The most successful of the nineteenth-century communitarian movements was __________. A) Oneida B) New Harmony C) the Shaker community D) Mormonism ANSWER Answer: D
The Grimké sisters supported both the abolition of slavery and __________. A) the right of women to make their voices heard B) quotas on new immigration from Europe C) the African colonization movement D) the labor movement ANSWER Answer: A
Which phase was usually first in the pattern of American occupation of new lands? A) frontier of inclusion B) frontier of exclusion C) armed conflict D) assimilation ANSWER Answer: A
The Native Americans who were the most dangerous and least assimilated were the __________. A) Vaqueros B) Comancheros C) Sioux D) Comanches ANSWER Answer: D
Which of these people would have been most likely to oppose the Mexican-American War? A) a New England Whig B) a southern Democrat C) a western farmer D) a Texas plantation owner ANSWER Answer: A
What impact did Free-Soil candidate Martin Van Buren have on the election of 1848? A) He cost Lewis Cass New York and Pennsylvania, and with these two states the election. B) He forced Lewis Cass to take a much stronger stand on slavery than he wanted to. C) He cost Zachary Taylor Massachusetts and New […]
Southern political strategies of the 1850s depended on __________. A) stopping the Underground Railroad B) the concept of manifest destiny C) popular sovereignty D) maintaining supremacy in the U.S. Senate ANSWER Answer: D
When Kansas applied for statehood, President James Buchanan __________. A) endorsed the pro-slavery constitution B) said the issue was a congressional one C) refused to consider the request at that time D) accepted the antislavery constitution ANSWER Answer: A
Much of the nation responded to the passage of the Compromise of 1850 with __________. A) jubilation and relief B) weary apathy C) fear and uncertainty D) anger and rage ANSWER Answer: A
The decision of four slave states to stay within the Union __________. A) caused Lincoln to legalize slavery in all Northern states B) negated the Confederate argument that they were forced to secede to protect the right to own slaves C) was welcome to the North but caused all kinds of legal problems for the […]