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FALL FINAL 25-26 REVIEW 1

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 32mins

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Class
Date
1.

By the end of the seventeenth century, which of the following was true of women in New England?

a)

They had begun to challenge their subordinate role in society.

b)

They were a majority in many church congregations.

c)

They voted in local elections.

d)

They frequently divorced their husbands.

e)

They could lead town meetings.

2.

The rise in manufacturing beginning in the early 1800s eventually resulted in which of the following by 1848?

a)

The emergence of a larger middle class in the North

b)

A decline in economic inequality in urban areas

c)

An increased demand for agricultural workers in the Midwest

d)

The improvement of working conditions in factories

3.

Anti-immigrant nativism of the 1840s and 1850s had the most in common with which of the following earlier developments?

a)

The passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), which limited rights for foreign-born residents

b)

The conflict between Patriots and Loyalists during the American Revolution

c)

The persecution of religious dissenters in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

d)

The signing of the Treaty of Greenville (1794) that ended wars between the United States and Native Americans in the Northwest Territory

4.

All of the following groups of non-English colonists migrated into the British North American colonies in large numbers throughout the eighteenth century EXCEPT

a)

Germans

b)

Russians

c)

Scots

d)

Irish

e)

Dutch

5.

Five of the thirteen states voted for ratification of the Constitution only after

a)

slavery was allowed to continue without federal interference

b)

several slave revolts rocked the Carolinas and Virginia

c)

they were assured that the Supreme Court would have the power of judicial review

d)

they were assured that a Bill of Rights would be added shortly after ratification

e)

the other states threatened to organize the government without them

6.

The map above shows the United States immediately following the

a)

passage of the Northwest Ordinance

b)

negotiation of the Adams-Onis Treaty

c)

passage of the Missouri Compromise

d)

settlement of the Mexican War

e)

passage of the Compromise of 1850

7.

A Maryland master placed the following newspaper advertisement in 1772 after Harry, his slave, had run away: “He has been seen about the Negro Quarters in Patuxent, but is supposed to have removed among his Acquaintances on Potomack; he is also well acquainted with a Negro of Mr. Wall’s named Rachael; a few miles from that Quarter is his Aunt, and he may possibly be harboured thereabouts.”

a)

Slaves had no opportunity to develop their own culture and society.

b)

Slaves commonly formed settlements of their own away from the plantations.

c)

Slaves lived entirely independently of their masters.

d)

Slaves frequently associated with free Black people.

e)

Slaves maintained social networks among kindred and friends despite forced separations.

8.

The belief by some Americans that the Civil War was “a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight” was reflected in

a)

Sherman’s march to Atlanta

b)

the draft riots in New York City

c)

Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus in the South

d)

Thoreau’s denunciation of the war

e)

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry

9.

Which of the following statements best characterizes the activists who attended the Seneca Falls Convention?

a)

They advocated better working conditions for children.

b)

They called for expanded women’s rights.

c)

They supported Theodore Roosevelt for president.

d)

They advocated the conservation of natural resources.

e)

They endorsed assimilation of American Indians into White society.

10.

Which of the following factors most directly contradicted Adams’ theory about the Revolution?

a)

The existence of considerable Loyalist opposition to the Patriot cause

b)

The existence of significant social and economic divisions within the colonies

c)

The importance of colonial military victories in bringing about independence

d)

The importance of support from European allies in defeating the British

11.

Which of the following is the most likely reason why Adams dates the beginning of the American Revolution to the 1760s?

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12.

Which of the following was a major cause of the opposition to the Stamp Act?

a)

Renewed efforts by Great Britain to consolidate imperial control over the colonies

b)

The forging of American Indian political alliances with European powers

c)

Increased involvement of colonial merchants in the Atlantic economy

d)

The expansion of the colonial population into the interior of the continent

13.

Which of the following aspects of life in the United States in the early nineteenth century most likely influenced Adams’ recollection of Revolutionary events?

a)

The rapid development of the market revolution

b)

The development of a national culture and national identity

c)

The growing popularity of the idea of Manifest Destiny

d)

The rapid growth of a mass democracy

14.

Addams’ ideas expressed in the excerpt have most in common with which of the following historical views about women?

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15.

According to the excerpt, Addams believes that women could be the moral voice in society and that by granting them access to the political sphere through suffrage, they could serve as an important balance to the issues on which men tended to focus. Which of the following best describes the belief expressed in the excerpt?

a)

The seventeenth-century Puritan belief that women must be governed by their husbands and fathers

b)

The belief of some mid-nineteenth-century reformers that women could act as the moral voice in society

c)

The argument of some nineteenth-century advice books that women’s sphere was restricted to the home and family

d)

The rejection of traditional gender roles by feminists in the mid-twentieth century

16.

The ideas expressed in the excerpt most clearly reflect the ideals of which of the following?

a)

Progressivism

b)

Conservatism

c)

Expansionism

d)

States’ rights

17.

Which of the following would have been most likely to support the sentiments expressed by Addams in the excerpt?

a)

Know-Nothings

b)

Machine politicians

c)

Southern Democrats

d)

Settlement house workers

18.

The concerns Addams raises in the excerpt were most directly a reaction to which of the following?

a)

Social injustice and rising economic inequality

b)

The expansion of government regulation of corporations

c)

The transformation of rural society by mechanized agriculture

d)

Fears about the growing number of immigrants in the United States

19.

Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct?

a)

They were primarily engaged in military campaigns west of the Mississippi.

b)

They were limited to noncombat duty.

c)

They were barred from receiving awards for valor in combat.

d)

For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank.

e)

For most of the war, they were led by African American officers.

20.

The phrase in the excerpt “Some of them seem willing to fight for you” could most likely be interpreted as having which of the following purposes?

a)

Authorizing the policy of total war by Union generals in fighting in the South

b)

Addressing the difficulties of feeding runaway enslaved people at military encampments

c)

Acknowledging the shuffling of commanding officers in the Union army

d)

Highlighting the enlistment of formerly enslaved people into the Union army

21.

Read the excerpt from President Abraham Lincoln's letter to James Conkling explaining why he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863: “There are those who are dissatisfied with me. To such I would say: You desire peace; and you blame me that we do not have it. But how can we attain it? ... “But to be plain, you are dissatisfied with me about the Negro. ... You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional—I think differently. I think the Constitution invests its commander-in-chief, with the law of war, in time of war. The most that can be said, if so much, is, that slaves are property. Is there—has there ever been—any question that by the law of war, property, both of enemies and friends, may be taken when needed? And is it not needed whenever taking it, helps us, or hurts the enemy? ... “You say you will not fight to free Negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you. ... I issued the proclamation on purpose to aid you in saving the Union. ... Why should they do anything for us, if we will do nothing for them? If they stake their lives for us, they must be prompted by the strongest motive—even the promise of freedom. And the promise being made, must be kept.”

a)

Allowing slavery to exist was still a political option.

b)

Maintaining the blockade of Southern states was difficult.

c)

Changing the purpose of the war would strengthen the Union cause.

d)

Achieving the Confederacy’s unconditional surrender was the Union’s main objective.

22.

The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following?

a)

What prevented European powers from supporting the South

b)

What motivated African Americans during the war

c)

How Lincoln used executive powers to initiate wartime policy

d)

How Confederate strategy prevented a rapid Union victory

23.

Which of the following claims is supported by the arguments made by both Levine and Langguth?

a)

Local political tactics served to deny African Americans their rights.

b)

White southerners accepted racial and political equality.

c)

Republicans permanently changed the balance of political power in the South.

d)

African Americans gained property rights while becoming self-sufficient.

24.

Levine’s argument about Reconstruction in the excerpt differs from that of Langguth in that Levine argues

a)

African Americans were held in a perpetual state of slavery

b)

White Southerners willingly worked alongside the emancipated population

c)

Northern Republicans gradually withdrew their support for Reconstruction policies

d)

White plantation owners conceded to Republican policies in the South

25.

Which of the following arguments about Reconstruction policies would both authors most likely disagree with?

a)

White Southerners across all economic classes rejected Reconstruction policies.

b)

With Republicans in retreat, Southern Democrats grew more supportive of Reconstruction policies.

c)

Reconstruction policies failed to prevent the spread of violence against formerly enslaved people.

d)

Unfair labor conditions in the South persisted despite Reconstruction policies.

26.

Mr. President, it was solemnly asserted on this floor, some time ago, that all parties in the non-slaveholding States had come to a fixed and solemn determination upon two propositions. One was that there should be no further admission of any States into this Union which permitted, by their constitutions, the existence of slavery; and the other was that slavery shall not hereafter exist in any of the territories of the United States, the effect of which would be to give to the non-slaveholding States the monopoly of the public domain. . . . The subject has been agitated in the other House [of Congress], and they have sent up a bill 'prohibiting the extension of slavery . . . to any territory which may be acquired by the United States hereafter.' At the same time, two resolutions which have been moved to extend the compromise line from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, during the present session, have been rejected by a decided majority. Sir, there is no mistaking the signs of the times; and it is high time that the Southern States—the slaveholding States—should inquire what is now their relative strength in this Union, and what it will be if this determination is carried into effect hereafter. John C. Calhoun, senator, speech in the United States Senate, 1847

a)

Increased conflict between urban immigrants and nativists

b)

Compromises between the Supreme Court and national leaders

c)

The expanding influence of the Northern abolitionist movement

d)

Growing sectional tensions caused by the Mexican-American War

27.

The speech given by Calhoun relates to which of the following?

a)

States' rights and nullification

b)

The abolition of slavery

c)

The expansion of the railroad

d)

Women's suffrage

28.

Which of the following best describes the effect of regional attitudes on federal policy making?

a)

The effect of regional attitudes on federal policy making

b)

The ways in which immigration changed American culture

c)

The efforts by national leaders to expand the Pacific trade

d)

The widespread support for the immediate end of slavery

29.

Read the excerpt below: “From infancy I was taught to love humanity and liberty. Inquiry and experience have since confirmed my reverence for the lessons then given me, by convincing me more fully of their truth and excellence. Benevolence towards mankind excites wishes for their welfare, and such wishes endear the means of fulfilling them. Those can be found in liberty alone, and therefore her sacred cause ought to be espoused by every man, on every occasion, to the utmost of his power. . . . These being my sentiments, I am encouraged to offer you, my countrymen, my thoughts on some late transactions, that in my opinion are of the utmost importance to you. . . . “If the BRITISH PARLIAMENT has a legal authority to order, that we shall furnish a single article for the troops here, and to compel obedience to that order; they have the same right to order us to supply those troops with arms, clothes, and . . . to compel obedience to that order also. . . . What is this but taxing us at a certain sum, and leaving to us only the manner of raising it? How is this mode more tolerable than the STAMP ACT?” John Dickinson, Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies, 1768

a)

Native Americans west of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

Enslaved people in the South

c)

Anglican ministers in the middle colonies

d)

Merchants in New England

30.

Based on the excerpt, the most likely purpose of Dickinson’s letters was to

a)

use Enlightenment rhetoric to encourage American autonomy

b)

support efforts to claim the French territory of Louisiana

c)

argue for increased industrial production in the colonies

d)

call for the immediate end of the international slave trade

31.

The American Colonization Society was established in the early nineteenth century with the goal of

a)

encouraging immigration from Ireland and Germany

b)

encouraging Chinese contract laborers to emigrate to the United States

c)

settling White Americans on western lands

d)

settling American Indians on reservations

e)

transporting African Americans to Africa

32.

The goal of the American Colonization society was to

a)

return freed slaves to Africa

b)

recruit immigrant labor for American factories

c)

assimilate recent immigrants into American society

d)

extend United States influence to overseas colonies

e)

promote western expansion by funding internal improvements

33.

Members of the American (Know-Nothing) Party of the 1850s typically supported

a)

universal manhood suffrage

b)

restoration of a national bank

c)

immediate abolition of slavery

d)

homesteads in the western territories

e)

restrictions on Catholics’ holding public office

34.

Which of the following was a major issue during Andrew Jackson's presidency?

a)

taxation of consumer items

b)

reelection of Andrew Jackson

c)

enunciation of the doctrine of nullification

d)

alliance of Southern planters and Western farmers

e)

expansion of the New England textile industry

35.

The most important factor in Andrew Jackson’s successful bid for the presidency in 1828 was his

a)

choice of John C. Calhoun as his running mate

b)

reputation as a hero of the War of 1812

c)

commitment to broad-based social reform

d)

reputation as an intellectual thinker and writer

e)

extensive experience in elective office

36.

The Sons of Liberty initiated the Boston Tea Party in direct response to

a)

the removal of British troops from Massachusetts during the French and Indian War

b)

Parliament’s passage of the Intolerable Acts

c)

British efforts to protect the East India Company from bankruptcy

d)

British attacks on colonial troops at Lexington and Concord

e)

Lord Hillsborough’s decision to dissolve the Massachusetts Assembly

37.

By the 1750’s, the British colonies on the North American mainland were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

a)

disdain for British constitutional monarchy

b)

many religious denominations

c)

a society without a hereditary aristocracy

d)

a growing number of non-English settlers

e)

acceptance of slavery as a labor system

38.

The data in the tables indicate which of the following?

a)

Confederate forces suffered more casualties than did Union forces.

b)

The Confederacy lost more of its skilled workers than did the Union.

c)

The Union lost a greater percentage of its population than did the Confederacy.

d)

Confederate armies lost a greater proportion of its soldiers than did the Union.

39.

The data in the first table most directly indicate which of the following about the professions of soldiers in the Civil War?

a)

Most soldiers in the Civil War were not professional soldiers before the war.

b)

Most soldiers in the Civil War were career military professionals.

c)

The majority of Civil War soldiers were foreign mercenaries.

d)

Civil War soldiers were primarily from wealthy backgrounds.

40.

The Confederacy relied more heavily on agricultural workers to fill its armies than did the Union.

a)

The Confederacy enlisted more factory workers to fill its armies than did the Union.

b)

The Confederacy relied more heavily on agricultural workers to fill its armies than did the Union.

c)

The majority of soldiers in both Confederate and Union forces were sharecroppers.

d)

The Confederacy enlisted more skilled workers than did the Union.

41.

The data in the tables most likely indicate which of the following?

a)

The Union had more educated leadership in its army than did the Confederacy.

b)

The Confederacy more typically enlisted enslaved African Americans to fill its army.

c)

The Union had a larger and more diverse population of workers to enlist from than did the Confederacy.

d)

The Confederacy had more wealthy people in its armed forces than did the Union.

42.

As originally ratified, the United States Constitution provided for

a)

a presidential Cabinet

b)

a two-term presidential limit

c)

an electoral college

d)

political parties

e)

the direct election of United States senators

43.

40. The Constitutional Convention of 1787 did all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

Drafted the Bill of Rights

b)

Established a federal government

c)

Created a system of checks and balances

d)

Resolved disputes between large and small states

44.

Which of the following was a major purpose of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution?

a)

create a government that would be satisfactory to both slave and free states

b)

create a government that would be satisfactory to both large and small states

c)

create a strong central government that would not threaten the sovereignty of the states

d)

establish a balance of power between the three branches of the national government

e)

determine provisions to be included in the Bill of Rights

45.

The Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case in 1857 effectively repealed the

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Fugitive Slave Act

c)

Ostend Manifesto

d)

Wilmot Proviso

e)

Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution

46.

Which of the following principles was established by the Dred Scott decision?

a)

Congress could abolish slavery at will.

b)

National legislation could not limit the spread of slavery in the territories.

c)

The rights of all people are protected by the Constitution.

d)

Slaves residing in a free state automatically became free.

e)

Through squatter sovereignty, a territory had the sole right to determine the status of slavery within its territorial limits.

47.

The expansion of suffrage to most adult White men in the early nineteenth century most directly resulted in which of the following?

a)

The growth of new political parties

b)

The abolition of slavery in the northern states

c)

The signing of peace treaties with Native Americans

d)

The employment of women in textile manufacturing

48.

Read the excerpt below and answer the following question: “Mississippi planter and agricultural reformer M. W. Phillips, a regular contributor to the American Cotton Planter, wrote about soil exhaustion and crop rotation, and extolled the virtues of manuring and self-provisioning. In one of his most widely reproduced articles, Phillips condemned planters before whom ‘everything has to bend [and] give way to large crops of cotton.’ . . . Phillips imagined the cotton economy in terms of flows of energy, nutrients, and fertility, all of which he was convinced were being expended at an unsustainable rate. He used images of human, animal, and mineral depletion to represent an onrushing ecological catastrophe. But he did so within the incised [limited] terms allowed him by his culture—the culture of cotton. Phillips was arguing that the slaveholding South needed to slow the rate at which it was converting human beings into cotton plants.” Walter Johnson, historian, River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom, 2013 44. Which of the following resulted from the mass production of cotton described in the excerpt?

a)

(A) Southerners eventually sought to diversify the crops they grew.

b)

(B) Some southerners relocated their plantations to the west of the Appalachian Mountains.

c)

(C) A cotton gin was developed that processed raw cotton more quickly.

d)

(D) Southerners supported protective tariffs to stimulate the United States economy.

49.

In the first half of the 1800s, which of the following resulted from the debates about the cotton economy described in the excerpt?

a)

Northerners began to frame antislavery arguments in ecological terms.

b)

A distinct Southern economic and cultural identity emerged.

c)

Large numbers of immigrants moved to Southern cities to pursue economic opportunities.

d)

The federal government built an extensive network of roads, canals, and railroads to support cotton agriculture.

50.

Which of the following most directly contributed to the development described in the excerpt?

a)

The introduction of enslaved Africans in the 1600s into what is now the United States

b)

The election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency and his decision to enforce tariff collections

c)

A series of insurrections and rebellions by enslaved people in the first half of the 1800s

d)

A belief by southern businessmen that the southern economy should focus on the export of select agricultural products

51.

The Constitutional Convention designed the electoral college to

a)

strengthen the legislative branch against the executive branch

b)

strengthen the executive branch against the legislative branch

c)

ensure the independence of the judiciary

d)

protect the sovereignty of the states

e)

insulate the presidency from the popular will

52.

In addition to the cotton gin, Eli Whitney’s major contribution to American Technology was his

a)

introduction of interchangeable parts

b)

development of the first practical locomotive

c)

invention of the mechanical reaper

d)

installation of the first textile mill

e)

development of steam power

53.

Hakluyt’s call for the English to learn about Native American “language, manners, and customs” best represents which of the following developments in the 1500s?

a)

Native Americans and Europeans partnered for trade.

b)

Europeans introduced maize cultivation to the Americas.

c)

Native Americans were sent in large numbers into slavery in Europe.

d)

Europeans refused defensive military alliances with Native Americans.

54.

Read the excerpt below and answer the following question: “The second chief and principal end [of colonization] . . . consists in the [sale] of the mass of our clothes and other commodities of England, and in receiving back of the needful commodities that we now receive from all other places of the world. . . . This one thing is to be done, without which it were in vain to go about this; and that is the matter of planting [colonies] and fortification. . . . We are to plant upon the mouths of the great navigable rivers which are there [in America], by strong order of fortification, and there to plant our colonies. . . . And these fortifications shall keep the [native] people of [America] in obedience and good order. . . . “. . . Without this planting in due time, we shall never be able to have full knowledge of the language, manners, and customs of the people of those regions. . . . And although by other means we might attain to the knowledge thereof, yet being not there fortified and strongly seated, the French that swarm with [a] multitude of people, or other nations, might secretly fortify and settle themselves before us.” Richard Hakluyt, English government official, A Discourse on Western Planting, 1584 50. Which of the following developments in the 1500s is best illustrated by the excerpt?

a)

(A) European settlers faced resistance from Native Americans.

b)

(B) Europeans transported enslaved Africans to the Americas to produce sugar.

c)

(C) Europeans sought new sources of wealth in the Americas.

d)

(D) European missionaries traveled to the Americas seeking religious converts.