Final Exam DE US History Ch. 1-15
Rufus King
Claimed congress had the authority to set laws governing slavery
Who referred to the civil war as a "war for the freedom of blacks and the enslavement of whites"?
Clement Vallandigham
Colonial critics objected to revenues from the Townshend Duties being used to support colonial government because
Colonial assembles would lose the power of the purse
After the revolution, Americans emphasized their separation from Britain by referring to their land as
Columbia
The first American ship to circumvent the globe was the
Columbia
In the battle over Reconstruction, to secure power over the president, Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act and the
Command of the Army Act
The escalation of indian wars and violence on the frontier can be attributed to
Competition for land by both Indian and white settlers
According to the text, during its brief life, the Freedmen's Bureau
Compiled a mixed record
The Crittenden Compromise and other efforts to head off a conflict were killed by
Congress
Maryland delayed ratification of the Articles of Confederation until
Congress devised a plan to control the western plan
Which of the following was NOT one of the few tribes friendly to the Americans and hostile to the British?
Delaware
The first state to approve the new Constitution was
Delaware.
In the Congressional elections of 1862,
Democrats picked up strength in several Midwestern states and carried Illinois.
Which of the following was NOT a motivation for Scottish emigration as noted in the text?
Deportation
The winner of the 1800 presidential election was the first to be
Determined by congress
Sequoyah
Developed a writing system for the cherokee language
Catherine Beecher implored women to
Devote themselves to school teaching
The first person to sail around the Cape of Good Hope was
Dias
The only domesticated animal processed by Archaic Indians in North America was the
Dog
The United States Sanitary Commission appointed ______ as the superintendent of nurses
Dorothea Dix
In comparison to England, the demographic growth of the colonies was
Dramatically larger
Friedrich von Steuben
Drilled soldiers and produced a drill manual which instilled discipline in the soldiers
England's primary commercial rival and target of the Navigation Act was the
Dutch
Spanish colonization efforts in the Philippines were challenged by the
Dutch
The text asserts that the real beneficiaries of the Northwest Ordinance were?
Eastern land speculators
The heavy-handed governor of the Dominion of New England who was overthrown around the time of the Glorious Revolution was
Edmund Andros.
The disastrous campaign Fort Duquesne was led by
Edward Braddock
The cotton gin was developed by
Eli Whitney
The victory at Horseshoe bend
Eliminated indian resistance in alabama
The first European outpost on the sub- Saharan African coast was
Elmina
Which of the following was part of the "redemption" contract variant of indentured servitude?
Emigrants were loaned money for provisions and passage to America
The land act of 1820
Encouraged western settlement with cheap land
The Convention of 1880
Ended the "Quasi War" between America and France
A second round of conflict between France and England began when
England and France supported opposing candidates in the crisis of Spanish Succession.
In the 1600s, New Netherlands was captured by the
English
In postwar America, in an effort to build a national culture and shared identity, all of the following were sources for renaming places EXCEPT
English aristocratic names
King William's War was triggered by
English-supplied Iroquois raids near Montreal.
The "headright" system included all of the following EXCEPT
Enough seed to plant a first crop of tobacco or indentured servitude for up to seven years.
As a result of his impeachment and trial in the Senate, President Johnson
Essentially withdrew from policy making.
Joseph Smith
Established the Mormon Church
After the arrival of the U.S. Army in Savannah, Georgia, one of the first actions taken by the emancipated slaves was
Establishing a school and hiring teachers
The trustees of Georgia foresaw three purposes for the colony including all of the follow EXCEPT
Establishing a truly democratic and representative government
Which of the following was NOT part of Hamilton's financial plan?
Establishing free trade between the United States and Great Britain
Folsom, New Mexico, is important because
Evidence of human activity dating from the ice age was found there
The Connecticut WIts
Experimented with a new natural style of writing and painting
James Cook
Explored the Hawaiian Islands
During the War 1812, the firmest advocates of states rights were
Federalists
The Spanish realization that the Gulf of Mexico did not provide a passage through the Americas helped spark
Ferdinand Magellan's explorations
The first French settlers to exploit the resources of North America were
Fisherman
Antagonism between France and Spain in Europe spilled over into the Americas in a struggle to control
Florida
After the capture of New Orleans by the U.S. Army in 1862, General Nathaniel Banks dealt with the slave population by
Forcing blacks to return to plantations and remain there
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 did all of the following EXCEPT
Formally dismissed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
During King George's War, soldiers from Massachusetts captured
Fort Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island
Runaway slaves attempted to reach the black militia company at
Fort Mose.
In all, Columbus claimed made _______ voyages in search of China.
Four
The XYZ affair was indicative of the troubled relations with
France
Washington issued the neutrality proclamation to avoid being drawn into the war between
France
As a result of King William's war,
France revived their "southern strategy" of colonizing the Gulf Coast.
Prominent New Yorkers John Jay and Alexander Hamilton joined a changed society dedicated to
Freeing Slaves
The Huron were supported by the
French
By questioning Ptolemy's incorrect estimate that each degree of longitude measures 50 nautical miles at the equator, Columbus
Further underestimated the size of the earth
The chain of presidios and missions between the San Diego and San Francisco was established by
Gaspar de Portola
Which one of the following was part of the British plans for the Saratoga campaign?
General Burgoyne would strike south from Canada into the Hudson Valley.
Burgoyne's invasion turned into a disaster when
General Howe attacked and captured Philadelphia instead of linking with Burgoyne
The father of "popular sovereignty" was
General Lewis Cass
Identify the individual who oversaw the forced migration of the Cherokee
General Winfield Scott
The American Cincinnatus refers to
George Washington
The Hessians were
German mercenary troops recruited by the British
Failed Revolution in _____ drove immigrant numbers upward
Germany
The form of slave resistance that remained foremost in the minds of slave owners was
An organized slave rebellion
The election of 1828 featured a grudge match between John Quincy Adams and
Andrew Jackson
Who won the Battle of New Orleans?
Andrew Jackson
Who most symbolized the new style of politics and democracy?
Andrew Jackson.
Lincoln's running mate in 1864 was the Democrat
Andrew Johnson
Which of the following was the founder of the Antinomian Sect.?
Anne Hutchinson
Who was a founder of the Antinomian Sect?
Anne Hutchinson
The major issue of the election of 1844 was
Annexation of Texas and western expansion
The Democratic-Republicans were the political heirs of the
Anti-Federalists
The British southern strategy
Anticipated stronger Loyalist support in the southern colonies
The bloodiest single day of the war occurred at
Antietam
Father Santa Ana worked to establish peaceful relations with the ___ from his missions at San Antonio
Apache
Lee surrendered at
Appomattox Courthouse
The war chief and leader of the Chiricahua tribe of western Apache in the southwest was
Geronimo
The bloodiest battle of the war
Gettysburg
John Wilkes Booth
Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
As its core, the Declaration of Independence
Assumed government was based on social contract
When General Howe withdrew British forces from Boston, he planned to
Attack New York where Loyalists support was stronger
The Alabama
Attacked Union ships and protected Confederate blockade running ships.
Cortes conquered the
Aztec of Mexico
The Ladies Magazine
Glorified the middle-class family with a pious wife and mother
According to the text, slaves in the North were emancipated
Gradually but racism continued in this region
Maryland's Act concerning religion
Granted freedom of worship to all Christians
The Know-Nothings reflected the growing frustration felt by many Americans over the
Growing political influences of immigrants, especially Irish Catholics.
The treaties of Fort Laramie (1851) and Fort Atkinson (1853)
Guaranteed safe passage of whites through Indian lands
Prince Henry's sparking of a revolution in communication and trade
Had its roots in a campaign against Islam
The Land Columbus claimed for Spain as Hispaniola contains the modern country of
Haiti
In the mid-eighteenth century, more than ___ of the population was under the age of 20 years old
Half
Who was the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Which of the following is NOT true of Roger Williams?
He believed civil authorities should judge cases instead of religious authorities.
Which of the following is NOT true of Peter Stuyvesant?
He complained about New Amsterdam's ethnic diversity.
Which of the following was NOT true of Vitus Bering?
He drove English out of their base at Anchorage, Alaska
Which of the following was not an exploit of Sir Francis Drake?
He established England's first colony
Which of the following is NOT true of James Cook's expeditions?
He established an English settlement on Kamchatka peninsula
The Whigs chose William Henry Harrison to run for president in 1840 because
He had a national reputation as a war hero
Which of the following describes the historical significance of Sir Francis Drake?
He led numerous expeditions which weakened Spanish power
Which of the following was NOT an action taken by George Washington regarding his slaves?
He provided each slave with a small plot of land
The event which did the most to push Virginia planters toward race slavery was
Bacon's rebellion
Which of the following was the first to encounter the Pacific Ocean?
Balboa
The Wilmot Proviso sought to
Ban slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico.
English involvement in the slave trade was stimulated by the development of plantations in
Barbados
Slavery in south Carolina was closely patterned after slavery in
Barbados and the Caribbean
Which of the following was a victory for the Americans in the War of 1812?
Battle of Lake Erie
Thomas Bray
Believed it would be better to Christianize and educate slaves than to set them free
Congress sent ___ to secure aid from France
Benjamin Franklin
Who of the following did NOT serve in the Washington administration?
Benjamin Franklin
Which of the following is NOT true of Andrew Jackson
He staunchly defended state rights
. Which of the following was NOT a motivation for General Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania?
He thought a victory would lead the slaves states of Maryland and Delaware to join the Confederacy
Native Americans first thought of horses as
Big dogs
War Hawks wanted to invade Canada in order to
Block the flow of arms and supplies to Indians
War hawks wanted to invade Canada in order to
Block the flow of arms and supplies to Indians
Although the Townshend Duties were repeated, British troops fired on demonstrators in
Boston
The citizenry of ____, to protest the Stamp Act, took matters into their own hands through demonstrations, rioting, and destroying the home of lieutenant governor.
Boston
The first Puritan settlement was
Boston
"On that night the foundation of American independence was laid", were John Adam's referring to the
Boston Massacre
The most effective form of protest used by the colonists was
Boycotts of british goods
____ received more African slaves than any other location
Brazil
Mormons were led to Utah by?
Brigham Young
By the 1730s ___ ships controlled the largest share of African slave trade
British
Pontiac's uprising, consisting of 18 Indian nations, proved closely for the
British
Before any compromise could be reached between congress and the parliament, a military course of action was taken when
British General Gage ordered troops to round up rebels at Concord
The most humiliating episode of the war came with the
British destroyed the White house and the Capitol.
The embargo act of 1807 was passed in retaliation for the
British vessel's attack on the U.S.S Chesapeake
The Embargo Act of 1807 was passed in retaliation for the
British vessel's attack on the U.S.S. Chesapeake.
With Democrats reduced to a minority, Republicans were able to pass long-desired legislation, including all of the following EXCEPT:
Civil Rights legislation.
German immigrants were most likely to settle
On the frontier fringe and establish new farms.
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman are associated with an early settlement in
Oregon.
To improve the moral climate of Georgia, the trustees
Outlawed the sale and consumption of alcohol
The American Colonization Society
Paid for a small number of free blacks to settle in Monrovia, Liberia
Which of the following was NOT true of Edmund Genet?
He was captured by the French and executed as an enemy of the Revolution.
According to _____, poor European immigrants flourished and were revitalized by "a new mode of living, a new social system" in America.
Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
Nancy Ward
Held a prominent social and political position among the Cherokee
The election of 1844 pitted
Henry Clay against James K. Polk
The House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams as the winner of the 1824 election when
Henry Clay gave him his support
The architect of the Missouri Compromise was
Henry Clay.
In in the 1850s., ____ was known for environmentally sensitive views and emphasis on individualism.
Henry David Thoreau
The leading Transcendentalists were Ralph Waldo Emerson and
Henry David Thoreau
Dutch East India Company hired _____________ to find a northern passage to china?
Henry Hudson
On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered near Sutter's Mill by
Henry William Bigler.
Which of the following Jacksonian era writers was NOT known for their attention to regional identity?
Herman Melville
Colonial demographics were noted for all of the following except
High divorce rates
At the middle of the nineteenth century, Southern plantations and the slave system were sustained by
High prices for cotton on the world market
In 1837 ____ became secretary of the first state board of education
Horace Mann
Introduction of ___ revolutionized the living patterns of the Cheyenne, Shoshone and Comanche
Horses
Competition for land by both Indian and white settlers
Ideas about slavery and race
Virginia's Negro Act of 1705 included all of the following EXCEPT
If a slave owner beat a slave to death, he would be charged with a felony
The first attacks on the stamp act, or the "Virginia Resolves" were made by
Patrick Henry
A very anti British interpretation of the Boston Massacre was produced & described by
Paul Revere
The astounding American victory at Saratoga
Paved the way for alliances with France
The "Declaration of Sentiments" expressed women's right to all of the following EXCEPT to
Pay to equal men.
Which of the following was called "the best poor man's country"?
Pennsylvania
Mestizo refers to a
Person of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry
During the crisis over pay, Washington___
Persuaded his office to work with congress and secured a reasonably settlement
" The Circular Letter"
Petitioned the king to check the unconstitutional acts of parliament.
" The Circular Letter" Petitioned the king to check the unconstitutional acts of parliament.
Petitioned the king to check the unconstitutional acts of parliament.
The president of the first continental congress was
Peyton Randoph
The first Continental congress met at
Philadelphia
The largest city in the colonies was
Philadelphia
Spain added the overseas empire of Portugal to its own during the reign of
Philip II.
Robert Fulton
Pioneered steam navigation on American rivers
Gabriel
Plotted a slave rebellion in Virginia
Local battles over debt, currency, and credit issues hit which area the hardest?
Port cities such as New York and Philadelphia
The dramatic rise in the number of slaves can be attributed to
Increased demand for cotton and available western lands
Common Sense advocated
Independence and a republican form of government
Which of the following were bitterly antagonistic to the French?
Iroquois
What policy did the Japanese adopt toward Westerners?
Isolation
Which of the following is NOT true of the Non-Intercourse Act?
It did not have the support of the Democratic-Republicans
The fall of Fort Ticonderoga was important because
It secured the Hudson Valley against a British attack from the North
Which of the following Europeans did NOT engage extensively in the African slave trade?
Italians
_____________ is believed to be the first Englishman to cultivate Orinoco tobacco in Virginia
John Rolfe
The Cherokee anti-Treaty Party was lead by
John Ross
Barbed attacks on the british governor's financial policies were led by
John Wilkes
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was led by
John Winthrop.
The dramatic religious revival in Northampton, Massachusetts, was led by
Jonathan Edwards
Efforts to establish an overload supply route from Arizona to California were led by
Juan Bautista de Anza
"You have been robbed of your property, incarcerated, chased, murdered, and hunted like wild beasts...to me is entrusted the work of breaking the chains of your slavery," were the words of
Juan Cortina justifying his leadership of Tejano resistance and retaliation against whites in Rio Grande Valley
Coronado's expedition was followed by the expedition of
Juan de Oñate
All of the following were important Kansas cities with rail connections used by cattlemen EXCEPT
Juarez
The case of Marbury vs. Madison established
Judicial Review
The first western state to abolish property qualifications for voting was
Kentucky.
Which of the following was NOT a disastrous engagement for the Continental Army in the South?
King's Mountain
Which city was severely affected by both a great plague and a great fire in the mid-1660s
London
The conditions slaves on the frontier found especially intolerable was the
Loneliness and isolation from the African-American community
The most objectionable part of Sugar Act to most Americans was the
Loss of the right to a trial by jury
What single European monarch dominated European affairs for decades in the late 1660s?
Louis XIV
As a result of the Missouri Compromise, __________ entered the union as a free state.
Maine.
Through the Messapians, ___________ became the basis of the agricultural revolution in the eastern woodlands.
Maize
The evils of racial and gender prejudice were denounced in the sermons of the charismatic preacher.
Maria Stewart
The black hawk war
Marked the end of armed indian resistance north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi
The convention of Seneca Falls
Marked the first time that American women had come together to argue for their own rights
Whig candidates for president in 1836 included all of the following EXCEPT
Martini Van Buren
Which of the following was NOT a term of the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
Martinique and Guadalupe were retained by Great Britain
The Vindication of Rights of Women was written by
Mary Wollstonecraft
Which of the following was NOT considered a middle colony?
Maryland
The Great smallpox epidemic which swept across North America in the 1770s had its first outbreak at
Massachusetts
Squanto was instrumental in securing the help from the village controlled by
Massoit
For the Sioux, the most highly prized trade items were
Muskets
The fledging colonial whaling industry was centered on/in
Nantucket island
The __________ joined forces with the Wampanoag during Metacom's War.
Narragansett
Which of the following was NOT a center of American settlement in the Old Southwest immediately after the Revolutionary War?
Natchez
The text argues that the War of 1812 was fought for
National Expansion
The first national worker's organization was the
National Trades Union.
Which of the following was NOT a factor in the natural increase in a colonial population?
Near complete absence of epidemic disease
The first Jewish people to settle in Mainland North America settled in
New Amsterdan
Which of the following was the most ethnically diverse colony?
New Amsterdan
Considering the large influx of non-English immigrants, ___ remained the most homogeneous
New England
The mechanized textile industry was concentrated in
New England
General John Sullivan crushed an uprising in
New Hampshire.
Slavery survived until 1846 in the northern state of
New Jersey
The first northern state to revoke the voting rights of free blacks was
New Jersey
Juan de Onate was instrumental in developing the Spanish province of
New Mexico
During the course of war with France and Spain which of the following was NOT captured by the British?
New Orleans and Louisiana
French Huguenots settled in the largest numbers in
New York
Gradual emancipation of slaves was used in New Jersey and
New York
"Republican Mother" referred to the
New role played by elite women in society and politics
"Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania" raised the issue of
No taxation without representation
_____ attempted to create a standard American English with his American Spelling Book
Noah Webster
The smallest concentration of slaves was found in
North America colonies
James Madison commented that the greatest division in the United States was between
North and South
Which of the following is true of Battle of Bull Run in 1861?
Northerners came to realize that suppression of the rebellion would not be easy.
Which of the following was NOT a food crop domesticated and cultivated by Archaic Indians?
Oats
The first college to accept men and women, black and white, was
Oberlin.
The first powerful Mesoamerican culture was the
Olmec
The United States government encouraged settlement in Oregon by
Surveying and mapping Oregon trail
The Confederacy planned to be victorious by
Surviving the Union's military assault
Which women's suffrage leaders was arrested for attempting to vote in the 1872 Presidential election?
Susan B. Anthony
To stifle opposition to the war, Abraham Lincoln
Suspended the writ of habeas corpus
The English established Jamestown on land controlled by the Indian chief
Powhatan
The British government established the Proclamation Line of 1763 to
Prevent another costly war that settlement could provoke
The architect and sponsor of Portugal's overseas expansion was
Prince Henry
The Confederacy financed its war effort with all of the following means EXCEPT
Printing vast quantities of largely worthless money
How were the temples of the Aztecs most important to them in their expansion?
Prisoners were sacrificed at the temples to placate the gods
The Emancipation Proclamation
Proclaimed all freedom of all slaves in the Confederate territory
Temperance reformers supported
Prohibition of alcohol
Chaco Cayon flourished as the center of Anasazi culture until
Prolonged drought forced them to move
Sylvester Graham
Promoted a diet of wheat, flour, and fruit
An unexpected result of the Embargo act was the
Promotion of industrialization at home
The Albany Congress
Proposed a colonial confederation to oversee matters of common interest
William Lloyd Garrison
Published the antislavery newspaper The Liberator
The primary Native-American group in New Mexico was the
Pueblo
The largest and most successful struggle for liberation took place along the upper Rio Grande among the
Pueblo.
Peter Minuit
Purchased Manhattan Island and established New Amsterdam
Henry Clay's "American System" included all of the following EXCEPT
Quota restrictions on immigration
Which of the following was NOT a postwar economic problem?
Rapidly rising prices for goods and services
The enlightenment encouraged
Religious tolerance
Benito Juarez, President of Mexico,
Remained an ally of the United States
The effects of "old world" diseases in the Americas helped prompt Europeans to?
Replace native West Indians working on plantations with African slaves
With the passage of the Tea Act of 1773, Parliament intended to
Rescue the financially struggling East India Company.
The Northwest Ordinance did which of the following?
Reserve land for indian tribes
During the 1850's, Tejanos.
Retained cultural influence throughout Texas
During the 1850s, Tejanos
Retained cultural influence throughout Texas
After stinging defeats at congress and Guilford Courthouse, Cornwallis
Retreated to Yorktown to be resupplied by the Royal Navy
The restoration refers to
Return to power of Stuart monarchy under Charles II
In Alton, Illinois, the outspoken abolitionist __________ was murdered by a mob.
Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy
The Louisiana Purchase
Reversed the roles of Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
Jackson's Spoils System
Rewarded his supporters with prominent jobs
All the states were represented at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia EXCEPT
Rhode Island
The principal cash crop of South Carolina was
Rice
The Grand Banks were
Rich fishing grounds off New Foundland
Much of the territorial dispute between Spain and the United States centered on
Right of access and navigation on the Mississippi
The utopian community of the New Harmony
Robert Owen
Which of the following left a family heritage of slave ownership to become an antislavery advocate?
Sarah Grimke
President Johnson forced a showdown with Congress when he deliberately violated the Tenure of Office Act by firing
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
Moses Austin
Secured permission from Spain to settle 300 families in Texas.
For Washington's soldiers, a major concern as the war wound down was down was-
Securing the back pay and benefits promised them by congress.
In planning to deal with the defeated rebel states, President Andrew Johnson wanted to
See members of the planter elite humiliated
Runaway slaves often found refugees in Florida among the
Seminole
Osceola led violent resistance to removal among the
Seminole.
The first conference devoted to the status of women was held in 1848 at
Seneca Falls, New York
Fort Mandan
Served as winter quarters for the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Deborah Sampson
Served in the enlisted ranks disguised as a man
The Rush-Bagot Agreement and the pending Convention of 1818
Set the U.S.-Canadian border
The new religious sect,____ forbade intercourse and substituted the church for the family
Shakers
The Trent affair
Shattered the fragile relations between Great Britain and the Confederacy
Of all the items brought to New Mexico by the Spanish, _________ has the most immediate impact on the society and economy.
Sheep
Slavery in the Chesapeake region
Shifted to skilled labor and craft trades
By the mid-eighteenth century, the most prosperous segment of the New England colony was
Shipbuilding
Many New Englanders, finding it hard to make a traditional living on farms,increasingly looked for jobs in
Shoe factories and textile mills
Many New Englanders, finding it hard to make a traditional living on farms, increasingly looked for work in
Shoe factories and textile mills.
Sacagawea was
Shoshone
The route between Western civilization and china was known as the
Silk road
The rural southern white population remained ethnically homogenous because
Slave labor discouraged settlement by new immigrants from Europe
The supreme court in the Dred Scott decision in effect ruled
Slavery was a nationwide institution and could only be prohibited by the states.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?
Slavery was banned in Washington D.C.
Why did the Europeans find non-overland routes to Asia?
Societies in the Middle East cut off the silk Road
According to the text, western land settlement
Solidified ideas about the white supremacy
The British northern strategy
Sought to split New England from the rest of the colonies
"The Ellis Island of black America" was in
South Carolina
Although blacks did not gain control of any state governments, they did possess a majority in the legislative lower house of
South Carolina
The highest proportion of enslaved workers occurred in
South Carolina
The high tariff of 1828 was dubbed by the "Tariff of Abominations by
Southern Cotton Planters
Democratice Republicans believed Jay's treaty would harm
Southern Planters
George Washington's strongest asset in taking command of the continental army was his
Southern roots which would help ensure southern support
Which of the following was NOT a motivation for England's entry into America in the late 1500s?
Spain recruited England as an ally in their conflicts with France.
In 1783, Britain surrendered east and west Florida to
Spain.
George Whitefield
Sparked a widespread religious revival in the American colonies
The most troubling element of the Columbian exchange for Florida's Indians was the
Spread of livestock farming
Grenville shifted from Indirect taxation to direct taxation with the
Stamp Act
Grenville's most important reform was the
Stamp Act
How were electors to the electoral college to be chosen according to the Constitution?
State Legislators chose them
As New England grew and prospered, women
Steadily lost economic and legal ground in relation to men
According to the text, the steady growth of the slave population
Stemmed from the strength of the slave family
The largest slave uprising in colonial North America occurred at
Stono, South Carolina
The major trade items of Georgia and South Carolina included all the following EXCEPT
Sugar
In addition to the Marquis de Lafayette, Washington was ably served by other foreign offers including all of the following EXCEPT
Thomas Conway
In the 1880 election, _____ was characterized as a godless supporter of the French Revolution.
Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following is credited with actually writing the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington's secretary of state was
Thomas Jefferson.
The author of the influential pamphlet COMMON SENSE was
Thomas Paine
The great pit dug at the San Antonio plaza was used
To bury items of war as a gesture of peace and New Friendship
Congress initially created the navy
To capture British supply ships
Why did Spanish and Portuguese Christians unite in the 1400s?
To drive Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula
After 1710, the Chesapeake area's most important crop was
Tobacco
Which of the following was NOT part of the royal African company's triangle trade?
Tobacco and rice from North America to Africa
What was the name of the Japanese ruling family encountered by Europeans?
Tokugawa
After the humiliating retreat from New York, Washington restored morale to his army with victories at Princeton and
Trenton
Spain was a Catholic country.
True
Which of the following is true of disturbances in Hudson Valley
They quickly expanded to include grievances over land rights and political reform
Which of the following was NOT one of the core values of early American Victorianism?
They scorned the exclusive pursuit of profits.
Why were the Viking settlers unable to stay in North America?
They were not welcomed by the native people
Slavery was abolished by the
Thirteenth Amendment
The Panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following EXCEPT
The collapse of the Bank of the United States
The "Trail of Tears" referred to
The forced movement of the Cherokee and other Indian tribes to Indian Territory
Statehood for Missouri was delayed by debate over
The future of slavery in the state.
Slaves in the Stono Rebellion had been encouraged to revolt by
The governor of Spanish Florida
The culture, society, and commerce of Pennsylvania were largely influenced by
The growing influx of Germans
By the mid-eighteenth century, Britain's mainland colonies represented
The largest concentration of humans that had ever occupied a single portion of the continent
Which area has the most diverse economy?
The middle colonies
Which of the following was NOT a common thread in the varied state constitutions during the revolution?
They eliminated property qualifications for voting and holding office
Pennsylvania's progressive Frame of Government allowed for all the following EXCEPT
a strong legislative assembly.
The New Jersey Plan called for a
Unicameral legislature with states represented equally
The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was organized primarily to help farmers
Unite to challenge discriminatory railroad rates
In the case of McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court
Upheld federal power over state power
The Whigs drew their greatest support from... EXCEPT
Urban Workers
The former Philadelphia tailor who led the Knights of Labor and defined labor organizing the late 1800s was
Uriah Stevens
The first state admitted after the original 13 was
Vermont
Among state governments, the first revolutionary state constitution was adopted by
Virgina
Slave households in _____ were especially hard hit by forced separations
Virginia
The first slaves in England's North American colonies were in
Virginia
____ lifted the ban on manunmission
Virginia
Vasco da Gama
Voyaged all the way to India and brought back a cargo of spices
In 1864, congress put forward its own plan for Reconstruction in the
Wade-Davis Bill
Who was the author of Leaves of Grass?
Walt Whitman
England's first American colony at Roanoke was established by
Walter Raleigh
Christian Priber
Wanted to establish a multiracial "paradise" in southern Appalachia for Indians, Africans, and Europeans
The Aztec were known as ____________ people
Warring
Denmark Vesey
Was accused of plotting a slave revolt in charleston.
Biddy Mason is a remarkable person in California's history because she
Was an enslaved women who successfully sued for her freedom, etc.
General George McClellan
Was dismissed by Lincoln for incompetence
"The Burned-Over District" referred to
Western New York which had been swept up by the numerous religious revival moments
The Spanish began colonizing Texas primarily
as a buffer zone against French expansion from Louisiana.
Richard Hakluyt is best known
as a promoter and publicist for English overseas expansion.
Sebastian Vizcaino
attempted to establish connections and trade between Spain and Japan
In the early 1700s, England and France competed to break Spain's control over the
lower Mississippi River area.
In North Carolina the most important export was
lumber and naval stores
The Declaratory Act
made it clear that the basic issues of colonial taxation had not been resolved
William Tecumseh Sherman
marched through Georgia and burned Atlanta
The "Paxton Boys"
massacred peaceful Conestoga Indians near Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Of the various stages from freedom in Africa to slavery in the America, the highest mortality rate came during the
middle passage of crossing the Atlantic.
As drafted , the Constitution would go into effect when?
nine states gave their approval.
As drafted, the Constitution would go into affect when
nine states gave their approval.
It is estimated that during much of the war, as many as _____ of Confederate soldiers were absent without leave.
one-third
In the North, the Emancipation Proclamation
opened the way for the recruitment of black men into the U.S. Army.
The Annapolis Convention
paved the way for calling a national convention to reform the government.
Joseph Plumb Martin's complaints centered upon the issue of
payment for military service
Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the "Star Spangled Banner" by the
battle for Baltimore
Grenville decided to keep a large Garrison in the American colonies
because it would keep young men employed overseas rather than jobless at home
Joseph Brant
believed that alcohol was destroying the Native-American culture.
Andrew Jackson vetoed the charter of the Bank of the United States because he
blamed it for causing the Panic of 1819.
The confederacy financed its war effort with all the following means EXCEPT:
borrowing heavily from Great Britain and France
Instrumental to the survival of New Mexico in the 1600s was the
persistence of Franciscan missionaries who pressured the government not to abandon the territory.
The underlying cause of Bacon's Rebellion was the
planter class's exclusive hold on political and economic power
The Oneida Community
practiced communal sex unions and "complex marriages."
The highly priced luxury goods of the Asians were most important for European expansion because they
provided a motivation to take to the seas
The second Confiscation Act
provided that slaves of rebel masters shall be forever free
Hernando de Soto
ravaged the northern Gulf coast and the southeastern woodlands in a quest for treasure.
The major issue between presidential candidates in the election of 1832 was
rechartering the Bank of the United States
Grenville hoped the Sugar Act would
reduce smuggling and increase revenue
George Calvert established Maryland as a colony in America
refuge for English Catholics.
During the reigns of James I and Charles I,
religious and economic forces prompted many English to migrate overseas.
The glorious revolution had its origins
religious intolerance and fears of rule by a Catholic King
French overseas expansion had been delayed for some years because of
religious upheaval at home
The division of the world laid out in the Treaty of Tordesillas
represented the church's views on the global place pf religion
In the early 1800's in lowcountry (coastal) region of South Carolina _______ became the chief cash crop produced by slave labor.
rice
Southern whites who cooperated with northern Republicans were labeled
scalawags
Columbus mistakenly thought the world was
smaller than it actually is.
After the Indian defeat in Metacom's War, many of the surviving Indians were confined to enclaves or
sold as slaves in the West Indies.
Jefferson argued that only
states could create and charter financial institutions
Social, economic, and geographic divisions among the colonies were
steadily overcome by the perception of a government conspiracy to deprive the colonists of their liberties
The case of Elizabeth Key best demonstrates the
steady movement toward lifetime servitude
The use of African slaves as agricultural laborers was tied to the development of European __________ production.
sugar
While the fate of the "Lost Colony" on Roanoke remains a mystery, evidence suggests the
survivors had joined the nearby Croatan Indians
In disputes over land titles held by Californios and Tejanos, United States courts
tended to disregard the validity of the titles
Joseph Brant believed
that alcohol was destroying the native-american culture
As a parting shot at the former colonies, the British government restricted trade with America and
the British West Indies.
At Sand Creek,
the Colorado Militia massacred Cheyenne Indians.
The lower Midwest retained strong cultural ties to
the South.
The text asserts that the Confederation government was transformed into a sovereign ruling body by
the acquisition of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The panic of 1819 was tied to
the collapse of the Bank of the United States.
Within the Confederacy, strong pro-Union sympathies could be found among all of the following groups or areas EXCEPT:
the commercial class of St. Louis, Missouri
Walt Whitman's writings celebrated
the courageous instinct that moved brave people west.
After years of marginal survival, Jamestown prospered with
the introduction of the profitable crop tobacco.
Under Jefferson's presidency
the power of the federal government was expanded.
Ordinary Southerners resented conscription because
the wealthy could pay for a substitute or were exempted from service
A persistent problem for frontier farmers was
debts that made them vulnerable to economic depressions.
After King William's War, the Iroqouis
decided to remain neutral.
The Navigation Acts
defined the economic relationship of the colonies and mother country
The largest forced movement in human history was the
deportation of Africans to the Americas
After the Whig triumph in 1840, William Henry Harrison
died one month after taking office.
A very anti-british interpretation of the Boston Massacre was produced and
distributed by Paul Revere
The treaty of Tordesillas
divided the world between Spain and Portugal
What did Spanish and Portuguese Christians unite to do in the 1400s?
drive Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula
In 1835, one out of every ____ Texans was a native of Mexico
eight
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
encouraged French exploration of North America on an unprecedented scale.
The Compromise of 1877 which secured the election of Rutherford B. Hayes to the presidency
ended Reconstruction with the withdrawal of all remaining federal troops.
Antietam. Perryville, and the Emancipation Proclamation
ended any hope of diplomatic recognition for the Confederacy
Although the Pueblo Revolt was ultimately crushed, it succeeded in
ending the system of forced labor and tribute.
The Northwest Ordinance did which of the following?
establish the process by which a territory would become a state
Another Italian, John Cabot
established England's claim to North America
By the mid-nineteenth century, the Midwest family farm had become dependent on
expensive machinery
The most intense opposition to the 1807 embargo came from
federalist -dominated New England
In the 1840s, it is estimated that one family in _______ moved every year.
five
One of the earliest slave uprisings occurred
in New York City
Christopher Columbus
tried to reach Asia by sailing West from Europe
A plan of government drafted by the Carolina proprietors
tried to recreate the feudal hierarchy of medieval times.
One of Columbus's major miscalculations was his
underestimation of the size of the earth.
An impressive feature of the Hopewell culture was its
vast trading network.
By 1700, race slavery was
was accepted throughout the mainland colonies
Children fathered by a freeman and born to a slave woman
inherited the mother's slave status after laws had been changed
Many Americans believed the debt, credit, and currency problems could be solved by
issuing a generous supply of paper money.
Why was manioc an important crop domesticated and cultivated by Archaic Indians?
it yields a nutritious starch
Belle Boyd
kept track of U.S troop movements and spied for the Confederacy
Ferdinand Magellan
led an expedition which circumnavigated the globe
Daniel Shay
led indebted Massachusetts farmers to shut down courts by armed force.
Many in New England believed the violence and upheaval of the late 1600s
was evidence of God's disfavor and divine judgment.
The house of Burgesses
was the earliest representative legislature in North America
Sarah Hale
was the first woman to edit an American periodical.
Copperheads
were sympathetic to the confederacy
That large burial mounds built by pre-Columbian Native-American civilizations suggests above all that they
were too complex and powerful societies
Most of the upper South joined the Confederacy
when Lincoln called up troops to quell the civil uprising.
The Second Part system featured intense political competition between Democrats and
whigs
The Fourteenth Amendment did all of the following EXCEPT
abolish slavery
In the election, the Whig party began to unreval after the issue of___ became important.
abolition
Planters gained a further from the slave system when
A new law decreed that any investor buying slaves was entitled to a headright of land for each slave
Montezuma initially suspected the Herman Cortez was
A returning God
Which of the following was NOT an ingredient for the American Revolution?
A robust agricultural economy
Define the term travois
A sled pulled by horses.
By 1870, Chinese laborers represented __________ of the work force in California.
25 percent
When Louis XIV died in 1715, the colonial population of Louisiana stood at
300
Out of the population of several million, about___________slaves tried to escape each year.
50,000
As many as ____ of Californian Chinese women were forced into prostitution
60 percent
At the arrival of Columbus, North America was inhabited by about _______ people.
7 million
Who shot and killed Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
According to the text, the genius of the Republican party resided in it's
Ability to create and maintain an alliance among disparate ideological and social groups.
Initially a slave would be freed if they
Accepted Christianity
Nativists
Accused immigrants of stealing jobs by working for low wages and corrupting American values
Which voyage occurred first?
Admiral Zheng He's explorations
Which of the following replaced the native West Indians who worked Spanish plantations when they died off?
African Slaves.
Europeans obtained most african slaves through
African merchants along the coast
Inaugurating a new era of expansionism in 1867, Secretary of State William Seward purchased
Alaska
George Washington's secretary of treasury was
Alexander Hamilton
The Federalists were seriously crippled by the untimely death of
Alexander Hamilton
The author of Democracy in America was
Alexis de Tocqueville.
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions opposed the
Alien and Sedition act
The Alien and Sedition Acts
All of the above
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of (1854) wreaked havoc on the Plains Indians by
All of the above
The National Women's Suffrage Association focused their efforts on
All of the above
The New York City riot was caused by
All of the above
The "hard war" policy developed in 1864 by the United States included
All of the above.
The slaves' Congo Square music gave rise to which American musical styles?
All of the above.
Which of the following is true of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
All of these options are true
In 1750 , over Oglethorpe's objections, the trustees of Georgia
Allowed the importation and exploitation of slaves
Which political party ran former President Millard Fillmore as its nominee in the 1856 election?
American (know- nothings)
The term "manifest destiny" was associated with
American efforts to conquer the continent.
The Ethiopian Regiment was made up of
American slaves who volunteered to fight for the British in exchange for freedom
Which of the following is NOT part of the Transcontinental Treaty of 1819?
Americans were permitted to settle in Texas and Mexico
Who of the following was the first to realize Columbus had discovered a "New World"?
Amerigo Vespucci
The British Ordinance was defined as
A cache of weapons and supplies
In the years, immediately following the Civil War, the leading naturalist and conservative was?
John Muir
The Primary source of labor for building the Central Pacific Railroad was
Chinese workers imported from Guangdong Province
The distinguished American naval hero of the war was
John Paul Jones
The architect of the Monroe Doctrine was
John Quincy Adams
With the archaeological finds at Clovis, New Mexico, scientists have evidence of human habitation as far back as ______ years ago.
14,000
Which of the following argued the Amistad case?
John Quincy Adams
Robert Morris experimented with opening new trade relations with
China
The Burlingame Treaty was with
China
Figures are not certain, but it is estimated that ______ million Africans were brought to the Americas as slaves.
10 million
Abraham Lincoln's plan would allow former rebel states to form new governments when
10 percent of the voting population of 1860 pledged allegiance to the United States and renounced slavery.
What best describes the survival rate in Jamestown in the first decade of settlement?
10%
To reward veterans of the War of 1812, congress granted
160 acres of land in the western territories
The largest ancient earthwork in North America is found at
Cahokia
Under terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded the province of New Mexico which includes land in all the present states EXCEPT
California
The Resumption Act of 1875
Called for the government to continue to withdraw paper greenbacks.
The text notes that hardships and unsettled existence of laborers was typified by
Canal Workers
David Farragut
Captured Mobile, Alabama
The highly priced luxury goods of the medieval Europeans came from the distant country called
Cathay
All of the following were founders of the Equal Rights Association EXCEPT
Catherine Beecher
___articulated a vision of womanhood based on self-sacrifice and family obligations.
Catherine Beecher
The British commander of the final stages of the southern campaign was
Charles Cornwallis
The coalition of Radical Republicans was led by
Charles Summer and Thaddeaus Stevens
The opening shots of the Civil War were at
Charleston, South Carolina
As a result of service during the war of 1812 the ___ earned the respect of many Americans
Cherokee
Why were bottomlands important for the rise of the Messapians?
Corn grew well in the bottomland soil.
Expansion of slavery westward was fueled by ___ production.
Cotton
The king of the staple crops became
Cotton
According to the text, the symbol of the emerging American economy should be
Cotton boll
For the revolution to be a success, Americans not only had to achieve a military victory, they also had to
Create a viable plan for self-government
John Eliot
Created an Indian bible
It is generally believed that the earliest inhabitants of North America.
Crossed the Bering land bridge into America from Asia.
One of the most promising new fields for understanding ancient humans is
DNA research
Which of the following was instrumental in leading settlers through the Cumberland Gap?
Daniel Boone
Which of the following tried to amend bills appropriating money to fund the Mexican War to state that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist" in areas obtained from Mexico?
David Wilmot
General Horatio Gates
Defeated Burgoyne at Saratoga and captured his entire army
William Henry Harrison
Defeated Tecumseh ad Tenskwatawa at Tippecanoe
In response to the supreme court's rulings in the Cherokee cases, Andrew Jackson
Defied the court and sent troops to enforce the removal of the Cherokee
The system of sharecropping which emerged after the Civil War
Defined Southern cotton production well into the twentieth century
The St. Lawrence River region was explored by
Jacques Cartier
According to the text, which of the following did NOT reveal the deepening national political crisis in the election of 1856?
James Buchanan was elected to the presidency
The person who negotiated the purchase of the area south of Gila River was
James Gadsden
The Bill of Rights was drafted by
James Madison
The president most associated with the Era of Good Feelings is
James Monroe
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
Jamestown
Which of the following is credited with being the chief architect of French mercantilism?
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
The "Father of American Geography" was
Jedidah Morse
Delegates at the Montgomery convention elected ____ as president of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
In 1853, secretary of war ______, oversaw the purchase of additional land from Mexico.
Jefferson Davis
The British commander who despised indians and intended to alter relations in the North American interior to reflect Britain's triumph was
Jeffrey Amherst
most active religious order in New France was the
Jesuits
In the constitutional convention, a leading proponent of a system of checks and balances was
John Adams
The architect of the more conservative constitution was
John Adams
In retaliation for a pro slavery raid on the Free-Soiler's town of Lawrence, Kansas, ______ led a murderous raid on the proslavery settlement on Pottowatamie Creek.
John Brown
"I... am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land: will never be purged away: But with Blood" was said by
John Brown just before his execution for the attack he led on Harper's Ferry
The invasion from Canada was led by
John Burgoyne
Which of the following was NOT a presidential candidate in the 1824 election?
John C. Calhoun
_________ advocated that states could reject federal laws through nullification.
John C. Calhoun
English Puritans followed the teachings and doctrines of
John Calvin
_________ profited from oil refining during the war.
John D. Rockerfellar
In protest to the Revenue Act of 1766 ___ authored the "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"
John Dickinson
The president of the Second Continental Congress was
John Hancock
Which of the following was NOT a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
The role of the Supreme Court and the extent of federal power were defined by the chief justice
John Marshall.
Who was the emperor when Marco Polo arrived in China?
Kublai Khan
The best evidence of cultural diversity among Archaic Indians is
Languages.
Dragging Canoe
Led a renegade band of Cherokee in attacks on American settlers.
Charles Deslondes
Led a slave revolt in 1811 that attempted to capture New Orleans
George Rogers Clark
Led a successful campaign against the British and Indian allies which culminated in the capture of Fort Vincennes.
New light
Led revival movements and inspired a new religious devotion in the colonies
Ethan Allen
Led the Green Mountain Boys and captured Fort Ticonderoga
James Wolfe
Led the successful campaign to capture Quebec
Around the year 1,000, a Viking colonial expedition, to North America was led by
Leif Erikson
The Glorious Revolution had
Limited the monarch's power and strengthened Parliament
Identify the Miami chief who conquered two American Generals before defeated at the battle of Fallen Timbers
Little Turtle
Among all the weaknesses of the continental army at winter quarters in Morristown, New Jersey, the most serious was
Little immunity to smallpox
The most advanced pre-Columbian Native-American civilizations were in
Meso- America
Which of the following countries was the Monroe Doctrine NOT specifically created as defense against?
Mexico
Which of the following was NOT one of the Five Civilized tribes of the southeast?
Miami
Which of the following was NOT one of the five civilized tribes of the southeast
Miami
Farms in which region of the country produced the food that fed the growing urban populations on the Atlantic coast?
Midwest
Although intended to win national support for Douglas's vision of a transcontinental railroad, the Kansas-Nebraska Act sacrificed the antislavery provisions of the
Missouri Compromise of 1850
In 1821, _______ began strictly enforcing their claims to Alaska.
Russia
Which of the following non-Dutch groups was NOT represented in the cosmopolitan culture of New Netherland?
Russians
The winner of the bruising and disputed election of 1876 was
Rutherford B. Hayes
The first president of the Republic of Texas was
Sam Houston
The radical leader of agitation in Boston was
Samuel Adams
Prominent among Nativists was
Samuel F. B. Morse
The author of the antislavery tract The Selling of Joseph was
Samuel Sewell
The first factory machinery in America was developed by
Samuel Slater
After weeks without a glimpse of land, Columbus's crew named the first land they spotted
San Salvador, after their Christian savior
In response to economic pressures, Parliament repealed all the Townshend Duties EXCEPT a tax on
Tea
All of the following were Border States which did not secede EXCEPT
Tennessee
The failed mountain state of Franklin became
Tennessee
The great metropolis and capital of the Aztec empire was
Tenochtitlan
The Prophet was the Shawnee leader
Tenskwatawa
Through warfare, raids, and conquest, the Comanche established firm control over most of modern
Texas
By the 1830s, two-thirds of the nation's cotton was produced in all of the following states EXCEPT
Texas.
Cato's Letters warned
That public corruptions and abuses were undermining the fragile balance achieved by the Glorious Revolution.
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Glorious Revolution in Massachusetts?
The Anglican Church was disestablished.
Which of the following is true of Battle of Bunker Hill?
The British sustained the highest casualty percentage of any battle during the war
Admiral Zheng He's ships were a sign that
The Chinese had been players in overseas expansion
At Chancellorsville,
The Confederacy lost Stonewall Jackson
Forty percent of african slaves crossing the Atlantic came from
The Congo- Angola hinterland
Forty percent of African slaves crossing the Atlantic came from
The Congo-Angola hinterland
The Spanish were challenged in California by all of the following EXCEPT:
The Netherlands
At the Hartford convention
The New England states threatened secession if the war did not end
As a result of growing trade with China, Americans established a claim to?
The Pacific Northwest
The Great Wagon Road led settlers and commerce from Pennsylvania to
The Piedmont of central Carolina
Which of the following was NOT part of the "Coercive Acts" designed to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party?
The Quebec Act, which made the Ohio valley part of Canada
The Spanish made little headway in assimilating the native population of The Texas Gulf Coast
The Texas Gulf Coast
Which of the following was NOT a provision of the peace treaty with Great Britain in 1783?
The United States must formally abandon its alliance with France
"War hawks" had the greatest support in
The West.
Farmers refusing to pay the federal taxes were known as
The Whiskey Rebellion
The term "Victorian" is associated with
The affluent and self-conscious middle class
Which of the following was a victory for the Americans in the war of 1812?
The battle of Lake Erie
A significant technological contribution of the Messapians was the use of
The bow and arrow
President Johnson implemented a plan for Reconstruction in 1865 that included all of the following EXCEPT:
The organizational activities of the Democratic Party were outlawed.
After France lost its possessions in North America, it looked for french prospects in
The pacific
North Carolina, simmering rural discontent exploded when
The planter-dominated assembly voted to spend public money on building the governer a new mansion.
The "devastation of the Indies" had the following consequences EXCEPT:
The region was opened to exploitation by Spain's European rivals.
The Yankee Strip refers to
The regions of the Midwest settled by migrants from New England.
By the mid-eighteenth century, the greatest concentration of colonial wealth was found in
The south
Rice plantations operated in
The task system
The industrial revolution was spearheaded by
The textile industry
John Jay was sent to negotiate a resolution to all of the following problems EXCEPT
The unresolved northern boundary of Louisiana
Washington's victory at Yorktown practically guaranteed
The victory of the French fleet over the British fleet at Chesapeake Bay
According to the terms of the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812,
The war was a draw and neither side conceded anything
A remarkable feature of the election of 1796 was
The winners of the presidency and vice presidency were from different parties
The confederacy's plan to win the war included all of the following EXCEPT:
Their many cotton mills would be employed to create uniforms and other essentials the military needed.
The British were finally forced out of Boston
When Washington acquired the artillery from Fort Ticonderoga
A new government led by Lord Rockingham repealed the Stamp Act
When british merchants, feeling the pinch of the colonial boycott, pressured Parliament to act
By 1834, the political opponents of Jackson had coalesced into the ___ party
Whig
John and Sarah Hughson were
Whites accused of inciting slave and working class unrest in New York
The long-time governor of the Plymouth colony was
William Bradford
The nemesis of Puritans in England was
William Laud, Bishop of London.
The leader of Tammany Hall in New York City and the symbol of the corrupt intertwining of government power and private economic interests was
William Tweed
Mexico fell under to the United States forces under the command of
Winfield Scott
The most influential and new quasi-political organization of the late eighteenth century were
Workingmen's associations
An alliance of lawyers, businessmen, and politicians known as the Santa Fe Ring
Wrested about 80 percent of the original Spanish grants from Hispanic land holders in New Mexico
In the 1850s about half the total Southern white population consisted of
Yeoman farmers
Which of the following is not correctly matched with name change after the Anglo-Dutch War?
Yonkers to Queens.
Amerigo's Vespucci description of the Americas as the "New World"
contradicted Columbus's views
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
crossed the Great Plains in search of Cibola, the city of gold
Which class was over-represented compared to their proportion of the English population in the first waves of settlers in Jamestown?
gentleman
The astounding result of the Congressional elections in 1866 shaped the future of Reconstruction by
giving Republicans a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress.
Which of the following was NOT an office held by David Crockett?
governor
Despite Southern dominance in all three branches of the federal government, slave owners feared they would lose political control because of the
growing number of free states
