Before becoming active in the women’s rights movement, the Grimké sisters were already well known as __________. A) temperance reformers B) abolitionists C) antiprostitution activists D) evangelical preachers ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Three groups worked to bring an end to slavery: free African Americans, militant white reformers, and __________. A) Quakers B) Mormons C) Episcopalians D) Baptists ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Lewis and Clark expedition was financed by __________. A) the federal government B) the personal fortune of Thomas Jefferson C) subscriptions from land speculators D) fur traders ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Stephen F. Austin and his hand-picked fellow colonists in Texas agreed to Mexican terms that they __________. A) sever all economic ties with the United States B) bring no slaves into Mexican territory C) become Mexican citizens and accept the Catholic faith D) pledge loyalty to the Mexican government ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Mexican-American War was known as “Mr. Polk’s War” because __________. A) he personally led U.S. forces in battle B) American strongly supported the war C) the war was unpopular and politically divisive D) Congress never approved a declaration of war ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Explain the ideology of “manifest destiny,” the sentiments that supported it, and the reaction of politicians and the public to it. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: expansion; religion; divine mission; race and democracy; party politics and expansion; Indian removal
Date: September 9th, 2020
The only part of the Compromise of 1850 strongly supported by the South was __________. A) throwing open Indian Territory to slavery B) postponing a determination of the boundaries of Texas C) admission of California to the Union as a slave state D) the enactment of a Fugitive Slave Law ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The 1860 election was actually two contests: Breckinridge versus Bell in the South, and __________ in the North. A) Lincoln versus Seward B) Lincoln versus Douglas C) Douglas versus Seward D) Chase versus Douglas ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Stephen Douglas believed Northerners would support the Kansas-Nebraska Act because __________. A) they had no reason not to B) it promised to resolve the issue of slavery once and for all C) it contained a popular sovereignty provision D) it favored a northern route for the transcontinental railroad ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet included a number of men who __________. A) had been his rivals for the 1860 presidential nomination B) were staunch Democrats C) supported the expansion of slavery in the West D) had close ties to the Liberty Party ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
