Ch. 14-16 Test In APUSH
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- 1.Life on the frontier was
- A.
Fairly comfortable for women but not for men.
- B.
Downright grim for most pioneer families
- C.
Free of disease and premature death.
- D.
Rarely portrayed in popular literature.
- E.
Based on tight-knit communities.
- 2.
- A.
The push west in search of cheap land. government regulation of all major economic industry. a vast number of European immigrants settling in the cities. the push west in search of cheap land
- B.
Government regulation of all major economic industry.
- C.
A vast number of European immigrants settling in the cities
- D.
Newly invented machinery
- E.
Better roads, faster steamboats, far-reaching canals, far spread roads
- 3.In early-nineteenth-century America,
- A.
The annual population growth rate was much higher than in colonial days.
- B.
The urban population was growing at an unprecedented rate.
- C.
The birthrate was rapidly declining
- D.
The death rate was increasing
- E.
The center of population moved northward
- 4.
- A.
Led to a lower death rate.
- B.
Contributed to a decline in the birthrate.
- C.
Resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities
- D.
Forced the federal government to slow immigration.
- E.
Created sharp political conflict between farmers and urbanites
- 5.Ireland’s great export in the 1840s was
- A.
People.
- B.
Potatoes.
- C.
Wool.
- D.
Whiskey. whiskey
- E.
Music
- 6.The Irish immigrants to early nineteenth-century America
- A.
Were mostly Roman Catholics and hated the British
- B.
Tended to settle on western farmlands
- C.
Were warmly welcomed by American workers.
- D.
Identified and sympathized with free American blacks.
- E.
Were often members of the Irish Republican Army.
- 7.Native-born Protestant Americans distrusted and resented the Irish mostly because these immigrants
- A.
Were poor
- B.
Were thought to love alcohol
- C.
Were Roman Catholic
- D.
Frequently became police officers
- E.
Were slow to learn English
- 8.When German immigrants came to the United States, they
- A.
Often became Baptist or Methodists to escape nativism hatred.
- B.
Mixed well with other Americans.
- C.
Remained mostly in the Northeast.
- D.
Prospered with astonishing ease.
- E.
Dropped most of their German customs.
- 9.The sentiment of fear and opposition to open immigrant was called
- A.
The cult of domesticity.
- B.
Nativism
- C.
Unitarianism
- D.
“rugged individualism”
- E.
“nationalistic patriotism”
- 10.Native-born Americans feared that Catholic immigrants to the United States would
- A.
Want to attend school with Protestants.
- B.
Overwhelm the native-born Catholics and control the church
- C.
“establish” the Catholic church at the expense of Protestantism.
- D.
Assume control of the “Know Nothing” party.
- E.
Establish monasteries and convents in the west.
- 11.The “Father of the Factory System” in the United States was
- A.
Robert Fulton
- B.
Samuel F. B. Morse
- C.
Eli Whitney
- D.
Samuel Slater
- E.
Thomas Edison
- 12.Eli Whitney was instrumental in the invention of the
- A.
Steamboat
- B.
Cotton gin
- C.
Railroad locomotive
- D.
Telegraph
- E.
Repeating revolver
- 13.The underlying basis for modern mass production was the
- A.
Cotton gin
- B.
Musket
- C.
Use of interchangeable parts
- D.
Principle of limited liability
- E.
Passing of protective tariffs
- 14.
- A.
Samuel Morse 1. Telegraph
- B.
Cyrus McCormick 2. Mower-reaper
- C.
Elias Howe 3: Steamboat
- D.
Robert Fulton 4: Sewing machine
- 15.The American work force in the early nineteenth century was characterized by
- A.
Substantial employment of women and children in factories.
- B.
Strikes by workers that were few in number but usually effective. strikes by workers that were few in number but usually effective
- C.
A general lengthening of the workday from ten to fourteen hours.
- D.
Extensive political activity among workers.
- E.
Reliance on the system of apprentices and masters.
- 16.In the case of Commonwealth verses Hunt, the supreme court of Massachusetts ruled that
- A.
Corporations were unconstitutional.
- B.
Labor unions were not illegal conspiracies
- C.
Labor strikes were illegal, they violated the Fair Labor Acts.
- D.
The Boston Associates employment of young woman and children in their factories was inhumane.
- E.
The state could regulate factory wages and working conditions.
- 17.The “cult of domesticity”
- A.
Gave women more opportunity to seem employment out of the home
- B.
Resulted in more pregnancies for women
- C.
Restricted women’s moral influence on the family.
- D.
Glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers
- E.
Was especially strong among rural women.
- 18.With the development of cash-crop agriculture in the trans-Allegheny West
- A.
Subsistence farming became common. subsistence farming became common. subsistence farming became common
- B.
Farmers began to support the idea of slave labor
- C.
Farmers quickly faced mounting indebtedness.
- D.
The South could harvest a larger crop.
- E.
The issue of farm surpluses came to the forefront
- 19.The “canal era” of American history began with the construction of the
- A.
Mainline Canal in Pennsylvania
- B.
James River Canal beginning in Virginia.
- C.
Wabash Canal in Indiana.
- D.
Panama Canal
- E.
Erie Canal in New York.
- 20.Compared with canals, railroads
- A.
Were more expensive to construct
- B.
Transported freight more slowly.
- C.
Were generally safer.
- D.
Were susceptible to weather delays
- E.
Could be built almost anywhere.
- 21.As a result of the introduction of the cotton gin
- A.
Fewer slaves were needed on plantations.
- B.
Short-staple cotton lost popularity
- C.
Slavery was reinvigorated.
- D.
Thomas Jefferson predicted the gradual death of slavery.
- E.
The African slave trade was legalized.
- 22.Members of the planter aristocracy
- A.
Produced fewer front-rank statesmen than the North
- B.
Dominated society and politics in the South
- C.
Provided democratic rule in the South
- D.
Promoted tax-supported public education
- E.
Kept up developments in modern thought.
- 23.Plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because
- A.
It relied mainly on artificial means to fertilize the soil
- B.
It required leaving cropland fallow every other year.
- C.
Excessive water was used for irrigation.
- D.
It was too diversified, thus taking essential nutrients from the soil
- E.
Its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled good land.
- 24.Plantation mistresses
- A.
Had little contact with slaves
- B.
Primarily controlled male slaves
- C.
Frequently supported abolitionism
- D.
Commanded a sizable household staff of mostly female slaves
- E.
Were almost universally loved by their slaves
- 25.Northern attitudes toward free blacks can best be described as
- A.
Supporting their right to full citizenship.
- B.
Disliking the race but liking individual blacks.
- C.
Advocating black movement into the new territories
- D.
Politically sympathetic but socially segregationist
- E.
Disliking the individuals but liking the race
- 26.The profitable southern slave system
- A.
Hobbled the economic development of the region as a whole
- B.
Saw many slaves moving to the upper South.
- C.
Led to the textile industry’s development in the South first
- D.
Relied almost totally on importing slaves to meet the unquenchable demand for labor.
- E.
Enabled the South to afford economic and educational progress.
- 27.Regarding work assignments, slaves were
- A.
Given some of the most dangerous jobs
- B.
Generally spared dangerous work
- C.
Given the same jobs as Irish laborers
- D.
Usually given skilled rather than menial jobs.
- E.
Generally supervised in small groups.
- 28.Perhaps the slave’s greatest psychological horror, and the theme of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was
- A.
The enforced separation of slave families.
- B.
Slaveowners’ frequent use of the whip
- C.
The breeding of slaves
- D.
Having to do the most dangerous work on the plantation.
- E.
Forcible sexual assault by slaveowners
- 29.By 1860, life for slaves was most difficult in the
- A.
Atlantic states of North and South Carolina.
- B.
Deep South states of Georgia and Florida
- C.
Territories of Kansas, Nebraska, and New Mexico.
- D.
Upper South states of Virginia and Maryland.
- E.
Newer states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana
- 30.All of the following were true of slavery in the South except that
- A.
Slave life on the frontier was harder than that of life in the more settled areas.
- B.
A distinctive African American slave culture developed.
- C.
A typical planter had too much of his own prosperity riding on the backs of his slaves to beat them on a regular basis.
- D.
By 1860 most slaves were concentrated in the “black belt” of the Deep South.
- E.
Most slaves were raised in single unstable parent households.
- 31.Most slaves were raised
- A.
Without the benefit of a stable home life.
- B.
In stable two-parent households.
- C.
Never knowing anything about their relatives.
- D.
Not to display their African cultural roots.
- E.
Without religion.
- 32.In the pre-Civil War South, the most uncommon and least successful form of slave resistance was
- A.
Feigned laziness
- B.
Sabotage of plantation equipment
- C.
Running away.
- D.
Armed insurrection
- E.
Stealing food and other goods.
- 33.Which one of the following has least in common with the other four?
- A.
Nat Turner
- B.
David Walker
- C.
John Quincy Adams
- D.
Denmark Vesey
- E.
Gabriel
- 34.The idea of recolonizing blacks back to Africa was
- A.
Proposed by William Loyd Garrison
- B.
Proposed as part of the 14th Amendment.
- C.
Advocated by Frederick Douglass.
- D.
Suggested by the African nation of Liberia
- E.
Supported by the black leader Martin Delany.
- 35.Arrange the following in chronological order: the founding of the (A) American Colonization Society, (B) American Anti-Slavery Society, (C) Liberty party.
- A.
A, B, C
- B.
C, A, B
- C.
B, C, A
- D.
A, C, B
- E.
C, B, A
- 36.William Loyd Garrison pledged his dedication to
- A.
Shipping freed blacks back to Africa
- B.
Outlawing the slave trade.
- C.
Preventing the expansion of slavery beyond the South.
- D.
Forming an antislavery political party.
- E.
The immediate abolition of slavery in the South
- 37.
- A.
A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
- B.
A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
- C.
A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2
- D.
A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
- E.
A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
- 38.Many abolitionists turned to political action in 1840 when they backed the presidential candidate of the
- A.
Free-Soil party.
- B.
Republican party
- C.
Know-Nothing party.
- D.
Liberty party
- E.
Anti-Mason party.
- 39.The voice of white southern abolitionism fell silent at the beginning of the
- A.
1790s
- B.
1820s.
- C.
1830s
- D.
1840s
- E.
1850s
- 40.Those in the North who opposed the abolitionists believed that these opponents of slavery
- A.
Were creating disorder in America
- B.
Were defending the American way of life
- C.
Deserved the right to speak freely.
- D.
Had turned their backs on religion
- E.
Were undermining fundamental American beliefs.
- 41.The deist faith embraced all of the following except
- A.
The concept of original sin
- B.
The reliance on reason rather then revolution
- C.
Belief in supreme being
- D.
Belief in human beings capacity for moral behavior
- E.
Denial of the divinity of jesus
- 42.Deists like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin endorsed the concept of
- A.
Revelation
- B.
Original sin
- C.
The deity of christ
- D.
A supreme being who created the universe
- E.
the imminent end of the world
- 43.By 1850, organized religion in America
- A.
Retained the rigor of colonial religion
- B.
Was ignored by 3/4 of the people
- C.
Had lost some of its austere Calvinist rigor
- D.
Had grown more conservative
- E.
Had become tied to the upper class
- 44.All of the following are true of the second great awakening except that
- A.
Resulted in the conversion of countless souls
- B.
Encouraged a variety of humanitarian reforms
- C.
Strengthened democratic denominations like the baptist and methodists
- D.
Was a reaction against the growing liberalism in religion
- E.
Was not as large as the first great awakening
- 45.Unitarians endorsed the concept of
- A.
The deity of christ
- B.
Original sin
- C.
Salvation through good works
- D.
Predestination
- E.
He bible as the norm of doctrine
- 46.An early nineteenth century religious rationalists sect devoted to the rule of reason and free will was the
- A.
Unitarians
- B.
Seventh day adventists
- C.
Methodists
- D.
Mormons
- E.
Roman catholics
- 47.Religious revivals of the second great awakening resulted in
- A.
Little increase in church membership
- B.
A strong religious influence in many areas of american life
- C.
Surprisingly few humanitarian reforms
- D.
Greater attention to church history and doctrine
- E.
All of the above
- 48.As a revivalist preacher, charles grandison finney advocated
- A.
Opposition to slavery
- B.
A perfect christian kingdom on earth
- C.
Opposition to alcohol
- D.
Public prayer by women
- E.
All of the above
- 49.The greatest of the revival preachers of the second great awakening was
- A.
Joseph smith
- B.
Horace greeley
- C.
Carl Schurz
- D.
Charles G Finney
- E.
Angelina Grimke
- 50.The second great awakening tented to
- A.
Promote religious diversity
- B.
Reduce social class differences
- C.
Blur regional class differences
- D.
Discourage church membership
- E.
Weaken women’s social position
- 51.The mormon religion originated in
- A.
Utah
- B.
New england
- C.
Nauvoo, Illinois
- D.
Ireland
- E.
The “burned over district” of new york
- 52.The religious sects that gained most from the revivalism of the second great awakening were the
- A.
Roman catholics and episcopalians
- B.
Unitarians and adventists
- C.
Methodists and baptists
- D.
Congregationalists and presbyterians
- E.
Lutherans and mennonites
- 53.The second great awakening tended to
- A.
Widen the lines between classes and regions
- B.
Open the episcopal and presbyterian churches to the poor
- C.
Unite southern baptists and southern methodists against slavery
- D.
Bring the more prosperous and conservative eastern churches into the revivalist camps
- E.
Increase the influence of educated clergy
- 54.The original prophet of the mormon religion was
- A.
Ralph Waldo emerson
- B.
Brigham young
- C.
Charles g finney
- D.
The angel moroni
- E.
Joseph smith
- 55.Which one of the following is least related to the other four
- A.
Brigham young
- B.
William miller
- C.
The book of mormon
- D.
Salt lake city
- E.
Polygamy
- 56.One of the characteristics of the mormons that angered many non mormons was their
- A.
Highly individualistic lifestyles
- B.
Unwillingness to vote
- C.
Refusal to take up arms and defend themselves
- D.
Emphasis on cooperative or group effort
- E.
Flirtation with foreign governments
- 57.Many of the denominational liberal arts colleges founded as a result of the second great awakening
- A.
Were academically distinguished institutions
- B.
Lacked much intellectual vitality
- C.
Eventually gained tax supported status
- D.
Offered a new nontraditional curriculum
- E.
Opened their doors to catholic students
- 58.
- A.
Existed mainly for the wealthy
- B.
Eliminated private and parochial education in the U.S.
- C.
Began in the south as early as 1800
- D.
Provided little opportunity for the poor
- E.
Was deemed essential for social stability and democracy
- 59.In the first half of the 19th century tax supported schools were
- A.
Chiefly available to educate the children of the poor
- B.
Most in evidence in the south
- C.
Continuously opposed by the wealthy, conservative whites
- D.
Open only to tuition paying children of the well to do
- E.
More academically demanding then private academies
- 60.Noah webster’s dictionary
- A.
Had little impact until the twentieth century
- B.
Helped to standardize the american language
- C.
Was used to educate the 19th century slaves
- D.
Came to the U.S. from Britain in the 1800’s
- E.
Gave legitimacy to American slang
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