End of the Year Review Session
#7
Q1
Most Americans who migrated to the Oregon
Country were attracted by the
• a) rich soil of the Willamette River Valley.
• b) expectation of fighting British troops.
• c) potential profits in the fur trade.
• d) discovery of gold and silver in the Cascade
Mountains.
• e) hope of finding a better trade route to East
Asia.
Q1
Most Americans who migrated to the Oregon
Country were attracted by the
• a) rich soil of the Willamette River Valley.
• b) expectation of fighting British troops.
• c) potential profits in the fur trade.
• d) discovery of gold and silver in the Cascade
Mountains.
• e) hope of finding a better trade route to East
Asia.
Q2
In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained
the growth of an American nation stretching
across North America was called
• a) continentalism.
• b) isolationism.
• c) anglophobia.
• d) Divine Mandate.
• e) Manifest Destiny.
Q2
In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained
the growth of an American nation stretching
across North America was called
• a) continentalism.
• b) isolationism.
• c) anglophobia.
• d) Divine Mandate.
• e) Manifest Destiny.
Q3
In the Oregon treaty with Britain in 1846, the
northern boundary of the United States was
established to the Pacific Ocean along the line of
• a) 42º.
• b) 52º 40'.
• c) 54º 40'.
• d) 36º 30'.
• e) 49º.
Q3
In the Oregon treaty with Britain in 1846, the
northern boundary of the United States was
established to the Pacific Ocean along the line of
• a) 42º.
• b) 52º 40'.
• c) 54º 40'.
• d) 36º 30'.
• e) 49º.
Q4
One reason that the British government decided to
compromise on the Oregon Country border was
• a) the support of the Hudson's Bay Company.
• b) their belief that the territory was not worth
fighting over.
• c) John Tyler's election to the presidency.
• d) America's acceptance of 54º 40'.
• e) their better ability to defend British Columbia
Q4
One reason that the British government decided to
compromise on the Oregon Country border was
• a) the support of the Hudson's Bay Company.
• b) their belief that the territory was not worth
fighting over.
• c) John Tyler's election to the presidency.
• d) America's acceptance of 54º 40'.
• e) their better ability to defend British Columbia
Q5
In his quest for California, President James K. Polk
• a) advocated war with Mexico from the beginning.
• b) argued strongly for annexation, because Americans
were the most numerous people in the area.
• c) was motivated by his knowledge of gold deposits
there.
• d) sought British help to persuade Mexico to sell the
area to the United States.
• e) first advocated buying the area from Mexico.
Q5
In his quest for California, President James K. Polk
• a) advocated war with Mexico from the beginning.
• b) argued strongly for annexation, because Americans
were the most numerous people in the area.
• c) was motivated by his knowledge of gold deposits
there.
• d) sought British help to persuade Mexico to sell the
area to the United States.
• e) first advocated buying the area from Mexico.
Q6
President Polk's claim that “American blood [had
been shed] on the American soil” referred to
news of an armed clash between Mexican and
American troops near
• a) San Francisco.
• b) the Nueces River.
• c) Santa Fe.
• d) the Rio Grande.
• e) San Antonio.
Q6
President Polk's claim that “American blood [had
been shed] on the American soil” referred to
news of an armed clash between Mexican and
American troops near
• a) San Francisco.
• b) the Nueces River.
• c) Santa Fe.
• d) the Rio Grande.
• e) San Antonio.
Q7
During the Mexican War, the Polk administration
was called on several times to respond to spot
resolutions, indicating where American blood had
been shed to provoke the war. The resolutions
were frequently introduced by
• a) Abraham Lincoln.
• b) Henry Clay.
• c) Robert Walker.
• d) David Wilmot.
• e) Lewis Cass.
Q7
During the Mexican War, the Polk administration
was called on several times to respond to spot
resolutions, indicating where American blood had
been shed to provoke the war. The resolutions
were frequently introduced by
• a) Abraham Lincoln.
• b) Henry Clay.
• c) Robert Walker.
• d) David Wilmot.
• e) Lewis Cass.
Q8
One goal of Mexico in its 1846–1848 war with the
United States was to
• a) demonstrate the strength of Latino culture.
• b) regain control of Texas.
• c) capture slaves and take them back to Mexico.
• d) force America to make good on unpaid claims
of damages to Mexican citizens.
• e) free black slaves.
Q8
One goal of Mexico in its 1846–1848 war with the
United States was to
• a) demonstrate the strength of Latino culture.
• b) regain control of Texas.
• c) capture slaves and take them back to Mexico.
• d) force America to make good on unpaid claims
of damages to Mexican citizens.
• e) free black slaves.
Q9
When the war with Mexico began, President James
K. Polk
• a) advocated taking all of Mexico.
• b) believed the British would intervene on
behalf of the Americans.
• c) hoped to fight a limited war, ending with the
conquest of California.
• d) supported a large-scale conflict.
• e) denied any intention of expanding slavery.
Q9
When the war with Mexico began, President James
K. Polk
• a) advocated taking all of Mexico.
• b) believed the British would intervene on
behalf of the Americans.
• c) hoped to fight a limited war, ending with the
conquest of California.
• d) supported a large-scale conflict.
• e) denied any intention of expanding slavery.
Q10
The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, ending the
Mexican War, included
• a) a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in New
Mexico.
• b) United States annexation of all the territory south
of the Rio Grande.
• c) the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to
the United States.
• d) a requirement that Mexico pay $3.25 million in
damages to the United States.
• e) United States payment of $15 million for the
cession of northern Mexico.
Q10
The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, ending the
Mexican War, included
• a) a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in New
Mexico.
• b) United States annexation of all the territory south
of the Rio Grande.
• c) the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to
the United States.
• d) a requirement that Mexico pay $3.25 million in
damages to the United States.
• e) United States payment of $15 million for the
cession of northern Mexico.
Q11
The Wilmot Proviso, introduced into Congress during the
Mexican War, declared that
• a) Mexican territory would not be annexed to the United
States.
• b) slavery would be banned from all territories that
Mexico ceded to the United States.
• c) the United States should annex all of Mexico.
• d) the United States should have to pay Mexico a financial
indemnity for having provoked the war.
• e) slavery in the territories would be determined by
popular sovereignty.
Q11
The Wilmot Proviso, introduced into Congress during the
Mexican War, declared that
• a) Mexican territory would not be annexed to the United
States.
• b) slavery would be banned from all territories that
Mexico ceded to the United States.
• c) the United States should annex all of Mexico.
• d) the United States should have to pay Mexico a financial
indemnity for having provoked the war.
• e) slavery in the territories would be determined by
popular sovereignty.
Q12
The Spanish Franciscan missionaries treated the
native inhabitants of California
• a) according to the principles of their founder St.
Francis.
• b) well but refused to convert them to
Christianity.
• c) very harshly.
• d) better than they treated their African slaves.
• e) as capable of civilization if educated.
Q12
The Spanish Franciscan missionaries treated the
native inhabitants of California
• a) according to the principles of their founder St.
Francis.
• b) well but refused to convert them to
Christianity.
• c) very harshly.
• d) better than they treated their African slaves.
• e) as capable of civilization if educated.
Q13
Deists like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin
Franklin endorsed the belief
• a) in divine revelation.
• b) in original sin.
• c) in the deity of Christ.
• d) that a Supreme Being endowed human
beings with a capacity for moral behavior.
• e) in the imminent end of the world.
Q13
Deists like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin
Franklin endorsed the belief
• a) in divine revelation.
• b) in original sin.
• c) in the deity of Christ.
• d) that a Supreme Being endowed human
beings with a capacity for moral behavior.
• e) in the imminent end of the world.
Q14
All the following are true of the Second Great
Awakening except that it
• a) resulted in the conversion of countless souls.
• b) encouraged a variety of humanitarian
reforms.
• c) strengthened democratic denominations like
the Baptists and Methodists.
• d) was a reaction against the growing liberalism
in religion.
• e) was not as large as the First Great Awakening.
Q14
All the following are true of the Second Great
Awakening except that it
• a) resulted in the conversion of countless souls.
• b) encouraged a variety of humanitarian
reforms.
• c) strengthened democratic denominations like
the Baptists and Methodists.
• d) was a reaction against the growing liberalism
in religion.
• e) was not as large as the First Great Awakening.
Q15
Religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening
resulted in
• a) little increase in church membership.
• b) a strong religious influence in many areas of
American life.
• c) surprisingly few humanitarian reforms.
• d) greater attention to church history and
doctrine.
• e) increase in enlightenment and rational
religion.
Q15
Religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening
resulted in
• a) little increase in church membership.
• b) a strong religious influence in many areas of
American life.
• c) surprisingly few humanitarian reforms.
• d) greater attention to church history and
doctrine.
• e) increase in enlightenment and rational
religion.
Q16
The greatest of the revival preachers of the
Second Great Awakening was
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Joseph Smith.
Horace Greeley.
Carl Schurz.
Charles G. Finney.
Angelina Grimke.
Q16
The greatest of the revival preachers of the
Second Great Awakening was
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Joseph Smith.
Horace Greeley.
Carl Schurz.
Charles G. Finney.
Angelina Grimke.
Q17
The Second Great Awakening tended to
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
promote religious diversity.
reduce social class differences.
blur regional differences.
discourage church membership.
weaken women's social position
Q17
The Second Great Awakening tended to
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
promote religious diversity.
reduce social class differences.
blur regional differences.
discourage church membership.
weaken women's social position
Q18
The idea of free public education as an essential
component of American democracy grew in the
early nineteenth century with the influence of
• a) Thomas Jefferson and Horace Mann.
• b) Daniel Webster and Abraham Lincoln.
• c) Charles Finney and Henry Ward Beecher.
• d) Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
• e) Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Q18
The idea of free public education as an essential
component of American democracy grew in the
early nineteenth century with the influence of
• a) Thomas Jefferson and Horace Mann.
• b) Daniel Webster and Abraham Lincoln.
• c) Charles Finney and Henry Ward Beecher.
• d) Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
• e) Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Q19
New England reformer Dorothea Dix is most
notable for her efforts on behalf of
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
prison and asylum reform.
the peace movement.
the temperance movement.
abolitionism.
women's education.
Q19
New England reformer Dorothea Dix is most
notable for her efforts on behalf of
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
prison and asylum reform.
the peace movement.
the temperance movement.
abolitionism.
women's education.
Q20
By the 1850s, the crusade for women's rights
was eclipsed by
• a) the temperance movement.
• b) the “Lucy Stoners.”
• c) abolitionism.
• d) prison reform advocates.
• e) evangelical revivalism.
Q20
By the 1850s, the crusade for women's rights
was eclipsed by
• a) the temperance movement.
• b) the “Lucy Stoners.”
• c) abolitionism.
• d) prison reform advocates.
• e) evangelical revivalism.
Q21
The key to Oneida's financial success was
• a) its move from Vermont to New York.
• b) the establishment of Bible communism.
• c) the manufacture of steel animal traps and
silverware.
• d) its tax-exempt religious status.
• e) its linkage of religion to free-market
capitalism.
Q21
The key to Oneida's financial success was
• a) its move from Vermont to New York.
• b) the establishment of Bible communism.
• c) the manufacture of steel animal traps and
silverware.
• d) its tax-exempt religious status.
• e) its linkage of religion to free-market
capitalism.
Q22
The Oneida colony declined due to
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
widespread criticism of its sexual practices.
a decline in animal trapping.
their adoption of capitalism.
the loss of Noyes's leadership.
All of these
Q22
The Oneida colony declined due to
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
widespread criticism of its sexual practices.
a decline in animal trapping.
their adoption of capitalism.
the loss of Noyes's leadership.
All of these
Q23
The Hudson River school excelled in the art of
painting
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
portraits.
classical frescos.
still life.
daguerreotypes.
landscapes.
Q23
The Hudson River school excelled in the art of
painting
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•
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
portraits.
classical frescos.
still life.
daguerreotypes.
landscapes.
Q24
A genuinely American literature received a strong
boost from the
• a) wave of nationalism that followed the War of
1812.
• b) writing of Charles Wilson Peale.
• c) religious writings of the Second Great
Awakening.
• d) federal support for the arts.
• e) literary theories of Edgar Allan Poe.
Q24
A genuinely American literature received a strong
boost from the
• a) wave of nationalism that followed the War of
1812.
• b) writing of Charles Wilson Peale.
• c) religious writings of the Second Great
Awakening.
• d) federal support for the arts.
• e) literary theories of Edgar Allan Poe.
Q25
“Civil Disobedience,” an essay that later influenced
both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King,
Jr., was written by the transcendentalist
• a) Louisa May Alcott.
• b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
• c) James Fenimore Cooper.
• d) Margaret Fuller.
• e) Henry David Thoreau.
Q25
“Civil Disobedience,” an essay that later influenced
both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King,
Jr., was written by the transcendentalist
• a) Louisa May Alcott.
• b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
• c) James Fenimore Cooper.
• d) Margaret Fuller.
• e) Henry David Thoreau.
Q26
A dark writer whose genres included poetry,
horror stories, and detective fiction was
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Edgar Allan Poe.
Herman Melville.
Sherlock Holmes.
Emily Dickinson.
William Faulkner.
Q26
A dark writer whose genres included poetry,
horror stories, and detective fiction was
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Edgar Allan Poe.
Herman Melville.
Sherlock Holmes.
Emily Dickinson.
William Faulkner.