APUSH Chapter 16-18

1. The invention that transformed the southern cotton economy was...

The sewing machine

The mechanical cotton-picker

The cotton gin

The steamboat

2. Southerners demanded a more effective fugitive-slave law to stop the "Underground Railroad" from running escaped slaves to Canada.

True

False

3. Free blacks enjoyed considerable status and wealth in both the North and the South before the Civil War

True

False

4. Even though they owned no slaves, most southern whites supported the slave system because...

They were bribed by the planter class

The enjoyed the economic benefits of slavery

They felt radically superior to blacks and hoped to be able to buy slaves

The disliked the northern abolitionists

5. The proposed admission of California directly into the Union was dangerously controversial because...

The territory was in a condition of complete lawlessness and anarchy

The Mexicans were threatening renewed warfare if California joined the Union

California's admission as a free state would destroy the equal balance of slave and free states in the senate

There was a growing movement to declare California an independent nation

6. Poor whites supported slavery because it made them feel racially superior and because they hoped someday to be able to buy slaves.

True

False

7. Polk's victory in 1844 was interpreted as a mandate for the Manifest Destiny and led directly to the annexation of Texas and a favorable settlement of the Oregon dispute.

True

False

8. The primary goal of Commodore Matthew Perry's treaty with Japan in 1854 was...

Establishing a balance of power in East Asia

Opening Japan to American trade

Guaranteeing the territorial integrity of China

Establishing American naval bases in Hawaii and Okinawa

9. After about 1830, the South no longer tolerated even moderate pro-abolitionist discussion.

True

False

10. In the dispute with Britain over Oregon, the United States repeatedly demanded control of the whole territory as far as "fifty-four forty."

True

False

11. Most southern slaveowners owned twenty or more slaves

True

False

12. The outcome of the Mexican war became a source of continuing bad feeling between the United States and much of Latin America.

True

False

13. Under the terms of the Compromise of 1850,

California was admitted as a free state, and Utah and New Mexico as slave states

California, Utah, and New Mexico were kept as territories but with slavery prohibited

New Mexico and Texas were admitted as slave states and Utah and California as free states

14. The Pierce administration's expansionist efforts in Central America, Cuba, and the Gadsden Purchase were basically designed to serve southern proslavery interests.

True

False

15. A primary motive driving Americans to annex Texas was fear that the Lone Star Republic would become an ally or protectorate of Britain.

True

False

16. Among the economic consequences of the South's cotton economy was...

Increasing immigration of laborers from Europe

A dependence on the North for trade and manufacturing

A stable system of credit and finance

A relatively equal distribution of property and wealth

17. The conflict over slavery after the election of 1852 led shortly to...

The death of the Whig party

The death of the Democratic party

The death of the Republican party

The rise of the Free Soil party

18. The overwhelming American military victory over Mexico led some Americans to call for the United States to take over all of Mexico.

True

False

19. The greatest political winner in the Compromise of 1850 was the South.

True

False

20. The Kansas-Nebraska Act wrecked the Compromise of 1850 and created deep divisions within the Democratic Party.

True

False

21. Britain eventually lost out in the contest for the disputed Oregon territory because...

A rapidly growing number of American settlers overwhelmed the small British population

The British recognized the greater validity of American legal claims on the territory

Superior American naval forces made the British position in the region untenable

An international arbitration commission ruled in favor of the American claims

22. The greatest winner in the Compromise of 1850 was...

The North

The South

Neither the North nor the South

The border states

23. Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act was intended to organize western territories so that a transcontinental railroad could be built along a northern road.

True

False

24. The southern planter aristocracy was strongly attracted to medieval cultural ideals.

True

False

25. Most slaveowners treated their slaves as...

Objects to be beaten and brutalized as often as possible

Economically profitable investments

Members of their extended family

Potential converts to evangelical Christianity

26. The phrase "spot resolutions" refers to...

President Polk's message asking Congress to declare war on Mexico "on the spot"

The amendment introduced after the Mexican War declaring that not one new spot of land be open to slavery

Congressman Abraham Lincoln's resolution demanding to know the exact spot of American soil where American blood had been shed

The congressional act determining which spots of Mexican land should be ceded to the United States

27. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War provided for...

A return to the status quo that had existed before the war

The eventual American acquisition of all of all of Mexico

American acquisition of about half of Mexico and payment of several million dollars in compensation

The acquisition of California and joint U.S.-Mexican control of Arizona and New Mexico

28. By the 1840's, the bitter memories of two Anglo-American wars had disappeared, putting an end to major British-American conflicts.

True

False

29. In the key provisions of the Compromise of 1850, New Mexico and Utah were admitted as slave states, while California was left open to popular sovereignty.

True

False

30. Among the major sources of tension between Britain and the United States in the 1840s was...

American involvement in Canadian rebellions and border disputes

Britain support for American abolitionists

American anger at British default on canal and railroad systems

American intervention in the British West Indies

31. Texas was finally admitted to the Union in 1844 as a result of...

The Mexican War

The Texans' willingness to abandon slavery

President Tyler's interpretation of the election of 1844 as a "mandate" to acquire Texas

A compromise agreement with Britain

32. The condition of the 500,000 or so free blacks was...

Considerably better in the North than in the South

Notably improving in the decades before the Civil War

As bad or worse in the North than in the South

Politically threatened but economically secure

33. Most of the early abolitionists were motivated by...

A desire to create an independent black republic in Africa

Anger at the negative economic consequences of slavery

Religious feeling against the "sin" of slavery

A philosophical commitment to racial integration

34. Among the notable advocates of compromise in the controversy over slavery in the 1850s were...

William Seward and Zachary Taylor

Henry Clay and Daniel Webster

John C. Calhoun and Abraham Lincoln

Stephen Douglas and Harriet Tubman

35. After 1830, most southerners came to look on slavery as...

A curse on their religion

A necessary evil

A positive good

A threat to their social ideals

36. The immediate cause of the Mexican War was an attempt by Mexico to reconquer Texas.

True

False

37. The final result of the British-American conflict over the Oregon country in 1844-1846 was...

An American success in winning the goal of a boundary at "fifty-four forty"

An agreement to continue the joint occupation of Oregon for twenty years more

A compromise agreement on a border at the forty-ninth parallel

An outbreak of war between the two nations

38. During the early 1840s, Texas maintained its independence by...

Waging a constant war against Mexico

Refusing to sign treaties with any outside powers

Relying on the military power of the United States

Establishing friendly relations with Britain and other European powers

39. Slavery almost completely destroyed the black family

True

False

40. The election of 1848, the response of the Whig and Democratic parties to the rising controversy over slavery was...

A strong proslavery stance by the Democrats and a strong antislavery stance by the whigs

Platforms stressing both parties' clear differences with the antislavery Free Soil party

An attempt to ignore the issue

To free each individual candidate to take his own stand on the issue

41. Abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison quickly attained great popularity in the North

True

False

42. The Free Soil party consisted of a small, unified band of radical abolitionists.

True

False

APUSH Chapter 16-18

1. The invention that transformed the southern cotton economy was...

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Southerners demanded a more effective fugitive-slave law to stop the "Underground Railroad" from running escaped slaves to Canada.

3. Free blacks enjoyed considerable status and wealth in both the North and the South before the Civil War

4. Even though they owned no slaves, most southern whites supported the slave system because...

5. The proposed admission of California directly into the Union was dangerously controversial because...

6. Poor whites supported slavery because it made them feel racially superior and because they hoped someday to be able to buy slaves.

7. Polk's victory in 1844 was interpreted as a mandate for the Manifest Destiny and led directly to the annexation of Texas and a favorable settlement of the Oregon dispute.

8. The primary goal of Commodore Matthew Perry's treaty with Japan in 1854 was...

9. After about 1830, the South no longer tolerated even moderate pro-abolitionist discussion.

10. In the dispute with Britain over Oregon, the United States repeatedly demanded control of the whole territory as far as "fifty-four forty."

11. Most southern slaveowners owned twenty or more slaves

12. The outcome of the Mexican war became a source of continuing bad feeling between the United States and much of Latin America.

13. Under the terms of the Compromise of 1850,

14. The Pierce administration's expansionist efforts in Central America, Cuba, and the Gadsden Purchase were basically designed to serve southern proslavery interests.

15. A primary motive driving Americans to annex Texas was fear that the Lone Star Republic would become an ally or protectorate of Britain.

16. Among the economic consequences of the South's cotton economy was...

17. The conflict over slavery after the election of 1852 led shortly to...

18. The overwhelming American military victory over Mexico led some Americans to call for the United States to take over all of Mexico.

19. The greatest political winner in the Compromise of 1850 was the South.

20. The Kansas-Nebraska Act wrecked the Compromise of 1850 and created deep divisions within the Democratic Party.

21. Britain eventually lost out in the contest for the disputed Oregon territory because...

22. The greatest winner in the Compromise of 1850 was...

23. Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act was intended to organize western territories so that a transcontinental railroad could be built along a northern road.

24. The southern planter aristocracy was strongly attracted to medieval cultural ideals.

25. Most slaveowners treated their slaves as...

26. The phrase "spot resolutions" refers to...

27. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War provided for...

28. By the 1840's, the bitter memories of two Anglo-American wars had disappeared, putting an end to major British-American conflicts.

29. In the key provisions of the Compromise of 1850, New Mexico and Utah were admitted as slave states, while California was left open to popular sovereignty.

30. Among the major sources of tension between Britain and the United States in the 1840s was...

31. Texas was finally admitted to the Union in 1844 as a result of...

32. The condition of the 500,000 or so free blacks was...

33. Most of the early abolitionists were motivated by...

34. Among the notable advocates of compromise in the controversy over slavery in the 1850s were...

35. After 1830, most southerners came to look on slavery as...

36. The immediate cause of the Mexican War was an attempt by Mexico to reconquer Texas.

37. The final result of the British-American conflict over the Oregon country in 1844-1846 was...

38. During the early 1840s, Texas maintained its independence by...

39. Slavery almost completely destroyed the black family

40. The election of 1848, the response of the Whig and Democratic parties to the rising controversy over slavery was...

41. Abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison quickly attained great popularity in the North

42. The Free Soil party consisted of a small, unified band of radical abolitionists.