US History Sample Test Ch 8&9

Sample Test US History

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Revivalist preachers are best described as

a.	quietly effective.	c.	focused on the past.
b.	enthusiastic speakers.	d.	indifferent to their congregations.

____ 2. Catholics were discriminated against during the Second Great Awakening because they

a.	were wealthy and materialistic.
b.	might choose their church’s leadership over their country’s.
c.	took high-paying jobs from people of other faiths.
d.	wanted the government to forbid doing business on the Sabbath.

____ 3. Supporters of the public school movement made arguments based on

a.	religious references.	c.	economic realities.
b.	transcendental ideas.	d.	utopian ideals.

____ 4. The temperance movement found its greatest success when it

a.	promoted legal restrictions on alcohol.	c.	held public meetings to discuss alcohol.
b.	published pamphlets and posters.	d.	encouraged people to pledge not to drink.

____ 5. The Second Great Awakening inspired people to

a.	work for a variety of social reforms.
b.	return runaway slaves.
c.	look to the past rather than the future.
d.	stay home from organized church services.

____ 6. The most successful Mormon settlements were in

a.	New York.	c.	Missouri.
b.	Ohio.	d.	Utah.

____ 7. In the 1800s, laws were most likely to favor members of which religion?

a.	Protestant	c.	Jewish
b.	Catholic	d.	Mormon

____ 8. Transcendentalists were known for

a.	being loyal to the Pope.	c.	using nature as a teacher.
b.	making high-quality crafts.	d.	following organized religions.

Directions: Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question(s).

“I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. . . . . Can there not be a government in which the majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?--in which majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of expediency is applicable? Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. . . . .”

—Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849

____ 9. For what kind of government did Thoreau advocate?

a.	none	c.	better
b.	limited	d.	larger

____ 10. What did the concept of civil disobedience mean to Thoreau?

a.	bowing to public pressure	c.	bending to government power
b.	baring arms against dissenters	d.	remaining true to one’s conscience

Directions: Use the map to answer the questions below.

____ 11. In which direction would the people in this cartoon have likely been traveling?

a.	north to south	c.	east to west
b.	south to north	d.	west to east

____ 12. Which elements of this picture show the difficulties of travel on the Underground Railroad?

a.	Escaping slaves could only travel in groups.
b.	Escaping slaves had to travel at night and carrying all their possessions.
c.	Escaping slaves had to avoid abolitionists.
d.	Escaping slaves could only travel on foot.

____ 13. Northern support for slavery was most likely based on

a.	fear of competition for jobs.	c.	a desire to weaken the South.
b.	resentment of plantation owners.	d.	religious doctrines and beliefs.

____ 14. Before the Second Great Awakening, women were expected to

a.	vote and hold public office.	c.	take an active role in industry.
b.	buy and sell property.	d.	play supporting roles in society.

____ 15. The industrialization of the Northeast made it possible for women to

a.	go to trade schools.	c.	own and sell property.
b.	work in factories.	d.	find prosperity in farming.

____ 16. The Seneca Falls Convention was important because it

a.	nominated candidates who would support women’s rights.
b.	instituted specific reforms for women’s rights.
c.	was the first Women’s Rights Convention in the United States.
d.	demanded changes in women’s attire.

Directions: Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question(s).

“Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of the conditions of men,—the balance wheel of the social machinery. I do not here mean that it so elevates the moral nature as to make men disdain and abhor the oppression of the fellow men. The idea pertains to another of its attributes. But I mean that it gives each man the independence and the means by which he can resist the selfishness of other men. It does better than to disarm the poor of their hostility toward the rich :it prevents being poor.”

—Horace Man, Twelfth Annual Report of Horace Mann as Secretary of Massachusetts State Board of Education, 1848

____ 17. According to Mann, what did education prevent?

a.	war	c.	disease
b.	poverty	d.	oppression

____ 18. The words and efforts of reformers such as Mann led to what change in education?

a.	the introduction of private schools
b.	a decrease in public school attendance
c.	the use of state funds to support free public schools
d.	an absence of training for teachers

____ 19. Reformers worked to change schools by making them more

a.	independent of state rules.	c.	demanding of their students.
b.	accessible to everyone.	d.	economical in their operations.

____ 20. The term penitentiary is related to the word for

a.	criminal.	c.	sorrow.
b.	reform.	d.	hospital.

____ 21. Which reformer is associated with prison issues?

a.	Dorothea Dix	c.	Neal Dow
b.	Catharine Beecher	d.	Horace Mann

____ 22. Which movement was based on the idea of moderation?

a.	the penitentiary movement	c.	the temperance movement
b.	the women’s movement	d.	the abolition movement

Use the table and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question(s).

____ 23. Who assisted in the organization of the Seneca Falls Convention?

a.	The Grimké sisters	c.	Lucretia Mott
b.	Margaret Fuller	d.	Amelia Bloomer

____ 24. Amelia Bloomer is best known today for her contributions to which field?

a.	abolition	c.	women’s suffrage
b.	dress reform	d.	property rights

____ 25. Which of the following phrases best describes daily life for enslaved persons?

a.	attending schools with professional teachers
b.	working in factories for low wages
c.	backbreaking work from dawn to dusk
d.	imprisonment in the penitentiary system

____ 26. The American Colonization Society encouraged free blacks to move to

a.	Underground Railroad stations.	c.	Haiti.
b.	large northern cities.	d.	Liberia.

____ 27. The Liberator was known for appealing to its readers’ sense of

a.	moral correctness.	c.	economic concern.
b.	modern convenience.	d.	social status.

____ 28. Southerners argued that slave labor was superior because

a.	slaves worked in many industrial areas.
b.	slaves actually enjoyed being property.
c.	slaves and slaveholders depended on one another.
d.	manumission brought shame to freed slaves.

____ 29. The legal tradition that kept women from owning property and holding public office came to the United States from

a.	Mexico.	c.	Britain.
b.	Africa.	d.	France.

____ 30. Where did women first gain economic opportunity?

a.	plantations in the South	c.	coalfields in mountain states
b.	farms in the Midwest	d.	industries in the Northeast

____ 31. The women’s movement began when women saw parallels between their situation and that of

a.	slaves.	c.	British royalty.
b.	children.	d.	poor immigrants.

____ 32. Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention in part because they

a.	had been inspired by an article in The Lily.
b.	could not participate in an abolitionist meeting.
c.	were unhappy with the Declaration of Sentiments.
d.	wanted to reinstate a matrilineal social system.

____ 33. In the 1820s, New Mexico, Texas, and California attracted expansionists because

a.	the U.S. government had influence over Spain.
b.	they were rich in resources and thinly settled.
c.	the Mexican government did not want to develop these provinces.
d.	Congress had passed new legislation called Manifest Destiny.

____ 34. Which of the following is an accurate statement about emigrants heading west in the mid-1800s?

a.	Emigrants usually traveled alone.
b.	Male and female emigrants usually traveled separately on foot and horseback.
c.	Emigrants usually traveled along rivers, using rafts and ferries.
d.	Emigrants usually traveled in wagon trains of 50 to 1,000 people.

____ 35. In the 1840s and 1850s, Mormons led by Brigham Young settled

a.	in present-day Utah.
b.	along the Santa Fe Trail.
c.	in Illinois.
d.	throughout present-day California and Oregon.

____ 36. Who seized power in an 1834 Mexico City revolt?

a.	Stephen F. Austin	c.	Antonio López de Santa Anna
b.	General Zachary Taylor	d.	Tejanos

____ 37. In the mid-1830s, both Anglo-Texans and Tejanos

a.	respected the Mexican constitution.
b.	wanted independent control of their own affairs.
c.	practiced Roman Catholicism.
d.	held Mexican citizenship.

____ 38. What was the outcome of Polk’s expansionist policies in the Oregon Territory?

a.	The Oregon Territory was split between the United States and Britain.
b.	Mexico received part of the Oregon Territory.
c.	Polk forced Britain to surrender its land in the Oregon Territory.
d.	The United States and Britain warred over rights to the Oregon Territory.

____ 39. Who was President of the United States during the Mexican-American War?

a.	Henry Clay	c.	James K. Polk
b.	Zachary Taylor	d.	Andrew Jackson

____ 40. Which group of Native Americans did Spanish colonists in New Mexico depend on for protection?

a.	the Pueblos	c.	the Apaches
b.	the Comanches	d.	the Navajos

____ 41. Journalist John J. O’Sullivan wrote an influential editorial about

a.	the Sante Fe Trail.	c.	Mormons.
b.	Manifest Destiny.	d.	Spanish presidios.

____ 42. Which of the following did many westward emigrants bypass?

a.	the Great Plains	c.	the Rocky Mountains
b.	the Mississippi River	d.	the Sierra Nevada

____ 43. The Mormons established a new colony called

a.	New Spain.	c.	New Zion.
b.	Fort Laramie.	d.	Walla Walla.

____ 44. Which of the following was a condition placed on American settlers moving to Texas?

a.	Settlers must worship as Roman Catholics.
b.	Anglo-Texans must become Mexican citizens.
c.	Slavery, as banned by the Mexican constitution, must be not practiced.
d.	All of the above

____ 45. What Texan leader defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto?

a.	Sam Houston	c.	James K. Polk
b.	Zachary Taylor	d.	Stephen F. Austin

Use the map below to answer the questions.

____ 46. This map depicts the

a.	Oregon Trail.	c.	Santa Fe Trail.
b.	Gadsden Purchase.	d.	Bear Flag Republic.

____ 47. Where did the trail originate?

a.	Independence	c.	Santa Fe
b.	Bent’s Old Fort	d.	St. Louis

____ 48. Winfield Scott faced bitter resistance from the Mexican army at

a.	Buena Vista.	c.	Chapultepec.
b.	Veracruz.	d.	Monterrey.

____ 49. At the end of the Mexican-American War, the United States paid $15 million and left Mexico City in return for

a.	Arizona.	c.	Texas.
b.	New Mexico and California.	d.	California and Oregon.

____ 50. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase increased the area of the United States by

a.	one fifth.	c.	one third.
b.	one fourth.	d.	half.

____ 51. Which of the following is true about the Wilmot Proviso?

a.	It passed in the Senate.	c.	It failed in the House of Representatives.
b.	It divided Congress.	d.	It united Congress.

____ 52. During the California Gold Rush, about 25,000 laborers migrated to California from

a.	China.	c.	South America.
b.	Europe.	d.	Canada.

____ 53. Which of the following stirred discord between the North and the South?

a.	the foreign miners’ tax
b.	California’s application for statehood
c.	Discrimination against Mexican Americans
d.	increased immigration

____ 54. Where does the California Trail separate from the Oregon Trail?

a.	east of Independence
b.	south of Sacramento
c.	between Fort Laramie and Fort Bridger
d.	between Fort Boise and Fort Bridger

____ 55. People who believed in Manifest Destiny were known as

a.	Mountain Men.	c.	missionaries.
b.	expansionists.	d.	trappers.

____ 56. The state constitution drawn up by Californians at a convention in 1849 was notable for excluding

a.	Native Americans.	c.	African Americans.
b.	forty-niners.	d.	Mexicans.

____ 57. What was the purpose of the Wilmot Proviso?

a.	to extend slavery into lands won from Mexico
b.	to punish Mexico for going to war against the United States
c.	to reverse the terms of the Gadsden Purchase
d.	to ban slavery and other forms of servitude from lands won from Mexico

____ 58. What effect did the Wilmot Proviso have on relations between the North and the South?

a.	It had no effect.
b.	It helped unite factions of Congress on the single issue of slavery.
c.	It increased tensions further between the North and the South.
d.	It led politicians to break with typical party and sectional lines.

____ 59. In the 1820s, Mexico invited American settlers into

a.	California.	c.	Texas.
b.	Mexico.	d.	New Mexico.

____ 60. In April 1836, General Santa Anna

a.	seized power in Mexico City.
b.	led an attack on the Alamo.
c.	rebelled against Mexican rule.
d.	was defeated at the Battle of San Jacinto.

____ 61. Which group was enthusiastically in favor of war with Mexico?

a.	Democrats	c.	Whigs
b.	Republicans	d.	Federalists

Matching

Match the correct term or person with its definition. You will not use all of the terms and people.

a.	women’s movement	h.	abolition movement
b.	Lucretia Mott	i.	Seneca Falls Convention
c.	Gag Rule	j.	revivalist
d.	Dorothea Dix	k.	temperance movement
e.	Horace Mann	l.	Nat Turner
f.	transcendentalists	m.	David Walker
g.	utopian communities

____ 62. prohibited speaking of slavery issues

____ 63. promoted nature and personal encounters with the world

____ 64. writer who used religion to argue against slavery

____ 65. centered on gaining rights for women

____ 66. leader in education reform

____ 67. made up of antislavery believers

____ 68. organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention

____ 69. aspired to create perfect societies

____ 70. helped reform prisons

____ 71. fugitive slave who led a rebellion

a.	James K. Polk	h.	Joseph Smith
b.	Treaty of Fort Laramie	i.	Santa Fe Trail
c.	Lone Star Republic	j.	Sam Houston
d.	forty-niners	k.	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
e.	Manifest Destiny	l.	Oregon Trail
f.	Zachary Taylor	m.	California Gold Rush
g.	autonomy

____ 72. U.S. Army general who won several victories in the Mexican-American War

____ 73. Texan leader who defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto

____ 74. belief that it was God’s plan for the United States to own most or all of North America

____ 75. Tennessee expansionist who won the 1844 presidential election

____ 76. first leader of the Mormons

____ 77. agreement that brought peace between Mexico and the United States

____ 78. agreement that restricted Plains Indians to territories away from the major route to the west

____ 79. term for Texas after its declaration of independence from Mexico

____ 80. early route to the Pacific Northwest

____ 81. 80,000 people who traveled to the West in search of riches