The Big Practice Testpart 2

Expansion, Reform, Civil War, and Reconstruction

Chuck Norris says

“Kick the SOL in

the rear”

The Republican Revolution

What invention led to the spread of the slavery-based  "cotton kingdom" in the Deep South?

a) tractorb) cotton ginc) slaveryd) steel plow

Who invented the cotton gin? a) Eli Whitneyb) Cyrus McCormickc) John Deered) Henry Ford

In 1828, what happened with Americans and the electoral process?

a) one did not have to be a male or own land so voting numbers increased

b) one did not have to own land so voting  numbers increased

c) one did not have to own land so voting numbers decreased

d) one did not have to be a white male but still had to own land so voting numbers increased

What is the name of the practice of using public offices to benefit members of the victorious party?

a) federationb) patronagec) mandate systemd) civil service

What term means a government in which power is vested in a minority consisting of those believed to be best qualified? a) spoils systemb) aristocracyc) patronaged) federation

Which president enacted the spoils system after being elected?

a) James Monroeb) Andrew Johnsonc) William Henry Harrisond) Andrew Jackson

What did Andrew Jackson do after being re-elected in 1832 causing the Panic of 1837?

a) He declared a bank holiday until all banks were safe to reopen.

b) He supported the Bank of the United States.c) He withdrew money from state banks and put

it into the Bank of the U.S.d) He withdrew government money from the

Bank of the U.S. and deposited it in state banks.

What economic situation resulted from reckless speculation that led to bank failures and dissatisfaction with the use of state banks as depositories for public funds?

a) Panic of 1857b) Panic of 1847c) Panic of 1837d) Panic of 1832

What was the name of the forced march of the Native Americans from their homes on the Atlantic coast to Oklahoma?

a) Long Walk Homeb) Trail of Tearsc) Santa Fe traild) March to Oklahoma

Which area did Americans move to sparking an armed revolt by Mexican rule?

a) Californiab) New Mexicoc) Gadsden Purchased) Texas

What was the famous battle in the Mexican War in which a band of Texans fought to the last man against a vastly superior force?

a) Battle at El Pasob) El Brazito Battlec) Battle of San Antoniod) Battle of the Alamo

What was the result of the Texans' eventual victory over Mexican forces?

a) U.S. control of Californiab) Texas became a republic for nine years and

eventually joined the unionc) Manifest destinyd) Gadsden Purchase to build the railroad

American's Manifest Destiny was a belief that the country should stretch from _____________.

a) Mississippi River to Rocky Mountainsb) Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Oceanc) Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountainsd) Continental United States plus Alaska and

Hawaii

Which state is NOT part of the land acquired in the Mexican War?

a) Arizonab) Oklahomac) Coloradod) California

What led to the growth of an industrial economy and supported the westward movement of settlers?

a) railroadsb) covered wagons and riversc) canals and railroadsd) cattle trains

In which westward areas did settlers NOT move to in hopes of finding economic opportunity in the form of land to own and farm?

a) Southwestb) Midwest/Great Plainsc) Texasd) Alaska

Causes of the Civil War

Why did the northern states favor high protective tariffs?

a) It hurt European countries but helped all of the United States.

b) It made the American system a success because everyone wanted to buy American products because they were cheaper.

c) It provided protection for northern manufacturers from foreign competition.

d) It provided protection for northern manufacturers from the southern industries.

What was the economy of the southern states in the early 1800's?

a) industrial economy with slave-based laborb) agricultural economy with immigrant-based laborc) plantation economy with immigrant-based labord) agricultural economy with slave-based labor

What term means to a state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional?

a) nullifyb) vetoc) appeased) contain

Which group argued that individual states could nullify laws passed by Congress and began to insist that states had entered the Union freely and could leave freely. 

a) Northernersb) Southernersc) Westernersd) Europeans

What act drew an east-west line through the Louisiana Purchase making slavery prohibited above 36°30′?

a) Compromise of 1850b) Compromise of 1828c) Louisiana Compromised) Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise allowed one state north of the 36°30′ to be a slave state.  Which state was that?

a) Kansasb) Missouric) Tennessee d) Nebraska

In 1831, who led slave revolts in Virginia that fed southern fears about slave rebellions and led to harsh laws in the south against fugitive slaves?

a) Harriet Tubmanb) Harriet Beecher Stowec) Daniel Shaysd) Nat Turner

At what New York location in 1848 did the first women's rights convention meet? a) Seneca Fallsb) New York Cityc) Buffalod) Albany

What act admitted California into the union as a free state while the new Southwestern territories acquired from Mexico would decide for themselves? a) Compromise of 1820b) Compromise of 1850c) Kansas-Nebraska Actd) Treaty of San Lorenzo

What act required slaves who escaped to free states to be forcibly returned to their owners in the South?

a) Fugitive Slave Actb) Slave Rebellion Actc) Missouri Compromised) Compromise of 1855

Which best-selling Civil War novel inflamed Northern abolitionist sentiment while frightening Southerners? a) The Underground Railroadb) Uncle Tom's Cabinc) John Brown's Raidd) The Slave Rebellion

What law produced bloody fighting as pro- and anti-slavery forces battled each other?

a) Compromise of 1820b) Compromise of 1850c) Popular Sovereignty Actd) Kansas-Nebraska Act

What act repealed the Missouri Compromise?

a) Compromise of 1820b) Compromise of 1850c) Popular Sovereignty Actd) Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was Lincoln's stance on slavery in the new states in the west?

a) for the spread of slavery to every stateb) opposed to the spread of slaveryc) liked popular sovereigntyd) liked slavery in the south but did not want to

see it spread to the Pacific

How did Stephen Douglas feel about

the spread of slavery in the west?

a) for the spread of slavery to every stateb) liked popular sovereigntyc) opposed to the spread of slaveryd) liked slavery in the south

Who inspired the 1856 Supreme Court decision that overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery and outraged northerners?

a) Dred Scottb) John Brownc) Frederick Douglasd) Nat Turner

Who helped to expand the abolitionist movement in the north by publishing an antislavery newspaper titled The Liberator?

a) Frederick Douglassb) William Lloyd Garrisonc) Sojourner Truthd) John Brown

Which is NOT a lady involved with the women's suffrage movement before and after the Civil War?

a) Abigail Adamsb) Susan B. Anthonyc) Sojourner Truthd) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a) William Lloyd Garrisonb) Harriet Tubmanc) Dred Scottd) Harriet Beecher Stowe

What does Lincoln's 1858 warning, "A  house divided against itself cannot stand,"  mean?

a) the government can not withstand the economic split

b) the White House must be added on toc) the slavery issue can continue if everyone

does what they believe ind) the nation could not continue half-free, half-

slave; slavery issue must be resolved

What state led the south in secession?

a) North Carolinab) Virginiac) Georgiad) South Carolina

Civil War and Reconstruction

What event made 7 states secede from the union?

a) election of Abraham Lincolnb) Emancipation Proclamationc) Gettysburg Addressd) firing at Fort Sumter

How did the southern seceding states feel about our national government?

a) They believed America was "one nation", not a collection of states.

b) They believed that states had freely joined the union and could freely leave.

c) They believed the north was correct.d) They believed that their opinions were not part

of democracy so they should leave to preserve the national government.

What was the opening confrontation of the Civil War?

a) Fort Sumterb) Vicksburgc) Atlantad) Appomattox

Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?

a) Abraham Lincolnb) Jefferson Davisc) James Buchanand) Andrew Johnson

What former slave became a prominent abolitionist and urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight in the Union army?

a) Frederick Douglassb) Gabriel Prosserc) Nat Turnerd) William Lloyd Garrison

Who was the Confederate general who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia?

a) Robert E. Leeb) Joseph Johnstonc) Stonewall Jacksond) A. P. Hill

What announcement did President Lincoln issue after the battle of Antietam freeing slaves only in rebellion slave states?

a) Gettysburg Addressb) First Inaugural Addressc) State of the Union speechd) Emancipation Proclamation

What battle is known as the turning point of the Civil War?

a) Vicksburgb) Gettysburgc) Antietamd) Shiloh

Which Union military commander won victories over the south after several Union commanders had failed?

a) McClellanb) Grantc) Burnsided) Cornwallis

In what speech did Lincoln describe the Civil War as a struggle to preserve a nation that was dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal" and that was ruled by a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people?"

a) Gettysburg Addressb) State of the Union speechc) Emancipation Proclamationd) First Inaugural Address

At what site did Lee, representing the South, surrender to the North?

a) Antietamb) Appomattoxc) Altoonad) Atlanta

Who accepted Lee's surrender to end the war?

a) McClellanb) Lincolnc) Grantd) Sherman

Who said, "with malice towards none, with charity for all... to bind up the nation's wounds...?”

a) Abraham Lincolnb) Clara Bartonc) Andrew Johnsond) Robert E. Lee

What happened to President Lincoln shortly after the South's surrender to the North?

a) He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald.b) He was not reelected.c) He was poisoned.d) He was shot by John Wilkes Booth.

Which is not a result of the Civil War on the south?

a) Atlanta and Richmond were in ruinsb) Farms, railroads, and factories were destroyed.c) Industry increased due to the lack of farmable

land.d) The South remained the poorest section of the

nation for many decades following the war.

What political group took control after Lincoln's death to influence the process of Reconstruction in a punitive manner towards the Confederate States?

a) Democratic-Republicansb) Radical Republicansc) Liberty Partyd) Free-Soilers

What does the 13th Amendment state?

a) direct election of senatorsb) states can not deny equal rights under the law

to any Americanc) slavery is abolished permanently in the U.S.d) voting rights for women

Which amendment states that voting rights are guaranteed regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

a) 12th Amendmentb) 15th Amendmentc) 14th Amendmentd) 10th Amendment

What issue led to the impeachment of President Johnson?

a) reinstating southern states to the unionb) assassination of Lincolnc) civil rights for freed slavesd) He ignored the Tenure of Office Act

In the Compromise of 1877, Republicans agreed to

a) not run in another election in the south.b) end military occupation of the south.c) pass Jim Crow lawsd) give former Confederates the chance to

control the Republican party again.

What is the name of the time period in which African Americans in the South were denied the full rights of American citizenship?

a) Reconstruction Erab) Industrial Erac) Jim Crow Erad) Progressive Era