Questions I keep missing

Question 1

What country established the first permanent European colonies in the Americas?

Answer 1

Spain

Question 2

Which colonial power focused on finding a Northwest Passage from Canada to the Pacific?

Answer 2

France

Question 3

Which English colony represented the most direct compromise between Protestants and Catholics in the early 1600s?

Answer 3

Maryland

Question 4

What European country aligned with the Iroquois to battle England in New York?

Answer 4

The Netherlands

Question 5

Which statement is true of Pontiac’s Rebellion?

Answer 5

The british used the native north americans fragmentation against them to gain military advantage

Question 6

Which is true of the Treaty of Paris?

Answer 6

It negotiated for the sale of all Spanish territorial claims in North America

Question 7

Which statement is true of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?

Answer 7

It sought an active alignment with the founding documents of the nation

Question 8

Which statement is true of the Panic of 1819?

Answer 8

It led Americans to expect financial support from their government

Question 9

Which statement accurately describes the election of 1824?

Answer 9

It was marred by accusations of corruption and bribery and decided in the House of Representatives

Question 10

What was a primary distinction between Jacksonian Democrats and the Whigs in the 1820s?

Answer 10

Emphasis on a strong executive branch

Question 11

Which statement about the rights of African Americans in the Jackson Era is correct?

Answer 11

Western states passed laws prohibiting Black people to live there

Question 12

What issue prompted the Nullification Crisis?

Answer 12

A tariff proposed by Andrew Jackson before his election

Question 13

Which statement accurately reflects Andrew Jackson’s view of banks?

Answer 13

Paper money exists to aid the wealthy and hurt the poor and should be strictly regulated, if not outright banned

Question 14

Which statement about the Cherokee Nation’s relationship with the United States legal system is correct?

Answer 14

The President of the United States ignored a decision by the Supreme Court in order to forcibly remove Cherokee people from Georgia

Question 15

Where did most immigrants come from in the years 1830–1860?

Answer 15

Ireland and Germany

Question 16

What statement about White Southerners’ attitude toward slavery is accurate?

Answer 16

Even the poorest people in Southern society felt they benefited from slavery

Question 17

Which statement about the legal rights of enslaved people in the United States is accurate?

Answer 17

The laws established to set minimum standards of food, shelter, and clothing for enslaved people were unenforceable

Question 18

Which statement about the culture that Black Americans developed under slavery is correct?

Answer 18

The Second Great Awakening had a profound influence on enslaved people and shaped their culture

Question 19

How did most enslaved people resist slavery?

Answer 19

Through subtle subterfuge and deception

Question 20

What event of the 1820s led to the mass migration of U.S. citizens to Texas?

Answer 20

Mexican Independence

Question 21

What was a primary cause of conflict that led to hostilities between Mexicans and Americans in Texas?

Answer 21

The right to own enslaved people

Question 22

What was the United States’ reaction to the violence between Texan settlers and Santa Anna’s Mexican forces?

Answer 22

Ambivalence

Question 23

What did the expression “Fifty-four Forty or Fight!” refer to?

Answer 23

The American claim to land deep into Canada

Question 24

What is true of the election of 1848?

Answer 24

A third party broke off from the Democratic Party and proposed its own candidate

Question 25

Which of the following statements is correct about the expansion of slavery under the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 25

Slavery would be allowed in Washington, D.C

Question 26

What was the general reaction in the North to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law?

Answer 26

The passage of state laws undercutting its powers

Question 27

Which statement is true of the Dred Scott decision?

Answer 27

It ruled that California could not prohibit slavery

Question 28

What was the strength of the South at the onset of the Civil War?

Answer 28

Greater willingness to enter into battle

Question 29

What core belief lay behind the United States military strategy in 1861–1862?

Answer 29

Most Southerners valued their identity in the Union more than they did the expansion of slavery in the West

Question 30

Which statement about the Eastern theater of the Civil War in the years 1861–1862 is correct?

Answer 30

Robert E. Lee’s successes in Virginia forced Lincoln to repeatedly change who was in command of Union forces in the East

Question 31

Which factor was decisive for Lincoln’s attitude toward emancipation in the years 1861–1862?

Answer 31

Congressional pressure applied via the passage of the Second Confiscation Act

Question 32

Which of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation is true?

Answer 32

Lincoln needed to frame the Emancipation Proclamation as a military rather than a moral strategy to gain the support of white Northerners

Question 33

What did Sherman’s “March to the Sea” reflect about the Union military strategy in the Civil War?

Answer 33

Sherman’s strategy was a policy of utter destruction