Final Review Part 3 Question Preview (ID: 34368)


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America’s alliance with France was accepted by the American people with
a) distaste.
b) the belief that France would take over the fighting
c) great joy.
d) the stipulation that it did not involve a long-term commitment.

Neal Dow sponsored the Maine Law of 1851, which called for
a) woman suffrage.
b) a ban on polygamy.
c) a ban on war.
d) a ban on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor

The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to
a) capture French and British spies.
b) silence and punish critics of the Federalists.
c) keep Thomas Jefferson from becoming president.
d) provide support for the Republican party.

The colony of Georgia was founded
a) in the seventeenth century.
b) as a defensive buffer for South Carolina.
c) by King George.
d) by eight proprietors chosen by Charles II.

In return for support from the Plains Indians during the Civil War, the Union
a) gave them land in California.
b) waged war on them and herded them onto reservations.
c) allowed them to send delegates to Congress.
d) made them scouts for the U.S. Army.

Forced separation of spouses, parents, and children was most common
a) on small plantations and in the upper South.
b) on the large plantations.
c) as a punishment for running away.
d) in the decade before the Civil War.

As president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis did not exercise the arbitrary power wielded by Abraham Lincoln because
a) there was such strong agreement on policy in the South.
b) he did not believe in strong executive action.
c) of the South’s emphasis on states’ rights.
d) Lee’s insistence on keeping his army out of politics.

Match each writer below with his work. ___ A. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ___ B. Edgar Allan Poe ___ C. Nathaniel Hawthorne ___ D. Herman Melville 1. The Scarlet Letter 2. Moby Dick 3. “Hiawatha”
a) A-3, B-2, C-l
b) A-1, B-3, D-2
c) A-3, C-l, D-2
d) A-1, C-3, D-2

England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada
a) demonstrated that Spanish Catholicism was inferior to English Protestantism.
b) occurred despite weather conditions which favored Spain.
c) helped to ensure England’s naval dominance in the North Atlantic.
d) allowed England to take control of Spain’s American colonies.

Regarding central authority, early Americans saw it as all of the following except
a) something to be curbed.
b) something to be watched.
c) a necessary evil.
d) something to be ultimately eliminated.

As their main crop, southern subsistence farmers raised
a) cotton.
b) sugar cane.
c) tobacco.
d) corn.

In the 1864 election, Abraham Lincoln’s running mate was
a) Stephen A. Douglas.
b) Wendell Phillips.
c) Salmon P. Chase.
d) Andrew Johnson.

In which of the following is the explorer mismatched with the area he explored?
a) Cortés—Mexico
b) Columbus—Caribbean islands
c) Coronado—New Mexico and Arizona
d) Ponce de León—Mississippi River Valley

Among the Puritans, it was understood that
a) women could become religious leaders.
b) clergymen would hold the most powerful political office.
c) the purpose of government was to enforce God’s laws.
d) they would establish democratic government in America.

The Great Ice Age accounted for the origins of North America’s human history because
a) it exposed a land bridge connecting Eurasia with North America.
b) it prevented the migration of dangerous animals from the Bering isthmus.
c) the glacial withdrawal formed freshwater lakes that supported life.
d) the glacial withdrawal allowed migration from South America.

In the 1848 presidential election, the Democratic and Whig parties
a) abandoned the tactic of nominating military leaders.
b) remained silent on the issue of slavery.
c) were divided on the issue of admitting California.
d) addressed the issue of slavery

During the Civil War
a) thousands of slaves rose in armed rebellion behind Southern lines.
b) captured black soldiers were treated well by Confederates.
c) blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
d) about one out of every four Union troops was black.

The Fugitive Slave Law included all of the following provisions except
a) the requirement that fugitive slaves be returned from Canada.
b) denial of fleeing slaves’ right to testify on their own behalf.
c) a higher payment if officials determined blacks to be runaways.
d) the penalty of imprisonment for northerners who helped slaves to escape.

The Declaration of Independence did all of the following except
a) invoke the natural rights of humankind to justify revolt.
b) catalog the tyrannical actions of King George III.
c) argue that royal tyranny justified revolt.
d) blame the colonies’ problems on the British Parliament.

The War of 1812 was one of the worst-fought wars in American history for all of the following reasons except that
a) disunity was widespread.
b) the army was scandalously inadequate.
c) there was no militia to draw on to supplement the regular army.
d) only a zealous minority supported the war.

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