Quiz 4

Question 1

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

Answer 1

A region of the Deep South where slavery was expanded alongside the boom in cotton production

Question 2

The Indian Removal Act is most closely associated with which President?
1. Andrew jackson
2. John Quincy Adams
3. John Tyler
4. Abraham Lincoln

Answer 2

Andrew Jackson

Question 3

The Civilization Fund Act of 1819 provided Federal money to fund which projects?
1. Infastructure improvements in upstate New York
2. Schools for Native Americans
3. The Transcontinental Railraod
4. Fortifications to protect frontier settlers

Answer 3

Schools for Native Americans

Question 4

Which slave rebellion led to a new Virginia law that required a white minister be present at all Black religious services?
1. John Brown’s Rebellion
2. Grabriel’s Rebellion
3. Bacon’s Rebellion
4. Nat Turner’s Rebellion

Answer 4

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

Question 5

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

Answer 5

The agrarian (agricultural) alliance

Question 6

What disputed territory led to an outbreak of violence and the Mexican-American war?
1. The Texas panhandle
2. New Mexico
3. Alta California
4. The Nueces Strip

Answer 6

The Nueces Strip

Question 7

What is the term for the assertion of the exclusive right of the United States to control affairs in teh Western hemisphere, and for European powers to stay out?
1. The filibuster
2. Manifest Destiny
3. Monroe Doctrine
4. Marshall Plan

Answer 7

Monroe Doctrine

Question 8

What State would be admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850?
1. Utah
2. New Meixco
3. Kansas
4. California

Answer 8

Califnora

Question 9

What was the Supreme Court decision that declared the rights of citizens in the US belonged to white people only?
1. Dred Scott v Sanford
2. Prigg v Pennsylvania
3. Marbury v Madison
4. Luther v Borden

Answer 9

Dred Scott v Sanford

Question 10

Who led the famous raid of Harpers Ferry, intended to spark a general slave uprising that would lead to the destruction of slavery in the US?
1. Frederick Douglass
2. Soujourner Truth
3. John Brown
4. Anthony Burns

Answer 10

John Brown