A House Divided: The Civil War and 19th
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Century America – 2nd Edition
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TEST BANK
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Jonathan Wells
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors and
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, 1 Traders and speculators in slaves were often considered the lowest kind of
businessmen.
(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (A) True
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2 The Northwest Ordinance allowed for slavery to be extended into the territories south of
the Great Lakes and north and west of the Ohio River.
(A) True
(B) False
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Answer: (B) False
3 Relatively few white southerners owned slaves and very few could have been classified
as “planters” with twenty or more slaves.
(A) True
(B) False
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Answer: (A) True
4 By 1804 every state south of Maryland had provided for the gradual abolition of slavery.
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(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (B) False
5 The Missouri Compromise of 1820 settled the issue of slavery expansion once and for all.
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(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (B) False
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6 Jamestown was located in this colony.
(A) Virginia
(B) Maryland
(C) Delaware
(D) Pennsylavnia
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Answer: (A) Virginia
7 Divisions existed within the plantation South for all but one of the following reasons.
(A) White southerners who lived in western regions resented planter class
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(B) Middle-class southerners idolized northern middle- class ideology
(C) White women were forced to acquiesce to their husband’s sexual abuse of female slaves
(D) White planters lacked political power in Congress
Answer: (D) White planters lacked political power in Congress
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8 Which of the following was not a cash crop in the colonial South?
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, (A) Cotton
(B) Rice
(C) Indigo
(D) Corn
Answer: (D) Corn
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9 Northern industrialization was influenced by all but one of the following reasons.
(A) The invention of the telegraph
(B) Decrease in immigration
(C) The increase in railroad networks
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(D) The completion of the Erie Canal
Answer: (B) Decrease in immigration
10 Jefferson’s purchase of this territory from France initiated a new round of questions
over the issue of slavery.
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(A) Missouri
(B) Kansas
(C) Louisiana
(D) Nebraska
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Answer: (C) Louisiana
11 The Second Party System consisted of these two political parties.
(A) The Democrats and the Republicans
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(B) The Federalists and the Republicans
(C) The Democrats and the Whigs
(D) The Democrats and the Federalists
Answer: (C) The Democrats and the Whigs
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, 1 An early form of the states' rights argument was the notion that state laws and state
governments should supersede the laws of the federal government.
(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (A) True
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2 In Congress Whigs opposed the use of public funds to pay for internal improvement
projects.
(A) True
(B) False
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Answer: (B) False
3 James K. Polk did not support the annexation of Texas.
(A) True
(B) False
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Answer: (B) False
4 Abolitionists overwhelmingly agreed that slavery should end immediately.
(A) True
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(B) False
Answer: (B) False
5 The discovery of gold in Oregon Territory attracted thousands of settlers throughout the
1840s.
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(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (B) False
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6 John C. Calhoun disparagingly referred to the tariff of 1828 as the ""tariff of..."" this.
(A) Degradations
(B) Usurpations
(C) Discriminations
(D) Abominations
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Answer: (D) Abominations
7 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceded Mexican claims to these two territories
(A) Arizona and New Mexico
D?
(B) California and New Mexico
(C) Texas and New Mexico
(D) California and Texas
Answer: (B) California and New Mexico
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8 Which of the following men did not fight in the Mexican-American War?
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Century America – 2nd Edition
UV
TEST BANK
IA
_A
Jonathan Wells
PP
RO
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors and
VE
Students
© Jonathan Wells.
D?
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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©MEDGEEK
, 1 Traders and speculators in slaves were often considered the lowest kind of
businessmen.
(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (A) True
ST
2 The Northwest Ordinance allowed for slavery to be extended into the territories south of
the Great Lakes and north and west of the Ohio River.
(A) True
(B) False
UV
Answer: (B) False
3 Relatively few white southerners owned slaves and very few could have been classified
as “planters” with twenty or more slaves.
(A) True
(B) False
IA
Answer: (A) True
4 By 1804 every state south of Maryland had provided for the gradual abolition of slavery.
_A
(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (B) False
5 The Missouri Compromise of 1820 settled the issue of slavery expansion once and for all.
PP
(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (B) False
RO
6 Jamestown was located in this colony.
(A) Virginia
(B) Maryland
(C) Delaware
(D) Pennsylavnia
VE
Answer: (A) Virginia
7 Divisions existed within the plantation South for all but one of the following reasons.
(A) White southerners who lived in western regions resented planter class
D?
(B) Middle-class southerners idolized northern middle- class ideology
(C) White women were forced to acquiesce to their husband’s sexual abuse of female slaves
(D) White planters lacked political power in Congress
Answer: (D) White planters lacked political power in Congress
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8 Which of the following was not a cash crop in the colonial South?
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, (A) Cotton
(B) Rice
(C) Indigo
(D) Corn
Answer: (D) Corn
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9 Northern industrialization was influenced by all but one of the following reasons.
(A) The invention of the telegraph
(B) Decrease in immigration
(C) The increase in railroad networks
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(D) The completion of the Erie Canal
Answer: (B) Decrease in immigration
10 Jefferson’s purchase of this territory from France initiated a new round of questions
over the issue of slavery.
IA
(A) Missouri
(B) Kansas
(C) Louisiana
(D) Nebraska
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Answer: (C) Louisiana
11 The Second Party System consisted of these two political parties.
(A) The Democrats and the Republicans
PP
(B) The Federalists and the Republicans
(C) The Democrats and the Whigs
(D) The Democrats and the Federalists
Answer: (C) The Democrats and the Whigs
RO
VE
D?
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, 1 An early form of the states' rights argument was the notion that state laws and state
governments should supersede the laws of the federal government.
(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (A) True
ST
2 In Congress Whigs opposed the use of public funds to pay for internal improvement
projects.
(A) True
(B) False
UV
Answer: (B) False
3 James K. Polk did not support the annexation of Texas.
(A) True
(B) False
IA
Answer: (B) False
4 Abolitionists overwhelmingly agreed that slavery should end immediately.
(A) True
_A
(B) False
Answer: (B) False
5 The discovery of gold in Oregon Territory attracted thousands of settlers throughout the
1840s.
PP
(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (B) False
RO
6 John C. Calhoun disparagingly referred to the tariff of 1828 as the ""tariff of..."" this.
(A) Degradations
(B) Usurpations
(C) Discriminations
(D) Abominations
VE
Answer: (D) Abominations
7 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceded Mexican claims to these two territories
(A) Arizona and New Mexico
D?
(B) California and New Mexico
(C) Texas and New Mexico
(D) California and Texas
Answer: (B) California and New Mexico
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8 Which of the following men did not fight in the Mexican-American War?
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