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- 1. Multiple Choice
The spoils system involved the practice of …a new president appoints people from the opposing partya new president appoints friends that helped him get electedan outgoing president attempts to appoint Supreme Court judgesan outgoing president selects the cabinet for the new president - 2. Multiple ChoiceThe period when machines took the place of hand labor is called …the spoils systeminterchangeable partsthe Industrial Revolutionhe Panic of 1837
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe Erie Canal was a significant element in the development of which region?the Erie arealands west of the Mississippisouthernthe Ohio Valley
- 4. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following were components of the American System EXCEPT?establishing a protective tariff in order to protect American businessesbringing back the National Bankgovernment money for the development of new inventionsthe development of transportation systems and internal improvements
- 5. Multiple ChoiceDid Missouri have slaves after the Missouri Compromise?YesNo
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWho defeated Andrew Jackson in the election of 1824?Winfield ScottJohn Quincy AdamsWilliam Henry Harrison
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat economic event occurred in 1837?The Panic of 1837The Depression of 1837The Downturn of '37
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow did tariffs affect imported goods?Tariffs lowered the prices of imported goods.Tariffs made imported goods illegal to buy.Tariffs set weight restrictions for imported goods.Tariffs raised the cost of imported goods.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?He thought its president was inexperienced and poorly educated.He thought it loaned too much money to farmers and workers.He thought it was unconstitutional and that it favored the rich.He thought it benefited western business owners over those in the east.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe Trail of Tears refers toJackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat state was ready to nullify the tariffs in 1832?South CarolinaGeorgiaVirginiaAlabama
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the journey made by Cherokee Indians after they were removed from their land?Indian Removal ActTrail of SorrowsTrail of TearsNullification Act
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat party forms because they opposed Jackson's ideas?WhigsRepublicansFederalistsDemocrats
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhy did South Carolina threaten to secede from the union the first time?SlaveryLand costsTariffsMissouri entering the union
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWho won the election of 1824?Andrew JacksonJohn Quincy AdamsHenry ClayWilliam Crawford
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is NOT a reason the Cherokee people were forced to move west?Adopting white customsGold was found on their landIndian Removal Act was passedJackson ignored the Supreme Court
- 17. Multiple ChoiceJackson rewarding political backers with jobs was known as?DemocracySpoils SystemPanic of 1837Friendship
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich region was upset about the Tariff of Abominations?WestSouthNorthNorthwest
- 19. Multiple ChoiceSoutherners felt they were paying for which regions prosperity with the Tariff of AbominationsWestSoutheastNorthwestNorth
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich Massachusetts political leader was the strongest nationalist in the Senate?Henry ClayDaniel WebsterAndrew JacksonThomas Jefferson
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWho was involved in the corrupt bargain?Clay and JacksonAdams and ClayJackson and AdamsAdams and Van Buren
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee nation wasa part of the US and had to follow our lawsa sovereign nation and did not have to follow the removal lawa part of a larger Native American nation and they would have to fight together to oppose the removal actinterfering with the nations prosperity and would have to move further west
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich Supreme Court Case did Chief Justice John Marshal disagree with Andrew Jackson?Marbury v MadisonGibbons v OgdenMcCulloch v MarylandWorcester v Georgia
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich President was known as the Common Man's President?Andrew JacksonThomas JeffersonMillard FillmoreWilliam Henry Harrison
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhere did the money in the Bank of US go to after the Bank was closed?to South Caroloinato Capitol Builddingto State Banksto Andrew Jacksons House
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat is suffrage?the right to votethe act of sufferinganything that is disliked or hatedlimiting voting
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWilliam Lloyd Garrison published the anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator. Unlike many abolitionists before him, Garrison wanted the slaves to be--returned to Africabe freed immediatelytaught how to read and writeallowed to work in the South
- 28. Multiple ChoiceAs a result of her reform efforts, Dorothea Dix helped states--ban the sale of alcoholestablish high schools for girlsbuild and maintain mental health facilitieslegally grant women control inheritance
- 29. Multiple Choice*Emotional camp meetings*Interest in social reforms*Renewed excitement about religion What was this movement called?Utopian societiesTranscendentalismChildren's aid societySecond Great Awakening
- 30. Multiple ChoiceHenry David Thoreau published Walden in 1854. He wrote about his experiences while --learning how to write wellgrowing up in Massachusettsprotesting against the governmentliving simply in a natural environment
- 31. Multiple Choice"If ..the machine of government...is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law." Henry David Thoreau, author, is supporting the idea of --active citizenshipcivil disobedienceindividual rightspopular opinion
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best describes Elizabeth Cady Stanton?Leader in the abolitionist movementFirst woman doctor in the United StatesLeader in improving American schoolsOrganizer of the Women's Rights Convention
- 33. Multiple ChoiceSojourner Truth preached to people about _____.evils of slaveryhow to escape to freedomhow to talk to slave ownershow to bake bread
- 34. Multiple ChoiceFrederick Douglass was a former slave who:Complained about his new life in the North.Went into hiding in New York.Created a platform about returning to Africa.Spoke up about his experiences as a slave while living in the North.
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWilliam Lloyd Garrison was the founder of which antislavery newspaper?The ExaminerThe LiberatorThe New York TimesThe Independence Gazette
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an abolitionist?Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.Someone who wants to never wear jeans.
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWho is Dorethea Dix?a criminala reformera secret spya teacher, who was moved by seeing the horrible conditions of jails and wanted to seek reform
- 38. Multiple ChoiceWhat is temperance?abstinence from alcoholic drinkthe study of temperaturesa religious belief that says your temper controls your fatethe right to vote
- 39. Multiple ChoiceWhat does suffrage mean?being in paingetting rid of slaverythe right to votethe right to equal pay
- 40. Multiple ChoiceName the inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts.Eli WhitneyHenry BessmerAlexander BellThomas Edison
- 41. Multiple ChoiceWhat did advancement in transportation such as canals, steamboats, and railroads have on manufactured goods?Goods became more expensive to produce and ship.Goods became cheaper and easier to ship.Nothing changed in goods produced.The South started making less goods.
- 42. Multiple ChoiceThe purpose of the Seneca Falls Declaration was what?women's rightswestward expansiontariffsabolitionist
- 43. Multiple ChoiceWriters Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau weretranscendentalistsrevivalistsutopiansenslaved people
- 44. Multiple ChoiceThe "North Star" was an abolitionist newspaper written by whom?William Lloyd GarrisonAngeline GrimkeFredrick DouglassSojourner Truth
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWho is considered the "founder of public education"?Dorothea DixLucretia MottHorace MannFredrick Douglass
- 46. Multiple ChoiceWomen working in Lowell attempted to use ______ strikes to get better working conditions.TemperanceLaborUnionPull
- 47. Multiple ChoiceBoth civil disobedience and nullification demonstrate how an unjust law can be _____?ResistedPersistentAbideMaintained
- 48. Multiple ChoiceDefeating the abuse of alcohol was the cornerstone of this movement.Prison MovementTemperance MovementMentally ill movementOrphan train movement.
- 49. Multiple ChoiceWhat two people became good abolitionists speakers because they had been former slaves?Frederick Douglass, Sojourner TruthHarriet Tubman, Frederick DouglassHarriet Tubman, Dorthea DixDorthea Dix, Sojourner Truth
- 50. Multiple ChoiceI led a famous rebellion of slaves, in which we killed 55 whites.Horace MannLevi CoffinNat TurnerWilliam Lloyd Garrison
- 51. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a utopia?A community that focused on nature for paintingA community based on a perfect societyA community for Quakers.A community for Irish potatoes farmers
- 52. Multiple ChoiceThe Nullification Crisis of 1832 centered aroundthe annexation of TexasJackson's war on the bankThe extension of slavery into MissouriSouthern opposition to tariffs
- 53. Multiple ChoiceFrederick Douglas, William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth: All of these were figures in which social movement?AbolitionistTemperanceEducationSuffrage
- 54. Multiple ChoiceWho was the most vocal opponent of the Tariff of 1828 and advocated "State's Rights" and "Nullification" in the growing sectional conflicts between North and South?Henry Clay of KentuckyAndrew Jackson of TennesseeDaniel Webster of MassachusettsJohn C. Calhoun of South Carolina
- 55. Multiple ChoiceAngelina and Sarah Grimke were sisters from South Carolina and are MOST notable as being 19th centuryabolitionistsbusinesswomenpoliticianssuffragettes
- 56. Multiple ChoiceBorn into slavery, this great writer and speaker escaped to the North, where he worked to achieve freedom of slaves through nonviolent means.William Lloyd GarrisonNat TurnerDavid WalkerFrederick Douglass
- 57. Multiple ChoiceWhat did nationalism go hand in hand with in the 1700s?Civil WarRevolutionary warIndependence movementsTrade routes
- 58. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Gibbons v. Ogden?Only the federal government had the right to control interstate commerce.States had power over the national government in matters involving taxation.A state bank could not tax a national bank.A state had the right to control its own commerce.
- 59. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was part of the American System?a tax on imported goods to protect American businessesa toll on future roads and canals to finance their constructiona system of regional banks in which each would promote its own currencya law that said only the national government could regulate interstate trade
- 60. Multiple ChoiceWho promoted a plan known as the American System?James MonroeJames MadisonHenry ClayDean Winchester
- 61. Multiple ChoiceWho ushered in the Era of Good Feelings?James MadisonJames MonroeHenry ClaySam WInchester
- 62. Multiple ChoiceThe Supreme Court decision ruled that a state could not tax a national bank.Gibbons v. OgdenMcCulloch v. MarylandMarbury v. MadisonDoctrine of Nullification
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