APUSH Time Period 4: Chapters 11-17

In 1839, enslaved Africans rose up aboard the Spanish slave ship

Amistad

Canada became an important battleground in the War of 1812 because

British forces were weakest there.

The canal era of American history began with the construction of the

Erie Canal in New York.

"Varying Viewpoints" notes that Ulrich B. Phillips made certain claims about slavery that have been challenged in recent years. Which of the following is not one of his conclusions?

Slavery was comparable to the Nazi concentration camps.

The "Tippecanoe" in the Whigs' 1840 campaign slogan was

William Harrison.

Religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening resulted in

a strong religious influence in many areas of American life.

Transcendentalists believed that all knowledge came through

an inner light

n the first half of the nineteenth century, tax-supported schools were

chiefly available to educate the children of the poor.

As their main crop, southern subsistence farmers raised

corn

By 1860, three-quarters of all southern whites did not own slaves, but instead

eked out a living in the mountains and backcountry raising corn and hogs.

For women, life on the frontier was especially difficult because they

experienced extreme loneliness, and could go weeks without seeing another person

All of the following gave rise to a more dynamic, market-oriented, national economy in early nineteenth-century America except

government regulation of all major economic activity.

Noah Webster's dictionary

helped to standardize the American language

Whether they were propertied or landless, immigrants were often enticed to leave their homelands by

letters from family or friends in the U.S., bragging about easy opportunities for wealth

Andrew Jackson's inauguration as president symbolized the

newly won ascendancy of the masses.

In arguing for the continuation of slavery after 1830, southerners

placed themselves in opposition to much of the rest of the Western world.

Some southern slaves gained their freedom as a result of

purchasing their way out of slavery with money earned after hours.

Unitarians endorsed the concept of

salvation through good works

Most white southerners were

subsistence farmers

The idea of recolonizing blacks back to Africa was

supported by the black leader Martin Delaney

Andrew Jackson's Democratic political philosophy was based on his

suspicion of the federal government.

The Panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following except

taking the country off the gold standard.

With the demise of the Federalist party

the Democratic-Republicans established one-party rule

Writing about his observations of America and Americans as he traveled across the United States, the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville was most struck by

the general equality of condition among the people.

The War of 1812 was one of the worst fought wars in American history for all of the following reasons except that

the militia was never called up to supplement the regular army.

In early-nineteenth-century America, the

the urban population was growing at an unprecedented rate.

The Era of Good Feelings

was a misnomer, because the period was a troubled one.

As president, John Quincy Adams

was one of the least successful presidents in American history

Match each abolitionist below with his publication. A. William Lloyd Garrison 1. Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World B. Theodore Dwight Weld 2. The Liberator C. Frederick Douglass 3. Narration of the Life of ____ D. David Walker 4. American Slavery as It Is

A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1