US HISTORY TEST #2

Which group was an example of nourtherners who wanted to keep slavery out of the territories but did not have positive feelings toward blacks

Free Soilers

Which event was a direct result of the compromise of 1850

california was admitted a free state

Which is the best word to describe Lincoln's plan for reconstruction plan which Andrew Jackson largely followed

lenient

In the election of 1880, which candidate was tied w/ Jefferson after the first electoral college vote

Aaron Burr

Which of the following was not a part of the reconstruction act of 1867?

All African American families would receive 40 acres and a mule

Which candidate did John Quincy Adams defeat in the 1824 controversial election?

Andrew Jackson

Which president did the house impeach?

Andrew Johnson

Which was not a part of the Union's plan to conquer the south?

Draft freed slaves to fight for the union

Which of the following men were most in favor of seizing land from Mexico.

James K. Polk

For which action is nat turner famous?

Leading a violent slave revolt

Which of the following areas did the South have an advantage over the north in during the civil war?

Military Leadership

Which idea is promoted by the concept of Nullification

States Rights

The supreme court's ruling in Marbury v. Madison ensured that...

The legislative branch could not interpret constitution any way it chose

All of the following reflected american's faith, except...

The monroe Doctrine

In the election of 1800, Democratic Republicans accused John Adams of...

Wanting to turn the executive branch into a monarchy

What was the aim of total war as practiced by Grant and Sherman?

break the will of the South to fight.

What did the abolition movement promote

ending the institution of slavery.

To curve the violence of the KKK in the south, congress passed the...

enforcement acts of 1870 and 1871

Intending to overrule the Dred Scott decision, congress passed the...

fourteenth amendment

the 1828 tariff of abomination was given that name by those who thought the tariff hurt the south while...

helping northern manufacturers

Why was the case of Marbury v. Madison important?

it established the principle of judicial review

What was an important effect of the emancipation proclamation

it gave a moral purpose to the war

Under popular sovereignty, who would decide whether slavery was legal in a state

residents of the territory

Which of the following abolished slavery in the North?

the 13th amendment

Which area did the Monroe Doctrine aim to free?

the western Hemisphere

When the civil war began, what was Lincoln's main goal?

to restore the union

What was John Brown's aim at Harper's ferry.

to seize a federal arsenal and start a widespread slave uprising