APUSH Unit 5
Who would most likely have said "... children should be children as long as they can."
A mid-19th century educational reformer
Which of the following best describes the "Lowell System" of early 19th-century New England?
A plan to promote and expand textile manufacturing
How was the question of the Oregon boundary eventually resolved between the United States and Britain?
Britain peacefully settled for the proposed line of 49 degrees latitude
Saw more than 100,000 conversions, many in the "Burned-Over District" of New York
Charles Finney
Penned "Civil Disobedience" and revered nature
Henry David Thoreau
Called for statewide school systems, teachers' colleges and a 6-months school year
Horace Mann
All of the following states contained lands gained by the United States in the Mexican War EXCEPT
Idaho
What state's land was not annexed from Mexico?
Idaho
Which country supplied the largest number of immigrants to the United States during the first half of the 19th century?
Ireland
The "Know-Nothing Party" was created in opposition to
Irish and German immigrants
Which of the following best describes the policy of the government of Mexico toward Texas?
It encouraged American settlement in Texas in the 1820s and early 1830s
What distinguished William Henry Harrison's presidency?
It was the shortest presidency in American history
Completed his four main goals in one term
James K. Polk
Estranged from his party after he changed his policies
John Tyler
Founded the Mormon faith based on a vision from the angel Moroni
Joseph Smith
Which of the following would most likely have expressed opposition to the idea of Manifest Destiny?
Members of the Whig Party in Congress during the Mexican War
By 1860, the majority of the U.S. population had moved west of what physical barrier?
Mississippi River
Which of the following movements originated in the United States?
Mormonism
Began the Shaker movement, which believed in celibacy and communal property
Mother Ann Lee
Wrote of self-reliance and the sacredness of nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson
__________________ stressed the importance of individual inspiration, self-reliance, dissent and nonconformity
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Began the perfectionist community of New Harmony to try to transition to cooperative ownership
Robert Owen
What did the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 do?
Settled a boundary dispute between Maine and Quebec
The Whigs of the 1830s and 1840s different from the Jacksonian Democrats in that the Whigs
Supported Henry Clay's American System
How was the Oregon Boundary settled?
The U.S. and Britain peacefully settled upon the 49 degree line.
All of the following were part of the settlement in the Mexican War EXCEPT
The U.S. seized Mexico City and forced Mexico to pay war debts
All of the following are true about Irish immigrants EXCEPT
They primarily settled in the rural areas of the Midwest
How did the Whigs differ from the Democrats?
They supported Henry Clay's American System
Steamboats allowed for transportation both directions on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, increasing trade.
True
The Mormons had to flee first to Illinois and later to Utah because of persecution due to their ideas and practices.
True
Had the shortest tenure as U.S. president
William Henry Harrison
All of the following conditions influenced the development of American agriculture during the first half of the 19th century EXCEPT
a widespread interest in conserving natural resources
In the pre-Civil War era, the railroad's most important impact on the economy was their
accessibility to Eastern urban markets provided to Midwestern farmers
The "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" at the Seneca Falls convention demanded
greater rights for women
All of the following were features of John Tyler's presidency EXCEPT
he was reelected in 1844 by a wide margin
In addition to the cotton gin, Eli Whitney's major contribution to American technology was his
introduction of interchangeable parts
The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important because it
strengthened the ties between eastern manufacturing and western agricultural regions
The establishment of New Harmony, Brook Farm and the Oneida Community in the antebellum United States reflected
the blossoming of perfectionist aspirations
Manifest Destiny is best described as
the notion that America was ordained by God to spread to the Pacific Ocean
In the early 1830s, the majority of workers in the textile mills of Massachusetts were
young unmarried women from rural New England