Set D

1. Set D U.S. History Review

2. 1 • The Articles of Confederation was a weak form of government since it had no executive or judicial branches. Its’ legislative branch passed two major laws that allowed for the creation of states in an orderly way. Which of the following was a result of the Confederation Congress decision? • A. Land and Northwest Ordinance • B. Townshend and Intolerable Act • C. The Indian Removal Act • D. Alien and Sedition Act

3. Answer 1 • A. Land and Northwest Ordinance

4. A primary result in President Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France was— • A. a Mississippi River port on the Gulf of Mexico • B. access to southern ports on the Pacific Ocean • C. control of land west of the Rocky Mountains • D. more natural harbors on the Atlantic Ocean

5. Answer 2 • A. a Mississippi River port on the Gulf of Mexico

6. Question 3 • “No man has a right to fix the boundary of the march of a nation; no man has the right to say to his country: this far you should go and no further.” • The author of this statement would most likely have supported the United States policy of • A. containment • B. manifest destiny • C. sectionalism • D. isolationism

7. Answer 3 • B. manifest destiny

8. Question 4 • After the Civil War, many laws were passed in the South to prevent African-Americans from improving their status. In spite of this, African-Americans made valuable contributions to southern life. Which of the following African-Americans invented a machine that revolutionized the way sugar was refined? • A. Frederick Douglass • B. Henry Blair • C. Norbert Rillieux • D. Katie Darling

9. Answer 4 • C. Norbert Rillieux

10. Question 5 • In the 1800s, as the U.S. became a more industrial country, groups of workers from the same industry banded together to promote their own interests. These groups were called— • A. professional organizations • B. guilds • C. associations • D. trade unions

11. Answer 5 • D. trade unions

12. Question 6 • The completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 contributed to the settlement of which United States region? • A. Northeast • B. West • C. South • D. Southeast

13. Answer 6 • B. West

14. Question 7 • Samuel Slater is credited with the development of the— • A. first textile mill in the United States • B. technology for building the Erie Canal • C. first banking system in the United States • D. interchangeable machine parts

15. Answer 7 • A. first textile mill in the United States

16. Question 8 • Which statement about the railroad systems in the 19th and early 20th centuries is accurate? • A. Imperialists rejected the use of railroads in their colonies. • B. European governments opposed the development of railroads. • C. Railroads helped promote the factory system and urbanization. • D. Railroads made transportation of goods less efficient.

17. Answer 8 • C. Railroads helped promote the factory system and urbanization.

18. Question 9 • The use of steamboats to transport goods had the greatest economic impact on the— • A. Atlantic coast • B. Mississippi River • C. Gulf of Mexico coast • D. Pacific coast

19. Answer 9 • B. Mississippi River

20. 10 • How did the invention of interchangeable parts influence factory production? • A. more products could be made at a faster rate • B. more products to be made but at a slower rate • C. decreased the number of needed factory workers • D. increased the cost of the product

21. Answer 10 • A. more products could be made at a faster rate

22. Question 11 • Thomas Cole and George Bingham influenced American culture by— • A. writing novels about the frontier • B. painting the American landscape • C. creating poetry that romanticized the west • D. popularizing historical fiction

23. Answer 11 • B. painting the American landscape

24. 12 • Before the American Revolution, a teacher in Massachusetts might have assigned the following for students to read— • A. Northern Star • B. Common Sense • C. War and Peace • D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

25. Answer 12 • B. Common Sense

26. 13 • Emotional Christian songs that blended African and European music were known as— • A. folktales • B. spirituals • C. revivals • D. ceremonies

27. Answer 13 • B. spirituals

28. 14 • American art in the early 1800s changed to reflect the American way of life by focusing on— • A. industrialism • B. romanticism • C. urban sprawl • D. landscapes and people

29. Answer 14 • D. landscapes and people

30. 15 • What did Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Henry David Thoreau have in common? • A. nationalism • B. romanticism • C. transcendentalism • D. Naturalism

31. Answer 15 • C. transcendentalism-a very simple idea that people, men and women equally, have knowledge about themselves and the world around them that "transcends" or goes beyond what they can see, hear, taste, touch or feel.

32. 17 • The art work of which western artist provides a valuable record of Native American culture? • A. Thomas Cole • B. George Catlin • C. George Bingham • D. Walt Whitman

33. Answer 17 • B. George Catlin

34. 18 • Emily Dickinson is best known for her— • A. novels • B. historical fiction • C. poetry • D. paintings

35. Answer 18 • C. poetry

36. 19 • A major American author in the 1800s who wrote about the frontier and popularized historical fiction was— • A. Ralph Waldo Emerson • B. Henry David Thoreau • C. George Caleb Bingham • D. James Fenimore Cooper

37. Answer 19 • D. James Fenimore Cooper

38. 20 • An American author who wrote famous short stories and poems, such as “The Raven” was— • A. Ralph Waldo Emerson • B. Henry David Thoreau • C. James Fenimore Cooper • D. Edgar Allen Poe

39. Answer 20 • D. Edgar Allen Poe

40. 21 • Thomas Jefferson wrote that the 1st Amendment erected a “wall of separation” between the church and the state. What would you conclude that this means with regard to the idea of an official separation of church and state? • A. The government should not establish, support, or otherwise involve itself in any religion • B. There is a physical wall that the government erected in Washington DC for this purpose • C. Religious leaders are not able to be elected to a government position • Freedom of Religion is a right guaranteed to all citizens in the U.S.

41. Answer 21 • A. The government should not establish, support, or otherwise involve itself in any religion

42. 22 How does this impact the way the ordinary citizen practices religion? • A. Punishment for those who change their religious faith, unless it is to the state religion • B. Punishment for speech critical of the state religion • C. Laws stating the ability of people to continue within their religious beliefs • D. Laws originating in a religion that prohibited women from working outside the home

43. Answer 22 • C. Laws stating the ability of people to continue within their religious beliefs

44. 23 • The Great Awakening refers to— • A. the beliefs of Puritans who wanted to reform the church • B. a religious movement in the colonies started by Jonathan Edwards • C. the time when England started paying more attention to the colonies • D. the period before Parliament replaced King James II as ruler of England

45. Answer 23 • B. a religious movement in the colonies started by Jonathan Edwards

46. 24 • How did the Second Great Awakening affect Americans? • A. revived their patriotism • B. renewed their religious faith • C. spread cultural awareness • D. increased political activity

47. Answer 24 • B. renewed their religious faith

48. 25 • American Christians took it upon themselves to reform society during the period called the Second Great Awakening. This phenomenon included reforms in temperance, women’s rights, abolitionism, as well as other societal issues. What is the difference between this movement and the First Great Awakening? • A. Religion plays an important role on the American political scene • B. This highlighted the important role which individual beliefs would play • C. This movement relied on religious leaders to lead in government • D. Religion in this movement was less formal

49. Answer 25 • B. This highlighted the important role which individual beliefs would play

50. 26 • Which was most influential in making the idea of separation of church and state a part of the United States political tradition? • A. the democratic heritage of ancient Athens • B. the Roman Republic’s principles of religious freedom • C. practices of European colonial governments • D. the diversity of the new nation’s population