U.S. History Finals (all tests combined)
10th amendment
the basic constitutional rights of the people were FIRST set outing the
they needed more men
the british impressed American sailors into the British navy because
Alexander Hamilton
the federalists are best represented by
1,2,3
the most important articles in the constitution are
a protective tariff
the point of contention illustrated in the political cartoon above centered on the shifting ideological views of the political parties (democratic-republican and federalist) of the Jefferson period on
marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties
thomas jefferson's revolution of 1800 was remarkable in that it
false
true or false the constitution is a revision of the declaration of independence
false
true or false the constitution is written for the common man
Monroe Doctrine
what document warned European countries not to interfere with the affairs of the Western Hemisphere
the federal government's purchase of the Louisiana Territory
which of the following actions most strongly contradict the ideas expressed in Jefferson's statement?
the erie canal
which of the following connected the Great Lakes to the East Coast and fueled the economic rise of New York City?
toasters
which of the following could be made with interchangeable parts?
the louisiana territory north of the southern border of missouri would be free of slavery
which of the following is about the 1820 missouri compromise
the power of judicial review
which of the following resulted from the Supreme court case Marbury vs. Madison
it involved using mill girls from rural areas to work in textile factories
which of the following statements best describes the lowell system
the Monroe Doctrine
which of the following warned European nations to stay out of Latin American affairs?
cotton growers used profits to build more northern textile mills
which of the following was NOT a result of the invention of the cotton gin
it temporarily settled the issue of slavery but was eventually weakened and ultimately overturned
which of the following was NOT true about the 1820 Missouri Compromise
the united states and britain agreed to stop fighting; status quo antebellum
which of the following was a result of the war of 1812
Henry Clay
who was a warhawk
John Brown
Abolitionist who lead a raid on U.S. Army weapons stored at Harpers Ferry
Manifest destiny
According to Calhoun, Which period of time being described is classified as a dangerous concept?
The residents of the territory
According to the idea of popular sovereignty, which of the following would decide whether or not slavery would be allowed in a territory
Radical republicans' efforts to change southern racial attitudes were justified
Advocates for individuals like the African American shown above would have most likely agreed with which of the following perspectives?
the North and the South realized that the war would be a long, hard struggle
After the first battle at bull run
The Monroe doctrine
Antebellum era reform movements such as abolitionism, temperance, and women's rights had their origins in all of the following EXCEPT
Fighting at Lexington and Concord, adoption of the Declaration of Independence, Battle of Saratoga, and Battle of Yorktown
Arrange the following events in chronological order
The president
Article 2 of the constitution describes
bolster the national credit
As secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton's first objective was to
the north/ east and the west
As shown in the map above, the national system of roads and canals most closely linked which regions' economies together?
Compromise of 1850
California entered the union as a free state in
Southern white violence and political tactics that limite the ability of Republicans to achieve their goals
Conditions like those shown in the image contributed most directly to which of the following?
Amendments designed to open up opportunities for former slaves
Conditions like those shown in the image were most likely a result of
Tobacco
During the 17th century, which of the following was the primary cash crop of the Chesapeake colonies?
Mestizo
Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-century Spanish exploration and conquest created a racially mixed culture known as
South Carolina
First state to leave the Union and start the civil war
France
From which foreign nation did the United States purchase Louisiana?
Mercantilism
Historians describe the colonial system of the European « mother country » regulating trade of its manufacutred goods in exchange for raw materials form its North American colonies, as
Mexico started the war by invading the United States and shedding American blood
How and why is President Polk justifying war with Mexico?
They attended town meetings and elected leaders
How did the New England colonists practice self government?
Seven southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America
How did the South react to Abraham Lincoln's election as President in 1860
Thousands of Native Americans died from European diseases
How did the arrival of Europeans affect Native American cultures?
7 articles
How many articles are there?
Separate from the British
In common sense, Thomas Paine argued that Americans should
Compromise of 1820
In effect, the Kansas-Nebraska act repealed the
Intolerable Acts
In reaction to the Boston tea party, parliament passed the
The natural fulfillment of progress by the United States
In the 1840s, Manifest Destiny was considered by expansionists to be
Northeastern states
In the mid-1800s, where would you find the most public elementary schools?
The southern colonies
In which region was the primary economic and social system based upon agriculture and plantation life?
Black Codes
Laws passed by southern states to restrict the freedom of blacks were known as
Farmers
Most southern whites were
in New England
Opposition to the federal prohibition of ocean-borne commerce conducted by Americans during the years of 1807 to 1809 was centered
Henry the Navigator
Portuguese exploration was funded by
Popular sovereignty
Process that allows people in a territory or state to vote directly on issues rather than have their elected representatives decide
states' rights are more important than preserving the union
Senator John C. Calhoun would most likely agree with which of the following statements?
Africans from Africa to the West Indies
The "middle passage" refers to the part of triangle trade that carried
The new national gov.
The 10 amendements known as the bill of rights were originally intended as restrictions against
brought the colonists much-needed aid and a formal alliance with France
The Battle of Saratoga was a key victory for the Americans because it
The movement when Columbus first establishes trade
The Colombian exchange is
A bicameral legislature with one house's composition based upon state population
The Connecticut (Great) compromise provided for
Offer the British one last chance at reconciliation
The Declaration of Independence did all of the following except
Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence was written by
Thomas Jefferson
The Democrat-Republicans are best represented by
states' rights
The Democratic-Republican favored
Ended slavery in areas fighting the union
The Emancipation Proclamation
True
The French and Indian war was an indirect cause of the Revolutionary War
led to the infamous Trail of Tears
The Indian Removal Act of 1830
textile industry
The Industrial Revolution in America began in the
Some whites who were angry about losing power resorted to violence
The Ku Klux Kyla was created because
Parliament's decision to punish the colonies for their refusal to pay taxes
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibiting colonial migration west of the Appalachian Mountains resulted from all of the following EXCEPT
levied an excise tax on whiskey
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 arose in southwestern Pennsylvania when the federal government
Manifest Destiny
The belief that the United States had a special mission to expand over the entire North American continent was known as
Freedom of education
The bill of rights guarantees all except
Difficulty in getting supplies from England
The chief problem faced by the British during the Revolutionary war was the
Short of ammunition
The colonial army eventually lost the battle of bunker hill because its troops were
The withdrawal of federal troops and the abandonment of African American rights in the south
The compromise of 187u resulted in
The senate and the House of Representatives
The congress of the United States consists of
Slavery
The constitution and the Bill of rights expressly prohibit all except
The United States congress
The constitution states that all revenue bill must originate in
Determined southern resistance to Northern Efforts to change its culture
The controversy highlighted in the cartoon above was most directly as a result of
Common man
The deciding type of voter in the election of Jackson in 1828 was the
states' rights
The democratic-republican favored
Southern resistance to Radical Republicans' efforts to change Southern attitudes.
The excerpt above is best understood in the context of
idea of manifest destiny
The excerpt above is best understood in the context of
Thomas Jefferson; the Declaration of Independence
The excerpt above most closely resembles what other important piece of writing in American history?
the steam engine
The expansion of the U.S. transportation network by 1837, as shown in the map above, benefited MOST from which of the following technological advances?
A representative republic
The framers of the constitution intended to establish
promote international economic ties
The growth and profitability of Southern cotton did all of the following EXCEPT
The President of the U.S.
The head of the Executive branch of government is
Women's role in society
The idea in the excerpt above is most directly associated with which of the following?
The ideas of the Enlightenment
The ideas about government expressed by Pain and Jefferson are most consistent with which of the following?
Second Great Awakening
The language used in both excerpts most directly reflects the influence of which of the following>
Louisiana Purchase
The largest single addition to American territory was
Black codes
The laws passed by southern states restricted the occupation of free slaves
Financial gain for the mother country
The main goal of colonization is
Robert E. Lee
The major leader of the Southern Armies was
The extension of slavery
The most divisive issue in regards to western expansion during the antebellum era was
The fur trade
The most economically profitable commerce between European colonies in North America and Native populations between the 16th and 18th centuries was based on
Legislative
The most powerful branch of government according to the constitution is
East of the Appalachian Mountains
The original settlements in the thirteen British colonies were all located
The idea of manifest destiny
The painting most directly reflects
Northerners understand and sympathize with the problems of slavery
The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin helped
Promote debt relief
The purpose of Georgia by James Oglethorpe was
15th, 14th, 13th
The radical republicans passed which amendments
Women
The ratification of the 15th Amendment further alienated which group?
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
The secret society that terrorized blacks and their white allies
Held that a mother country made money by exporting and seeking manufactured goods
The system of mercantilism
Sharecropping
The system under which individual families constructed with landowners to work a plot of land in return for a portion of the resulting crop is known as
By the 1840s, the United States was beginning to fragment due to differences of opinion
The two above excerpts serve as evidence of which of the following?
U.S. Grant
The union general that won the civil war
he did not have the constitutional power to buy land from another country
Thomas Jefferson was uneasy about purchasing the Louisiana Territory because
Antislavery forces
Those people most opposed to President James K. Polk's expansionist programs were the
Emancipate
To give someone freedom
Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
Two major turning points of the civil war were
Portuguese
Using west Africans as slaves was started by
Abraham Lincoln
Was the republican presidential candidate in 1860
warned against the dangers of permanent foreign alliances
Washington's Farewell Address, 1796
Various forms of transportation including rail, stage, and covered wagon
Western progression was led by
Portugal
What 15th century European country dominated the African slave trade?
The farms produced several crops
What allowed the north to have a more diversified economy than the south?
The judicial, executive, and legistative
What are the 3 branches of federal gov.
The bill of rights
What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution
The senate and house of rep
What are the two bodies that make up the legislative branch
Fugitive Slave Act
What became the most controversial element of the Compromise of 1850
It proved that a self-governing society consisting mostly of farm families could flourish in New England
What best explains why the Plymouth settlement was so important in American history?
shays rebellion
What exposed the inability of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation to put down civil unrest and prompted calls for a new, stronger central government?
Checks and balances
What is a system ment to prevent any one branch of the government from gaining too much power?
The colonists desired the rights to control the basic aspects of their economy
What is an important reason the American colonists rebelled against England in the 1770s?
Economic equality
What is not a core value of the United States political culture
The British spent money and resources to protect the colonists during the French and Indian War and they needed money to pay those bills
What is the MAIN reason the British Parliament put new taxes on the American colonists?
the Constitution
What is the supreme law of the land?
Whether or not the new lands from Mexico should be admitted to the union as slave or free states
What issue became prominent following the war with Mexico?
Federalism
What should follow constitution principles that most directly addresses the relationship between the Federal and State Gov.
It's northern territories
What was "plucked" from Mexico as a result of the war?
a three-part strategy by which the Union proposed to defeat the Confederacy in the Civil War
What was the Anaconda plan?
To provide emergency relief to people displaced by the war
What was the first duty of the Freedmen's Bureau?
Articles of confederation
What was the first government set up in the United States
St. Augustine, Florida
What was the first permanent colonial settlement in North America
Slavery
What was the main conflict that started the civil war?
Increased wealth of Spain
What was the most important 15th and 16th century goal of Spanish conquest and exploration as revealed by the conquistadores?
The leaders wished to increase unity among « the pilgrims » by establishing a form of self- government
What was the most likely motivation to create the Mayflower Compact?
Trade and going to India
What was the motivation of European exploration in the Age of Discovery?
A major war between the French and British
What was the primary cause of the territorial changes depicted in the map above?
They thought that there were more loyalists in the south and that southern resources were more valuable and worth preserving
What was the reasoning for the British deciding to move south during the Revolutionary War
California and Texas
What was the two major states the United States gained after the Mexican American War?
The United States and Mexico
What were the sides that fought in the Mexican American War?
Quickly restore the Union
When Reconstruction began, Lincoln's main goal was to
Neutral or apathetic
When it came to supporting the revolution, most colonists were
Reluctant revolutionaries
When it came to the Revolution, it could be said that the American colonists were
left practically all of them intact
When it came to the major Federalist economic programs, Thomas Jefferson as president
The great awakening
Which 18th- century religious movement in the British colonies most clearly signified growing religious independence, diversity, and uniqueness
England
Which European country had the least significant prescence in the Western Hemisphere during the 15th and 16th centuries
Generous
Which adjective best describes the surrender terms that Grant offered Lee
Smallpox
Which deadly epidemic MOST devastated Mexican natives and was the subject of numerous 15th and 16th century primary accounts of disease?
Mexican American War
Which event caused Thoreau to write his famous piece of work?
Pennsylvania
Which mid- Atlantic British colony was noted for its promotion of religious freedom, good relations with local Indians, and Quaker idealism?
The progress toward a unified new Northern culture of harmony
Which of the following antebellum-era historical developments was least likely to have spurred efforts such as those described in the excerpt above?
Economic
Which of the following best characterizes the nature of the difference between northern and southern states in the late 1700s and early 1800s?
English
Which of the following groups of colonial settlers largely avoided intermarriage or cross-racial sexual union with native populations
Northern Abolitionists
Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the perspective of Douglas in the excerpt
Abolitionists
Which of the following groups would most likely support the views expressed in the excerpt?
The supreme court rules that a new law violates the constitution
Which of the following is an example of judicial review?
Horses
Which of the following livestock introduced by the Spanish had the greatest impact on Great Plains Indian settlement patters
An abolitionist
Which of the following people would have been most likely to sing this song?
Stamp act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts
Which of the following set of historical events is in the correct chronological order?
Marbury vs. Madison- established the principle of judicial review
Which of the following supreme court cases is correctly identified
Intense focus on cash crops
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the development of the town structure seen above?
Controversy over allowing or forbidding slavery in newly acquired territories
Which of the following was a direct effect of the trend in the mid-19th century shown in
Slaves were property, even if they lived in a free territory
Which of the following was a point made in the Dred Scott Decision
WASP racial superiority and a sense of American cultural superiority
Which of the following was a significant cause of the trend in the mid-19th century shown in the image above?
Religion
Which of the following was awakened in the « Great Awakening »?
The raid of Harpers Ferry
Which of the following was intended to spark a general slave uprising
Rice
Which of the following was not a native crop from the Americans that stimulated trade and/or population in Europe
Three fifths compromise
Which provision of the Constitution best exemplifies Hall's argument in the excerpt
The middle colonies
Which religion of the British North American colonies, nicknamed the "bread colonies" was the most ethnically, religiously, and demographically diverse?
The union
Which side was the victory in the civil war
Regional and sectional attitudes toward slavery decided the outcome
Which statement BEST describe the results of the presidential election of 1860
The Supreme Court
Which statement best describes article 3
the u.s. won victories at the battle shown
Which statement is BEST supported by the info on the map from the war of 1812
The southernmost Atlantic colonies
Who had the longest growing seasons, primarily cultivated rice and indigo and had a majority African slave population?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was President of Federal Government during the Civil War?
Executive
Who's purpose is to enact and enforce the laws
Judicial
Who's purpose is to review the laws to determine their constitutionality
Legislative
Who's purpose it to pass the laws
in order to finance his European wars
Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory?
Sugar plantations became dependent on slave labor
Why did the slave trade increase in the 1500s?
Founded Pennsylvania
William Penn
Popular sovereignty
With the words "we the people" the constitution establishes its authority on the basis of
was beneficial, because people to whom the gov. owed money would work hard to make the nation a success
alexander hamilton believed that a limited national debt
Carpetbaggers
name given to northern whites who went south to start businesses or to pursue political careers during Reconstruction
states rights
opposition to clay's american system of internal improvements was a result of
serving only 2 terms as president
president Washington is known for setting the precedent of
Land ownership
16th through 19th century North American Indians most resisted European beliefs about
Eventually established colonies based primarily on agriculture
17th and 18th century English colonization differed from the Spanish, Dutch, and French because England
Sharecroppers
A group of people who were attached to the land and only allowed to farm
