History Quiz Review

Slavery was supported by the Constitution (T/F)

True

The French Revolution initially enjoyed nearly universal American approval (T/F)

True

By the late 18th century, Americans viewed the transatlantic slave trade as immoral, but not necessarily the practice of slavery itself (T/F)

True

Which man was influential in getting the Constitutional Convention to scrap the Articles of Confederation and write up an entirely new form of government?

James Madison

Representation in Congress was a tricky issue to settle in the Constitutional debates (T/F)

True

The American System favored creating new banks, roads, and canals and supporting western expansion and infrastructure (T/F)

True

War Hawks were a group of young Congressmen who had not fought in the American Revolution and were eager to engage in war with England in the 1810s in an effort to gain more respect for the United States (T/F)

True

In the early 19th century, states began to drop requirements that men own a certain amount of property before they could vote (T/F)

True

Popular American perceptions of Native Americans held that Indians were “savages” (T/F)

True

The War Hawks included members like John Calhoun and Henry Clay who would be important in American politics for decades afterward (T/F)

True

The first nationally funded interstate road was called the

National Road

The Erie Canal was important because…

1. It allowed goods from eastern factories to be transported west

2. It gave people an adrenaline rush to travel on a man-made waterway

3. It allowed people from California to send their goods to the east coast

4. It allowed western farmers to more easily transport crops to eastern cities

Married women had no political rights of their own in the 19th century (T/F)

True

Irish immigrants primarily moved to the South, where they took jobs in agriculture (T/F)

False

Hiding fugitive slaves was legal (T/F)

False

Jackson invaded which territory and set into motion the entrance of which state into the United States?

Florida

Calhoun argued that the U.S. was created by the states, not the American people, and that the states could choose to nullify federal legislation (T/F)

True

South Carolina declared the Tariff of Abominations null and void, and Jackson responded by issuing a Force Bill authorizing him to call out the U.S. military to force South Carolina to pay the tax (T/F)

True

Jackson became famous for his defeat of what Native American group?

Creeks

Southerners strongly supported the Tariff of Abominations (T/F)

False

The Seneca Falls Convention dealt with which moral reform issue?

Women’s rights

Polygamy was an accepted practice in early Mormonism (T/F)

True

Reform efforts in the United States were unrelated to events going on in Europe (T/F)

False

Emotional reactions to the preaching of the Second Great Awakening were frowned upon and discouraged by the preachers (T/F)

False

Charles Finney and his followers believed that people could live perfect lives free from sin (T/F)

True