APUSH Chapter 16-18
- 1.
The southern planter aristocracy was strongly attracted to medieval cultural ideals.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 2.
Most southern slaveowners owned twenty or more slaves
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 3.
Poor whites supported slavery because it made them feel racially superior and because they hoped someday to be able to buy slaves.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 4.
Free blacks enjoyed considerable status and wealth in both the North and the South before the Civil War
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 5.
Slavery almost completely destroyed the black family
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 6.
Abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison quickly attained great popularity in the North
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 7.
After about 1830, the South no longer tolerated even moderate pro-abolitionist discussion.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 8.
By the 1840's, the bitter memories of two Anglo-American wars had disappeared, putting an end to major British-American conflicts.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 9.
A primary motive driving Americans to annex Texas was fear that the Lone Star Republic would become an ally or protectorate of Britain.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 10.
In the dispute with Britain over Oregon, the United States repeatedly demanded control of the whole territory as far as "fifty-four forty."
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 11.
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.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 12.
The immediate cause of the Mexican War was an attempt by Mexico to reconquer Texas.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 13.
The overwhelming American military victory over Mexico led some Americans to call for the United States to take over all of Mexico.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 14.
The outcome of the Mexican war became a source of continuing bad feeling between the United States and much of Latin America.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 15.
The Free Soil party consisted of a small, unified band of radical abolitionists.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 16.
Southerners demanded a more effective fugitive-slave law to stop the "Underground Railroad" from running escaped slaves to Canada.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 17.
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.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 18.
The greatest political winner in the Compromise of 1850 was the South.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 19.
The Pierce administration's expansionist efforts in Central America, Cuba, and the Gadsden Purchase were basically designed to serve southern proslavery interests.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 20.
Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act was intended to organize western territories so that a transcontinental railroad could be built along a northern road.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 21.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act wrecked the Compromise of 1850 and created deep divisions within the Democratic Party.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 22.
The invention that transformed the southern cotton economy was...
- A.
The sewing machine
- B.
The mechanical cotton-picker
- C.
The cotton gin
- D.
The steamboat
Correct Answer
C. The cotton gin -
- 23.
Among the economic consequences of the South's cotton economy was...
- A.
Increasing immigration of laborers from Europe
- B.
A dependence on the North for trade and manufacturing
- C.
A stable system of credit and finance
- D.
A relatively equal distribution of property and wealth
Correct Answer
B. A dependence on the North for trade and manufacturing -
- 24.
Even though they owned no slaves, most southern whites supported the slave system because...
- A.
They were bribed by the planter class
- B.
The enjoyed the economic benefits of slavery
- C.
They felt radically superior to blacks and hoped to be able to buy slaves
- D.
The disliked the northern abolitionists
Correct Answer
C. They felt radically superior to blacks and hoped to be able to buy slaves -
- 25.
The condition of the 500,000 or so free blacks was...
- A.
Considerably better in the North than in the South
- B.
Notably improving in the decades before the Civil War
- C.
As bad or worse in the North than in the South
- D.
Politically threatened but economically secure
Correct Answer
C. As bad or worse in the North than in the South -
- 26.
Most slaveowners treated their slaves as...
- A.
Objects to be beaten and brutalized as often as possible
- B.
Economically profitable investments
- C.
Members of their extended family
- D.
Potential converts to evangelical Christianity
Correct Answer
B. Economically profitable investments -
- 27.
Most of the early abolitionists were motivated by...
- A.
A desire to create an independent black republic in Africa
- B.
Anger at the negative economic consequences of slavery
- C.
Religious feeling against the "sin" of slavery
- D.
A philosophical commitment to racial integration
Correct Answer
C. Religious feeling against the "sin" of slavery -
- 28.
After 1830, most southerners came to look on slavery as...
- A.
A curse on their religion
- B.
A necessary evil
- C.
A positive good
- D.
A threat to their social ideals
Correct Answer
C. A positive good -
- 29.
Among the major sources of tension between Britain and the United States in the 1840s was...
- A.
American involvement in Canadian rebellions and border disputes
- B.
Britain support for American abolitionists
- C.
American anger at British default on canal and railroad systems
- D.
American intervention in the British West Indies
Correct Answer
A. American involvement in Canadian rebellions and border disputes -
- 30.
During the early 1840s, Texas maintained its independence by...
- A.
Waging a constant war against Mexico
- B.
Refusing to sign treaties with any outside powers
- C.
Relying on the military power of the United States
- D.
Establishing friendly relations with Britain and other European powers
Correct Answer
D. Establishing friendly relations with Britain and other European powers -
- 31.
Texas was finally admitted to the Union in 1844 as a result of...
- A.
The Mexican War
- B.
The Texans' willingness to abandon slavery
- C.
President Tyler's interpretation of the election of 1844 as a "mandate" to acquire Texas
- D.
A compromise agreement with Britain
Correct Answer
C. President Tyler's interpretation of the election of 1844 as a "mandate" to acquire Texas -
- 32.
Britain eventually lost out in the contest for the disputed Oregon territory because...
- A.
A rapidly growing number of American settlers overwhelmed the small British population
- B.
The British recognized the greater validity of American legal claims on the territory
- C.
Superior American naval forces made the British position in the region untenable
- D.
An international arbitration commission ruled in favor of the American claims
Correct Answer
A. A rapidly growing number of American settlers overwhelmed the small British population -
- 33.
The final result of the British-American conflict over the Oregon country in 1844-1846 was...
- A.
An American success in winning the goal of a boundary at "fifty-four forty"
- B.
An agreement to continue the joint occupation of Oregon for twenty years more
- C.
A compromise agreement on a border at the forty-ninth parallel
- D.
An outbreak of war between the two nations
Correct Answer
C. A compromise agreement on a border at the forty-ninth parallel -
- 34.
The phrase "spot resolutions" refers to...
- A.
President Polk's message asking Congress to declare war on Mexico "on the spot"
- B.
The amendment introduced after the Mexican War declaring that not one new spot of land be open to slavery
- C.
Congressman Abraham Lincoln's resolution demanding to know the exact spot of American soil where American blood had been shed
- D.
The congressional act determining which spots of Mexican land should be ceded to the United States
Correct Answer
C. Congressman Abraham Lincoln's resolution demanding to know the exact spot of American soil where American blood had been shed -
- 35.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War provided for...
- A.
A return to the status quo that had existed before the war
- B.
The eventual American acquisition of all of all of Mexico
- C.
American acquisition of about half of Mexico and payment of several million dollars in compensation
- D.
The acquisition of California and joint U.S.-Mexican control of Arizona and New Mexico
Correct Answer
C. American acquisition of about half of Mexico and payment of several million dollars in compensation -
- 36.
The election of 1848, the response of the Whig and Democratic parties to the rising controversy over slavery was...
- A.
A strong proslavery stance by the Democrats and a strong antislavery stance by the whigs
- B.
Platforms stressing both parties' clear differences with the antislavery Free Soil party
- C.
An attempt to ignore the issue
- D.
To free each individual candidate to take his own stand on the issue
Correct Answer
C. An attempt to ignore the issue -
- 37.
The proposed admission of California directly into the Union was dangerously controversial because...
- A.
The territory was in a condition of complete lawlessness and anarchy
- B.
The Mexicans were threatening renewed warfare if California joined the Union
- C.
California's admission as a free state would destroy the equal balance of slave and free states in the senate
- D.
There was a growing movement to declare California an independent nation
Correct Answer
C. California's admission as a free state would destroy the equal balance of slave and free states in the senate -
- 38.
Among the notable advocates of compromise in the controversy over slavery in the 1850s were...
- A.
William Seward and Zachary Taylor
- B.
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
- C.
John C. Calhoun and Abraham Lincoln
- D.
Stephen Douglas and Harriet Tubman
Correct Answer
B. Henry Clay and Daniel Webster -
- 39.
Under the terms of the Compromise of 1850,
- A.
California was admitted to the Union as a free state, and slavery in Utah and New Mexico territories would be left up to popular sovereignty
- B.
California was admitted as a free state, and Utah and New Mexico as slave states
- C.
California, Utah, and New Mexico were kept as territories but with slavery prohibited
- D.
New Mexico and Texas were admitted as slave states and Utah and California as free states
Correct Answer
A. California was admitted to the Union as a free state, and slavery in Utah and New Mexico territories would be left up to popular sovereignty -
- 40.
The greatest winner in the Compromise of 1850 was...
- A.
The North
- B.
The South
- C.
Neither the North nor the South
- D.
The border states
Correct Answer
A. The North -
- 41.
The conflict over slavery after the election of 1852 led shortly to...
- A.
The death of the Whig party
- B.
The death of the Democratic party
- C.
The death of the Republican party
- D.
The rise of the Free Soil party
Correct Answer
A. The death of the Whig party -
- 42.
The primary goal of Commodore Matthew Perry's treaty with Japan in 1854 was...
- A.
Establishing a balance of power in East Asia
- B.
Opening Japan to American trade
- C.
Guaranteeing the territorial integrity of China
- D.
Establishing American naval bases in Hawaii and Okinawa
Correct Answer
B. Opening Japan to American trade -
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