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How would a strict constructionist of the US Constitution had viewed the Second Bank of the United States?
He would have wanted to rescind the bank’s federal charter.
He would have limited access to white males only.
He would have changed the name of the bank.
He would have wanted to extend the bank’s federal charter.
How did the Tariff of Abomination affect Southern planters?
Increased the use of slavery in the American West.
There was no change in the lives of the Southern planters.
Decreased the prices paid by planters for manufactured goods.
Increased the prices paid by Southern planters for manufactured goods.
Which statement would best describe a War Hawk in 1812?
Primarily from the North, a War Hawk pressed for war with France.
Primarily from the West and North, a War Hawk pressed for war with France.
Primarily from the West and South, a War Hawk pressed for war with Britain.
Primarily from South and North, a War Hawk pressed for war with Britain.
Why was the Presidential Election of 1824 consider a “Corrupt Bargain”?
John Quincy Adams voided the ‘spoils system’.
John Quincy Adams lost to Andrew Jackson.
John Quincy Adams named Henry Clay as his secretary of state after the House of Representatives determined the outcome.
John Quincy Adams paid the electors money for their votes.
How did Andrew Jackson respond to the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States?
He vetoed the law.
He moved all US funds into the bank.
He signed the law.
He encouraged his colleagues to only use the bank.
It’s 1830, and Tom lives in New York. He strongly supports the supremacy of Congress over the presidency and favored a program of modernization and economic protectionism. To which political party does Tom most likely belong?
Whig
Socialist
Republican
Democrat
What was decided in the Treaty of Ghent (1814)?
The US lost Florida to Spain.
The US lost parts of the Louisiana Purchase to Britain.
The boundaries between the United States and British Canada would remain as they were before the War of 1812.
The US obtained Canada from Britain.
Which statement best represents John Quincy Adams’ presidency?
His presidency was so successful that he won the next presidential election of 1828.
His presidency faced continuous struggles, such as failing to obtain Texas from Mexico.
His presidency witnessed the ending of slavery in the United States.
His presidency improved the voting rights of all Americans.
What was the purpose of Manifest Destiny?
Indentured servitude should be declared illegal throughout the United States.
Slavery should be allowed in the American West.
White Americans would inevitably settle the American East and expand control from the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea.
White Americans would inevitably settle the American West and expand control from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
What is laissez-faire economics?
An approach where the economy is controlled by a sole monopoly.
Another name for a command economy.
A hands-off approach to the economy.
Another name for a traditional economy.
As a result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, most members of the Cherokee nation was forced to relocate to which current U.S. state?
Kansas
Nebreska
Utah
Oklahoma
Who determines the eligibility requirements for voting in an election?
Federal laws only
State laws only
Federal and state laws
Local church
Which Native American tribe most resisted forced relocation under the Indian Removal Act?
Shawnee
Osage
Seminole
Choctaw
Why are the years between 1817-1825 known as the “Era of Good Feelings”?
Due to the emergence of a second-party system.
Due to the election of James Polk.
Due to the Panic of 1819.
Due to the dominance of one political party.
It’s 1830, and Frank lives in Kentucky. He supports the expansion of suffrage to most adult white men, and the restructuring a number of federal institutions, which included strengthening the presidency and executive branch at the expense of Congress. To which political party does Frank most likely belong?
Whig
Democratic
Socialist
Republican
How did Americans living in the West react to the Panic of 1819?
Began a long campaign against tariffs and duties.
Enacted high tariffs that would protect from foreign competition.
Blamed the bankers and speculators.
Moved to the Caribbean
What state directly contributed to the Nullification Crisis, or Secession Crisis, of 1828–1832?
Arkansas
North Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina
What was one negative effect of the ‘spoils system’?
It often increased political participation by the common man.
It often lead to the hiring of incompetent and corrupt officials due to the emphasis on party loyalty above any other qualifications.
It promoted the regular annual rotation of new political officials.
It held officials more accountable to the public.
According to the Jacksonian Democrats, who should have full voting rights?
Females
Native Americans
African Americans
White Males
What was one purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
It notified Europe that the Western Hemisphere was closed to future colonization.
It encouraged Europeans to continue to create colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
It notified China that the Western Hemisphere was closed to future colonization.
It stated that the United States would interfere in the internal affairs of European powers.
What was the core idea of American (Jacksonian) democracy in the 1820s and 1830s?
Government should be in the hands of the common people
Government should be ruled by the elites
Government was not necessary
Government should be confined to plantation owners in the South
What did the US forces discover about the relationship between the British and Native American Western Confederacy as a result of the Battle of Tippecanoe?
Evidence that the Native Americans had been forced to fight the US troops by Canadians.
Evidence that the British had supplied the Native American Western Confederacy.
Evidence that the French had supplied the Native American Western Confederacy.
Evidence that the Spanish has supplied the Native American Western Confederacy.
What did the U.S. Supreme Court case establishing in the Worcester v. Georgia case?
U.S. states held legal authority over Native American nations within their borders.
U.S. states could overrule federal decisions concerning Native American nations.
Only the federal government could negotiate with Native American nations.
Only the state government could negotiate with Native American nations.
What happened as a result of the Treaty of New Echota (1835)?
It provided the legal basis for the enslavement of Native Americans in the South.
It provided the legal basis for the Trail of Tears, the forcible removal of the Cherokee Nation.
It provided the legal basis for the Civil War.
It provided the legal basis for the removal of voting rights for Native Americans.
Which of the following ideas was NOT part of President Monroe’s American System policies?
A national bank
Protective tariffs to support American manufacturers
War with the Native Americans in Ohio
Federally-funded internal improvements
What political action was being argued as part of the Nullification Crisis?
Whether a state was allowed to have slaves.
Whether a state could secede from the union.
Whether a state could nullify any federal laws that went against its interests.
Whether a state could change its boundaries to include Western lands.
Which of these is NOT part of the Monroe Doctrine?
US would not interfere in the internal affairs of or the wars between European powers
US recognized and would not interfere with existing colonies and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere was closed to future colonization
any attempt by a European power to oppress or control any nation in the Western Hemisphere would be viewed as a hostile act
What led many of Georgia’s white residents to resent the Cherokee people in the early 1800s?
The Cherokee expressed their own resentment through violent attacks.
The Cherokee would not uphold trade agreements with white residents.
The Cherokee were experiencing overcrowding due to a population explosion.
The Cherokee refused to give or sell their land to white residents for cotton farming.
What was one foreign policy success of President Adams, i.e. Adams-Onis Treaty(1819)?
The US created the state of Missouri
The US gained Oregon from Russia
The US gained East Florida and the Spanish abandoned all claims to West Florida
The US obtained Texas from the Spanish
During the early 19th Century, what replaced wood as the preferred fuel?
Propane
Kerosene
Coal
Oil
How is a message sent via telegraph?
Through a series of dashes only
Through a series of dots only
Through a series of dots and dashes
Through a telephone receiver
Which statement is true about Irish immigrants during the early 19th Century?
They brought significant investment capital, which promoted economic development.
They were mostly Roman Catholics.
They warmly welcomed by American workers.
They tended to settle on Western farmland.
With regards to the United States, in which industry did the Industrial Revolution start?
Steamboats
Textile
Railroad
Communication
Why did new mills emerge in the northeast region of the U.S.?
Immigrants did not like the region.
The region focused on cash crops.
Slave labor was cheaper.
Hills, rivers, and streams provided the necessary running water to power mills
Which statement is true regarding “credit” in the early 19th Century?
Credit caused the Panic of 1819.
Credit was only used in the Northern states, since the South didn’t need it.
Credit allowed the purchaser to pay for a product or service later on, usually with interest
Credit allowed the purchaser to pay for the product immediately with cash.
How did John Deere's invention change farming?
The steel plow performed worse in the thick, prairie sod in the Midwest.
The mechanical reaper increased harvesting times dramatically and required less labor.
The mechanical reaper decreased harvesting times dramatically and required more labor.
The steel plow performed better in the thick, prairie sod in the MidwestThe steel plow performed better in the thick, prairie sod in the Midwest.
The mechanical reaper increased harvesting times dramatically and required less labor.
The mechanical reaper increased harvesting times dramatically and required less labor.
Which system used a labor force made primarily of young, unmarried women and girls?
Republican Motherhood System
Cult of Domesticity
Rhode Island System
Lowell System
Which statement best describes the cause of the economic transformation the United States experienced in the early nineteenth century?
The invention of new methods of transportation made it easier and cheaper to ship freight.
An increase in immigration to American cities created a larger work force.
All regions became more powerful.
Scientific advances in the agricultural field led to larger crop yields.
What was one pull factor for immigrants in the mid-1800s?
Cultural or religious persecution
Promise of better pay
Extremely poverty in the homeland
Famine in the homeland
A food shortage in which country led to its immigrants becoming the largest foreign group in the northeast United States in the mid-1800s?
Ireland
Germany
Australia
Italy
Which device was directly influenced by advancements in the textile industry?
Telegraph
Sewing machine
Safety pin
Railroad
Who invented the telegraph?
Alexander Graham Bell
Bill Gates
Guglielmo Marconi
Samuel Morse
In the early nineteeth century, what did German immigrants tend to support?
Temperance Movement
Abandonment of religion and cultural traditions
Slaver ownership
Public schools
Which region of the United States was most dependent on roadways for transportation in the mid-1800s?
North
South
Midwest
West
As the 19th century progressed, what social class emerged?
Bourgeoisie
Peasantry
Wealthy Class
Middle Class
How did Cyrus McCormick’s invention change farming?
The steel plow performed better in the thick, prairie sod in the Midwest.
The steel plow performed worse in the thick, prairie sod in the Midwest.
The mechanical reaper increased harvesting times dramatically and required less labor.
The mechanical reaper decreased harvesting times dramatically and required more labor.
What was the political platform of the Know-Nothing Party?
The party wanted to limit citizenship and encouraged Catholics to serve in public office.
The party promoted citizenship and encouraged Catholics to service in public office.
The party promoted citizenship while opposed to Catholics serving in public office.
The party wanted to limit citizenship and was opposed to Catholics serving in public office.
What was the purpose of the early trade unions?
Create trade publications
Create trade laws
Improve the conditions and pay of its members
Convince owners to use steam engines
What was the original benefit of the interchangeable parts?
The military could easily replace broken parts of muskets with identical parts.
The steamboat mechanic could replace broken parts with identical parts.
The automobile mechanic could replace broken parts with identical parts.
The railroad engineer could replace broken parts with identical parts.
Why did a large scale textile industry not flourish in the South?
Only women & children were allowed to work in the textile mills.
The South lacked many suitable rivers and was already heavily invested in cash crops
New immigrants settled in the South in large numbers.
The South did not have enough slaves to work the mills.
What differentiated the economy in the southern United States from the economy in the northern United States in the nineteenth century?
The southern states did not have the labor resources that northern states did.
The southern states did not rely on slave labor.
The southern states’ industrial centers were fewer and spaced further apart.
The southern states’ economies relied upon agriculture and not manufacturing.
What problem did the invention of the steamboat address and solve?
too much wind and the ability to move downstream
too much wind and the ability to move upstream
a lack of wind and the ability to move upstream
a lack of wind and the ability to move downstream
What was the benefit of using a steel plow?
It increased harvesting time.
It caused an increase in employment
It did not get clogged with dirt as quickly, making it easier to cut through the ground
It worked well with a flat terrain, inexpensive farmland, and a small labor pool.
Where did the industrial revolution first emege in the US?
the railroad
textile mills
Southern plantations
in Chicago
During the Industrial Revolution, what was the Lowell system?
new system for textile manufacturing that combined the spinning and weaving process in one system
the hiring of only males to work in the mills
the exclusive use of steam engines
system of mills, complete with small villages with homes for families, shops, churches
Between 1838 - 1860, what replaced water as the source of powering mills?
gas
coal
nuclear energy
steam
What was one goal of the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association and similar labor unions?
10 hour workday
5 hour workday
12 hour workday
7 hour worday
In what way was the social status of women in the United States affected by early industrialization?
Women started to seek employment as clerks, salespeople, and teachers.
Both genders were needed to fill the same positions.
The economic significance of women as consumers was increased.
Nothing changed for women.
Who wrote the Declaration of Sentiments?
Lucretia Mott
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Frederick Douglass
Which rebellion would be used as a justification for the Civil War?
Gabrielle's Rebellion
Underground Railroad
Nat Turner Rebellion
Harper’s Ferry Raid
During the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, what was Douglas' argument?
Douglas supported political equality of the races.
Douglas supported the idea of popular sovereignty, whereby territories could decide whether they wished to have slavery.
Douglas supported social equality of the races.
Douglas assured southerners that he had no intention of interfering with slavery in the states where it existed.
Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin changed the industry of the South in which way?
It decreased the dependence on slave labor in cotton farming
It led to the emancipation of more slaves.
It led to more land in the South being dedicated to cotton farming.
It created greater competition between Southern cotton farmers.
What was the predominant belief of the Second Great Awakening?
Christianity should be limited to a select few.
An individual could not change fate.
Man had free will and he could save his soul through his actions on Earth
God had already decided which people would go to Heaven even before they were born.
What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?
Blacks could legally petition the courts for freedom.
All blacks, free or slave, could claim US citizenship.
Congress had the legal authority to ban slavery from the territories.
No blacks, free or slave, could claim US citizenship.
What happened as a result of the Second Great Awakening?
Church membership declined.
Church membership did not change.
Church membership doubled.
All slaves were freed.
During the Antebellum Era, which American philosophical movement influenced many early reform efforts in New England?
Existentialism
Rationalism
Transcendentalism
Cubism
During the Antebellum Era, which social group had the largest representation of the ‘free population’ in the South?
Plantation Owners
Slaves
Poor Farmers
Free Blacks
Why did many Northerners fear the ending of slavery?
They worried that slaves would come to the North and take the jobs of white people.
They worried that the South’s economy would take over the North’s industry
They were not worried about slavery ending.
They worried that ‘white flight’ would occur, as white people left the North to live in the South.
During the Antebellum Era, what former slave began a newspaper called The North Star, which discussed issues related to abolition, women’s suffrage, and education reform?
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Nat Turner
A member of a well-known family, which individual opened the Hartford Female Seminary that offered classes in subjects traditionally reserved for men: chemistry, rhetoric, algebra, and philosophy?
Samuel Gridley Howe
Catherine Beecher
Thomas Gallaudet
Emma Hart Willard
During the Antebellum Era, where were most southern cities located?
Next to waterways
Next to Indian Reservations
Next to the American West
Next to the Gulf of Mexico
During the Antebellum Era, who led the prison reform movement?
Margaret Fuller
Dorothy Dix
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Clara Barton
How did the American Colonization Society (ACS) seek to end slavery in the United States?
Founded the colony of Ghana in western Africa.
Encouraged Congress to grant freedom to all slaves.
Founded the colony of Liberia in western Africa.
Built larger churches for the slaves on plantations.
Which Antebellum Era theory indicated that while the men were busy working, women should focus on cultivating a home that was supportive, warm, and virtuous?
Cult of Domesticity
Cult of Women’s Rights
Republican Motherhood
Women’s Suffrage
What was the goal of the Abolitionist Movement?
Increase slavery in the United States
Eliminate slavery in the United States
Promote Women’s Suffrage
Eliminate Women’s Rights
What was a core belief of Transcendentalists?
Conformity against individualism
Individualism against conformity
Enlightenment over romanticism
Truth over consequences
Which of the following reforms did Horace Mann advocate?
Ending child labor in factories
Free public education for all children
Equal educational treatment for girls and boys
Lowering the voting age to 18
During the Antebellum Era, what was the purpose of social reform movements?
Bring greater equality to marginalized members of society.
Bring greater equality to white male citizens.
Increase the voting age to 21 for all groups.
Extend slavery into the American West.
Which term BEST describes the characteristics of American Transcendentalists?
A persecuted band who had to flee to the West because of their unpopular ideas about polygamy
A religious sect that believed in the concept of sin and the necessity for forgiveness from God and from fellow worshippers.
A group of intellectuals who believed in the value of the individual, the presence of divinity in nature, and an emotional comprehension of God.
A sect of former Unitarian ministers who expected Christ to descend to earth within their lifetimes.
Which statement correctly identifies a Northerner’s approach to tariffs prior to the Civil War?
High tariffs were favorable as they would make imported goods more expensive.
Low tariffs kept the cost of imported goods low.
All tariffs supported isolationism.
Tariffs promoted the expansion of slavery.
What was one social consequence of the Second Great Awakening?
Alcohol was banned in the US.
Greater cooperation between Protestants and Catholics.
Led to the abolishment of slavery.
Inspired many different social reform movements
Before the Civil War, what happened to the number of personal debts among Southerners?
Southerner debts were the same as in the North.
There were less Southerner debts than in the North.
There were more Southerner debts than in the North.
Southerner debt was dependent on the success of European industry.
The Declaration of Sentiments relates to which social reform movement?
Prison reform
Abolitionism
Women's Suffrage
Educational reform
What was the purpose of the Temperance Movement?
End alcohol abuse and its consequences by encouraging abstinence or at least moderatioEnd alcohol abuse and its consequences by encouraging abstinence or at least moderation
Lowering the legal drinking age to 18
Increasing the drinking age to 30
Encourage alcohol abuse and ignore its consequences
In his raid on Harpers Ferry, what did John Brown intended to do?
Punish slaves who had rebelled
Inspire a slave rebellion
Discredit the Abolitionist Movement
Unite the north and south
Which statement BEST describes the cause of the economic transformation the United States experienced in the early nineteenth century?
An increase in immigration to American cities created a larger work force.
All regions of the US became equally powerful.
The invention of new methods of transportation made it easier and cheaper to trade and move goods.
Scientific advances in the agricultural field led to larger crop yields.
Prior to the Civil War, what was the predominant role of slaves in the South?
They worked for political parties.
They worked in the fields.
They worked in domestic roles.
They worked in factories.
Which Antebellum Era theory stated that women should focus on supporting a family and making a home that was warm and supportive?
Temperance Theory
Cult of Domesticity
Women’s Suffrage
Transcendentalism
How did the Western settlers treat immigrants, especially those individuals from Mexico and China, during the Gold Rush?
With discrimination and violent attacks
With large scale religions revivals
With open arms and kindness
With disdain but they did no harmed
Which of the following BEST explains the concept of “Manifest Destiny”?
The United States was destined to become a superpower.
It was okay for Americans to take lands held by others because it was their right.
In order to complete their destiny, Americans needed to free any slaves.
Americans needed to be sure to manifest their kindness to others.
What was one outcome of the Mexican-American War?
It created better relations with Mexico and Latin America
It solved once and for all the question of slavery.
It put Manifest Destiny on hold.
It elevated the United States to the top stage among world powers.
Which state became the first testing ground for Popular Sovereignty?
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Which statement best describes the term Popular Sovereignty?
Each territory applying for statehood would vote on the issue of slavery to determine which side it was on.
Each territory would elect officials who would then determine which side the state would be on.
Each territory would be assigned to be either free or slave.
Every citizen in each territory could decide for themselves whether or not they would own slaves.
Which of the following is one of the reasons people migrated West between 1820-1850?
Government programs provided transportation to Western regions
A flood of immigrants into the U.S.
There were more factory jobs available
A lower birth rate meant more land per person
Between 1820-1850, which of the following is one of the primary causes that contributed to the difficulty in evening out the number of slave and free states?
The massive migration of people to new frontiers in the West
The decision to outlaw all slave trading
The decision to make all Western states slave owning
The movement of people to the Northern states
Which of the new political parties of the 1840s and 1850s had the goal of opposing the extension of slavery?
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Liberty Party
Free Soil Party
Which fort helped facilitate movement West, but would be abandoned during the Gold Rush?
Fort Meade
Alamo
Fort Sumner
Sutter’s Fort
How did the election of 1860 convey to the South that it had lost its political power?
The Southern states were immediately forced out of the Union.
The Northern states voted in Congress to strip the South of its electoral votes.
The winner of the election neither campaigned in nor won a Southern state.
The winner outlawed slavery immediately upon election.
Who won the 1860 Presidential Election?
Stephen Douglas
Ulysses Grant
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
When Mexico became independent from Spain, what vast territory began to be populated by Americans and their slaves?
Colorado
Texas
California
Arizona
Which animal’s population had been so depleted in the East that trappers moved West to catch them?
Mink
Otter
Beaver
Muskrat
Which group acquired most of the wealth from the Gold Rush?
Women who set up kitchens to feed the Forty Niners
The Forty Niners
The guides who helped find gold for the Forty Niners
Business owners set up to profit by the miners
What was the reasoning behind the Gadsden Purchase?
To obtain land for a railroad system
To satisfy Manifest Destiny
To further humiliate Mexico
To protect settlers in the West
From an economic stand point, what eventually replaced the wealth from the Gold Rush in the American West?
Nothing, it kept going
Banking
Agriculture
Large corporations of Forty Niners
What was the ultimate goal of the Wilmot Proviso?
To solidify Manifest Destiny
To balance out slave and free states
To encourage slavery in any territory acquired from the Mexican-American War
To ban slavery in any territory acquired from the Mexican-American War
Which of the following is TRUE of the Fugitive Slave Act?
It was eliminated from the Compromise of 1850 within a year.
It allowed the North and South to come back together over the issue of slavery.
It finally allowed the North to come to peace with slavery.
It quickly became the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850.
Which new political party of the 1840s and 1850s was a solidly northern political party?
Whig Party
Republican Party
Liberty Party
Free Soil Party
Who did the U.S need to make treaties with in order to secure the Oregon region?
Spain and France
Russia and Spain
Britain and France
Spain and Britian
After the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Republican Party emerged. What did it believe in?
It wanted to increase the spread of slavery into the territories.
It wanted to prevent the spread of slavery into the territories.
It wanted to destroy all Native Americans rights and ownership of land.
It wanted to give more rights to poor whites.
What was the main mode of transportation for settlers crossing the Oregon Trail?
Oxen and covered wagons
Steel bridges
Large ships
Railroads
How did the Free-Soilers view slavery?
slavery should be expanded.
Slavery was prohibited by the Christian Bible.
Slavery was morally wrong.
Slavery limited opportunities for poor whites.
What was the purpose of the Gadsden Purchase?
To get the necessary land needed for the railroad.
To fulfill Manifest Destiny
To free Americans who were being discriminated against by Mexico
To protect Native Americans
The 1860 Election showed that the South had lost its political power. How?
The winner outlawed slavery immediately.
The Southern states were immediately removed from the Union.
The winner of the election neither campaigned in nor won a Southern state.
Southern politicians were banned from sitting in Congress.
Where did the Oregon Trail begin?
Missouri
Kansas
Ohio
Montana
Which of these was NOT associated with the American West?
freedom
ruggedness
debt
individualism
Which of the following statements BEST describes the impact of the Missouri Compromise?
It outlawed slavery in the US.
It temporarily avoided conflict between the North and the South.
It completely resolved the differences between the North and the South.
It increased tension between the North and the South.
As part of the Missouri Compromise (1820), Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state. What state was admitted as a free state?
Louisiana
Mississippi
Kansas
Maine
How did the Santa Fe Trail differ from the Oregon Trail?
The Santa Fe Trail avoided Native American lands.
The Santa Fe Trail ended in California.
The Santa Fe Trail was only used by Native Americans.
The Santa Fe Trail involved traveling in dangerous conditions and a tough environment.
What was Manifest Destiny?
The view that God had decided that the American nation stretched across North America.
Concern for one's own region at the expense of national unity.
A strong dislike of or prejudice against the British.
The idea that Native Americans must be more like American citizens.
Which of the following is NOT one of the results of the Compromise of 1850?
Popular sovereignty was determined to be illegal.
Slave trade was banned in Washington DC
Under the Fugitive Slave Act section, special government officials were allowed to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave.
California was admitted as a free state.
What did the Wilmot Proviso propose?
The United States should take over all of Mexico.
Mexican lands should be left to Mexico.
The United States should have to pay Mexico a fine for having provoked the war.
Slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States.
Unlike today's military, which position regulated events in camp and served as major agents of communication on the battlefield?
Fifes
Colonels
Infantry
Buglers
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Lincoln’s speech honoring the memory of people killed during the great battle to protect democracy.
A document signed by Lincoln freeing the slaves in the Confederate States of America.
A song sung by the Confederate Army during its marches.
One of Jefferson Davis’ speeches.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Douglas Scott
Dred Scott
What was the purpose of the 13th Amendment?
Abolish slavery.
Decree that the right to vote could not be denied based on ‘race, color, or previous condition of servitude’.
Guarantee US citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
Give women the right to vote.
What was the purpose of the 14th Amendment?
Give women the right to vote.
Abolish slavery.
Decree that the right to vote could not be denied based on ‘race, color, or previous condition of servitude’.
Guarantee US citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
What was the purpose of the 15th Amendment?
Abolish slavery.
Decree that the right to vote could not be denied based on ‘race, color, or previous condition of servitude’.
Guarantee US citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
Give women the right to vote.
What happened to the agricultural industry in the South during Reconstruction?
Sharecropping became more pronounced.
Supply of goods could not keep up with the demand.
The number of railroads significantly decreased.
The industry collapsed.
Which statement would best represent Missouri during the Civil War?
It avoided the Civil War all together.
It was an Union state.
It was a Confederate state.
It was a Border state.
What was the Gettysburg Address?
A song sung by the Union Army during its marches
The name given to a popular theater production during the war.
Lincoln’s speech honoring the memory of people killed during the great battle to protect democracy.
A document signed by Lincoln freeing the slaves in the Confederate States of America.
Where was the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Washington DC
Fort Charleston
Fort Meade
Fort Sumter
During Reconstruction, how did southern states limit the freedom of African Americans?
Requiring travel passes.
Passing Black Codes.
Creating Freedmen’s Bureaus.
Demanding all African Americans move to the North.
Which geographical area had a larger population during the Civil War?
Midwest
South
North
Border States
As the Civil War progressed, a feeling that the war was one of attrition and the raising question of ‘who will give up first' occurred. Which battle is associated with this event?
Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)
Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Kearney
During Reconstruction, James is identified as a Southern white Republican. What term would best describe James?
Carpetbagger
Scalawag
Freeloader
Whig
What was the purpose behind the Anaconda Plan?
To stop trade between Europe and the Union.
To promote trade between Europe and Confederacy.
To promote trade between Asia and the Confederacy.
To stop trade between Europe and the Confederacy.
What was the purpose of “Black Codes”?
Restrict labor and activities of Northerners moving to the South.
Support the expansion of Native American rights.
Restrict labor and activities of African Americans.
Support the expansion of African American rights.
During the Civil War, what happened as the government began to shift its economic policies in an attempt to finance the costly war?
The government decreased income taxes.
The government eliminated all taxes.
The government increased income taxes.
The government sold more bonds.
Why was Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan important as a way to reconstruct the Union?
It was a model for the reinstatement of Southern states based upon oaths of loyalty.
It heavily monetarily penalized Southern states.
It made sure that the confederate states could not rejoin the Union.
It was not practical, and was abandoned before it could begin.
How did the Civil War affect the environment?
The population of insects decreased.
Food was plentiful
Forests were destroyed.
Plantations grew larger.
What effectively ended Reconstruction?
1876 Presidential Election of Ulysses Grant and the removal of federal troops
1876 Presidential Election of Rutherford B. Hayes and the removal of federal troops
1876 Presidential Election of Rutherford B. Hayes and an increase in federal troops
1876 Presidential Election of Ulysses Grant and an increase in federal troops
Tom is a wealthy Northerner. After the Civil War, he travels to the South, and purchases land, leases plantations, or partners with down-and-out planters in the hopes of making money from cotton. What term would be used to describe Tom?
Freeloader
Whig
Carpetbagger
Scalawag
Which statement best describes the Post-Civil War South?
The southern economy was destroyed.
Industry and transportation were damaged, but Southern agriculture continued to flourish.
The emancipation of slaves had no economic consequences.
The much-feared inflation never materialized.
What's the name given for someone who travels to the South, and purchases land, leases plantations, or partners with down-and-out planters in the hopes of making money?
Carpetbagger
Scalawag
Whig
Leech
What is a scalawag?
A Southerner who voted Republican
A member of the KKK
A Northerner who moved to the South to get rich
A former slave
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
He was caught accepting bribes
He was too harsh on the Confederate states
He wouldn't support Congress in their efforts at Reconstruction
He tried to push for more African Americans in political office
What ended Reconstruction?
1876 Presidential Election of Rutherford B. Hayes and the removal of federal troops
1876 Presidential Election of Rutherford B. Hayes and an increase in federal troops
1876 Presidential Election of Ulysses Grant and the removal of federal troops
1876 Presidential Election of Ulysses Grant and an increase in federal troops
Under the Reconstruction Acts, who was responsible for supervising local elections in the Southern states?
US Military
Volunteers from the Union army
Freedmen's Bureau
Carpetbaggers
Which of these is true regarding African Americans in the Civil War?
They fought for both sides.
They refused to fight for either side.
They fought for the Confederacy but later rebelled.
They fought for the Union, after the Emancipation Proclamation.
As the start of the Civil War, what advantage did the South have?
Better military academies
Bigger population
Better transportation
More industrious society
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
To provide help for former slaves and the poor
To challenge Jim Crow laws
To promote political roles for African Americans
To help former slaves leave the US
Which of the following was included in Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan?
Complete social equality for freed slaves.
Suffrage for former slaves.
A demand that 10 percent of a state’s people take a loyalty oath.
Dividing the South into five military districts.
As a contributing cause to the Spanish-American War, what Spanish diplomat wrote a letter that belittled President McKinley and the American people?
Enrique Iglesias
George Dewey
Pancho Villa
Enrique DeLome
Which ideology stated that the United States had the right to intervene in Latin American nations as an "international police power"?
Roosevelt Corollary
Wilson's Moral Diplomacy
Monroe Doctrine
Taft's Dollar Diplomacy
How did ‘yellow journalism’ affect the public’s perception of the Spanish-American War?
It only reported well-known facts, which caused the public to be disinterested in the war.
It was written by college students, so only young adults followed the war.
It had no affect on the public’s perception.
It sensationalized the event, which created public outage.
Which concept led Americans to feel the need to bring its ideas to the “savages”?
Industrialism
Religion
Reconstruction
Social Darwinism
What event led to a flood of settlers moving into the Black Hills region in the 1870s?
Discovery of gold
Availability of former Native American lands
Religious revival
Discovery of silver
Why did the United States government want to acquire Hawaii?
For political control since the government didn’t think a queen should be allowed to rule
For social control so that the natives could be assimilated
For access to all the sandy beaches
For economic control over sugar, whaling, and other products
Which is true of European immigrants living locations in the 1800s?
They moved to the West in search of land as quickly as possible.
They lived in communities with similar religious and ethnic backgrounds.
They lived in well established communities and tried to assimilate.
They lived in communities that had similar religious but different ethnic backgrounds.
Which of the following was a way to encourage Westward Expansion?
Discouraging African Americans from moving West
The Atlantic Railway Acts
Land grants to encourage colleges of agriculture
Granting any amount of land settlers wanted
Which event directly contributed to the Great Sioux War of 1876?
The US government paying the Lakota for their lands.
The US government moving its army into Missouri.
The US government ordering the Lakota to return to reservations in the dead of winter.
The US government assassinating the Lakota chief.
Theodore Roosevelt often quoted an old proverb, "speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far”. How did he mean by the ‘big stick’?
Sharing of cultural attributes
Peace treaties
Forced assimilation
Military intervention
What ideology was used to justify US intervention in the Mexican Revolution, especially between 1913-1917?
Taft's Dollar Diplomacy
Roosevelt's "Big Stick" policy
Roosevelt Corollary
Wilson's Moral Diplomacy
What innovation contributed to the ending of ‘open range’ grazing?
Harvester
Bridle
Steel Plow
Barbed wire
What was considered ‘Seward’s Folly’?
US purchase of Washington DC
US purchase of Hawaii
US purchase of Oregon from Russia
US purchase of Alaska from Russia
Where did the American Indian Wars end?
Battle of the Black Hills
Fetterman Massacre
Wounded Knee Massacre
Cluster’s Last Stand
What was the Exodus of 1879?
Mass movement of African Americans from states along Kansas to the Mississippi River region.
Mass movement of Native Americans from states along Kansas to the Mississippi River region.
Mass movement of Native Americans from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas.
Mass movement of African Americans from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas.
After Texas, New Mexico, and California became states, what happened to the Hispanic population?
Many Hispanics lost their land rights and some became migrant workers.
Most Hispanics were given more land by the US government.
Nothing different happened.
Many Hispanics moved to Spain.
What event effectively ended Westward Expansion?
The admission of Arizona as a state
The defeat of the last Native American tribe
The end of slavery
The admission of California as a state
Why did African Americans flee the South after the Civil War?
To participate in the mining of gold in the North
Escape the Ku Klux Klan and the Jim Crow laws
Better educational opportunities in the West
To become sharecroppers
After the Civil War, what did the United States focus on?
Discouraging settlement out West
Finally ending slavery
Closing its borders to immigrants
Improving the governance of its territories
What was the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (1903)?
It opened Panama to trade with all nations.
It allowed the United States to use, occupy, and control a 10-mile wide canal zone in Panama.
It gave the United States the right to build a military base in Columbia.
It gave Panama to Nicaragua.
What was the purpose of the Open-Door Policy towards China?
European nations would have equal trading rights in China, and China’s territorial integrity would be respected.
All nations would have equal trading rights in China, and China's territorial integrity would be respected.
Only Asian nations would have equal trading rights in China, and China’s territorial integrity would be respected.
Only the US would have trading rights in China.
What was the goal of President Taft's Dollar Diplomacy?
Justify US intervention in the Mexican Revolution, especially between 1913-1917.
To prove the US was an international police force for Latin America
To insure military intervention in the global community.
To use foreign policy to secure markets and opportunities for American businessmen.
What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
To allow more Chinese people into the US
It created economic zones that the Chinese were not allowed to work in
It limited the amount of Chinese immigrants into the US
It excluded the Chinese from working in the railroad industry
What event led to a flood of settlers moving into the Black Hills region in the 1870s?
Discovery of gold
Discovery of silver
Religious revival
Emergence of smallpox in a neighbouring state
Why was the United States interested in building a canal in Panama?
To increase transportation times
To take over control of Panama
To build a military base
To protect trade routes
After the Civil War, what did the United States focus on?
Discouraging settlement out West
Improving the governance of its territories
Closing its borders to immigrants
Finally ending slavery
What is NOT true regarding the Treaty of Paris (Spanish-American War)?
The US gained the Pacific territory of Guam and the Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico.
The Philippines were sold to the United States for $20 million
Cuba was free to seek its independence as a protectorate of the United States.
Cuba was given to Mexico as compensation.
According to the US government, what was the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887?
Give Native Americans a sense of land ownership and integrate an agricultural lifestyle.
Give African Americans a sense of land ownership and integrate an agricultural lifestyle.
Give African Americans a sense of land ownership and integrate an agricultural lifestyle.
Give Chinese workers a sense of land ownership and integrate an agricultural lifestyle.
