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1800s-1860s Test Review

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What treaty ended the War of 1812?

a)
Treaty of Ghent
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of America
d)
Treaty of Grimlins
2.
The Embargo Act was a direct reaction to the Napoleonic Wars as it relates to US trade, what two countries did we cut off trade with in an attempt to avoid war?
a)
England/Britian
b)
Spain/France
c)

Britain/France

d)

Britain/Portugal

3.
What piece of foreign policy informed European powers that they could no longer interfere in western affairs?
a)
Convention of 1818
b)
Rush Bagot 
c)
Adams Onis Treaty 
d)
Monroe Doctrine 
4.

How did the invention of the telegraph impact the Industrial Revolution?

a)

It helped the federal government restrict businesses activities, encouraging industrial growth.

b)

It helped business owners communicate and create monopolies, hurting industrial growth.

c)

It allowed businesses to communicate more quickly, encouraging industrial growth.

d)

It allowed foreign companies to boycott American goods, hurting industrial growth.

5.
What majorly transformed trade in the nation’s interior?
a)
 clipper ships
b)
railways 
c)
sewing machines
d)
telegraphs
6.
What did John Deere invent in 1837?
a)
Morse code
b)
clipper ship
c)
steel-tipped plow
d)
telegraph
7.
By 1860, where were most of the country’s goods manufactured?
a)
Northeast
b)
Northwest
c)
Southeast
d)
Southwest
8.
Who invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts?
a)
John Deere
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Samuel Slater
d)
Elias Howe
9.

Nat Turners revolt did what to Southern attitudes about slavery?

a)

Created sympathy for slaves

b)

Did Nothing

c)

Hardened Pro Slavery Attitudes

d)

Made Southerners want to free all slaves

10.

Famous novel that changed how many Northerners viewed slavery

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

Lincoln's Diary

c)

Days and Nights

d)

The Underground: A True Story

11.

He led a violent slave rebellion through Virginia:

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Nat King Cole

12.

Harriet Tubman was a lead conductor on the...

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

Fugitive Slave Act

c)

Abolitionist Paper

d)

Plantation

13.

What state threatened to secede over tariff issue

a)

North Carolina

b)

Georgia

c)

Florida

d)

South Carolina

14.

Who swayed the House in the "corrupt bargain" vote of 1824?

a)

Calhoun

b)

Clay

c)

John Q. Adams

d)

Biddle

15.

What southern leader became Jackson's enemy during tariff issue?

a)

Henry Clay

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

Nicholas Biddle

d)

John Q. Adams

16.

What present day state was designated as the new Indian territory?

a)

Georgia

b)

Texas

c)

Oklahoma

d)

Kansas

17.

Replacing opponents with your supporters was known as the...

a)

Spoils System

b)

Nominating Conventions

c)

Victors System

d)

Hire and Fire

18.

Click ALL the following the Jackson hated about the Second National Bank.

a)

Run by a wealthy easterner named Nicholas Biddle

b)

Favored the rich and corruption

c)

Held a monopoly on federal funds

d)

Location wasn't centralized

19.

What two native groups resisted the United States removal?

a)

Seminole and Creek

b)

Seminole and Choctaw

c)

Seminole and Cherokee

d)

Seminole and Chickasaw

20.

How was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded during Jackson's presidency?

a)

Owning property was no longer a qualification to vote

b)

African Americans voted for the first time

c)

women were allowed to vote

d)

White men were no longer the only people who could vote

21.

The Indian Removal Act led to...

a)

the forced relocation of American Indians

b)

the end of discrimination against American Indians

c)

the removal of white settlers from American Indian lands

d)

the end of the National Bank

22.

How did Jackson react to the Worcester v. Georgia Supreme Court case?

a)

He ignored it and allowed the forced removal of Cherokee Nation.

b)

He allowed Cherokee Nation to remain on their lands.

c)

He agreed with the ruling and apologized to Cherokee Nation.

d)

He got into a fist fight with Chief Justice John Marshall

23.
Americans believed that Jackson would defend the rights of the ______ people. 
a)
common
b)
wealthy
c)
aristocratic 
d)
American Indian
24.
What party was formed to support Jackson for president?
a)
Republican
b)
Democratic
c)
Whig
d)
Libertarian 
25.
What political party favored the idea of a weak president and a strong Congress and was formed to oppose Jackson?
a)
Whig Party
b)
Democratic Party
c)
Republican Party
26.
The Compromise of 1850 included all of the following except 
a)

California entered the Union as a free state

b)

All other states would enter under popular sovereignty

c)

The Fugitive Slave Act

d)

Texas agreed to become a free state

27.

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo made the which river the boundary between US & Mexico?

a)
Nueces River
b)
Sabine River
c)
Colorado River
d)
Rio Grande River
28.

Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California

b)

Maine

c)

Missouri

d)

Texas

29.

The idea that political power belongs to the people is called_____________________, and allows the people to make decisions about who will represent them in government and what laws will be established.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Federalism

d)

Separation of Powers

30.

According to the Compromise of 1850, which two territories were allowed to decide for themselves on the issue of allowing or banning slavery by popular sovereignty?

a)

Utah and New Mexico

b)

California and Oregon

c)

Oklahoma and Texas

d)

Michigan and Ohio

31.

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Maine

c)

Kentucky

d)

Ohio

32.

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Richmond

c)

New Orleans

d)

Charleston

33.

30 years after the Missouri Compromise, the question about the growth of slavery into new territories re-emerged after the...

a)

Revolutionary War

b)

War of 1812

c)

Mexican-American War

d)

Civil War

34.

The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...

a)

Freedom Act

b)

Emancipation Act

c)

Slaveowners Act

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

35.

The Fugitive Slave Act...

a)

increased Underground Railroad Activity.

b)

led to resistance in the North.

c)

angered abolitionists.

d)

All of the above

36.
What was the abolition movement?
a)
Movement to abolish sales and consumption (drinking) of alcoholic beverages.
b)
Reform movement to end slavery.
c)
Reform Movement to improve education.
d)
Immigrants who came to America to build the railroad.
37.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was_____
a)
The leader of the Abolition Movement. 
b)
The leader of the Women's Rights Movement. 
c)
The Leader of the Prison Reform Movement. 
38.

Declaration of Sentiments was...

a)

A document for women's rights and equality written at the Seneca Falls Convention. 

b)

A declaration against the evils of slavery and an immediate end to slavery. 

c)

A declaration criticizing the treatment of the mentally ill and imprisoned. 

39.
Border Ruffians from Missouri voted in the first territorial election because:
a)
they intended to move to Kansas Territory in the future.  
b)
they wanted to see if they could get away with illegally voting in another state.  
c)
they wanted the proslavery forces to take control of Kansas Territory.  
d)
they did not know where the border of Missouri was located.  
40.

________ was a well-known abolitionist who was willing to use violence to end slavery in Kansas

a)

David Rice Atchison

b)

John Brown

c)

Andrew Reeder

d)

Charles Robinson

41.

What senator wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Franklin Pierce

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

John Brown

d)

Charles Hamilton

42.
People from Missouri that crossed over to Kansas were called
a)

Abolitionists

b)

Scaliwags

c)

Border Ruffians

d)

State Ditchers

43.

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

44.

Widely held belief that settlers in the US were destined to expand across North America

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Underground Railroad

45.

A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into free states and Canada.

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Abolitionist

d)

Underground Railroad

46.
An Illinois lawyer who became the 16th President of the United States
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
James Buchanan
d)
John C. Fremont
47.
Between 1850 and 1860, which of the following issues was a major area of conflict in  U.S. politics?
a)
Debate over tariffs
b)
expansion of slavery
c)
U.S. policy of neutrality
d)
Growth of cities