APUSH chapters 10-13 review (Jackson to Lincoln)

Question 1

Who led the 'Bear Flag Revolt' in California during the Mexican War?

Accepted Answer

John C. Fremont

Question 2

All of the following were black slavery abolition leaders EXCEPT..

Accepted Answer

William Lloyd Garrison

Question 3

Considering "Antebellum Reform", what is 'antebellum'?

Accepted Answer

before the Civil War

Question 4

Many of the antebellum reforms were inspired by the 2nd Great Awakening

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which of the following was considered a 'third party' in the American two-party system?

Accepted Answer

Know-Nothing

Question 6

The 'cult of domesticity' is a reference to the societal status of...

Accepted Answer

Women

Question 7

Which political party was replaced by the Republican party in the two-party system?

Accepted Answer

Whig

Question 8

What country was the center of the scandal involving the Ostend Manifesto?

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 9

All of the following have a connection to the Kansas-Nebraska Act EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

Roger Taney

Question 10

All of the following are associated with the early 1800s "back to Africa" movement EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

the Gag Rule

Question 11

Which was NOT known for Transcendentalism?

Accepted Answer

William Lloyd Garrison

Question 12

Which group was NOT focused on nativism?

Accepted Answer

the Anti-Mason Party

Question 13

What is the term for the religious revival of the antebellum era?

Accepted Answer

2nd Great Awakening

Question 14

Who was president as the southern states began to secede?

Accepted Answer

James Buchanan

Question 15

Which Native-American tribe went to the greatest lengths to work within the US system for its rights?

Accepted Answer

Cherokee

Question 16

According to the Mexicans, the southern border of Texas was...

Accepted Answer

the Nueces River

Question 17

Who defeated Martin Van Buren in 1840 with anti-Jackson policies but a 'Jackson-like' image (hint: "Old Tippecanoe")?

Accepted Answer

William Henry Harrison

Question 18

What Illinois congressman called for a 'Spot Resolution' to locate the true start to the war?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 19

The Knickerbocker Group was an informal association of...

Accepted Answer

Writers

Question 20

Which one would have mattered to Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto, "Remember the..."

Accepted Answer

"Alamo"

Question 21

Horace Mann was a leading advocate for...

Accepted Answer

Common Schools

Question 22

Which was the Democratic Party candidate in the election of 1860?

Accepted Answer

Stephen Douglas, John C. Breckinridge

Question 23

Who led 'the Old 300' families of Americans into the Mexican province of Texas as immigrants?

Accepted Answer

Stephen Austin

Question 24

The football 49ers may be from San Francisco, but what current city (capital) is closest to the gold discovery of '48?

Accepted Answer

Sacramento

Question 25

The result of Jackson's economic policies was...

Accepted Answer

Decentralization & Depression

Question 26

Which VP became President after Zachary Taylor unexpectedly died (and signed the Compromise of 1850)?

Accepted Answer

Millard Fillmore

Question 27

What product did the incredibly communal Onieda Community in upstate New York use as a source of money for support?

Accepted Answer

Silverware

Question 28

The first state that temperance had policy-changing success in was...

Accepted Answer

Maine

Question 29

Although he lost the election for Illinois senator in 1858, who became a nationally known figure from the debates?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 30

Who was a 'War Hawk', Sec. of War, Sec. of State, Vice-President (resigned), & leading "states' rights" SC Senator?

Accepted Answer

John Calhoun

Question 31

Which utopian community originated in Kentucky, renounced lust & marriage...and made furniture for income?

Accepted Answer

Shakers

Question 32

Who proposed congressional legislation to outlaw slavery in all newly-gained western lands (although it failed)?

Accepted Answer

David Wilmot

Question 33

How did Stephen Douglas suggest the Dred Scott ruling be dealt with in his Freeport Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

Popular Sovereignty

Question 34

Which was the first state to secede?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 35

Founder of the Mormons (aka Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) who was killed in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Accepted Answer

Joseph Smith

Question 36

Which two Protestant denominations gained the most members during the 2nd Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

Methodists & Baptists

Question 37

The Specie Circular was issued to deal with what issue?

Accepted Answer

Western land speculation & inflation

Question 38

The Republicans chose Lincoln in 1860 because he was a less-radical candidate than party leader William Seward.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

Which is NOT an abolition leader and their associated publication?

Accepted Answer

Nathaniel Hawthorne - the Scarlet Letter

Question 40

Native tribes relocated west under the Indian Removal Act ended up in present-day...

Accepted Answer

Oklahoma

Question 41

Name the Mexican military leader, ruthless at the Alamo & Goliad, that surrendered to Houston at San Jacinto?

Accepted Answer

Santa Anna

Question 42

Another term for communes...or experimental communities outside of 'mainstream' society...

Accepted Answer

Utopian Communities

Question 43

Who is known as the Great Compromiser (Missouri, Tariffs, 1850, etc)?

Accepted Answer

Henry Clay

Question 44

Transcendentalism focused heavily on the ideas of individualism, self-reliance, and hostility to authority

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 frustrated Northerners the most?

Accepted Answer

Enhanced Fugitive Slave Law

Question 46

Seneca Falls, New York was the location of a convention for people concerned about what cause?

Accepted Answer

Women's Rights

Question 47

Newspaper editor John O'Sullivan coined 'what phrase' noting the feeling of inevitability that America expand west?

Accepted Answer

Manifest Destiny

Question 48

Religious groups like the Millerites who focused on the impending "2nd coming of Christ" were known as...

Accepted Answer

Millennialists

Question 49

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave the US Mexican Cession land. Which state was NOT involved?

Accepted Answer

Idaho

Question 50

All of these parties had a strong element of anti-slavery in its organization EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

American Party

Question 51

Who lived in the woods for two years, wrote Walden, & modeled the act of Civil Disobedience?

Accepted Answer

Henry David Thoreau

Question 52

The antebellum reform movements gave women leadership opportunities that they didn't have in other areas of society.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 53

Who is the infamous group stranded in the Sierras during their trip on the California Trail?

Accepted Answer

the Donner Party

Question 54

When running for president, James Polk pledged that the northern border for Oregon was to be... ___ ...or else 'fight.

Accepted Answer

54'40"

Question 55

What country is the topic when speaking of the Walker Expedition & the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (about building a canal)?

Accepted Answer

Nicaragua

Question 56

Where were John Brown and his followers captured after breaking into a federal arsenal?

Accepted Answer

Harpers Ferry, VA

Question 57

Who led the US Army forces that were "attacked" to start the Mexican War?

Accepted Answer

Zachary Taylor

Question 58

Which of these candidates was chosen by the House as the winner of the 1824 election?

Accepted Answer

John Quincy Adams

Question 59

Which did the Webster-Ashburton Treaty resolve?

Accepted Answer

Aroostook War

Question 60

Current-day state Brigham Young took the Mormons to when they established their New Zion settlement

Accepted Answer

Utah

Question 61

Besides being more communal than typical individualistic Americans, a major complaint of Mormons was...

Accepted Answer

The practice of polygamy

Question 62

Actually the so-called "Five Civilized Tribes" consisted of Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and WHAT TRIBE?

Accepted Answer

Seminole

Question 63

Which scenario INCORRECTLY identifies an Andrew Jackson political foe and the issue involved?

Accepted Answer

the Nullification issue - Roger Taney

Question 64

Which was NOT a writer on the issue of slavery?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Butler

APUSH chapters 10-13 review (Jackson to Lincoln)

Questions 70

APUSH chapters 10-13 review (Jackson to Lincoln)

Questions 70