AP US History Chapters 16 through 19 in the American Pageant
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| 1085127194 | As a result of the introduction of the cotton gin, what happened? | Slavery was reinvigorated | 0 | |
| 1085127195 | Members of the planter aristocracy...? | Dominated society and politics in the South | 1 | |
| 1085127196 | Plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because...? | Its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled good land | 2 | |
| 1085127197 | Describe plantation agriculture. | It was economically unstable and wasteful | 3 | |
| 1085127198 | German and Irish immigration to the South was discouraged by what? | Competition with slave labor | 4 | |
| 1085127199 | What did southern subsistence farmers raise as their main crop? | Corn | 5 | |
| 1085127200 | By the mid-nineteenth century... (hint: in relation to the location of slaves) | Most slaves lived on large plantations | 6 | |
| 1085127201 | The majority of southern whites owned no slaves because...? | They could not afford the purchase price | 7 | |
| 1085127202 | Some southern slaves gained their freedom as a result of what? | Purchasing their way out of slavery | 8 | |
| 1085127203 | The great increase of the slave population in the first half of the nineteenth century was largely due to...? | Natural reproduction | 9 | |
| 1085127204 | Northern attitudes toward free blacks can best be described as...? | Very racist | 10 | |
| 1085127205 | The profitable southern slave system did what? | Hobbled the economic development of the region as a whole | 11 | |
| 1085127206 | What was perhaps the slave's greatest horro, and the theme of Harriet Beecher Stowe's UNCLE TOM'S CABIN? | The enforced separation of slave families | 12 | |
| 1085127207 | By 1860, slaves were concentrated in the "black belt" located in the...? | Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana ((dare you to walk up to someone and ask if they're from the black belt)) | 13 | |
| 1085127208 | As a substitute for the wage-incentive system, slave-owners most often used the...? | Whip as a motivator | 14 | |
| 1085127209 | Where was forced separation of spouses, parents, and children most common? | On small plantations and in the upper South | 15 | |
| 1085127210 | Slaves fought the system of slavery in all of the following ways EXCEPT by...? | Refusing to get an education | 16 | |
| 1085127211 | As a result of white southerners' brutal treatment of their slaves and their fear of potential slave rebellions, the South...? | Developed a theory of biological racial superiority | 17 | |
| 1085127212 | In the pre-Civil War South, the most uncommon and least successful form of slave resistance was what? | Armed insurrection | 18 | |
| 1085127213 | Which one of the following has the LEAST in common with the other four? | John Quincy Adams (lol no context clues) | 19 | |
| 1085127214 | Match each abolitionist with his publication. A) William Lloyd Garrison B) Theodore Dwight Weld C) Frederick Douglass D) David Walker 1) *Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World* 2) *The Liberator* 3) *Narration of the Life of...* 4) *American Slavery as It Is* | A) Garrison-2) *The Liberator* B) Weld-4) *American Slavery as It Is* C) Douglass-3) *Narration of the Life of...* D) Walker-1) *Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World* | 20 | |
| 1085127215 | Arrange the following groups in chronological order of their founding: A) American Colonization Society, B) American Anti-Slavery Society, C) Liberty Party | A (1822) B (1833) C (1840) | 21 | |
| 1085127216 | Match each abolitionist below with his role in the movement: A) Wendell Phillips B) Frederick Douglass C) Elijah P. Lovejoy 1) abolitionist martyr 2) black abolitionist 3) abolitionist orator 4) abolitionist financier | A) Phillips-3) abolitionist orator B) Douglass-2) black abolitionist C) Lovejoy-1) abolition martyr | 22 | |
| 1085127217 | Many abolitionists turned to politcal action in 1840 when they backed up the presidential candidate of which party? | Liberty party | 23 | |
| 1085127218 | The voice of white southern abolitionism fell silent at the beginning of what decade? | 1830s | 24 | |
| 1085127219 | In arguing for the continuation of slavery after 1830, what did southerners do? | Placed themselves in opposition to much of the rest of the Western world (including Western Europe and northern states, Canada, etc.) | 25 | |
| 1085127220 | Those in the North who opposed the abolitionists believed that these opponents of slavery...? | Were creating disorder in America | 26 | |
| 1085127221 | "Varying Viewpoints" (in the American Pageant book) notes that Ulrich B. Phillips made certain claims about slavery that have been challenged in recent years. Which of the following is NOT one of his conclusions? | Slavery was comparable to the Nazi concentration camps | 27 | |
| 1085127222 | Why did John Tyler join the Whig party? | He could not stomach the dictatorial tactics of Andrew Jackson | 28 | |
| 1085127223 | Why did the Whigs place John Tyler on the 1840 ticket as vice president? | To attract the vote of states' rightists | 29 | |
| 1085127224 | After President John Tyler's veto of a bill to establish a new Bank of the United States...? | -All but one member of his cabinet resigned -An attempt was made in the House of Representatives to impeach him -Tyler also vetoed a Whig-sponsored high-tariff bill -He was expelled from the Whig party ((Select "all of the above" on the test)) | 30 | |
| 1085127225 | Who was the only member of President Tyler's Whig cabinet who did not resign in protest over his policies? | Daniel Webster | 31 | |
| 1085127226 | The British-American dispute over the border of Maine was solved...? | By a compromise that gave each side some territory | 32 | |
| 1085127227 | The Aroostook War was the result of what? | A dispute over the northern boundary of Maine | 33 | |
| 1085127228 | Arrange the following in chronological order: A) Annexation of Texas B) Webster-Ashburton Treaty C) Settlement of the Oregon boundary D) Aroostook War | D) Aroostook War B) Webster-Ashburton Treaty C) Oregon boundary settlement A) Annexation of Texas | 34 | |
| 1085127229 | One argument against annexing Texas to the US was that the annexation...? | Might give more power to the supporters of slavery | 35 | |
| 1085127230 | Texas was annexed to the US as a result of what? | President Tyler's desire to help his troubled administration | 36 | |
| 1085127231 | Arrange in chronological order the United States' acquisition of: A) Oregon B) Texas C) California | B) Texas A) Oregon C) California (girls, we're unforgettable~) | 37 | |
| 1085127232 | The PRIMARY group that was instrumental in strengthening and saving American claims to Oregon were...? | American missionaries to the Indians | 38 | |
| 1085127233 | Most Americans who migrated to the Oregon Country were attracted by what? | The rich soil of the Willamette River Valley | 39 | |
| 1085127234 | In the 1840s, what was the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America called? | Manifest Destiny | 40 | |
| 1085127235 | In the presidential election of 1844, the Whig canddate, Henry Clay...? | Favored postponing the annexation of Texas | 41 | |
| 1085127236 | The election of 1844 was notable because...? | It was fought over numerous times | 42 | |
| 1085127237 | The group most supportive of gaining control of the Oregon Country was the...? | Northern Democrats | 43 | |
| 1085127238 | In the Oregon treaty with Britain in 1846, the northern boundary of the US was established to the Pacific Ocean along what line? | 49' | 44 | |
| 1085127239 | One reason that the British government decided to compromise on the Oregon Country border was...? | They couldn't handle America's swag and freedom powah (The fear of war with the United States) | 45 | |
| 1085127240 | Arrange the following in chronological order: A) Bear Flag revolt B) Slidell mission rejected C) Declaration of war on Mexico D) American troops ordered to the Rio Grande Valley | B) Slidell mission rejected D) American troops ordered to the Rio Grande Valley C) Declaration of war on Mexico A) Bear Flag revolt | 46 | |
| 1085127241 | In 1846 the United States went to war with Mexico for all of the following reasons EXCEPT...? | The impulse to satisfy those asking for "spot" resolutions | 47 | |
| 1085127242 | President Polk's claim that "American blood [had been shed] on the American soil" referred to news of an armed clash between Mexican and American troops near...? | The Rio Grande | 48 | |
| 1085127243 | During the Mexican War, the Polk administration was called upon several times to respond to "spot" resolutions indicating where American blood had been shed to provoke the war. The resolutions were frequently introduced by...? | Abraham Lincoln | 49 | |
| 1085127244 | One goal of Mexico in its 1846-1848 war with the US was to...? | Free black slaves | 50 | |
| 1085127245 | When the war with Mexico began, President James K. Polk...? | Hoped to fight a limited war, ending with the conquest of California | 51 | |
| 1085127246 | Match each American officer with his theater of command in the Mexican War. A) Stephen W. Kearny B) Zachary Taylor C) Winfield Scott D) John C. Frémont 1) Northern Mexico 2) California 3) Santa Fe 4) Mexico City | A) Kearny-3) Santa Fe B) Taylor-1) Northern Mexico C) Scott-4) Mexico City D) Frémont-2) California | 52 | |
| 1085127247 | The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ending the Mexican War included...? | A US payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico | 53 | |
| 1085127248 | The Wilmot Proviso...? | Symbolized the burning issue of slavery in the territories | 54 | |
| 1085127249 | The first Old World Europeans to come to California were...? | Spanish | 55 | |
| 1085127250 | The Spanish Franciscan missionaries treated the native inhabitants of California...? | Very harshly | 56 | |
| 1085127251 | In order to maintain the two great political parties as vital bonds of national unity, early-nineteenth-century politicians did what? | Avoided public discussion of slavery | 57 | |
| 1085127252 | What did the US's victory of the Mexican War result in? | -The cession by Mexico of an enormous amount of land to the US -A possible split in the Whig and Democrat parties over slavery -Renewed controversy over the issue of extending slavery into the territories -A rush of settlers to new American territory in California ((Select 'All of the above')) | 58 | |
| 1085127253 | According to the principle of "popular sovereignty", the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by...? | The vote of the people in any given territory | 59 | |
| 1085127254 | In the 1848 presidential election, the Democratic and Whig parties...? | Remained silent on the issue of slavery | 60 | |
| 1085127255 | The key issue for the major parties in the 1848 presidential election was...? | Personalities | 61 | |
| 1085127256 | The event that brought turmoil to the administration of Zachary Taylor was the...? | Discovery of gold in California | 62 | |
| 1085127257 | The Free Soilers argued that slavery...? | Would cause more costly wage labor to wither away | 63 | |
| 1085127258 | Why did the Free Soilers condemn slavery? | It destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise to self-employment | 64 | |
| 1085127259 | Describe the South by 1850. | It was relatively well off, politically and economically | 65 | |
| 1085127260 | John C. Calhoun's plan to protect the South and slavery involved...? | The election of two presidents, one from the North and one from the South | 66 | |
| 1085127261 | Daniel Webster's famed Seventh of March speech in 1850 resulted in what? | A shift toward compromise in the North | 67 | |
| 1085127262 | For his position in his Seventh of March speech, Daniel Webster was viciously condemned by whom? | Abolitionists | 68 | |
| 1085127263 | In the debates of 1850, Senator William H. Seward, as a representative of the northern Young Guard argued that...? | Christian legislators must obey God's moral law | 69 | |
| 1085127264 | During the debate of 1850, who argued that there was a "higher law" than the Constitution that compelled him to demand the exclusion of slavery from the territories? | William H. Seward | 70 | |
| 1085127265 | President Zachary Taylor unknowingly helped the cause of compromise in 1850 when he...? | Died suddenly and Millard Filmore became president | 71 | |
| 1085127266 | Southern delegates met at a convention in Nashville in the summer of 1850 to do what? | Condemn the compromises being worked out in Congress | 72 | |
| 1085127267 | In the Compromise of 1850, Congress determined that slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories was...? | To be decided by popular sovereignty | 73 | |
| 1085127268 | The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was he decision concerning what? | The new Fugitive Slave Law | 74 | |
| 1085127269 | The Fugitive Slave Law included all of the following provisions EXCEPT...? | The requirement that fugitive slaves be returned from Canada (with maple syrup, eh?) | 75 | |
| 1085127270 | In light of future evidence, it seems apparent that in the Compromise of 1850, the South made a tactical blunder by...? | Demanding a strong fugitive slave law | 76 | |
| 1085127271 | The election of 1852 was significant because it...? | Marked the end of the Whig Party | 77 | |
| 1085127272 | For a short time in the 1850s, an American seized control of...? | Nicaragua (lolwut) | 78 | |
| 1085127273 | The US's scheme to gain control of Cuba was stopped when...? | Northern free-soilers fiercely protested the effort | 79 | |
| 1085127274 | Stephen A. Douglas proposed that the question of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory be decided by what? | Popular sovereignty | 80 | |
| 1085127275 | Stephen A. Douglas's plans for deciding the slavery question in the Kansas-Nebraska scheme required repeal of what? | The Missouri Compromise | 81 | |
| 1085127276 | One of Stephen Douglas's mistakes in proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was...? | Underestimating the depth of northern opposition to the spread of slavery | 82 | |
| 1085127277 | *Uncle Tom's Cabin* may be described as...? | A powerful political force | 83 | |
| 1085127278 | As a result of reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, many northerners...? | Swore that they would have nothing to do with the Fugitive Slave Law | 84 | |
| 1085127279 | When the people of Britain and France read *Uncle Tom's Cabin*, what did their governments realize? | Intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South would not be popular | 85 | |
| 1085127280 | Hinton R. Helper's book *The Impending Crisis of the South* argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were...? | Non-slaveholding southern whites | 86 | |
| 1085127281 | In 1855, proslavery southerners regarded Kansas as...? | Slave territory | 87 | |
| 1085127282 | In "Bleeding Kansas" in the mid-1850s, _________ was/were identified with the proslavery element, and ________ was/were associated with the antislavery free-soilers. | The Lecompton Constitution; The New England Immigrant Aid Society | 88 | |
| 1085127283 | The Lecompton Constitution proposed what about the state of Kansas? | That it have black bondage regardless of whether the document was approved or not | 89 | |
| 1085127284 | The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed...? | The fact that passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South | 90 | |
| 1085127285 | Match each candidate in the 1856 election below with the correct party. (One candidate will not be used.) A) John C. Frémont B) Millard Filmore C) Martin Van Buren D) James Buchanan 1) Democratic 2) Republican 3) Know-Nothing | A) John C. Frémont-2) Republican B) Millard Fillmore-3) Know-Nothing D) James Buchanan-1) Democratic | 91 | |
| 1085127286 | What was the central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the 1856 election? | Nativism | 92 | |
| 1085127287 | What were nativists in the 1850s known for? | Their anti-Catholic and anti-foreign attitudes | 93 | |
| 1085127288 | In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the US Supreme Court...? | Expected to lay to rest the issue of slavery in the territories | 94 | |
| 1085127289 | The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by...? | Pro-slavery southerners | 95 | |
| 1085127290 | For a majority of northerners, the most outrageous part of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case was...? | That Congress never had the power to prohibit slavery in any territory | 96 | |
| 1085127291 | The panic of 1857 resulted in what? | Clamor for a higher tariff | 97 | |
| 1085127292 | The political career of Abraham Lincoln could best be described as...? | Slow to get off the ground | 98 | |
| 1085127293 | Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that...? | Action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories | 99 | |
| 1085127294 | In his raid on Harper's Ferry, what did John Brown intend to do? | Foment a slave rebellion | 100 | |
| 1085127295 | After John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, what did the South concluded? | The North was dominated by "Brown-loving" Republicans | 101 | |
| 1085127296 | Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican party presidential nomination in part because he...? | Had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward | 102 | |
| 1085127297 | Match each presidential candidate in the 1860 election with his party's position on the slavery question. A) Abraham Lincoln B) Stephen Douglas C) John Breckenridge D) John Bell 1) Extend slavery into the territories 2) Ban slavery from the territories 3) Preserve the Union through compromise 4) Enforce popular sovereignty | A) Lincoln-2) Ban slavery from the territories B) Douglas-4) Enforce popular sovereignty C) Breckenridge-1) Extend slavery into the territories D) Bell--3) Preserve the Union through compromise | 103 | |
| 1085127298 | When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860, people in South Carolina...? | Rejoiced because it gave them an excuse to secede | 104 | |
| 1085127299 | The government of the Confederate States of America was first organized in...? | Montgomery, Alabama | 105 | |
| 1085127300 | "Lame-duck" President James Buchanan believed that...? | The Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union | 106 | |
| 1085127301 | President James Buchanan declined to use force to keep the South in the Union for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that...? | He believed that the Constitution allowed secession | 107 | |
| 1085127302 | Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because...? | The Compromise could allow slavery to expand into Latin America | 108 | |
| 1085127303 | The immense debt owed to northern creditors by the South was...? | Repudiated by the South | 109 |
