Final Review

Question 0

Frederick Jackson Turner’s theory emphasized the significance of the frontier for all of the following reasons except:

Answer 0

The western frontier had land that could be distributed to former slaves.

Question 1

Virginia and New Jersey plans

Answer 1

They illustrated the struggle between states for representation and power in the creation of the new government.

Question 2

Which of the following most profoundly transformed slaves’ lives in the South in mid-1700s?

Answer 2

The growth of native born African American population.

Question 3

Shays rebellion is significant because it

Answer 3

Strengthened the movement for a new constitution.

Question 4

What did the Northwest Ordinance accomplish?

Answer 4

It established procedures by which territories could become states.

Question 5

William Lloyd Garrison and the American anti-slavery society we’re known for

Answer 5

Advocating immediate and uncompensated emancipation.

Question 6

Which if the following best characterizes rural women in New England colonies?

Answer 6

They preformed large amount of farm labor and produced goods for their families.

Question 7

One distinguishing features of the new middle-class that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s was

Answer 7

The separation of economic production from the home and family life.

Question 8

Thomas Jefferson disagreed with Alexander Hamilton’s economic primarily because he feared that it would

Answer 8

Promote urban Mercantile interests at the expense of agricultural interests.

Question 9

Five of the 13 states for ratification of the Constitution only after

Answer 9

They were assured that the Bill of Rights would be added shortly after ratification.

Question 10

Members of the American (Know Nothing) party of the 1850s typically supported

Answer 10

Restrictions on Catholics holding public office.

Question 11

After the Civil War some business people and newspaper editors such as the Atlanta Constitution’s Henry Grady- promoted the idea of a New South. Which of the following best describes their vision for the southern states?

Answer 11

A mixed economy longer primarily dependent on cash crops.

Question 12

The role of women expressed in the cult of domesticity had its roots in

Answer 12

The early twentieth century suffrage movement

Question 13

The US gained which of the following from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848?

Answer 13

Possession of CA and most of the SW

Question 14

Opposed the Kansas Nebraska Act

Answer 14

New England abolitionist

Question 15

US House of Rep responded to abolitionist agitation in the 1830s by

Answer 15

Banning discussion of anti slavery petitions

Question 16

Federalist papers written in order to

Answer 16

Attain ratification of the constitution

Question 17

NOT contribute to the perception if many White Southerners that anti slavery sentiment was spreading in the 1850s

Answer 17

Congress voted to end the interstate slave trade

Question 18

The govnt of the Articles if Confed. was successful in resolving the problem of how to

Answer 18

Provide for statehood for western territories

Question 19

Dawes Severalty Act

Answer 19

It eliminated most tribal land ownership in favor of ownership by individuals

Question 20

After the Civil War, women reformers were divided over

Answer 20

Legislation that ensured the voting rights of African American males

Question 21

Henry Clay’s American System

Answer 21

Develop a national economy by improving transportation

Question 22

Marbury vs Madison

Answer 22

The Supreme Court has the authority to determine constitutionality of congressional acts

Question 23

Distinguishing feature of American society in the early 19th century was the

Answer 23

Increase readership of newspapers

Question 24

Repub. party of 1850s position on slavery

Answer 24

Slavery could remain where it existed but should not be extended into territories of the new states

Question 25

Tom Jeff didn’t believe that

Answer 25

Strong natl. army is essential to keep order in the US

Question 26

South during reconstruction (economics)

Answer 26

Spread of share cropping

Question 27

Mercantilism as applied by Brit. to its North American colonies meant that the Brit. govnt

Answer 27

Regulated colonial shipping and tobacco production

Question 28

Shays rebellion reflected which of the following tensions in United States society during the 1780s?

Answer 28

Economic frustrations of New England farmers who had trouble paying debts

Question 29

Most controversial and decisive component if the Compromise of 1850 was the

Answer 29

Passage if a tougher national fugitive slave act

Question 30

Majority of the early English migrants to the Chesapeake bay were

Answer 30

Indentured servants

Question 31

Deism

Answer 31

Belief that God had created the world but allowed it to operated through laws of nature

Question 32

Brit colonist wishing to settle w. of the Appalachians were motivated by

Answer 32

Low price and availability of land

Question 33

African amer. fled the violence of Reconstruction South in 1788 1880 were known as

Answer 33

Exodusters

Question 34

Christopher Columbus (map)

Answer 34

Most densely pop regions of the N. would eventually become new Spain

Question 35

Colonial New England

Answer 35

Life was centered in clustered villages with farmland surrounding the villages

Question 36

Constitutional Convention of 1787 (except)

Answer 36

Determine provisions to be included in the Bill of Rights

Question 37

Missouri Compromise

Answer 37

Closed most of the Louisiana purchase to slavery

Question 38

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 38

European powers should not purchase any future colonization in the Americas