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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
8 not so great presidents
C
growing industrial system
D
continuous war
2) What was the purpose of American colonization movement
A
pass laws to abolish slavery
B
return African Americans to Africa
C
raise funds to buy slaves and set them free
D
armed revolt against slaveholders
3) What caused the rapid growth of slavery in the U.S.
A
addition of 12 new slave states
B
need for factory workers in the South
C
forced immigration of Africans to America
D
invention of cotton gin
4) What was cotton called KING in the South?
A
kings and queens wear clothes made of cotton
B
cotton was most profitable crop
C
southern factories produced the most cotton
D
cotton increased the legal slave trade after 1808
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
founded the abolitionist movement in the South
D
freed all those enslaved on his plantation
6) What did abolotionists want?
A
to end slavery
B
to send all Afican Americans back to Africa
C
to sell free blacks to plantation owners
D
to end the slave trade but allow slavery
7) African American escaped slavery and spoke out against slavery
A
Frederick Douglas
B
William Lloyd Garrison
C
Elizabeth Freeman
D
Nat Turner
8) How did William Lloyd Garrison work to end slavery ?
A
Raised an army to free enslaved persons
B
Free all slaves on his plantation
C
He published abolitionist newspaper
D
Lectured Southern slave holders
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 slave state , Maine is free state
C
Missouri is free state, Maine is slave 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 retired because of bad health
B
President Harrison lost the election
C
President Harrison died of pneumonia
D
President Harrison was badly hurt
11) What is a dark horse candidate?
A
political leader who is unpopular
B
political leader who is never elected
C
political leader who always ridea a black or brown horse
D
political leader whose abilities and chances of winning are not known
12) What state joined the Union as a result of the Mexican War?
A
Texas
B
Tennessee
C
Maine
D
Missouri
13) What 3 important senators made up a triumvirate?
A
Forten, Clay, Webster
B
Calhoun, Webster, Clay
C
Forten, Calhoun, Van Buren
D
Van Buren, Webster, Clay
14) Who was the GREAT COMPROMISER?
A
Calhoun
B
Webster
C
Van Buren
D
Clay
15) Senator from South Carolina who wanted states rights
A
Garrison
B
Douglass
C
Calhoun
D
Clay
16) Great orator and Northern senator defended the union
A
Calhoun
B
Adams
C
Hayne
D
Webster
17) What is secession?
A
arguing for states rights
B
leaving the union and forming your own nation
C
Allowing vice presidents to succeed presidents
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 depended on freeing the slaves
B
liberty and states rights were inseperable
C
union would continue even if states seceded
D
Liberty and union were inseperable
19) Which of the following is NOT part of the doctrine of states' rights?
A
states are more powerful then the federal government
B
states decide if they will allow slavery
C
states decide if a law is constitutional
D
states hold ultimate, sovereign power
20) What did Congress abolish in 1808?
A
the secession of states
B
slavery
C
the slave trade
D
slavery in new states
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