1.

Which oI the Iollowing states the principle oI "popular

sovereignty?"
a. Congress has the right to decide where slavery shall
and shall not exist.
b. The settlers in a given territory have the sole right to
decide whether or not slavery will be permitted there.
c. Individual citizens can decide Ior themselves whether
or not to hold slaves.
d. The American people shall decide where slavery will
exist through a national plebiscite.
e. Individual states have the right to reject congressional
decisions pertaining to slavery.
2. OI the Iollowing, the most threatening problem Ior the
Union Irom 1861 through 1863 was
a. possible British recognition oI the ConIederacy
b. Spanish intervention in Santo Domingo
c. French objections to the Union blockade
d. British insistence on the abolition oI slavery
e. British objections to the Union position on
"continuous voyage"
3. Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?
a. The Ireed slaves had been successIully integrated into
Southern society.
b. The treaty ending the Civil War had set such a time
limit.
c. Most oI the politically active Black people had leIt
the South Ior Northern cities.
d. The Republican and Democratic parties eIIected a
compromise agreement aIter the 1876 presidential
election.
e. The United States needed the troops stationed in the
South to conIront the French in Mexico.
4. In the 1850's, the South diIIered Irom the North in
a. a better-developed transportation system
b. a better-educated White population
c. less interest in evangelical religion
d. Iewer European immigrants
e. more cities
5. The Black Codes passed in a number oI southern states
aIter the Civil War were intended to
a. close public schools to the children oI Iormer slaves
b. promote the return oI Iormer slaves to AIrica
c. enable Black citizens to vote in Iederal elections
d. place limits on the socioeconomic opportunities open
to Black people
e. Iurther the integration oI southern society
6. The dramatic increase in the South's slave labor Iorce
between 1810 and 1860 was due to
a. an increase in the AIrican slave trade
b. the importation oI slaves Irom the West Indies
c. an increase in the severity oI Iugitive slave laws
d. the acquisition oI Louisiana
e. the natural population increase oI American-born
slaves
7. Which oI the Iollowing statements about the Dred Scott
decision is correct?
a. It recognized the power oI Congress to prohibit
slavery in the territories, but reIused on technical
grounds to Iree Scott.
b. It stated that Black people were not citizens oI the
United States.
c. It upheld the constitutionality oI the Missouri
Compromise.
d. It upheld the principle oI popular sovereignty.
e. It Ireed Scott, but not other slaves in circumstances
similar to Scott's.
8. Which oI the Iollowing best describes the policy oI the
government oI Mexico toward Texas?
a. It tried to sell Texas to the United States at the time
oI the Louisiana Purchase.
b. It encouraged American settlement in Texas in the
1820's and early 1830's.
c. It governed Texas with stringent regulations in the
1820's.
d. It encouraged the establishment oI a strong local
government in Texas in the mid-1830's.
e. It Iavored the annexation oI the Republic oI Texas by
the United States in the 1830's and early 1840's.
9. Which oI the Iollowing would most likely have expressed
opposition to the idea oI ManiIest Destiny?
a. Advocates oI the Ioreign policy oI Secretary oI State
William H. Seward
b. Voters Ior James K. Polk in 1844
c. Supporters oI the Treaty oI Paris oI 1898
d. Members oI the Whig party in Congress during the
Mexican War
e. Supporters oI the Ostend ManiIesto
10. Which oI the Iollowing most accurately describes the
Stephen Douglas` idea oI popular sovereignty?
a. A section oI Western land would be given Iree to
anyone who would homestead it Ior a certain number
oI years
b. Only citizens oI the United States would be permitted
to settle territories acquired Irom Mexico
c. Public lands in the new territories would be open on a
Iirst -come Iirst-served basis
d. The status oI slavery in a territory would be
determined by the voters in the territory
e. New territories would be closed to both slaves and
Iree blacks.
11. All oI the Iollowing Iigured prominently in debates over
the Compromise oI 1850 EXCEPT the
a. Provision Ior a new Fugitive Slave Law
b. Slave trade in the District oI Columbia
c. Admission oI CaliIornia into the Union as a Iree state
d. Future oI slavery in the Mexican Cession territories
e. Extension oI slavery into Kansas and Nebraska
territories
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12. Which oI the Iollowing was a major Iactor in the decline
oI the Whig party in the 1850`s?
a. Death oI John Calhoun
b. Election oI Zachary Taylor
c. Lincoln-Douglas debates
d. Know-Nothing movement
e. 'Bleeding Kansas
13. A political eIIect oI the Iighting in Kansas in 1855 and
1856 was to
a. Further divide the Democratic Party
b. Cause the Iounding oI the Republican Party
c. Gain increased congressional support Ior proslavery
Iorces in Kansas
d. Unite Northern and Southern democrats against
Republicans
e. Elect a Republican president in 1856
14. The supreme court`s decision in the Dred Scott case
outraged public opinion in the North chieIly because it
a. Declared the Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional
b. Guaranteed citizenship to Iree blacks
c. Removed restrictions against the spread oI slavery
into the Western Territories
d. Failed to abolish slavery in the South
e. Challenged CaliIornia`s status as a Iree state
15. The Kansas-Nebraska act oI 1854 increased sectional
tension because it
a. Enriched northern railroad investors at the expense oI
the South
b. Reopened the issue oI slavery in a territory North oI
36, 30
c. Supported proslavery state constitutions in Kansas
and Nebraska
d. Repealed the Compromise oI 1850
e. Persuaded the Whig party to side with the South.
16. The Lincoln-Douglas debates resulted in all oI the
Iollowing EXCEPT
a. Lincoln`s emergence as a national political Iigure
b. Increased support Ior Douglas in the South
c. Douglas` reelection to the Senate
d. Douglas` attempt to reconcile popular sovereignty
with the Dred Scott decision
e. Increased public awareness oI slavery as a moral
issue
17. John Brown`s primary purpose in attacking Harpers Ferry
was to
a. Gain contributions Irom Northern abolitionists
b. Take revenge Ior the death oI anti slavery settlers in
Kansas
c. Start a slave rebellion in Virginia
d. Open up a new path Ior the underground railroad
e. Destroy the Federal Arsenal in Virginia
18. In the 1860 election, what was the position oI Lincoln and
the Republican Party on slavery?
a. Slavery was immoral ad should be abolished
immediately.
b. Slavery should not be allowed to expand into the
territories
c. Popular sovereignty would be allowed in the New
territories north oI 36, 30
d. The Dred Scott decision should be supported in the
territories but not in the states
e. The Iederal government should act to bring about the
gradual emancipation oI slaves in the South
19. All oI the Iollowing statements about the election oI 1860
are accurate EXCEPT:
a. The republicans won control oI the presidency but
not congress
b. No candidate received a majority oI the popular vote
c. The popular and electoral votes were divided among
Iour candidates
d. Lincoln won election because oI the split in the
Democratic Party
e. A major consequence oI the election was that several
southern states seceded Irom the union.
20. Northern advantages in the Civil War included all oI the
Iollowing EXCEPT
a. A superior navy
b. A political party system that could marshal support
Ior the war
c. A superior railroad network
d. General agreement over was aims
e. Greater capacity to produce military equipment
21. All oI the Iollowing were part oI the initial Union strategy
to win the Civil War EXCEPT
a. A naval blockade oI southern ports
b. Control oI the Mississippi River
c. The capture oI Richmond
d. Keeping the border states in the Union
e. Emancipation oI slaves in the seceded states
22. The ConIederate government was able to achieve which
oI the Iollowing goals?
a. Recognition by a Ioreign power
b. Frequent victories over Union armies
c. A stable monetary system
d. A strong central government
e. Control oI the Southern river system
23. President Lincoln was reluctant to emancipate the slaves
in the Iirst year oI the Civil War because
a. He Ieared tat Ireeing the slaves would bring England
and France into the war
b. Congress was opposed to emancipation
c. He knew that a proclamation about slavery would
only Iurther alienate the South
d. He Ieared that emancipation would drive the border
states out oI the Union
e. He had always been opposed to the abolitionists in
his party
24. Which oI the Iollowing best describes an immediate eIIect
oI the Emancipation Proclamation?
a. Slaves in the border states became Iree
b. Slaves in the Deep South became Iree
c. The abolition oI slavery in conIederate territory
became one oI the North`s war goals
d. Lincoln`s reelection was assured
e. DraIt riots erupted in New York City
25. The Compromise oI 1850 did which oI the Iollowing?
a. Admitted Texas to the Union as a slave state
b. Admitted CaliIornia to the Union under the principles
oI popular sovereignty
c. Prohibited slavery in the District oI Colombia
d. Enacted a stringent Iugitive slave law
e. Adjusted the Texas-Mexico boundary
26. The economic impact oI the Civil War included all oI the
Iollowing EXCEPT
a. An increasing number oI women in the labor Iorce
b. Widespread destruction oI property in the South
c. Creation oI a national banking system in the North
d. Reduced rate oI industrial production in the North
e. Runaway inIlation in the South
27. The Republican Party originated in the mid-1850s as a
sectional party committed to which oI the Iollowing?
a. Opposition to the Iurther expansion oI slavery into
the territories
b. Immediate emancipation oI slaves
c. Repeal oI Whig economic policies
d. Restriction oI immigration
e. Acknowledgement oI popular sovereignty as the
basis Ior organizing Iederal territories
28. All oI the Iollowing were Iactors in the deIeat oI the
South in 1865 EXCEPT
a. Shortages caused by the Union`s naval blockade
b. Slave uprisings against Southern plantations
c. Grant`s war oI attrition in Virginia
d. Sherman`s march through Georgia
e. The conIederacy`s Iailure to obtain Ioreign
intervention
29. The disputed boundary between Maine and Canada was
settle by the
a. Transcontinental Treaty
b. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
c. Webster-Ashburton Treaty
d. Gadsen Purchase
e. Treaty oI Ghent
30. The purpose oI Lincoln`s and Johnson`s Ior
Reconstruction was to
a. Punish the South Ior causing the Civil War
b. Give Congress the Iinal authority in the process oI
Reconstruction
c. Give equal voting rights Ior both white and black
males in the South
d. Provide Iinancial aid to rebuild the South
e. Encourage rapid readmission oI ex-ConIederate
states into the Union
31. In 1865, a number oI southern states passed Black Codes
in order
a. Control movement and provide a stable workIorce Ior
the plantations
b. Keep the two races segregated in public places
c. Limit the educational opportunities oI recently Ireed
slaves
d. Embarrass President Johnson's administration
e. Convince the North that the South could solve its
own problems
32. The Freedmen`s Bureau provided all oI the Iollowing
EXCEPT
a. Food, shelter, and medical aid Ior the victims oI the
war
b. Resettlement oI some Ireed slaves on conIiscated
lands
c. Protection Irom sharecropping agreements
d. Schools to promote literacy among blacks
e. College Ior blacks
33. Which oI the Iollowing was NOT provided Ior AIrican
Americans by congressional Reconstruction?
a. Guarantee oI U.S. citizenship
b. Equal protection iI the laws
c. Distribution oI conIiscated ConIederate Iarmlands
d. Protection Ior voting rights
e. Equal access to public accommodations
34. President Andrew Johnson was impeached Ior
a. Vetoing the Civil Rights Act oI 1866
b. ReIusing to support the Thirteenth Amendment
c. Taking a controversial position on states` rights
d. Removing a Radical Republican Irom his cabinet
e. Attempting to break up the Republican
35. An analysis oI the election oI 1868 best supports to
conclusion that
a. The Republicans had given up on gaining the black
vote
b. The weakened Democratic party had little chance to
elect a president
c. Northerners overwhelmingly approved the policies oI
the Radical Republicans
d. Voters approved the impeachment oI Andrew
Johnson
e. Republican victory depended on the votes oI AIrican
Americans
36. The Republican Reconstruction governments in the South
accomplished all oI the Iollowing EXCEPT
a. Developing state-supported public school systems Ior
whites and blacks
b. Reducing waste and corruption in local and state
governments
c. Founding state institutions to care Ior the sick and
handicapped
d. Building oI roads, bridges, harbors, and railroads
e. Adopting liberalized state constitutions
37. By the end oI Reconstruction, most blacks in the South
a. Had migrated to lands in the west
b. Owned small Iamily Iarms
c. Earned wages as Iactory workers in the new
industries
d. Worked on Iarms as renters and sharecroppers
e. Operated independent businesses in the black
community
38. The 'redeemers in the South supported
a. Integrated schools ad public places
b. States` rights and white supremacy
c. Increased state spending Ior internal improvements
d. Continued cooperation with the military to protect the
Ireedmen
e. Redemption oI Greenback dollars with gold
39. What happened to Southern interest in slavery aIter Nat
Turner`s Rebellion in 1831?
a. It grew gradually due to the inIluence oI abolitionism
b. Southern ministers became more militant in the
sermons denouncing the evils oI slavery
c. Southern states made it increasingly diIIicult Ior
masters to Iree their slaves
d. Because new slaves continued to be imported Irom
AIrica, it did not matter iI some were Ireed who were
already in America
e. Southern plantations ceased to exist and slavery
became eradicated
40. The main reason Ior the U.S. delay in annexing Texas was
the
a. Controversy over the boundary oI Texas and Mexico
b. Opposition oI Great Britain and France
c. Independent spirit oI the settlers in Texas
d. Opposition in Congress to adding slave states
e. Opposition in the Mexican government
41. Which oI the Iollowing is LEAST useIul in arguing that
territorial expansion was motivated by a desire to spread
slavery?
a. William Walker`s campaign in Nicaragua
b. The Ostend ManiIesto
c. The slogan 'FiIty-Iour Forty oI Fight
d. The annexation oI Texas
e. Opposition to the Wilmot Proviso
42. Which oI the Iollowing was NOT a major consequence oI
the U.S. war with Mexico?
a. U.S. annexation oI Texas
b. Long-term Mexican resentment against the United
States
c. Securing Texas` southern border on the Rio Grande
d. Increased sectional tensions over slavery
e. Cession oI CaliIornia and New Mexico to the United
States
43. Which oI the Iollowing was the LEAST important issue
in the election oI 1844?
a. settlement oI the Oregon border
b. acquisition oI CaliIornia
c. rechartering the Bank oI the United States
d. reduction oI the tariII
e. annexation oI Texas
44. Which oI the Iollowing is a correct statement about the
Wilmot Proviso?
a. It Iorbade the introduction oI slavery into territory
acquired Irom Mexico
b. It denied President Polk additional Iunds to conduct
the war with Mexico
c. It compromised diIIerences between the North and
the South
d. It passed both houses oI Congress but was vetoed by
the President
e. It was proposed by the Whigs to embarrass the
Democrats
45. All oI the Iollowing contributed to the conIlict between
Mexico`s government and settlers in Texas in the early
1830`s EXCEPT
a. the collection oI import duties
b. the support Ior annexation by John Tyler and James
Polk
c. Mexico`s decision to abolish slavery in it`s territory
d. Mexico`s law requiring acceptance oI the Catholic
Iaith
e. the coming oI power oI General Santa Anna
46. Which oI the Iollowing BEST reIlected the idea oI
maniIest destiny?
a. The signing oI the Webster-Ashburton Treaty
b. Henry Clay`s position on Texas in the election oI
1844
c. the establishment oI Texas as an independent
republic
d. the campaign platIorm oI James Polk in 1844
e. northern Whigs during the Mexican War
47. The Dred Scott decision held that a slave
a. Could sue Ior his Ireedom in the courts
b. Became Iree when transported to Iree territory
c. Was a private property even in a Iree territory
d. Was a citizen when in Iree territory
e. Could not be transported out oI a slave state
48. The civil rights act oI 1866 was signiIicant because
I. it meant that congress rather than the President would
determine Reconstruction policies
II. it showed President Andrew Johnson`s unwillingness
to accept the Radical Republican approach to
reconstruction
III. it was the Iirst major legislation that became law over
a presidential veto
IV. it guaranteed that Iormer slaves would control the
state legislatures in the south
a. I only
b. III only
c. I and III only
d. II and IV only
e. I, II, and III only
49. 'Forty acres and a mule reIers to
a. the proposal to make Ireed slaves small-scale
Iarmers
b. the terms oI the Homestead Act oI1862
c. the allotment given to Native Americans under the
Dawes Severalty Act
d. the inducement given recent immigrants iI they
would settle outside oI urban centers
e. a typical homestead on the Great Plains in the 1870s
50. Senator Stephen A. Douglas managed to engineer the
Compromise oI 1850 by
a. winning the endorsement oI President Zachary
Taylor Ior the Compromise
b. letting the southern Democrats dictate the terms oI
the Compromise
c. securing passage oI the diIIerent parts oI the
Compromise as separate laws
d. threatening to remove political opponents Irom
important congressional committees
e. a policy oI conciliation Ior all Iactions
51. For the period Irom the end oI Reconstruction to 1900,
the position oI the Supreme Court toward civil rights is
best characterized as
a. supporting the integration oI AIrican-Americans into
society
b. strictly interpreting the constitution to broaden the
rights oI AIrican-Americans
c. establishing the constitutionally oI segregation
d. vigorously enIorcing the terms oI the Fourteenth and
FiIteenth amendments
e. willing to end segregation in the South but not in the
North
52. Harriet Beecher Stowe`s novel which brought home the
evils oI slavery to many in the North was
a. Uncle Toms Cabin
b. The Impending Crisis
c. Twelve Years a Slave
d. Below the Mason-Dixon Line
e. The Yellow Rose of Texas
53. The leading Radical Republican in Congress included
I. Charles Sumner
II. William H. Seward
III. Edwin Stanton
IV. Thaddeus Stevens
a. I
b. III
c. I and IV
d. II and III
e. I, III, IV
54. The provisions oI the Treaty oI Guadalupe Hidalgo
included all oI these EXCEPT:
a. Pay $15 million to Mexico
b. Set the Texas boundary at the
Rio Grande
c. Yield CaliIornia to the United
States
d. Yield New Mexico to the United
States
e. Yield the Mesilla Valley oI the
Arizona to the United States
55. The results oI the Mexican-American War included
I. acquisition oI CaliIornia by the United States
II. important military experience that would be put to
use in the Civil War
III. Contempt Ior the abilities oI the U.S. Navy
IV. Extension oI the 36 degree 30 minute slavery line
to the PaciIic Ocean
a. I only
b. I and II only
c. I and IV only
d. I, II and, III only
e. I, II and IV only
56. Reconstruction legislation passed by congress included all
oI the Iollowing EXCEPT the
a. Tenure oI OIIice Act
b. Civil Rights Act oI 1866
c. Black Codes
d. First Reconstruction Act
e. Reconstruction Act oI 1866
57. In the early years oI reconstruction, an important Iunction
oI the Freedmen`s Bureau was
a. The protection oI the economic rights oI Iormer
slaves
b. Register Iormer slaves to vote
c. Establish schools Ior Iree blacks in the North
d. To encourage Ireed slaves to migrate to the North
e. The prosecution oI plantation owners who had
abused their slaves
58. During the Civil War, AIrican-Americans in the North
a. were not allowed to join the Union Army
b. Iought in segregated regiments
c. were allowed to join the Union Army but saw no
combat
d. were integrated into white regiments
e. were permitted to select their own oIIicers
59. The slave states that remained in the Union included
a. Missouri, Kentucky, and Virginia
b. Delaware, Kentucky, and Tennessee
c. North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas
d. Missouri, Kentucky and Delaware
e. South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama
60. The most common Iorm oI resistance on the part oI black
Americans slaves prior to the Civil War was
a. violent uprisings in which many
persons were killed
b. attempts to escape and reach Canada
by means oI the "Underground Railroad."
c. passive resistance, including breaking
tools and slightly slowing the pace oI work
d. arson oI plantation buildings and
cotton gins
e. poisoning oI the Iood consumed by
their white masters.
61. Which oI the Iollowing is true oI Lincoln's Ten Percent
Plan?
a. It stipulated that at least ten percent
oI Iormer slaves must be accorded the right to vote
within a given Southern state beIore that state could
be readmitted to the Union.
b. It allowed the rights oI citizenship
only to those Southerners who could take an oath that
they had never been disloyal to the Union.
c. It allowed high-ranking rebel oIIicials
to regain the bright to vote and hold oIIice by simply
promising Iuture good behavior
d. It was silent on the issue oI slavery
e. It provided Ior the restoration oI the
loyal governments Ior the erstwhile ConIederate
states now under Union control.
62. All oI the Iollowing were parts oI Andrew Johnson's plan
Ior Reconstruction EXCEPT
a. recommending to slave Southern
states that the vote be extended to the recently Ireed
slaves.
b. requiring ratiIication oI the 13th
Amendment
c. requiring payment oI monetary
reparations Ior the damage caused by the war
d. requiring renunciation oI secession
e. requiring repudiation oI ConIederate
debt.
63. In response to southern intransigence in the Iace oI
President Andrew Johnson's mild reconstruction plan,
Congress did all oI the Iollowing EXCEPT
a. exclude Southern representatives and
senators Irom participating in Congress
b. pass the Civil Rights Act oI 1866
c. order the arrest and imprisonment oI
Iormer ConIederate leaders
d. approve and send on to the states the
Fourteenth Amendment
e. divide the South into Iive districts to
be ruled by military governors with almost dictatorial
powers.
64. When President Andrew Johnson removed Secretary oI
War Edwin M. Stanton without the approval oI the
Senate, contrary to the terms oI the recently passed
Tenure oI OIIice Act, he
a. was impeached and removed Irom
oIIice
b. came within one vote oI being
impeached
c. was impeached and came within one
vote oI being removed Irom oIIice
d. resigned to avoid impeachment and was
subsequently pardoned by his successor
e. was impeached, reIused to resign, and
his term ended beIore a vote could be taken on his
removal Irom oIIice.
65. ManiIest Destiny was based on all oI the Iollowing ideas
EXCEPT
a. Anglo-Saxon racial superiority
justiIied American absorption oI inIerior peoples and
their lands
b. new lands would extend the domain
oI Iree government and Iree enterprise
c. the will oI God
d. America had a specially ordained
mission in the world
e. conquest oI new territory would
prove American military superiority
66. Which oI the Iollowing was NOT a Iactor in the
Iormation oI the New England ConIederation?
a. The problem oI deIending against Indian attacks
b. ConIlicts over colonial boundaries
c. Concern about runaway servants
d. Neglect by the English government
e. A desire to suppress religious dissent
67. Harvard College and Yale College were established
primarily to
a. train lawyers and doctors
b. encourage scientiIic advances
c. ensure an adequate supply oI ministers
d. prepare young men Ior political leadership
e. preserve the traditions oI classical scholarship
68. The long-range plan oI the Albany Congress in 1754 was
to
a. achieve colonial unity and common
deIense against the French threat
b. propose independence oI the colonies
Irom Britain
c. declare was on the Iroquois tribe
d. prohibit New England and New York
Irom trading with the French West Indies
e. support George Washington`s desire
to head the colonial militia
69. The Proclamation oI 1763 did which oI the Iollowing?
a. introduced a tax on tea
b. Prohibited colonists Irom producing iron Ior the
American market
c. Iorbade all colonial trade with the French West Indies
d. set a boundary along the crest oI the Appalachians
beyond which the English colonists were Iorbidden to
settle
e. announced the reorganization oI the colonial oIIice
under Parliament, rather that directly under the King-
in-Council
70. The HalIway Covenant provide Ior which oI the
Iollowing?
a. The baptism oI children oI baptized but unconverted
Puritans
b. The granting oI suIIrage to non church members
c. The granting oI Iull membership within the
Congregational church to all New Englanders
d. The expansion oI women's power within the
Congregational church
e. The posting oI banns by engaged couples
71. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions took the position
that
a. only the United States Supreme Court had the power
to restrict Ireedom oI speech and press
b. the authority oI state governments included the
power to decide whether or not an act oI Congress
was constitutional
c. only Iiscal measures initiated by state legislatures
could be acted on by Congress
d. Congress was responsible Ior maintaining the
vitality oI a "loyal opposition"
e. the "supremacy clause" oI the Constitution applied
only to Ioreign
72. The Iinancial programs oI Alexander Hamilton included
all oI the Iollowing EXCEPT
a. Iunding oI the national debt
b. nulliIication oI all private debts to the states
c. imposition oI a tax on distilled liquor
d. establishment oI the Bank oI the United States
e. assumption oI all state debts
73. A major reason why Thomas JeIIerson was interested in
purchasing Louisiana Irom France was that he
a. wanted to establish a precedent Ior the expansion oI
presidential authority
b. wanted an area beyond the Mississippi River to
which eastern Native Americans could be removed
c. had learned Irom Lewis and Clark oI the untapped
mineral resources in western areas
d. hoped to cement a Franco-American alliance against
the British
e. hoped to preserve an agricultural society by making
abundant lands available to Iuture generations
74. John Marshall`s Supreme Court decision in the case oI
Marburv vs. Madison established
a. A means Ior installing Federalist judges in oIIice
b. Rules Ior Impeachment Trials
c. The principle Ior Judicial review
d. The Iederal government`s authority over the states
e. A procedure Ior reviewing treaties
75. Which oI the Iollowing is a correct statement about the
United States at the beginning oI the Era oI Good
Feelings?
a. Sectionalism had become the dominant
Iorce in the nation
b. There were no more divisions within the
ranks oI the Republican Party.
c. Federalists and Republicans united on an
economic program oI internal improvements and
protective tariIIs
d. Friendliness and cooperation with
Britain replace earlier policies oI hostility
e. Nationalism strongly inIluenced
American culture and politics
76. The Seneca Falls Convention was signiIicant because it
a. Initiated the religious revivals in the 'burned-over
district
b. Demanded the immediate abolition oI slavery
c. Issued a historic declaration oI women`s rights
d. Addressed concerns Ior the education oI children
e. Concluded that the Auburn system was a Iailure
77. AIter the election oI 1824, the president`s choice oI Henry
Clay as secretary oI state resulted in
a. The end oI political bitterness between the major
parties
b. The revival oI the Federalist party
c. Widespread criticism oI the spoils system
d. Charges oI a corrupt bargain with John Q. Adams
e. A political alliance between Clay and Andrew
Jackson
78. In his Essay, Resistance to Civil Government, Henry
David Thoreau claimed that an individual should
a. no pay poll taxes
b. live in isolation and as simply as possible
c. obey only legitimately elected
government oIIicials.
d. reject the artiIicial constraints oI
government.
e. reIuse to obey unjust laws.
79. All oI the Iollowing were provisions oI Clay's "American
System" EXCEPT
a. high tariIIs to protect inIant industries
b. Iederal Iinancing oI internal improvements
c. low tariIIs and state support oI internal improvements
d. the improvement oI roads and canals
e. low tariIIs and state support oI internal improvements
80. In the NulliIication Controversy, some Southerners
took the position that
a. the Iederal government had the right to nulliIy
state laws that interIered with the right to hold
property in slaves
b. the Iederal courts had the right to nulliIy acts oI
Congress that restricted the spread oI slavery
c. the states had the right to nulliIy acts oI the
Iederal government they deemed to be
unconstitutional
d. Southern states had the right to nulliIy statutes
oI Northern states interIering with the recapture
oI escaped slaves
e. Congress should reIuse to receive any petitions
against slavery
EXTRA CREDIT 5 POINTS EACH
E1) EVERY TUESDAY EVENING HARDY PYLE DRIVES
UP TO HIS COTTAGE TO VISIT HIS WIFE. ON THESE
WEEKLY VISITS HE DROPS OFF THE CLEAN
CLOTHES AND PICKS UP THE DIRTY LAUNDRY.
SINCE MRS. PYLE CHANGES HER UNDERWEAR EACH
MORNING, WHAT IS THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF
UNDERWEAR SHE CAN OWN?
E2) HOW WOULD YOU REARRANGE THE LETTERS IN
THE WORDS NEW DOOR TO MAKE ONE WORD? NOTE:
THERE IS ONLY ONE CORRECT ANSWER
E3) WHAT FIVE LETTER WORD TO EVERY HARVARD
GRADUATE PRONOUNCE WRONG?
E4) WHAT DO THE FOLLOWING PAIRS OF LETTERS
REPRESENT?
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