Pvhs American\US History 1 Final

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This test will contain information from the PVHS American History 1 coursework sections 1i-4

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1.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Introduction: Between 1810 and 1819 there were 7 major riots; in the 1830s there were ___.
- A.
  
  100
- B.
  
  105
- C.
  
  110
- D.
  
  115
2.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Introduction: In a single decade, 1834–1844, ____ incidents of mob violence occurred in New York.
- A.
  
  100
- B.
  
  150
- C.
  
  200
- D.
  
  250
3.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Introduction: By 1835, there were nearly _____ drinking places in New York--one for every 50 persons over the age of 15.
- A.
  
  1,000
- B.
  
  2,000
- C.
  
  3,000
- D.
  
  4,000
4.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Introduction: In New York, the nation’s largest city, crime rose far faster than in the overall population. Between 1814 and _____, the city’s population doubled, but reports of crime quadrupled.
- A.
  
  1831
- B.
  
  1832
- C.
  
  1833
- D.
  
  1834
5.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Introduction: During the early 19th century, poverty, lawlessness, violence, and vice appeared to be increasing at an alarming rate.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Moral Reform: By _____ an estimated 2 million Americans had taken the “pledge” to abstain from hard liquor.
- A.
  
  1834
- B.
  
  1835
- C.
  
  1836
- D.
  
  1837
7.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Moral Reform: In _____ the nation’s first formal national temperance organization--the American Society for the Promotion of Temperance--was born.
- A.
  
  1824
- B.
  
  1825
- C.
  
  1826
- D.
  
  1827
8.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Moral Reform: By _____ the typical adult American consumed more than 7 gallons of absolute alcohol a year (compared to 2.6 gallons today).
- A.
  
  1
- B.
  
  3
- C.
  
  5
- D.
  
  7
9.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Moral Reform: Instead of taking coffee breaks, people took a dram of liquor at ___ and again at 4 o’clock as well as drinks after meals “to aid digestion” and a nightcap before going to sleep.
- A.
  
  11
- B.
  
  10
- C.
  
  9
- D.
  
  8
10.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Moral Reform: The New York Moral Reform Society had ________ members in 1837 and branches in New England and upstate New York.
- A.
  
  14,000
- B.
  
  15,000
- C.
  
  16,000
- D.
  
  17,000
11.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Radical Reform and Antislavery: In _____ a group of prominent ministers and politicians formed the American Colonization Society to resettle free blacks in West Africa, encourage planters voluntarily to emancipate their slaves, and create a group of black missionaries who would spread Christianity in Africa.
- A.
  
  1815
- B.
  
  1816
- C.
  
  1817
- D.
  
  1818
12.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Radical Reform and Antislavery: At the present rate of progress, predicted one religious leader in 1791, within ___ years it will “be as shameful for a man to hold a Negro slave, as to be guilty of common robbery or theft.”
- A.
  
  20
- B.
  
  30
- C.
  
  40
- D.
  
  50
13.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Radical Reform and Antislavery: As late as the ______, no church had discouraged its members from owning or trading in slaves.
- A.
  
  1750s
- B.
  
  1760s
- C.
  
  1770s
- D.
  
  1780s
14.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Antislavery Timeline: In what year did the following occur? The Continental Congress approves a resolution prohibiting slave importations and further American participation in the slave trade.
- A.
  
  1774
- B.
  
  1779
- C.
  
  1787
- D.
  
  1793
15.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Antislavery Timeline: In what year did the following occur? John Laurens proposes to Congress the arming of 3,000 slaves to resist a British invasion of the South; Congress approves the proposal but the South Carolina legislature rejects it.
- A.
  
  1774
- B.
  
  1779
- C.
  
  1787
- D.
  
  1793
16.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Antislavery Timeline: In what year did the following occur? The Constitutional Convention agrees to count three-fifths of a state's slave population in apportioning representations; forbids Congress from ending the Atlantic slave trade until 1808; and requires fugitive slaves to be returned to their owners.
- A.
  
  1774
- B.
  
  1779
- C.
  
  1787
- D.
  
  1793
17.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Antislavery Timeline: In what year did the following occur? Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin.
- A.
  
  1774
- B.
  
  1779
- C.
  
  1787
- D.
  
  1793
18.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Women’s Rights: In ____, after the American Anti-Slavery Society split over the issue of women’s rights, the organization named three female delegates to a World Anti-Slavery Convention to be held in London later that year.
- A.
  
  1840
- B.
  
  1841
- C.
  
  1842
- D.
  
  1843
19.

Pre-Civil War Reform, Women’s Rights: In _____ Angelina gained national notoriety by lecturing against slavery to audiences that included men as well as women.
- A.
  
  1836
- B.
  
  1837
- C.
  
  1838
- D.
  
  1839
20.

Tragedy of the Plains Indians, A Thrity Years War: In _____, warfare spread to Colorado, after the discovery of gold led to an influx of whites.
- A.
  
  1864
- B.
  
  1865
- C.
  
  1866
- D.
  
  1867
21.

Tragedy of the Plains Indians, The Sand Creek Massacre: Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, the lone American Indian in Congress, called it "one of the most disgraceful moments in American history." About _____ U.S. army volunteers stormed through an Indian encampment near Big Sandy Creek in Colorado, slaughtering scores of women and children. This episode became known as the Sand Creek Massacre.
- A.
  
  500
- B.
  
  600
- C.
  
  700
- D.
  
  800
22.

Tragedy of the Plains Indians, The Sand Creek Massacre: In the Spring of_____, a wing of the Cheyenne tribe unleashed attacks on white settlers, which prompted John M. Chivington, a Methodist minister who had become Colorado's military commander and was eager to become a member of Congress, to call for volunteer Indian fighters for 100-day enlistments.
- A.
  
  1864
- B.
  
  1865
- C.
  
  1866
- D.
  
  1867
23.

Tragedy of the Plains Indians, The Battle of the Little Big Horn: In ______, during a meeting under a flag of truce in Fort Robinson, Nebraska, an American soldier killed Crazy Horse by stabbing him with a bayonet.
- A.
  
  1876
- B.
  
  1877
- C.
  
  1878
- D.
  
  1879
24.

Tragedy of the Plains Indians, The Battle of the Little Big Horn: On _____ 25, 1876, Custer's scouts had observed what they thought was a retreating Indian village along the Little Big Horn River in what is now Montana.
- A.
  
  June
- B.
  
  July
- C.
  
  August
- D.
  
  September
25.

Tragedy of the Plains Indians, Wounded Knee I: Beginning in the _____, a religious movement known as the Ghost Dance arose among Indians of the Great Basin, and then spread, in the late 1880s, to the Great Plains.
- A.
  
  1850s
- B.
  
  1860s
- C.
  
  1870s
- D.
  
  1880s