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WorksheetsHexter Five Final: American History
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 9mins
The cotton gin changed agriculture in the South by
simplifying the planting process.
making cotton the dominant crop.
combining cotton and wheat farms.
encouraging textile and factory construction.
Which of the following WAS NOT true of cotton production in the South prior to the Civil War?
Long staple cotton was preferred because it was easier to get the seeds out.
The cotton gin exponentially increased the harvest of cotton in the South.
Eli Whitney's cotton gin had little to do with cotton production in the South.
Three-quarters of the world's cotton supply was grown in the United States by 1860.
Which of the following contributed to the growth of "King Cotton"?
A shift from tobacco to wheat cultivation.
Western expansion into new fertile lands.
The abolition of the slave trade.
The influx of immigrant workers to the South.
Which of the following WAS NOT true regarding southern manufacturing?
The upper South had a fairly diverse manufacturing base.
The Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia was the largest of its kind in the nation.
Southern port cities became active trade centers.
The southern economy consisted solely agricultural and there was no real manufacturing.
As agriculture became entrenched in the South,
planters built plantation schools to educate enslaved workers.
the South became too dependent on one crop, limiting development.
southern whites began to doubt the benefits of slavery.
entrepreneurs built new factories to meet rising consumer demand.
All of the following were reasons manufacturing grew faster in the North EXCEPT
that Southern investors see more profit in land ownership and slaves.
that free labor was already accepted by immigrants as a condition of their coming to America.
that factory workers tended to be immigrants who settled in the North.
that there were no market for manufactured goods in the South because few people could afford them.
Wealthy planters made up the majority of the southern population and owning more than fifty slaves was normal in the South.
True
False
A vast majority of slave owners in the South owned only one or two slaves that shared meals and the work with their owners.
True
False
Those in the South that did not own any slaves and were classified as yeoman farmers were the equivalent of abolitionists who felt that slavery should be ended immediately.
True
False
Southerners argued that slave labor was superior because
slaves worked in many industrial areas.
slaves actually enjoyed being property.
slaves and slaveholders depended on one another.
manumission brought shame to freed slaves.
What southern politician declared that slavery was a "positive good"?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John C. Calhoun
William Lloyd Garrison
All of the following were a part of the South sealing itself off EXCEPT
abolitionists being run out of town with their newspapers.
meetings by Blacks without whites present were ended.
all civil liberties were upheld and enforced.
all travel by Black people were restricted.
Which of the following WAS NOT true of free Blacks in the South prior to the Civil War?
They had to register with local authorities.
They had the right to vote, as long as they had permission from a white government official.
They had to post bond as an assurance of good behavior.
If they were unemployed for an extended period of time, they could be sold into servitude.
The slave population in the South increased 800% from 1790 to 1860.
True
False
All of the following were arguments for slavery put forth by southern politicians EXCEPT
the fact that some argued that it was the only way to get labor intensive agricultural work done.
the fact that slave owners were good to their slaves and helped them through the difficulties of life.
the fact that the Bible strongly condemns the practice.
the fact that slave owners provided the necessities for their slaves, much like a parent does for their child.
George Fitzhugh, in his book, Cannibals All, says that slavery is much more humane than what segment of northern society?
Factory jobs
Government jobs
Education jobs
Corporate jobs
Which of the following phrases best describes the daily life of an enslaved person?
Attending schools with professional teachers.
Working in factories fo low wages.
Backbreaking work from dawn to dusk.
Imprisonment in the penitentiary system.
Which of the following WAS NOT used in disciplining a slave?
Solitary confinement or a "sweat box"
Whipping frequently and freely
Withholding money from slaves
Selling the slave down river away from their family
Which of the following WAS NOT a part of slave culture in the South prior to the Civil War?
Storytelling
Music
Material wealth
Folktales
Which of the following WAS NOT considered a slave revolt or uprising led by a former slave?
John Brown
Gabriel Prosser
Denmark Vesey
Nat Turner
Who was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?
Frederick Douglass
Nat Turner
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
The Second Great Awakening inspired people to
work for a variety of social reforms.
return runaway slaves.
look to the past rather than the future.
stay home from organized church services.
The Mormons led by Brigham Young settled
along the Santa Fe Trail.
in present-day Utah.
in Illinois.
throughout present-day California and Oregon.
The Temperance Movement found its greatest success when it
promoted legal restrictions on alcohol.
published pamphlets and posters.
held public meetings to discuss alcohol.
encouraged people to pledge not to drink.
Which of the following WAS NOT a part of public school reform?
Schools should be supported by taxes.
There should be increased spending on public schools.
Teacher salaries should remain stagnant.
There should be expanded opportunity for women and African Americans.
Which reformer is associated with prison issues?
Neal Dow
Catharine Beecher
Horace Mann
Dorothea Dix
The American Colonization Society encouraged free Blacks to move to
Underground Railroad stations.
large northern cities.
Haiti.
Liberia.
The Liberator was known for appealing to its readers' sense of
moral correctness.
modern convenience.
economic concern.
social status.
Which of the following WERE NOT abolitionists?
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Abraham Lincoln
Sarah Grimke
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention in part because they
had been inspired by an article in The Lily.
could not participate in abolitionist meetings.
were unhappy with the Declaration of Sentiments.
wanted to reinstate a matrilineal social system.
The women's movement began when women saw parallels between their situation and that of
slaves.
children.
British royalty.
poor immigrants.
Journalist John J. O' Sullivan wrote an influential editorial about
the Santa Fe Trail.
Mormons.
Spanish presidios.
Manifest Destiny.
Mexican Texas was an example of Mexico offering large tracts of land to Americans in order to increase the population in less popular regions of the country
True
False
Which of the following was a condition placed on American settlers moving to Texas?
Settlers must worship as Roman Catholics.
Anglo-Texans must become Mexican citizens.
Slavery, as banned by the Mexican constitution, must not be practiced.
All of the above.
The Alamo was NOT
a great victory for Texans.
an old Spanish mission.
a rallying cry for Texans in a gallantly fought defeat.
led by Jim Bowie and William Travis.
What Texas leader defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto?
Zachary Taylor
James K. Polk
Sam Houston
Stephen Austin
Who was President of the United States during the Mexican-American War?
Henry Clay
Zachary Taylor
James K. Polk
Andrew Jackson
Which group was enthusiastically in favor of war with Mexico?
Democrats
Republicans
Whigs
Federalists
All of the following saw the Mexican-American War as unjustified EXCEPT
William Lloyd Garrison
Abraham Lincoln
James Polk
Frederick Douglass
At the end of the Mexican-American War, the United States paid $15 million and left Mexico City in return for
Arizona.
New Mexico and California Territories.
Texas.
California and Oregon.
Which of the following was true about the Wilmot Proviso?
It passed the Senate.
It divided Congress.
It failed in the House of Representatives.
It united Congress.
Northerners believed that slavery was an immoral institution that Congress should have control over.
True
False
Which of the following WAS NOT a southern belief when it came to the institution of slavery?
That the Founders made no provision in the Constitution to abolish slavery.
That the United States Congress had the full authority to regulate slavery.
That slavery was a state issue and should be decided by the states themselves.
What was one of the provisions included in the Compromise of 1850?
California would be admitted as a free state.
Slavery would be ended in Washington, D.C.
Congress would abolish the Fugitive Slave Law.
Texas would gain New Mexico for $10 million.
Under the new Fugitive Slave Act passed in 1850,
northerners could buy and sell slaves in Washington, D.C.
Congress declared that slavery was morally wrong.
popular sovereignty would decide the slave issue in New Mexico.
citizens who helped a runaway slave could be imprisoned.
What was the final northern destination for most people escaping slavery on the Underground Railroad?
Mexico
Ohio
Canada
Illinois
What conductor on the Underground Railroad was known as "Black Moses"?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Lloyd Garrison
Martin Delany
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin infuriated the South because it
was a work of fiction by a northern white woman.
spread antislavery sentiment in the North.
portrayed all slave owners as evil.
advocated for a violent rebellion of slaves.
Which of the following WAS NOT a reaction to Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The book showed that slavery broke up slave families.
The book showed the evil of slavery.
The book made credible some of the proslavery arguments like slaveowners being kind to their slaves.
The book justified northerner's beliefs that slavery was morally wrong.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was advocated by Senator Stephen Douglas for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
the fact that he knows his state of Illinois will benefit if a railroad runs through Chicago.
that Stephen Douglas was only looking out for his state's best interests and nothing else.
that the organization of western lands was necessary for a railroad to run through them.
that Senator Douglas wanted to be president someday and that this would help in that effort.
Which of these were nullified by the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Missouri Compromise line
personal liberty laws
The idea of popular sovereignty
The Crittenden Compromise
The events of "Bleeding Kansas" can be attributed to
the competition between farmers trying to settle the land.
the blistering speech of Charles Sumner on the Senate floor.
the fierce competition of opposing political groups.
Preston Brooks' attack on Charles Sumner.
John Brown was an abolitionist who believed in non-violence to achieve his goals of a country without slavery.
True
False
Charles Sumner's speech, "The Crime Against Kansas" did all of the following EXCEPT
speak of slavery as a destructive vice of the South.
anger Andrew Butler to the point of Butler attacking Sumner for what he said.
prove that advocates of slavery will stop at nothing, even violence on the Senate floor, to maintain slavery.
make Preston Brooks so angry as to beat Sumner over the head with a cane two days later.
All of the following is true of the Election of 1856 EXCEPT
that John C. Freemont became the first Republican to run for President.
that James Buchanan promised to stop the agitation of the slavery issue.
that it proved that in the future, a Republican could win the presidency without a single southern vote.
that it finally solves the slavery issue once and for all, bringing the country together again.
The Dred Scott decision stated that slaves
were the property of their owners, and that they had no rights that a white man should respect.
were free when living in a free territory or state.
should be made American citizens.
should have the right to sue in the courts.
To what did Abraham Lincoln refer to when he said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand"?
Slavery helped unite states in the Union.
The Union could not continue with both free states and slave states.
Compromise would continue to keep the issue of slavery at bay.
The Union would be dissolved over the issue of slavery.
What was Lincoln's view on African Americans?
They were inferior and deserved to be enslaved by whites.
They should have political and social equality with whites.
They were entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
They should have the right to citizenship and sue in the courts.
The Election of 1860 showed that the North and the South were two distinct political entities because
Lincoln vowed to abolish slavery in the South.
Lincoln won 40% of the popular vote.
Lincoln won without a single southern electoral vote.
Lincoln won 60% of the electoral vote.
Why was abolitionist John Brown executed?
For his attempt to seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
For his midnight massacre of hundreds of white slaveowners.
For his part in "Bleeding Kansas."
For beating Charles Sumner with a cane.
Stephen Douglas, in his Freeport Doctrine, stated that the Supreme Court had the power to declare whether slavery existed in the territories, not the vote of the people.
True
False
Why did South Carolina secede from the Union?
Newly-elected Abraham Lincoln stated that he wanted to support slavery.
The North no longer wanted them in the Union.
The Crittenden Compromise failed.
They believed that newly-elected President Abraham Lincoln was hostile to slavery.
Seceding states believed that they had to leave the Union in order to
protect their property and their way of life.
have a stronger voice in United States government.
oust President Lincoln from office.
Who was elected the first, and as it turned out, only President of the Confederate States of America?
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Dred Scott
In Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address, he declared that
he would abolish slavery once and for all.
no state can lawfully leave the Union by its own action.
there would be a war.
the North would avenge the attack on Fort Sumter.
