Which mode of transportation had the most dramatic impact on American economic life by 1850? A) steamship B) canal C) road D) railroad ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the original meaning of the phrase “free labor” and what role did it play in the industrializing economy? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: free labor; industrialization; wage system; market economy; regional economic differences
Date: September 9th, 2020
The sabbatarian movement focused on __________. A) imposing Christian morality on the public B) encouraging freedom of worship C) Catholic-Protestant mutual understanding D) breaking the power of Tammany Hall ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Former president John Quincy Adams was a key figure in what part of the abolitionist movement? A) the Amistad case B) publication of the Liberator C) running for president on the Liberty party ticket D) organizing the American Colonization Society ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Women became deeply involved in reform movements through their __________. A) churches B) jobs C) children D) political parties ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The northern half of Indian Territory was abolished in 1854 and replaced with the __________. A) Oklahoma and Utah Territories B) New Mexico and California Territories C) Oregon and Nebraska Territories D) Kansas and Nebraska Territories ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Americans in Texas __________. A) mainly settled in enclaves with little contact with others B) quickly intermarried with the Tejanos C) settled in the northern and western high plains D) found it difficult to farm profitably ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Claiming the Rio Grande rather than the Nueces River as the boundary of Texas gave the United States a claim to __________. A) New Mexico and parts of Colorado B) Oregon and Washington C) Kansas and Oklahoma D) Nevada and Utah ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
During American expansion between 1800 and 1850s, which section’s interests were most threatened? A) New England B) the Old Northwest C) the far West D) the South ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The “Young America” movement __________. A) favored an isolationist foreign policy B) favored the annexation of Canada C) desired the acquisition of Cuba and Central America D) supported lowering the voting age ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
