First Set Flashcards
What is the “Black Belt”?
1. The territory north of the Missouri Compromise line that was originally part of Texas
2. A region of the Deep South where slavery was expanded alongside the boom in cotton production
3. The border between slave and free states in the antebellum period
4. The region of Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland dedicated to slavery on tobacco plantations
A region of the Deep South where slavery was expanded alongside the boom in cotton production
Which of these is a common term to describe Andrew Jackson’s political power base?
1. The sectional alliance
2. The agrarian (agricultural) alliance
3. The coastal elite
4. The North-South alliance
The agrarian (agricultural) alliance
What makes the system of chattel slavery different from other forms of slavery?
1. The idea that individual enslaved people are the personal property of owner
2. The idea that the condition of slavery can be imposed on a collective group
3. The ability of enslaved people to purchase their freedom
4. The limitation of slavery to a specific term of servitude
The idea that individual enslaved people are the personal property of an owner
Which of these was an important consequence of Bacon’s Rebellion?
1. The passage by Parliament of new legal restrictions on settlers’ westward expansion.
2. The end of resistance by the Pequot people to New England settlers
3. A legal ruling declaring that slavery had never been legal within England
4. The passage of new colonial laws which enforced much stronger separation between indentured servants and African people in slavery
The passage of new colonial laws which enforced much stronger separation between indentured servants and African people in slavery
What is the term for the Acts issued by the British government in response to the colonial tea parties?
1. The Coercive Acts
2. The Alien and Sedition Acts
3. The Townshend Acts
4. The Stamp Acts
The Coercive Acts
Why did the Articles of Confederation lead to a relatively weak federal government?
.1. Because the form of representation was one vote for each state
2. Because it provoked disagreements among the states that undermined the new federal government
3. Because it prevented the development of strong local economics
4. Because it included no mechanism of taxation to fund the federal government
Because it included no mechanism of taxation to fund the federal government
Shays’ Rebellion strengthened the position of which political faction?
1. The Federalists
2. The Anti-Federalists
3. The Democratic-Republicans
4. The Whigs
The Federalists
Which of the following best characterizes the political position of the Federalists?
1. In favor of a stronger relationship with France as opposed to England
2. In favor of a weak central government
3. In favor of a strong central goverment
4. In favor of the interests of smal landholding farmers over the merchant elite
In favor of a strong central government
Which of the following was a part of the Great Compromise?
1. To outlaw the slave trade after a period of 20 years
2. To have each state represented by 2 Senators regardless of the state’s pop.
3. To alllow a peaceful transfer of power from John Adams to Thomas Jefferson
4. To add amendments crafted by state legistlatures to the constitution as the Bill of Rights
To have each state represented by 2 Senators regardless of the state’s population
Who were the Know-Nothings?
1. An anti-immigrant political party that emerged in the 1840’s
2. A third political party founded to oppose the influence of Freemasonry
3. A group of pro-slavery Southern Senators who opposed the Missorui Compromise
4. A notorious gang that emerged in the slums of mid-19th Century New York City
An anti-immigrant political party that emerged in the 1840’s
