History Final 11-15

Front 1

After the Louisiana Purchase, the United States’ largest land acquisition resulted from which of the following?

Back 1

the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty

Front 2

Which best describes how Mexican leaders reacted when large numbers of Americans settled in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s?

Back 2

They tried to prevent American settlers from influencing Texas’ Mexican culture

Front 3

Slavery and its legitimacy first became a major issue in the United States following which event?

Back 3

the Louisiana Purchase

Front 4

The Missouri Compromise led to the formation of Missouri as a slave state as well as the formation of which new U.S. state as a free state?

Back 4

Maine

Front 5

The Wilmot Proviso concerned the legality of slavery in which of the following?

Back 5

in territories acquired from Mexico

Front 6

Which Congressman most vocally opposed the free soil position in the 1840s?

Back 6

John C. Calhoun

Front 7

In which U.S. territory were the people given the option to choose whether or not they would allow slavery?

Back 7

the Utah Territory

Front 8

In the early United States, sectionalism first arose due to conflict over which divisive issue?

Back 8

slavery

Front 9

Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin changed the industry of the South in which way?

Back 9

It led to more land in the South being dedicated to cotton farming

Front 10

In the nineteenth century, which Protestant denomination grew in numbers in the United States due to increased immigration from Europe?

Back 10

Lutheranism

Front 11

How did Charles G. Finney’s brand of Christian revivalism differ from those of previous Evangelical leaders?

Back 11

He stressed the control that humans have over their own destinies

Front 12

The utopian community begun by Robert Owen in 1825 was founded around which principle?

Back 12

cooperative labor

Front 13

Which American reformer founded a utopian community based on the principle of cooperative labor?

Back 13

Robert Owen

Front 14

With which movement did the perfectionist reform of the early nineteenth century Christian revivalists take its earliest form?

Back 14

temperance

Front 15

How did the abolitionist views of William Lloyd Garrison differ from those of earlier anti-slavery advocates?

Back 15

He opposed foreign colonization of former slaves

Front 16

How did abolitionists use the political system to fight slavery?

Back 16

by forming third parties that advocated laws against slavery

Front 17

Why did female abolitionists often meet resistance within their own movement?

Back 17

Religious leaders often used the Bible to justify female inferiority

Front 18

Which of the following was a provision of the Compromise of 1850?

Back 18

Free states would be forced to return slaves who escaped to those states

Front 19

In 1856, in which territory did confrontations between free- and slave-state factions become violent?Selected Answer:Kansas

Back 19

Kansas

Front 20

Which of the following was a significant difference between the Union and Confederate armies?

Back 20

The Union army had far more soldiers than the Confederate army

Front 21

Which statement best describes one advantage the Confederacy had over the Union in the U.S. Civil War?

Back 21

The Confederacy’s soldiers were more accustomed to using firearms

Front 22

How did cotton production create the greatest advantage for the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War?

Back 22

It helped gather support from trade partners in Europe

Front 23

Which slave state remained in the Union during the U.S. Civil War?

Back 23

Kentucky

Front 24

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

Back 24

South Carolina

Front 25

Which states were generally the last to secede?

Back 25

those bordering the Union states

Front 26

In which border state was the friction between Union and Confederate sympathizers most intense?

Back 26

Maryland

Front 27

In 1861, the Confederate states chose whom to serve as their provisional president?

Back 27

Jefferson Davis

Front 28

Why was the Presidential election of 1860 particularly complex in its scope?

Back 28

The Democratic Party was split among regional lines and nominated two candidates

Front 29

Why was the constitutionality of President Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus brought into question?

Back 29

It allowed people to be jailed without being charged before a judge

Front 30

Which event officially triggered the U.S. Civil War?

Back 30

the Confederate attack on and capture of Fort Sumter

Front 31

During the U.S. Civil War, what did Northerners do to raise money for the war effort that Southerners did not?

Back 31

sell government bonds

Front 32

Why did many northerners consider conscription to be unfair during the U.S. Civil War?

Back 32

It allowed wealthier draftees to hire substitutes and avoid fighting

Front 33

What made many Southerners disapprove of Jefferson Davis as a leader?

Back 33

his belief in the need for a strong centralized government

Front 34

Why did the Cherokee leaders agree to fight with the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War?

Back 34

Confederate leaders had promised them weapons and protection from the Union

Front 35

Which woman was noted for supervising army nurses during the U.S. Civil War?

Back 35

Dorothea Dix

Front 36

Which of the following sparked the New York City riots of July 1863?

Back 36

conscription

Front 37

Which U.S. Civil War event is often credited for Abraham Lincoln’s re-election in 1864?

Back 37

the capture and fall of Atlanta