History Exam 3
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This is Exam 3 for History 1301. It includes chapters 10-14.
- 1.In 1818, Andre Jackson invaded what Spanis-controlled territory?
- A.
Georgia
- B.
Florida
- C.
Texas
- D.
Mexico
- 2.This event, the first of many economic depressions was blamed on the National Bank:
- A.
Panic of 1815
- B.
Panic of 1819
- C.
Panic of 1837
- D.
Panic of 1857
- 3.Whigs referred to Andrew Jackson as this:
- A.
A good man
- B.
King Andrew I
- C.
A brilliant president
- D.
Captain America
- 4.WHten the National Bank died, President MArtin van Buren created this replacement:
- A.
Third Bank of the United States
- B.
Federal Reserve
- C.
Independent Treasury
- D.
Savings and Loans Banks
- 5.This made cotton economically profitable to southern farmers in the 1790s:
- A.
Cotton gin
- B.
Railroads
- C.
Cotton press
- D.
Steamboats
- 6.This was the most important invention for wheat farmers in the 1840s:
- A.
Railroads
- B.
Cyrus McCormick's reaper
- C.
John Deere's "tractor"
- D.
Canals
- 7.True or False. The Erie Canal was the most important canal in the early 1800s.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.True or False. John Marshall used this position as chief justice of the Supreme Court to strengthen the federal government.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.What did opponents of John Quincy Adams call his presidency?
- A.
A stolen election
- B.
A corrupt bargain
- C.
An unfair decision
- 10.Immigrants from this place came by the thousands through the 1840s and 1850s.
- A.
Russia
- B.
Poland
- C.
Ireland
- D.
Mexico
- 11.Those who embraced Enlightenment rationalism were often called
- A.
Baptists
- B.
Methodists
- C.
Deists
- D.
Shakers
- 12.This person founded the Mormon Church:
- A.
Charles Grandison Finney
- B.
Mother ALlan Lee
- C.
Joseph Smith
- D.
Edgar Allan Poe
- 13.This person tried to reconnect with nature and wrote an essay on civil disobedience:
- A.
Dorthea Dix
- B.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
- C.
Horace Mann
- D.
Henry David Thoreau
- 14.All of the following were reforms during this time EXCEPT
- A.
Women's rights
- B.
Prison reforms
- C.
Temperence
- D.
Civil Rights
- 15.This person advocated state-supported public education:
- A.
Ralp Waldo Emerson
- B.
Dorthea Dix
- C.
Henry David Thoreau
- D.
Horace Mann
- 16.True or False. Both the Whig and Democrat Parties supported the immediate annexation of Texas in 1836.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.The popular term for America's westward expansion in the 1840s and 1850s is
- A.
America's Burden
- B.
Manifest Destiny
- C.
America's Destiny
- D.
None of the above
- 18.He was called the Pathfinder for his exloration and mapping of the American West:
- A.
Zachary Taylor
- B.
Nicholas Biddle
- C.
John C. Fremont
- D.
Winfield Scott
- 19.He was President during the MExican war:
- A.
Zachary Taylor
- B.
James K. Polk.
- C.
Martin Van Buren
- D.
Andrew Jackson
- 20.True or False. Anglo-Texasn settlers generally resisted assimilation into Mexican culture, such as speaking Spanish, converting to Catholicism, and adopting and anti-slavery attitude.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.True or FAlse. According to Randolph Cambell, revolution in Texas was an immediate threat by the time Houston arrived.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.Campbell argues that Sam Houston's retreat toward San Jacinto was
- A.
Part of a larger plan to lure Santa Anna and his army deeper into Texas
- B.
Evidence that Sam Houstan was an ineffective military leader
- C.
A strategic withdrawal away from a numerically superior enemy
- D.
Foolish and incompetently managed
- 23.The Texas Declaration of Independence was signed in
- A.
Nacadoches
- B.
Marshal
- C.
Washington-on-the-Brazos
- D.
Dallas
- 24.Houston's retreat to San Jacinto is called
- A.
The Runaway Scrape
- B.
The Great Escape
- C.
Houston's Folly
- D.
The Great Skedaddle
- 25.Campbell describes Houston's political and military leadership as
- A.
Reckless
- B.
Cautious
- C.
Incompetent
- D.
Foolish
- 26.
- A.
Assimilating Indians into Texs societny, culture and politics
- B.
Annihilation and extermination
- C.
Indian removal
- D.
Peace based on fair treaties
- 27.Houston opposed moving the national capital t Austin because of
- A.
His personal problems with Stephen F. Austin
- B.
Austin's susceptibility to outbreaks of yellow fever
- C.
His belief that Ausitn was too exposed to Indian and Mexican attacks
- D.
Austin's flooding problems
- 28.True or False. Houston ended his excessive drinking after he experienced a radical religious conversion and became a Mormon.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 29.As President, Houston dealth with all of the following issues and problems EXCEPT
- A.
Slave rebellions
- B.
Continuing problems with Mexico
- C.
A rising national debt
- D.
Indian problems
- 30.These two social forces changed American society after the War of 1812.
- A.
Capitalism and Republicanism
- B.
Democracy and capitalism
- C.
Democracy and libertarianism
- D.
Indian problems
- 31.
- A.
The North
- B.
The South
- C.
The West
- D.
The Midwest
- 32.The West supported federal assistance with
- A.
Easy credit
- B.
Internal Improvements
- C.
Protective tariffs
- D.
The Bank of the United States
- 33.Northern manufacturers supported federal assistance with
- A.
Easy credit
- B.
Internal improvements
- C.
Protective tariffs
- D.
The Bank of the United States
- 34.True or False. After the Panic of 1819, Westerners became vehemently opposed to the National Bank.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 35.The Adams-Onis Treaty gave the United States access to what body of water?
- A.
Atlantic Ocean
- B.
Pacific Ocean
- C.
St. Lawrence River
- D.
Gulf of Mexico
- 36.The Monroe Doctrine said that Europe should do wht concerning North and South American affairs?
- A.
Europs could not trade with North or South America
- B.
Europe was welcom to help the United States dominate North and South America
- C.
Europe had a right to involve itselve in North and South American affairs
- D.
Europe should not interfere with North or South American affairs
- 37.The missouri Compromise permitted Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and also
- A.
Prohibited slavery from expanding anywhere else
- B.
Ended slaverey in Washington, DC
- C.
Kept the balance in the Senate between free states and slave states
- D.
Ended the slave trade
- 38.The election of 1828 showed the ascendancy of
- A.
The urban vote
- B.
The West
- C.
The Irish vote
- D.
Young voters
- 39.True or False. Intellectually, the election of 1828 shows that the United States had shifted away from republicanism toward democracy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 40.The Nuillification Crisis dealth with what constitutional debate?
- A.
Whether a state could nullify a federal law
- B.
Whether the President could nullify a state law
- C.
Whether Congress could nullify a Supreme Court decision
- D.
Whether a state could nullify a Supreme Court decision
- 41.By accepting the principles of democracy, Andrew Jackson also accepted
- A.
Republican virtue
- B.
Liberalism
- C.
Socialism
- D.
Majoritarianism
- 42.Calhoun designed his theory of nullification to protect
- A.
Minority rights
- B.
The Tariff of 1828
- C.
The idea of majoritarianism
- D.
Slavery
- 43.
- A.
He wanted to form a buffer state between the United States and Mexico
- B.
The wanted to protect Indians from extermination
- C.
He hated Indians
- D.
He wanted to buy Indian lands in Tennessee
- 44.True or False. The president of the National Bank, Nicholas Biddle, tried to trigger an economic depression in order to force Congress to renew the National Bank's charter.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 45.The following were effects of the Second Great Awakening EXCEPT
- A.
It encouraged social activism
- B.
It was anti-intellectual
- C.
It was nationalismt and trenscended section
- D.
It led to the founding fo many new colleges
- 46.Romanticism rejected
- A.
Republicanism
- B.
Enlightenment rationalism
- C.
Unitarianism
- D.
Democracy
- 47.True or False. Transcendentalists saw nature as an obstacle that must be overcome in order for Americ to prosper and grow strong.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 48.True or Flase. The theology of the Second Great Awakening opposed democracy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 49.One of the key effects of the Transportation Revolution was
- A.
The expansion of slavery westward
- B.
The rise of sectionalism
- C.
Connecting the West with the rest of the United States
- D.
None of the above
- 50.The Market Revolution included
- A.
The rise of large factories
- B.
The dramatic growth of cities such as Cincinnati, Chicago, and New York
- C.
Farmers abandoning self-sufficiency for growing stable crops for profit
- D.
All of the above
- 51.
- A.
Steele
- B.
Textiles
- C.
Heavy machinery
- D.
Cars
- 52.The first generation of factory workers had to adjust to
- A.
Earning more money than they ever had before
- B.
Working fewer hours than they ever had before
- C.
Losing the control over their own labor
- D.
Both A and B
- 53.True or false. By 1860, the United States had a truly national economy
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 54.The idea of Manifest Destiny
- A.
Included the spread of American freedom and liberty
- B.
Was the reason for the rise of factories in eastern cities
- C.
Involved Americans settling California and Oregon
- D.
Both a and c
- 55.True or False. The Whig Party supported most plans for aggressive territorial expansion.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 56.Polk's showdown with Britain over the Oregon Country was
- A.
Out of necessity
- B.
Successful brinkmanship
- C.
The failure of graduated pressure
- D.
A political farce
- 57.As an agent of empire, the U.S. Army
- A.
Regulated westard expansion
- B.
Mapped, surveyed, and explored the West
- C.
Kept order between white settlers and Indians
- D.
All of the above
- 58.In addition to the U.S. Army, the United States relied on what sort of manpower to win the Mexican War?
- A.
Federal volunteers
- B.
States militias
- C.
The United Sttes relied solely on the U.S.Army
- D.
Draftees
- 59.One of teh most pressing questions after the Mexican war was
- A.
How to protect the Mexican Cession
- B.
Whether slavery would expand westward
- C.
How to organize the Mexican cession
- D.
How to demobilize the Army
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