In an effort to control its African American population, Charleston city officials __________. A) reenslaved free blacks B) made blacks wear badges C) banned the migration of blacks from the countryside to the city D) required all blacks to join white churches ANSWER Answer: B
What did the Constitution have to say about slavery? Did the literal language of the Constitution justify Southerners’ confidence in the legality of slavery? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: rebellion; three-fifths clause; the slave trade; fugitive slaves; implied versus literal support
The Second American Party System __________. A) started in 1824 B) continues to the present day C) was based on sharp sectional differences between the parties D) lasted only until 1840 ANSWER Answer: B
Before 1800, most of the original thirteen states had __________. A) abolished slavery B) limited the vote to property owners or taxpayers C) no formal constitution D) instituted an income tax ANSWER Answer: B
In the 1830s and 1840s, most __________ favored expansion, Indian removal, and the freedom to do what they wanted on the frontier. A) Federalists B) Republicans C) Democrats D) Whigs ANSWER Answer: C
As an early 1800s Cincinnati merchant, you were most likely to be financing __________. A) cotton textile manufacturing B) canal construction C) steamboat construction D) railroads ANSWER Answer: C
Second Great Awakening evangelist Charles Finney had his greatest influence on __________. A) working-class men B) poor farmers C) middle-class women D) upper-class men ANSWER Answer: C
Migrants of __________ origin accounted for at least 40 percent of the population of the Yankee West. A) southern B) New England C) Mid-Atlantic D) European ANSWER Answer: B
Which of these cities was overwhelmed by the influx of Irish immigrants in the 1840s? A) New York B) Boston C) Baltimore D) Philadelphia ANSWER Answer: B
Southerners were particularly disturbed by free African American writers like David Walker, whose Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World __________. A) encouraged slave rebellion B) assumed full equality C) insisted on changing the Constitution’s three-fifths rule D) advocated public education for blacks ANSWER Answer: A