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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
slavery in a nation based on freedom and equality
B
continuous war
C
8 not so great presidents
D
growing industrial system
2) What was the purpose of American colonization movement
A
return African Americans to Africa
B
armed revolt against slaveholders
C
raise funds to buy slaves and set them free
D
pass laws to abolish slavery
3) What caused the rapid growth of slavery in the U.S.
A
invention of cotton gin
B
need for factory workers in the South
C
forced immigration of Africans to America
D
addition of 12 new slave states
4) What was cotton called KING in the South?
A
kings and queens wear clothes made of cotton
B
cotton increased the legal slave trade after 1808
C
cotton was most profitable crop
D
southern factories produced the most cotton
5) What did Robert Carter III, richest planter in Va. do?
A
founded the abolitionist movement in the South
B
led a slave rebellion
C
freed all those enslaved on his plantation
D
became president of the African Colonization Society
6) What did abolotionists want?
A
to send all Afican Americans back to Africa
B
to end slavery
C
to end the slave trade but allow slavery
D
to sell free blacks to plantation owners
7) African American escaped slavery and spoke out against slavery
A
Frederick Douglas
B
Elizabeth Freeman
C
William Lloyd Garrison
D
Nat Turner
8) How did William Lloyd Garrison work to end slavery ?
A
Raised an army to free enslaved persons
B
Lectured Southern slave holders
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 slave state, Texas is free state
B
Missouri is free state, Texas is slave state
C
Missouri is slave state , Maine is free state
D
Missouri is free state, Maine is slave 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 who is never elected
C
political leader whose abilities and chances of winning are not known
D
political leader who always ridea a black or brown horse
12) What state joined the Union as a result of the Mexican War?
A
Texas
B
Missouri
C
Tennessee
D
Maine
13) What 3 important senators made up a triumvirate?
A
Forten, Clay, Webster
B
Van Buren, Webster, Clay
C
Calhoun, Webster, Clay
D
Forten, Calhoun, Van Buren
14) Who was the GREAT COMPROMISER?
A
Van Buren
B
Calhoun
C
Clay
D
Webster
15) Senator from South Carolina who wanted states rights
A
Clay
B
Garrison
C
Calhoun
D
Douglass
16) Great orator and Northern senator defended the union
A
Webster
B
Adams
C
Calhoun
D
Hayne
17) What is secession?
A
Allowing vice presidents to succeed presidents
B
making it unlawful to own slaves
C
leaving the union and forming your own nation
D
arguing for states rights
18) What did Webster say when a southerner said LIBERTY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE UNION
A
Liberty and union were inseperable
B
liberty depended on freeing the slaves
C
liberty and states rights were inseperable
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
slavery in new states
B
slavery
C
the secession of states
D
the slave trade
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