U.S. History:
EOC Flashback Exercise
Unit 4: Antebellum America and
Continued Expansion
1. Which of the following territories won its
independence from Mexico in 1836 and was an
independent country for a time before being
annexed by the United States?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oregon
Texas
Missouri
New Mexico
2. What issue were both the Missouri
Compromise and Compromise of 1850
meant to deal with?
A.
B.
C.
D.
slavery in the South
how territories would be annexed
trade with Great Britain
the expansion of slavery
3. Why did northern industrialists favor
protective tariffs?
A. Tariffs raised the cost of European goods so
that more people would buy American
goods.
B. Labor unions demanded tariffs because they
raised factory workers’ wages.
C. Investors used money from tariffs to reduce
production costs.
D. Higher prices meant that companies made
fewer profits.
4. What impact did cotton have on western
settlement?
A. Cotton was a southern cash crop and had no
impact on the west.
B. Most western settlers opposed slavery and
moved west to get away from cotton
plantations.
C. Cotton’s profitability discouraged many from
moving west for economic reasons.
D. Cotton’s profitability encouraged many
people to move west to acquire land.
5. An abolitionist supported which of the
following causes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
outlawing alcohol
ending slavery
limiting slavery to southern states
ending women’s suffrage
6. Who of the following supported women’s
suffrage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Andrew Jackson
Susan B. Anthony
Henry Clay
Eli Whitney
7. Political leaders in the South asserted which
of the following in the years leading up to the
Civil War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Abolition
the right of slaves to sue masters
states’ rights
popular sovereignty
8. The term “Bleeding Kansas” refers to which
of the following?
A. the violence that occurred as part of the
nullification crisis
B. the fighting that resulted between slaves and
masters in Kansas
C. the violence that resulted between anti- and
pro-slavery forces after a federal act
D. a book written by an abolitionist to show the
brutality of slavery
1. Which of the following territories won its
independence from Mexico in 1836 and was an
independent country for a time before being
annexed by the United States?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oregon
Texas
Missouri
New Mexico
2. What issue were both the Missouri
Compromise and Compromise of 1850
meant to deal with?
A.
B.
C.
D.
slavery in the South
how territories would be annexed
trade with Great Britain
the expansion of slavery
3. Why did northern industrialists favor
protective tariffs?
A. Tariffs raised the cost of European goods so
that more people would buy American
goods.
B. Labor unions demanded tariffs because they
raised factory workers wages’.
C. Investors used money from tariffs to reduce
production costs.
D. Higher prices meant that companies made
fewer profits.
4. What impact did cotton have on western
settlement?
A. Cotton was a southern cash crop and had no
impact on the west.
B. Most western settlers opposed slavery and
moved west to get away from cotton
plantations.
C. Cotton’s profitability discouraged many from
moving west for economic reasons.
D. Cotton’s profitability encouraged many
people to move west to acquire land.
5. An abolitionist supported which of the
following causes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
outlawing alcohol
ending slavery
limiting slavery to southern states
ending women’s suffrage
6. Who of the following supported women’s
suffrage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Andrew Jackson
Susan B. Anthony
Henry Clay
Eli Whitney
7. Political leaders in the South asserted which
of the following in the years leading up to the
Civil War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Abolition
the right of slaves to sue masters
states’ rights
popular sovereignty
8. The term “Bleeding Kansas” refers to which
of the following?
A. the violence that occurred as part of the
nullification crisis
B. the fighting that resulted between slaves and
masters in Kansas
C. the violence that resulted between anti- and
pro-slavery forces after a federal act
D. a book written by an abolitionist to show the
brutality of slavery
9. Who is associated with the Underground
Railroad?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
John C. Calhoun
Frederick Douglas
10. A U.S. congressman in the 1840s who favored
western expansion on the grounds that it was a
nation’s role to control and “civilize” the territory
from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast was
undoubtedly a believer in what?
A.
B.
C.
D.
universal suffrage
Manifest Destiny
Democracy
abolition
11. Negotiations with the British, war with
Mexico, and annexation of Texas were all
part of
A.
B.
C.
D.
sectionalism between the North and South.
westward expansion.
Jacksonian Democracy.
social reform.
12. Andrew Jackson would have been most
supportive of
A.
B.
C.
D.
a slave’s right to freedom.
women’s suffrage.
eastern banks and businesses.
white frontiersmen.
9. Who is associated with the Underground
Railroad?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
John C. Calhoun
Frederick Douglas
10. A U.S. congressman in the 1840s who favored
western expansion on the grounds that it was a
nation’s role to control and “civilize” the territory
from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast was
undoubtedly a believer in what?
A.
B.
C.
D.
universal suffrage
Manifest Destiny
Democracy
abolition
11. Negotiations with the British, war with
Mexico, and annexation of Texas were all
part of
A.
B.
C.
D.
sectionalism between the North and South.
westward expansion.
Jacksonian Democracy.
social reform.
12. Andrew Jackson would have been most
supportive of
A.
B.
C.
D.
a slave’s right to freedom.
women’s suffrage.
eastern banks and businesses.
white frontiersmen.
13. What effect did Manifest Destiny have?
A. It improved relations between the U.S. and
Mexico.
B. It made Texas a free republic.
C. It extended U.S. territory all the way to the
Pacific.
D. It resulted in the end of universal suffrage.
14. Which of the following describes the
abolitionist movement?
A. African Americans and whites took part.
B. Religion had little influence on the
movement.
C. It did not include southern whites.
D. Due to sexual discrimination, no women
were abolitionists.
15. Which of the following best describes
southern reaction to John Brown’s 1859 raid
on Harper’s Ferry?
A. alarmed, because they saw it as a violent threat
to the southern way of life.
B. encouraged, because it showed that some men
were willing to go to extreme measures to
protect states’ rights.
C. amused, because they dismissed it as an
isolated incident led by a fool.
D. saddened, because Brown was a southern hero
and news of his death was disheartening.
16. Which American industry was the first to
use machines to do work previously done
by hand?
A.
B.
C.
D.
firearm
textile
shoemaking
railroad
13. What effect did Manifest Destiny have?
A. It improved relations between the U.S. and
Mexico.
B. It made Texas a free republic.
C. It extended U.S. territory all the way to the
Pacific.
D. It resulted in the end of universal suffrage.
14. Which of the following describes the
abolitionist movement?
A. African Americans and whites took part.
B. Religion had little influence on the
movement.
C. It did not include southern whites.
D. Due to sexual discrimination, no women
were abolitionists.
15. Which of the following best describes
southern reaction to John Brown’s 1859 raid
on Harper’s Ferry?
A. alarmed, because they saw it as a violent threat
to the southern way of life.
B. encouraged, because it showed that some men
were willing to go to extreme measures to
protect states’ rights.
C. amused, because they dismissed it as an
isolated incident led by a fool.
D. saddened, because Brown was a southern hero
and news of his death was disheartening.
16. Which American industry was the first to
use machines to do work previously done
by hand?
A.
B.
C.
D.
firearm
textile
shoemaking
railroad