Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Each multiple choice
question is worth 6 points.
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During the 1840s & 1850s, US factories were able to become more productive
because
a. | waterwheel technology improved | b. | steam engines began to be used as an energy
source | c. | water & animal power had been phased out | d. | the use of
electricity became widespread |
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The growth of railroads in the 1850s
a. | brought to an end older forms of transportation such as the stagecoach &
horseback travel. | b. | caused enough pollution to seriously hamper
agricultural productivity in the Midwest. | c. | fostered iron production, coal production,
& the telegraph industry. | d. | was due almost entirely to federal rather than
private spending. |
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The idea of the “free labor” system that was widely accepted in the
North & West in the 1840s & 1850s affirmed an egalitarian vision of human potential, &
proponents claimed that the system
a. | opened up doors to even the least hardworking segments of the
population. | b. | made it possible for even the poorest person to aspire to become the employer &
property owner. | c. | gave slaves compensation for their labor. | d. | would lead to the
gradual emancipation of slaves in the south. |
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The free-labor ideal affected attitudes toward education in mid-nineteenth
century America because
a. | education offered another opportunity for Americans to achieve their potential
through hard work & self-discipline. | b. | classrooms provided another venue to denounce
slave labor systems. | c. | the desire for free labor discouraged working
Americans from spending time in school. | d. | teachers were expected to work without
wages. |
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A large influx of immigrants arrived in America between 1840 & 1860;
three-fourths of them cam from either
a. | Sweden or Norway. | b. | Italy or Germany. | c. | Germany or
Ireland. | d. | England or Ireland. |
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In 1845, New York journalist John L. O’Sullivan coined the term
manifest destiny, by which he meant that
a. | America should expand into Mexico & Canada. | b. | Americans were
destined by a higher power to create a worldwide empire. | c. | the United States
should take advantage of economic turmoil in Europe to gain new colonies & markets
overseas. | d. | Americans had the God-given right to expand their superior civilization across the
continent. |
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The migrants who settled on the Texas land granted to Stephen F. Austin by
Mexico in the 1820s were
a. | New Englanders who were looking for a warmer climate. | b. | Irish Catholics who
wanted land of their own. | c. | Southerners who brought cotton & slaves
with them. | d. | Tejanos. |
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Why did Congress refuse to annex Texas into the Union?
a. | Most Congressmen feared an attack by English profiteers. | b. | Congressional
leaders refused to allocate money for annexation. | c. | Texas would come into the Union as a slave
state. | d. | Congress didn’t like Mexican food, especially
tamales. |
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President Polk’s strategy to take Northern Mexico misfired because
a. | he had no military expertise. | b. | Mexico refused to trade land for
peace. | c. | US soldiers deserted the army. | d. | Santa Anna won too many battles in the north
for Polk to claim victory. |
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In the late 1840s & early 1850s massive numbers of immigrants poured in
California seeking
a. | religious freedom. | b. | manifest destiny. | c. | open land for
farming. | d. | gold. |
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The convention at Seneca Falls in 1848 advocated
a. | women’s rights & suffrage. | b. | better sanitary conditions to curb the rising
infant mortality rate. | c. | equal pay for women
workers. | d. | the abolition of slavery. |
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Behind the scenes, Harriet Tubman & other free blacks helped fugitive slaves
escape from the South
a. | by providing them with clothes & horses. | b. | via the underground
railroad. | c. | via a complex system of tunnels that led from Memphis, Tennessee to New York
City. | d. | by procuring ships for their passage north. |
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Short Answer (Each identification is worth 14 points)
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13.
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Provide an identification for the term “Doctrine of
Nullification”:
Be sure to provide both a definition & significance.
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Provide an identification for the term “free labor”:
Be
sure to provide a definition & a significance.
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