APUSH Time Period 4: Chapters 11-17
In 1839, enslaved Africans rose up aboard the Spanish slave ship
Amistad
Canada became an important battleground in the War of 1812 because
British forces were weakest there.
The canal era of American history began with the construction of the
Erie Canal in New York.
"Varying Viewpoints" notes that Ulrich B. Phillips made certain claims about slavery that have been challenged in recent years. Which of the following is not one of his conclusions?
Slavery was comparable to the Nazi concentration camps.
The "Tippecanoe" in the Whigs' 1840 campaign slogan was
William Harrison.
Religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening resulted in
a strong religious influence in many areas of American life.
Transcendentalists believed that all knowledge came through
an inner light
n the first half of the nineteenth century, tax-supported schools were
chiefly available to educate the children of the poor.
As their main crop, southern subsistence farmers raised
corn
By 1860, three-quarters of all southern whites did not own slaves, but instead
eked out a living in the mountains and backcountry raising corn and hogs.
For women, life on the frontier was especially difficult because they
experienced extreme loneliness, and could go weeks without seeing another person
All of the following gave rise to a more dynamic, market-oriented, national economy in early nineteenth-century America except
government regulation of all major economic activity.
Noah Webster's dictionary
helped to standardize the American language
Whether they were propertied or landless, immigrants were often enticed to leave their homelands by
letters from family or friends in the U.S., bragging about easy opportunities for wealth
Andrew Jackson's inauguration as president symbolized the
newly won ascendancy of the masses.
In arguing for the continuation of slavery after 1830, southerners
placed themselves in opposition to much of the rest of the Western world.
Some southern slaves gained their freedom as a result of
purchasing their way out of slavery with money earned after hours.
Unitarians endorsed the concept of
salvation through good works
Most white southerners were
subsistence farmers
The idea of recolonizing blacks back to Africa was
supported by the black leader Martin Delaney
Andrew Jackson's Democratic political philosophy was based on his
suspicion of the federal government.
The Panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following except
taking the country off the gold standard.
With the demise of the Federalist party
the Democratic-Republicans established one-party rule
Writing about his observations of America and Americans as he traveled across the United States, the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville was most struck by
the general equality of condition among the people.
The War of 1812 was one of the worst fought wars in American history for all of the following reasons except that
the militia was never called up to supplement the regular army.
In early-nineteenth-century America, the
the urban population was growing at an unprecedented rate.
The Era of Good Feelings
was a misnomer, because the period was a troubled one.
As president, John Quincy Adams
was one of the least successful presidents in American history
Match each abolitionist below with his publication. A. William Lloyd Garrison 1. Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World B. Theodore Dwight Weld 2. The Liberator C. Frederick Douglass 3. Narration of the Life of ____ D. David Walker 4. American Slavery as It Is
A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1