1800s US History

Question 1

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the US seemed to be on a path to phase out slave labor, with many northern states outlawing the practice by the 1780s. What event increased southern dependence on and subsequent support for the practice of forced slave labor?
a. a mass migration of workers from rural to urban areas
b. the invention of the cotton gin
c. the invention of the mechanical reaper
d. the invention of the steamboat

Answer 1

b. the invention of the cotton gin

Question 2

Which best describes the Emancipation Proclamation?
a. freed slaves in those states that were fighting against the US Government
b. was a major factor in the South’s decision to secede from the Union
c. ended slavery in the entire United States
d. ended slavery only in the border states

Answer 2

a. freed slaves in those states that were fighting against the US Government

Question 3

At the end of a lesson about plans for post-Civil War reconstruction, a teacher assigns the following closure activity:

Identify the source of this abbreviated quote and explain how you arrived at your answer: “I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim…to all persons who have…participated in the existing rebellion…that a full pardon is hereby granted to them…upon the condition that every such person shall take and subscribe an oath…[to] defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States…”

Which student response below might the teacher read aloud at the beginning of the next class as a partial recap of the previous lesson?

A. “This is from the Gettysburg Address because it was written by Abraham Lincoln, and the Battle of Gettysburg was in the 1860s which is also the decade when reconstruction started.”
B. “This is from the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction/Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan because Lincoln wanted to make it easy on the South to rejoin the Union, and this says Southerners will be pardoned if they swear an oath of allegiance to the US.”
C. “This is part of the Emancipation Proclamation because to emancipate means to grant freedom, and in this quote Lincoln is freeing people from the guilt of having rebelled against the Union.”
D. “Abraham Lincoln said this as part of the Wade-Davis Bill. The Wade Davis Bill was written by the Radical Republicans and Lincoln was a Republican.”

Answer 3

B. “This is from the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction/Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan because Lincoln wanted to make it easy on the South to rejoin the Union, and this says Southerners will be pardoned if they swear an oath of allegiance to the U.S.”

Question 4

What was the influence of the Industrial Revolution on the population densities of urban and rural communities?

A. The female populations of urban areas increased while the male populations of rural areas increased.
B. Rural population increased as urban areas decreased.
C. Urban areas grew rapidly as rural populations declined.
D. Both populations remained constant.

Answer 4

C. Urban areas grew rapidly as rural populations declined.

Question 5

Which of the following cultural movements or eras was the result of the end of the War of 1812?

A. the Plantation Era
B. the Progressive Movement
C. the Era of Good Feelings
D. the Second Great Awakening

Answer 5

C. the Era of Good Feelings

Question 6

Which of the following established that lands in Latin and South America should not be colonized by European powers?

A. the Proclamation of Neutrality
B. the Monroe Doctrine
C. the Reagan Doctrine
D. the Day of Infamy

Answer 6

B. the Monroe Doctrine

Question 7

Which of the following events caused an overhaul of food safety standards and an increased focus on consumer protection?

A. the publication of The Jungle
B. the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
C. the Great Depression
D. the beginning of Prohibition

Answer 7

A. the publication of The Jungle

Question 8

Which of the following acts was written specifically to protect labor unions?

A. the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
B. the Wagner Act
C. the Taft-Hartley Act
D. the Railway Labor Act

Answer 8

B. the Wagner Act

Question 9

Which of the following describes Jefferson Davis’s role in the Civil War?

A. He was the U.S. president during Reconstruction.
B. He was a military leader for the Union.
C. He led Confederate troops in the Battle of Gettysburg.
D. He was elected president of the Confederate States of America.

Answer 9

D. He was elected president of the Confederate States of America.

Question 10

Which of these innovations did NOT directly contribute to faster and less expensive travel for Americans?

A. the transatlantic radio signal
B. the internal combustion engine
C. mass production
D. the use of steel instead of iron in constructing railroads.

Answer 10

A. the transatlantic radio signal

Question 11

Sarah G. Bagley founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association in 1844. What was the primary achievement of this group?

A. prompting a government investigation of working conditions in factories and limiting the workday to 10 hours
B. convincing the federal government to implement a minimum wage for factory workers
C. obtaining universal health insurance for factory workers and prohibiting work on Sundays
D. pressuring factory owners to provide childcare for the children of employees and advocating for universal preschool

Answer 11

A. prompting a government investigation of working conditions in factories and limiting the workday to 10 hours

Question 12

Which of the following battles resulted in the surrender of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and the subsequent end of the Civil War?

A. Fort Sumter
B. Chancellorsville
C. Gettysburg
D. Appomattox Courthouse

Answer 12

D. Appomattox Courthouse

Question 13

Which two foreign policy concepts are most closely associated with American imperialism?

Select all answers that apply.

A. containment
B. The Roosevelt Corollary
C. “big stick diplomacy”
D. the Fourteen Points

Answer 13

B. The Roosevelt Corollary
C. “big stick diplomacy”

Question 14

Which of the following was leading cause of the end of slavery in the United States?

A. failure of the Southern economy
B. independence from Great Britian
C. the Union victory in the Civil War
D. grassroots political efforts

Answer 14

C. the Union victory in the Civil War

Question 15

Which are true of the election of Abraham Lincoln?

Select all answers that apply.

A. He won the election to a federal rule to ban Confederate states from voting in US elections.
B. It prompted South Carolina to secede from the Union.
C. He was elected without ever appearing on ballots in many Southern states.
D. He ran on a moderate platform but revealed his intentions to abolish slavery quickly following his election.

Answer 15

B. It prompted South Carolina to secede from the Union.
C. He was elected without ever appearing on ballots in many Southern states.

Question 16

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 primarily aimed to provide the federal government with which of the following?

A. The right to eradicate slavery in the United States
B. The ability to forcibly relocate Native American tribes from their homelands
C. The power to regulate the establishment of new religious communities
D. The power to regulate the hunting of American bison on federal lands

Answer 16

B. The ability to forcibly relocate Native American tribes from their homelands

Question 17

Which of the following established that lands in Latin and South America should not be colonized by European powers?

A. the Reagan Doctrine
B. the Monroe Doctrine
C. the Proclamation of Neutrality
D. the Day of Infamy

Answer 17

B. the Monroe Doctrine

Question 18

Which of the following is most ideologically aligned with the Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

A. the passage of Jim Crow laws
B. forty acres and a mule
C. the Homestead Act
D. Radical Reconstruction

Answer 18

A. the passage of Jim Crow laws

Question 19

Which one of the following events was NOT a factor in the development of the national market in the US in the late nineteenth century?

A. the rapid expansion of the agriculture industry in the South and West, and of the textile industry in the North
B. the development of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney
C. the expansion of the railroads and the building of better roads
D. the development of electrical technology

Answer 19

B. the development of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney

Question 20

Which of the following most accurately describe the immediate effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

Select all answers that apply.

A. Its immediate effect was largely symbolic.
B. It ended the Civil War.
C. Its prompted South Carolina to secede from the Union
D. It provided legal authority for Northern forces to liberate enslaved individuals as they took control of Southern states.

Answer 20

A. Its immediate effect was largely symbolic.
D. It provided legal authority for Northern forces to liberate enslaved individuals as they took control of Southern states.

Question 21

Which of the following constitutional amendments were ratified as part of the Reconstruction effort to extend legal protections and rights to Black Americans?

Select all answers that apply.

A. the 14th Amendment
B. the 16th Amendment
C. the 15th Amendment
D. the 13th Amendment

Answer 21

A. the 14th Amendment
C. the 15th Amendment
D. the 13th Amendment

Question 22

Which US political figure was a key figure in what is now known as the Bank War?

A. Alexander Hamilton
B. James Monroe
C. Andrew Jackson
D. Andrew Johnson

Answer 22

C. Andrew Jackson

Question 23

Which best describes the Emancipation Proclamation?

A. ended slavery in the entire United States
B. ended slavery only in the border states
C. was a major factor in the South’s decision to secede from the Union
D. freed slaves in those states that were fighting against the US Government

Answer 23

D. freed slaves in those states that were fighting against the US Government

Question 24

Which of the following describes the Sherman Anti-trust Act?

A. a policy to contain communism and proliferate capitalism
B. the first major step taken by the government to regulate business practices
C. a move to limit monopolies following the market crash of 1929
D. a push for conservation following the building boom of the Second Industrial Revolution

Answer 24

B. the first major step taken by the government to regulate business practices

Question 25

Which of the following correctly pairs one major advantage with one major disadvantage possessed by the Union in the Civil War? A. Excellent leadership of Abraham Lincoln was an advantage and less money was a disadvantage. B. The leadership of Abraham Lincoln was a definite advantage for the Union, and a major disadvantage was that the Union was fighting on unfamiliar territory. C. The Union had a stronger industrial base, which was an advantage, and a disadvantage was that Union had no navy. D. Strong military leadership through education in military schools was an advantage, and a disadvantage was that the Union was fighting in unfamiliar territory.

Answer 25

B. The leadership of Abraham Lincoln was a definite advantage for the Union, and a major disadvantage was that the Union was fighting on unfamiliar territory.

Question 26

What novel is often considered influential in alerting the public to the need for increased regulation during the Progressive Movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s? A. The Jungle B. Uncle Tom's Cabin C. All's Quiet on the Western Front D. To Kill a Mockingbird

Answer 26

A. The Jungle

Question 27

Theodore Roosevelt's "big stick diplomacy" is defined by: A. use of military demonstrations before negotiations with less powerful nations. B. using military power and threats to avoid being required to compromise. C. careful negotiation and strategy coupled with an unspoken threat of military power. D. use of specific intimidation tactics during diplomatic meetings.

Answer 27

C. careful negotiation and strategy coupled with an unspoken threat of military power.

Question 28

Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine justified American use of military power to protect which of the following regions from European intervention? A. East Asia B. Latin America C. North Africa D. Australia

Answer 28

B. Latin America

Question 29

Which of the following established that lands in Latin and South America should not be colonized by European powers? A. the Reagan Doctrine B. the Day of Infamy C. the Monroe Doctrine D. the Proclamation of Neutrality

Answer 29

C. the Monroe Doctrine

Question 30

Which of the following are not true of the Freedman's Bureau? Select all answers that apply. A. Its widespread success significantly contributed to the overall success of Reconstruction following the Civil War. B. It was part of the Reconstruction effort that was dismantled by Democrats elected to Congress in the years following the Civil War. C. It established the "forty acres and a mule" program to help formerly enslaved people gain capital independence in the wake of slavery. D. In 1965 it was renamed the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Answer 30

A. Its widespread success significantly contributed to the overall success of Reconstruction following the Civil War.