Question 1

On what grounds did the US Supreme Court refuse to hear the 1831 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia case?

Accepted Answer

The court did not recognize the Cherokee tribe as a sovereign nation.

Question 2

Who was Tecumseh?

Accepted Answer

a Shawnee leader who led American Indian resistance to US settlement in the Ohio River Valley

Question 3

American Indian resistance in the Ohio River Valley ended with

Accepted Answer

Tecumseh's death.

Question 4

Why did the state of Georgia begin auctioning off Cherokee land in 1828?

Accepted Answer

Prospectors wanted to mine for gold on Cherokee territory.

Question 5

Why was there so little settlement on the Great Plains in the early 1800s?

Accepted Answer

Conditions were not suitable for the kind of farming done at that time.

Question 6

Which statement best describes the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

Accepted Answer

The act helped relocate eastern American Indians to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.

Question 7

During the late 1700s, the Wilderness Road led to the settlement of

Accepted Answer

Kentucky.

Question 8

Who helped establish the Wilderness Road in the late 1700s?

Accepted Answer

Daniel Boone

Question 9

How did the US government react to the Supreme Court's finding in Worcester v. Georgia?

Accepted Answer

The US government pressured tribes into signing treaties accepting removal.

Question 10

What was the cause of most conflicts between US troops and American Indians in the 1800s?

Accepted Answer

American settlement on American Indian lands

Question 11

During the mid-1800s, the greatest danger to American Indians in the West was

Accepted Answer

a lack of immunity to certain diseases.

Question 12

American exceptionalism can best be defined as the belief that

Accepted Answer

the United States had a duty to spread its ideals around the world.

Question 13

Pioneers who crossed the western mountains in the mid-1800s were threatened by

Accepted Answer

snow and cold temperatures.

Question 14

Which of the following challenges did travelers on the Oregon Trail often face in the mid-1800s?

Accepted Answer

crossing the Great Plains

Question 15

In the mid-1800s, travelers faced a high risk of attack by Apache and Comanche groups on

Accepted Answer

the Santa Fe Trail.

Question 16

American Indians who lived in the West

Accepted Answer

offered their services as guides to settlers.

Question 17

As a believer in Manifest Destiny, President Polk promised to annex the territory in the Pacific Northwest known as

Accepted Answer

Oregon Country.

Question 18

In the mid-1800s, about how far could pioneers travel on a good day?

Accepted Answer

15 miles

Question 19

In the mid-1800s, pioneers who traveled through the Great Plains to the West faced

Accepted Answer

summer rainstorms and difficult terrain.

Question 20

In the mid-1800s, Democrats believed that a policy of Manifest Destiny

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would boost the American economy and open up economic opportunities.

Question 21

In response to an increase in the number of immigrants in the early nineteenth century,

Accepted Answer

nativism grew.

Question 22

How did changes in manufacturing in the late 1700s and early 1800s affect people living in cities in the North?

Accepted Answer

Factories employed more people, including women and children, for lower wages and longer hours.

Question 23

In the 1800s, the Know-Nothing Party worked to accomplish which of the following?

Accepted Answer

restrictions on immigration

Question 24

How did industrialization affect the American economy in the 1800s?

Accepted Answer

The total value of manufactured goods increased, and the number of people working in factories rose.

Question 25

Which best describes conditions in factories in the 1800s?

Accepted Answer

Laborers worked long hours with few holidays.

Question 26

By 1850, in the largest northern cities such as New York and Boston,

Accepted Answer

immigrants made up a large part of the population.

Question 27

Why did the Know-Nothing Party want to prevent immigrants from voting?

Accepted Answer

Members of the Know-Nothing Party believed immigrants were undermining American society.

Question 28

During the rise of industrialization in the 1840s, the majority of immigrants came from

Accepted Answer

Ireland and Germany.

Question 29

In the 1800s, factories hired more women and children than they had in the past because

Accepted Answer

machines could now do the heavy labor formerly done by men.

Question 30

Which of the following best describes nativism in the 1800s?

Accepted Answer

a policy favoring native-born Americans over immigrants

Question 31

In the early and mid-1800s, how did the economies of the Northern and Southern states compare?

Accepted Answer

The North was industrialized, while the South was more agricultural.

Question 32

Which best explains how the invention of corporations contributed to the economy in the 1800s?

Accepted Answer

Corporations allowed investors to invest without putting their personal property at risk, fueling the growth of new businesses.

Question 33

By 1840, how much cotton did the United States produce per year because of changes in technology?

Accepted Answer

about 1.3 million bales

Question 34

Why did many white Southerners hope to become slaveholders in the early 1800s?

Accepted Answer

They saw slavery as a sign of privilege.

Question 35

White Southerners who defended slavery were called

Accepted Answer

apologists.

Question 36

Which is Eli Whitney known for?

Accepted Answer

inventing the cotton gin

Question 37

Which best defines the Southern code during the slavery era?

Accepted Answer

White Southerners believed women should not do certain chores and gentlemen should not do manual labor.

Question 38

Which was the most important cash crop in the South in the 1800s?

Accepted Answer

cotton

Question 39

In what way was the South a paternalistic society during the days of slavery?

Accepted Answer

Slaveholders believed they helped enslaved people by providing food, shelter, and clothing while relieving them of responsibility.

Question 40

In the early and mid-1800s, much of the Southern economy depended on

Accepted Answer

labor provided by enslaved workers.

Question 41

Which states passed legislation to protest the Alien and Sedition Acts?

Accepted Answer

Virginia and Kentucky

Question 42

Which politician proposed the idea of nullification?

Accepted Answer

John C. Calhoun

Question 43

Nullification is best defined as

Accepted Answer

a state's refusal to follow a federal law it opposes.

Question 44

Who was known as the Great Compromiser?

Accepted Answer

Henry Clay

Question 45

Which best describes Henry Clay?

Accepted Answer

a great orator who was nicknamed the Great Compromiser

Question 46

In 1832, the Ordinance of Nullification declared that one state would

Accepted Answer

not collect tariffs imposed by the federal government.

Question 47

In the early and mid-1800s, sectionalism was strongest

Accepted Answer

in the South, where people felt their economy depended on slavery.

Question 48

Federalism gives both state and national governments the power to

Accepted Answer

pass legislation.

Question 49

What was the purpose of Henry Clay's American System?

Accepted Answer

to protect American goods from competition with foreign goods

Question 50

Which legislator was seen as a symbol of the Old South?

Accepted Answer

John C. Calhoun

Question 51

In the early 1800s, the empresario system was responsible for

Accepted Answer

more American colonists settling in Texas.

Question 52

Which of the following events immediately followed the Battle of San Jacinto?

Accepted Answer

Santa Anna signed a treaty with Texas.

Question 53

Which of the following best describes Sam Houston?

Accepted Answer

Houston was the first president of the Republic of Texas.

Question 54

What would have happened if Missouri had joined the Union as a slave state?

Accepted Answer

The balance of power in Congress would have shifted.

Question 55

How did the concept of Manifest Destiny create the need for the Missouri Compromise?

Accepted Answer

As the US expanded, there needed to be a balance of power between the North and the South, which led to the Missouri Compromise.

Question 56

When Texas joined the United States in 1845, Texas was

Accepted Answer

an independent nation.

Question 57

The provisions of the Missouri Compromise stated in part that

Accepted Answer

Missouri would be admitted into the Union as a slave state.

Question 58

It was difficult for the United States to annex Texas because

Accepted Answer

Texas was an independent nation.

Question 59

What was one effect of the Missouri Compromise?

Accepted Answer

It was a temporary solution that did not fix the problem of slavery.

Question 60

In the early 1800s, how was the belief in Manifest Destiny most likely to affect the admission of new states into the Union?

Accepted Answer

The belief in Manifest Destiny meant that the balance between free and slave states could shift as the United States expanded to the Pacific coast.

Question 61

Why did the United States complete the Gadsden Purchase in 1853?

Accepted Answer

to build a railroad to the Pacific

Question 62

Which of the following best states how the idea of Manifest Destiny contributed to the causes of the Mexican-American War?

Accepted Answer

Mexico's claim to Texas stood in the way of American expansion to the Pacific Ocean.

Question 63

How did the border dispute between Mexico and Texas affect the Mexican-American War?

Accepted Answer

It became a source of conflict once Texas became a part of the United States.

Question 64

Which of the following best describes where land acquired through the Mexican Cession is located today?

Accepted Answer

the southwestern US

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