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Unit Two Exam – Multiple Choice
The Triumph of Nationalism over Sectionalism (Chapters 10-17)
Questions 1-4 below refer to the following cartoon
1. Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the perspective of the cartoon?
a. Democrat supporters of Andrew Jackson
b. Whig opponents of Andrew Jackson
c. Know-nothing opponents of immigration
d. Anti-Masonic opponents of special privilege
2. The cartoon most likely refers to which of the following policies of Andrew Jackson?
a. The “war” against the Bank of the United States
b. Opposition to nullification threats in South Carolina
c. Indian removal
d. Support for the spoils system
3. Though a supporter of a “strict construction” of the Constitution, Jackson was notable for which
of the following?
a. Weakening the presidency
b. Spending on internal improvements
c. Strengthening the presidency
d. Weakening the party system
4. Andrew Jackson saw himself as a champion of which of the following continuities in United
States history?
a. The struggle for civil rights for all
b. Government assistance for the underprivileged
c. The cooperation of government and big business
d. The democratization of American life
Questions 5-6 below refer to the following quotation
5. The argument put forth by William Lloyd Garrison in the passage was later contradicted in which
of the following Supreme Court decisions?
a. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
b. Ex parte Milligan (1866)
c. Pace v. Alabama (1883)
d. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
6. The reform that William Lloyd Garrison is advocating in the passage was later enacted as a result
of the
a. Issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
b. Passage of the Reconstruction Act of 1867
c. Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868)
d. Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875
Questions 7-9 below refer to the following passage
7. The issue that precipitated the passage excerpted above was
a. The removal of American Indians from the South
b. The re-chartering of the Second Bank of the United States
c. The passage of an act creating higher tariff rates
d. The funding of “internal improvements”
8. The argument put forth by John C. Calhoun in the passage above states a position in a debate
that is most similar to which of the following debates from earlier in United States history?
a. The debate over whether to count slaves in the census for purposes of representation
b. The debate over the Constitutionality of purchasing the Louisiana Purchase
c. The debate over disestablishment of the Episcopal Church in several states
d. The debate over replacing the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution
9. The language of “protest” that Calhoun used in his “Exposition and Protest” was similar to the
language of which of the following political positions?
a. The response of supporters of Andrew Jackson to the “corrupt bargain” of 1824
b. The response of New England Federalists to the War of 1812
c. The response of the Jefferson administration to the actions of the “Barbary pirates”
d. The response of Daniel Shays to the fiscal policies of the Massachusetts legislature in the
1780s
Questions 10-13 below refer to the following quotation
10. On which of these documents is Susan B. Anthony basing her appeal for women’s equality
a. Articles of Confederation
b. Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
c. Compromise of 1850
d. Declaration of Independence
11. Which other nineteenth century reform movement made similar arguments to those written
here by Susan B. Anthony?
a. The temperance movement
b. Utopian communities
c. The abolition movement
d. Public school advocates
12. Susan B. Anthony and others in the women’s rights movement had a major influence on the
ratification of which of the following?
a. The Nineteenth Amendment
b. The Equal Rights Amendment
c. The Fifteenth Amendment
d. The Twenty-sixth Amendment
13. The language of this passage by Susan B. Anthony demonstrates which of the following
continuities in United States history?
a. Debates over free speech
b. Debates over voting rights
c. Debates over federal power and states’ rights
d. Debates over the procedures of amending the Constitution
Questions 14-16 below refer to the following quotation
14. According to this official from the Freedmen’s Bureau, how has the southern society reacted to
the end of the Civil War?
a. Blacks were able to freely travel around the country without fear of reprisal
b. The only way for southern whites to demonstrate their manhood was to mistreat freed
slaves
c. Southern whites were willing to accept the freedom of slaves as long as the slaves did
not ask for voting rights
d. The freed slaves were experiencing discrimination and limitations on their rights similar
to their treatment under slavery
15. The Fourteenth Amendment attempted to eliminate the societal conditions described in this
passage by
a. Revoking the voting rights of all known members of the Confederate government and
soldiers of the Confederate Army
b. Granting citizenship and guaranteeing equal protection under the law to former slaves
c. Creating a special appeals process that expedited civil rights claims directly to the
Supreme Court
d. Ensuring that former slaves received the forty acres of land promised to them by
General William Sherman and the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill of 1866
16. Which of the following events of the twentieth century reflects a continuation of the attitudes
of southern whites as described in this passage?
a. The Great Migration
b. Jim Crow legislation
c. The Civil Rights Act of 1957
d. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Questions 17-19 below refer to the following passage
17. Which of the following statements best describes Eric Foner’s argument in regard to President
Abraham Lincoln’s views on slavery?
a. President Lincoln was a consistent supporter of the abolitionist cause
b. President Lincoln was reluctant to be ideologically associated with advocates like
Frederick Douglass
c. In his ambition to become president, Abraham Lincoln declared his desire to use his
constitutional powers to end slavery
d. President Lincoln had continually changing views on slavery and abolition that did not
always fit into the prevailing political categories
18. How did President Lincoln’s issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation alter the course of the
Civil War?
a. The war came to a swift conclusion because the Proclamation made the Confederacy
realize the futility of their cause
b. The war grew in scope because the Proclamation caused Great Britain to join the fight
on the side of the Union
c. President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy vowed massive resistance to any Union
effort to free the slaves
d. The war aims of the United States were no longer exclusive to the preservation of the
Union
19. Which of these statements best describes the Emancipation Proclamation?
a. It guaranteed the freedom of all slaves living within the boundaries of the United States
at the conclusion of the Civil War
b. It freed only the slaves in states and portions of states in rebellion against the United
States at the time it was issued
c. It declared that the freedom of the slaves was conditional upon the agreement of
individual southern states to sign a peace treaty with the United States government
d. It prohibited the use of slaves in combat in both the Union and Confederate Armies
Questions 20-23 refer to the excerpt below
20. Which of the following best states the principle described above?
a. Colonists were destined to leave the British Empire because of the distance between the
New World and England
b. Women are biologically predestined to lives of child rearing and domestic labor
c. America’s expansion to the West Coast was inevitable and divinely sanctioned
d. The abolition of slavery in the United States was certain to come about, because slavery
was immoral
21. Which of the following best describes the effect of the American rail system in the nineteenth
century?
a. Government subsidy of the railroads enabled markets to expand and for production to
become more efficient
b. The entire national system was planned before the first railway was constructed
c. The development of the rails had little effect on the development of American industry
d. A more highly developed rail system gave the Confederacy a decided advantage in the
Civil War
22. By what means did the United States take possession of the Oregon Territory?
a. The United States was granted the territory in a postwar treaty with France
b. The United States bought it from the Native Americans who lived there
c. US settlers were the first to arrive in the region; they claimed it for their country
d. Great Britain ceded it to the United States as part of a negotiated treaty
23. Which of the following presidents is most closely associated with the concept of Manifest
Destiny?
a. James K. Polk
b. Andrew Johnson
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Ronald Reagan
Questions 24-25 refer to the excerpt below
24. The sentiments above are most consistent with which of the following ideologies?
a. States’ Rights
b. Nullification
c. Neutrality
d. Civil Disobedience
25. Which of the following best explains why South Carolina chose to secede from the Union in
1860?
a. The failures of the Compromise of 1850 hindered South Carolina’s trade relationships
with Western states, leading to sever economic recession
b. The Battle of Fort Sumter occurred in Charleston, prompting public outrage over Union
aggression
c. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, thus undermining slavery in
the South
d. Lincoln’s election on a Free Soil platform led Southern politicians to conclude that
secession was necessary
Base your answer to question 26 on the graphic organizer below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
26. Which title best completes this graphic organizer?
a. Equal Protection Under the Law
b. Freedom of Assembly
c. States’ Rights
d. Protection of Religious Practice
Base your answer to question 27 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.
…I have no motive, my friends, to deceive you. I am sincerely desirous to promote your welfare. Listen
to me, therefore, while I tell you that you cannot remain where you now are.
Circumstances that cannot be controlled, and which are beyond the reach of human laws, render it
impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. You have but one remedy within
your reach. And that is, to remove to the West and join your countrymen, who are already established
there. And the sooner you do this the sooner you will commence your career of improvement and
prosperity….
— President Andrew Jackson, 1835
27. Which group of people was President Jackson addressing?
a. African Americans
b. Asian Americans
c. Mexican Americans
d. Native American Indians
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28. Black Codes were established in the South immediately after the Civil War in an effort to
a. integrate freedmen into American society
b. enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
c. expand educational opportunities
d. limit the rights of newly freed African Americans
29. After the Civil War, freedmen in the South had difficulty improving their economic condition
because
a. literacy for formerly enslaved persons was prohibited
b. migration of factory workers from Northern cities had created competition for jobs
c. the federal government confiscated their 40-acre grants
d. the system of sharecropping kept them in a cycle of poverty
30. President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War included
a. restoring the social conditions that existed before the war began
b. conducting trials for former Confederate leaders
c. destroying the economic and social power of the Southern planters
d. reuniting the nation as quickly as possible
31. What was a result of the disputed presidential election of 1876?
a. Reconstruction ended as federal troops were removed from the South.
b. Slavery was reestablished in the South by state legislatures.
c. New state laws were passed in the South to guarantee equal rights for African
Americans.
d. A constitutional amendment was adopted to correct problems with the Electoral College
system.
32. What was a major result of the Civil War?
a. The judiciary became the dominant branch of the federal government.
b. Congress passed an amendment to provide for the direct election of senators.
c. The power of the central government was strengthened.
d. States were given the right to secede from the Union.
33. Most Southern political leaders praised the Supreme Court decision in Dred
Scott v. Sanford (1857) because it
a. granted citizenship to all enslaved persons
b. upheld the principle of popular sovereignty
c. supported the right of a state to secede from the Union
d. protected the property rights of slave owners in the territories
Base your answer to question 34 on the headlines below and on your knowledge of social studies.
“Missouri Compromise Allows Two New States Into the Union”
“Congress Agrees to Compromise of 1850”
“Popular Sovereignty Adopted Under Kansas- Nebraska Act”
34. Which issue is reflected in these headlines?
a. status of slavery in the territories and states
b. growth of agriculture on the Great Plains
c. clash of federal and state powers
d. conflicts with foreign nations over the West
Base your answer to question 35 on the headlines below and on your knowledge of social studies.
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin Stirs Controversy”
“Kansas Rocked by Bloody Conflict”
“John Brown’s Raid Angers South”
35. Which statement about the United States in the 1850s is best supported by these headlines?
a. The nation had grown increasingly divided over the future of slavery.
b. Americans had lost confidence in the plan for Reconstruction.
c. Northern and Southern voters were united in support of popular sovereignty.
d. Support for the abolitionist movement decreased during this period.