)

College educated

23.

The period following the War of 1812 is often known as what? Since there was one political party and relative agreement on domestic & foreign policies?

a)

The Age of Jackson

b)

The Era of Good Feelings

c)

The Jeffersonian Era

d)

The Hamiltonian Era

24.

This was a program of economic nationalism which relied on federally funded infrastructure (roads & canals) projects, protective tariffs, and a National Bank?

a)

The American System

b)

The Middle Passage

c)

The Lend Lease System

d)

The Jeffersonian System

25.

"The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers." Is an excerpt from?

a)

The Monroe Doctrine

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

Rush-Bagot Treaty

d)

Adams-Onis Treaty

26.

This president actually wrote the Monroe Doctrine and was the last President in the Era Good Feelings. His presidency led to major political divisions especially over the Tariff of 1832 also known as the tariff of abominations.

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Martin Van Buren

27.

This controversial proposal set forth by Henry Clay stated that slavery would not be allowed in any new state above the 36, 30 line.

a)

The Monroe Doctrine

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

Rush-Bagot Treaty

d)

Adams-Onis Treaty

28.

What military victory during the War of 1812 helped the political career of Andrew Jackson?

a)

The Battle of New Orleans

b)

The Siege of Fort McHenry

c)

The Battle of Lake Erie

d)

The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga

29.

Though Andrew Jackson won the popular vote he lost in the electoral college when Henry Clay's supporters cast their votes to John Quincy Adams. Jackson and his supporters deemed this action the

a)

Corrupt Bargain

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

The Spoils System

d)

Pet Banks

30.

A series of tariffs were highly unpopular in South Carolina which led to what crisis?

a)

The Nullification Crisis

b)

The Red Scare

c)

The Opioid Crisis

d)

The Panic of 1837

31.

"John Marshall has made his decision now let him enforce it." Is supposedly Andrew Jackson's response when he learned that this act was deemed unconstitutional.

a)

The Indian Removal Act of 1830

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

The 2nd Charter of the National Bank

d)

The Spoils System

32.

President Jackson loathed the National Bank as he thought it would be used against him during this second Presidential election bid. Jackson vetoed the National Banks charter and spread the money to a series of friendly banks known was

a)

Pet banks

b)

Spoils banks

c)

Love banks

d)

River banks

33.

Rotation in office, political patronage, or rewarding government positions to those loyal to you was a tactic that Jackson that is known as the?

a)

Spoils system

b)

Kitchen cabinet

c)

The homeboy system.

d)

Cronyism

34.

Which phrase best describes American's belief that the expansion of the U.S. throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

a)

Manifest destiny

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Secession

35.

Before it became a state Oregon was jointly governed by the U.S. and

a)

Britain

b)

Russia

c)

Spain

d)

France

36.

Before the Mexican cession which states belonged to Mexico (previously Spain)?

a)

Texas

b)

New Mexico

c)

Arizona

d)

California

e)

All of the above

37.

When Texans rebelled against Mexico primarily over the issue of slavery. A large group of Texans were famously defeated at

a)

the Alamo

b)

San Jacinto

c)

Tabasco

d)

Guadalupe Hidalgo

38.

Which of the following happened first after Texas won its independence from Mexico?

a)

It became an independent country, The Lone Star Republic.

b)

It became a state in the United States.

c)

It became a member of the Confederate States.

d)

It became a United State Territory.

39.

Why was Texas initially not allowed to join the United States?

a)

It would upset the free state slave state balance.

b)

It would upset the territory balance between the states.

c)

It failed to comply with government regulations.

d)

The U.S. regarded the Texan population as rebels.

40.

Shortly after annexing Texas the U.S. struck an agreement with Britain to annex what territory?

a)

The Oregon

b)

California

c)

Texas

d)

Alaska

41.

The border of Oregon would be at what line?

a)

49th parallel.

b)

54th parallel

c)

40th parallel.

d)

The Rio Grande

42.

After annexing Texas the President James K. Polk further antagonized Mexico by sending an American Army lead by Zachary Taylor into the area south of the Nueces River. This action known as “Polk's gambit” led to what conflict?

a)

The Mexican American War

b)

The Texan Revolution

c)

The Spanish American War

d)

The Lone Star Republic

43.

Which Mexican general was the military commander and president of Mexico at various points during the Texan Revolution & Mexican American War?

a)

Moses / Steven Austin

b)

Sam Huston

c)

George M. Dallas

d)

Antonio López de Santa Anna

44.

David Henry Thoreau was arrested for not paying taxes to protest the Mexican-American War and would later write what text?

a)

On Civil Disobedience

b)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

d)

The Red Badge of Courage

45.

Which peace treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

a)

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

b)

Oregon Treaty 1846

c)

The Gadsden Purchase

d)

The Treaty of Paris

46.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo saw the U.S. pay Mexico $15 million and take most of what is today the American Southwest. The land Mexico lost as part of this treaty is known as?

a)

The Mexican Cession

b)

Old Mexico

c)

New Spain

d)

The Gadsden Purchase

47.

What discovery in 1848 led to a massive population boom in California?

a)

Discovery of gold.

b)

Discovery of silver.

c)

Discovery of cannabis.

d)

Discovery of oil.

48.

According to Crash Course what would be the most effective way to ship something from Cincinnati to New York in the early 1800's?

a)

Overland by road.

b)

By ship down the Mississippi, through the gulf and up the east coast.

c)

By rail using train.

d)

By canal using boat.

49.

The Market Revolution saw major advancements in the areas of?

a)

Transportation

b)

Communication

c)

Agriculture

d)

Medicine

50.

What are two infrastructure projects the United States government invested in during the Market Revolution?

a)

Roads

b)

Canals

c)

Steam boats

d)

Dams

51.

What was a notable advancement in transportation made by Robert Fulton?

a)

The Steamboat

b)

The Steam Engine

c)

The Stage Coach Wagon

d)

The Cotton Gin

52.

Which canal linked the Great Lakes and Hudson River making New York the nations primer port?

a)

Erie Canal

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Suez Canal

d)

Kiel Canal

53.

This notable advancement in transportation included routes such as the Baltimore & Ohio which began in 1828.

a)

Railroads

b)

Steamboats

c)

Canals

d)

Toll Roads

54.

What is another notable advancement which may have prevented Andrew Jackson from fighting a battle two weeks after the end of a war like the Battle of New Orleans?

a)

The Telegraph

b)

Railroads

c)

National Roads

d)

Steamboats

55.

Which best describes the American System of production?

a)

The mass-production of interchangeable parts.

b)

The mass-production of low quality parts.

c)

The mass-production of high end goods.

d)

The mass-production of firearms.

56.

Where did the American System of mass production with interchangeable parts begin?

a)

New England

b)

The Midwest

c)

The South

d)

The Western Frontier

57.

Which two organizations were essential for the growth of the market economy in the U.S.

a)

Big business

b)

A Federal government that protected big business.

c)

Small business

d)

A Federal government opposed to big business.

58.

Which system of industry slowly faded throughout the 19th century as production became more centralized in factories?

a)

Cottage Industry

b)

Cotton Industry

c)

Textile Industry

d)

Urban Industries

59.

Which of the following is another effect of the market revolution?

a)

It effected work and leisure time which were now dictated by a clock.

b)

It affected work and leisure time which were now dictated by the seasons.

c)

It affected work and leisure time which were now dictated by the raising and setting of the sun.

d)

All of the above.

60.

Which innovation increased the standardization of time?

a)

Railroads

b)

Steamboats

c)

Stages Coaches

d)

Bicycles

61.

Initially mills in Lowell Massachusetts employed who in great numbers

a)

Young women

b)

Young men

c)

Children

d)

Immigrants

62.

In Colonia America workers were paid a "price" or completed "piece work". What became the dominant form of payment for workers during the Market Revolution / Industrial Revolution?

a)

A wage or wages

b)

Lump sums

c)

Block grants

d)

Credit

63.

What was one alternative to the soul crushing wage work in factories?

a)

Western migration

b)

Eastern migration

c)

Southern migration

d)

Northern migration

64.

As Americans progressively moved west, eastern factory owners progressively turned toward who as a replacement?

a)

Young women

b)

Young men

c)

Older people

d)

Immigrants

65.

What is one notable group of immigrants who came to America in large numbers as there was an ongoing natural disaster in their home country from 1845-1851?

a)

The Irish

b)

German speaking peoples (Germany didn't exist yet)

c)

The Jews

d)

Italians

66.

What intellectual movement began during this time as Americans to redefine freedom in a changing world.

a)

Transcendentalism

b)

Gothic

c)

Progressive

d)

Modern

67.

The 19th Century saw a series of economic booms and bust which are known as?

a)

Business cycles

b)

Playing the stock market

c)

Disparity, or wealth inequality

d)

Capitalism

68.

Which Utopian society is most famous for their religious dancing, excellent furniture, equality of the sexes and practice of celibacy?

a)

The Shakers

b)

The Quakers

c)

Transcendentalist

d)

Mormons (Church of Latter Day Saints)

69.

Which religious group formed in the 19th Century Reform Era from the teaching of Joseph Smith?

a)

The Shakers

b)

The Quakers

c)

Transcendentalist

d)

Mormons (Church of Latter Day Saints)

70.

____ was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States.

a)

The Second Great Awakening

b)

The (First) Great Awakening

c)

Mormonism

d)

All of the above.

71.

These communities sought to withdraw from the market place economy to form an ideal society?

a)

Utopian societies.

b)

Socialist societies.

c)

Eclectic societies.

d)

Rural societies

72.

Western New York saw so much religious fervor that the people became resistant to the various messages making it known as the

a)

Burned Over District.

b)

Bible Belt

c)

promise land for the Latter Day Saints.

d)

Bronx

73.

For many 19th Century Reformers freedom was

a)

the freedom from the temptation or desire to engage in a harmful (sinful) activity/action.

b)

the freedom to do whatever you want.

c)

the freedom to do whatever you want to whoever you want.

d)

the freedom to live without rules.

74.

The Second Great Awakening stressed?

a)

An individual's choice in salvation and a personal relationship with God.

b)

A person's sinfulness and inability to complete their salvation on their own as God had already predestined the elect.

c)

A unitarian view that salvation was a work in progress.

d)

That God was found in nature.

75.

Which of the following values of the Great Awakening merged those of the Market Economy?

a)

Sobriety

b)

Industry

c)

Self-discipline

d)

All of the above

76.

Which two denominations saw a surge as a result of the Second Great Awakening?

a)

Baptist

b)

Methodist

c)

Calvinist

d)

Catholics

77.

Temperance movements were extremely controversial amongst what group of Americans?

a)

Catholic immigrants from Ireland & German speaking regions of Europe.

b)

Protestant immigrants from Ireland & German speaking regions of Europe.

c)

Buddhist immigrants from China.

d)

Anglican immigrants from England.

78.

19th Century Reformers developed and constructed which institutions?

a)

Asylums

b)

Prisons

c)

Poor houses

d)

All of the above

79.

This 19th Century Reformer advocated for common schools as it would give poor students the moral character and body of knowledge to compete with upper class kids.

a)

Horace Mann

b)

John Dewey

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Maria Montessori

80.

What was the largest movement in the 19th Century Reform movement?

a)

Abolition

b)

Temperance

c)

Educational reform

d)

Religious unity

81.

Early 19th Century reformers included colonizationist which advocated sending African Slaves back to Africa notably the colony of

a)

Liberia

b)

South Africa

c)

Morocco

d)

Cuba

82.

Which northern abolitionist and new paper editor of the Liberator was known as being, "as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice"?

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Frederick Douglas

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Sojourner Truth

83.

This 19th Century Reformer is likely the most famous abolitionist who wrote a brilliantly autobiography of his time as a slave and debunked the idea that Africans were intellectually inferior.

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Frederick Douglas

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Sojourner Truth

84.

In 1836 this congressional rule prohibited members of congress from even reading aloud or discussion calls for the emancipation of slaves.

a)

The Gag rule.

b)

The Censure Act

c)

Alien & Sedition Act

d)

The Filibuster

85.

Josiah Henderson's autobiography is likely for bases for what famous anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe?

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas An American Slave

c)

The Peculiar Institution

d)

Midnight Rising

86.

Many of the most prominent voices for abolition were?

a)

Northern white women.

b)

Southern white women.

c)

Western Settlers.

d)

Native Americans.

87.

This principle of ______ held that husbands actually had authority over the person, property and choices of their wives.

a)

Coverture

b)

In Loco

c)

Loco parentis

d)

Covenant

88.

What idea did improve the status of women in the early 19th Century.

a)

Republican motherhood

b)

Democratic motherhood

c)

First citizenship

d)

All of the above.

89.

According to this idea, women were supposed to possess four cardinal virtues: piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness.

a)

Cult of Domesticity

b)

Republican Motherhood

c)

Unitarianism

d)

Feminism

90.

This movement against alcohol was predominantly led by women?

a)

Temperance

b)

Abolition

c)

Education

d)

The Second Great Awakening

91.

What was the women's suffrage movement?

a)

The women's movement for the right to vote.

b)

The women's movement for the prohibition of alcohol.

c)

The women's movement for great protections from abusive husbands.

d)

The women's movement for equality in the eyes of the law.

92.

This famous meeting held in July of 1848 was comprised mostly of women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, developed the Declaration of Sentiments which sought many rights for women including the right to vote.

a)

The Seneca Falls Convention

b)

The Philadelphia Convention

c)

The Liberty Convention

d)

The Buffalo Convention

93.

19th Century Feminist were mostly from

a)

the middle and upper class.

b)

the middle and lower class.

c)

the lower class.

d)

the upper class.

94.

This individual is probably the most famous African American woman of the 19th century woman's movement?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Lucretia Mott

95.

This 19th Century female reformer became wealthy due to her more functional design for women's clothing.

a)

Amelia Bloomer

b)

Carry Nation

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Franes Willard