Review 3
Which of the following resulted from the policies of the Andrew Jackson administration?
The number of banks, each issuing its own paper currency, increased
The economic impact of the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT
Reduced rate of industrial production in the North
In his essay, Resistance to Civil Government, Henry David Thoreau claimed that an individual should
Refuse to obey unjust laws
Perfectionist aspirations to create a Utopian society are best reflected in
The founding of New Harmony, Brook Farm, and Fourier Phalanxes
The dramatic increase in the South's slave labor force between 1810 and 1860 was due to
The natural population increase of American-born slaves
The Nullification Controversy directly involved South Carolina's opposition to which of the following federal policies?
The protective tariff
The Trail of Tears refers to
The removal of the Cherokees and other Native American tribes to Oklahoma
Andrew Jackson's election in 1828 is seen by many historians to represent
The rise of individualism and popular democracy in America
Which of the following states the principle of "popular sovereignty?"
The settlers in a given territory have the sole right to decide whether or not slavery will be permitted there.
In the Nullification Controversy, some Southerners took the position that
The states had the right to nullify acts of the federal government they deemed to be unconstitutional
Which of the following was NOT a factor in the formation of the New England Confederation?
A desire to suppress religious dissent
When President Andrew Jackson's enemies spoke of the "Kitchen Cabinet," they were referring to
A group of friends and unofficial advisors of the president
The long-range plan of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to
Achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat
According to the cult of domesticity, a woman's proper role was
Acting as a moral leader and educator of the family
In the 1830's and 1840's, all of the following were generally true about immigration EXCEPT
An overwhelming majority of native born Americans
Which of the following is true of American transcendentalists?
Argued for the importance of human intuition and individualism
To Andrew Jackson, the spoils system
Benefited the political process
The abolitionist movement had the effect of
Bringing the issue of slavery to the forefront of the reform movement
The Second Great Awakening was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
Growing unity among Protestant churches
President Lincoln was reluctant to emancipate the slaves in the first year of the Civil War because
He feared that emancipation would drive the border states out of the Union
In the 1830's, the factor that most directly promoted the development of a two-party system was
Changes in methods of nominating and electing the president
After the election of 1824, the President's choice of Henry Clay as secretary of state resulted in
Charges of a corrupt bargain with John Q. Adams
By opening territory north of 36°30' to slavery, the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the
Compromise of 1850
Manifest Destiny was based on all of the following ideas EXCEPT
Conquest of new territory would prove American military superiority
A major reason why Thomas Jefferson was interested in purchasing Louisiana from France was that he
Hoped to preserve an agricultural society by making abundant lands available to future generation
As leader of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis
Defired rather than led public opinion
Dorothea Dix was inspired to dedicate her life to a humanitarian Crusade by
Discovery of the cofinement of the mentally ill in local jails
All of the following were part of the initial Union strategy to win the Civil War EXCEPT
Emancipation of slaves in the seceded states
The "Lowell System" refers to which of the following?
Employment of young women who were then housed in dormitories
The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?
Enacted a stringent futivie slave law
Harvard College and Yale College were established primarily to
Ensure an adequate supply of ministers
All of the following figured prominently in debates over the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT the
Extension of slavery into Kansas and Nebraska territories
During the 1840's large numbers of Irish immigrated to the United States mainly because of
Famine resulting from the failure of the potato crop
President Jacksons' Maysville Road veto dealt with
Federally financed internal improvements
In the 1850's, the South differed from the North in
Fewer European immigrants
During the Civil War, African-Americans in the North
Fought in segregated regiments
The Confederate government was able to achieve which of the following goals?
Frequent victories over Union armies
A political effect of the fighting in Kansas in 1855 and 1856 was to
Further divide the Democratic party
Northern advantages in the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT
General agreement over war aims
The results of the Mexican-American War included
I. Acquisition of California by the United States II. Important military experience that would be put to use in the Civil War
William Lloyd Garrison and the American Antislavery Society supported
Immediate emancipation of slaves with compensation to owners
The paternalistic factory system of Lowell and Waltham did not last long because
In the highly competitive textile market, manufacturers were eager to cut labor costs
The Lincoln-Douglas debates resulted in all of the following EXCEPT
Increased support for Douglas in the South
Which of the following increased southern planters' reliance on slaves?
Invention of the cotton gin
The Seneca Falls Convention was significant because it
Issued a historic declaration of women's rights
Which of the following best describes the policy of the government of Mexico toward Texas?
It encouraged American settlement in Texas in the 1820's and early 1830's
Which of the following statements about the Dred Scott decision is correct?
It stated that Black people were not citizens of the United States
All of the following were true of the temperance movement EXCEPT
It was largely restricted to the southern states
All of the following were among President Andrew Jackson's objections to the Second Bank of the United States EXCEPT
It was preventing the government from achieving its policy of creating inflation
Early 19th century educators included all of the following EXCEPT
John Dewey
Which of the following was a major factor in the decline of the Whig party in the 1850's?
Know-Nothing movement
In the case of Commonwealth v. Hunt, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that
Labor unions were not necessarily illegal combinations or monopolies
The turnpikes, canals, and steamboats as new transportation links generally encouraged all of the following EXCEPT
Larger voter registration
All of the following statements about the election of 1860 are accurate EXCEPT
Lincoln won election because of the split in the Democratic party
All of the following were provisions of Clay's "American System" EXCEPT
Low tariffs and state support of internal improvements
Many Southerners supported the Compromise of 1850 because it
Made the number of free states and slave states equal
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
The slave states that remained in the Union included
Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware
The beginning of the Early American Industrial Revolution during the early 1800's resulted from all of the following developments EXCEPT
Monetary assistance from the federal government to new factories
The purpose of public education as seen by Horace Mann was to teach
Morality and discipline
Which of the following is a correct statement about the United States at the beginning of the Era of Good Feelings?
Nationalism strongly influenced American culture and politics
The Republican Party originated in the mid-1850's as a sectional party committed to which of the following?
Opposition to the further expansion of slavery into the territories
The most common form of resistance on the part of black Americans slaves prior to the Civil War was
Passive resistance, including breaking tools and slightly slowing the pace of work
Of the following, the most threatening problem for the Union from 1861 through 1863 was
Possible British recognition of the Confederacy
The Early Industrial Revolution had which of the following effects on slavery in the South?
Rapid growth in the textile industry encouraged Southern planters to grow cotton, thereby making slavery more important to the economy
The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case outraged public opinion in the North chiefly because it
Removed restrictions against the spread of slavery into the Western Territories
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectional tension because it
Reopened the issue of slavery in a territory North of 36°30'
The most profound economic development by mid-19th century America was the
Rise of the factory
Senator Stephen A. Douglas managed to engineer the Compromise of 1850 by
Securing passage of the different parts of the Compromise as separate laws
All of the following were factors in the defeat of the South in 1865 EXCEPT
Slave uprisings against Southern plantations
In the 1860 election, what was the position of Lincoln and the Republican Party on slavery?
Slavery should not be allowed to expand into the territories
An important effect of the tariff of abominations in 1828 was
South Carolina's adoption of the theory of nullification
What happened to Southern interest in slavery after Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831?
Southern states made it increasingly difficult for masters to free their slaves
John Brown's primary purpose in attacking Harpers Ferry was to
Start a slave rebellion in Virginia
Which was the most important immediate cause of the rise of manufacturing in the United States?
Stoppages of trade by embargoes and the War of 1812
The direction of the population movement that took place between 1790 and 1840 was from
The Atlantic coast to the areas between the Appalachians and the Mississippi
The outcome of the election of 1824 between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson was decided by
The House of Representatives
In the first half of the nineteenth century, Cherokee efforts to retain their tribal lands in Georgia received direct support from
The United States Supreme Court
Which political party did John Calhoun and Henry Clay establish in opposition to the Jacksonian Democrats?
The Whigs
Which of the following best describes an immediate effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
The abolition of slavery in confederate territory became one of the North's war goals
According to Alexis de Tocqueville in "Democracy in America", American individualism arose as a result of
The absence of an aristocracy
Which of the following BEST reflected the idea of manifest destiny?
The campaign platform of James Polk in 1844
The growth in political democracy in the 1820's was due in part to
The egalitarian ideas that had developed during colonial and Revolutionary times
President Jackson's response to Supreme Court decision on the treaty rights of Native Americans resulted in which of the following?
The forced removal of Cherokees from their lands in Georgia
Nativist reaction to immigration resulted in
The formation of the Know Nothing party
Which of the following most accurately describes the Stephen Douglas's idea of popular sovereignty?
The status of slavery in a territory would be determined by the voters in the territory
All of the following contributed to the conflict between Mexico's government and settlers in Texas in the early 1830's EXCEPT
The support for annexation by John Tyler and James Polk
Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because
They believed that the federal power this bill represented could be used to suppress slavery
The Erie Canal was significant because it
Tied the manufacturing of the East to the farming of the West
The Erie Canal revolutionized domestic markets because it permitted the
Transfer of goods from New York to New Orleans along inland waterways
Which of the following was NOT a major consequence of the U.S. war with Mexico?
U.S annexation of Texas
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel which brought home the evils of slavery to many in the North was
Uncle Tom's Cabin
To fill the army's demand for troops, the North relied mainly on
Volunteers
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Was a calamity for the South
The Dred Scott decision held that a slave
Was a private property even in a free territory
The situation of women and immigrants in the factory system was similar in that they both
Were powerless to affect pay rates or working conditions
The Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" dealt with
Women's rights
The provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo included all of these EXCEPT
Yield the Mesilla Valley of the Arizona to the United States
The Civil War resulted in which of the following?
a. Expanded federal powers of taxation b. The end of nullification and secession c. The creation of the first federal social welfare agency d. The end of slavery *All of the above*
