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HUSH UNIT 3 - NATIONALISM & SECTIONALISM

Total questions: 82

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why was there increased voter participation in the 1828 election?

a)

amendment ending religious qualifications for voting

b)

arrival of immigrants from European democracies

c)

new voting rights for Native Americans

d)

removing property requirements for many voters

2.

"Fifty-Forty or Fight!" - dispute with Britain over:

a)

Maine

b)

California

c)

Canada

d)

Oregon

3.

Nullification:

a)

Congress can create trade restrictions

b)

Congress may declare state laws unconstitutional

c)

Supreme Court may declare legislation unconstitutional

d)

states may declare federal laws unconstitutional

4.

Why did American settlers want to move to Mexican-controlled Texas?

a)

land was cheap

b)

religious freedom

c)

they were protected by Native Americans

d)

they could legally own slaves there

5.

Main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine:

a)

stake a claim to Mexican territory

b)

limit European influence in the Americas

c)

force the British out of the Oregon Territory

d)

establish full control over Canada

6.

The Mexican Cession led to conflict over what issue?

a)

Railroad expansion

b)

Native American relocation

c)

National borders’ adjustment

d)

Slavery’s spread

7.

The American System:

a)

maintained balance with free and slave states

b)

took funds from unpopular National Bank

c)

expanded voting rights

d)

better transportation network for trade within the US

8.

What created a major increase in the number of slaves in the South?

a)

invention of the cotton gin

b)

South Carolina seceding from the US in 1860

c)

Northwest Ordinance of 1789

d)

The Dred Scott decision

9.

the "Great Compromiser"

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Henry Clay

c)

James Monroe

d)

John C. Calhoun

10.

Jackson’s forced relocation of Native Americans

a)

Long March

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Annexation of Texas

d)

Corrupt Bargain

11.

1824 presidential election was decided by:

a)

the Electoral College

b)

popular vote

c)

the Senate

d)

the “corrupt bargain”

12.

Dorothea Dix sought to reform:

a)

temperance movement

b)

women’s rights

c)

abolitionist cause

d)

prisons and asylums

13.

Which answer BEST completes the diagram?

a)

Results of the Civil War

b)

Components of the American System

c)

Van Buren's economic recovery plan

d)

Causes of the German Migration

14.

The phrase “by military conquest, treaty, and purchase” best describes the

a)

steps in the growth of American industry

b)

methods used to expand the territory of the United States

c)

causes of the United States entry into the War of 1812

d)

major parts of the American System

15.

first employees in the Lowell, Massachusetts, textile mills:

a)

slaves

b)

girls

c)

farmers who lost their land

d)

immigrants

16.

Erie Canal connected the Atlantic Ocean to:

a)

Mississippi

b)

Great lakes

c)

National Road

d)

New York City

17.

Period of religious revivalism:

a)

Camp Meeting Era

b)

Great National Circuit Ride

c)

Methodist Rebirth

d)

Second Great Awakening

18.

Which nineteenth-century abolitionist published the pictured document?

a)

Wendell Phillips

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Angelina Grimké Weld

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

19.

Jackson's Force Bill:

a)

military used to collect tariffs from states

b)

military used to stop a Native American insurrection

c)

new treaty negotiations with Britain

d)

forced Congress to pass a new tariff

20.

Treaty giving CA, NM, UT, AZ to the US:

a)

Ghent

b)

Guadalupe Hidalgo

c)

Adams-Onis

d)

Velasco

21.

He was a major supporter of the American System

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Charles Sumner

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Henry Clay

22.

What political party was the one in charge after the War of 1812?

a)

Anti-Federalist

b)

Democratic-Republicans

c)

Federalists

d)

Whigs

23.
The US received what territory from the Adams-Onis Treaty?
a)
Texas
b)
Missouri
c)
Alabama
d)
Florida
24.

What allowed for a shift in the American economy

a)

new types of transportation

b)

new types of technology

c)

new types of communication

d)

all of the above

25.

Who created the steamboat?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Eerie Canal

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Robert Fulton

26.

Why did canals increase the significance of the steamboat during the market revolution?

a)

because they increased the speed of the river's flow, and therefore increased the speed of the steamboat's paddles

b)

because they enabled rural settlers to access markets from previously inaccessible areas

c)

because they interrupted railroad lines, thereby making the steamboat the fastest way of transporting goods between the east and west

d)

because they reduced the cost of trade between the east and west by allowing steamboats to transport goods across multiple waterways

27.

Which of the following was a direct economic impact of the Erie Canal's construction?

a)

the population of Ohio increased from approximately 200,000 in 1810 to almost 2 million in 1850

b)

New York city became the nation's largest port

c)

by 1840, 7 million Americans lived west of the Appalachian mountains

d)

it sparked a 3,000 mile canal building frenzy connecting the Atlantic States with the Ohio and Mississippi River Valley

28.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
29.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
30.
At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?
a)
In the House of Representatives
b)
In the Senate
c)
In the Executive Branch
d)
In the Judicial Branch
31.

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

a)

Revolutionary War.

b)

War of 1812.

c)

Mexican War.

d)

Civil War.

32.
Where was the Missouri Compromise line?
a)
36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
b)
46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
c)
56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
d)
66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
33.
Who were the "Mill Girls"?
a)

female workers who came to work for the textile corporations in Lowell

b)

responsible for winding-up windmills on farms

34.

How did New England's textile industry affect women?

a)

New technologies required men to work far from their wives and families.

b)

The need for unskilled labor provided low-paying factory jobs for young girls.

c)

Young women were paid high wages because of their weaving and sewing skills.

d)

The jobs in this field were considered "men's work," and women were not hired.

35.
What product was first made using machines in factories?
a)
Steel
b)
textiles
c)
locomotives
d)
flying shuttles
36.
What are identical components that can be used in place of each other?
a)
Interchangeable parts
b)
Factories
c)
Dynamos
d)
Assembly Lines
37.
Mass production led to:
a)
Products being more superior in quality
b)
goods became less expensive
c)
laborers received higher wages
d)
industries moved to rural areas
38.
Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?
a)
Jobs in factories
b)
Jobs on the farm
c)
Family
d)
Friends
39.
This machine separated the seed from cotton fibers.
a)
Spinning Mule
b)
Spinning Jenny
c)
Steam Engine
d)
Cotton Gin
40.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Jim Morse
c)
James Watt
d)
the guy that delivers your pizza
41.
What device was created to send messages?
a)
telegraph
b)
thresher
c)
reaper
d)
factories
42.
What was developed by John Deere?
a)
telegraph
b)
Steel-tipped plow
c)
reaper
d)
factories
43.
What was developed by Cyrus McCormick?
a)
telegraph
b)
Steel-tipped plow
c)
reaper
d)
factories
44.
The nickname given to cotton.
a)
white gold
b)
Emperor Crop
c)
Carolina Cash
d)
King Cotton
45.
Which is TRUE regarding the cotton gin?
a)
It made more people see and admit the evils of slavery
b)
It caused demand for slaves to drastically increase
c)
It made cotton easier to plant
d)
It was invented by James Monroe
46.
One reason for the slow development of industry in the South was that ____.
a)
planters wanted to sell their land for high prices
b)
the market for manufactured goods was growing
c)
agriculture was creating profits
d)
southern rail lines were not linked together
47.

Which group controlled political and economic life in the south?

a)

yeomen

b)

planters (plantation owners)

c)

indentured servants

d)

slaves

48.

If no one wins the majority of electoral votes, how does the 12th Amendment resolve who becomes the President of the United States?

a)

Te Executive Branch decides who wins

b)

The Judicial Branch decides who wins

c)

The People decide who wins

d)

The House of Representatives will decide who becomes President of the United States among the candidates (no more than 3) with the highest votes

49.

Who won the Election of 1824?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

William Crawford

c)

Henry Clay

d)

John Quincy Adams

50.

Who won the MOST of the electoral votes in the Election of 1824?

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

William Crawford

51.

What was the issue in Worcester v. Georgia?

a)

The taxation of Cherokee lands

b)

The use of subsistence farming by the Cherokee people

c)

The sovereignty of the Cherokee nation

d)

The abandonment of the Cherokee culture by its people

52.

What process did Jackson use to choose some of his workers?

a)

Hire and Fire

b)

Kitchen Cabinet

c)

Electoral College

d)

Spoils System

53.

What did Jackson do about the Bank of the U.S.?

a)

He put all the U.S. money into the bank

b)

He ordered the bank to stay open forever

c)

He removed its funds and placed them in state "pet" banks

d)

He supported the bank

54.
_________  in 1830 authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi river to lands in the west.
a)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
b)
Worcester v. Georgia
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
None of the above
55.
"To the victor belongs the spoils."  What are the spoils in an election?
a)
rotten food
b)
money
c)
government jobs
d)
broken items
56.
Which court case determined that only the federal government has the power to regulate interstate commerce?
a)
McCullough v Maryland
b)
Gibbons v. Ogden
c)
Worcester v. Georgia
d)
Marbury v. Madison
57.

McCulloch v. Maryland was about whether a state could _______ a U.S. bank.

a)

tax

b)

issue

c)

nullify

d)

ratify

58.

The political party that did not want a strong central government in 1828

a)
Bureaucracy
b)
Democrats
c)
Whigs
d)
Republicans
59.

Party created in late 1830s by different groups that opposed Andrew Jackson:

a)

Democrats

b)

Federalists

c)

Whigs

d)

Republicans

60.

Match the following

a)

Elizabeth Blackwell

1.

1st Woman to attend medical school

b)

James Polk

2.

Pres. who pushed US into Mexican-American War

c)

Sacagawea

3.

Native American guide for explorers in Louisiana Purchase

d)

Thomas Jefferson

4.

US Pres. who purchased Louisiana territory

e)

John C Calhoun

5.

Supported ideas of states' rights and nullification

61.

Match the following

a)

Sojourner Truth

1.

abolitionist and women's rights supporter; former slave

b)

Grimke Sisters

2.

abolitionists from wealthy South Carolina family

c)

John Brown

3.

led failed raid in 1859 at Harper's Ferry

d)

Lucretia Mott

4.

led Seneca Falls Conference

e)

Abraham Lincoln

5.

election in 1860 led to the secession of S.C. vowed to preserve the union

62.

Match the following

a)

Manifest Destiny

1.

belief that the US had the right to control all land from the East to West coast

b)

Suffrage

2.

The right to vote

c)

The North Star

3.

abolitionist newspaper of Frederick Douglass

d)

cotton gin

4.

resulted in increase in slavery

e)

temperance

5.

movement to limit alcohol

63.

Match the following

a)

reform movement

1.

trend caused by the Second Great Awakening

b)

"The Liberator"

2.

abolitionist newspaper of William Lloyd Garrison

c)

public education

3.

area of reform of Horace Mann

d)

spoils system

4.

elected officials reward supporters with jobs

e)

Jacksonial democracy

5.

belief that all white men are created equal regardless of wealth

64.

Which two women were mainly responsible for organizing the Seneca Falls Convention?

a)

Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

c)

Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe and Lucretia Mott

65.

Which of the following documents became the major achievement of the Seneca Falls Convention?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Declaration of the Rights of Women

c)

The 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution

d)

The Declaration of Sentiments

66.

 Millions of immigrants came to America from Ireland due to -

a)

their belief that all people were created equal

b)

America providing money to recent immigrants to help them provide for their families

c)

Ireland experiencing a deplorable potato famine

d)

Ireland erupting in a religious civil war

67.

 Irish immigrants to America were often discriminated against because of their - 

a)

thick Irish accents, this prevented Americans from understanding them

b)

lack of work ethic, they were not seen as good workers to hire

c)

religious beliefs, they were Catholic and a majority of Americans were Protestant

d)

dress, the clothes worn by Irish were seen as unstylish

68.

 The idea that immigration to America should be limited or stopped completely is called - (a)  

Choose from the below words
capitalism
patriotism
nativism
Americanism
69.

The Erie Canal, shown in blue:

a)

connected the Atlantic coast with the mid-west

b)

connected Lake Michigan with the Ohio River

70.

This cartoon of the Monroe Doctrine illustrates that the U.S.:

a)

The United States strengthened its commitment to achieving Manifest Destiny

b)

The United States wanted to prevent further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere

71.

The purpose of the Declaration of Sentiments, written during the Seneca Falls Convention was to

a)

Publicize women’s lack of basic civil rights during the early 1800s.

b)

Suggest an amendment to the US Constitution that would guarantee equal rights to women.

72.

What was usually made up of anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant nativist Americans that fought against immigration?

a)

Whig PArty

b)

Republican Party

c)

Know-nothing Party

d)

Democrat Party

73.

Review: The 19th century belief that white Americans were chosen by God to take over all of North America.

a)

Republicanism

b)

Territorial Fate

c)

Federalism

d)

Manifest Destiny

74.
What was the "battle cry" to threaten the British to get out of Oregon?
a)
Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes
b)
Live free or die
c)
54° 40' or Fight
d)
No taxation without representation
75.
What peace treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
a)
The Treaty of Paris
b)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c)
The Treaty of Ghent
d)
The Treaty of Versailles
76.
What was discovered in California in 1848?
a)
Oil
b)
Gold
c)
Silver
d)
The Grand Canyon
77.

Which two areas of the map made up the United States in 1803 as a result of the Louisiana Purchase

a)

A and B

b)

A and D

c)

B and D

d)

E and G

78.

Before it was admitted to the Union, Americans declared it the ....

a)

Mighty Bear Republic

b)

One Star State

c)

Bear Flag Republic

d)

Bear Star Republic

79.

Which of the following were trails used to facilitate Westward Expansion? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

Santa Fe Trail

b)

Jacksonville Trail

c)

Oregon Trail

d)

Mormon Trail

80.

Letter 'E" marks which of the following:

a)

United States in 1783

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Texas

d)

The Louisiana Purchase

81.

Why was the area marked by letter "C" added to the U.S.?

a)

The U.S. needed to flat terrain to build the Transcontinental Railroad

b)

The U.S. won the area after the border disputes were settled

c)

Mexico just gave the land to the U.S. in order to preserve peace

d)

The U.S. had always owned the land

82.

Which area of land was acquired in 1848 after a conflict with Mexico?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

E