Question 1. Which of the following was not a characteristic of the emerging middle class of the 1830s?
It was centered in the Southwest.
Its domestic life was mother-centered and very private.
It followed the basic moral precepts of reformed Protestantism.
It benefited from the market economy.
Question 2. Jefferson's greatest achievement as president was:
Neutrality
Abolishing slavery
The Louisiana Purchase
The fariffs
Question 3. The Term manifest destiny refers to a belief that
the USA should take Canada
the USA should have a War with Mexico
Native Americans should be given freedom
Americans should dominate the North American continent
Question 4. It was the abolitionists in the North that pushed for the outlaw of slavery.
True
False
Question 5. The first Women's Rights Conference was held at:
Seneca Falls
Detroit
Chicago
Savannah
Question 6. The Missouri Compromise was about:
Adding free trade for Mississippi
Adding in a new slave state and a new free state
Allowing banking in Missouri
Allowing Missouri to enter as a free state
Question 7. The popular president who dismantled the bank of the U.S. was:
Daniel Webster
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Van Buren
Question 8. Nullification was a concept used to defeat:
Federal laws
Native Americans
Slaves
Question 9. With the expansion of railroads, the price of goods fell but the time for delivery rose.
True
False
Question 10. The Whig Party rose to power as an opposition to Andrew Jackson.
True
False
Question 11. The Republic of Texas was formed as it broke away from:
Spain
The U.S.
England
Mexico
Question 12. The conclusion of the Mexican/American War did not give the United States which state?
California
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Question 13. The issue included in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates that was controversial was about:
Westward Movement
Slavery
Taxes
Tariffs
Question 14. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Lincoln for:
Military purposes
So more northerners would enlist
To upset the South
None of the above
Question 15. The outcome of the Dredd Scott case summarized would read:
Slaves were property everywhere
If a Slave lived in the North he was free
Slavery was outlawed in the North
Slavery only existed in the South
Question 16. The first fighting of the Civil War occurred at:
Richmond
Savannah
Charleston Harbor
Atlanta
Question 17. The first state to leave the Union was:
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Florida
Question 18. The President of the Confederates was:
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
John Calhoun
James Buchanan
Question 19. The South had an advantage in the Civil War as its troops had good military training.
True
False
Question 20. Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia in:
Boston
Appomattox
Atlanta
Richmond