Name ____________________________
Date ____________________
Period ____
Regulars
Final Review HW #4 (Jackson – Reconstruction)
Directions: Write the letter of the choice that best answers the question or completes the statement.
1.
_____ The Nullification Crisis, Tariff of Abominations, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears,
Creation of Pet Banks, and use of the Spoils System are all examples of:
a. President Andrew Jackson obeying and following the constitution.
b. President Andrew Jackson abusing his power as President and not following the constitution.
c. Thomas Jefferson abusing his power as President and not following the constitution.
d. President Andrew Jackson obeying and following the constitution.
2.
_____ This was used by President Andrew Jackson to give government positions to people he trusted:
a.
b.
3.
c. The Spoils System
d. None of the above
The Spoils System
The Trail of Tears
c. The Tariff of Abominations
d. The Indian Removal Act
_____ Westward Expansion in the United States from 1803 to 1853 was fueled by:
a.
b.
6.
The Tariff of Abominations
Pet Banks
_____ Thousands of Native Americans were forced off their lands and died along the Trail of Tears because of:
a.
b.
5.
c. Tariff of Abominations
d. None of the above.
_____ Andrew Jackson used ______________________ in order to destroy the National Bank:
a.
b.
4.
Jacksonian Democracy
The Spoils System
Manifest Destiny
Thomas Jefferson
c. Salutary Neglect
d. The Mexican American War
_____ The Missouri Compromise:
a.
Attempted to settle sectional problems by admitting Missouri as a Free State, Main as a Slave State, and
allowing slavery North of the Mason-Dixon Line.
b. Attempted to settle sectional problems by admitting Missouri as a Slave State, Main as a Free State, and
allowing slavery South of the Mason-Dixon Line.
c. Attempted to settle sectional problems by admitting Missouri as a Free State, Main as a Slave State, and
allowing slavery South of the Mason-Dixon Line.
d. Attempted to settle sectional problems by admitting Missouri and Main as a Free States, and allowing slavery
North of the Mason-Dixon Line.
7.
_____ This was created to solve sectional disputes by maintaining the balance of slave and free states in the U.S.?
a.
b.
8.
c. The Missouri Compromise
d. The 3/5 Compromise
_____ The Kansas-Nebraska used popular sovereignty because it:
a.
b.
c.
d.
9.
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
forced citizens of the new territories to allow slavery
allowed citizens of the new territories to vote on the issue of slavery.
led to Bleeding Kansas.
gave citizens of the new territories little say over the issue of slavery
_____ Which of the following historical figures would be considered an abolitionist?
a.
b.
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
c. Harriet Beecher Stowe
d. All of the above
10. _____ Who was responsible for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin and exposing the horrors of slavery to the north?
a.
b.
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
c. Harriet Beecher Stowe
d. Florence Nightingale
11. _____ Which of the following is the most accurate description of cotton diplomacy?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Cotton was used as an advantage by the north to trade with European countries for war supplies.
Cotton was used as an advantage by the south to trade with European countries for war supplies.
Cotton was turned into clothing by the south in mills to trade with European countries for war supplies.
Cotton was turned into clothing by the north in mills to trade with European countries for war supplies
12. _____ Which of the following is the best description of Union’s situation going into the Civil War?
a.
b.
They had a tremendous edge because of cotton production, knowledge of the territory, and skilled leaders.
They had a tremendous disadvantage because of an agricultural based economy, and the inability to produce
war supplies.
c. They had a tremendous advantage because they used cotton diplomacy.
d. They had a tremendous edge because they had an industrial based economy supported by more miles of
railroad track for transportation of war supplies
13. _____ Based on the quote below, what was Lincoln’s main goal as President?
“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing
all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would
also do that.”
a.
b.
Let the South secede
Stop slavery from spreading to the West
c. Put an end to slavery once and for all
d. Preserve the Union at all costs
14. _____ This marked the beginning of and the first physical confrontation of the Civil War?
a.
b.
Chancellorsville
Fort Sumter
c. Gettysburg
d. Lexington & Concord
15. _____ Which of the following battles was the turning point of the Civil War?
a.
b.
Fredericksburg
Antietam
c. Gettysburg
d. Saratoga
16. _____ Which of the following marked the end of the Civil war?
a.
b.
Fredericksburg
Appomattox
c. Yorktown
d. Gettysburg
17. _____ This Reconstruction amendment protected the rights of former slaves by giving the right to vote?
a.
b.
13th amendment
14th amendment
c. 15th amendment
d. 16th amendment
18. _____ Which of the following were reconstruction amendments that protected the rights of former slaves?
a.
b.
c.
d.
13th, 14th, & 16th
12th, 13th, & 14th
13th, 14th, & 15th
11th, 12th, & 13th