US History Finale Quizzes
In what year was the first telegraph message transmitted?
1844
Jackson helped to bring an early end to the Bank of the United States by
beginning to deposit government funds in state banks rather than in the Bank of the United States.
How many states seceded from the Union during the Civil War?
eleven
Southern slave states sought to protect their national political interests by
ensuring an equal number of slave states and free states.
In proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen A. Douglas was initially most concerned about
establishing railroads.
"Clermont" was the name given to the large horse-drawn wagons that helped to improve America's transportation system in the early nineteenth century.
false
"Nativism" is defined as hatred of other people on the basis of their skin color.
false
Who invented a mechanical reaper to harvest grain?
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Who was the most successful evangelist in the burned-over district who attracted more-prosperous audiences?
Charles G. Finney
Of the candidates in the 1860 presidential election, the only one who tried to run a national campaign was
Douglas
In the first six months of 1857, President Buchanan dealt with
Dred Scott, the Lecompton Constitution, and an economic panic.
Ann Lee (Mother Ann Lee) was a leading advocate of women's suffrage.
false
As a result of Elizabeth Blackwell excelling in her studies at Geneva Medical College, the school opened its doors to women.
false
At the end of 1862 after the battle of Fredericksburg, the North held a clear military advantage.
false
By 1846, white Americans outnumbered Native Americans in California.
false
By 1860, the vast majority of enslaved adult African Americans had adopted the same Christian beliefs as their owners.
false
Chief Justice John Marshall proved to be a consistent supporter of states' rights over those of the federal government.
false
Copperheads were southerners who sympathized with the North.
false
Daniel Webster's famous quotation, "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable," was made in a speech denouncing Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road.
false
During his 1860 presidential campaign, Lincoln pledged to end slavery and free the slaves.
false
During the 1850s, the slave trade network within the United States dramatically decreased in profitability.
false
During the debate over the Compromise of 1850, Daniel Webster called on "a higher law than the Constitution" to demand the abolition of slavery.
false
During the economic depression following the Panic of 1837, Van Buren supported emergency government aid for the unemployed.
false
Elijah P. Lovejoy was murdered by a mob of pro-abolition zealots.
false
Enemies of the Bank of the United States included Nicholas Biddle.
false
Fighting during the Civil War never reached Kansas or the Indian Territory.
false
Four years after Congressman David Wilmot proposed it, the Wilmot Proviso became law as part of the Compromise of 1850.
false
Harrison's win in the presidential election of 1840 is attributed to his detailed economic plans and enthusiastic support for government spending to boost the economy.
false
In Commonwealth v. Hunt, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled all labor unions illegal.
false
In the South, state laws prohibited free blacks from owning black slaves.
false
Laws in all of the slave states banned the separation of enslaved African American families.
false
Many German immigrants left their homeland because of a potato famine in the 1840s.
false
More of the whites in the Midwest were illiterate than whites in any other part of the country during the years 1800-1860.
false
Most German immigrants in the 1850s were Jewish.
false
Most southern whites owned at least one slave.
false
Native resistance to the Indian Removal Act came largely from northern tribes.
false
Radical Republicans wanted to stop the war and let the South secede.
false
Sam Houston died at the Alamo.
false
Slave women were typically excused from doing work during pregnancy and while caring for infants.
false
In the election of 1864, Lincoln defeated
George B. McClellan
The idea of Manifest Destiny suggested that
God supported the expansion of the United States to the Pacific Ocean.
Which of the following statements accurately describes Andrew Jackson?
He actively campaigned among the people, unlike many candidates before him.
Which of the following is true of Robert Y. Hayne during the Webster-Hayne debate?
He believed that only the states had the right to nullify federal laws they disliked.
In McCullough v. Maryland, John Marshall did which of the following?
He denied that the states could tax a federal institution
Which of the following statements accurately describes James Monroe as president?
He established an important principle of American foreign policy.
Which is true of Jackson during his presidency?
He gave federal positions to friends and supporters.
Which of the following actions did Jackson take in regards to Native American rights?
He refused to enforce a Supreme Court decision in Native Americans' favor.
Which of the following did Zachary Taylor do as president?
He sought immediate admission of California and New Mexico as free states.
In the 1816 vote on the Bank of the United States,
Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun supported it, but Daniel Webster opposed it.
The election of 1824 was decided when
Henry Clay supported John Quincy Adams.
Slaves typically continued to dutifully serve their masters throughout the war, even when opportunities to escape to the Union army presented themselves.
false
Stephen A. Douglas was viciously beaten in response to an anti-slavery speech he gave in the Senate.
false
Stephen Austin sought to prevent Texas from becoming "Americanized" and to end the expansion of slavery.
false
The "burned-over district" was in the southernmost states.
false
The Confederacy's "anaconda" plan called for dividing the Union at the Ohio River.
false
The Eaton affair united Martin Van Buren and John C. Calhoun.
false
The Lowell system depended on a large, urban labor force.
false
The Mexican government immediately accepted American offers to purchase Texas in the 1820s.
false
The Monroe Doctrine was narrowly approved by Congress in 1823 and has remained international law ever since.
false
The Panic of 1819 was successfully halted by the effective actions of the Second Bank of the United States.
false
Which of the following nationalities comprised the largest immigrant groups in America in the two decades before the Civil War?
Irish and German
The Republican party was founded upon a commitment to extending slavery into the territories of the United States.
false
The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case upheld the concept of popular sovereignty.
false
The Tariff of 1816 benefited the Northeast and the South equally.
false
The Tariff of 1828 was dubbed the "Tariff of Abominations" because it hit northern industries hard and pleased only southerners.
false
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty settled a boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico.
false
The camp meeting was a new institution developed by the transcendentalists.
false
The first third party in presidential politics was the Whig party.
false
There were four Federalist candidates for the presidency in the election of 1824.
false
Transcendentalism was the basis of the Second Great Awakening and other religious revival movements of the pre-Civil War era.
false
Union forces won both battles of Bull Run.
false
While Sojourner Truth was a strong opponent of slavery, she did not support the women's rights movement.
false
Women who survived the long journey west in the 1840s typically enjoyed an easier life once settled than they had before relocation.
false
In the 1820s and 1830s, trade in the Northwest was dominated by
fur
According to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States
gained territory that would become the states of New Mexico and California, among others.
The Crittenden Compromise sought to
guarantee slavery where it already existed.
Which of the following statements accurately describes the Missouri Compromise?
It admitted Maine to the union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
Which of following accurately describes the federal government's role in regards to transportation improvements in the first half of the nineteenth century?
It bought stock in and gave land grants to some transportation companies.
In Dartmouth College v. Woodward, the Supreme Court did which of the following?
It expanded the definition of contracts and put them beyond state control.
Which of the following statements accurately describes the Donner Party in 1846-1847?
It experienced the death of many of its members from starvation in the snows of the Sierras.
Which of the following statements accurately describes the Emancipation Proclamation?
It freed slaves only in the states controlled by the Confederacy.
"Oregon fever" refers to
mass migration to the Oregon territory following the promise of free land to anyone who settled on and worked it.
The Know-Nothing Party was built on
nativism
The main opposition to the war with Mexico came from
northern Whigs and abolitionists
Which of the following statements accurately describes the practice of using the draft to raise an army during the Civil War?
It included controversial loopholes in both the North and South.
John C. Calhoun believed funding internal improvements, such as a network of roads and canals in the West, would
open trading relationships between the South and West.
To be considered a planter, one had to
own at least twenty slaves and a large amount of land.
The moral code of white southern males in the Old South emphasized
personal honor.
Small-scale southern farmers were often
poorly educated
What issue caused the violence known as "Bleeding Kansas"?
popular sovereignty on the question of slavery
The Wilmot Proviso called for
prohibiting slavery in land gained from war with Mexico.
Horace Mann was a leader in promoting
public schools
Jefferson Davis hoped to win the war by
pushing the Union to negotiate a settlement.
Abraham Lincoln stated that his "paramount object" was to
save the Union
Emigration to the Southwest in the early nineteenth century occurred because of
soil exhaustion
The Free-Soil party attracted members from all of the following groups EXCEPT
southern Democrats
The percentage of Americans who could vote increased between 1790 and 1820 because
states abolished many property and taxpaying requirements.
Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road Bill
struck at both Calhoun and Clay.
Before 1830, public opponents of slavery such as James Madison and Daniel Webster advocated for
the "repatriation" of freed blacks to Africa through the American Colonization Society.
As of 1860, the greatest mass migration in American history was
the California gold rush
Which of the following Native American groups did the U.S. government force to walk 800 miles west on the Trail of Tears?
the Cherokee
What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter
Thoreau wrote "Civil Disobedience" in reaction to
the U.S. declaration of war against Mexico
The statement "Cotton is King" was made by
James H. Hammond
Among Americans who fought in the Mexican War were all the following EXCEPT
James K. Polk
In 1828, the idea that a state could nullify an act of Congress was proposed by
John C. Calhoun.
The vice president during Andrew Jackson's first term as president was
John C. Calhoun.
Which was an outcome of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Lincoln became a national figure.
Which of the following accurately describes Norwegian immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century?
Many settled in the Upper Midwest, where they established farms and new towns.
By 1860, the Protestant denomination that had the greatest number of churches and had a significant number of African American followers were the
Methodists
The last major battle in the Mexican-American War was an American victory at
Mexico City
In the course of the Civil War, which of the following occurred?
More soldiers died of disease than in battle.
In California, the labor force in the Catholic missions consisted of
Native Americans
The Era of Good Feelings was brought to an end by the
Panic of 1819.
Which of the following characterizes professional work in the first half of the nineteenth century up to the Civil War?
Professional jobs were growing in number, with little formal academic training required for many positions.
Which of the following occurred during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862?
Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia
The first organized meeting for women's rights occurred at
Seneca Falls, New York.
Which of the following is true of the temperance movement in America?
Some supporters advocated absolutism in outlawing liquor, while others proposed personal moderation in consumption.
What was a result of Henry Clay's compromise in 1833?
South Carolina rescinded its nullification of the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
The Oregon Trail ran from
St. Louis to Oregon.
Leading advocates of popular sovereignty included
Stephen A. Douglas
Which of the following accurately describes Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century?
They often worked in dangerous and/or low-paying jobs and were viewed with contempt by established Americans.
Which of the following statements accurately describes the Whigs?
They supported economic nationalism.
By 1860, which of the following was true of most Protestant churches in the South?
They typically declared that slavery was a divinely ordained social system.
Belief in the benevolence of God, the inherent goodness of mankind, and the primacy of reason and rationalism characterized
Unitarianism.
In the election of 1844, James K. Polk won the nomination as the nation's first "dark horse" candidate because
Van Buren, who had been a leading candidate, opposed the annexation of Texas.
The three great Union victories of 1863 that seemed to turn the tide of the war were at
Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga.
The number of newspapers expanded in the antebellum period primarily because of
advances in printing technology.
To keep the government financially sound after the Panic of 1837, Van Buren proposed
an independent treasury
Which of the following was NOT an agricultural invention made before 1850?
artificial fertilizer
Prior to the Emancipation Proclamation, how were escaped slaves regarded by the Union army?
as contraband
Dorothea Lynde Dix was a leader in reforming the condition of
asylums for the mentally ill.
Which of the following events aided in the passage of the Compromise of 1850?
the death of Zachary Taylor
Which of the following was a result of the proliferation of railroads during the second quarter of the nineteenth century?
the emergence of new western settlements
Before the Civil War, white southerners often attempted to defend slavery on all of the following grounds EXCEPT
the idea that slaves willingly agreed to become enslaved and had sought out slavery.
The United States was able to acquire Florida easily because of
the lack of Spanish control over the area.
The Eaton affair involved
the marriage of a senator to a woman with a scandalous reputation.
The Era of Good Feelings describes
the peaceful beginnings of James Monroe's administration.
All of the following factors made the South distinctive EXCEPT
the presence of many European immigrants.
The massive migration westward during the 1830s and 1840s was driven primarily by
the promises of land and economic prosperity.
Which of the following was the predominant issue surrounding the annexation of Texas, causing Jackson to delay official recognition of the Republic of Texas?
the question of slavery
A collapse in cotton prices set off the panic of 1819
true
After the Mexican War, Congress created the Department of the Interior to manage the western lands and "protection" of the Native Americans.
true
Almost a million slaves were "sold South" before 1860.
true
Andrew Jackson defeated the Seminole Indians in Spanish Florida.
true
Andrew Jackson was the first president from a western state.
true
As president, James K. Polk achieved all of his major objectives, including acquiring California from Mexico.
true
As president, John Quincy Adams was a strong nationalist.
true
At its beginning, most Americans in both the North and the South believed the Civil War would be over quickly.
true
By 1860, the slave states were in the minority
true
By the start of the Civil War, Catholicism was the largest religious denomination in the United States.
true
Civilians gathered to watch the first battle between the Confederate and Union soldiers.
true
Clara Barton was a nurse who oversaw the distribution of medicines to Union troops and founded the Red Cross.
true
During the 1820s and 1830s, a growing number of white men who did not own land were given the right to vote
true
During the political struggle known as the Bank War, Jackson viewed the Bank of the United States as a dangerous monopoly controlled by a few wealthy men.
true
During the years prior to the Civil War, the term "peculiar institution" was a way for southern whites to refer to slavery and its uniqueness to the South without using the charged word "slavery."
true
Following the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans were recruited to fight in the Union army.
true
For nearly two decades, the American two-party system was dominated by the Democrats and the Whigs.
true
Freed slaves from the United States formed the African nation of the Republic of Liberia.
true
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin became a huge success, despite being very unpopular in the South.
true
Henry Clay was a nationalist who championed the American System.
true
Henry Clay's Omnibus Bill was the precursor to the Compromise of 1850.
true
Henry David Thoreau was a naturalist, wrote the famous work Walden, and promoted the spontaneity of everyday experiences.
true
Herman Melville's background as a young man working on a whaling ship is clearly reflected in his novels, such as Moby Dick.
true
In 1860, the dollar value of slaves exceeded the value of all of America's banks, railroads, and factories combined.
true
In the Pottawatomie Massacre, John Brown led a raid against pro-slavery settlers in Kansas.
true
In the case of Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokees were a "distinct political community" in which Georgia law had no force.
true
In the election of 1828, Andrew Jackson was more popular with ordinary people and southern planters than was the incumbent president, John Quincy Adams.
true
In the election of 1860, Lincoln received only 39 percent of the popular vote.
true
In the mid-nineteenth century, the North and South competed for political influence in the West.
true
John C. Frémont earned the nickname "the Pathfinder" and published popular stories in newspapers about his explorations.
true
John Quincy Adams's administration was crippled from the beginning because of the "corrupt bargain."
true
John Tyler of Virginia was a Whig who
true
John Tyler was expelled from the Whig party after clashing with Clay over a new national bank and replacing defectors in his cabinet with anti-Jackson Democrats.
true
Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation as a military necessity.
true
Marriage was a common, although not a legal, institution among plantation slaves.
true
Mexico became an independent nation in 1821.
true
Nat Turner's Rebellion terrified southern whites and resulted in the imposition of more restrictions on enslaved African Americans in the South
true
Only some of the slave states joined the Confederacy.
true
Popular sovereignty left the status of slavery up to the people in each territory.
true
President John Tyler succeeded in annexing Texas by using a joint resolution, rather than attempting to pass a treaty through the Senate.
true
Reaction to the Kansas-Nebraska Act directly contributed to the formation of a brand-new political party, the Republican party.
true
Saint-Domingue, in present day Haiti, was the site of an unprecedented slave revolt, where slaves destroyed cane fields and killed white planters and their families.
true
Sarah and Angelina Grimké were the daughters of a slaveholder but became important abolitionist speakers.
true
The Baptists believed that the Bible was to be understood literally.
true
The Confederacy's final defeat occurred at Appomattox.
true
The Distribution Act of 1836 gave surplus funds in the federal treasury to the states.
true
The Fugitive Slave Act widened and deepened the anti-slavery sentiment in the North.
true
The Liberty Party was formed with the goal of electing a president who would abolish slavery.
true
The Mexican dictator, General Antonio López de Santa Anna, personally led the action against the Texan "rebels" at the Alamo.
true
The Monroe Doctrine developed after the monarchs of Europe seemed ready to help Spain regain her old empire in Latin America.
true
The National Road was built to connect the Midwest with the East Coast.
true
The National Trades' Union was one of the first nationwide labor unions in the United States.
true
The Oneida Community was a utopian experiment that practiced "complex marriage."
true
The Thirteenth Amendment freed all slaves in the United States.
true
The development of California attracted many Chinese immigrants who often did heavy construction work on railroads and bridges.
true
The dispute with Britain over the boundary of Oregon was finally settled during Polk's presidency through the Buchanan-Pakenham Treaty.
true
The expansion of white settlement into Oregon resulted in the relocation of Native American tribes living along the Oregon Trail.
true
The extension of voting rights in most states to white men was a factor in Andrew Jackson's election in 1828.
true
The first party in American presidential politics to hold a national convention was the Anti-Masonic party.
true
The national telegraph system was the most important advance in communications in America prior to the Civil War.
true
The perishability of tea leaves spurred the development of fast-sailing ships known as "clippers."
true
The remark, "The Republicans have out-federalized Federalism," refers to Republicans in the late 1810s who supported a national bank and protective tariffs.
true
The steamboat played a significant role in making farming a commercial activity
true
Walt Whitman's work shocked many people because he wrote with an unusual frankness about sexuality.
true
White slaveholders relied on slaves to produce cotton profitably.
true
Yeoman farmers, also known as "plain white folk," did not typically own slaves, but most of them supported the institution of slavery.
true
Nineteenth-century developments in transportation in the United States occurred in which order?
turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads
One important advantage the South had over the North was that it
was fighting on its own territory
By 1860, where was the majority of the nation's population located?
west of the Appalachian Mountains
The largest slave insurrection in American history was that of
Charles Deslondes in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1811.
The turning point of the Civil War was the battle of
Antietam
Which of the following statements accurately describes the Mormons during the first half of the nineteenth century?
Brigham Young led them to settle in Utah.
The increase in Southern cotton production in the nineteenth century was mostly generated by
British and French demand for textiles.
Which of the following was an outcome of the Compromise of 1850?
California was admitted to the Union as a free state.
Lee's last significant victory came at
Chancellorsville
The inventor of the detective story was
Edgar Allan Poe
Which of the following accurately describes a difference between factory work and the work of self-employed artisans in the first half of the nineteenth century?
Factory workers did one specific task repetitively, while self-employed artisans completed all tasks involved in the creation of a product.
Which of the following statements accurately describes the members of St. Patrick's Battalion at the end of the Mexican-American War?
They defected to fight on the side of the Mexicans, in part because of the atrocities they saw.
Which of the following statements is true of free blacks between 1800 and 1860?
They had a vulnerable social status and were often mulattoes.
The "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign was in support of
William Henry Harrison
The destructive march across Georgia was led by
William Tecumseh Sherman
Who was the African American abolitionist who escaped slavery and gave thousands of speeches calling for an end to slavery and equality for both blacks and women?
William Wells Brown
In 1862, Congress adopted a protective tariff, approved the Pacific Railway Act, and passed the Homestead Act as a result of
a decisive shift in congressional power to northern influences.
Causes of the Panic of 1837 included
a financial crisis in England
Following the War of 1812, President James Madison embraced a program of economic nationalism that consisted of
a national bank, a protective tariff, and a larger army and navy.
The closing of the African slave trade in 1808 caused
a rise in the price of slaves
The Dred Scott decision of the US Supreme Court involoved
a slave suing for his freedom because his master had taken him into free territory.
The organized movement for women's rights had its origins in
a split in the anti-slavery movement
he Whig party tended to attract members of all of the following groups EXCEPT
catholic immigrants
Along with cotton, staple crops in the South included all the following EXCEPT
coffee
By 1860, freed African Americans were
concentrated in coastal cities if they lived in the South.
The MOST common form of resistance to slavery by the slaves themselves was
cultural practices, such as secret social gatherings and the singing of favorite spirituals.
