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HIST 1700 Midterm Review
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1
The Antebellum Period refers to that time before the ________ war.
French and Indian
1812
Vietnam
Civil
2
What was the importance of the Revolution of 1800?
First skirmish between political parties
First peaceful transfer of power between political parties (Jefferson won)
First time Democratic-Republicans won the office
First time slaves could vote
3
Cult of Domesticity
the idealization of women in their roles as wives & mothers
the domestication of Old World animals brought to the USA
the formation of utopian societies
all of the above
4
Which of these did NOT lead to the Age of Exploration?
The fall of the Catholic Church
Scientific Discoveries
Greed, exploitation, conquest, oppression, racism, slavery
Ship building technology
5
The Alamo was a separate conflict from the Mexican War.
False
True
6
What was the Enlightenment?
A popular document written by Martin Luther in 1517
A movement that encouraged ideas of equality
An inspiring speech to help other colonists
Emphasized reason, logic, and science as the paths to knowledge
7
What was the Mayflower Compact?
An agreement to form a government majority under regulations
An agreement to buy the Mayflower
An agreement to stop fighting
An agreement to buy land
8
How did the three-fifths clause alter the political scene of America?
Gave the West superiority over all
Made everything equal and fair
Gave the South more representation and political power
Gave the South less representation
9
What is the Columbian Exchange
The discovery of the old world by people of the new world
The people of the old world discovering the new world
Trading goods, food, diseases, etc. between the old and new worlds
The Bill Clinton Administration
10
Judicial review does what?
Enforces laws
Judges if the president is doing what he's supposed to do
Can declare a law constitutional and unconstitutional
11
Which is not a principle of Individualism?
Cooperation
Private Property
Individual Rights and Freedoms
Economic Freedom
12
Which of the following was a major reason many Americans wanted to separate from England?
They were tired of wearing large powdered wigs.
Tariffs were expensive and colonists could not vote
Colonists wanted to invade Spain
The natives were allies of all colonies
13
What did the Salem Witch Trials bring into question?
The difference between a witch and a duck
Catholicism
The validity of the "Justice" system
Death by drowning
14
Europeans and Indians had the same basic understandings about freedom and liberty
True
False
15
The slave economy in New England and the Northern Colonies were centered on what?
Indentured Servants
Fur Trading
Non-Plantation Labor
Plantation Labor
16
How did Bleeding Kansas get its name?
A period of violence in Kansas over slavery; popular sovereignty
A time of major famine and disease in Kansas
Kansas experienced the most bloodshed during the Civil War
People fought over the color of the Kansas flag
17
What significant land did America acquire at the end of the Mexican War?
Annexed Texas and ceded New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Utah to US
Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, California, Montana, Oregon
Texas
18
Which nation is an example of a successful slave rebellion?
Canada
Spain
Haiti
Poland
19
What does secession mean?
Geographical destruction
Political separation of nations
Winning a race
Break something accidentally
20
What is manifest destiny?
Freedom of religion
A compromise between the English and the Spanish
Belief that God chose Americans to cover North America from coast to coast
A belief that natives had a right to their tribal land
21
What did the Indian removal act do?
Let the Native Americans kick the settlers out of their land
Putting all animals back onto Native American land
It gave free land to native Americans
Let the government kick the native people out of their land
22
What was the Embargo Act about?
Stopping brutality of Sea Turtles by mariners
The law Jefferson created that banned trade with forgien countries
To stop the importation of wine
23
Suffrage is
Gun ownership
Voting rights, mostly referring to women
Prohibition
Lobbying
24
What did the Intolerable Acts do?
Taxed papers and paper goods
Closed the Boston Harbor until colonists paid back tea money
Put a tax on tea
Put a tax on imported goods
25
What was the Industrial Revolution ?
A period of mass starvation
A period of depression
A period of economic and political disaster
A period of greatly increased output of machine-made goods
26
What is the Alien and Sedition act?
to make crop circles illegal
capture and experiment on aliens
deport foreigners / jail people for talking bad about the government
To make ufos illegal
27
What did Common Sense do?
Made the colonists oppose each other
Separated the colonies
Unified the colonies to go to war against Great Britain
Gave colonists more knowledge about war
28
What was the name of the network used by slaves to escape to freedom?
Delta Airlines
Trail of Tears
The transcontinental railroad
Underground Railroad
29
What was the Seven Years War also know as?
World War I
American War
Spanish and French War
French and Indian War
30
what is the missouri compromise
A plan to keep a balance between the number of free and slave states
A plan to split Missouri in half, creating two states
A rule prohibiting western settlement past Missouri
31
What was the Nullification Crisis?
A bankrupt issue
A U.S sectional political crisis
Jackson raging against the government
32
What did the Wealth of Nations portray?
Mercantilism
Refined and expanded philosophy of Lazeez-Faire
Separation of power
Promoted educational equality
33
What was The Corrupt Bargain?
Henry Clay pushing for Adams in the House of Representatives
Presidential race of 1828.
Agreement between William Crawford and Henry Clay.
Andrew Jackson's political schemes against John Quincy Adams
34
What did the Monroe Doctrine do?
Acquired more land for the the US
Foreign powers couldn't claim American land / backed up Latin America
Separate Florida from America
Give some land from the US to Britain
35
What did the Erie Canal do?
Be eerie
Connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
Connect the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean
Be a canal
36
What is popular sovereignty?
A belief that gave that the Catholic church more power
A belief that gave more power to the king
The belief that political authority resides in the people
The belief that whoever is the most popular should be president
37
What two groups make up Congress?
Men and women
Horses and frogs
House of Representative and the Senate
Parliament and justices
38
What 3 pre-Columbian civilizations did we discuss (Central/South America)?
Aztec, Mexica, Mayan
French, Inca, Mayan
Aztec, Inca, Mayan
39
Where was the Gold Rush?
Montana
Pennsylvania
Alaska
California
40
Define Nativism
Northern support for Native Americans
Country-wide hostility to immigrants
Southern hostility to Native Americans
Northern support for immigrants
41
When was the Declaration of Independence written?
December 25, 1776
April 14, 1865
June 14, 1990
July 4, 1776
42
Which of the following is NOT associated with the Renaissance?
Rebirth
Blind Faith
Discovery
Humanism
43
The Homestead Act gave people what?
Food
Land
Weapons
Wagons and horses
44
What was the significance of the Seven Years War?
Britain lost control of North America
It deepened French and Indian rivalries
It was violent
It was expensive and created problems for the future
45
What was the free soil party?
Bring slaves into the western territories.
To have slaves run away to freedom.
To bring slaves to the southern territories.
To keep slavery out of the western territories.
46
Which president was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase?
Washington
Jefferson
Clinton
Adams
47
What is abolition?
Movement to ban slavery
Movement to ban alcohol
A religious experience
Movement to ban free trade
48
What two major countries fought for control of the Americas?
France and Egypt
Germany and England
Spain and Canada
England and Spain
49
Which tribe was most heavily affected during the Trail of Tears?
Cherokee
Apache
Pequot
Mohegan
50
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
A rebellion against the Anti federalists.
Andrew Jackson's plan to end the National Bank.
An attack on the Republicans.
A rebellion against tax collectors, tax was placed Whiskey
51
Which of these is commonly believed to have set the events of the American Revolution in motion?
Stamp Act of 1765
Salem Witch Trials
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
The Enlightenment
52
The Federalists wanted
A strong federal government
A weak federal government
More State rights
The Articles of Confederation
53
What was the temperance movement?
Limiting the cost of alcohol
Limiting voting privileges for African Americans
Limiting alcohol comsumption
Limiting ones temper tantrums
54
Which branch of government does the Supreme Court belong to?
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
55
Marbury v. Madison established the idea of judicial review in the U.S.
False
True
56
Who was the leading monarch (king or queen) of England at the time of colonization?
Queen Anne I
Queen Elizabeth II
King George III
King Charles II
57
What is sectionalism?
Disagreements between the different regions
Agreements between the different regions
58
What did the Sedition Act do?
"Sedated" the colonists.
No one could speak ill of the government or congress.
Banned Catholics from America.
Raised the tax on sugar.
59
Why were there so many diverse societies in pre-Columbian North America?
Geography
Politics
Rivalries
Food
