U.S. History - Unit 4 BLITZ Question Preview (ID: 60402)


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Which U.S. president, due to his belief in Manifest Destiny, annexed Texas and the Oregon Territory?
a) James K. Polk
b) Andrew Jackson
c) Abraham Lincoln
d) William Henry Harrison

A stronger presidency, a weaker Congress, and universal male suffrage were parts of:
a) Jacksonian Democracy
b) the spoils system
c) the Compromise of 1850
d) the decision in the Dred Scott case

Which political party was led by Henry Clay and wanted to stop the spread of slavery?
a) the Whigs
b) the Democrats
c) ###
d) ####

Issuing protective tariffs, improving transportation, and establishing a National Bank were key components of:
a) the American System
b) the Missouri Compromise
c) the temperance movement
d) the Second Great Awakening

The Women's Rights Movement began in 1848 in:
a) Seneca Falls, NY
b) Harper's Ferry, VA
c) Washington, DC
d) St. Louis, MO

When the cotton gin was introduced to the American South:
a) it led to an increase in slavery
b) slavery was no longer needed in the South
c) it had no impact on slavery
d) ####

Popular sovereignty became lawful due to passage of:
a) the Kansas-Nebraska Act
b) the Missouri Compromise
c) the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
d) the Compromise of 1850

Reformers of public education during the 1800s believed that having educated citizens was:
a) crucial for a democracy
b) unimportant for industrialization
c) only useful for the upper class
d) a violation of states' rights

The Nullification Crisis began as the federal government began issuing:
a) tariffs to protect American industries
b) tariffs to protect Southern farmers
c) tariffs to protect the slaves
d) embargoes against the British

Unlike the Democrats, the Whigs wanted:
a) to expand industrialization
b) to expand slavery in the U.S.
c) to stop the idea of Manifest Destiny
d) an increase in slave rebellions

Keeping a 'perfect equilibrium' in the government meant:
a) having an equal number of free and slave states
b) having an equal number of Democratic and Whig Congressmen
c) having an equal number of slaves in each state
d) having an equal number of railroads in each state

What was the MAIN cause of sectionalism during the 1800s?
a) the issue of slavery
b) states' rights
c) industrialization
d) temperance

Soon after the Election of 1860...
a) the South seceded from the U.S.
b) popular sovereignty was used in Kansas and Nebraska
c) James K. Polk became president
d) the Nullification Crisis began

The Dred Scott decision was an enormous victory for:
a) the South
b) abolitionists
c) the North
d) Republicans

What was John Brown's objective in Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
a) He wanted to arm slaves and begin a slave war.
b) He wanted to overthrow the federal government.
c) He wanted the South to launch an invasion of the North.
d) He wanted to introduce the cotton gin to farmers in the U.S.

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