A) Southern Farmers

1. Alexander Hamilton’s financial program including the Bank of the United States seemed to favor which group of Americans? A) Southern Farmers B) Northern Businessmen C) Western frontiersmen D) East Coast Fishermen

2. Which of the following compromises dealt with representation in the national Congress? A) Electoral College B) Connecticut C) Slave trade D) 3/5

3. Which of the following court cases established governments practice of separate but equal A) Plessy v Ferguson B) Rust v Sullivan C) Korematsu v. U.S. D) Marbury v. Madison

4. What was President Washington’s response when Great Britain and France went to war against each other? A) He issued the Monroe Doctrine B) He allowed France to use American ports C) He declared the Proclamation of Neutrality D) He declared war on Great Britain

5. In George Washington’s Farwell Address, he warned against all of the following except A) Foreign alliances B) Formation of political parties C) Engaging in Europe matters D) Building of colleges

6. The Judiciary Act of 1801 and so called “midnight judges” were an attempt by the Federalists to A) Weaken the Judicial branch of the government B) Support of the policies of the incoming President, Thomas Jefferson C) Prolong their power by increasing their hold on the judiciary D) Do away with the Alien and Sedition Acts

7. When a local party organization becomes very powerful, it is sometimes referred to as a_________________ . A) Political machine B) Convention C) Caucus D) none of the above

8. In the 1803 the United States suddenly doubled its size when A) It seized Louisiana from the Spanish empire B) It bought Louisiana from Napoleon of France for $15 million C) Daniel Boone cleared a road through a gap in eastern Tennessee called the Wilderness Road D) It bought Louisiana from Spain for $15 million

9. What is the most significant result of the Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803)? A) Declared slavery open in all states B) Limited the power of individual states C) Expanded the power of the Bill of Rights D) Established the Supreme Courts right to exercise judicial review

10. The case of McCullough v. Maryland declared that _____________ was constitutional A) The National bank B) Interstate trade C) Westward expansion D) The Fugitive Slave Law

11. Which of the following is the main reason the US declared war on Great Britain during the War of 1812 A) Embargo Act, Proclamation of Neutrality, and War Hawks B) Indian relations, national pride, and War Hawks C) Treaty of Paris (1763) violations D) Treaty of Paris (1783) violations

12. A group of young Congressmen called The War Hawks wanted to A) Declare war against France B) Work out a new treaty with the Indians C) Remove the Indians and declare war against England D) Wipe out the Federalist party

13. Francis Scott Key was inspired to write “The Star–Spangled Banner” by the A) American victory at New Orleans B) Triumphs of Old Ironside C) Signing of the Treaty of Ghent D) Defense of Baltimore at Fort McHenry

14. As a result of the War of 1812, the US A) Became more dependent on Great Britain B) Lost some of its national pride C) Became less dependent on Europe D) Gained land in Canada and Florida

15. Under the Treaty of Ghent, the United States and Great Britain agreed to A) Keep warships off the Great Lakes B) Leave the Canadian boundary unfortified C) Establish joint control over the Oregon Country D) Resume peaceful relation

16. The nationalism during the War of 1812 is most clearly evident in the A) Appointment of John Marshall as Chief Justice B) Support for the Hartford Convention C) Support for the protective tariff D) Refusal to purchase Florida

17. The issue of slavery in the Louisiana Purchase was settled by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which declared that A) Maine and Missouri would come in as slave states, but from then on all states would be free B) Maine would come in as a free and Missouri as a slave state, from then on the settlers would vote to decide which they wanted to be C) Both Maine and Missouri would hold an election to decide whether they wanted to be a slave state or free D) Maine would come in as a free state and Missouri as a slave state and that the rest of the territory would be divided between slave and free states by the 36 30’ line

18. The Monroe Doctrine issued in 1823 by James Monroe was an expression of United States’ expanding nationalism when Monroe A) Warned all European powers not to interfere with the affairs in the Western hemisphere B) Warned Napoleon to withdraw from his occupation of Spain and Portugal C) Told Mexico and Cuba that the United States intended to take over their countries D) Took over the Isthmus of Panama in order to build a short route between the Atlantic and the Pacific

19. Why did the Tariff of Abominations, passed in 1828, so enrage the Southerners? A) Because it favored imported goods from Britain B) Because it was passed over the protests of President John Quincy Adams C) Because the tariff was too high D) Because it favored manufacturing in the northeast at the expense of southern agriculture

20. The Tariff of Abominations resulted in which of the following? A) The Monroe Doctrine B) Religious revivals C) The concept of nullification D) Establishment of labor unions

21. As a result of President Jackson’s policy, most Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River A) Lost the right to vote B) Gained the right to sue in court C) Were forced to give up land D) Supported Jackson in his reelection

22. What is the modern-day equivalent of the Kitchen Cabinet? A) The Diplomatic Corps B) The President’s personal advisors C) The Central Intelligence Agency D) The Senate Foreign Relations Committee

23. The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions stated the position of a group of people who were seeking equal rights for A) People without property B) women C) immigrants D) Freed slaves

24. What term best describes why Americans felt justified in expanding its territory from on coast to the other? A) Manifest destiny B) Trail of Tears C) Territorial expansion D) Tariff of Abominations

25. The immediate cause of the Mexican War was A) A debt owed by Mexico to the American government B) The movement of American settlers into Mexican territory C) A revolution in Mexico between the Mexican rebels and Spain D) A dispute over the southern boundary of Texas

26. All of the following were reasons Americans went west except for A) Gold and silver B) Factory work C) farmland D) Religious freedom

27. The acquisition of territory that gave the US ownership of land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean was the A) Mexican Cession B) Louisiana Purchase C) Gadsden Purchase D) Texas annexation

28. One agent of the Underground Railroad, often called “The Moses of her People,” was A) Elizabeth Stanton B) Elizabeth Blackwell C) Harriet Tubman D) Harriet Beecher Stowe

29. The American Temperance Union called for an end to A) The North’s interfering in the affairs of the South B) The excessive use of alcoholic beverages C) Domestic violence and injustices against women D) The abuse of the mentally ill in prison

30. Many Southerners strongly defended slavery because A) Slaves were needed to build the South’s transportation system B) The Southern economy was based on slave labor C) Immigrants were not willing to work on plantations D) Slaves were needed to work on small southern farms

31. The term “popular sovereignty” refers to resolving the slave issue by A) A referendum in all slave states B) Elections in Texas and California C) A territorial election in the western territories D) A vote in the House of Representatives

32. “Bleeding Kansas” refers to the mid-century violence in the state of Kansas over: A) Native American land rights B) A high protective tariff that hurt the South C) Slavery in the new states D) Voting rights of non-property owners

33. In the Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v. Sanford (1856), Chief Justice Roger B. Taney expressed all of the following ideas except A) Slaves are property B) Masters can take slaves anywhere C) The Fugitive Slave Law is unconstitutional D) The Missouri compromise is unconstitutional

34. The event causing the first southern states to secede from the Union was A) The Dred Scott Decision B) John Brown’s raid C) Lincoln’s election as president D) The Kansas-Nebraska Act

35. President Lincoln’s goal, after the Election of 1860 was to A) Abolish slavery B) Preserve the Union C) Defeat the Confederacy D) Leave slavery alone

36. Which of the following was a Confederate advantage at the beginning of the Civil War? A) More factories and people B) More help from France C) More experienced generals D) More miles of railroad

37. The purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution was to A) Help black Americans achieve equal rights B) Keep black Americans as slaves C) End Reconstruction in the South D) Ease the burden of Reconstruction on white Southerners

38. The black codes developed by the southern states were designed to A) Help former slaves obtain farmland B) Help former slaves receive an education C) Keep freed slaves subordinate to whites D) Require freed slaves to vote for southern candidates

39. General Winfield Scott’s “Anaconda Plan” involved all of the following except A) Blockading Confederate ports B) Dividing the Confederacy into three theaters of war C) Gaining control of the Mississippi River and of New Orleans D) Pushing north to capture Washington, D.C.

40. Which battle, fought in July 1863, was a turning point of the Civil War? A) Fredericksburg B) Vicksburg C) Pittsburgh D) Gettysburg

41. Lincoln’s plan fro Reconstruction was: A) A hope of peace without bitterness and a restoration of southern economic and political rights B) Harsh treatment of the South, both economically and politically C) Vague because he did not have time to develop his plan D) Harsh politically, but economically easy

42. Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction was: A) Harsh and similar to the Radical Republican’s plan B) The same as Lincoln’s plan C) A reflection of the demands of the southern states D) Harsher than Lincoln’s, but far short of what was demanded by the Radical Republicans

43. Which of the following statements characterized big business in the US during the “New Industrial Age”, (approx. 1865-1900)? A) Demand for government action to end immigration B) Pressure exerted on government to create economic stability C) Use of organizational power to control market prices and eliminate competition D) Opposition to the introduction of labor saving devices

44. During the Gilded Age, many Americans opposed trusts became A) Trusts could destroy small companies B) Trusts increased competition among businesses C) Trusts allowed foreign investments D) Unemployment in the cities increased

45. The court case Brown v. Board of Education dealt with which of the following: A) 1st Amendment B) 2nd Amendment C) 5th Amendment D) 14th Amendment

46. The Interstate Commerce Act was the government’s response to the problems of A) farmers B) railroads C) Factory workers D) immigrants

47. The purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to stop the growth of A) Government regulations B) railroads C) monopolies D) Holding companies

48. All of the following were demands of early labor unions except A) Higher wages B) Better living conditions C) A shorter workday D) Increased use of unskilled workers

49. In the early 1900’s newly arrived immigrants usually worked A) In skilled trades B) At the lowest paying jobs C) For higher pay than other Americans D) On small farms in the South

50. Bosses in big-city political machines got votes for their candidates by A) Stealing from immigrants B) Ignoring immigrants C) Criticizing immigrants D) Helping immigrants