16-18 apush test questions from quizzes

Traveled through the Northwest preaching antislavery gospel.

"Lane Rebels"

Founded in 1833 as an abolitionist effort.

American Anti-Slavery Society

Founded in 1817 in as an abolitionist effort.

American Colonization Society

Caleb Cushing

American diplomat who negotiated the Treaty of Wanghia with China in 1844

Matthew Perry

American naval commander who opened Japan

California

Area of the Mexican War where U.S. operations were completely successful. It was actually won before the U.S. General even arrived.

Wrote Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World (1829)

David Walker

By 1860, slaves were concentrated in the "black belt" located in the a. mountain regions of Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentucky. b. old South states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. c. border states of Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland. d. new Southwest states of Texas, Arkansas, and Indian Territory. e. Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Required all antislavery appeals to be tabled without debate.

Gag Resolution

Stephen Douglas

Illinois politician who helped smooth over sectional conflict in 1850 and then set it on fire in 1854

Buena Vista

In two days, outnumbered U.S. forces were able to defeat 20,000 troops lead by Santa Anna.

Visionary preacher from Virginia - led an uprising in 1831.

Nat Turner

Mexico City

Outnumbered and with limited support, U.S. General Scott was able to win because he was such a good general.

democrats

Political party deeply divided by the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Freed black in New York, fought tirelessly for black emancipation.

Sojourner Truth

franklin pierce

Weak Democratic president whose pro-southern cabinet pushed aggressive expansionist schemes

Spiritual child of the Second Great Awakening, radical abolitionist.

William Lloyd Garrison

Question 7 Which one of the following has the least in common with the other four? a. John C. Calhoun b. Nat Turner c. Denmark Vesey d. David Walker e. Gabriel

a. John C. Calhoun

What was the name of the organization that was formed to help former slaves adjust to life as a free person? a. Freeman's Bureau b. Southern Poverty Law Center c. Secretary of State Office d. Office of Radical Reconstruction

a. Freeman's Bureau

The conflict over slavery after the election of 1852 led shortly thereafter to the death of the a. Whigs b. Democrats c. Republicans d. Federalists

a. Whigs

How did Americans justify Manifest Destiny? (Check all that apply) a. racism b. expanding the blessings of liberty c. saving people from tyrannical government d. to stop slavery from spreading West

a. racism b. expanding the blessings of liberty c. saving people from tyrannical government

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

agreement between GB and US concerning any future Central American canal

Nueces River

area where ownership was disputed by Americans...Mexico still denied the independence of Texas

In the Oregon treaty with Britain in 1846, the northern boundary of the United States was established to the Pacific Ocean along the line of a. 54° 40'. b. 49°. c. 42°. d. 36° 30'. e. 52° 40'.

b. 49°.

The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848), ending the Mexican War, included a. a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in New Mexico. b. United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico. c. a requirement that Mexico pay $3.25 million in damages to the United States. d. United States annexation of all the territory south of the Rio Grande. e. the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to the United States.

b. United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico.

The Wilmot Proviso a. gained House and Senate approval in 1846. b. symbolized the burning issue of slavery in the territories. c. left open the issue of slavery in New Mexico and Utah. d. allowed slavery in the territory taken from Mexico in 1848. e. settled, once and for all, the issue of slavery in California.

b. symbolized the burning issue of slavery in the territories.

Which events were part of Tyler's presidency? (Check all that apply) a. he vetoed the tariff and the compromise tariff, so the U.S. did not have a tariff until Polk took office b. he vetoed the bank, twice c. he was officially kicked out of his party by the Democrats d. he settled the Oregon dispute e. the Maine dispute was settled

b. he vetoed the bank, twice e. the Maine dispute was settled

Northerners resented Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act because a. it would build the railroad along the southern route b. it would make him a presidential candidate for the Democrats c. it would permit slavery in the northern territories by repealing the compromise of 1820 d. it would bring Kansas into the Union as a slave state

c. it would permit slavery in the northern territories by repealing the compromise of 1820

The voice of white southern abolitionism fell silent at the beginning of the a. 1850s. b. 1810s. c. 1840s. d. 1830s. e. 1820s.

d. 1830s.

The largest single addition to American territory was a. the Old Northwest. b. Alaska. c. the Louisiana Purchase. d. the Mexican Cession. e. the Oregon Country.

d. the Mexican Cession.

Southerners seeking to expand the territory of slavery undertook filibustering militar expeditions to aquire a. Canada and Alaska b. Venezuela and Columbia c. Hawaii and Japan d. Nicaragua and Cuba

d. Nicaragua and Cuba

How did Harriet Tubman keep babies quiet on the Underground Rail Road? a. She threatened them with a gun. b. She gave them candy. c. She wrapped them in blankets with a small breathing space. d. She used opium.

d. She used opium.

The existence of the Underground RR added to southern demands for a. the enslavement of all free blacks in the South b. the death penalty for abolitionists c. armed police and troops along the Ohio River and the Mason-Dixon line to capture run aways d. a stricter Fugitive Slave Law

d. a stricter Fugitive Slave Law

Lewis Cass

dem presidential candidate in 1848

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. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 b. A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1 c. A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 d. A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 e. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1

e. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1

All of the following are true statements about free blacks except a. in the North, they forged ties with the Irish, who similarly worked in menial jobs. b. slaveholders feared that they were living examples of what might be achieved with emancipation. c. they were banned from entering several northern states. d. they were always vulnerable to being hijacked back into slavery in the South. e. most states denied them the right to vote.

in the North, they forged ties with the Irish, who similarly worked in menial jobs

The majority of southern whites owned no slaves because a. their racism would not allow them to work alongside African Americans. b. their urban location did not require them. c. they opposed slavery. d. they feared the possibility of slave revolts. e. they could not afford the purchase price.

they could not afford the purchase price

Ostend Manifesto

top secret plan for seizing Cuba from Spain

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. Points of controversy between the United States and Mexico in 1845-1846 included a. American annexation of Texas. b. damage claims by American citizens against the Mexican government. c. the refusal of the Mexican government to receive President Polk's envoy, John Slidell, and consider President Polk's offer to purchase California from Mexico. d. exclusion of Mexico from the Oregon boundary settlement. e. the immigration of Mormons into Mexican territory.

a. American annexation of Texas. b. damage claims by American citizens against the Mexican government. c. the refusal of the Mexican government to receive President Polk's envoy, John Slidell, and consider President Polk's offer to purchase California from Mexico.

The Aroostook War was a. a small-scale clash between lumberjacks in Maine and Canada b. a dispute over fishing rights between Britain and the United States. c. a short-lived insurrection in British Canada. d. a full-scale war between Britain and the United States. e. a battle between Native Americans and settlers in northern Maine.

a. a small-scale clash between lumberjacks in Maine and Canada

The primary reason that the British government decided to compromise with the United States on the Oregon Country border was a. the British government's belief that the Oregon Country was neither politically nor economically critical to British foreign policy interests. b. the support of the Hudson's Bay Company. c. John Tyler's election to the presidency. d. America's acceptance of 54° 40'. e. the threat posed to British Columbia by an alliance of Indians and French traders and pioneers.

a. the British government's belief that the Oregon Country was neither politically nor economically critical to British foreign policy interests.

Which of the following were part of or contributing to bad relations between the U.S. and G.B. at this time? a. A history that included two wars.... b. The British Empire ending slavery.... c. The Caroline d. The Creole e. Lumberjacks in Maine f. The Oregon Trail and the unresolved joint occupation of Oregon... g. The Amistad

a. A history that included two wars.... b. The British Empire ending slavery.... c. The Caroline d. The Creole e. Lumberjacks in Maine f. The Oregon Trail and the unresolved joint occupation of Oregon...

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. Cotton became important to the prosperity of the North as well as the South because a. northern farmers profited from selling their foodstuffs to feed southern slaves. b. cotton accounted for about half the value of all United States exports after 1840. c. northern merchants handled the shipping of southern cotton. d. about two-thirds of the southern cotton crop was sold to New England textile mills.

b. cotton accounted for about half the value of all United States exports after 1840. c. northern merchants handled the shipping of southern cotton.

Among the notable advocates of compromise in the controvesy over slavery in 1850 were a. Seward and Z. Taylor b. Clay and Webster c. Calhoun and Lincoln d. Douglas and Tubman e. Barnes and Nobel

b. Clay and Webster

Who led a failed uprising at Harpers Ferry? a. Fredrick Douglass b. John Brown c. William Garrison d. Harriet Tubman

b. John Brown

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. Britain was interested in developments in the Republic of Texas because a. the British navy wanted bases at Galveston and Corpus Christi. b. Texas would be an important alternative source of cotton for the British textile industry. c. Texas threatened British influence in Central America and northern South America. d. British abolitionists were pleased that the Republic of Texas had outlawed slavery. e. an independent Texas was a potential counterweight to the future growth of a powerful United States.

b. Texas would be an important alternative source of cotton for the British textile industry. e. an independent Texas was a potential counterweight to the future growth of a powerful United States.

How could the FWP interviewer influence the account? (Bottom Rail) a. They were all white and probably racist. b. The edited it themselves and dialect was a problem, especially when they attempted to translate the accent. c. They recorded the sessions and the interviewee was often paid for their time, so they would talk as long as possible...even making things up. d. Most of them waited until they had several hundred interviews before they submitted them, often mixing up the details.

b. The edited it themselves and dialect was a problem, especially when they attempted to translate the accent.

Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of a. two-thirds Senate approval of the Treaty of Annexation. b. a political compromise to admit free-state Iowa at the same time. c. the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. d. a joint resolution enacted by a simple majority in the House and the Senate rather than the two-thirds constitutional supermajority required of all treaties with foreign nations. e. a presidential executive order by President Tyler.

d. a joint resolution enacted by a simple majority in the House and the Senate rather than the two-thirds constitutional supermajority required of all treaties with foreign nations.

Relations between Britain and the United States in the 1830s and 1840s could be characterized as a. complicated by the reentry of France as an imperial power with designs on territories in the American West. b. marked by growing American economic supremacy. c. harmonious at the diplomatic level but full of popular resentments on both sides. d. generally tense, with periods of both violence and peaceful resolution. e. constantly on the brink of war.

d. generally tense, with periods of both violence and peaceful resolution.

Most slaves were raised a. without exhibiting any religious practices including a hybrid form of African Christianity. b. without the benefit of a stable home life. c. without displaying African cultural practices including the distinctive African style of responsorial preaching. d. in stable two-parent households. e. never knowing anything about their relatives.

d. in stable two-parent households.

In 1846, the United States went to war with Mexico for all of the following reasons except a. the ideology of Manifest Destiny. b. moral indignation expressed by southwestern American expansionists following the deaths of American soldiers at the hands of Mexican crossing the Rio Grande in April 1846. c. the desire to gain payment for unpaid damage tort claims by American citizens against the Mexican government for damages to Americans and their property in the Southwest. d. the impulse to satisfy Congressman Abraham Lincoln and similar political allies in Congress to enact the so-called "spot resolutions" concerning alleged Mexican incursions into American territory. e. Polk's desire to acquire California.

d. the impulse to satisfy Congressman Abraham Lincoln and similar political allies in Congress to enact the so-called "spot resolutions" concerning alleged Mexican incursions into American territory.

How much did the U.S. initially offer Mexico to purchase California? a. 5 million b. 10 million c. 15 million d. 25 million

d. 25 million

What percentage of families in the South owned slaves? (Or were part of a slave owning family...) a. 10% b. 15% c. 20% d. 25%

d. 25%

How has the time period of the 1930s created a potential for bias in the interviews the FWP conducted? (Bottom Rail) a. Controversy over New Deal programs being dismantled by the Supreme Court.... b. Increasing tension over events in Europe as the Nazi party came to power and Americans wanted to remain isolated.... c. As the economy recovered from the Great Depression, everyone wanted to move on and focus on the future of the U.S. d. High tension over racial issues, increased lynchings, Jim Crow, sharecropper debts....

d. High tension over racial issues, increased lynchings, Jim Crow, sharecropper debts....

The most pro-Union of the white southerners were The most pro-Union of the white southerners were a. nonslaveowning subsistence farmers. b. mountain whites residing in the Appalachian range. c. mistresses of southern plantation owners. d. small slaveowners. e. plantation owners.

mountain whites residing in the Appalachian range.

Fugitive Slave Act

provision of the comp of 1850 that comforted slave-catchers but angered northern abolitionists

Most white southerners were a. "poor white trash." b. subsistence farmers. c. merchants and artisans. d. planter aristocrats. e. small slaveowners.

subsistence farmers

Gadsden Purchase

territory acquired to build a southern transcontinental RR