The Early Years
This group wanted a strong Federal Government to oversee the states.
A. Federalists
B. Anti-Federalists
C. Democratic Republicans
D. The Whigs
A. Federalists
Which two countries had the most significant territorial rivalry over the Oregon Country in the early 1800s?
A. France and Spain
B. France and Great Britian
C. United States and Great Britain
D. United States and Russia
C. United States and Great Britain
What time period did the Irish immigrate the most?
A. 1890's
B. 1920's
C. 1970's
D. 1850's
D. 1850's
Harriet Tubman was a conductor of the Underground Railroad. That meant she...
A. Ran a secret railroad underground
B. traveled North to get a job
C. freed many slaves from the South
D. traveled South to get a job
C. freed many slaves from the South
2. What was the first state to secede from the Union?
A. Virginia
B. Georgia
C. South Carolina
D. Mississippi
C. South Carolina
This group believed in strong state government, and believed states could hold their own courts and government.
A. Federalists
B. Know-Nothings
C. Democratic Republicans
D. The Whigs
C. Democratic Republicans
What name is given to the forced, deadly relocation of the Cherokee and other tribes to present-day Oklahoma?
A. The Long Walk
B. The Trail of Tears
C. The Western Passage
D. The Great Migration
B. The Trail of Tears
What was the primary goal of the Know-Nothing Party (American Party) in the 1850s?
A. To promote nativism and restrict the political power of immigrants and Catholics.
B. To promote increased immigration from Europe.
C. To encourage the expansion of slavery into new territories in the West.
D. To strengthen ties with the Vatican in Rome.
A. To promote nativism and restrict the political power of immigrants and Catholics.
Abolitionists wanted:
A. to end slavery
B. to end the drinking of alcohol
C. to spread Christianity
D. to end the Civil War
A. to end slavery
What was the single bloodiest single-day battle in American military history?
B) The Battle of Antietam
Thomas Jefferson, before he was President, wrote one the most infamous documents of all time, stating for the world, that our 13 Colonies, now united states, were free from Great Britian. This is why we celebrate July 4th. Name the document.
A. The treaty of Paris 1783
B. Emancipation Proclamation
C. The Declaration of Independence
D. The Gettysburg Address
C. The Declaration of Independence
John O-Sullivan coined this phrase, which meant that Americans were destined by God to expand across the North American Continent. What was it called?
A. Amendment 13
B. Compromise of 1850
C. Missouri Compromise
D. Manifest Destiny
D. Manifest Destiny
What would happen if we had a late freeze in Florida and almost all of the orange crops died?
A. Supply increases; prices fall.
B. Demand decreases; prices fall.
C. Supply decreases; prices fall.
D. Demand increases; prices rise.
D. Demand increases, prices rise.
Which political party, often referred to as the American Party, was formed in the 1850s to oppose the growing political influence of Irish and other Catholic immigrants?
A. The Whig Party
B. The Republican Party
C. The Know-Nothing Party
D. The Democratic Party
C. The Know-Nothing Party
Which Union general was known for his "March to the Sea" in 1864, employing total war tactics?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) George B. McClellan
C) William Tecumseh Sherman
D) George Meade
C) William Tecumseh Sherman
What compromise did congress reach in establishing a court system?
A. The Supreme court would decide on Federal government issues, state courts would decide Constitutional issues.
B. States kept their own laws and courts but federal courts could reverse the decisions.
C. Federal and state courts would share the same powers.
D. State courts had less power, but they could overrule the decisions made by Federal Courts
B. States kept their own laws and courts but federal courts could reverse the decisions.
Which Supreme Court case ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a distinct territory over which the state of Georgia had no authority?
A. Marbury v. Madison
B. Plessy v. Ferguson
C. Worcester v. Georgia
D. Dred Scott v. Sandford
C. Worcester v. Georgia
Which major technological advancement significantly altered the landscape and accelerated westward expansion in the late 19th century?
A. The Erie Canal
B. The Steamboat
C. The cotton gin
D. The Transcontinental Railroad
D. The Transcontinental Railroad
What was the primary purpose of the Fugitive Slave Acts?
A. To fund the Underground Railroad
B. To return escaped enslaved people to their owners
C. To protect free Black Americans from being kidnapped
D. To abolish slavery in Washington D.C.
B. To return escaped enslaved people to their owners
Put in timeline order from the first event of this Civil War to the last event of the Civil War.
A. Fort Sumter, Battle of Gettysburg, Emancipation Proclamation , Surrender at Appomattox
B. Battle of Gettysburg, Fort sumter, Emancipation Proclamation , Surrender at appomattox
C. Fort Sumter, Emancipation Proclamation , Battle of Gettysburg, Surrender at Appomattox
D. Fort Sumter, Surrender at Appomattox, Battle of Gettysburg, Emancipation Proclamation
C. Fort Sumter, Emancipation Proclamation , Battle of Gettysburg, Surrender at Appomattox
What is the supreme law that allows the Judicial Branch to decide if laws or executive actions are constitutional?
A. The Elastic Clause
B. Judicial Review
C. Executive Privilege
D. Habeas Corpus
B. Judicial Review
Where did Francis Scott Key write the Star Spangled Banner (National Anthem)?
Fort McHenry
Why did Southern planters strongly oppose protective tariffs during the early 1800s?
A. The taxes made imported European goods significantly more expensive.
B. Tariffs prevented the South from building its own industrial factories.
C. The revenue from tariffs was strictly used to fund the expansion of slavery.
D. Tariffs forced the North to pay higher taxes on Southern cotton.
A. The taxes made imported European goods significantly more expensive.
Southern states believed in their economic way of life. How did most southerners make money?
Farming or Agriculture
C) It permanently ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee's ability to launch major offensive operations in the North.