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Unit 03 Antebellum Period Review

Total questions: 149

Worksheet time: 2hrs 29mins

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1.

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"

2.

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

a)

The Jeffersonian

b)

The Hamiltonian

3.

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

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.

4.

The Market Revolution saw major advancements in the areas?

a)

Transportation

b)

Communication

c)

Agriculture

d)

Medicine

5.

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

a)

Roads

b)

Canals

c)

Steam boats

d)

Dams

6.

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

7.

Which canal linked the Great Lakes and Hudson River making New York the nation's primer port?

a)

Erie Canal

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Suez Canal

d)

Kiel Canal

8.

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

9.

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

a)

The Telegraph

b)

Railroads

c)

National Roads

d)

Steamboats

10.

What did this episode argue was the most important innovation of this time period?

a)

Factories

b)

Railroads

c)

Telegraphs

d)

Water wheels

11.

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.

12.

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

13.

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.

14.

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

15.

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.

16.

Which innovation increased the standardization of time?

a)

Railroads

b)

Steamboats

c)

Stages Coaches

d)

Bicycles

17.

Initially mills in Lowell Massachusetts employed who in great numbers

a)

Young women

b)

Young men

c)

Children

d)

Immigrants

18.

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

19.

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

a)

Western migration

b)

Eastern migration

c)

Southern migration

d)

Northern migration

20.

What term was coined by John L. O'Sullivan describes Americans' belief that it is their destiny to spread out all over the country?

a)

Manifest destiny

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

Nationalism

d)

Immigration

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

a)

Transcendentalism

b)

Gothic

c)

Progressive

d)

Modern

24.

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

a)

Business cycles

b)

Playing the stock market

c)

Disparity, or wealth inequality

d)

Capitalism

25.

What is the name of the period following the War of 1812 that saw great patriotism and little political division?

a)

Antebellum Period

b)

The Era of Good Feelings

c)

The Colonial Period

d)

The Early Republic

26.

What are TWO qualities of the Era of Good Feelings?

a)

Strong nationalism

b)

Weak nationalism

c)

Strong partisanship

d)

No real partisanship

27.

This proclaimed the Americas were off-limits to new European colonization as well as American neutrality in Europe.

a)

The Treaty of Paris

b)

Adams Onis Treaty

c)

The Monroe Doctrine

d)

The American System

28.

This agreement created a boundary (36, 30) for prospective western states as free or slave.

a)

The Missouri Compromise

b)

The Compromise of 1850

c)

The Tallmadge amendment

d)

The Wilmot Proviso

29.

This congressmen from Kentucky formed many of the political compromises of his era?

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

Daniel Webster

d)

Henry Clay

30.

This economic plan proposed by Henry Clay tried to connect the economies of the North, South, and West?

a)

Mercantilism

b)

The American System

c)

Hamilton's Five Point Plan

d)

Wealth of Nations

31.

These are two Supreme Court cases which established important economic precedents in early US History

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland (Supremacy, Necessary & Proper)

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden (Interstate commerce)

c)

Marbury v. Madison (Judicial Review)

d)

Scott v. Sandford (Citizenship of African Americans)

32.

This was the linking of northern industries with western & southern agriculture that occurred due to innovations in technology & methods that led to a variety of socio-economic changes in the US in the early 1800s.

a)

Market Revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

The Antebellum Period

d)

The Era of Good Feelings

33.

This innovation made planting cotton profitable and in the process revived slavery and increase the need for western lands to plant it.

a)

Cotton gin

b)

McCormick Reaper

c)

Telegraph

d)

Riverboat

34.

What were some important innovations in transportation during the Market Revolution?

a)

Federally funded roads

b)

Canals

c)

Steam power

d)

Factories

35.

This innovation made the scope and scale of business possible.

a)

Cotton gin

b)

McCormick Reaper

c)

Telegraph

d)

Riverboat

36.

This innovation allowed for greater productivity & access to markets.

a)

Steam power

b)

McCormick Reaper

c)

Telegraph

d)

Cotton gin

37.

This innovation in the way workers were organized allowed greater productivity though it was stolen from England by Samuel "The Traitor" Slaughter

a)

The Factory

b)

The American System of Manufacturing

c)

The American System proposed by Henry Clay

d)

The Nation Road

38.

This canal connected the Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes making New York the largest trading & urban center on the east coast.

a)

The Erie Canal

b)

The Suez Canal

c)

The Kiel Canal

d)

The Panama Canal

39.

Push factors such as famine and political revolutions in the 1830s & 1840s along with pull factors such as factory jobs lead to what?

a)

Mass immigration

b)

Mass migration

c)

Mass exodus from the U.S.

d)

Indian Removal

40.

Which two immigrant groups immigrate to the US in large numbers in the 1830s & 1840s?

a)

Germans

b)

Irish

c)

Eastern Europeans

d)

The Chinese

41.

This group of individuals were opposed to immigrants forming The Know-Nothing (American Party).

a)

Nativist

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Transcendentalist

d)

Shakers

42.

This was a reaction of many individuals in the eastern states opposed to changes caused by the Market Revolution and population pressures caused by immigration.

a)

Western migration

b)

Easteern migration

c)

Southern migration

d)

Northern migration

43.

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

44.

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

45.

"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

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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

49.

The election of 1824 saw Andrew Jackson win the popular vote but lose a contested electoral vote to John Quince Adams in what many people called?

a)

a Corrupt Bargain

b)

a stolen election

c)

the King of Frauds.

d)

the big lie.

50.

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

51.

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

52.

The election of 1828 is known for

a)

the negativity of its campaign ads.

b)

the positive tone of its campaign ads.

c)

the controversy of elector votes.

d)

the issue of abolition in Kansas.

53.

Andrew Jackson called this system "rotation in office" as he believed it would rid the government of corrupt officials. After Jackson fired 10% of the government replacing them with his supports critics refer to this system as the ______ system because as the saying goes, "to the victor go the ______"

a)

spoils

b)

rotten

c)

swamp

d)

electoral

54.

This legislation was highly controversial even for its day and resulted in a controversial supreme court case.

a)

The Indian Removal Act

b)

The Adams Onis Treaty

c)

The Tarrif of Abominations

d)

The Trail of Tears

55.

This controversial Supreme Court case found the Indian Removal Act unconstitutional. However, Andrew Jackson disregarded the decisions supposedly saying, "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it."

a)

Worcester v Georgia

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

d)

Marbury v Madison

56.

The forced migration of Native Americans from the American Southeast west of the Mississippi as part of the Indian Removal Act is commonly known as?

(a)  

57.

This political party grew as an opposition to Jackson. Taking its name from a British political party which opposed absolute monarchy.

a)

The Whigs

b)

The Democrats

c)

The Jeffersonians

d)

The Anti-Masons

58.

Andrew Jackson exercised what executive power more than any other previous President?

a)

The veto

b)

The pardon

59.

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

60.

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

61.

Andrew Jackson's veto of the National Bank & use of "pet banks" led to what economic crisis?

a)

Panic of 1837

b)

Panic of 1819

c)

Stock Market Crash of 1929

d)

Panic of 1873 and the Long Depression

62.

The Panic of 1837 caused many individuals to flee their debts and move to what Mexican territory?

a)

Texas

b)

California

c)

New Mexico

d)

Florida

63.

This era is known for greater democratic participation due to the reduction of land requirements for white males.

a)

The Age of Jackson

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

The Great Awakening

d)

The Antebellum Period

64.

The election of 1824 saw Andrew Jackson win the popular vote but lose a contested electoral vote to John Quince Adams in what many people called?

a)

a Corrupt Bargain

b)

a stolen election

c)

the King of Frauds.

d)

the big lie.

65.

Andrew Jackson called this system "rotation in office" as he believed it would rid the government of corrupt officials. After Jackson fired 10% of the government replacing them with his supports critics refer to this system as the ______ system because as the saying goes, "to the victor go the ______"

a)

spoils

b)

rotten

c)

swamp

d)

electoral

66.

This legislation was highly controversial even for its day and resulted in a controversial supreme court case.

a)

The Indian Removal Act

b)

The Adams Onis Treaty

c)

The Tarrif of Abominations

d)

The Trail of Tears

67.

This controversial Supreme Court case found the Indian Removal Act unconstitutional. However, Andrew Jackson disregarded the decisions supposedly saying, "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it."

a)

Worcester v Georgia

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

d)

Marbury v Madison

68.

The forced migration of Native Americans from the American Southeast west of the Mississippi as part of the Indian Removal Act is commonly known as?

(a)  

69.

The resolution of this crisis is often seen as one of the positive Jackson Presidency as it preserved the Union despite South Carolina's calls for succession over the "Tariff of Abominations"

a)

The Nullification Crisis

b)

The Alien & Sedition Crisis

c)

The Suez Crisis

d)

The Veto of the Naitonal Bank

70.

This controversial action by Andrew Jackson directly contributed to the Panic of 1837, one of the worst financial disasters in US History.

a)

Veto of National Bank

b)

Force Act to make South Carolina comply with Federal trade laws.

c)

The Corrupt Bargain.

d)

The Finacial Trail of Tears.

71.

Which groups participated in the international slave trade?

a)

Africans

b)

Europeans

c)

Americans

d)

All of the above

72.

The involuntary voyage enslaved Africans made from Africa to the Americas is known as?

a)

The Middle Passage

b)

The Great Migration

c)

The Trial of Tears

d)

The Second Middle Passage

73.

When did the first enslaved Africans come to American?

a)

1619

b)

1776

c)

1812

d)

1865

74.

What term best describes type of slavery practiced in the US where slaves were viewed as property of their owners?

(a)  

75.

This slave rebellion was the largest slave rebellion in the British colonies during the colonial period?

a)

Stono's Rebellion

b)

Gabriel's Rebellion

c)

Nat Turner's Rebellion

d)

The Haitian Rebellion

76.

What Southern crop allowed the North to industrialize, especially its textile industry?

a)

Cotton

b)

Tobacco

c)

Silk

d)

Rice

77.

This slave rebellion never happened due to a large storm and some of the enslaved members telling their white masters about the plans.

a)

Stono's Rebellion

b)

Gabriel's Rebellion

c)

Nat Turner's Rebellion

d)

The Haitian Rebellion

78.

This was the mass movement of enslaved people from the upper south to the deep south to meet the needs of the cotton economy.

a)

The Middle Passage

b)

The Great Migration

c)

The Trial of Tears

d)

The Second Middle Passage

79.

By the 19th century what percentage of the world's cotton came from the American South?

a)

3/4

b)

1/2

c)

1/4

d)

3/5

80.

In what ways did the North play a role in and profit from Slavery in the South?

a)

Northern merchants profited from the shipment and sell of cotton overseas.

b)

Northern bankers financed the purchase of land for plantations

c)

Northern insurance companies insured slaves as they were considered property.

d)

Northern manufacturers produced cotton cloth and sold it back to Southern plantation owners to clothe their slaves.

81.

What region of the US benefited the most from Slavery?

a)

The South

b)

The North

c)

The West

d)

The Great Plains

82.

Slave states were home to a few major cities such as?

a)

St. Louis

b)

Baltimore

c)

New Orleans

d)

Cincinnati

83.

Besides New Orleans most urbanization in the South took place where?

a)

The Upper South

b)

The Deep South

c)

The Western slave states

d)

All of the above

84.

Which areas of the Southern economy struggled to develop as a result of the emphasis on a slave based economy?

a)

Manufacturing

b)

Transportation

c)

Agriculture

d)

All of the above

85.

By 1860, there were four million slaves in the US, and the South they made up what percentage of the population?

a)

1/3

b)

1/4

c)

3/4

d)

3/5

86.

The majority of slave owners in the South owned how many slaves?

a)

Five or less

b)

10 or less

c)

100 or less

d)

100 or more

87.

The majority of Southerners, such as yeoman farmers, own slaves?

a)

False

b)

True

88.

The majority of poor white Southerners supported slavery?

a)

Mostly False - They saw it as a necessary evil

b)

Mostly True - It gave them legal and social status.

89.

Which founding father described slavery as, "As it is, we have the wold by the ear, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale and self-preservation in the other."

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Alexander Hamilton

90.

What notable Southern politician is known for this adamant defense of slavery as a positive good?

a)

John C. Calhoun

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Daniel Webster

91.

What was used to justify the practice of slavery in the US?

a)

Biblical passages.

b)

Ideas from Greco-Roman societies and culture.

c)

The idea that paternal nature of Southern slavery was more humane than Northern free market capitalism.

d)

All of the above.

92.

All slaves worked in agriculture?

a)

False

b)

True

93.

This individual is one of the most famous escaped slaves. They made about 20 trips back to Maryland to help friends and relatives also make the journey north via the underground railroad.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Richard Allen

94.

The deadliest slave rebellion in US history is?

a)

The Nat Turner Rebellion

b)

The Stono Rebellion

c)

Gabriel's Rebellion

d)

The Haitian Rebellion

95.

The result of Nat Turner's Rebellion was?

a)

harsher laws regarding slavery.

b)

harsher laws on slave masters.

c)

a decline in the use of slave labor.

d)

an increase in the use of machinery.

96.

This local regional dialect is based on different varieties of English, Central African, and West Africa.

a)

Gullah

b)

Cajun

c)

Quebecois

d)

High Tide Brogue

97.

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)

98.

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)

99.

____ 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.

100.

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

101.

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

102.

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.

103.

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.

104.

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

105.

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

a)

Baptist

b)

Methodist

c)

Calvinist

d)

Catholics

106.

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.

107.

19th Century Reformers developed and constructed which institutions?

a)

Asylums

b)

Prisons

c)

Poor houses

d)

All of the above

108.

19th Century Reformers were also a proponents for

a)

compulsory state funded education.

b)

tobacco secession courses.

c)

federally funded education programs.

d)

exclusion of the poor from the educational system.

109.

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

110.

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

a)

Abolition

b)

Temperance

c)

Educational reform

d)

Religious unity

111.

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

112.

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

113.

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

114.

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

115.

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

116.

Many of the most prominent voices for abolition were?

a)

Northern white women.

b)

Southern white women.

c)

Western Settlers.

d)

Native Americans.

117.

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

118.

The American woman's rights movement was limited to the U.S.?

a)

True

b)

False

119.

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.

120.

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

121.

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

122.

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

123.

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.

124.

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

125.

The ideas of the Cult of Domesticity and the place of women were rejected by all women?

a)

Yes

b)

No

126.

Though there were limited job opportunities for women in the 19th Century. Which profession progressively saw a feminization during this time period.

a)

Teaching

b)

Industrial mechanics

c)

News paper editor

d)

Engineer

127.

This movement against alcohol was predominantly led by women?

a)

Temperance

b)

Abolition

c)

Education

d)

The Second Great Awakening

128.

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.

129.

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

130.

This episode of Crash Course presented what reason as a possible driver of the U.S.

a)

Economics

b)

Agriculture

c)

Empire

d)

Slavery

131.

Which Western expansion route is probably the most famous route used by settlers moving west? Its name was used as the title for a popular video game.

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

California Trail

c)

Sante Fe Trail

d)

Mormon Trail

132.

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

a)

Britain

b)

Russia

c)

Spain

d)

France

133.

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

134.

Who was granted a huge tract of land in Northern Mexico (Texas) to help populate the region?

a)

Moses / Steven Austin

b)

Sam Huston

c)

George M. Dallas

d)

Antonio López de Santa Anna

135.

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

136.

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.

137.

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.

138.

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

139.

The border of Oregon would be at what line?

a)

49th parallel.

b)

54th parallel

c)

40th parallel.

d)

The Rio Grande

140.

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

141.

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

142.

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

143.

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

144.

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

145.

The growing anti-immigrant, anti-catholic sentiment in the U.S. around the mid 1800's was known as?

a)

Nativism

b)

Racism

c)

Xenophobia

d)

Republicanism

146.

The members of the nativist American Party formed in 1855 were known as?

a)

Know Nothings

b)

Republicans

c)

Whigs

d)

Romanist

147.

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.

148.

Which ethnic group flocked to California in large numbers during the 1849 Gold Rush?

a)

Chinese

b)

Irish

c)

Germans

d)

Italians

149.

How was the problem of California statehood resolved?

a)

The Compromise of 1850

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

The Gag rule