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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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Questions 107

Answers

1
The American version of romanticism; believed that mankind has a spark of divinity
deism
unitarianism
romanticism
transcendentalism
2
Who was the greatest of the revival preachers during the Second Great Awaking?
Charles Finney
Adoniram Judson
Brigham Young
Timothy Dwight
3
On what date did the US declare war on Mexico?
April 13, 1846
May 7, 1846
April 23, 1846
May 13, 1846
4
Who led the first group of American settlers into Texas?
Stephen Austin
John Tyler
Davy Crockett
Henry Clay
5
In which battle did America win a narrow victory against a larger Mexican force?
Battle of New Mexico
Battle of Buena Vista
Battle of Sante Fe
Battle of Alamo
6
Who was the British utopian reformer who bought New Harmony Indiana to make a perfect society?
John Wesley
Robert Owen
Benjamin West
Charles Bulfinch
7
Who was the President that replaced Harrison and was referred to as "His Accidency?"
Zachary Taylor
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Henry Clay
8
What emphasized the emotional, placing emphasis on the love of nature and the individual.
Individualism
Romanticism
Transcendentalism
Naturalism
9
What were privately built roads that users were charged for use of?
toll roads
plank roads
turnpikes
parkways
10
What was Federalist architecture borrowed from classical Greek and Rome (US Capitol building)?
Mediterranean Revival
Roman Revival
Greek Revival
Colonial Revival
11
Who was the author of The Scarlet Letter who dealt with hypocritical views of the Puritans?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Harriet Beecher Stowe
James Fenimore Cooper
Walt Whitman
12
What was the commercial route that involved trade with the Spanish?
Ouachita Trail
Oregon Trail
Mormon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
13
What are identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufactoring?
replacements
identical pieces
interchangeable parts
interchangeable components
14
Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?
Robert Fulton
Eli Whitney
John Deere
Samuel Slater
15
Who was known for their elementary readers?
Timothy Dwight
William H. McGuffey
Washington Irving
Horace Mann
16
Who was a reformer/activist for the mentally ill?
Susan B. Anthony
Dorothea Dix
William H. McGuffey
DeWitt Clinton
17
Who was the very capable commander of US military forces called "Old Fuss and Feathers?"
Winfield Scott
Henry Clay
Zachary Taylor
Stephen Kearny
18
Who spoke at antislavery meetings, also led more than 300 slaves to freedom?
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
19
Who helped develop America's greatest contribution to world literature, the short story?
James Fenimore Cooper
Washington Irving
Lowell Mason
Edgar Allan Poe
20
What was the cheaper newspaper that made information more affordable?
nickel newspaper
penny newspaper
quarter newspaper
dime newspaper
21
What was the religious revival in 1801 in Kentucky galvanizing Protestants?
Cane Ridge Revival
Second Great Awakening
Revival of 1801
Kentucky Revival
22
Who was the nominee who had not been a serious candidate before the nominating convention?
John Tyler
Dark Horse
Crazy Horse
Henry Clay
23
What was the name of America's first foreign missions board (it took place in 1810)?
The American Board of Missions
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
American Missions Board
The Foreign Missions Commission
24
What was birth of the modern women's movement, called for equal rights for women?
The Women's Rights Movement 1850
Cane Ridge Convention
Women's Convention 1848
Seneca Falls Convention 1848
25
What was the millennial group who followed a mystic Mother Ann Lee?
Shakers
Millerites
Quakers
Mormons
26
Which Mexican coastal city was captured in less than three weeks?
Vera Cruz
Acapulco
Alamo
Mexico City
27
Who was the former slave that helped the abolitionist cause by writing of their experiences?
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
28
Who was the Texan commander in the Texan War for Independence?
Stephen Austin
Sam Houston
James K. Polk
John Henry Moore
29
This songwriter wrote songs that embody the sentiment of the South before the Civil War
Stephen Foster
Dorothea Dix
Katherine Lee Bates
Francis Asbury
30
Who was the founder of the Mormon church?
Timothy Dwight
Brigham Young
Charles Finney
Joseph Smith
31
Who, in 1791, invented the first American machine for spinning cotton?
Samuel Slater
Samuel Rutherford
John Deere
Eli Whitney
32
Who were the Methodist ministers who traveled from church to church, usually in rural areas?
revivalists
circuit riders
utopian reformers
Cane Ridge riders
33
What was the era in American art from Washington to Jackson?
Federalist
Impressionist
Colonial
Expressionist
34
What were the names of the missionary couple among the Nez Perce in Idaho?
Henry and Eliza Spalding
Alexander and Eliza Spalding
Alexander and Emma Spalding
Henry and Emma Spalding
35
Who was the master short story writer of America before the Civil War?
Walt Whitman
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Charles Finney
Edgar Allan Poe
36
What Catholic mission was used as a fortress in the Texan War for Independence?
Fort Travis
Dunn
Alamo
Fort Defiance
37
Who was America's first great painter (moved to England but taught leading American artists)?
Benjamin West
Benjamin Latrobe
Gilbert Stuart
John Trumbull
38
What was fastest sailing ship until 1840's?
The Sloop
The Shaker
The Steam Boat
The Clipper Ship
39
What act only requires a simple majority in both houses of Congress?
voting
impeachment
bill resolutions
joint resolution
40
Who was the artist during the shift away from the Federalist style of art?
John Trumbull
Gilbert Stuart
Benjamin West
George Caleb Bingham
41
Who was a reformer for public education?
Timothy Dwight
Horace Mann
Robert Owen
Stephen Foster
42
The Mexicans claim this as the Texas border
Sabine River
Red River
Nueces River
Rio Grande River
43
What was the result of The Mexican War that gave the southwest to the US?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Vera Cruz
Treaty of Rio
44
Who benefited from Awakening and favored personal conversion?
Catholics
Mormons
Methodists
Christians
45
Who led a force to capture New Mexico and also aided in the conquest of California?
Stephen Kearny
Sam Houston
Henry Clay
Zachary Taylor
46
What were religious meetings held in a large tent or outdoors and last several days?
church meetings
tent meetings
camp gatherings
camp meeting
47
What are roads made from a series of boards laid side to side?
boarded rows
plank roads
turnpikes
corduroy roads
48
What paid for itself/themselves in tolls in less than 10 years?
Eerie Canal
Plank Roads
Toll Roads
National Road
49
Which battle resulted in Texan Independence?
Battle of Buena Vista
Battle of Vera Cruz
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle of Santa Anna
50
Who sought to establish a small, perfect community as a model for reform of society at large?
societal reformers
farmers
quakers
utopian reformers
51
Who was the Governor of New York who began building a canal from Albany to Lake Erie?
Adoniram Judson
Robert Fulton
DeWitt Clinton
George Caleb Bingham
52
What was the most important trail west and branched off to California?
Mountain Trail
Appalachian Trail
California Trail
Oregon Trail
53
Who was the influential speaker who went around America and preached Methodism?
John Wesley
Timothy Dwight
Lowell Mason
Francis Asbury
54
Who was the successor to the Mormons after the death of Joseph Smith?
Joseph Smith
William Miller
Adoniram Judson
Brigham Young
55
Which device, invented by Eli Whitney, cleaned cotton 50x faster than slaves?
cotton spinner
plow
mechanical reaper
cotton gin
56
Who was one of America's finest portrait painters (painted Washington on the $1 bill)?
John Trumbull
Benjamin Latrobe
Benjamin West
Gilbert Stuart
57
Who was the transcendentalist author of Walden?
Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
DeWitt Clinton
58
What roads were made from a series of logs laid side to side?
cumberland roads
corduroy roads
turnpikes
plank roads
59
Who was the Mexican dictator general who wanted to drive Americans out of Texas?
Santa Maria
Santa Fiore
Santa Cruz
Santa Anna
60
What was the climax and the most violent phase of Manifest Destiny?
The Louisiana Purchase
Rio Grande River
Texas Annexation
Mexican War
61
Who was the slave who led a slave revolt in Southampton County Virginia?
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
62
What was California's name for a time?
The Golden State
Bear Flag Republic
Forest State
El Dorado State
63
Who was the inventor of the telegraph?
Cyrus McCormick
Robert Fulton
Alfred Vail
Samuel Morse
64
When did the Battle of San Jacinto occur?
May 19, 1835
April 4, 1836
April 21, 1836
May 21, 1836
65
What did the US claim was the southern Texas border that was opposed by Mexico?
Rio Grande River
Sabine River
Nueces River
Red River
66
Who launched a newspaper, The Liberator, dedicated to attacking the moral evil of slavery?
DeWitt Clinton
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
George Caleb Bingham
67
Who was the writer and lecturer who was the primary creator of Trancendentalism?
Walt Whitman
Margaret Fuller
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
68
What began in 1811 in Cumberland Maryland and eventually stretched to Vandalia, Illinois?
National Road
Cumberland Road
Vandalia Road
Maryland and Illinois Railroad
69
The US purchased this land in the southwest from Mexico for the railroad in 1853 for $10
Texas Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
New Mexico Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
70
What were the names of the missionary couple among the Cayuse Indians in Oregon?
John and Narcissa Whitman
Peter and Sara Whitman
Marcus and Patricia Whitman
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
71
Who was the only Whig cabinet member to not resign in 1841?
John Crittenden
Francis Granger
Daniel Webster
Thomas Ewing
72
What was the second religious fervor that swept the nation and converted more than the first?
The Second Church Awakening
Second Great Awakening
Second Revival
The Great Revival
73
Who was the president of Yale that started campus revivals and affected students?
Francis Asbury
Joseph Smith
Timothy Dwight
Lowell Mason
74
Who specialized in realistic historical paintings?
John Trumbull
Benjamin West
William Rush
James Earl
75
Who perfected the plow by putting an edge of steel over the iron blade of the plow?
Cyrus McCormick
Eli Whitney
John Deere
Samuel Slater
76
What was the first coherent school of art (artists specialized in landscapes)?
Hudson River School
Hudson Art School
Art Academy of America
National School of Art
77
What was the idea that America was ordained to possess the North American continent?
Providence Destiny
Manifest Destiny
Heavenly Destiny
Ordained Destiny
78
Who was the inventor of the mechanical reaper?
Robert Fulton
Cyrus McCormick
John Deere
Samuel Slater
79
What was Founded by Joseph Smith, who claimed he was visited by God?
Mennonism
Methodism
Mormonism
Millerism
80
Who founded the Methodist church?
John Wesley
Francis Asbury
Charles Finney
Robert Fulton
81
Who was the explorer that went to CA and supported the American settlers who wanted to revolt?
Sam Houston
John C. Fremont
Winfield Scott
Stephen Kearny
82
Which was the first successful railroad, and consisted of horse drawn carriages on rails?
Camden and Amboy Railroad
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
83
Who was the first American novelist to gain fame outside America?
Frederick Douglass
Henry David Thoreu
Harriet Beecher Stowe
James Fenimore Cooper
84
Who was the head of the Whig Party?
Winfield Scott
James K. Polk
Henry Clay
John Tyler
85
What dominated the agriculture and economy of the south?
corn
Coffee
beans
cotton
86
What was/were instituted by Finney in the Second Great Awakening?
"New Measures"
"New Rules"
"New Requirements"
"New Establishments"
87
Who worked at different times with Charles Bulfinch on the design of the Capitol building?
Francis Asbury
Dorothea Dix
Nat Turner
Benjamin Latrobe
88
What was the anti-slavery party that was significant in the 1844 election?
Liberty Party
Libertarian Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
89
These are also known as toll roads
parkways
charge roads
turnpikes
highways
90
What was the religion of the Enlightenment (1700s)?
Unitarianism
Deism
Romanticism
Transcendentalism
91
Who was the father of music education and created a method for music instruction?
Stephen Foster
Lowell Mason
William Lloyd Garrison
Nat Turner
92
A compromise between Britain and the US resulted in this being the US Canadian border in Oregon
38th Parallel
42nd Parallel
33rd Parallel
49th Parallel
93
Who were the followers of William Miller (believed the Second Coming would be in 1843 or 1844)?
Millerites
Second Coming Believers
Miller's Believers
Millites
94
What was the movement to end slavery?
Emancipation Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Abolitionism
Freedom Movement
95
What was established in 1860 from St Joseph Missouri to San Francisco, and was short-lived?
Telegraph
Pony Express
circuit riding
The Missouri-San Francisco Railroad
96
Who wanted to further classical styles of architecture, and drew free plans?
George Caleb Bingham
Charles Bulfinch
Benjamin Latrobe
John Trumbull
97
What is the ban of the sale and consumption of alcohol?
abolitionism
prohibition
prevention
alcoholism ban
98
What is the official title for the US purchase of land in the southwest from Mexico?
The Gadsden Purchase
The Transcontinental Purchase
The Purchase of 1853
The Railroad Purchase
99
What was the settlement of disputes over the American-Canadian border?
Niagara Treaty
Treaty of America and Canada
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Treaty of Webster
100
Whose poems featured the Romantic movement's revolt against reason and embrace of nature?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Margaret Fuller
Walt Whitman
101
Which missionary served for many years and was known as the Father of American Missions?
Stephen Foster
John Wesley
Horace Mann
Adoniram Judson
102
Who was the American general in northern Mexico nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready?"
Stephen Kearny
James K. Polk
Winfield Scott
Zachary Taylor
103
Who was the Democratic candidate of 1844; platform called for the annexation of Texas?
James K. Polk
Henry Clay
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
104
Who was the inventor of the steam boat?
John Deere
Samuel Morse
Robert Fulton
Humphry Davy
105
What allowed inventors to secure sole rights for new devices and processes?
pony express
shakers
prohibition
patent
106
What was the route west primarily used by a religious sect?
Ouachita Trail
Mormon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Oregon Trail
107
What denies many Biblical doctrines and believes human reason can solve all of man's problems?
transcendentalism
unitarianism
romanticism
deism

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BJU US History Ch. 11-12 (Tkachuk) My questions, my answers. Nuf said. #BJU #Ch11 #Ch12

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Questions 107

Answers

1
The American version of romanticism; believed that mankind has a spark of divinity
deism
unitarianism
romanticism
transcendentalism
2
Who was the greatest of the revival preachers during the Second Great Awaking?
Charles Finney
Adoniram Judson
Brigham Young
Timothy Dwight
3
On what date did the US declare war on Mexico?
April 13, 1846
May 7, 1846
April 23, 1846
May 13, 1846
4
Who led the first group of American settlers into Texas?
Stephen Austin
John Tyler
Davy Crockett
Henry Clay
5
In which battle did America win a narrow victory against a larger Mexican force?
Battle of New Mexico
Battle of Buena Vista
Battle of Sante Fe
Battle of Alamo
6
Who was the British utopian reformer who bought New Harmony Indiana to make a perfect society?
John Wesley
Robert Owen
Benjamin West
Charles Bulfinch
7
Who was the President that replaced Harrison and was referred to as "His Accidency?"
Zachary Taylor
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Henry Clay
8
What emphasized the emotional, placing emphasis on the love of nature and the individual.
Individualism
Romanticism
Transcendentalism
Naturalism
9
What were privately built roads that users were charged for use of?
toll roads
plank roads
turnpikes
parkways
10
What was Federalist architecture borrowed from classical Greek and Rome (US Capitol building)?
Mediterranean Revival
Roman Revival
Greek Revival
Colonial Revival
11
Who was the author of The Scarlet Letter who dealt with hypocritical views of the Puritans?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Harriet Beecher Stowe
James Fenimore Cooper
Walt Whitman
12
What was the commercial route that involved trade with the Spanish?
Ouachita Trail
Oregon Trail
Mormon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
13
What are identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufactoring?
replacements
identical pieces
interchangeable parts
interchangeable components
14
Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?
Robert Fulton
Eli Whitney
John Deere
Samuel Slater
15
Who was known for their elementary readers?
Timothy Dwight
William H. McGuffey
Washington Irving
Horace Mann
16
Who was a reformer/activist for the mentally ill?
Susan B. Anthony
Dorothea Dix
William H. McGuffey
DeWitt Clinton
17
Who was the very capable commander of US military forces called "Old Fuss and Feathers?"
Winfield Scott
Henry Clay
Zachary Taylor
Stephen Kearny
18
Who spoke at antislavery meetings, also led more than 300 slaves to freedom?
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
19
Who helped develop America's greatest contribution to world literature, the short story?
James Fenimore Cooper
Washington Irving
Lowell Mason
Edgar Allan Poe
20
What was the cheaper newspaper that made information more affordable?
nickel newspaper
penny newspaper
quarter newspaper
dime newspaper
21
What was the religious revival in 1801 in Kentucky galvanizing Protestants?
Cane Ridge Revival
Second Great Awakening
Revival of 1801
Kentucky Revival
22
Who was the nominee who had not been a serious candidate before the nominating convention?
John Tyler
Dark Horse
Crazy Horse
Henry Clay
23
What was the name of America's first foreign missions board (it took place in 1810)?
The American Board of Missions
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
American Missions Board
The Foreign Missions Commission
24
What was birth of the modern women's movement, called for equal rights for women?
The Women's Rights Movement 1850
Cane Ridge Convention
Women's Convention 1848
Seneca Falls Convention 1848
25
What was the millennial group who followed a mystic Mother Ann Lee?
Shakers
Millerites
Quakers
Mormons
26
Which Mexican coastal city was captured in less than three weeks?
Vera Cruz
Acapulco
Alamo
Mexico City
27
Who was the former slave that helped the abolitionist cause by writing of their experiences?
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
28
Who was the Texan commander in the Texan War for Independence?
Stephen Austin
Sam Houston
James K. Polk
John Henry Moore
29
This songwriter wrote songs that embody the sentiment of the South before the Civil War
Stephen Foster
Dorothea Dix
Katherine Lee Bates
Francis Asbury
30
Who was the founder of the Mormon church?
Timothy Dwight
Brigham Young
Charles Finney
Joseph Smith
31
Who, in 1791, invented the first American machine for spinning cotton?
Samuel Slater
Samuel Rutherford
John Deere
Eli Whitney
32
Who were the Methodist ministers who traveled from church to church, usually in rural areas?
revivalists
circuit riders
utopian reformers
Cane Ridge riders
33
What was the era in American art from Washington to Jackson?
Federalist
Impressionist
Colonial
Expressionist
34
What were the names of the missionary couple among the Nez Perce in Idaho?
Henry and Eliza Spalding
Alexander and Eliza Spalding
Alexander and Emma Spalding
Henry and Emma Spalding
35
Who was the master short story writer of America before the Civil War?
Walt Whitman
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Charles Finney
Edgar Allan Poe
36
What Catholic mission was used as a fortress in the Texan War for Independence?
Fort Travis
Dunn
Alamo
Fort Defiance
37
Who was America's first great painter (moved to England but taught leading American artists)?
Benjamin West
Benjamin Latrobe
Gilbert Stuart
John Trumbull
38
What was fastest sailing ship until 1840's?
The Sloop
The Shaker
The Steam Boat
The Clipper Ship
39
What act only requires a simple majority in both houses of Congress?
voting
impeachment
bill resolutions
joint resolution
40
Who was the artist during the shift away from the Federalist style of art?
John Trumbull
Gilbert Stuart
Benjamin West
George Caleb Bingham
41
Who was a reformer for public education?
Timothy Dwight
Horace Mann
Robert Owen
Stephen Foster
42
The Mexicans claim this as the Texas border
Sabine River
Red River
Nueces River
Rio Grande River
43
What was the result of The Mexican War that gave the southwest to the US?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Vera Cruz
Treaty of Rio
44
Who benefited from Awakening and favored personal conversion?
Catholics
Mormons
Methodists
Christians
45
Who led a force to capture New Mexico and also aided in the conquest of California?
Stephen Kearny
Sam Houston
Henry Clay
Zachary Taylor
46
What were religious meetings held in a large tent or outdoors and last several days?
church meetings
tent meetings
camp gatherings
camp meeting
47
What are roads made from a series of boards laid side to side?
boarded rows
plank roads
turnpikes
corduroy roads
48
What paid for itself/themselves in tolls in less than 10 years?
Eerie Canal
Plank Roads
Toll Roads
National Road
49
Which battle resulted in Texan Independence?
Battle of Buena Vista
Battle of Vera Cruz
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle of Santa Anna
50
Who sought to establish a small, perfect community as a model for reform of society at large?
societal reformers
farmers
quakers
utopian reformers
51
Who was the Governor of New York who began building a canal from Albany to Lake Erie?
Adoniram Judson
Robert Fulton
DeWitt Clinton
George Caleb Bingham
52
What was the most important trail west and branched off to California?
Mountain Trail
Appalachian Trail
California Trail
Oregon Trail
53
Who was the influential speaker who went around America and preached Methodism?
John Wesley
Timothy Dwight
Lowell Mason
Francis Asbury
54
Who was the successor to the Mormons after the death of Joseph Smith?
Joseph Smith
William Miller
Adoniram Judson
Brigham Young
55
Which device, invented by Eli Whitney, cleaned cotton 50x faster than slaves?
cotton spinner
plow
mechanical reaper
cotton gin
56
Who was one of America's finest portrait painters (painted Washington on the $1 bill)?
John Trumbull
Benjamin Latrobe
Benjamin West
Gilbert Stuart
57
Who was the transcendentalist author of Walden?
Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
DeWitt Clinton
58
What roads were made from a series of logs laid side to side?
cumberland roads
corduroy roads
turnpikes
plank roads
59
Who was the Mexican dictator general who wanted to drive Americans out of Texas?
Santa Maria
Santa Fiore
Santa Cruz
Santa Anna
60
What was the climax and the most violent phase of Manifest Destiny?
The Louisiana Purchase
Rio Grande River
Texas Annexation
Mexican War
61
Who was the slave who led a slave revolt in Southampton County Virginia?
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
62
What was California's name for a time?
The Golden State
Bear Flag Republic
Forest State
El Dorado State
63
Who was the inventor of the telegraph?
Cyrus McCormick
Robert Fulton
Alfred Vail
Samuel Morse
64
When did the Battle of San Jacinto occur?
May 19, 1835
April 4, 1836
April 21, 1836
May 21, 1836
65
What did the US claim was the southern Texas border that was opposed by Mexico?
Rio Grande River
Sabine River
Nueces River
Red River
66
Who launched a newspaper, The Liberator, dedicated to attacking the moral evil of slavery?
DeWitt Clinton
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
George Caleb Bingham
67
Who was the writer and lecturer who was the primary creator of Trancendentalism?
Walt Whitman
Margaret Fuller
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
68
What began in 1811 in Cumberland Maryland and eventually stretched to Vandalia, Illinois?
National Road
Cumberland Road
Vandalia Road
Maryland and Illinois Railroad
69
The US purchased this land in the southwest from Mexico for the railroad in 1853 for $10
Texas Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
New Mexico Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
70
What were the names of the missionary couple among the Cayuse Indians in Oregon?
John and Narcissa Whitman
Peter and Sara Whitman
Marcus and Patricia Whitman
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
71
Who was the only Whig cabinet member to not resign in 1841?
John Crittenden
Francis Granger
Daniel Webster
Thomas Ewing
72
What was the second religious fervor that swept the nation and converted more than the first?
The Second Church Awakening
Second Great Awakening
Second Revival
The Great Revival
73
Who was the president of Yale that started campus revivals and affected students?
Francis Asbury
Joseph Smith
Timothy Dwight
Lowell Mason
74
Who specialized in realistic historical paintings?
John Trumbull
Benjamin West
William Rush
James Earl
75
Who perfected the plow by putting an edge of steel over the iron blade of the plow?
Cyrus McCormick
Eli Whitney
John Deere
Samuel Slater
76
What was the first coherent school of art (artists specialized in landscapes)?
Hudson River School
Hudson Art School
Art Academy of America
National School of Art
77
What was the idea that America was ordained to possess the North American continent?
Providence Destiny
Manifest Destiny
Heavenly Destiny
Ordained Destiny
78
Who was the inventor of the mechanical reaper?
Robert Fulton
Cyrus McCormick
John Deere
Samuel Slater
79
What was Founded by Joseph Smith, who claimed he was visited by God?
Mennonism
Methodism
Mormonism
Millerism
80
Who founded the Methodist church?
John Wesley
Francis Asbury
Charles Finney
Robert Fulton
81
Who was the explorer that went to CA and supported the American settlers who wanted to revolt?
Sam Houston
John C. Fremont
Winfield Scott
Stephen Kearny
82
Which was the first successful railroad, and consisted of horse drawn carriages on rails?
Camden and Amboy Railroad
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
83
Who was the first American novelist to gain fame outside America?
Frederick Douglass
Henry David Thoreu
Harriet Beecher Stowe
James Fenimore Cooper
84
Who was the head of the Whig Party?
Winfield Scott
James K. Polk
Henry Clay
John Tyler
85
What dominated the agriculture and economy of the south?
corn
Coffee
beans
cotton
86
What was/were instituted by Finney in the Second Great Awakening?
"New Measures"
"New Rules"
"New Requirements"
"New Establishments"
87
Who worked at different times with Charles Bulfinch on the design of the Capitol building?
Francis Asbury
Dorothea Dix
Nat Turner
Benjamin Latrobe
88
What was the anti-slavery party that was significant in the 1844 election?
Liberty Party
Libertarian Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
89
These are also known as toll roads
parkways
charge roads
turnpikes
highways
90
What was the religion of the Enlightenment (1700s)?
Unitarianism
Deism
Romanticism
Transcendentalism
91
Who was the father of music education and created a method for music instruction?
Stephen Foster
Lowell Mason
William Lloyd Garrison
Nat Turner
92
A compromise between Britain and the US resulted in this being the US Canadian border in Oregon
38th Parallel
42nd Parallel
33rd Parallel
49th Parallel
93
Who were the followers of William Miller (believed the Second Coming would be in 1843 or 1844)?
Millerites
Second Coming Believers
Miller's Believers
Millites
94
What was the movement to end slavery?
Emancipation Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Abolitionism
Freedom Movement
95
What was established in 1860 from St Joseph Missouri to San Francisco, and was short-lived?
Telegraph
Pony Express
circuit riding
The Missouri-San Francisco Railroad
96
Who wanted to further classical styles of architecture, and drew free plans?
George Caleb Bingham
Charles Bulfinch
Benjamin Latrobe
John Trumbull
97
What is the ban of the sale and consumption of alcohol?
abolitionism
prohibition
prevention
alcoholism ban
98
What is the official title for the US purchase of land in the southwest from Mexico?
The Gadsden Purchase
The Transcontinental Purchase
The Purchase of 1853
The Railroad Purchase
99
What was the settlement of disputes over the American-Canadian border?
Niagara Treaty
Treaty of America and Canada
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Treaty of Webster
100
Whose poems featured the Romantic movement's revolt against reason and embrace of nature?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Margaret Fuller
Walt Whitman
101
Which missionary served for many years and was known as the Father of American Missions?
Stephen Foster
John Wesley
Horace Mann
Adoniram Judson
102
Who was the American general in northern Mexico nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready?"
Stephen Kearny
James K. Polk
Winfield Scott
Zachary Taylor
103
Who was the Democratic candidate of 1844; platform called for the annexation of Texas?
James K. Polk
Henry Clay
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
104
Who was the inventor of the steam boat?
John Deere
Samuel Morse
Robert Fulton
Humphry Davy
105
What allowed inventors to secure sole rights for new devices and processes?
pony express
shakers
prohibition
patent
106
What was the route west primarily used by a religious sect?
Ouachita Trail
Mormon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Oregon Trail
107
What denies many Biblical doctrines and believes human reason can solve all of man's problems?
transcendentalism
unitarianism
romanticism
deism