LUOA Complete Notes 4 | US History

Which of the following best describes the Frontier Thesis?

The frontier was the most influential factor in the formation of American institutions.

In one sentence, explain what mid-nineteenth century movement made New Englanders fear they would lose their young men?

New Englanders feared they would lose their young men because the Great Westward Migration promised gold.

Before 1776, Americans often referred to western lands as the _____________________.

back country

Which of the following coined the phrase "Manifest Destiny?"

John L. O'Sullivan

Which of the following was the primary motivation for those who traveled west in the first half of the eighteenth century?

cheap, arable land

Who of the following was the first President of the Republic of Texas?

Sam Houston

On June 2, 1835, Texan troops engaged with Santa Anna's forces for the first time at which location?

Gonzalez

Which of the following describes the requirements that the Mexican government placed on Americans in Texas before 1829, which they agreed to when they entered Mexican territory? [choose all that apply]

convert to Roman Catholicism

refrain from settling within sixty miles of the U.S. border

conduct all official business in Spanish

On April 21, 1836, Texans under Sam Houston won a crushing victory over Mexican troops in which of the following battles?

the Battle of San Jacinto

Texas' population rose dramatically after its independence. By 1844, its population had risen from 30,000 to how many residents?

142,000

Which of the following best describes the United States' main argument for why they should gain all of the Oregon Territory after the election of James K. Polk?

There were far more American citizens than British citizens living in the Oregon territory.

Francis Blair's newspaper, the Globe, portrayed the diplomatic struggle for the Oregon Territory as a fight between democracy and ______________, the same struggle that characterized the American Revolution.

monarchy

President John Tyler had taken office in 1841 when President ______________ died only one month after he took the oath of office.

William Henry Harrison

Which of the following became the Whig Party candidate in the election of 1844?

Henry Clay

In the Election of 1844, many Northern Whigs threw their support to James G. Birney of the --- Party, because they felt that ----did not support their interests concerning the spread of slavery.

Answer 1:Liberty

Answer 2:Clay

Which of the following best describes how Mexico reacted to the United States' annexation of Texas?

Mexico cut off all formal diplomatic relations with the United States.

Which of the following U.S. generals entered the disputed territory and engaged Mexican forces near the Rio Grande River on April 25, 1846?

Zachary Taylor

Which of the following best describes the goal of the Wilmot Proviso?

To limit the expansion of slavery into lands acquired from Mexico

In the debate in Congress concerning funding for the Mexican-American War, what Congressman from Illinois demanded to know the exact "spot" where American blood had been spilled?

Abraham Lincoln

Though trouble had been brewing between the two powers for some time, in the simplest sense, the Mexican-American War started because the United States __________ ___________.

annexed Texas

Which of the following describes President Polk's charge to John Slidell?

Resolve the dispute concerning the annexation of Texas.

Negotiate for the purchase of New Mexico and California.

Before the advent of steamboats, what kinds of boats did farmers use to transport goods down the Mississippi River?

Flatboats

Which of the following individuals traveled over 150 miles up the Hudson River from New York City to raise awareness of the benefits of steamboats?

Robert Fulton

Railroad technology eventually overtook canals in which decade?

1840s

Steamboats were especially valuable in which of the following American regions?

The Midwest

Which of the following best describes the concept of a market economy?

A national economy whereby goods are produced and consumed based on supply and demand.

Which of the following industries was the first in America to develop a full factory system?

Textile manufacturing

According to the course materials, which of the following regions is the best example of how the market economy caused regions to specialize in certain goods?

The South

There were several reasons why the South was especially suited to produce cotton on a large scale. According to the course materials, which of the following was the most important factor?

The institution of slavery

By the late 1840s and 50s, Americans shifted their focus from canal-building to invest in ____________.

railroad

The ___________ ____________, completed in 1818, connected Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling, Virginia in the most substantial Federal road-building project. It was later extended to Vandaia, Illinois.

National Road

Which of the following individuals is responsible for bringing the technology for the power loom to the United States based on schematics that he had memorized in Great Britain?

Francis Cabot Lowell

How did state governments assist in the expansion of railroad technology in the first half of the nineteenth century? [choose all that apply]

bought stocks

granted railroad companies land

offered loan

Which of the following were essential parts of the factory system developed in the first half of the nineteenth century? [choose all that apply]

Use division of labor to increase output.

Use interchangeable parts.

Use a set process to manufacture goods as efficiently as possible.

Gather a large workforce into one place.

Which of the following denominations became known for using circuit riders to reach sparsely populated regions in the Midwest?

Methodists

Which of the following individuals was the President of Yale College and led the fight against Unitarians and Universalists in New England?

Reverend Timothy Dwight

Which of the following individuals led massive revivals in upstate New York and preached that through the leading of the Holy Spirit, Christians could become as perfect as God Himself?

Charles Finney

Which of the following individuals founded the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormons?

Joseph Smith

In which state did roughly 50,000 people meet for a religious revival at Cane Ridge?

Kentucky

The Second Great Awakening established a new Christian ritual, the _________ Meeting, where entire communities would gather under the shelter of a tent for powerful revival services.

Camp

The focus on ____________ by Methodists and Baptists reflected the rise of democracy in American culture and the increased individualism of frontier regions.

freedom of choice

Which of the following best describes the Cult of Domesticity?

The notion that women had a distinctive role in the family to ensure the virtue of their husbands and children.

Which of the following best describes the structural changes in middle and upper-class families during the 1820s and 1830s?

Families became more child-centered.

According to your course materials, which of the following American authors was the most famous Transcendentalist?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Which of the following was a movement in American literature where authors and poets drew their inspiration from the splendor of nature and things that could not be explained through the use of reason?

Romanticism

Edgar Allan __________ of Virginia developed a distinctive style of incredibly profound and haunting stories and poems that shocked the culture of his time.

Poe

This famous American Transcendentalist authored "Civil Disobedience," which inspired numerous reformers, including Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Henry David Thoreau

In the early nineteenth century, ____________ became the spiritual and moral leaders of most families.

Women

The _______________ Club, which began meeting in Boston and Concord, Massachusetts in 1837, produced some of America's most important authors.

Transcendental

The belief that building the economy was the burden of men and building the home was the burden of women became known as ____________.

separate spheres

Which of the following individuals was the most influential supporter of public education in the nineteenth century?

Horace Mann

Which of the following individuals was instrumental in bringing about reforms in how the United States cared for the mentally ill?

Dorthea Dix

Which of the following led the break from abolitionism to focus instead on women's rights?

The Grimke sisters

What was the name of the organization that led the movement against alcoholism in the United States during much of the nineteenth century?

The Temperance Society

According to the course materials, what was the main purpose of jails before the American Revolution?

Which of the following best describes the philosophy of William Lloyd Garrison?

Immediate emancipation without emigration

Which of the following abolitionists was killed by a mob in Alton, Illinois near the border of Missouri?

Elijah Lovejoy

Which of the following argued that Southern masters treated their slaves better than Northern bosses treated their factory laborers?

George Fitzhugh

Theodore Dwight Weld was influenced by which of the following American religious leaders?

Charles Finney

The Declaration of ------- declared that "all men and ----- are created equal" and called for a repeal of all laws that placed men in superiority in relation to women.

Sentiments

women

Mostly because of the efforts of Theodore Dwight Weld, which of the following states became the center of abolitionist activity in the 1830s?

New York

Ohio

The ______________ Party became the first political organization to nominate antislavery political candidates.

Liberty

Those who advocated for gradual emancipation had their best opportunity in 1831 and 1832 when the Virginia legislature considered the issue after the ___________ _____________ Rebellion

Nat Turner