History Study Guide (Page One)

Which of the following is not an effect of the War of 1812?

G.B. and France gained respect for the U.S.

Which of the following does not describe the battle of Gettysburg?

Good...?? (I just know it was bad..)

How was Alexander Hamilton able to change the national debt from a weakness to a national strength?

Hamilton reorganized the nation's revolution any war debt, which had previously been in default. His policy of reorganizing the debt and insuring economic expansion made it possible to honor the debt, and establish the nation's credit on a sound basis

What was John Brown's aim at Harpers Ferry?

To seize a federal arsenal and start a wide spread slave uprising

The forced march of the Cherokee from the homelands in Georgia to the West is called...

Trail of Tears

Which of the following officially ended the Revolutionary War and set the boundaries of the new nation?

Treaty of Paris

Which of the following quotations is from the Gettysburg Address?

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here."

Which of the following is not considered a major reform movement in the mid 1800s?

(Answers that are) 2nd Great Awakening, Women's Reform, and Abolition

Why is the election of 1800 significant?

1) It was marked the first time that one party had replaced another in power in the U.S. 2) The problems with the voting system led Congress to propose the 12th Amendment, which a separate ballot for the president and vice president

Why did President Jefferson send Lewis and Clark out west?

1) To explore the Louisiana Purchase 2) Find the northwest passage 3) To research the plants and animals of the Louisiana Purchase

The arrival of the Marquis de Lafayette meant that

American troops gained reinforcements and confidence

Which group largely supported adding a bill of rights to the Constitution?

Anti-Federalists

During which event did the first fighting between redcoats and minutemen occur?

Battle of Lexington

Which event was a direct result of the Compromise of 1850?

California was admitted as a free state

What power did the Articles of Confederation give to the national government?

Declare war

Which was not part of the Union's three-part plan to conquer the South?

Drafting freed slaves

What did the Supreme Court declare in the Dred Scott decision?

Dred Scott was still considered a slave and could not exercise the right of a free citizen to sure the reaction

Who is credited with the invention of the cotton gin providing for the continued economic growth in the South as well as a dependency on slave labor?

Eli Whitney

In which of the following areas did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?

Fighting a defensive war

One direct result of the Intolerable Acts was

Formation of the first continental congress

Andrew Jackson referred to the election of 1824 as the result of a corrupt bargain when _______ was name Secretary of State.

Henry Clay

Why did new Republican governments in the South after the Civil War have difficulty?

Most of the white population of the South resented and disliked Reconstruction intensely

What was an important effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

Redefined the goals of the North

When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?

Restore the Union

What key difference between the North and the South ultimately led to the Civil War?

Slavery

The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in order to

Strengthen the authority of the central govt.

The argument against tyranny found in Common Sense was supported by

The Patriots

The practice of rewarding political supporters with government positions is known as...

The Spoils System - Patronage

Colonial opposition to the Stamp Act was stronger than opposition to the Sugar Act because

The Stamp Act affected the colonists directly

Why is the Battle of Gettysburg is considered a turning point in the Civil War?

The casualties were so great that the Confederate Army possessed the physical and moral strength to invade the Union

The result of Shays's Rebellion was to demonstrate that

The govt. set up by the Articles of Confederation

Under popular sovereignty, who would decide whether slavery would be allowed in a territory?

The presidents of the territory

Who wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense arguing that the time had come for American independence?

Thomas Paine