means government jobs go to your political friends

An important effect of the invention of the cotton gin was:

the South relied more on slave labor.

To secede from the United States meant that the South:

withdrew from or dissolved all ties with the US

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Mexican War?

the capture of the Alamo by Mexico

The major concern for the Missouri Compromise was:

to keep slave versus free state balance in Senate

told Europe it couldn't start new colonies in the Americas

The Deep South states seceded after Lincoln's election because they feared ___________.

Republicans would abolish slavery.

The Compromise of 1850 was needed because:

California applied for statehood

If the Electoral College cannot decide on a President, the:

House of Representatives decides the winner.

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Mr. Stemler's Final Review 2015

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Created for a final exam covering from the Jefferson Era to End of the Antebellum Period

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1
A push factor for Irish emigration was the potato blight which led to starvation.
False
True
2
Eli Whitney invented ________ in 1793.
muskets
the steam engine
the cotton gin
bifocals
3
The "spoils system"
gave government jobs based upon ability
was the idea of John Quincy Adams
gave women preference in job selection
means government jobs go to your political friends
4
______ was the Cherokee who developed their 86 character alphabet.
Tecumseh
Major Ridge
John Ross
Sequoyah
5
The Missouri Compromise used ______ to determine free or slave status of each new state.
the parallel 36o 30'
popular sovereignty
the 49th parallel
the Mason-Dixon Line
6
Mariano Vallejo, a Californio, ________ as a result of the California gold rush.
became a rancher
became California's first governor
gained power
lost land & wealth
7
Which document confirmed that Texas was part of the United States?
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Joint Resolution of Congress on March 1, 1845
Treaty of Paris
8
Many slave states passed laws prohibiting the teaching of _______ to slaves.
English
reading
French
the Bible
9
Which US senator orated, "liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable"?
Robert Y. Hayne
Noah Webster
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
10
The first state to secede from the United States in 1860 was:
Maryland
Texas
South Carolina
Georgia
11
This US Pres lost the election of 1840 because he did little to stop the Panics of '37 & '39.
John Tyler
Franklin Pierce
Martin Van Buren
John Quincy Adams
12
The forced march of the Cherokees which started in 1838 was called the:
Weeping Way
Trail of Tears
March to the Sea
Bataan Death March
13
The famous court case of 1857 in which slaves were equated to be property was:
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Gibbons v. Ogden
McCulloch v. Maryland
Marbury v. Madison
14
Which political party was formed in opposition to "King Andrew" by Henry Clay and JQA?
Liberty Party
Whig Party
Republican Party
Democratic Party
15
Missionaries and farmers migrated to the Far Northwest using the ______; 54^o 40' or fight
Erie Canal
California Trail
Oregon Trail
Mormon Trail
16
The only President of the Confederate States of America was:
Judah P. Benjamin
James Buchanan
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
17
An economic condition characterized by high prices and declining values is _________.
recession
inflation
depression
stagflation
18
Who was the Republican Party's first Presidential candidate in 1856?
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Fremont
James Buchanan
Stephen A. Douglas
19
During the Texas Rev., all Texans defending a mission near San Antonio were killed. It was:
Goliad
the battle of Buena Vista
the Alamo
the battle of San Jacinto
20
An important effect of the invention of the cotton gin was:
slavery was abolished in the South.
the South relied more on slave labor.
increased workers' riots in Richmond VA
an increase in the price of cotton.
21
The religious revival of the early 1800s was called the:
Counterreformation
Reformation
Second Great Awakening
First Great Awakening
22
Which woman's movement person wrote the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions?
Angelina Grimke
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Sojourner Truth
23
The American System included ALL BUT:
abolition of slavery
internal improvements
cheap western lands
high tariffs
24
The most famous "conductor" on the slaves' escape routes north to freedom was:
Marcus Garvey
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
John Brown
25
Some Seminoles followed _____ into the Everglades from where they used guerilla tactics.
Black Hawk
Tecumseh
Osceola
Little Turtle
26
Temperance is an attempt to:
stop the making of alcohol
keep the mentally ill from becoming angry.
do away with slavery
stop the drinking of alcohol
27
The belief that the US was "obviously fated" to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean:
Manifest Destiny
Imminent Domain
Missouri Compromise
Monroe Doctrine
28
To secede from the United States meant that the South:
joined the English Commonwealth of Nations
withdrew from or dissolved all ties with the US
stayed with the US but still fought them
gave away all its territory to the US
29
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Mexican War?
Texas becoming a US state
US desire for land in the West
the capture of the Alamo by Mexico
controversial border dispute with Mexico
30
Popular sovereignty was closely connected with the belief of:
Andrew Jackson
John C. Calhoun
Stephen A. Douglas
Henry Clay
31
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
H. B. Stowe
Frederick Douglass
Angelina Grimke
Harriet Tubman
32
In 1856, running as a Democrat, _________ is the only Pennsylvanian elected US President.
David Wilmot
James Buchanan
William "Fresh Prince" Smith
Abraham Lincoln
33
This abolitionist wrote a famous autobiography and published a paper called the North Star
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Sojurner Truth
Richard Allen
34
Which person would be most likely to join the "Know Nothing Party"?
an abolitionist
a nativist
an Irish Catholic immigrant
an African-American
35
The major concern for the Missouri Compromise was:
to make Missouri a free state.
to keep the Mason Dixon line as the legal free/slave border
to keep slave versus free state balance in Senate
to give the people the right to vote as to slave or free
36
The Monroe Doctrine:
said the US would send troops to fight in Europe for money.
settled the US Canadian border at the 49th parallel
abolished slavery in the United States.
told Europe it couldn't start new colonies in the Americas
37
After Joseph Smith was killed in Illinois, who led the Mormons to Salt Lake City?
Brigham Young
Joseph Smith, Jr.
Mitt Romney
Mormon
38
The Deep South states seceded after Lincoln's election because they feared ___________.
Republicans would abolish slavery.
Lincoln would force them from the Union.
Republicans would ban the drinking of alcohol.
Republicans would raise the tariff on cotton.
39
_____ was an abolitionist who led a raid on Harper's Ferry and killed five slave owners in KS.
Abraham Lincoln
David Walker
Nat Turner
John Brown
40
This religious group believed in equality, no children, & common property; known for furniture
Amish
Shakers
Methodists
Quakers
41
Settlers of California who descended from a Hispanic heritage were called:
gringos
vaqueros
Tejanos
Californios
42
Eli Whitney's introduction of the ____________________ made production of guns faster.
interchangeable parts system
cottage industry
cotton gin
factory system
43
What event released California from Mexican rule?
The Bear Flag Revolt
The Louisiana Purchase
The Mexican War
The Texas Revolution
44
The Compromise of 1850 was needed because:
California applied for statehood
Slave trade had disappeared in the South
Henry Clay had nothing better to do.
Texas gained its independence
45
All three parts of cloth production under one roof were a characteristic of:
cottage industry
a spinning mill
a steel mill
a Lowell mill
46
If the Electoral College cannot decide on a President, the:
Electoral College continues to vote until they do.
House of Representatives decides the winner.
Supreme Court decides the winner.
candidate with the most popular votes wins.
47
Utopias were:
anti-slavery organizations
all religious cults
anti-drinking organizations
attempts at perfect societies
48
This bill/rider sought to prevent the expansion of slavery into any new lands won from Mexico
Kansas Nebraska Act
Wilmot Proviso
The 13th Amendment
The Fugitive Slave Act
49
This "Father of Texas" brought the "Old Three Hundred" to colonize Texas with Americanos.
Sam Houston
James Bowie
William Travis
Stephen F. Austin
50
The dominant Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who ruled on Indian removal and judicial review
Roger B. Taney
John Marshall
Earl Warren
William Howard Taft
51
This "Father of Public Education" thought tax funded education should be open to all children.
Horace Mann
John Dewey
Abraham Lincoln
Dorothea Dix
52
Which US Vice-Pres. from SC proposed the doctrine of nullification to save the Union in 1832?
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
53
Santa Anna was the leader of the Tejanos in the Texas Revolution
False
True
54
The American Party was formed to:
buy slaves from the South and transport them to Africa
fight the massive Irish Catholic immigration
play major league baseball
help all immigrants get a job.
55
The "George Washington" of Texas was its army commanding general and its first President.
Stephen F. Austin
William Travis
Sam Houston
Punto El Paso
56
The American System was the brainchild of:
Adam Smith
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Clay
Donald Trump
57
As US Pres., he was for the "common man". He was an 1812 war hero & helped start the Democrats.
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
58
"Old Tippecanoe", an 1812 war hero, served as President for only a month. He was:
Franklin Pierce
Andrew Johnson
William Henry Harrison
Millard Fillmore
59
T/F The Indian Removal Act required treaties with the Native Americans before their exodus.
False
True
60
Which of the following was NOT a transportation inventor of the early 1800s?
Robert Fulton
Henry Miller Shreve
Henry Ford
Peter Cooper
61
Which US general in the Mexican War led US forces to the victory in Mexico City?
Zachary Taylor
Ulysses S. Grant
Benedict Arnold
Winfield Scott
62
Deere, Meikle, and McCormick were in which general area of inventing in the early 1800s?
Agriculture
Medicine
Communication
Transportation
63
Started in 1803, using federal tax money, this transportation system connected MD to IL.
Erie Canal
Lancaster-Philadelphia Turnpike
National Road
Maysville Road
64
The Father of the American Industrial Revolution created a spinning mill in Pawtucket RI.He's:
Rumpelstiltskin
Samuel Slater
Charles Cabot Lowell
Carl Merluzzi
65
Uncle Tom's Cabin:
showed the cruelty of slavery from a slave's view
was written to protest abolition
was very popular in the South
told how to add a second floor to a rustic shack
66
Whose Presidency was known as the Era of Good Feelings?
James Madison
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
67
Jedidiah Smith and Jim Beckwourth are two examples of:
Presidents
mountain men
Republicans
revivalist preachers
68
The Kansas Nebraska Act used _______ to determine if a state was free or slave.
popular sovereignty
parallel 36o 30'
Supreme Court rulings
Mason Dixon Line
69
Jacksonian Democracy:
let the Cherokees stay on their homeland if they wanted
widened political power to the common man
only allowed land owners to vote
gave voting rights to all African Americans
70
Andrew Jackson would most likely be in favor of a(n):
strong national bank
strong executive branch
doctrine of nullification
homeland for NATAMS east of the Mississippi River
71
Which Chief Justice of the SC declared that slaves were property in an 1857 landmark decision?
John Roberts
John Marshall
Roger B. Taney
John Jay
72
The telegraph was invented by:
Richard Arkwright
Thomas Alva Edison
Alexander G. Bell
Samuel F.B. Morse
73
The War of 1812 led to an increase in:
sectionalism
nationalism
74
Before he left office, A. Jackson ordered land sales only to use specie. This led to:
The Great Depression
the Panic of 1819
strong inflation
the Panic of 1837
75
The most notable reformer for better care of the mentally ill and prisoners was:
Alexander Graham Bell
Dorothea Dix
Lucretia Mott
Samuel G. Howe
76
William Becknell pioneered a trade route from Missouri to New Mexico called the:
Oregon Trail
California Trail
Appalachian Trail
Santa Fe Trail
77
The building of the ___________ sparked New York City to be the largest city in the USA.
PA Mainline Canal
Panama Canal
Erie Canal
Lehigh Canal

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