Unit 3 1800-1848 and Causes of the American Civil War

Midterm Test

U.S. History

Unit 3 1800-1848 and Causes of the American Civil War

2016

Mr. Green

Part I – Matching

1. Henry Clay
2. Andrew Jackson
3. James Madison
4. John C. Calhoun
5. Samuel Slater / A. 4th President, presided over the War of 1812
B. Considered father of American industrial revolution because he brought British textile technology, rather illegally, to America
C. 7th President, hero of the Battle of New Orleans, represented the “common man”
D. Authored Missouri Compromise, opposed Andrew Jackson, Created the American System
E. known as an advocate of slavery, states’ rights, a limited federal government, and nullification
6. Tecumseh
7. James Monroe
8. John Quincy Adams
9. Daniel Webster
10. Francis Cabot Lowell / A. 5th President, last of the Virginia Dynasty, ushered in the “Era of Good Feelings”
B. 6th President, son of former president, accused of a “corrupt bargain”
C. He was a major player in the Industrial Revolution, and brought large factory-style mills to prominence
D. American politician and orator. He advocated renewal and opposed the financial policy of Jackson. Delivered the famous “Second Reply” speech to Robert Hayne over the nullification crisis.
E. Believed the only way Natives could oppose the U.S. Government was for them to unite and fight
11. Frederick Douglas
12. Ralph Waldo Emerson
13. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
14. Dorothea Dix
15. William Lloyd Garrison / A. He was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist and social reformer as well as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper "the liberator".
B. She was a member of the women's right's movement in 1840 and advocated suffrage for women at the first Women's Right's Convention in Seneca, New York 1848.
C. He was a United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism
D. She was an evangelist and spearheaded the asylum reform movement for the mentally insane
E. He was one of the most prominent African American figures in the abolitionist movement. He escaped from slavery and wrote an autobiography that was published in 1845.
16. John Marshall
17. Zachary Taylor
18. Abraham Lincoln
19. Democrats
20. Republican Party 1854 / A.
B.
C. He was the most influential Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who helped strengthen the power of the federal government.
D.
E.

Part II - Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

16. All of the following are major events that led to the War of 1812 EXCEPT

(A) British Impressment

(B) Embargo Act of 1807

(D) Duel between Burr and Hamilton

34. All of the following were part of the “Rise of Mass Politics” under President Andrew Jackson EXCEPT

(A) property and taxpaying requirements to vote disappeared in many states in favor of the “common man”.

(B) Presidential electors were chosen by popular vote.

(D) voting rights were extended to women and African Americans.

1. Which of the following early American political parties most vocally championed the “common man,” welcomed immigrants, and benefitted from the expansion of voting rights to most white males?

a. The Federalists

b. The Jeffersonians

c. The Whigs

d. The Democrats

2. Which of the following Supreme Court cases is correctly identified?

a. Marbury v. Madison—established the principle of judicial review

b. McCulloch v. Maryland—upheld the sanctity of private contracts

c. Worcester v. Georgia—ruled that states cannot tax the federal government

d. Dartmouth v. Woodward—established tribal autonomy on Indian lands

4. In a famous 1837 speech, South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun defended slavery as a

a. “positive good.”

b. “military necessity.”

c. “national birthright.”

d. “Christmas Ham.”

5. Antebellum era reform movements such as abolitionism, temperance, and women’s rights had their origins in ALL of the following EXCEPT

a. the Monroe Doctrine.

b. the Second Great Awakening.

c. beliefs in human perfectibility.

d. liberal European social ideas.

6. Which person or group most strongly advocated sending enslaved blacks to Africa as an answer to the problem of slavery?

a. Frederick Douglass

b. The American Colonization Society

c. Sojourner Truth

d. The Free-Soil Party

7. During the 1840s and 1850s, which set of immigrant groups arrived in unprecedented numbers, resulting in a nativist backlash in popular culture?

a. Scots-Irish and Welsh

b. Dutch and French

c. Irish and Germans

d. Italians and Greeks

11. Which of the following was NOT a result of antebellum technological innovations such as textile machinery, the steam engine, the telegraph, and the use of interchangeable parts?

a. The expanded size and scope of domestic markets

b. The Southern Industrial Revolution.

c. Increased industrial output and worker productivity

d. A revolution in farming and agriculture

12. Which of the following statements best describes the Lowell system?

a. It revolutionized the production of steel in the United States.

b. It was so successful that it was eventually adopted throughout the United States and England.

c. It involved using mill girls from rural areas to work in textile factories.

d. It relied exclusively on cheap immigrant labor to undercut competitors.

12. Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin led to

(A) led to the expansion of the cotton culture and slavery.

(B) improved transportation in the South.

(C) made the South a major textile-producing region.
(D) led to the decline of slavery, for fewer workers were needed to process the cotton.

17. The Embargo Act of 1807 hurt which of the following the most?

(A) England

(B) U.S. Merchants

(D) the South

18. War Hawks, such as John C. Calhoun, were young congressmen who

(A) wanted to peacefully resolve foreign affairs with Britain.

(B) believed the British impressment of Americans was justified.

(D) were concerned that war with Britian would be bad for the southern economy.

16. Which of the following connected the Great Lakes to the East Coast and fueled the economic rise

of New York City?

a. The transcontinental railroad

b. The National Road

c. The Cumberland Gap

d. The Erie Canal

17. The majority of Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s settled

a. along the Great Lakes region.

b. on farms in the Midwest.

c. in cities along the east coast.

d. on homesteads on the frontier.

19. Which of the following movements, glorifying women’s role as homemakers, resulted in part from the increasing separation between home and the workplace brought on by industrialization?

a. Republican Motherhood

b. The Cult of Domesticity

c. The Gibson Girls

d. Bloomerism

21. Which of the following was NOT an example of Manifest Destiny?

a. The annexation of Texas

b. Attempts to purchase California

c. Negotiations over the Oregon border

d. Demilitarizing the Great Lakes within the U.S. boarders

22. Which of the following correctly characterizes the War of 1812?

a. The United States was able to reassert sovereignty over its existing western lands and remove Britain’s military presence.

b. Lack of popular support for the war effort damaged the Democratic-Republican party

c. The United States won a decisive victory against the British and gained valuable new land on the frontier as a result.

d. Federalist support for the war reinvigorated the party and allowed it to thrive for another 20 years.

23. Which of the following treaties is correctly matched with its description?

a. Jay’s Treaty—ended the War of 1812

b. Treaty of Ghent—settled boundary disputes with Canada

c. Adams-Onis Treaty—acquired Florida from Spain

d. Webster-Ashburton Treaty—ended the Quasi-War with France

Question 40 - 25 refer to the following quote.

“…to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety. With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered and shall not interfere. But with the Governments who have declared their independence and maintain it, and whose independence we have, on great consideration and on just principles, acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling in any other manner their destiny, by any European power in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States. In the war between those new Governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgement of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.”

-Excerpt from the Monroe Doctrine from President James Monroe’s annual address message to Congress, 1823

23. Based on the excerpt, which of the following statements best describes the change in American foreign policy in 1823?

(A) The United States would become more active in European affairs.

(B) The United States would consider any attempt of European interference or colonization in the Western Hemisphere as unfriendly toward the Unites States.

(D) The United States declared its intention to gain a world empire.

24. The ideals expressed in the Monroe Doctrine augment or extend the ideals expressed in which of the following previously established American policies?

(A) The concept of “free trade” inaugurated in Jay’s Treaty.

(B) The idea of “right of deposit” established in Pinkney’s Treaty.

(D) The acquisition of new territory, as established in the Greenville Treaty in 1795.

25. The establishment of the Monroe Doctrine was a reaction to which of the following events?

(A) The outcome of the War of 1812

(B) The intention of the European powers to reclaim Spanish colonies in the Western Hemisphere

(D) European economic encroachment in the Western Hemisphere

25. The most divisive issue in regards to western expansion during the pre-Civil War era

a. the removal of Indians.

b. the extension of slavery.

c. free homesteads for settlers.

d. property qualifications for voting.

26. All the following are true of the Tariff of 1828 EXCEPT it

a. was viewed as an “abomination” by many Southerners.

b. demonstrated the growing differences between the North and South.

c. was ignored by President Jackson.

d. created a crisis that almost led to a civil war.

32. The "force bill" of 1832
(A) authorized the president to use force to see that acts of Congress were obeyed.
(B) forced Jackson to stand up to Calhoun.

(D) made it impossible for other southern states to nullify laws.

28. All of the following are FALSE statements about the removal of Indians from their ancestral homelands except

(A) they were provided ample protection and supplies from the United States government that eased their transition.

(B) they were removed from the fertile land and placed in better conditions in what became known as the Indian territory.

(D) any Indian who agreed to assimilate into American culture was allowed to stay and coexist with white settlers.

28. The Indian Removal Act of 1830

a. led to the infamous Trail of Tears.

b. was upheld in Cherokee v. Georgia.

c. paid Indian tribes market rates for their confiscated lands.

d. was passed over President Jackson’s angry veto.

2. What did the Missouri Compromise primarily state?

A. Missouri would be admitted as a slave state as long as Maine could be a free state to maintain balance in the senate.

B. Missourians would be able to vote on whether or not to allow slavery.

C. Slavery would be permitted North of the 36º-30’N line.

D. Both Missouri and Kansas would be considered “sovereign states” in which they would vote yes or no for slavery.

30. The increase of slavery in the new Southwest during the antebellum era

a. created new tensions over the spread of slavery.

b. was firmly opposed by both major political parties.

c. led to the resumption of importing slaves from Africa.

d. decreased the market value of cotton and slaves in the East.

32. Jefferson had reservations about buying Louisiana because

(A) he doubted his constitutional power to do so.

(B) he feared it would upset western Indian tribes.

(D) the Spanish claimed the territory as theirs.

33. The charge of a “corrupt bargain” was raised when

(A) Jackson promised to reward his supporters if he won.

(B) Adams won with the support of southern planters.

(D) the Republican caucus threw its support to Adams.

1. ______When did differences regarding slavery begin between the North and the South?

A. 1776 - American Constitution

B. 1820 - Missouri Compromise

C. 1850 - Compromise of 1850

D. 1857 - John Brown’s raids

4. ______Which of the following statements is true?

A. The South was becoming urbanized

B. The South was becoming industrialized

C. Only 1/3 of Southerners owned slaves

D. Southern factories depended on slaves to manufacture goods

51. The idea that God had selected America to expand its boundaries over the continent of North America was known as

(A) Manifest Destiny.

(B) divine right.

(D) nativism.

52. The Mexican American war was ended with the signing of

(A) the Gadsden Purchase.

(B) the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

(D) The Treaty of Buena Vista.

53. The question of statehood for Kansas and Nebraska became a critical issue because

(A) of southern fear that a transcontinental railroad would be built through them.