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HIST Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the steamboat Clermont?

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

James Watt

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Samuel Morse

2.

Which river did Robert Fulton prove steam power could move boats upstream on his voyage?

a)

Hudson River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Ohio River

d)

Delaware River

3.

Who revolutionized river trade and transportation in the U.S. by dramatically reducing the time needed to carry goods?

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

John Deere

4.

Who built his huge factory along the Merrimack River to produce textiles?

a)

Francis Lowell

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Samuel Slater

d)

Robert Fulton

5.

Who was in charge of the Boston Associates, establishing the first integrated textile industry?

a)

Francis Lowell

b)

Samuel Slater

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Robert Fulton

6.

Who pioneered the American Factory System that focused on mass production of a standardized product?

a)

Francis Lowell

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Samuel Slater

d)

Henry Ford

7.

Who founded the city of Lowell, Massachusetts?

a)

Francis Lowell

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Samuel Slater

d)

Robert Fulton

8.

Lowell's Waltham (Labor) System utilized which group of workers?

a)

Young, unmarried women and factory workers

b)

Skilled male artisans

c)

Immigrant children

d)

Elderly men

9.

Who was the Chief Justice who strengthened the Supreme Court's authority?

a)

John Marshall

b)

Roger Taney

c)

William Rehnquist

d)

Earl Warren

10.

Who expanded federal power over the states?

a)

John Marshall

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

11.

Who established judicial review in Marbury v. Madison (1803)?

a)

John Marshall

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Alexander Hamilton

12.

Who was the leader of a slave revolt in Virginia in 1831?

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Denmark Vesey

13.

How many people did Nat Turner and his group kill during the revolt?

a)

57

b)

23

c)

100

d)

75

14.

What was the result of Nat Turner's revolt?

a)

Nat Turner was caught, trials resulted in 17 hangings, and 200 more slaves were lynched.

b)

Nat Turner escaped and led a successful rebellion, freeing hundreds of slaves.

c)

Nat Turner negotiated peace with slave owners, resulting in improved conditions for slaves.

d)

Nat Turner was pardoned and became a leader in the abolitionist movement.

15.

After the Nat Turner revolt, interest in abolishing slavery vanished in the ________.

a)

white South

b)

North

c)

Midwest

d)

New England

16.

Who was the leader of the Transcendentalist Movement?

a)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

b)

Henry David Thoreau

c)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

d)

Walt Whitman

17.

Which movement did Ralph Waldo Emerson promote?

a)

Transcendentalist Movement

b)

Romanticism

c)

Realism

d)

Impressionism

18.

Ralph Waldo Emerson promoted individualism, self-reliance, and spiritual connection to ________.

a)

nature

b)

technology

c)

government

d)

wealth

19.

Who wrote the famous essay 'Self-Reliance'?

a)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

b)

Henry David Thoreau

c)

Walt Whitman

d)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

20.

Which American writer inspired thinkers like Thoreau and influenced the American identity of independence and optimism?

a)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

b)

Mark Twain

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

d)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

21.

Who spoke out against the war with Mexico when he wrote 'Civil Disobedience'?

a)

Henry David Thoreau

b)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

c)

Walt Whitman

d)

Frederick Douglass

22.

Henry David Thoreau promoted simple living, self-sufficiency, and disobedience of ________.

a)

unjust laws

b)

government officials

c)

social customs

d)

economic policies

23.

Who refused to pay his poll tax for years in protest against slavery and the Mexican-American War?

a)

Henry David Thoreau

b)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Abraham Lincoln

24.

Who was the leading voice of the early Abolitionist Movement?

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

John Brown

25.

Which newspaper did William Lloyd Garrison found in 1831?

a)

The Liberator

b)

The North Star

c)

The New York Tribune

d)

The National Era

26.

William Lloyd Garrison called slavery a ______ and condemned slaveholders as corrupt.

a)

moral evil

b)

necessary institution

c)

legal right

d)

economic necessity

27.

William Lloyd Garrison demanded ______ emancipation for all enslaved people.

a)

immediate

b)

gradual

c)

conditional

d)

voluntary

28.

Which society did William Lloyd Garrison help found to spread abolitionist ideas nationwide?

a)

American Anti-Slavery Society

b)

Colonization Society

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Sons of Liberty

29.

William Lloyd Garrison's fiery words inspired many, but also made him a ______ figure.

a)

controversial

b)

popular

c)

silent

d)

unknown

30.

The publication of whose autobiography propelled him into the Abolitionist spotlight?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Sojourner Truth

31.

Who escaped from slavery in 1838 and gained fame through oratory and antislavery writings?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Nat Turner

32.

Frederick Douglass went to Europe to purchase his ______.

a)

freedom

b)

property

c)

education

d)

citizenship

33.

Who urged President Lincoln to emancipate enslaved people and recruit African American soldiers for the Union Army?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Stephen A. Douglas

34.

Frederick Douglass was an active supporter of the ______ movement and attended the Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls.

a)

women's rights

b)

abolitionist

c)

temperance

d)

labor

35.

Who coined the term 'Manifest Destiny' in 1845?

a)

John L. Sullivan

b)

James K. Polk

c)

Horace Greeley

d)

Frederick Jackson Turner

36.

John L. Sullivan claimed it was America's ______ mission to expand westward and spread democracy and civilization.

a)

God-given

b)

economic

c)

military

d)

scientific

37.

Who justified annexing Texas in 1845 and westward expansion?

a)

John L. Sullivan

b)

James K. Polk

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Henry Clay

38.

Who captured Mexico City in 1847, ending the war with Mexico?

a)

General Winfield Scott

b)

General Zachary Taylor

c)

Santa Anna

d)

James K. Polk

39.

Winfield Scott was a Mexican War General and a member of which political party?

a)

Whig

b)

Democratic

c)

Republican

d)

Federalist

40.

Who was sent as a peace commissioner by President Polk to Scott's army?

a)

Nicholas P. Trist

b)

Winfield Scott

c)

John Slidell

d)

Zachary Taylor

41.

Which canal linked the Hudson River to the Great Lakes?

a)

Erie Canal

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Suez Canal

d)

St. Lawrence Seaway

42.

Who was the NY Governor that built the Erie Canal?

a)

DeWitt Clinton

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

Andrew Cuomo

d)

Nelson Rockefeller

e)

George Pataki

43.

The Erie Canal made shipping between Buffalo and NYC faster and cheaper.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

The Erie Canal boosted trade, cities, and westward growth.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

The Erie Canal connected Eastern manufacturing and Western agriculture.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

The first American factories produced which type of textiles for the masses?

a)

Cotton textiles

b)

Silk textiles

c)

Wool textiles

d)

Linen textiles

47.

The production of cotton textiles was enabled by which revolution?

a)

Consumer Revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Agricultural Revolution

d)

Scientific Revolution

48.

The production of cotton textiles powered which revolution?

a)

Market Revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Green Revolution

d)

Digital Revolution

49.

Nativism is an anti-immigrant movement that favored which group?

a)

Native-born Americans

b)

Recent immigrants

c)

Foreign-born citizens

d)

Refugees

50.

What was sparked by the rising population of Irish and German immigrants in the 1840s-1850s?

a)

The Know-Nothing/American Party

b)

Prejudice and job competition fears

c)

The demand for engineers

d)

Dartmouth College v. Woodward

51.

The Know-Nothings (American Party) were Nativists who opposed immigration.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

The Know-Nothing/American Party was a short-lived, prominent political movement in the United States during the mid-1850s.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

The Know-Nothing/American Party was anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic in response to the Irish and German immigrants.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

Why were the members of the Know-Nothing/American Party nicknamed 'Know-Nothings'?

a)

Because they were sworn to secrecy.

b)

Because they claimed to know everything.

c)

Because they were known for their ignorance.

d)

Because they refused to participate in debates.

55.

The demand for engineers rose during the Market Revolution and continued to increase after the Industrial Revolution.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

Which of the following did engineers build during the Market Revolution?

a)

Canals

b)

Railroads

c)

Bridges

d)

Factories

e)

All of the above

57.

What powered industrial growth and westward expansion during the Market Revolution?

a)

Engineers powered industrial growth and westward expansion.

b)

Artists powered industrial growth and westward expansion.

c)

Farmers powered industrial growth and westward expansion.

d)

Merchants powered industrial growth and westward expansion.

58.

Dartmouth College v. Woodward was part of a series of major cases that shared the 'sanctity' of contracts and the supremacy of federal legislation over the law of the states.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

Which state tried to alter Dartmouth College's charter received from King George III in 1769?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

New Hampshire

c)

New York

d)

Virginia

60.

Gibbons v. Ogden: Affirmed the right of the ______ to regulate interstate commerce.

a)

federal government

b)

state government

c)

Supreme Court

d)

President

61.

Gibbons v. Ogden: Strengthened ______ over the states.

a)

federal power

b)

state power

c)

judicial power

d)

executive power

62.

American System: The 'American System' hoped that ______ would be used to finance internal improvements.

a)

tariff revenues

b)

land sales

c)

state taxes

d)

foreign loans

63.

American System: A political platform promoted by ______.

a)

Henry Clay

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

John C. Calhoun

d)

Daniel Webster

64.

American System: Protective Tariff: To protect American industries from ______.

a)

cheap British goods

b)

expensive American goods

c)

foreign investments

d)

local farmers

65.

American System: The revenue from the tariff would be used to fund the construction of roads and canals to ______.

a)

link the entire country

b)

increase state taxes

c)

promote foreign trade

d)

support local businesses

66.

'Era of Good Feelings': The ______ period of economic strength and political goodwill.

a)

brief

b)

long

c)

difficult

d)

uncertain

67.

'Era of Good Feelings': Time of national unity and prosperity after the ______.

a)

War of 1812

b)

Civil War

c)

Revolutionary War

d)

Mexican-American War

68.

'Era of Good Feelings': Marked by ______ rule under President James Monroe.

a)

one-party

b)

two-party

c)

military

d)

colonial

69.

Missouri Compromise: Keeping the number of free states and slave states equal was temporarily accomplished with the passage of the ______.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

70.

What was the Missouri Compromise about?

a)

A) Congressional dispute over how to divide slavery's expansion into the territory of the Louisiana Purchase

b)

B) The election of 1824

c)

C) The Spoils System

d)

D) The Corrupt Bargain

71.

Missouri entered as a ______ state.

a)

slave

b)

free

c)

neutral

d)

border

72.

Maine entered as a ______ state.

a)

free

b)

slave

c)

neutral

d)

border

73.

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

a)

free, slave

b)

slave, free

c)

free, free

d)

slave, slave

74.

Who were the candidates in the election of 1824?

a)

A) Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford

b)

B) Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, James Madison

c)

C) John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford, James Madison

d)

D) Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, James Madison, William Crawford

75.

In the election of 1824, when no candidate received a majority, who decided the outcome?

a)

The Senate

b)

The House of Representatives

c)

The Supreme Court

d)

The President

76.

Despite Jackson having more votes in the election of 1824, who won after Henry Clay backed him?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

Henry Clay

d)

William Crawford

77.

What was the 'Corrupt Bargain' in the context of the 1824 election?

a)

A deal between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay to become president

b)

A dispute over the Missouri Compromise

c)

The Spoils System

d)

The creation of the 36° 30' boundary

78.

What is the Spoils System?

a)

A) President Jackson's policy of replacing government officials with loyal supporters after he was elected

b)

B) The Missouri Compromise

c)

C) The Corrupt Bargain

d)

D) The election of 1824

79.

The tariff of 1828 was collectively known as the _________?

a)

Tariff of Abominations

b)

Tariff of Unity

c)

Tariff of Compromise

d)

Tariff of Liberty

80.

Which region heavily opposed the high protective tariff passed by Congress in 1828 because it hurt their cotton-export economy?

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The West

d)

The East

81.

Who wrote the 'South Carolina Exposition and Protest,' introducing the nullification doctrine?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Martin Van Buren

82.

The idea that a state could ignore federal laws it deemed unconstitutional is known as _________.

a)

Nullification

b)

Federalism

c)

Judicial Review

d)

Popular Sovereignty

83.

Central to South Carolina's opposition to tariffs in the 1820s-1830s was the concept of _________?

a)

Nullification

b)

Federalism

c)

Abolitionism

d)

Secession

e)

Judicial Review

84.

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 mostly affected which group in the South?

a)

African Americans

b)

American Indians

c)

European settlers

d)

Mexican immigrants

85.

The forced removal of the Cherokee and other Native tribes westward of the Mississippi River is known as the _________?

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

Gold Rush

d)

Homestead Act

86.

The Trail of Tears was a direct result of which act?

a)

Tariff of Abominations

b)

Nullification Act

c)

Indian Removal Act of 1830

d)

Missouri Compromise

87.

Worcester v. Georgia: Who ruled that the state could not control the Cherokee or their territory?

a)

Marshall

b)

Taney

c)

Chase

d)

Story

88.

Worcester v. Georgia: What did Marshall overturn in a follow-up case involving a conviction in a Georgia court?

a)

The conviction

b)

The state boundaries

c)

The federal law

d)

The Supreme Court decision

89.

Worcester v. Georgia: Whose actions did Marshall declare unconstitutional?

a)

Georgia's actions

b)

The federal government's actions

c)

The Supreme Court's actions

d)

President Jackson's actions

90.

In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee, but which President ignored the decision?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Monroe

d)

John Quincy Adams

91.

Who invented the cotton gin?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

James Watt

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Robert Fulton

92.

What did the cotton gin revolutionize?

a)

Cotton processing

b)

Steel manufacturing

c)

Railroad construction

d)

Shipbuilding

93.

The invention of the cotton gin led to the development of which kingdom in the South?

a)

Cotton Kingdom

b)

Tobacco Kingdom

c)

Rice Kingdom

d)

Sugar Kingdom

94.

The invention of the cotton gin increased the demand for what type of labor?

a)

Enslaved labor

b)

Skilled artisan labor

c)

Factory labor

d)

Indentured servant labor

95.

Second Great Awakening: The Second Great Awakening was a wave of religious revivals around the turn of which century?

a)

19th century

b)

18th century

c)

20th century

d)

17th century

96.

Second Great Awakening: The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival movement beginning in which period?

a)

Early 1800s

b)

Late 1700s

c)

Mid 1900s

d)

Early 1600s

97.

Second Great Awakening: Charismatic revivalists like Charles Grandison Finney rejected which Calvinist doctrine?

a)

Predestination

b)

Original Sin

c)

Atonement by Works

d)

Divine Right of Kings

98.

Second Great Awakening: The movement stressed that what was available to anyone?

a)

Salvation

b)

Wealth

c)

Political Power

d)

Land Ownership

99.

Second Great Awakening: Who increasingly used the authority of moral education to move into moral reform areas outside the home?

a)

Women

b)

Children

c)

Men

d)

Teachers

100.

This group of Immigrants fled their homeland to escape the potato famine.

a)

Irish

b)

German

c)

Italian

d)

Chinese