PACE Social Studies American History 1125 Test
Henry Ward Beecher was a...
strong abolitionist and a liberal theologian.
Senator Stephen Douglas supported...
the doctrine of popular sovereignty.
John Brown raided...
the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
Write the PACE Scripture and reference.
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. Ephesians 5:19
What was the name given to Jackson's unofficial advisory group?
The "Kitchen Cabinet."
What are the two extremely important American revivals?
The Great Awakening and the Second Great Awakening.
What was Henry Clay called?
The Great Conpromiser.
What treaty ended the Mexican War?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What were the three major issues that divided the United States?
The US Bank, protective tariffs, and slavery.
What did the Webster-Ashburton Treaty settle?
The dispute over the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick.
What is the "Trail of Tears?"
What the Native Americans named their 1000 mile westward journey
Martin Van Buren was the first President to be...
born a citizen of the United States.
In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which...
called for exchange of Indian lands in the East for new reservation lands in the West.
The Dred Scott decision ruled that a slave...
could not gain freedom by being taken to a free state or territory.
The Rush-Bagot Agreement prohibited...
fortifications along the US and Canada border.
What did the US and Britain agree the northern border of Oregon Country was?
The 49th parallel.
What newspaper did Horace Greeley found?
The New York Tribune.
What area did the US and Mexico claim before the Mexican War?
The area between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River.
The Anti-Masonic Party was...
The first third party movement in US history.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote...
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Deism, transcendentalism, and unitarianism gave rise to...
the social gospel.
James K Polk campaigned on the slogan...
"Manifest Destiny."
The election of 1816 ushered in a period known as...
"The era of good feelings."
List the "Five Civilized Tribes."
1) Cherokee 2) Chickasaw 3) Choctaw 4) Creek 5) Seminole
List the three basic elements of the Monroe Doctrine.
1) No further European colonization in the new world. 2) Abstention of the US in European political affairs. 3) Nonintervention of Europe in the governments of the West.
List three issues over which Calhoun and Jackson disagreed.
1) Nullifications 2) States rights 3) Tariffs
The war of 1812 has been called...
America's second war for independence.
Who was the first president to be born in a log cabin?
Andrew Jackson
Who defeated the British fleet on Lake Erie?
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.
Who said "Liberty and Union now and forever, one and inseparable?"
Daniel Webster
Who wrote the words to the "Star Spangled Banner" in 1814?
Francis Scott Key
Who was the American commander at the Battle of New Orleans?
General Andrew Jackson
Who was the most famous agent of the underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman.
Who originated the theory of nullification?
John C Calhoun
Who believed the Constitution granted implied powers to the federal government?
John Marshall
Who invented the written Cherokee language?
Sequoyah
The Missouri Compromise was concerned with the issue of...
slavery.
Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spaulding were...
the first two white women to cross the Continental Divide.