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Question 1 of 128

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The issue of religious toleration figured prominently in the founding of colonies by all of the following EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • James Oglethorpe

  • Cecil Calvert

  • Anne Hutchinson

  • William Penn

  • Roger Williams

Explanation

Question 2 of 128

1

Which of the following accurately describes a problem faced by Virginia in the last decades of the 17th century?

Select one of the following:

  • a decline in tobacco production

  • frequent slave uprisings

  • the lowering of wages caused by the influx of immigrants

  • political control by small farmers in the House of Burgesses

  • conflict between large plantation owners and settlers on Virginia's western frontier

Explanation

Question 3 of 128

1

Which of the following documents would be most useful in examining the origins of constitutional government in colonial America?

Select one of the following:

  • the sermons of Puritan ministers

  • newspaper commentary on the Halfway Covenant

  • the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  • political tracts concerning the Dominion of New England

  • the correspondence of Sir Edmond Andros

Explanation

Question 4 of 128

1

"Puritan intolerance of dissent led to the founding of a number of new colonies." The founding of which of the following does NOT support this statement?

Select one of the following:

  • Providence

  • Portsmouth (Rhode Island)

  • Hartford

  • New Hampshire

  • New Haven

Explanation

Question 5 of 128

1

Roger Williams differed from other Puritan ministers in his emphasis on

Select one of the following:

  • the study of the Bible

  • the value of consensus in church meetings

  • nonviolence

  • the individual's private religious conscious

  • the supreme authority of church leaders

Explanation

Question 6 of 128

1

Which of the following was NOT a factor in the formation of the New England Confederation?

Select one of the following:

  • the problem of defending against Indian attacks

  • conflicts over colonial boundaries

  • concern about runaway servants

  • neglect by the English government

  • a desire to suppress religious dissent

Explanation

Question 7 of 128

1

The chief purpose of mercantilist policies was to

Select one of the following:

  • help colonies be self-sufficient

  • strengthen the economy and power of the mother country

  • defend the colonies from rival powers

  • maintain tight control over the tobacco industry

  • foster stable relations between the Crown and the colonies

Explanation

Question 8 of 128

1

The acts of trade and navigation had all of the following consequences in the colonies EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • Colonial manufacturing was limited.

  • Colonial economies were regulated from London.

  • Low prices were charged for English imports.

  • Smuggling became a common practice.

  • New England shipbuilding prospered.

Explanation

Question 9 of 128

1

William Penn's "Holy Experiment" included all of the following ideas EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • nonviolence

  • the Bible as a religious authority for all

  • fair treatment of Native Americans

  • a refuge for Quakers

  • religious toleration

Explanation

Question 10 of 128

1

In the mid-18th century, all of the following were generally true about slavery in the British colonies EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • Planters thought it provided a more dependable labor supply than other options.

  • There were more slaves than indentured servants in the southern colonies.

  • It was strongly opposed in New England.

  • Slaves accounted for about half the population in Virginia.

  • Colonial laws gave slavery a permanent legal status.

Explanation

Question 11 of 128

1

The Great Awakening was a reaction to

Select one of the following:

  • the flood of immigrants

  • established churches in many of the colonies

  • churches' earlier failure to take account of people's emotional needs

  • guilt over the evils of slavery

  • the overly strict teachings of the Church of England

Explanation

Question 12 of 128

1

Preachers of the Great Awakening focused on the importance of

Select one of the following:

  • the consequences of leading a sinful life

  • the sovereignty and power of God

  • repenting of one's sins in order to be saved from eternal damnation

  • looking to the Bible as the final source of authority

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 13 of 128

1

The Great Awakening had all of the following consequences EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • reduced competition among Protestant sects

  • decline in the authority of Protestant ministers

  • a belief that common people could make their own decisions

  • increased emotionalism in church services

  • a feeling of shared experience among colonists in different regions and of different national origins.

Explanation

Question 14 of 128

1

Which of the following is true of immigration to the colonies during the first half of the 18th century?

Select one of the following:

  • Most immigrants settled to New England.

  • Most immigrants came from continental Europe.

  • A sizable minority of immigrants had no freedom of choice in coming to the colonies.

  • The English government tried to discourage immigration.

  • Most immigrants worked for low wages in cities along the eastern seaboard.

Explanation

Question 15 of 128

1

In the 18th century, all of the following were generally true about colonial society in America EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • The English language and English traditions were dominant.

  • There were few poor people and no real aristocrats.

  • Voters played an active role in government.

  • It was impossible for individuals to better themselves economically or socially.

  • A degree of religious toleration could be found in each colony.

Explanation

Question 16 of 128

1

At his trial, John Peter Zenger won acquittal on the grounds that

Select one of the following:

  • the king had less authority in the colonies than in England

  • English law permitted the press almost total freedom

  • libel laws did not apply to government officials

  • New York's governor deserved to be criticized

  • truth could not be libel

Explanation

Question 17 of 128

1

Which of the following did the colonies lack?

Select one of the following:

  • an adequate monetary system

  • good harbors and rivers for transportation

  • the ability to import goods from England

  • an adequate supply of slave labor

  • sufficient markets for colonial timber and naval stores

Explanation

Question 18 of 128

1

Which of the following statements accurately describes the governments of ALL 13 colonies in the mid-18th century?

Select one of the following:

  • The governor was appointed by the king.

  • Members of the governor's council were elected.

  • The government assisted an established church.

  • One house of the legislature was elected by eligible voters.

  • The governor had nearly dictatorial power.

Explanation

Question 19 of 128

1

"Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the multitalented colonial American." Each of the following could be used to support this statement EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • experiments with electricity

  • Poor Richard's Almanac

  • military leadership

  • invention of the bifocial lenses

  • founding of a nonsectarian college

Explanation

Question 20 of 128

1

Which of the following best represents the "new man" described by Crèvecoeur?

Select one of the following:

  • an indentured servant recently arrived from France

  • a native-born Pennsylvania merchant

  • an adult slave on a South Carolina plantation

  • a German-speaking farmer on the frontier

  • a royal governor of Virginia

Explanation

Question 21 of 128

1

Which of the following does NOT express a British criticism of the colonies in 1763?

Select one of the following:

  • Samuel Adams and other colonial leaders organized opposition to British authority.

  • Many colonists showed disloyalty by failing to support this war effort.

  • The colonial militia was badly trained.

  • Although the colonies benefited from the British victory, they failed to pay their fair share of the war costs.

  • The Virginians under George Washington disobeyed orders in attacking a French fort.

Explanation

Question 22 of 128

1

"After the French and Indian War, the British government tried to make Americans pay for British protection in the colonies." Each of the following supports this statement EXCEPT the

Select one of the following:

  • Stamp Act

  • Sugar Act

  • Quartering Act

  • Townshend Acts

  • Quebec Act

Explanation

Question 23 of 128

1

Pontiac's Rebellion was a reaction to

Select one of the following:

  • the building of Fort Duquesne

  • the westward movement of English settlers

  • French control of the fur trade

  • the Proclamation of 1763

  • the outbreak of the French and Indian War

Explanation

Question 24 of 128

1

Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Stamp Act?

Select one of the following:

  • Delegates from different colonies held a protest meeting in New York.

  • The Sons of Liberty threatened tax officials.

  • Colonial war debts were paid.

  • Colonists boycotted British goods.

  • London merchants suffered from a reduction in trade.

Explanation

Question 25 of 128

1

John Dickinson defended the idea of no taxation without representation by arguing that

Select one of the following:

  • colonists owed no loyalty to the king

  • Parliament could not regulate trade

  • colonists were too poor to be taxed

  • to tax people without their consent violated English law

  • colonists did not have to submit to British authority

Explanation

Question 26 of 128

1

The Townshend Acts provoked all of the following colonial reactions EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • the Massachusetts Circular Letter

  • John Dickinson's "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"

  • the Stamp Act Congress

  • colonial boycotts of British goods

  • the Gaspee incident

Explanation

Question 27 of 128

1

The Boston Tea Party had which of the following causes?

Select one of the following:

  • the Boston Massacre

  • Parliament's efforts to improve the profits of the British East India Company

  • the Intolerable Acts

  • the arguments of the committee of correspondence

  • the imperial policies of Lord Grenville

Explanation

Question 28 of 128

1

Which of the following sources would be most useful in studying the philosophical foundations of the American Revolution?

Select one of the following:

  • John Dickinson's "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"

  • Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanack"

  • John Locke's "Two Treatises of Government"

  • John Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

  • the Albany Plan of Union

Explanation

Question 29 of 128

1

Enlightenment philosophers believed in all of the following ideas EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • People have the right to revolt against tyranny.

  • People have rights simply because they are human.

  • Sovereignty resides with the people.

  • A fundamental purpose of government is to protect people's rights.

  • God is the primary authority for government.

Explanation

Question 30 of 128

1

Which of the following is a correct statement about the American colonies in the 1770s before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War?

Select one of the following:

  • Except for a few radicals, Americans generally accepted the policies of George III's ministers.

  • Most Americans resisted the British government's efforts to impose new taxes.

  • France encouraged the British colonies to revolt.

  • Colonial boycotts failed to have an effect on British policy.

  • The 13 colonies had developed a single policy for dealing with Parliament.

Explanation

Question 31 of 128

1

Which of the following sources would be most useful in researching a paper entitled "Arguments for Independence, 1776"?

Select one of the following:

  • John Dickinson's "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"

  • the Olive Branch Petition

  • John Locke's "Two Treatises of Government"

  • Treaty of Paris (1783)

  • Thomas Paine's "Commen Sense"

Explanation

Question 32 of 128

1

The Battle of Saratoga had all of the following consequences EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • encouraged the British to grant most of the American demands

  • persuaded the French to form an alliance with the United States

  • defeated a British attempt to isolate New England from the other colonies

  • gave a boost to American morale

  • caused the British to adopt a different military strategy

Explanation

Question 33 of 128

1

The First Continental Congress was a reaction to

Select one of the following:

  • the Declaratory Act

  • fighting at Lexington and Concord

  • passage of the Intolerable Acts

  • the Boston Massacre

  • the British tax on tea

Explanation

Question 34 of 128

1

In his pamphlet "Common Sense," Thomas Paine defended the idea of American independence on the grounds that

Select one of the following:

  • all men are created equal

  • Parliament was dictatorial

  • people should not pledge allegiance to a king and a corrupt government

  • democratic government of, by, and for the people was the only type based on natural law and reason

  • liberty belongs to those who fight for it

Explanation

Question 35 of 128

1

As a result of the Treaty of Paris, the United States gained all of the following EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • fishing rights off the coast of Canada

  • British recognition of U.S. independence

  • a western boundary on the Mississippi River

  • the territory of Florida

  • a peaceful settlement of the Revolutionary War

Explanation

Question 36 of 128

1

Which of the following most accurately describes those Americans who fought on the British side in the American Revolution?

Select one of the following:

  • They came from all groups and classes.

  • They were a majority of the population.

  • They were most numerous in New England.

  • THey were generally identified with the Whig party in England.

  • They were motivated by a desire for financial gain.

Explanation

Question 37 of 128

1

Which of the following most accurately describes the change in American public opinion between January 1774 and July 1776?

Select one of the following:

  • It changed from a desire for reconciliation to a decision for independence.

  • Most people favored independence in 1774 but were willing to fight for it only after the Declaration of Independence.

  • Loyalists were in the majority both in 1774 and 1776.

  • By the summer of 1776, only a relatively small number of Americans expressed support for the king's government.

  • Military support from France encouraged American Patriots.

Explanation

Question 38 of 128

1

Statement: "The Articles of Confederation succeeded in guiding the United States through its first decade." Each of the following supports this statement EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • Congress regulated interstate trade.

  • Congress enacted the Land Ordinance of 1785.

  • Congress enacted the Northwest Ordinance.

  • The U.S. government signed a favorable treaty of peace.

  • The U.S. government conducted the war effort that resulted in American Independence.

Explanation

Question 39 of 128

1

Statement: "The new state constitutions enacted during the Revolutionary War reflect the Patriots' emphasis on individual liberty." Each of the following actions supports this statement EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • starting each constitution with a bill of rights

  • providing for separation of powers to limit abuses

  • submitting proposed constitutions to the people for ratification

  • the absence of any provision for the abolition of slavery

  • providing for the separation of church and state

Explanation

Question 40 of 128

1

Which of the following is a correct statement about the United States at the end of the Revolutionary War?

Select one of the following:

  • The central government was stronger than any state government.

  • Women received greater political rights.

  • Aristocratic privileges were reduced or eliminated.

  • Slavery was unchallenged.

  • Every state adopted the idea of separation of church and state.

Explanation

Question 41 of 128

1

In the 1780s, all of the following contributed to dissatisfaction with the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • high taxes levied by the national government

  • a farmers' revolt in Massachusetts against the collection of state taxes

  • states refusing to honor the Treaty of Paris

  • worthless paper money printed by many states

  • states restricting trade with one another

Explanation

Question 42 of 128

1

Which of the following statements accurately describes an argument of the Anti-Federalists?

Select one of the following:

  • The Constitution failed to provide for a Supreme Court.

  • The Constitution lacked a Bill of Rights.

  • States' rights were strong enough to limit the central government.

  • The president's powers were too limited.

  • The small states had to be protected from the bigger ones.

Explanation

Question 43 of 128

1

"The U.S. Constitution is a bundle of compromises." Which of the following provisions of the Constitution does NOT reflect support for this statement?

Select one of the following:

  • representation in the U.S. House of Representatives

  • representation in the U.S. Senate

  • counting a slave as three-fifths of a person

  • Congress' power to tax imports but not exports

  • a national court system separate from the legislature

Explanation

Question 44 of 128

1

In his interpretation of the Constitutional Convention, the historian Charles Beard focused on the importance of

Select one of the following:

  • sectional differences

  • conflict over slavery

  • economic interests of a wealthy elite

  • political factions from colonial times

  • the genius and wisdom of the framers

Explanation

Question 45 of 128

1

In 1788, the Federalists promised to add a bill of rights to the Constitution in order to

Select one of the following:

  • protect their own liberties from possible abuse by the U.S. government

  • persuade state conventions to ratify the Constitution

  • ensure that government would be democratic

  • establish a popular platform for the election of George Washington

  • expand the rights of voters

Explanation

Question 46 of 128

1

Alexander Hamilton's financial program consisted of all of the following EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • the creation of a U.S. bank

  • the collection of federal excise tax on whisky

  • payment of state debts by the federal government

  • payment of subsidies to farmers

  • tariffs to protect infant U.S. industries

Explanation

Question 47 of 128

1

Which of the following was the underlying cause of the other four?

Select one of the following:

  • the Jay Treaty

  • the French Revolution

  • the XYZ Affair

  • Citizen Genêt controversy

  • Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality

Explanation

Question 48 of 128

1

The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions presented the argument that

Select one of the following:

  • states had the power to organize political parties

  • Congress had no power to legislate on questions of immigration

  • states could nullify acts of Congress

  • Congress should consult the states before declaring war

  • the Constitution should be amended

Explanation

Question 49 of 128

1

The decline in support for the Federalist party can be traced most directly to its handling of the issue of

Select one of the following:

  • the Bill of Rights

  • the XYZ Affair

  • Citizen Genêt

  • the Alien and Sedition acts

  • Marbury v. Madison

Explanation

Question 50 of 128

1

Which of the following was NOT a significant consequence of the election of 1800?

Select one of the following:

  • Thomas Jefferson became president.

  • The Democratic-Republicans took control of Congress.

  • The Twelfth Amendment was added to the Constitution.

  • The U.S. government gave less attention to foreign affairs.

  • The party in power left office peacefully.

Explanation

Question 51 of 128

1

Which of the following leaders is INCORRECTLY paired with a notable event or deed?

Select one of the following:

  • Thomas Jefferson--Louisiana Purchase

  • Andrew Jackson--Battle of New Orleans

  • Tecumseh--Battle of Tippecanoe

  • Henry Clay--declaration of war in 1812

  • Alexander Hamilton--Embargo Act of 1807

Explanation

Question 52 of 128

1

Thomas Jefferson's revolution of 1800 changed the Federalist policies of Washington and Adams in all of the following areas EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • size of the military

  • number of federal employees

  • amount of national debt

  • foreign affairs

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

Explanation

Question 53 of 128

1

Which of the following accurately characterizes the foreign policy goals of Jefferson and Madison before 1812?

Select one of the following:

  • strengthen U.S. trade relations with Britain and France

  • maintain U.S. neutral rights without going to war

  • seek an alliance with either Britain or France

  • explore various means for acquiring Canada

  • provide aid to independence movements in Latin America

Explanation

Question 54 of 128

1

John Marshall's Supreme Court decision in the case of Marbury v. Madison established

Select one of the following:

  • a means for installing Federalist judges in office

  • rules for impeachment trials

  • the principle of judicial review

  • the federal government's authority over the states

  • a procedure for reviewing treaties

Explanation

Question 55 of 128

1

Native Americans in the West allied themselves with the British in the War of 1812 because they

Select one of the following:

  • wanted to stop American settlers from taking their lands

  • were persuaded to do so by Aaron Burr

  • had ambitions to establish an Indian confederacy

  • had always been friendly with the British

  • had signed a binding treaty with Britain during the American Revolution

Explanation

Question 56 of 128

1

Thomas Jefferson's chief reason for purchasing Louisiana was to

Select one of the following:

  • challenge Hamilton's loose interpretation of the Constitution

  • challenge Napoleon's bid for world empire

  • give the United States control of the Mississippi River

  • provide a rationale for the Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • strengthen the Republican party in the trans-Mississippi West

Explanation

Question 57 of 128

1

All of the following contributed to the U.S. decision to go to war in 1812 EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • the election of war hawks to Congress in 1810

  • a desire to acquire parts of Canada

  • British impressment of American seamen

  • efforts to protect the land of Native Americans

  • American sympathy with France against Britain

Explanation

Question 58 of 128

1

Which of the following documents or sources would be most useful for analyzing the effects of the Embargo of 1807 on the U.S. economy?

Select one of the following:

  • Jefferson's instructions to Lewis and Clark

  • resolutions of the Hartford Convention

  • records of shipbuilding activity in a New England state from 1805 to 1810

  • financial accounts of Georgia plantations from 1805 to 1807

  • speeches of Henry Clay (1810-1812)

Explanation

Question 59 of 128

1

The War of 1812 had all of the following consequences in the United States EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • acquisition of new land

  • Native Americans' loss of Britain as an ally

  • the demise of the Federalist party

  • an increase in U.S. manufacturing

  • an increase in American nationalism

Explanation

Question 60 of 128

1

The Hartford Convention had long-term significance because it

Select one of the following:

  • encouraged Britain to sign the Treaty of Ghent

  • presented a major challenge to Madison's domestic policies

  • forced repeal of the Embargo Act of 1807

  • marked the end of the Federalists as a national party

  • organized national opposition to the War of 1812

Explanation

Question 61 of 128

1

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Monroe Doctrine?

Select one of the following:

  • It caused an immediate change in the U.S. role in world affairs.

  • It asserted the U.S. right to send troops into the countries of Latin America to provide political stability.

  • It declared U.S. opposition to European intervention in the affairs of independent countries of the Western Hemisphere.

  • It was fully supported by the British government.

  • It established the U.S. claim to being a world power.

Explanation

Question 62 of 128

1

Which of the following increased southern planters' reliance on slaves?

Select one of the following:

  • Missouri Compromise

  • invention of the steamboat

  • invention of the cotton gin

  • Lowell System

  • Louisiana Purchase

Explanation

Question 63 of 128

1

The Erie Canal was significant because it

Select one of the following:

  • challenged railroads as the primary transportation system of the early 1800s

  • tied the manufacturing of the East to the farming of the West

  • was the first federally funded internal improvement

  • stimulated subsistence farming and manufacturing in the West

  • increased trade with Great Britain

Explanation

Question 64 of 128

1

A major effect of John Marshall's Supreme Court decision was to

Select one of the following:

  • expand federal power and limit the states' power

  • expand the states' power and limit federal power

  • declare federal laws to be unconstitutional

  • protect and enlarge the jurisdiction of state courts

  • legitimize a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution

Explanation

Question 65 of 128

1

Henry Clay's idea of an American System included all of the following EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • protective tariffs

  • internal improvements

  • state banks

  • increased trade between all sections of the country

  • federal funds for a national transportation system

Explanation

Question 66 of 128

1

Which of the following is a correct statement about the United States at the beginning of the Era of Good Feelings?

Select one of the following:

  • Sectionalism had become the dominant force in the nation.

  • There were no more divisions within the ranks of the Republican party.

  • Federalists and Republicans united on an economic program of internal improvements and protective tariffs.

  • Friendliness and cooperation with Britain replaced earlier policies of hostility.

  • Nationalism strongly influenced American culture and politics.

Explanation

Question 67 of 128

1

Which pair of issues aroused the most controversy in 1819 and 1820?

Select one of the following:

  • internal improvements and Latin American independence

  • slavery in Missouri and Latin American independence

  • slavery in Missouri and a financial crisis

  • Monroe's prospects for reelection and a financial crisis

  • Monroe's prospects for reelection and the protective tariff

Explanation

Question 68 of 128

1

Which of the following best describes changes in the American economy in the late 1820s?

Select one of the following:

  • improved transportation in the West, depressed conditions in the South

  • industrialization in the Northeast, diversified farming in the South

  • improved transportation in the West, industrialization in the North

  • cotton farming in the South, depressed conditions in the North

  • railroads in all sections providing the primary stimulus for economic growth

Explanation

Question 69 of 128

1

In the first decades of the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution in the United States was supported by developments in all of the following areas EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • the factory system

  • transportation

  • corporations

  • mechanical inventions

  • crafts unions

Explanation

Question 70 of 128

1

In the 1830s and 1840s, all of the following were generally true about immigration EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • Most immigrants came from the British Isles and northern Europe.

  • Improvements in ship technology made the ocean voyage relatively cheap and fast.

  • The South attracted the least number of immigrants.

  • An overwhelming majority of native-born Americans welcomed immigrants as a cheap source of labor.

  • Poorer immigrants lived in the cities while those with some money farmed in the West.

Explanation

Question 71 of 128

1

During the 1840s, large numbers of Irish immigrated to the United States mainly because of

Select one of the following:

  • British persecutions in Ireland

  • U.S. policies offering free land

  • support from the irish-American Aid Society

  • the development of textile mills in New England

  • famine resulting from the failure of the potato crop

Explanation

Question 72 of 128

1

Nativist reaction to immigration resulted in

Select one of the following:

  • the formation of the Know-Nothing party

  • the splitting of the Democratic-Republican party

  • major changes in the immigration laws

  • increased immigration from southern Europe

  • greater sectional differences between North and South

Explanation

Question 73 of 128

1

All of the following restricted the growth of labor unions before the Civil War EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • increased numbers of immigrant workers

  • economic depressions

  • opposition by factory employers

  • opposition by southern plantation owners

  • judicial decisions

Explanation

Question 74 of 128

1

Twenty years after the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, Congress prohibited

Select one of the following:

  • slavery in all U.S. territories

  • slave ownership by federal employees

  • immigration

  • importation of slaves into the United States

  • efforts to change naturalization laws

Explanation

Question 75 of 128

1

Which of the following activities was most commonly practiced by African Americans as a means of resisting slavery in the early 1800s?

Select one of the following:

  • sitdown strike

  • legal action

  • political action

  • armed revolt

  • work slowdown

Explanation

Question 76 of 128

1

Before the Civil War, which of the following groups of southern whites did NOT defend slavery?

Select one of the following:

  • Methodist congregations

  • farmers

  • poor whites

  • large landowners

  • mountain people

Explanation

Question 77 of 128

1

Before 1860, the change that most influenced the lives of Native Americans on the Great Plains was

Select one of the following:

  • the introduction of the horse

  • the building of a transcontinental railroad

  • sectional tensions between North and South

  • immigration

  • the establishment of reservations

Explanation

Question 78 of 128

1

Which of the following regions is INCORRECTLY paired with an economic or social characteristic?

Select one of the following:

  • Old Northwest--agriculture

  • New England--factory system

  • western frontier in 1850--tobacco farming

  • Deep South--cotton farming

  • border states--slavery

Explanation

Question 79 of 128

1

Which of the following is a CORRECT statement about the United States in 1850?

Select one of the following:

  • The vast majority of Native Americans lived west of the Mississippi River.

  • A majority of Americans lived in cities.

  • All free African Americans lived in the North.

  • Most industrial workers were protected by laws providing for an eight-hour day.

  • The Mississippi River defined the western frontier.

Explanation

Question 80 of 128

1

Jacksonian Democrats favored all of the following EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • rotation in office

  • universal suffrage for white males

  • the caucus system of nominating candidates

  • rewarding political supporters with government jobs

  • presidential electors being chosen by popular vote

Explanation

Question 81 of 128

1

After the election of 1824, the president's choice of Henry Clay as secretary of state resulted in

Select one of the following:

  • the end of political bitterness between the major parties

  • the revival of the Federalist party

  • widespread criticism of the spoils system

  • charges of a corrupt bargain with John Q. Adams

  • a political alliance between Clay and Andrew Jackson

Explanation

Question 82 of 128

1

An important effect of the tariff of abominations in 1828 was

Select one of the following:

  • increased prices for cotton overseas

  • South Carolina's adoption of the theory of nullification

  • the election of a Democratic president, Andrew Jackson

  • an alliance of northeastern workers and western farmers

  • the growth of manufacturing in the South

Explanation

Question 83 of 128

1

The Revolution of 1828 revealed that political power was

Select one of the following:

  • shifting to the western states

  • shifting to the southern states

  • entrenched on the eastern seabord

  • gravitating toward conservative elements

  • evenly divided between Whigs and Democrats

Explanation

Question 84 of 128

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Which of the following documents would be most useful in evaluating President Jackson's commitment to democratic values?

Select one of the following:

  • the Specie Circular

  • veto message on the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States

  • congressional hearings on the "Corrupt Bargain"

  • Supreme Court cases on the Indian-removal issue

  • Calhoun's writings on nullification

Explanation

Question 85 of 128

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In the 1830s, the factor that most directly promoted the development of a two-party system was

Select one of the following:

  • the growth of the immigrant population

  • increased interest in foreign affairs

  • changes in methods of nominating and electing the president

  • increasing sectional conflict between northern and southern states over the tariff issue

  • the dropping of constitutional limitations on the party system

Explanation

Question 86 of 128

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"The duties of all public officers are, or at least admit of being made, so plain and simple that more is lost by the long continuance of men in office than is general to be gained by their experience."
This statement best reflects the views of

Select one of the following:

  • John C. Calhoun

  • Daniel Webster

  • John Q. Adams

  • Andrew Jackson

  • Henry Clay

Explanation

Question 87 of 128

1

The main issue in the presidential campaign of 1832 was

Select one of the following:

  • the recharter of the Bank of the United States

  • the removal of Native Americans from eastern states

  • the use of federal funds for internal improvements

  • the cost of western lands sold by the government

  • the nullification of the "tariff of abominations"

Explanation

Question 88 of 128

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President Jackson's response to Supreme Court decisions on the treaty rights of Native Americans resulted in which of the following?

Select one of the following:

  • Jackon's loss of popularity among working-class voters

  • Indian uprisings in the eastern states

  • the division of tribal lands into family units

  • impeachment of the president for not enforcing the law

  • the forced removal of Cherokees from their lands in Georgia

Explanation

Question 89 of 128

1

The Second Great Awakening was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • efforts to counter the rationalism and disbelief of the Revolutionary Era

  • opportunity for salvation offered to all

  • efforts to appeal to people's emotions

  • growing unity among Protestant churches

  • widespread belief that the second coming of Christ was near

Explanation

Question 90 of 128

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Which of the following is true of the American transcendentalists?

Select one of the following:

  • supported government actions and regulations as the solution to social problems

  • argued for the importance of human intuition and individualism

  • persecuted for their radical religious views

  • belonged to an experimental commune that practiced plural marriage

  • played a leading role in the Second Great Awakening

Explanation

Question 91 of 128

1

According to the cult of domesticity, a woman's proper role was

Select one of the following:

  • teaching in the growing number of free public schools

  • balancing the obligations of family and a career

  • striving toward social and economic equality with men

  • leading the movement for political and social reform

  • acting as moral leader and educator of the family

Explanation

Question 92 of 128

1

The leading spokesperson for the tax-supported public school movement was

Select one of the following:

  • Neal Dow

  • Joseph Smith

  • Charles Finney

  • Horace Mann

  • Timothy Dwight

Explanation

Question 93 of 128

1

All of the following were true of the temperance movement EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • It was largely restricted to the southern states.

  • German and Irish immigrants often opposed the movement.

  • By the 1850s, the movement advocated the legal prohibition of alcohol.

  • The early leaders of the movement were Protestant clergymen.

  • It was the most popular of the Jacksonian era reform movements.

Explanation

Question 94 of 128

1

Dorothea Dix was inspired to dedicate her life to a humanitarian crusade by

Select one of the following:

  • the mistreatment of women factory workers

  • conditions in the poorly funded public schools

  • discovery of the confinement of the mentally ill in local jails

  • the lack of schools for the blind and deaf

  • the increased suicide rate in Pennsylvania and New York prisons

Explanation

Question 95 of 128

1

The abolitionist movement had the effect of

Select one of the following:

  • weakening white southerners' attachment to slavery

  • converting most Americans to the abolitionist position

  • increasing the chances for compromise between North and South

  • proving moral persuasion was more effective than political action

  • bringing the issue of slavery to the forefront of the reform movement

Explanation

Question 96 of 128

1

William Lloyd Garrison and the American Antislavery Society supported

Select one of the following:

  • gradual emancipation of slaves without compensation to owners

  • immediate emancipation of slaves without compensation or emigration

  • gradual emancipation of slaves with emigration to Asia

  • immediate emancipation of slaves with compensation to owners

  • violent overthrow of slavery in the South

Explanation

Question 97 of 128

1

The Seneca Falls Convention was significant because it

Select one of the following:

  • initiated the religious revivals in the "burned-over district"

  • demanded the immediate abolition of slavery

  • issued a historic declaration of women's rights

  • addressed concerns for the education of children

  • concluded that the Auburn system was a failure

Explanation

Question 98 of 128

1

Perfectionist aspirations to create a utopian society are best reflected in

Select one of the following:

  • the Hudson River School

  • Thoreau's experiment at Walden Pond

  • American Colonization Society

  • the organizing of revivalist camp meetings

  • the founding of New Harmony, Brook Farm, and Fourier Phalanxes

Explanation

Question 99 of 128

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Which of the following BEST reflected the idea of manifest destiny?

Select one of the following:

  • the signing of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty

  • Henry Clay's position on Texas in the election of 1844

  • the establishment of Texas as the independent republic

  • then campaign platform of James Polk in 1844

  • northern Whigs during the Mexican War

Explanation

Question 100 of 128

1

All of the following contributed to the conflict between Mexico's government and settlers in Texas in the early 1830s EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • the collection of import duties

  • the support for annexation by John Tyler and James Polk

  • Mexico's decision to abolish slavery in its territory

  • Mexico's law requiring acceptance of the Catholic faith

  • the coming to power of General Santa Anna

Explanation

Question 101 of 128

1

The main reason for the U.S. delay in annexing Texas was the

Select one of the following:

  • controversy over the boundary of Texas and Mexico

  • opposition of Great Britain and France

  • independent spirit of the settlers in Texas

  • opposition in Congress to adding slave states

  • opposition of the Mexican government

Explanation

Question 102 of 128

1

Which of the following was the LEAST important issue in the election of 1844?

Select one of the following:

  • settlement of the Oregon border

  • acquisition of California

  • rechartering the Bank of the United States

  • reduction of the tariff

  • annexation of Texas

Explanation

Question 103 of 128

1

Which of the following was NOT a major consequence of the U.S. war with Mexico?

Select one of the following:

  • U.S. annexation of Texas

  • long-term Mexican resentment against the United States

  • securing Texas' southern border on the Rio Grande

  • increased sectional tensions over slavery

  • cession of California and New Mexico to the United States

Explanation

Question 104 of 128

1

Which of the following is a correct statement about the Wilmot Proviso?

Select one of the following:

  • It forbade the introduction of slavery into territory acquired from Mexico.

  • It denied President Polk additional funds to conduct the war with Mexico.

  • It compromised differences between the North and the South.

  • It passed both houses of Congress but was vetoed by the president.

  • It was proposed by the Whigs to embarrass the Democrats.

Explanation

Question 105 of 128

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Which of the following is LEAST useful in arguing that territorial expansion was motivated by a desire to spread slavery?

Select one of the following:

  • William Walker's campaign in Nicaragua

  • the Ostend Manifesto

  • the slogan "Fifty-four Forty or Fight"

  • the annexation of Texas

  • opposition to the Wilmot Proviso

Explanation

Question 106 of 128

1

During the settlement of the West, all of the following was true EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • the overland trails were used primarily by the very poor

  • a large percentage of the western miners were foreign-born

  • the mountain men provided much of the early information about the West

  • in the 1830s and 1840s, the U.S. government gave squatters the right to buy federal lands

  • the chief interest of most pioneering families who moved West was to engage in agriculture

Explanation

Question 107 of 128

1

Which of the following had the greatest impact on transportation in the 1850s?

Select one of the following:

  • canal building

  • improvements in the steamboat

  • the expansion of railroads

  • the development of clipper ships

  • changes in design of the overland wagon

Explanation

Question 108 of 128

1

In what way did the Panic of 1857 have an effect on sectional conflict?

Select one of the following:

  • Unemployment increased in the eastern manufacturing centers.

  • Prices for farm products fell, especially in midwestern states.

  • The South blamed the North for falling cotton prices.

  • Southerners concluded that their economic system was superior to the North's.

  • The North gained the necessary economic advantages to defeat the South when civil war broke out.

Explanation

Question 109 of 128

1

Which of the following most accurately describes Stephen Douglas' idea of popular sovereignty?

Select one of the following:

  • A section of western land would be given free to anyone who would homestead it for a certain number of years.

  • Only citizens of the United States would be permitted to settle territories acquired from Mexico.

  • Public lands in the new territories would be open on a first-come first-served basis.

  • The status of slavery in a territory would be determined by the voters in the territory.

  • New territories would be closed to both slaves and free blacks.

Explanation

Question 110 of 128

1

All of the following figured prominently in debates over the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT the

Select one of the following:

  • provision for a new Fugitive Slave Law

  • slave trade in the District of Columbia

  • admission of California into the Union as a free state

  • future of slavery in the Mexican Cession territories

  • extension of slavery into Kansas and Nebraska territories

Explanation

Question 111 of 128

1

Which of the following was a major factor in the decline of the Whig party in the 1850s?

Select one of the following:

  • death John Calhoun

  • election of Zachary Taylor

  • Lincoln-Douglas debates

  • Know-Nothing movement

  • "bleeding Kansas"

Explanation

Question 112 of 128

1

A political effect of the fighting in Kansas in 1855 and 1856 was to

Select one of the following:

  • further divide the Democratic party

  • cause the founding of the Republican party

  • gain increased congressional support for proslavery forces in Kansas

  • unite northern and southern Democrats against Republicans

  • elect a Republican president in 1856

Explanation

Question 113 of 128

1

The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case outraged public opinion in the North chiefly because it

Select one of the following:

  • declared the Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional

  • guaranteed citizenship to free blacks

  • removed restrictions against the spread of slavery into western territories

  • failed to abolish slavery in the South

  • challenged California's status as a free state

Explanation

Question 114 of 128

1

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectional tension because it

Select one of the following:

  • enriched northern railroad investors at the expense of the South

  • reopened the issue of slavery in a territory north of 36'30'

  • supported proslavery state constitutions in Kansas and Nebraska

  • repealed the Compromise of 1850

  • persuaded the Whig party to side with the South

Explanation

Question 115 of 128

1

The Lincoln-Douglas debates resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • Lincoln's emergence as a national political figure

  • increased support for Douglas in the South

  • Douglas' reelection in the Senate

  • Douglas' attempt to reconcile popular sovereignty with the Dred Scott decision

  • increased public awareness of slavery as a moral issue

Explanation

Question 116 of 128

1

John Brown's primary purpose in attacking Harpers Ferry was to

Select one of the following:

  • gain contributions from northern abolitionists

  • take revenge for the death of antislavery settlers in Kansas

  • start a slave rebellion in Virginia

  • open up a new path for the underground railroad

  • destroy the federal arsenal in Virginia

Explanation

Question 117 of 128

1

In the 1860 election, what was the position of Lincoln and the Republican party on slavery?

Select one of the following:

  • Slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately.

  • Slavery should not be allowed to expand into the territories.

  • Popular sovereignty would be allowed in the new territories north of 36'30'

  • The Dred Scott decision should be supported in the territories but not in the states.

  • The federal government should act to bring about the gradual emancipation of slaves in the South.

Explanation

Question 118 of 128

1

All of the following statements about the election of 1860 are accurate EXCEPT:

Select one of the following:

  • The Republicans won control of the presidency but not Congress.

  • No candidate received a majority of the popular vote.

  • The popular and electoral votes were divided among four candidates.

  • Lincoln won election because of the split in the Democratic party.

  • A major consequence of the election was that several southern states seceded from the Union.

Explanation

Question 119 of 128

1

Northern advantages in the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • a superior navy

  • a political party system that could marshal support for the war

  • a superior railroad network

  • general agreement over war aims

  • greater capacity to produce military equipment

Explanation

Question 120 of 128

1

All of the following were part of the initial Union strategy to win the Civil War EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • a naval blockade of southern ports

  • control of the Mississippi River

  • the capture of Richmond

  • keeping the border states in the Union

  • emancipation of slaves in the seceded states

Explanation

Question 121 of 128

1

The Confederate government was able to achieve which of the following goals?

Select one of the following:

  • recognition by a foreign power

  • frequent victories over Union armies

  • a stable monetary system

  • a strong central government

  • control of the southern river system

Explanation

Question 122 of 128

1

President Lincoln was reluctant to emancipate the slaves in the first year of the Civil War because

Select one of the following:

  • he feared that freeing the slaves would bring England and France into the war

  • Congress was opposed to emancipation

  • he knew that a proclamation about slavery would only further alienate the South

  • he feared that emancipation would drive the border states out of the Union

  • he had always been opposed to the abolitionists in his pary

Explanation

Question 123 of 128

1

Which of the following best describes an immediate effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

Select one of the following:

  • Slaves in the border states became free.

  • Slaves in the Deep South became free.

  • The abolition of slavery in Confederate territory became one of the North's war goals.

  • Lincoln's reelection was assured.

  • Draft riots erupted in New York City.

Explanation

Question 124 of 128

1

Lee's major reason for invading northern territory in 1863 was to

Select one of the following:

  • win foreign recognition for the Confederacy

  • obtain military supplies

  • seek revenge for northern attacks in Virginia

  • break the Union blockade

  • destroy the North's industrial capacity

Explanation

Question 125 of 128

1

The economic impact of the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • an increasing number of women in the labor force

  • widespread destruction of property in the South

  • creation of a national banking system in the North

  • reduced rate of industrial production in the North

  • runaway inflation in the South

Explanation

Question 126 of 128

1

Which of the following accurately describes northern politics during the Civil War?

Select one of the following:

  • Democrats challenged Republicans for control of national and state offices.

  • Republicans were united behind Lincoln's leadership.

  • The suspension of habeas corpus discouraged many Democrats from voting

  • Lincoln had no trouble winning reelection in 1864.

  • Copperhead candidates campaigned for equal rights for women.

Explanation

Question 127 of 128

1

All of the following were factors in the defeat of the South in 1865 EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • shortages caused by the Union's naval blockade

  • slave uprisings against southern plantations

  • Grant's war of attrition in Virginia

  • Sherman's march through Georgia

  • the Confederacy's failure to obtain foreign intervention

Explanation

Question 128 of 128

1

One of the long-term political consequences of northern victory was

Select one of the following:

  • an end of threats to nullification and secession

  • dominance of the Republican party in the South

  • continuing sectional conflict over the issue of slavery

  • a balance of power in Congress between the North and the South

  • suspension on the writ of habeas corpus

Explanation

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