MC practice 4- Final Review
You know the drill. Complete. Bring these with you to class on Wednesday/ Thursday.
1. Child labor was seen as more acceptable in the 19th century because the theory of child development
A. lacked the concept of adolescence.
B. insisted that good strong labor raised up good citizens.
C. insisted that children needed the discipline a job could provide.
D. insisted that families would not survive without child labor.
E. declared that children who did not work would damage the republic.
2. The Gadsden Purchase was made in order to enable
A. a transcontinental railroad line to be built in the South.
B. Santa Anna to remain in power in Mexico.
C. the St. Louis Cardinals football team to move to Arizona in 1988, thereby completing a plot to make Arizonans understand what it’s like to lose. This season, LA feels the same way about us.
D. the US to then trade the land for Cuba.
E. Mexico to pay off its debts to American citizens.
3. Which of the following is TRUE about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A. It led immediately to the disintegration of the Democratic party.
B. It was a measure the South had been demanding for decades.
C. It led directly to the formation of the Republican party.
D. By applying popular sovereignty to territories formerly closed to slavery, it maintained the peace between sections.
E. It assured its sponsor of the Democratic nomination for president in 1856.
4. The Free Soil movement supported the exclusion of slavery from the territories because of
A. its belief in racial justice.
B. its desire to dominate the political process.
C. the abundance of land which was unsuited for plantation agriculture..
D. its belief in the immorality of slavery.
E. racial prejudice and fear of labor competition from slaves.
5. According to the principle of popular sovereignty, the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by
A. the vote of the House of Representatives.
B. a national referendum.
C. congressional legislation.
D. a Supreme Court decision.
E. the vote of the people in any given territory.
6. Which group would be most likely to support Manifest Destiny?
A. Whigs
B. Abolitionists
C. Northern manufacturers
D. Democrats
E. Native Americans
7. The phrase “Fifty-four- Forty or Fight!” referred to
A. the US annexation of Texas in spite of Mexico’s opposition
B. the demand for annexation of all of the Oregon Country
C. the annexation of all the land fought over during the Aroostook War
D. the annexation of Central America to enable creation of future slave states
E. the creation of the Bear Flag republic
8. Northerners especially resented the Kansas-Nebraska Act because
A. it aimed to make railroad lawyers rich.
B. it aimed to build a transcontinental railroad.
C. it might help Douglas win the presidency.
D. it repealed the Missouri Compromise.
E. it would make Kansas a slave state.
9. The Wilmot Proviso
A. was viewed by Southerners of a Northern intent to destroy slavery
B. was supported by President Polk as a statement of Mexican War aims
C. promoted the idea of filibustering in Cuba
D. was adopted unanimously by the US House of Representatives
E. was viewed with outrage by Conscience Whigs
10. “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.”
The above quote illustrates best which 19th century social movement?
A. pragmatism
B. Transcendentalism
C. the Social Gospel
D. the Gospel of Wealth
E. Social Darwinism
11. The Dred Scott decision held that
A. the Kansas-Nebraska Act was unconstitutional, and that henceforth slavery must be omitted from all territories
B. only the President had the right to abolish slavery
C. the right to property meant that slaves could not be prohibited in federal territories
D. state laws banning slavery were illegal
E. Congress could not end the slave trade from Africa
12. To gain its independence, the Confederacy had to
A. invade the Union and capture Washington DC
B. win a decisive victory on its own soil
C. fight the invading Union army to a draw
D. attract more talented military commanders
E. gain recognition by Britain and France
13. Which was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?
A. Texas’s border was limited to the Nueces River.
B. A new Fugitive Slave Act was created
C. The slave trade was abolished in Washington DC
D. California was admitted to the Union as a free state
E. Slavery in the Mexican Cession (except California) was to be determined by a vote of the people there
14. The Freeport Doctrine held that
A. slavery was protected by the Constitution everywhere in the US
B. the election of Abraham Lincoln would cause the secession of the South
C. slavery could be prevented by states passing laws against it
D. the Dred Scott decision made the discussion of popular sovereignty meaningless
E. the Fugitive Slave Law was unconstitutional
15. Lincoln’s declaration that the North sought to preserve the Union with or without slavery
A. revealed the influence of the Border states on his policies.
B. cost him support in the “Butternut region” of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
C. caused some of the seceded states to rejoin the Union.
D. contradicted the campaign promises of the Republican party.
E. came as a disappointment to most Northerners and demoralized the Union.
16. The Crittenden Compromise included all of the following EXCEPT
A. the US government should compensate owners for fugitive slaves whose owners were prevented from recovering them
B. returning to the use of the latitude line of 36° 30’ as the dividing line between slave and free territory
C. slavery in the District of Columbia could not be abolished unless Virginia and Maryland abolished slavery
D. slavery was abolished on federal areas such as military bases
E. Congress could not abolish the slave trade within the US
17. Anti-foreign sentiment in the 1840s and 1850s was best exemplified by
A. the Know- Nothing party
B. the Republican party
C. the Democratic party
D. the Whig party
E. the Free Soil party
18. The Kansas-Nebraska Act
A. abolished the Fugitive Slave Law
B. abolished the Missouri Compromise
C. abolished the concept of popular sovereignty
D. outlawed personal liberty laws
E. overturned the Dred Scott decision
19. The Seneca Falls Convention launched the women’s rights movement with its call for
A. equal pay for equal work.
B. an equal rights amendment to the Constitution.
C. equal rights, including the right to vote.
D. access to public education for women.
E. women to take the lead in abolitionism.
20. The Fugitive Slave Law included all of the following EXCEPT:
A. the penalty of imprisonment for northerners who helped slaves escape.
B. a payment of more money to commissioners if they decided the fugitive was a runaway slave than if they decided the fugitive was really a free black.
C. denial of fugitives’ rights to testify in their own behalf.
D. the requirement that fugitive slaves be returned from Canada
E. denial of a jury trial to runaway slaves.
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