REVIEW  AMERICAN HISTORY  TUBBS
THE FIRST 350-ISH YEARS:
from the
AGE OF COLUMBUS
thru the
SECTIONALISM CRISIS OF THE 1850s
 DIRECTIONS. Indicate the single best response, according to information
provided thru lecture and assigned reading, to each of the following items.
1. According to the concept of Manifest Destiny, the American people were empowered
by __________ to expand westward over the continent.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Congress
the Constitution
God
the Monroe Doctrine
2. Governor DeWitt Clinton’s “big ditch” operated in:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Massachusetts
Kentucky
New York
Virginia
3. All of the following statements about the Constitutional Convention are true except:
a. it took place in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787
b. the resulting Constitution provided the balanced system of power between the
national government and the states that the Articles of Confederation lacked
c. two of the existing 13 states — Georgia and Rhode Island — did not send
delegates
d. the prevailing theme for success was “agreement through compromise”
4. The key city acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Houston
New Orleans
Boston
St. Louis
5. The Monroe Doctrine was aimed at:
a.
b.
c.
d.
settling the Pacific Northwest region
creating Indian reservations west of the Appalachian Mountains
blocking the Western Hemisphere from extreme European influence
admitting the Republic of Texas into the Union
6. All of the following elements were part of the Europe-to-America flow of the
so-called Columbian Exchange except:
a.
b.
c.
d.
tobacco
horses
bananas
coffee
7. One of the critical episodes during the chaotic decade of the 1850s leading up to
the Civil War was:
a.
b.
c.
d.
the Boston Massacre
defeat of Texan forces at the Alamo
the Missouri Compromise
bleeding Kansas
8. All of the following were, at one time or another, major obstacles to the fulfillment
of Manifest Destiny during the mid-1800s except:
a.
b.
c.
d.
existing topography
hostile Indian tribes
divided sentiment among the American public
foreign governments
9. The Trail of Tears refers to the forced removal of __________ Indians from Georgia
to present-day Oklahoma.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Cherokee
Seneca
Chippewa
Seminole
10. During the era in history known as Manifest Destiny, Americans expanded into all of
the following regions except:
a.
b.
c.
d.
California
the Oregon Country
Florida
the Great Basin
11. In his Farewell Address, President George Washington warned against:
a.
b.
c.
d.
separation of church and state
electing Presidents to more than two terms
formation of political parties
going outside without a coat during a snow blizzard
12. All of the following statements about the Louisiana Territory are true except:
a.
b.
c.
d.
the land was purchased from France in 1803
eventually 15 states (part or whole) would be carved from the region
the Corps of Discovery (aka Lewis and Clark Expedition) explored the region
the Louisiana Territory was temporarily occupied by British forces during the
War of 1812
13. Without the military alliance of __________ it is doubtful the Continental Army
would have won the Revolutionary War.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Germany
France
Great Britain
Spain
14. All of the following matches of events with Presidents are correct except:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Thomas Jefferson  Louisiana Purchase
James Madison  War of 1812
Andrew Jackson  Manifest Destiny
James Monroe  Era of Good Feelings
15. The position of the Republican Party, founded during the 1850s, regarding the
question of slavery can best be described as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
“abolitionist” (throughout the entire United States)
“opposed expansion” (into new territories and states)
“popular sovereignty” (by residents within each state)
“limited expansion” (south of the Mason-Dixon Line only)
16. All of the following statements about the War of 1812 are true except:
a. it produced two of the grandest symbols of American patriotism — the Uncle
Sam caricature and “The Star-Spangled Banner”
b. the greatest defeat suffered by American forces occurred at the Battle of the
Alamo
c. it is sometimes referred to as the Second American Revolution
d. the war came about when differences between Great Britain and France
spilled across the Atlantic Ocean to involve the United States
17. John Gast’s painting entitled American Progress (circa 1872) is an allegorical
representation of the:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Revolutionary War
Manifest Destiny movement
Pilgrims’ voyage to America aboard the Mayflower
Lewis and Clark Expedition
18. The principal crop of the South during the mid-1800s was:
a.
b.
c.
d.
tobacco
cotton
rice
pineapples
19. The __________ stretched from Maryland to Illinois.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Oregon Trail
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
northern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase
National Road
20. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the:
a.
b.
c.
d.
French and Indian War
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
Mexican War
21. All of the following were black Americans associated with abolition of slavery except:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
22. The purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was to promote:
a.
b.
c.
d.
abolition of slavery
gender equality
prohibition of alcohol
peace with Mexico
23. The Whig Party arose during the 1830s chiefly out of opposition to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
President Andrew Jackson
the Tariff of Abominations
secession of southern states from the Union
Manifest Destiny
24. The group of renowned senators who became known as the “Great Triumvirate” did not
include:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Henry Clay (Kentucky)
Daniel Webster (Massachusetts)
John C. Calhoun (South Carolina)
Stephen Douglas (Illinois)
25. All of the following matches of future states with larger regions are correct except:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Connecticut  thirteen British colonies in North America
South Dakota  Louisiana Territory
Washington  Oregon Country
Kansas  New Spain (Mexico)
26. “Uncle Sam” and “Columbia” are personifications of:
a.
b.
c.
d.
the United States (male and female versions)
the continents of North America and Europe
America’s two major political parties—Democrat and Republican
the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy)
27. A tariff is a tax levied on:
a.
b.
c.
d.
imported goods
manufactured exports
services performed by private companies
any product shipped across state lines
28. The group of people known as the “Virginia Dynasty” were:
a.
b.
c.
d.
kings
explorers
Presidents
southern plantation owners
29. The correct chronological order of the events listed is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Era of Good Feelings  Whiskey Rebellion  Louisiana Purchase  War of 1812
War of 1812  Era of Good Feelings  Whiskey Rebellion  Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase  War of 1812  Era of Good Feelings  Whiskey Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion  Louisiana Purchase  War of 1812  Era of Good Feelings
30. The Articles of Confederation failed as America’s first constitution because too much
power was granted to __________ and not enough to the national government.
a.
b.
c.
d.
the states
Congress
foreign countries
the Supreme Court
31. The person who made the famous statement “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!” was:
a.
b.
c.
d.
John Hancock
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
Patrick Henry
 BONUS. From the common types of leaf margins diagrammed below, circle
the one for which “doubly serrate” is the correct description.