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WorksheetsUSHC Unit 2 Review - Wilson HS
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
What was the period of American history following the War of 1812, an era of peace and prosperity which obscured the growing problems of the country?
Reconstruction
Gilded Age
Era of Good Feelings
A New Hope
Which was not a reason for westward expansion in the early 19th century?
Economic opportunity
Cheap land
Political persecution
Adventure
What was the God-given belief that the United States had the right to expand across the continent, from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans?
Manifest Destiny
Social Darwinism
Sectionalism
Imperialism
What concept is being demonstrated in this painting?
Divine Right Theory
Manifest Destiny
Mercantilism
Inalienable Rights
What land acquisition is being shown in the map?
California Territory
Gadsden Purchase
Oregon Territory
Louisiana Purchase
What land acquisition doubled the size of the United States in the early 19th century?
Texas Annexation
Seward's Folly
Adams-Onis Treaty
Louisiana Purchase
Why did President Jefferson struggle with buying the Louisiana Purchase?
Too expensive
Feared it would lead to war with Britain
Fear of Native American conflict
The power to buy land was not in the Constitution
What land did the United States claim as a result of the Lewis and Clark expeditions of the Louisiana Territory?
Oregon
Texas
California
Alaska
What controversy surrounded the United States' claim to the Oregon Territory?
The large Native American population was a military threat to the United States
The territory was jointly claimed by both the United States and Britain
The territory was also owned by the French and not part of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory
The United States was in debt as a result of the Louisiana Purchase and wars with Britain, unable to financially secure Oregon
Why was the United States slow to annex Texas?
Did not want to add a new slave state
The land was still claimed by Mexico
The people of Texas did not support the United States government
The power to annex was not in the Constitution
What war was the result of the border dispute of the Texas Territory?
War of 1812
Mexican War
Spanish-American War
King George's War
What land did the United States acquire as a result of the Mexican-American War?
Louisiana Purchase
Mexico
Oregon Territory
California Territory
What was the original intent of the Gadsden Purchase?
Create a buffer to protect the United States from Britain
To secure valuable fishing ports for the United States along the Gulf of Mexico
The United States hoped this acquisition would pay for itself with its wealth of gold, silver, and copper
To establish a transcontinental railroad in the southern portion of the country
Reorder the following American land acquisitions of the first half of the 19th century:
Louisiana Purchase
Oregon
Texas
California Territory
Gadsden Purchase
What is the loyalty to one's own region of the country?
Sectionalism
Regionalism
Imperialism
Fundamentalism
What was the greatest sectional issue in westward expansion?
Native American rights
Slavery
Religious toleration
Mercantilism
Which group of people were most impacted by the westward expansion of the 19th century?
Native Americans
French Trappers
Southern Planters
European Immigrants
How were Native Americans impacted by the territorial expansion of the United States in the early 1800's?
They were able to make money by selling land to settlers.
They were able to assimilate with the white settlers and become farmers.
They were displaced and forced to move further west.
They were granted citizenship status by the federal government.
What was the statement that declared that the United States would not permit any future colonization of the western hemisphere, the Americas?
Roosevelt Corollary
Open Door Policy
Monroe Doctrine
Teller Amendment
How did the "franchise" (the vote) change in the 1820s and 1830s?
The vote was extended to women
The vote was extended to all men
The elimination of property requirements
The right to vote was extended to all citizens
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
Jackson's policy to seize complete control of the government
Jackson's policy to restore political power to the states
Jackson's policy of concentrating his actions on the needs of the people
Jackson's policy of uniting the country's economic systems
Which of the following best identifies Andrew Jackson's view of the Bank of the United States?
Promoted economic growth and economic security
Dangerous, corrupt, and monopolistic
Essential in carrying out the economic powers of the government
Ineffective and responsible for economic depression
Which president is best associated with the Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Despite the Supreme Courts decision in Worcester v. Georgia, what action did Andrew Jackson take against the Cherokees?
He required them to pay federal taxes on their land
He granted them additional land if they agreed to farm cotton
He had them forcibly relocated to lands in the West
He required them to pay tuition to attend public schools
What event is this artwork depicting?
Long March
Trail of Tears
Death March
The Exodus
What is the theory that the states have the right to declare a federal law invalid?
Nullification
Sovereignty
Jurisprudence
Sectionalism
Why did the Southern states believe the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 to be "abominations"?
Believed it only helped northern industry
It was too low, damaging economic growth
It created an economic alliance with England and France
They believed the tariff to be great for the Southern economy
What would be the best title for this map?
British North America Before 1850
United States Territorial Expansion
Colonial North America
Wartime Land Acquisitions
What is an economic system in which trade and industry is controlled by private owners, not the government?
Communism
Socialism
Capitalism
Imperialism
How did the United States economy change as a result of the Market Revolution of the 19th century?
People worked jobs in return for wages
People grew and produced everything they needed to survive
People specialized in what they produced and bartered for what they needed
The government seized control of the economy, the people now worked for the government
What were the economic characteristics of the Northern states in the early part of the 19th century?
Industry, finance, and agriculture
Cash crops, notably cotton
Agriculture and mineral resources
Chemicals, fossil fuels, and electricity
What system of industrialization was designed so that every step of manufacturing would be completed under one roof and the work to be performed by young women?
Lowell System
Bessemer Process
Slater System
Industrial Conglomeration
What were the economic characteristics of the Western states in the early part of the 19th century?
Industry, finance, and agriculture
Cash crops, notably cotton
Agriculture and mineral resources
Chemicals, fossil fuels, and electricity
What were the economic characteristics of the Southern states in the early part of the 19th century?
Industry, finance, and agriculture
Cash crops, notably cotton
Agriculture and mineral resources
Chemicals, fossil fuels, and electricity
What were the two dominant immigrant groups to the United States during the early 19th century?
Japanese and Chinese
European Jews
Germans and Irish
Greek and Italian
Which of the following is responsible for dramatic rebirth of slavery in the United States during the 19th century?
Railroad
Cotton Gin
Steam Engine
Industrial Revolution
How did the invention of interchangeable parts revolutionize production?
It decreased the money businesspeople wanted to invest in factories
It speeded up the manufacturing process, increasing profitability
It slowed down the process of making goods, reducing profitability
It demanded that the product maker have a higher level of skill than before
What was the goal of Henry Clay's "American System"?
Removal of Andrew Jackson from power
Political dominance of the Whig Party
Economic nationalism
American imperialism
All of the following are associated with Henry Clay's American System EXCEPT which of the following?
Postal System
Protective Tariff
Bank of the United States
Internal improvements in transportation
The American System successfully united the country economically.
True
False
What was the main purpose of internal improvements such as canals, government funded roads, and railroads?
To provide a faster, cheaper way to transport goods throughout the country
To make it easier to move the military between forts
To create non-agricultural jobs for the newly freed slaves
To encourage more immigration from Canada and Mexico
What was a consequence of the westward expansion in the early 1800s?
The nation's population doubled when the Native Americans living in the territory were granted citizenship
The lack of valuable natural resources led to an economic downturn
Lack of information about the new territory made people reluctant to move into it
Disputes over slavery in the new territory led to increased sectionalism
What was the religious movement of the early 19th century stressing a more personal and emotional approach to religion, resulting in millions of new converts to Protestant churches?
First Great Awakening
Second Great Awakening
Social Gospel Movement
Moral Majority
Which two religious denominations most benefited from the Second Great Awakening in the first half of the 19th century?
Methodists
Baptists
Catholics
Mormons
What is the movement to end slavery?
Suffrage
Temperance
Fundamentalism
Abolition
Which of the following was the most significant impact of Nat Turner's Rebellion?
Creation of new slave codes
Slave rebellions erupted throughout the South
Slavery was abolished
African Americans were granted the right to vote
What were the purpose of the slave codes?
Limit the rights and behavior of slaves
Regulate the slave trade
Prevent the excessive discipline or abuse of slaves
Legalize slavery in the colonies
Which notable abolitionist advocated the only way to end slavery was through legal means?
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Which notable abolitionist advocated the immediate emancipation of all slaves in the United States?
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Abraham Lincoln
Which notable abolitionist wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, which condemned the institution of slavery and its brutality?
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
What was the main message of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
The United States had treated the Native Americans poorly
Slavery was a cruel practice and should be outlawed
Child labor should be eliminated from northern factories
Discrimination against women was ultimately hurting the nation
What was the goal of the Underground Railroad?
To develop a relationship with white abolitionists
To flee slavery by escaping to free states and nations
To smuggle stolen goods from their master's homes
To share spirituals and folklores with other slaves in the South
What is the right to vote?
Temperance
Abolition
Capitalism
Suffrage
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 is often viewed as the beginning of which of the following?
Temperance movement
Women's rights movement
Antislavery movement
Native American Indian movement
. . .“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; . . .”
—Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
What document influenced the authors of this document?
Mayflower Compact
Albany Plan of Union
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
What was the focus of the temperance movement?
To stop the spread of slavery
To improve conditions of factory workers
To give women more political freedom
To reduce the use of alcholo
What divisive issue dominated the discussion of adding new states to the union?
Whether new states would be slave or free
Whether new states should pay taxes
How much representation new states should have in Congress
How many people would be allowed to settle in the new states
As a result of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which state was admitted as a free state in order to preserve the balance between free and slave states in the Senate?
California
Maine
Missouri
Kansas
The Missouri Compromise (1820) banned slavery in which area?
The Louisiana Territory
The entire United States
The Oregon Territory
Washington, D.C.
What did the Missouri Compromise seek to accomplish?
Preserving the Union from the threat of southern secession
Admitting Missouri to the Union as a free state
Allowing each new western state to decide the slavery question for itself
Maintaining the balance between free and slave states
What was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850?
Fugitive Slave Act
Popular Sovereignty in the Utah and New Mexico territories
California entering as a free state
The outlaw of slavery in the Northwest Territories
To please the North, the Compromise of 1850 abolished the slave trade in which area?
Washington, D.C.
South
California
Mexico
To what provision of the Compromise of 1850 were abolitionists most opposed?
The admittance of California as a free state
The continuation of slavery in Washington, D.C.
The adoption of popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico
The passage of a stricter fugitive slave law
In the 1850s, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?
They feared being drafted into the Northern army
The Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk in the United States
More factory jobs were available in Canada
Northern abolitionists refused to help fugitive slaves
This poster from the 1850s appeared in response to which of the following?
Passage of the of the fugitive slave law
Start of the Civil War
Issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
Enactment of the 13th Amendment
Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?
Nullification
Sectionalism
Popular Sovereignty
Secession
What was an unintended consequence of the proposed opportunity for popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska?
Civil War
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Bleeding Kansas
Creation of the Free Soil party
What precedent did the Supreme Court set in case Dred Scott v Sanford?
Slaves were not free just because they resided in territory where slavery was not allowed
It was illegal for slave owners to move into free territory with slaves
Slaves were automatically freed if they entered territory where slavery was not allowed
It was illegal for slave owners to travel through free territory with slaves
Which idea best describes the viewpoints of the Republican Party formed during the Antebellum Era?
They were anti-business and opposed protective tariffs and government subsidies of railroads
They were free soilists who did not oppose slavery but did not want it to expand into new territories
They were progressive reformers who supported social programs to ease poverty in urban areas
They were staunch abolitionists and wanted slavery abolished in every state
What effect did John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin and the ruling in Scott v. Sanford have on the nation?
They ended slavery in the western territories
They encouraged a spirit of cooperation to solve sectional differences
They caused a greater divide between the North and the South
They weakened the influence of abolitionists over politicians
What led the Southern states to secede from the Union?
Secessionists were upset with the balance of power in the legislative branch and taxation in the Union
Secessionists were upset with the Dred Scott decision and the unbalance of power in Congress
Secessionists were upset with the election of President Lincoln and the issue of limiting the expansion of slavery
Secessionists were upset with the Dred Scott decision and the election of President Lincoln
“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." - Abraham Lincoln, 1858
According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that
Sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union.
Slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately.
The Southern states should be allowed to secede.
To save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery.
Before the start of the Civil War, many Southern political leaders supported what concept?
High tariff rates
Voting rights for women
Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act
States' rights
What is the most accurate title for this map?
Closing the Frontier
Results of Reconstruction
A Nation Divided
Compromise of 1850
What battle of the Civil War proved to be the first shots of the war, starting the Civil War?
Attack on Fort Sumter
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Sherman's March to the Sea
