U.S. History Finals (all tests combined)

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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


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