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HIST Review

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the major transportation project completed in 1825?

a)

Erie Canal

b)

Transcontinental Railroad

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Suez Canal

2.

The Erie Canal connected which two bodies of water?

a)

Lake Erie and the Hudson River

b)

Mississippi River and Lake Michigan

c)

Ohio River and the Atlantic Ocean

d)

Missouri River and the Gulf of Mexico

3.

Who proposed the Erie Canal?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

DeWitt Clinton

c)

John Marshall

d)

Eli Whitney

4.

The Erie Canal was a massive financial success and cemented which city's leading position as the largest city in the country?

a)

New York City

b)

Boston

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Chicago

5.

Who was the American inventor who had a massive, unintended impact on both the Northern economy and Southern slavery?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Samuel Morse

6.

What machine did Eli Whitney invent in 1793 that quickly and easily separated cotton fibers from their seeds?

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Spinning Jenny

c)

Steam Engine

d)

Telegraph

7.

Although intended to reduce the labor of cleaning cotton, the cotton gin made growing short-staple cotton immensely profitable, dramatically increasing the demand for enslaved labor and solidifying what institution in the South?

a)

Slavery

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Industrialization

d)

Abolitionism

8.

Eli Whitney pioneered the concept of interchangeable parts for what type of weapon?

a)

Rifles

b)

Cannons

c)

Muskets

d)

Pistols

9.

The concept of interchangeable parts became the foundation for what system and mass production in the North?

a)

American system of manufacturing

b)

Cottage industry system

c)

Feudal system

d)

Mercantile system

10.

Who led the Supreme Court cases that strengthened federal power and the national economy during the Marshall Court era?

a)

Chief Justice John Marshall

b)

Justice Roger Taney

c)

Justice Samuel Chase

d)

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes

11.

In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), what did the Supreme Court rule about the Second Bank of the U.S.?

a)

It was unconstitutional

b)

It was constitutional and strengthened the implied powers of Congress

c)

It should be abolished

d)

It should be taxed by Maryland

12.

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824): Ruled that ______ authority takes precedence in regulating commerce when it crosses a state border, broadly interpreting the word 'commerce'.

a)

national

b)

state

c)

local

d)

municipal

13.

The Missouri Compromise (1820) was a congressional resolution of the sectional dispute over slavery's expansion into the ______ Purchase.

a)

Louisiana

b)

Gadsden

c)

Oregon

d)

Mexican

14.

According to the Missouri Compromise, Missouri entered the Union as a ______ state.

a)

slave

b)

free

c)

neutral

d)

border

15.

According to the Missouri Compromise, Maine entered the Union as a ______ state.

a)

free

b)

slave

c)

neutral

d)

border

16.

The Missouri Compromise created a 36° 30' boundary for future states in the Louisiana Purchase. States north of the line were ______ states, and states south of the line were ______ states.

a)

free, slave

b)

slave, free

c)

free, free

d)

slave, slave

17.

Which invention boosted Southern cotton production during the Market Revolution?

a)

Steam engine

b)

Cotton gin

c)

Telegraph

d)

Spinning jenny

18.

During the Market Revolution, canals and roads such as the Erie Canal and National Road helped to ______ costs and link regional markets.

a)

cut

b)

increase

c)

ignore

d)

multiply

19.

The Lowell System is associated with which effect of the Market Revolution?

a)

Wage Labor: Rise of factory and hourly work

b)

Social Change: Status tied to wealth

c)

Sectional Dependence

d)

Deepening slavery tensions

20.

Henry Clay's American System was designed to benefit all three sections of the country. Name the three sections.

a)

North, South, West

b)

East, West, Central

c)

North, East, Central

d)

South, Central, East

21.

What was the purpose of the Protective Tariff?

a)

To protect American industries from cheap British goods.

b)

To encourage American citizens to travel abroad.

c)

To reduce the price of imported goods.

d)

To promote free trade with other countries.

22.

What was the main goal of Federal Aid for Internal Improvements?

a)

To fund the construction of roads and canals to connect the West and East.

b)

To provide subsidies for agricultural exports.

c)

To establish a national bank for internal trade.

d)

To fund the construction of military forts along the border.

23.

What was the purpose of the National Bank?

a)

To provide sound currency and regulate state banks.

b)

To increase taxes on imports.

c)

To expand westward territories.

d)

To abolish the federal government.

24.

What was South Carolina's attempt during the Nullification Crisis of 1832?

a)

To declare federal tariffs null and void within its borders.

b)

To abolish slavery in the state.

c)

To secede from the Union immediately.

d)

To support the federal government's tariff policies.

25.

The Nullification Crisis was a confrontation over the right of a state to declare federal laws unconstitutional and unenforceable within its borders.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

According to John C. Calhoun, the Constitution was a ______ between sovereign states.

a)

compact

b)

treaty

c)

contract

d)

agreement

27.

Any state had the right to veto (nullify) a federal law it deemed unconstitutional, according to the claim during the Nullification Crisis.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

What bill did Jackson obtain from Congress to collect revenue during the Nullification Crisis?

a)

Force Bill

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Tariff of Abominations

29.

Who proposed the Compromise Tariff of 1833 that resolved the Nullification Crisis?

a)

Henry Clay

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Daniel Webster

30.

What was President Andrew Jackson's effort regarding the Second Bank of the United States?

a)

To dismantle the Second Bank of the United States (BUS), run by Nicholas Biddle.

b)

To expand the Second Bank of the United States and increase its power.

c)

To nationalize the Second Bank and place it under direct presidential control.

d)

To ignore the Second Bank and focus on westward expansion.

31.

Jackson vetoed the bill to renew the Bank's charter in 1832, calling the Bank unconstitutional and inexpedient.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

What did Jackson do with government funds after ordering the withdrawal from the BUS?

a)

He deposited them in state banks (called "pet banks").

b)

He invested them in foreign banks.

c)

He used them to pay off the national debt immediately.

d)

He distributed them directly to the citizens.

33.

The destruction of the BUS was a factor leading to the ______ of 1837.

a)

Panic

b)

Treaty

c)

Revolution

d)

Election

34.

What was the Second Great Awakening?

a)

A religious revival movement beginning in the early 1800s.

b)

A political movement to expand voting rights in the 1800s.

c)

A military campaign during the War of 1812.

d)

A scientific revolution in the early 19th century.

35.

Who were charismatic revivalists like Charles Grandison Finney, and what did they reject?

a)

Charismatic revivalists like Charles Grandison Finney rejected Calvinist doctrines like predestination.

b)

They rejected the use of emotional appeals in religious services.

c)

They rejected the idea of individual salvation.

d)

They rejected the importance of social reform in religion.

36.

The Second Great Awakening stressed that ______ was available to anyone and that people could control their fates.

a)

salvation

b)

wealth

c)

education

d)

land

37.

Women increasingly used the authority of ______ to move into moral reform areas outside the home.

a)

moral education

b)

political office

c)

economic power

d)

scientific research

38.

What was the main goal of the Abolitionism movement led by William Lloyd Garrison?

a)

The movement to end slavery wholly and immediately.

b)

The movement to promote industrialization in the South.

c)

The movement to support women's suffrage.

d)

The movement to expand westward territories.

39.

Who established the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator in 1831 and demanded 'immediate' abolition?

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

John Brown

40.

What was the Liberty Party, and who formed it?

a)

The Liberty Party was formed by opponents of William Lloyd Garrison.

b)

The Liberty Party was formed by supporters of the Missouri Compromise.

c)

The Liberty Party was formed by advocates of the Fugitive Slave Act.

d)

The Liberty Party was formed by members of the Democratic Party.

41.

The Temperance Movement was led by the American Temperance Union in 1826 to encourage people to ______.

a)

'sign the pledge' not to drink hard liquor

b)

support the abolition of slavery

c)

join the women's suffrage movement

d)

promote industrialization

42.

Who sought to reform insane asylums during the Asylum/Prison Reform movement?

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Susan B. Anthony

43.

Who led the Common School Movement, and what was its main achievement?

a)

Horace Mann led the movement, which created free, tax-supported schools in every state outside the South by the 1850s.

b)

John Dewey led the movement, which established private schools for wealthy families in the South by the 1850s.

c)

Booker T. Washington led the movement, which focused on vocational training for adults in the North by the 1850s.

d)

Susan B. Anthony led the movement, which promoted co-educational colleges in every state by the 1850s.

44.

The Women's Rights Movement emerged from the ______ cause, as women encountered resistance to speaking publicly.

a)

abolitionist

b)

temperance

c)

labor union

d)

civil rights

45.

What was the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention (1848)?

a)

It was the first women's rights convention in the United States.

b)

It marked the end of the abolitionist movement.

c)

It was the first convention to discuss Native American rights.

d)

It was the first labor union meeting in the United States.

46.

What was the rapid expansion of cotton production in the South, driven by the cotton gin and western movement, called?

a)

Cotton Revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Tobacco Boom

d)

Textile Movement

47.

The rapid expansion of cotton production in the South was driven by:

a)

The cotton gin and western movement

b)

The steam engine

c)

The railroad

d)

The telegraph

48.

Cotton was the major force in the US economy for a generation after which year?

a)

1815

b)

1776

c)

1865

d)

1800

49.

The Cotton Revolution stimulated the entire national economy by:

a)

Paying for European products through export

b)

Employing northern merchants

c)

Creating a market for western farmers

d)

All of the above

50.

Who led the Denmark Vesey conspiracy in 1822?

a)

Denmark Vesey, a free Black man in Charleston, South Carolina.

b)

Gabriel Prosser, an enslaved blacksmith in Virginia.

c)

Nat Turner, leader of a slave rebellion in Virginia.

d)

Harriet Tubman, conductor of the Underground Railroad.

51.

What was the plan of the Denmark Vesey conspiracy?

a)

To seize weapons, free enslaved people, and flee to Haiti

b)

To start a cotton plantation

c)

To negotiate with slave owners

d)

To move to the North

52.

What happened to the Denmark Vesey conspiracy before it began?

a)

It was discovered before it began; over 130 people were arrested.

b)

It was successfully carried out and led to a rebellion.

c)

It was postponed due to lack of support.

d)

It was ignored by authorities and went unnoticed.

53.

How many enslaved men were executed as a result of the Denmark Vesey conspiracy?

a)

37 enslaved men were executed.

b)

12 enslaved men were executed.

c)

50 enslaved men were executed.

d)

25 enslaved men were executed.

54.

Who was Nat Turner?

a)

A slave preacher in Virginia

b)

A cotton merchant

c)

A northern merchant

d)

A plantation owner

55.

How many people were murdered during Nat Turner's rebellion?

a)

57 men, women, and children.

b)

23 men, women, and children.

c)

100 men, women, and children.

d)

12 men, women, and children.

56.

What was the belief that the U.S. was divinely destined to expand across the North American continent called?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

American Exceptionalism

d)

Isolationism

57.

Who coined the term 'Manifest Destiny' in 1845?

a)

John L. Sullivan

b)

James K. Polk

c)

Frederick Jackson Turner

d)

Horace Greeley

58.

Manifest Destiny was used to justify which of the following?

a)

Westward expansion

b)

Abolishing slavery

c)

Ending the Mexican-American War

d)

Industrialization

59.

Which war was led to by Manifest Destiny and resulted in large territorial gains for the U.S. between 1846-1848?

a)

The Mexican-American War

b)

The War of 1812

c)

The Spanish-American War

d)

The Civil War

60.

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Native tribes east of the Mississippi to relocate to the ________.

a)

west

b)

north

c)

south

d)

east

61.

What did the U.S. promise Native tribes in exchange for their 'voluntary' removal under the Indian Removal Act?

a)

Land

b)

Money

c)

Citizenship

d)

Weapons

62.

In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Supreme Court ruled in favor of which group?

a)

The Cherokee

b)

The State of Georgia

c)

The United States Congress

d)

The Supreme Court justices themselves

63.

Who ignored the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

John Marshall

c)

James Monroe

d)

Martin Van Buren

64.

The forced march west that resulted in thousands of deaths among Native Americans is known as the ________.

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

Oregon Trail

c)

Gold Rush

d)

Manifest Destiny

65.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended which war?

a)

The Mexican-American War

b)

The Spanish-American War

c)

The War of 1812

d)

The American Civil War

66.

According to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the U.S.-Mexico border was set at which river?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Colorado River

d)

Missouri River

67.

Recognized the ________ as the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Missouri River

68.

The Mexican Cession of seven states included which of the following?

a)

Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana

b)

California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, parts of Colorado & Wyoming

c)

Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri

d)

Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah

69.

How much did the U.S. pay for the Mexican Cession?

a)

$15 million

b)

$5 million

c)

$25 million

d)

$50 million

70.

The new lands reignited tensions over ________ expansion westward.

a)

slavery's

b)

industry's

c)

railroad's

d)

immigration's

71.

The discovery of gold in Sacramento Valley in 1848 sparked a global rush for wealth.

a)

True

b)

False

72.

The massive influx of mostly male prospectors during the California Gold Rush were known as ________.

a)

forty-niners

b)

sooners

c)

boomers

d)

homesteaders

73.

Rapid population growth led California to draft a state constitution banning ________.

a)

slavery

b)

immigration

c)

taxation

d)

voting

74.

The swift bid for free-state status in California alarmed Southerners and intensified the ________ debate.

a)

slavery

b)

tariff

c)

immigration

d)

taxation

75.

Fort Sumter was a military fort charged with the internment (burying) of nearby Navajo and ________ Apache populations.

a)

Mescalero

b)

Chiricahua

c)

Jicarilla

d)

Lipan

76.

Southern forces fired on Fort Sumter and started the ________, the bloodiest conflict in American history.

a)

Civil War

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

World War I

d)

Spanish-American War