History Questions

Question 1

The Seneca Falls Declaration called for

Answer 1

Equal Rights for Women

Question 2

factories developed slowly in the south for all of the following reasons except

Answer 2

Southerners had no source of capital.

Question 3

which of the following did not characterize Mormonism in the 19th century

Answer 3

it stated that the bible was the only source of divine revelation

Question 4

An important result of Mexican- American War

Answer 4

Increased ill-will between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces

Question 5

What was an important reason for early american migration to Texas

Answer 5

The availability of cheap land for planting cotton.

Question 6

Which of the following was not part of the Mexican American war

Answer 6

The Battle of San Jacito

Question 7

Why did non-slave holding southerners support the slave system

Answer 7

Some wanted to be slave holders
they accepted the racist assumptions
They feared what freed slaves might do

Question 8

which of the following groups believed that the end of the world was imminent

Answer 8

(Adventists)

Question 9

Which of the following was a common form of slave resistance

Answer 9

work stoppage
arson
theft
negligence

Question 10

Which of the following was a common form of slave resistance

Answer 10

work stoppage
arson
theft
negligence

Question 11

the period of revivalism that swept the nation in the first half of the 19th century is called

Answer 11

the second great awakening

Question 12

music and dance enabled slaves to

Answer 12

demonstrate religious beliefs lessen the tedium of work and express the sorrows of slavery

Question 13

which of the following is not true of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 13

it rendered void the terms of the compromise of 1850

Question 14

which 1850 presidential candidate is correctly paired with position on slavery

Answer 14

Bell: The south had a constitutional right to slavery but congress should not allow it to expand (Preserving the Union was important)

Question 15

The Dredd Scott decision declared that congress could not

Answer 15

Bar slavery in the territories

Question 16

The Slogan “fifty-four or flight” was used in the use in connection with

Answer 16

Dispute over the Oregon Border

Question 17

The Slogan “fifty-four or flight” was used in the use in connection with

Answer 17

Dispute over the Oregon Border

Question 18

Which of the following rivers was claimed by the US in 1846 as its boundaries with Mexico

Answer 18

Rio Grande

Question 19

Which of the following was a reform movement of the 1840s

Answer 19

• abolitionism
• temperance
• public education
• insane asylum

Question 20

James Buchanan

Answer 20

Democratic president who refused to take action in defuse deteriorating North-South relations in December 1860

Question 21

John Brown

Answer 21

Violent abolitionist leader who failed in an attempt to seize the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry Virginia 1859

Question 22

Stephan Douglass

Answer 22

Illnois senator and author of the Kansas- Nebraska Act which allowed settlers to decide on a slave or free status for their state

Question 23

John C. Calhoun

Answer 23

Jackson’s first vice-president he broke with the president over the 1832 nullification crisis in his home state of South Carolina

Question 24

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 24

Author of Uncle Tom’s cabin an anti-slavery novel that inflamed both sides of the slavery debate

Question 25

Why were northerners interested in both the economic development of the western territories and the issue of the extension of slavery into them

Answer 25

the believed that slavery in the western territories would force free workers to compete with slaves for jobs

Question 26

According to the free port doctrine

Answer 26

popular jurisdiction and the Dred Scott decision were compatible because states could in effect exclude slavery by refusing to protect of slave owners

Question 27

According to the free port doctrine

Answer 27

popular jurisdiction and the Dred Scott decision were compatible because states could in effect exclude slavery by refusing to protect of slave owners

Question 28

Dred Scott

Answer 28

Slave who sued for his freedom which was denied in famous supreme court decision written by Roger Taney

Question 29

What was the purpose of the Grand Council

Answer 29

• Make Laws
• Defend Colonies
• Raise Taxes

Question 30

What caused the French and Indian War

Answer 30

Britain began to compete with France over the fur trade in the Ohio Valley

Question 31

The Shawnee Indians led by the prophet were defeated by William Henry

Answer 31

Tippecanoe

Question 32

After the war of 1812 Henry Clay called for an American system by which he meant

Answer 32

Internal improvements that could make the nation self- sufficient

Question 33

Which of the following was on American success in the war of 1812

Answer 33

Jackson’s efforts at New Orleans in 1815

Question 34

The war hawks were

Answer 34

Republicans from the west and the south who wanted to take Canada from Britain

Question 35

The US went to war with Britain from all of the

Answer 35

Pressure from New England

Question 36

Andrew Jckson’s suporters charged that a corrupt bargin had been made by

Answer 36

John Quincy Adams and Henry clay that made Adams president and Clay Secretary of State

Question 37

Which of the following is not associated with Andrew Jacksons presidency

Answer 37

A deep and respectful view of John Marshal and the decisions of the supreme court, mainly about Indians Affairs

Question 38

Which of the following is not associated with Andrew Jacksons presidency

Answer 38

A deep and respectful view of John Marshal and the decisions of the supreme court, mainly about Indians Affairs

Question 39

What are one of the reasons Andrew Jackson vetoed the re-charting of the bank of the USA

Answer 39

It represented the power of the Eastern money interests

Question 40

which of the following did not contribute of the depression of 1837

Answer 40

Nicholas Biddle’s practice of making loans to anti-Jackson politicians

Question 41

The theory that the union is a compact among the states and that a state has the right to override a federal is known as

Answer 41

nullification

Question 42

which European countries were competing for land in North America

Answer 42

• Spain
• France
• Great Britain

Question 43

what is an alliance

Answer 43

A formal agreement between two or more nations to act together in a cause

Question 44

what is the royal proclamation of 1763

Answer 44

Violent incidents between the Indians and the white settlers forced England to pass a bill that stated the settlers cant go pass the proclamation line.

Question 45

List the 3 results of the treaty of Paris

Answer 45

Spain gave Florida to Britain
Spain gained all the French land west of the Mississippi river
Britain got Canada and east of the Mississippi river

Question 46

What is the Albany Plan of Union

Answer 46

proposed by Benjamin Franklin and Governor Thomas Hutchinson called for colonial unity in the face of coming war with France

Question 47

The Dred Scott decision declared that congress could not

Answer 47

Bar slavery in the territories

Question 48

Andrew Jackson’s supporters charged that a corrupt bargain had been made by

Answer 48

John Quincy Adams and Henry clay that made Adams president and Clay Secretary of State

Question 49

Which of the following is not associated with Andrew Jackson’s presidency

Answer 49

A deep and respectful view of John Marshal and the decisions of the supreme court, mainly about Indians Affairs

Question 50

Factories developed slowly in the south for all of the following reasons except

Answer 50

The south had no source of capital