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SG 2 - (3.4 - 4.2) Study Guide

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(3.4) Which of the following political leaders were considered a “War Hawk”?

a)

James Madison

b)

John C Calhoun

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Henry Laurens

2.

(3.4) In the intense political debates of this New Nation, what was the central issue being debated?

a)

The role of government in people’s lives

b)

How to deal with foreign trade

c)

The role of government in declaring war

d)

How to increase the power of the Federal government

3.

(3.4) The Lowcountry of South Carolina was viewed as home to what political party?

a)

Anti-Federalists Party

b)

Democratic-Republican Party

c)

Liberty Party

d)

Federalist Party

4.

(3.4) Feeling appalled at the bloodshed that was occurring in the Napoleonic wars, President Washington created a proposal called __________________.

a)

Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions

b)

Proclamation of Neutrality

c)

Embargo Act

d)

Alien Sedition Acts

5.

(3.4) President John Adams sent South Carolinian Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to negotiate peace with France. Pinckney and two other Americans met with three representatives of the French government. The French representatives requested a bribe in return for their cooperation. Pinckney refused the bribe.

What is the name of this incident that would eventually cause conflict between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.

a)

The Alien Sedition Acts

b)

Embargo Act

c)

XYZ Affair

d)

Merchant Restoration Compromise

6.

(3.4) The Federalist policy “Alien Sedition Acts”, was designed to limit the growth of another Political Party and to silence their newspapers. This policy was directly focused against the Democratic-Republicans in an effort to limit their power.

The Democratic-Republicans pushed back by creating which of the following policies that claimed states had the right to nullify an act of Congress.

a)

Proclamation of Neutrality

b)

Embargo Act

c)

Alien Sedition Acts

d)

Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions

7.

(3.4) As a result of the War of 1812, which party fell apart due to NOT supporting of the war with Great Britain?

a)

Independent-Democratic Party

b)

Federalist Party

c)

Anti-Federalists Party

d)

Democratic-Republicans Party

8.

(3.4) A major source of tension between the United States and Great Britain was the British participation in “impressment”. Which of the following describes the British use of impressment?

a)

Forcing American sailors who were captured at sea to serve in the British Navy

b)

Recruiting Americans from the US Military to fight the French during the French Revolution

c)

Using blockades to keep American trade out of European countries

d)

British war ships patrolling the coast of America for the purpose of intimidation

9.

(4.1) Who, DIRECTLY and INDIRECTLY, acquired great wealth due to the free labor of enslaved people?

a)

Northern mill owners & Western railroad companies

b)

Southern railroad companies & Northern mill owners

c)

Northern small farms & Southern planters

d)

Southern planters & Northern mill owners

10.

(4.1) What economic system dominated South Carolina society and politics before the Civil War?

a)

System of Industry

b)

System of Small farms

c)

International Trade System

d)

Plantation System

11.

(4.1) Life on the plantation for slaves meant one would be forced to work both in the fields and ___________.

a)

in the local town

b)

in the slave cabins

c)

the plantation house

d)

in the local stores

12.

(4.1) If you were constantly riding the roads and trails looking for enslaved people trying to escape - - Which of the following jobs was the plantation paying you to do?

a)

Driver

b)

Patroller

c)

Overseer

d)

Boss

13.

(4.1) Enslaved people developed religious traditions that reflected their culture and their own personal life experiences. They sang spirituals and placed a strong emphasis on ________ .

a)

Freedom

b)

preaching from the Bible

c)

praying

d)

forgiveness

14.

(4.2) _______ is loyalty to a particular region or section of a country instead of to the nation as a whole.

a)

Patriotism

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Loyalist

15.

(4.2) Industry attracted European immigrants to jobs in the north, this gave the North a larger representation in _____.

a)

the General Assembly

b)

the Continental Congress

c)

the House of Representatives

d)

the Senate

16.

(4.2) Which of the following was a cause of sectionalism and caused South Carolinians to fear that the Northern states would outlaw slavery (also caused intense debates between Free States and Slave States)?

a)

States Rights Act

b)

The Northern railroad expansion

c)

Abolitionist Movement

d)

The northern states big increase in population

17.

(4.2) Abolitionists strongly criticized southerners for their approval of slavery. Southerners responded to the criticism by claiming that slaves were cared for throughout their lives and that slavery was actually a ______________.

a)

necessary evil

b)

calling of God

c)

positive evil

d)

positive good

18.

(4.2) Two examples of Slave Codes which attempted to regulate all aspects of a slave’s life: prohibited slaves from learning to read and write and prohibited ___________________.

a)

slaves from growing their own food

b)

slaves from getting married

c)

slaves from meeting

d)

slaves traveling

19.

(4.2) If slavery wasn’t allowed to expand into western territories - Southerners believed (feared) that _____.

a)

the National government would be in the hands of the north and they would have a large African American population they could not control.

b)

they would have to purchase more land and triple their production of cotton

c)

the National government would allow new western states to compete against southern states and reduce the population of enslaved people in the South

d)

southerners would begin moving out of the South and large numbers of immigrants would move into the South

20.

(4.2) Two South Carolina abolitionists who were forced to either leave the state or keep silent about freeing slaves.

a)

Sarah and Angelina Tubman

b)

Sarah and Angelina Pinckney

c)

Sarah and Angelina Scott

d)

Sarah and Angelina Grimke

21.

(4.1) Enslaved people on plantations found solace (comfort) in religion. Though separated from family members, they also found solace in creating _____________________________.

a)

extended family ties with other slaves

b)

their own gardens

c)

drawings of their family members

d)

secret ways to communicate across long distances