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Chapters 21-36 American History
Test Description: Mr. Ryan's Ms. Le Vine's Lessons 21-26
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What awful paradox faced America in 1860?
A
8 not so great presidents
B
slavery in a nation based on freedom and equality
C
continuous war
D
growing industrial system
2) What was the purpose of American colonization movement
A
armed revolt against slaveholders
B
pass laws to abolish slavery
C
raise funds to buy slaves and set them free
D
return African Americans to Africa
3) What caused the rapid growth of slavery in the U.S.
A
addition of 12 new slave states
B
forced immigration of Africans to America
C
invention of cotton gin
D
need for factory workers in the South
4) What was cotton called KING in the South?
A
cotton increased the legal slave trade after 1808
B
cotton was most profitable crop
C
southern factories produced the most cotton
D
kings and queens wear clothes made of cotton
5) What did Robert Carter III, richest planter in Va. do?
A
led a slave rebellion
B
became president of the African Colonization Society
C
freed all those enslaved on his plantation
D
founded the abolitionist movement in the South
6) What did abolotionists want?
A
to send all Afican Americans back to Africa
B
to end the slave trade but allow slavery
C
to end slavery
D
to sell free blacks to plantation owners
7) African American escaped slavery and spoke out against slavery
A
Elizabeth Freeman
B
Frederick Douglas
C
Nat Turner
D
William Lloyd Garrison
8) How did William Lloyd Garrison work to end slavery ?
A
Lectured Southern slave holders
B
Raised an army to free enslaved persons
C
Free all slaves on his plantation
D
He published abolitionist newspaper
9) How did Missouri Compromise keep number of slave and free states equal?
A
Missouri is free state, Texas is slave state
B
Missouri is free state, Maine is slave state
C
Missouri is slave state , Maine is free state
D
Missouri is slave state, Texas is free state
10) How did Vice President John Tyler become the first ACCIDENTAL president?
A
President Harrison lost the election
B
President Harrison died of pneumonia
C
President Harrison was badly hurt
D
President Harrison retired because of bad health
11) What is a dark horse candidate?
A
political leader who is unpopular
B
political leader whose abilities and chances of winning are not known
C
political leader who always ridea a black or brown horse
D
political leader who is never elected
12) What state joined the Union as a result of the Mexican War?
A
Texas
B
Missouri
C
Maine
D
Tennessee
13) What 3 important senators made up a triumvirate?
A
Forten, Calhoun, Van Buren
B
Van Buren, Webster, Clay
C
Forten, Clay, Webster
D
Calhoun, Webster, Clay
14) Who was the GREAT COMPROMISER?
A
Webster
B
Van Buren
C
Clay
D
Calhoun
15) Senator from South Carolina who wanted states rights
A
Calhoun
B
Douglass
C
Clay
D
Garrison
16) Great orator and Northern senator defended the union
A
Hayne
B
Webster
C
Adams
D
Calhoun
17) What is secession?
A
leaving the union and forming your own nation
B
Allowing vice presidents to succeed presidents
C
arguing for states rights
D
making it unlawful to own slaves
18) What did Webster say when a southerner said LIBERTY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE UNION
A
Liberty and union were inseperable
B
liberty and states rights were inseperable
C
liberty depended on freeing the slaves
D
union would continue even if states seceded
19) Which of the following is NOT part of the doctrine of states' rights?
A
states decide if a law is constitutional
B
states decide if they will allow slavery
C
states hold ultimate, sovereign power
D
states are more powerful then the federal government
20) What did Congress abolish in 1808?
A
the secession of states
B
slavery in new states
C
the slave trade
D
slavery
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