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Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was a controversial action taken by Thomas Jefferson that violated his strict interpretation of the Constitution?

a)

Embargo Act of 1803

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

Pardoning violators of the Alien and Sedition Acts

d)

Creating a 2nd political party

2.

What was the primary reason for Thomas Jefferson's opposition to the National Bank?

a)

He believed it was unconstitutional

b)

He thought it would lead to corruption

c)

He was afraid it would favor the wealthy

d)

All of the above

3.

Which of the following was not a part of Thomas Jefferson's vision for America?

a)

An agrarian society

b)

Strong central government

c)

Expansion westward

d)

Education for all

4.

What was the significance of the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

It doubled the size of the United States

b)

It led to the War of 1812

c)

It marked the end of French colonialism in America

d)

All of the above

5.

Which of the following was a result of Manifest Destiny?

a)

Obtaining Oregon from Great Britain through a treaty

b)

Compromise of 1877

c)

Mexican-American War

d)

Texas Annexation

6.

Why did Thomas Jefferson purchase the Louisiana Territory?

a)

To expand the territory of the United States

b)

To gain control of the Mississippi River and New Orleans

c)

To prevent French influence in North America

d)

All of the above

7.

Which of the following best defines the term Reconstruction?

a)

The amendment that outlawed slavery

b)

The time period (1865-1877) when former confederate states were reintegrated into the country.

c)

The amendment that guaranteed citizenship to newly freed enslaved people and gave them equal protection.

d)

Strict states laws passed after the Civil War.

8.

 Which of the following created five military districts, required Congressional approval for new state constitutions, required Confederate states give voting rights to all men, and required former Confederate states must approve the 14th amendment?

a)

Reconstruction Acts of 1867

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Black Codes

d)

15th Amendment

9.

After the election of 1876, a bargain was struck that allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to become president if the federal government would remove troops from the southern states, thus ending Reconstruction.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Dred Scott v Sandford

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1877

10.

These strict state laws were passed after the Civil War, restricting black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.

a)

Compromise of 1877

b)

Black Codes

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Reconstruction Acts.

11.

This white supremacy, terrorist, organization was created by former confederates to prevent political participation by black Americans and republicans in the south.

a)

Freedmen's Bureau

b)

Confederates

c)

Scalawags

d)

Ku Klux Klan

12.
All of the following resulted from the end of Reconstruction EXCEPT:
a)
Ku Klux Klan is founded
b)
Jim Crow laws were passed to segregate blacks from whites and place other limits on their rights. 
c)
Sharecropping becomes the dominant economy in the South
d)
Blacks continued to enjoy increased freedoms and equality
13.
_________  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
14.
Congress established ___________ in what is now Oklahoma and where Native Americans were moved to.
a)
Seminole Territory
b)
Cherokee Territory
c)
Sequoya Territory
d)
Indian Territory
15.
Which of the following was the Cherokee’s 800 mile march to the indian territory where ¼ of the Cherokee tribe died on the march to the land?
a)
Second Seminole War
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Blackhawk
d)
Cherokee resistance
16.
Supreme Court ruled that the federal government had no authority over the Cherokee nations territory.
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Worcester v. Georgia
c)
Seminole vs Georgia
d)
Osceola vs Florida
17.
What does the picture represent?
a)
Seminole War
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Guerilla Warfare
d)
All of the above
18.
How were Native Americans affected by the loss of their land?
a)
They were forced to move away from their land
b)
Many died of diseases, beatings, exhaustion, and starvation on their way to the territory
c)
Poor land made it difficult to farm in the Indian territory
d)
All of the above
19.

Which statement best explains how the Second Great Awakening influenced change in American society?

a)

It encouraged Southerners to assert their rights by seceding.

b)

It inspired the growth of social reform movements.

c)

It led to the industrialization of northern cities

d)

It encouraged Southerners to assert their rights by seceding.

20.

Define the term suffrage

a)

the right to live

b)

the right to protest

c)

the right to vote

d)

the right to educate

21.
The key difference between the North and the South that led to the Civil War was 
a)
The South had less people
b)
the Climate
c)
the North was greedy
d)
the South's economy depended on slavery
22.
Which of these actions abolished slavery in the North and the United States?
a)
The Emancipation Proclamation
b)
the Compromise of 1850
c)
The Gettysburg Address
d)
the 13th Amendment
23.
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court decided that
a)
being in a free territory does not make a slave free
b)
Slave owners could not take slaves to free territories
c)
Slaves were all free in a free state
d)
Slave owners could not move
24.
Abraham Lincoln's main goal at the start of the Civil War was to 
a)
preserve and restore the Union
b)
punish the South
c)
to bring an end to slavery
d)
to attack Canada
25.
The South had and advantage over the North before the war in
a)

Large Railroad System

b)
Industral production
c)
Finances
d)
Military leaders
26.
General Sherman led his Union troops through Georgia using "total war" tactics of burning and destroying. This became known as
a)
The Battle of Gettysburg
b)
The Battle of Shiloh
c)
The Battle of Canada
d)
the March to the Sea
27.
The Union strategy to win the war included three parts. It was called the
a)
Python Plan
b)
Sledgehammer
c)
Spear of Liberty
d)
Anaconda Plan
28.
This was the location of the first shots of the war. It was located in Charleston, South Carolina
a)
Ft. Campbell
b)
Ft. Sumter
c)

Ft. Wagner

d)
Gettysburg
29.
When a state decides to leave the Union over slavery and other state's rights issues this was called
a)
nullification
b)
ratification
c)
secession
d)
popular sovereignty
30.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act had a devastating effect on the nation because of popular sovereignty. This meant that
a)
armed conflict broke out between abolitionists and slave owners
b)
slavery was eliminated
c)
they had to wait until after they were states
d)
slaveholders could bring slaves into these areas. 
31.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to 
a)
allow African Americans to join the military
b)
ensure Brtain would not help the South
c)
give the war a high moral purpose
d)
all of the above
32.

Getting control of the Mississippi and blockading the ports was part of what plan?

a)

The Great Snake

b)

Total War

c)

Siege and Blockade

d)

Anaconda plan

33.

Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from

a)

the rich and well-born.

b)

Native Americans.

c)

the common people.

d)

states' rights supporters.

34.

Jacksonian Democracy

a)

an informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House kitchen

b)

The practice of giving government jobs to political backers

c)

The period of expanding democracy that gave voting rights to all white males

d)

The Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional

35.
Which group was most hurt by Jackson's removal policy?
a)
the rich and well-born
b)
Native Americans
c)
the common people
d)
states' rights supporters
36.
Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?
a)
He thought its president was inexperienced and poorly educated.
b)
He thought it loaned too much money to farmers and workers.
c)
He thought it was unconstitutional and that it favored the rich.
d)
He thought it benefited western business owners over those in the east.
37.

Which Supreme Court decision is most closely associated with the Trail of Tears?

a)

McCullough v. Maryland

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Worcester v. Georgia

d)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

38.
To nullify a law means …
a)
to agree to the law
b)
to secede.
c)
to void or cancel the law.
d)
to vote on the law.
39.
Which state said they wouldn‘t pay the new tariff and passed the Nullification act?
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Georgia
40.
Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?
a)
the north
b)
the south
c)
the west
d)
Alaska
41.
A major reason for the issuance of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to
a)
provide economic aid to Latin American nations
b)
defend the Panama Canal from Great Britain
c)
prevent further European colonization in South and Central America
42.

What was a goal of the Monroe Doctrine?

a)

to end attacks on U.S. ships

b)

to warn against impressment of U.S. sailors

c)

to encourage foreign trade with European merchants

d)

to prevent European interference in North and South America

43.

Events & Acts:

President James Monroe's declaration in 1823 that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization.

a)

Treaty of Alliance

b)

Embargo Act of 1807

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Jay Treaty

44.

What effect did the railroad development on the map have on the U.S. economy?

a)

Northern cities and factories grew at a fast rate.

b)

Western cities began to outproduce the east

c)

Slavery was minimized due to industrialization

d)

Southerners no longer relied upon rivers to move their cotton

45.

What was the primary goal of Henry Clay’s American System?

a)

To establish a more progressive judicial system

b)

to promote interdependence and trade between the states

c)

To reinforce our national army in case of war

d)

To further separate the different sections of the nation

46.

Who was the mastermind behind the American System?

a)

Henry Clay

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Andrew Jackson

47.

Which section of the country had the most railroads in 1861?

a)

North

b)

South

48.

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Harriet Beacher Stowe

c)

Robert E Lee

d)

Fredrick Douglas

49.
An abolitionist is 
a)
a person who put the welfare of the country above their region
b)
a person in favor of slavery
c)
a person who wanted to end slavery
d)
a person who wanted to end the spread of slavery
50.
What law inspired Stowe to write the book?
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Lincoln-Douglas Act
51.

Where was Uncle Tom's Cabin banned?

a)

The Confederacy

b)

The Union

c)

England

d)

Mexico

52.
Best-known African American regiment during the war
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
total war
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
54th Massachusetts
53.
Strategy used by the North to destroy the South’s land and people
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
total war
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
54th Massachusetts
54.
The Union’s goal at the beginning of the Civil War was
a)
to end slavery
b)
to fight a defensive war
c)
to preserve the Union of the states at all costs
d)
to use its cotton supply to gain an alliance with Great Britain
55.
The victory at Vicksburg enabled the Union to:
a)
surround the Confederacy.
b)
force the Confederacy to surrender the war
c)
defeat the Confederate forces at Gettysburg
d)
split the Confederacy into two smaller parts
56.

To withdraw from the country to form a separate country, state, or territory

a)

Secede

b)

Border States

c)

Union Army

d)

Confederate

57.

A slave state that bordered states in which slavery was illegal

a)

Secede

b)

Border States

c)

Union Army

d)

Confederate

58.

One of the first African-American regiments organized to fight for the Union in the Civil War

a)

Confederate Army

b)

Emancipate

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

54th Massachusetts Regiment

59.

What amendment gave citizenship to former slaves?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

60.

Whose election in 1876 signaled the end of Reconstruction?

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Samuel Tilden

61.

Which of the following presidents was impeached during Reconstruction?

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Samuel Tilden

62.

What right was granted by the 15th Amendment?

a)

Ban slavery

b)

Grant Freedmen the right to vote

c)

Grant Freedmen citizenship

d)

The direct election of Senators

63.

What organization gave food and clothing to former slaves?

a)

Freedmen's Bureau

b)

Red Cross

c)

Republican Party

d)

Ku Klux Klan

64.

What laws segregated public facilities in the south?

a)

Quota Laws

b)

Affirmitive Action Laws

c)

Prohibition Laws

d)

Jim Crow Law

65.

What name was givin to Northerners who moved south for political jobs and to profit off Reconstruction?

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Con Artists

c)

Freedmen

d)

Scalawags

66.

What grants freedom to all people?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

67.

What was the name of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

a)

Radical Reconstruction

b)

Presidential Reconstruction

c)

Congressional Reconstruction

d)

10% Plan

68.

What organization used violence to achieve their goals?

a)

Freemen's Bureau

b)

Republican Party

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Scalawags

69.

What was another name for a southerner who sided with the Radical republicans that wanted to punish the south for the war?

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Democrat

d)

Scalawag

70.

What economic system was created in the south to replace slavery and keep Freedmen poor and under white control?

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Literacy testing

c)

Poll Taxes

d)

Jim Crow

71.

Who opposed Andrew Johnsons' presidential reconstruction plan?

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

White Southerners

c)

Democrats

d)

Carpetbaggers

72.

What unfair system was created to exploit the fact that Freedmen could not read and write?

a)

poll tax

b)

literacy test

c)

sharecropping

d)

grandfather clause

73.

The Kansas Nebraska Act resulted in __.

a)

a violent protest in the streets of Washington D. C.

b)

The 36 30 line was established preventing any new slave states

c)

Kansas entered the Union (U.S.) as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856

d)

fighting broke out between proslavery and antislavery groups in Kansas

74.

The Kansas Nebraska Act sounded like a good idea because __

a)

Kansas would be a free state while Nebraska would be a slave state

b)

The citizens of Kansas and Nebraska would vote for themselves whether to allow slavery.

c)

It allowed Kansas and Nebraska to allow slavery, but would prohibit the addition of any more slave states in the future

d)

Slavery would be banned in Kansas but new states could allow slavery.

75.

During the 1850s, Popular Sovereignty would be used to try to diffuse the issue of the spread of slavery. What did it do?

a)

allowed citizens in the territories to vote over to allow slavery or. not

b)

Allow Congress to determine which states would be free or slave

c)

Allowed the president of the Union (U.S) to determine which states should allow slavery

d)

Allowed the stated to determine if they would be industrial states or agricultural states

76.

Who is associated with one of the original members of the Republican Party?

a)

John C. Calhoun

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

George Washington

77.

John Brown attempted to aid the abolition movement by __

a)

raiding a military arsenal at Harper's Ferry to start a slave rebellion

b)

assassinating John C Calhoun over the ideas about secession

c)

being one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad

78.

Who won the Election of 1860? What was his belief about slavery?

a)

John C Calhoun - slavery should be decided upon by each state

b)

Abraham Lincoln - slavery will be abolished in every state

c)

Stephen Douglas- slavery should be decided by each state

d)

Abraham Lincoln- slavery should be allowed where it exists but not be allowed to spread to new territories

79.

Which describes an effect the Compromise of 1850 had on escaped slaves and freedmen in America?

a)

Both groups could be captured under the Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Unlike freedmen, slaves were welcome in the gold mines in California

c)

Unlike runaway slaves, freedmen could vote in the new territories in the Mexican Cession

80.

Which region's primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

81.

What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

It increased the number of immigrants in the South

b)

It provided money to build canals and railroads

c)

it temporarily relieved sectional tensions over the Free and slave states

d)

It rapidly expanded the power of slave states in Congress

82.

The first major test case of the 14th amendment was Plessy versus Ferguson where the Supreme Court said what was ok?

a)

all races should be equal

b)

slavery

c)

segregation ("separate but equal")

d)

sharecropping

83.

The Plessy v. Ferguson case had what impact on the U.S.?

a)

It legalized Jim Crow Laws throughout the U.S.

b)

It made Jim Crow Laws illegal throughout the U.S.

c)

It created more equality

d)

It repealed the 14th Amendment

84.

Tariffs were most beneficial to which region of the United States?

a)

South

b)

West

c)

North

d)

East

85.
a)

Mexican Cession 1848

b)

Great Britain Cession 1816

c)

Louisiana Purchase 1803

d)

Oregon 1846

86.

Gathering of supporters to argue for Women's Rights

a)

Seneca Falls Convention

b)

Second Great Awakening

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

Nat Turner's Rebellion

87.

Secret Network of free blacks and whites who helped slaves escape North

a)

Seneca Falls Convention

b)

Second Great Awakening

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

Nat Turner's Rebellion

88.

A journalist named ___________ published an abolitionist newspaper called The Liberator.

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Sojourner Truth

89.

Many historians believe the __________ was the beginning of the modern American women's movement.

a)

Declaration of Sentiments

b)

Stanton Movement

c)

Seneca Falls Convention

d)

Convention of Women

90.
In what way did the ideas of the Declaration of Sentiments differ from the ideas found in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
The Declaration of Sentiments was written by Thomas Jefferson
b)
The Declaration of Independence granted voting rights to men and women
c)
The Declaration of Independence supported the idea of nullification
d)
The Declaration of Sentiments included the equality of men and women
91.

Which of the following is shown by the blue areas on the map?

a)

Free states

b)

Slave states

c)

Western territories

d)

Canada

92.

Which of the following might have been said by someone in the women's rights movement?

a)

"Women should have the same opportunities as men."

b)

"Women don't need to be educated because they can't vote."

c)

"Having an education won't help a woman be a good mother."

d)

"A woman that wants to work is ignoring her family."

93.

What does it mean to "emancipate" someone?

a)

To enslave

b)

To abolish

c)

To free

d)

To vote

94.

What part of the country was EXCLUDED from the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

The East Coast

b)

The West Coast

c)

The Border States

d)

The Great Lakes State

95.

Why did Lincoln exclude the Border States from the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Slavery was already illegal in the Border States

b)

Lincoln didn't have any power the in the Border States

c)

The Border States worked out a compromise to keep slavery

d)

He didn't want to give them a reason to side with the South

96.

What was one effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

More African Americans (slave and free) joined the Confederates

b)

More African Americans (slave and free) joined the Union

c)

Many southern soldiers joined the North

d)

Some of the northern states lost faith in Lincoln

97.

Jackson promised to take care of the common became known as

a)

Jacksonian Trumpism

b)

Jacksonian Dictatorship

c)

Jacksonian Democracy

d)

Jacksonian Republic

98.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
a)
the idea that the common people should control their government
b)
the political party that supported Jackson in the election of 1828
c)
the notion that the rich and upper class should have the most power
d)
the nickname Andrew Jackson earned in the War of 1812
99.

The idea that states can refuse to follow a federal law is known as

a)

Nullification

b)

Spoils System

c)

Refusion

d)

State's Rights

100.
"I'm looking to buy up your plantations and influence your government for my own personal gain of wealth and power."
Which group of people does the picture above make reference to during the Reconstruction Era?
a)
Northern Politicians
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Southern Military Leaders
d)
Freed African Americans

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