Unit 4 & 5 Test

the typical German immigrant in the 1840s-1860s was

A skilled worker

As a result of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852,

Abolitionism gained ground in the South

Describe the Monroe Doctrine.

America told Europe not to interfere with the Western Hemisphere

What actions taken by the United States would be examples of Manifest Destiny?

Annexation of Texas and attempts to purchase California

The Dred Scott decision held that

Black persons-slave or free-were not citizens, and therefore, could not sue in a court of law

the city most affected by Irish immigration during the 1840s was

Boston

What did the forced relocation of American Indians and the internal slave trade both have in common?

Both driven by efforts to exploit the nation's natural resources

The sentiments such as those depicted in the cartoon above most directly contributed to which of the following?

Breakdown in trust between sectional leaders

What did the Wilmot Proviso do?

Called for American annexation of lands conquered from Mexico as free territory

California was unusual in attracting large numbers of immigrants from

China

The logic and reasoning employed by Southerners in seceding from the Union borrowed heavily from the

Declaration of Independence

briefly explain one specific historical effect that resulted from the change depicted on the graph

Democratic concentration of immigrants in the northeaster cities was a result along with concerns about ethnic enclaves and political power of immigrants.

In terms of politics, the 1850s were noteworthy because they witnessed the

Dissolution of national political parties over sectional concerns

Which of the following groups would most likely have supported the arguments in the excerpt above?

Federalists in the 1790s

Who was the famous black abolitionist who wrote an autobiography of his/her former life as a slave?

Frederick Douglas

Briefly explain one major difference between acunas and braebners historical interpretations of the debates over origins of the mexican american war in the 1840s

Graebner argued that Polk did what he had to do, and that America was still a peaceful country who wanted peaceful change, even with the instrument of war. Acuna argued that the Mexican-American war was just America flexing its muscles to prove that they are the great power in the western hemisphere.

One impact of the widespread cultivation of cotton and other cash crops in the South was the

Increased political power the South gained/used in Congress

During the 1840s and 1850s, which set of immigrant groups arrived in unprecedented numbers, resulting in a nativist backlash in popular culture?

Irish and Germans

What was the most important reason why immigrants tended to cluster in ethnic communities in urban areas during the antebellum period?

It allowed immigrants to retain their languages and customs to a greater degree

The belief that the United States had a special mission to expand over the entire north American continent was known as

Manifest Destiny

What phrase did John O'Sullivan coin in the 1840s?

Manifest Destiny

Which group was most likely the intended audience of the cartoon above?

Members of the Republican Party

The theory that individual states do not necessarily have to carry out any federal laws with which they disagree is known as

Nullification

Which person or group most strongly advocated sending enslaved blacks to Africa as an answer to the problem of slavery?

The American Colorization Society

As whites moved westward into Indian territories in the last half of the 19th century

The American Indians themselves were often blamed for the troubles that ensued

Which of the following early American political parties most vocally championed the "common man," welcomed immigrants, and benefited from the expansion of voting rights to most white males?

The Democrats

What became the most controversial element of the Compromise of 1850?

The Fugitive Slave Act

Which of the following was NOT a result or consequence of the Dred Scott decision of 1857?

The Fugitive Slave Act was repealed

The justification for removal of Indians to the west was

The Indians needed a space where they could live undisturbed by whites

In the 19th century, Southerners used all of the following arguments to justify slavery EXCEPT

The International slave trade was highly profitable for all regions of the country

Antebellum era reform movements such as abolitionism, temperance, and women's rights had their origins in what movement except

The Monroe doctrine

Briefly explain how one development in the 1840s or 1850s not directly mentioned in the passage supports acunas argument

The Thornton Affair, polk baiting mexicans to attack army on Rio Grande used to justify the war as it shows the U.S. flexing its "muscles". The U.S. then claimed that the mexicans were the aggressors and the United States was fighting back.

In which of the following areas were political debates LEAST affected by regional and sectional differences in the first half of the 19th century?

The expansion of white male suffrage

The Lewis and Clark expedition was financed by the

The federal government

Briefly explain how one development in the 1840s or 1850s not direclty mentioned in the passage supports graebners argument

The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war where the U.S. paid for the war damage (around 18,500,000) and debts owed to the Mexican government, showing that the U.S. is still wanted peace, but wanted to expand.

briefly explain how one major historical factor contributed to the change depicted on the graph

There was an expansion in the market economy in the United States in the antebellum period along with opportunities for land and domestic service and factory positions in the east and midwest

Which of the following statements best explains why the Mormons migrated west

They were seeking out their own promised land

The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened Indian territory to American settlers:

Under the principle of popular sovereignty

Tammany Hall was an example of an

Urban mass politics

Who advocated for the immediate and uncompensated release of all slaves held in the United States?

William Lloyd Garrison

The Texas uprising against Mexico was characterized by

an alliance between American and Tejanos

A central element in the conquest and submission of the American Indians of the West was the

destruction of buffalo herds

the chief subject of discussion at the convention held in Seneca Falls, New York was

for women's rights

With regard to the Oregon Territory, in 1846, the United States

hammered out a compromise agreement with the British Empire

briefly explain another specific historical effect that resulted from the change depicted on the graph

immigrants became the labor force that built the canals and antebellum regional railroads, and they helped shape the infrastructure of the country. Another effect was that immigrants helped shape a new national culture

The majority of Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s settled

in cities along the east coast

By 1850, most southern leaders like Calhoun:

insisted slavery must be national

During the Mexican War, northern Whigs began to characterize the was as a

part of a southern conspiracy to expand slavery

The letter above was most likely written in response to

passage of the Missouri Compromise

The election of 1848 was a warning that

political parties no longer represented a national political community

John Brown raided federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in order to

provide arms for general slave uprising

The first real career path for women was

school teacher

The American or "Know-Nothing" Party of the 1850s

sought to limit the rights of immigrants

South Carolina seceded from the Union in response to

the election of Abraham Lincoln

Southern critics of slavery most often asserted that

the plantation economy made the South a colony of the North

The Republican Party campaign platform of 1860 called for

the restriction of slavery from territories

Austin's Texas colonists mainly came from:

the south

American interests and priorities with regard to Asia in the 1840s and 1850s primarily centered around

trade and commerce

"Temperance" Crusaders were concerned about the problems of what issue?

women had no recourse, laws gave men complete control over household men who drank were dangerous at work