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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which action of President George Washington had the MOST lasting influence as a precedent for the federal government?
Signing treaties with Britain and Spain
Using the army to enforce the Whiskey Tax
Establishing a Cabinet of department heads to advise the President
Creating the First National Bank of the United States
- 2. Multiple Choice
Based on the excerpt, with which statement would President Washington have MOST LIKELY agreed?
There are no threats to the security of the United States.
Permanent alliances with foreign nations should be avoided.
Foreign nations profit too much by importing American goods.
Permanent alliances should be a part of every nation's foreign policy.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The federal government should not pay the debts of states because this would be unfair to those states that had already paid their debts.
The federal government should not place a protective tariff on imported manufactured goods because this would hurt American farmers.
The Constitution should be interpreted strictly.
Which of these leaders MOST agreed with these views?John Marshall and John Adams
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton and George Washington
- 4. Multiple Choice
The United States should pay its debts from the war.
The federal government should pay the war debts of the states.
The federal government should issue new government bonds to cover these debts. These bonds should pay interest. People will be able to rely on these bonds as a form of money.
What were the three elements of this list a part of?Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
Hamilton's Financial Plan
Washington's Farewell Address
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which phrase best completes this Venn diagram?
Emerged as the first political parties
Believed in strong government
Believed manufacturing was more important than farming
Opposed ratification of the Constitution
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which statement BEST describes the impact of President Washington's handling of the Whiskey Rebellion?
It proved to foreign nations that the U.S. government was still weak
It reduced Alexander Hamilton's influence over the national economy.
It increased the powers of state governments over new taxes.
It demonstrated the power of the federal government to enforce its policies
- 7. Multiple Choice
What impact did the Alien and Sedition Acts have on the Presidential election of 1800?
More voters supported Adams to ensure stability.
Fewer voters supported Adams because they felt he had overextended his power
More voters supported Adams because they feared foreigners.
French agents interfered with the election in order to repeal these acts.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why did President Thomas Jefferson hesitate to purchase the Louisiana Territory in 1803?
He thought it was too expensive
He didn't believe Americans needed so much new territory
He didn't want to bribe French officials.
He didn't think the Constitution gave him the power to do so.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which statement BEST summarizes the main idea of the Monroe Doctrine (1823)?
Foreign nations cannot form alliances with the United States
There is a barrier between European nations and the United States
The United States will protect the continents of Europe and Africa
The United States will protect the Western Hemisphere from further European colonization
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which Civil War battle was a turning point because Confederate losses were so high that Lee never went north again?
Gettysburg
Antietam
Bull Run
Chancellorsville
- 11. Multiple Choice
How did Jefferson Davis justify the secession of the Southern states in this excerpt?
States' rights and popular sovereignty
The continuation of slavery
Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act
The balance between slave and free states
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which phrase BEST completes the diagram?
The need to end slavery in the border states
The need to strengthen the powers of the President
The need to lift the naval blockade for humanitarian reasons
The need to prevent Britain from helping the South
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which Civil War general pursued the strategy of "total war" in the South, destroying towns, factories, and railroads?
George Meade
Robert E. Lee
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
William T. Sherman
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which was an important purpose of President Lincoln in delivering his Second Inaugural Address in March 1865?
To explain the war had not been fought over the question of slavery
To admit his personal responsibility for the destruction of the Civil War
To demand severe punishment of the South for causing the Civil War
To start the process of healing wounds caused by the Civil War
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which battle is BEST described by this list?
Antietam
Atlanta
Gettysburg
Bull Run
- 16. Multiple Choice
The photograph shows General Sherman's troops destroying railroad tracks in Atlanta. Why did they take this step?
To punish Southerners for owning slaves
To make it difficult for Confederates to supply their troops
To prepare the ground for an improved railroad line
To keep the soldiers occupied while waiting for the next battle
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which statement BEST describe the strategies of Southern leaders during the Civil War?
Confederate soldiers planned to invade and conquer the North
Confederate leaders applied a strategy of "total war" destroying the North
Confederate leaders hoped that Northerners would soon tire of the war
Confederate leaders planned to use their naval power to blockade D.C.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which Civil War battle was fought on Northern soil?
Siege of Fort Sumter (April 1861)
Battle of Bull Run (July 1861)
Siege of Vicksburg (May-July 1863)
Battle of Gettysburg (July 1863)
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which statement BEST describe the strategies of Northern leaders during the Civil War?
Union leaders intended to blockade, invade, and divide the South
Both Union AND Confederate planned to recruit African Americans soldiers
Union leaders planned to use their naval power to blockade Richmond, VA
Union leaders wanted to prolong the war so the South would get tired
- 20. Multiple Choice
California admitted as a free state
Popular Sovereignty applied to rest of Mexican Session Harsher Fugitive Slave LawMissouri Compromise (1820)
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Wilmot Proviso Act
- 21. Multiple Choice
How were Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson have in common?
They favored a more lenient treatment of the South.
They were both impeached.
They were once slave owners.
Their election resulted in the Civil War.
- 22. Multiple Choice
Why were Northerners upset when Southern legislatures passed "Black Codes?"
They preferred a restoration of slavery.
They wanted to pass similar codes in the North.
They feared African Americans might move out of the South.
They felt that Southerners were ignoring the outcome of the war.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which consequence of Reconstruction is shown in this drawing?
Freedmen left farming to find work in industry.
Northerners took control of Southern life for more than 10 years.
For the first time, African American men in the South exercised political rights.
Southern whites and African Americans in the South mixed freely without prejudice.
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which amendment abolished slavery?
Thirteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Sixteenth Amendment
- 25. Multiple Choice
State governments passed Black Codes.
Southern states elected former Confederate leaders.
How did the Radical Republicans in Congress respond to events mentioned above?They welcomed former Confederate leaders back into Congress.
They voted to give extra federal money to help rebuild the South.
They passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and imposed martial law
They gave extraordinary powers to President Johnson to deal with Southern leaders.
- 26. Multiple Choice
"I work on a my former master's land. He gives us our tools and seeds to plant. We give him a share of our crop."
Who is being interviewed?
A scalawag
A carpetbagger
A tenant farmer
A sharecropper
- 27. Multiple Choice
What was the main purpose of the Ku Klux Klan during the Reconstruction Era?
To make freedmen afraid to exercise their rights.
To create a new political party in the South.
To teach the freedmen how to read and write.
To assist Southerners who had lost their savings in the war.
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which amendment to the Constitution guaranteed the right to vote to African American men?
Thirteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
- 29. Multiple Choice
How did the Presidential Election of 1876 lead to the end of Reconstruction?
African American voters refused to support Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republican candidate.
Once elected, the new President appointed Supreme Court Justices who declared that Reconstruction was unconstitutional.
The Republican candidate promised to end Reconstruction by removing federal troops out of the South.
In the election, Southern Democrats regained control of the Senate and voted to end Reconstruction.
- 30. Multiple Choice
What was one major effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It created the same number of free and slave states
It closed New Mexico and Utah Territories to future slavery
It made slavery possible in territories previously closed to slavery
It rejected the use of popular sovereignty to resolve slavery issue
- 31. Multiple Choice
What phrase correctly completes this diagram?
Fulfillment of Manifest Destiny
Overturning the Missouri Compromise
Secession of the Lower South
Admission of California as a free state
- 32. Multiple Choice
Which belief was a motive for the events in the diagram?
Popular Sovereignty
Abolitionism
Manifest Destiny
Jacksonian Democracy
- 33. Multiple Choice
Which statement BEST describes the Missouri Compromise?
Slavery was prohibited throughout the Louisiana Territory
The issue of slavery was left to be decided by local residents
A harsher fugitive slave law was enacted and the slave trade has ended.
Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state
- 34. Multiple Choice
Andrew Jackson was elected in 1828 by a large majority of voters. What change in politics contributed to his major win?
The Federalist Party had dissolved
The Electoral College had been abolished
Political candidates refused to campaign actively for office
Many states ended property qualifications in order to vote
- 35. Multiple Choice
Which statement BEST describes how American society was affected by Eli Whitney's cotton gin?
It led Northern factories to move to Southern states
It encouraged Southern farmers to grow different crops to feed the West
It made Americans less dependent on imports from Great Britain
It encouraged the spread of slavery in much of the South
- 36. Multiple Choice
The Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 was crucial in...
The immediate passage of the 19th Amendment
Allowing women suffrage in South Carolina
Allowing women's suffrage to be ignored until after WWII
Elevating the cause of women's rights to an issue of national concern
- 37. Multiple Choice
Based on this excerpt, what goal did Mann believe public education should achieve?
Society where poor and rich children enjoy opportunities
Society in which slavery is preserved in the South without spreading North
Society in which there are no cultural differences between ethnic groups
Society in which the wealthiest and best educated maintain control
- 38. Multiple Choice
Which statement identifies the goal of the temperance movement?
Conditions in prisons and hospitals should be improved
African Americans should no longer be held in slavery
Factory workers should receive better pay for shorter hours
The sale of alcoholic beverages should be outlawed
- 39. Multiple Choice
How did the rise of abolitionism and slave rebellions make slavery into a major issue in American politics?
Poor white farmers feared they would be sold into slavery
Southern slaveholders feared that slavery would be abolished
Northern workers feared that slaves would take their jobs
Freed slaves living in the North demanded reparations from the South
- 40. Multiple Choice
What would be the BEST title for this diagram?
Alexander Hamilton's Financial Plan
Henry Clay's American System
Jacksonian Democracy
Monroe Doctrine
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