History Exam 2nd semester 68-100

Question 1

What influential politician from the American west was a key player in helping elect John Quincy Adam’s?

Answer 1

Henry Clay

Question 2

Which of the following is true about President John Quincy Adam’s?

Answer 2

He rules honestly and ethically

Question 3

When Andrew Jackson ran for president for the 2nd time, what development helped him win the office?

Answer 3

Universal white male sufferage

Question 4

What political move escalated the nullification crisis in the United States

Answer 4

Raising of tariffs on foreign goods

Question 5

Which of the following policeman’s was in favor of nullification?

Answer 5

John C Calhoun

Question 6

What state threatened to secede from the Union in 1832

Answer 6

South Carolina

Question 7

What did South Carolinians called a tariff passed in 1828 that they believed sent all the benefits to Northern manufacturers while leaving the agricultural South power

Answer 7

Tariff of abominations

Question 8

What was Andrew Jackson’s response to the Ordinance of Nullification passed by South Carolina in 1832

Answer 8

Jackson said he would personally lead the US army to enforce the tariff because the people were on the brink of insurrection + charge people with treason

Question 9

After the expiration of the charter of the First Bank of the United States, who handled the banking business in the United States, which ended up creating confusion and ultimately fueled inflation?

Answer 9

State charity banks

Question 10

What decision of Andrew Jackson influenced the economic collapse that occurred during Martin Van Buren’s presidency

Answer 10

Jackson’s failure to peruse the Bank of the US

Question 11

Which of the following is not a reason Andrew Jackson vetoed the charter renewal of the Second Bank of the United States

Answer 11

He didn’t believe it was effective enough to support an economy like the US

Question 12

What did Andrew Jackson and his supporters call the central bank?

Answer 12

A monster

Question 13

What did Andrew Jackson’s opposition call the state banks where government money was trying to gradually deposit once he ordered an end to deposits of government money in the dying Second Bank

Answer 13

Pet banks

Question 14

which of the following was not a result of Andrew Jackson’s crusade against the Second Bank of the U.S.

Answer 14

It was an unexpected time of economic prosperity

Question 15

Where did the majority of immigrants originate from during the first half of the 19th century?

Answer 15

Ireland and Germany

Question 16

Due to political party disorganization (and probably an affliction with the Dutch Illuminati), who was elected president and was the unfortunate recipient of the fallout from Andrew Jackson’s time in office

Answer 16

Martin van buren

Question 17

What hero from Native American conflicts and the War of 1812 ran in opposition to the sitting president of the United States in the election of 1840 but did not last long in office once he was sworn in

Answer 17

William Henry Harrison

Question 18

John Tyler’s administration marked what significant event in United States history?

Answer 18

Death of a sitting president son with transition to power to vice president

Question 19

What other name was this nativist organization, founded in 1849 and formally known as the Order of the Star-Spangled Banner, known as?

Answer 19

Th know nothings

Question 20

Nativists blamed what growing American population for attempting to subvert the U.S. through alcohol

Answer 20

Catholics

Question 21

What particular benefit did workingmen’s organization demand during the early 19th century during the time for reform

Answer 21

Free public school to all children

Question 22

To which famous senior officer did General Winfield Scott initially offer the command of the Union forces at the beginning of the Civil War

Answer 22

Robert E lee

Question 23

What side of the fight had more trained military officers at the beginning of the war?

Answer 23

The south

Question 24

In what region were more factories already built at the outbreak of the war?

Answer 24

The north

Question 25

Why is the Civil War called the first “modern” war

Answer 25

It wasn’t faught by small disciplinas armies with limited goods, it involves huge armies made up of mostly civilian volunteers that require tons of supplies and equipment

Question 26

This general was put in charge of the Army of the Potomac (in the Eastern theatre). He was popular with his troops but proved to be overly cautious and unwilling to attack unless he had overwhelming strength. He finally ordered his troops to attack at Antietam which resulted in the single bloodiest one-day battle during the war

Answer 26

George McClellan

Question 27

What was the name of the treaty that officially added the area known as Spanish Florida to the United States

Answer 27

Adam’s onis treaty

Question 28

What did the Kansas- Nebraska Act say?

Answer 28

Under popular severity of the citizens of each territory, rather than congress, would determine or not whether slavery would be allowed

Question 29

Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s

Answer 29

Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free slave

Question 30

What was the law that ended up decimating the population of the Cherokee people and affirmed that America wasn’t for all Americans

Answer 30

Indian removal act

Question 31

Who was responsible for the 1856 Pottawatomie Creek Massacre in Kansas and led the raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859

Answer 31

John brown

Question 32

Why could someone argue that the North was complicit in the expansion of slavery

Answer 32

Northern factory demand for cotton steadily increased

Question 33

This literary work was both sentimental and full of stereotypes, but it portrayed the cruelty of slavery and held that there was a fundamental conflict between free and slave societies

Answer 33

Uncle Tom’s Cabin