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“In general, Native American groups prior to contact with Europeans - CORRECT ANSWER
had adapted to a variety of geographic and climate conditions" "Which of the following was Not a factor in the success of the spanish in conquering Native
American people? - CORRECT ANSWER The importation of Africans"
"Which of the following was fought between colonist and Native Americans? - CORRECT
ANSWER King Phillip's War"
"A major differences in government structure between royal colonies and charter colonies was?
CORRECT ANSWER The colonist elected their own governor in charter colonies, wheras the
monarch appointed the governor in a royal colony" "The development of enslaved Africans as the chief labor supply after Bacon's Rebellion occurred
because of? - CORRECT ANSWER the growing number of white landless and discontented
former servants" "The first colony in the 1600s to require that each town established a public primary school was?
CORRECT ANSWER Massachusetts"
"While the English were the largest group of people to immigrate to the colonies, the second
largest group were? - CORRECT ANSWER Scot Irish"
"A significant characteristic of the social class structure in the English colonies was - CORRECT
ANSWER The size and wealth of the middle class"
"The Federalist party of the 1790's found it support among - CORRECT ANSWER Northern
merchants, New England Farmers, and Skilled Workers" ""Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foregin world"
CORRECT ANSWER George Washington"
"The Treaty of Greenville is significant because - CORRECT ANSWER Native Americans in
the Old Northwest ceded most of their lands to the United States"
"The Sedition Act was used primarily against - CORRECT ANSWER Republican printers and
editors"
"The Kentucky and Virginia Resolution are significant - CORRECT ANSWER they were the
first articulation of the doctrine of nullification" "The supreme Court decision that established the principle of judicial review of acts of congress
was - CORRECT ANSWER Marbury vs Madison"
"The campaign for local option laws was one aspect of which of the following movements? -
CORRECT ANSWER Temperance"
"Which of the following characteristics of European American society was not adopted by the
Cherokee nation? - CORRECT ANSWER individual right to sell land to European Americans"
"All of the following are associated with the abolition movement EXCEPT - CORRECT
ANSWER George Washington Carver"
"Al of the following were associated with Underground Railroad EXCEPT - CORRECT
ANSWER Deep South"
"All of the following split the abolitionist movement Except - CORRECT ANSWER Southern
Abolitionist verus Northern abolitionist"
"Texas gained it independence as a result of - CORRECT ANSWER The battle of San Jacinto"
"The majority of pioneers in Oregon and the Puritans in Massachusetts had which of the
following motivations in common? - CORRECT ANSWER Better Themselves financially"
"Which of the following was meant to stop Congress from considering anti-slavery petitions? -
CORRECT ANSWER Gag Rule"
"Most White Southern families - CORRECT ANSWER lived at subsistence level"
"Separatist vs. non-Separatist Puritans - CORRECT ANSWER Radical Calvinists against the
Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England because they didn't want to sit next to the "damned", led the Mayflower, and established the settlement at Plymouth (1620)"
"Northwest Passage - CORRECT ANSWER Believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to
Pacific, searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth"
"Roald Amundsen (1603-1609) - CORRECT ANSWER Europeans since the 16th century had
searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by..."
"Conversion Experience - CORRECT ANSWER The spiritual practice of being reborn.
Puritans believed that only saints could join Puritan congregations, so all the members had to undergo conversion experience that was known as santification. This took the place of baptism required by the Catholic Church."
"Social Reciprocity - CORRECT ANSWER Society naturally punishes criminals
indiscriminately (like in the Scarlet Letter how they punishes Hester but still let her live in the town) but it is also the act of people treating others as they themselves wish to be treated. It was an ideology invented by the Puritans in order to care for the less fortunate"
"Church of England (1534) - CORRECT ANSWER Protestant/Anglican church, Church
created in England as a result of a political dispute between Henry VIII and the Pope, Pope would not let Henry divorce his wife. It was/is a Church led by the king of England, independent of Catholic Church; it shifted toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty."
"Colombian Exchange - CORRECT ANSWER The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and
technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages"
"Jamestown (1607) - CORRECT ANSWER The first permanent and successful English
settlement in the Americas (1607), along James River"
"Townshend Act (1767) - CORRECT ANSWER This act imposed import duties on tea, paper,
glass, red and white lead, and painter's colors. It provoked the imperial crisis of 1767-1770. In 1770 Parliament repealed all of the duties except the one on tea. This was similar to the Navigation Acts (1651); this raised money to pay colonial officials by American taxes; led to Boston boycott of English luxuries."
"Sugar Act (1764) - CORRECT ANSWER This increased tariff on sugar (and other imports),
attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs. The British were deeply in debt, partly to the French
& Indian War (1763). Because of this, English Parliament placed a tariff on sugar, coffee, wines, and molasses. Colonists avoided the tax by smuggling and by bribing tax collectors. This halved the duty on foreign made molasses, placed duties on certain imports, and strengthened the enforcement of the law allowing prosecutors to try smuggling cases in a vice-admiralty court."
"Stamp Act (1765) - CORRECT ANSWER This was an act passed by the British Parliament
that raised revenue from the American colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents. This was to support British troops and was not approved by colonists through their representatives."
"Stamp Act Congress (1765) - CORRECT ANSWER This was a meeting, held in New York, of
delegations from many of the colonies. The congress was formed to protest the newly passed Stamp Act. It adopted a declaration of rights as well as sent letters of complaints to the king and parliament, and it showed signs of colonial unity and organized resistance. At the Stamp Act Congress, the delegations agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed."
"Virginia Resolves - CORRECT ANSWER Put forth the idea of "no taxation without
representation." In response to the 1765 Stamp Act, Patrick Henry persuaded the Virginia House of Burgesses to adopt several strongly worded resolutions that denied Parliament's right to tax the colonies. Known as the Virginia Resolves, these resolutions persuaded many other colonial legislatures to adopt similar positions."
"Currency Act (1764) - CORRECT ANSWER This act restricted colonists from printing their
own currency and instead using "hard" currency (gold and silver). This destabilized colonial economy."
"The Loyal Nine - CORRECT ANSWER Boston social club of printers, distillers, etc. that
organized demonstration against the stamp act in which they gathered a variety of colonists to hang an effigy of Andrew Oliver and destroying his and Hutchinson's Homes. They Sought to drive stamp distributors from the city."
"Sons of Liberty - CORRECT ANSWER They organized and controlled resistance against
Parliamentary acts in less violent ways (strength of martyrdom), advocated non-importation. A radical political organization formed after the passage of the Stamp Act to protest various British acts; organization used poth peaceful and violent means of protest. They led the Boston Tea Party and threatened tax collectors."
"Declaratory Act (1766) - CORRECT ANSWER This allowed Parliament to completely legislate
over the colonies and limited the colonists' say in governance. Passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases. Most colonists interpreted the act as a face-saving mechanism and nothing more.
paying the tribute, and the U.S. fought the Barbary Wars (1801-1805) against the countries of Tripoli and Algeria. The war was inconclusive and the U.S. went back to paying the tribute."
"Non-Intercourse Act (1809) - CORRECT ANSWER Replaced the Embargo of 1807. Unlike the
Embargo, which forbade American trade with all foreign nations, this act only forbade trade with France and Britain. It did not succeed in changing British or French policy towards neutral ships, so it was replaced by Macon's Bill No. 2. It sought to encourage domestic American manufacturing."
"Macon's Bill No. 2 (1810) - CORRECT ANSWER prohibited exports (and imports) based in
American ports, most controversial Jefferson legislation"
"John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) - CORRECT ANSWER Opposed Polk's high-handedness, avid
Southern slave-owner (right to own property, slaves as property), Leader of the Fugitive Slave Law (1830s-40s), which forced the cooperation of Northern states in returning escaped slaves to the south. He also argued on the floor of the senate that slavery was needed in the south. He argued on the grounds that society is supposed to have an upper ruling class that enjoys the profit of a working lower class."
"Battle of Tippecanoe (1811) - CORRECT ANSWER Was a decisive victory in the War of 1812 by
Harrison over Tecumseh, used in Harrison's campaign for presidency. Battle between Americans and Native Americans. Tecumseh and the Prophet attempted to oppress white settlement in the West, but defeated by William Henry Harrison. Led to talk of Canadian invasion and served as a cause to the War of 1812."
"Essex case (1805) - CORRECT ANSWER Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention;
This was in 1805, a British court ruled that the practice of shipping French and Spanish goods through U.S. ports on their way elsewhere did not neutralize enemy goods. The practice violated the British rule of 1756, under which trade closed in time of peace remained closed in time of war. Goods shipped in violation of the war would be seized. In a series of decrees in 1806 and 1807, the British gov. set up a "paper blockade" of Europe. Vessels headed for European ports were required to get British licenses and were subject to British inspection. The situation (see the Berlin and Milan Decree) presented American shippers with a dilemma... if they complied with the demands of one side, they were subject to seizure by the other (impressment)"
"Era of Good Feelings (1817-1825) - CORRECT ANSWER A name for President Monroe's two
terms, a period of strong nationalism and unity behind Monroe, economic growth (foreign demand for cotton, grain, and tobacco),, Depression of 1819 (cheap British imports, tightened credit, affected West the most), and territorial expansion. Since the Federalist party dissolved after the War of 1812, there was only one political party and no partisan conflicts."
"James Monroe (1758-1831) - CORRECT ANSWER This provided country with a break from
partisan politics, Missouri Compromise, issued Monroe Doctrine; Involved in politics most of his life, he established one of the basic principles of American foreign policy with his Monroe Doctrine. During his administration he signed the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823. In the doctrine, Monroe declared that the European powers should not colonize or interfere in the affairs of nations in the Western Hemisphere."
"Tallmadge Amendment (1819) - CORRECT ANSWER This dictated no further introduction
of slaves into Missouri, all children born to slaves to become free at 25; This was an attempt to have no more slaves to be brought to Missouri and provided the gradual emancipation of the children of slaves. In the mind of the South, this was a threat to the sectional balance between North and South."
"Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817) - CORRECT ANSWER An agreement between US and Britain to
remove armed fleets from the Great Lakes. During Adam's presidency he wanted to strengthen the peace with Great Britain. During his term, the US and Britain signed this treaty which effectively demilitarized the Great Lakes by severely restricting the number of ships that they two powers could maintain there."
"Adams-Onis Treaty - CORRECT ANSWER remainder of Florida sold by Spain to US,
boundary of Mexico defined. Settled land dispute between Spain and United States as a result of tensions brought on by weakening Spanish power in the New World. U.S. gained Florida in exchange for $5 million and renounced any claims on Texas and settled boundary between two countries to the Pacific Ocean."
"Tariff of Abominations - CORRECT ANSWER Under JQ Adams, protectionist tariff, South
considered it the source of economic problems, made Jackson appear to advocate free trade. The bill favored western agricultural interests by raising tariffs or import taxes on imported hemp, wool, fur, flax, and liquor, thus favoring Northern manufacturers. In the South, these tariffs raised the cost of manufactured goods, thus angering them and causing more sectionalist feelings"
"Jackson's Presidency (1828-1836) - CORRECT ANSWER He focused on the "Common Man;"
removal of Indians, removal of federal deposits in BUS, annexation of territory, liberal use of veto."
"Erie Canal (1825) - CORRECT ANSWER In short, it allowed goods to be transferred from New
York to New Orleans by inland waterways. A canal between the New York cities of Albany and Buffalo, completed in 1825. The canal, considered a marvel of the modern world at the time, allowed western farmers to ship surplus crops to sell in the North and allowed northern manufacturers to ship finished goods to sell in the West"
"Horace Mann - CORRECT ANSWER worked to reform the American education system,
abolitionist, prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix"
"William Lloyd Garrison - CORRECT ANSWER editor of The Liberator (strongly abolitionist
newspaper calling for immediate abolition of slavery), fought for feminist movement ("Am I not a woman and a sister" picture of slave woman)"
"Frederick Douglass - CORRECT ANSWER runaway slave, well-known speaker on the
condition of slavery, worked with Garrison and Wendell Phillips, founder of The North Star"
"Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 - CORRECT ANSWER for women's rights, organized by
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, modeled requests after the Declaration of Independence"
"Elizabeth Cady Stanton - CORRECT ANSWER organized Seneca Falls Convention, founded
(with Anthony) National Women Suffrage Organization"
"Angelina and Sarah Grimké - CORRECT ANSWER fought for women's rights and abolition,
"Men and women are CREATED EQUAL!""
"Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER worked towards asylums for the mentally insane,
worked alongside Mann"
"John Humphrey Noyes/Oneida Community - CORRECT ANSWER John Noyes, New York;
utopian society for communalism, perfectionism, and complex marriage"
"New Harmony - CORRECT ANSWER first Utopian society, by Robert Owen"
"Transcendentalism - CORRECT ANSWER founded by Emerson, strong emphasis on
spiritual unity (God, humanity, and nature), literature with strong references to nature"
"Ralph Waldo Emerson - CORRECT ANSWER in Brook Farm Community, literary
nationalist, transcendentalist (nascent ideas of God and freedom), wrote "The American Scholar""
"Henry David Thoreau (Walden and On Civil Disobedience) - CORRECT ANSWER in Brook
Farm Community, lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden, proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants"
"Nat Turner's Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in Virginia,
attacked many whites, prompted non-slave holding Virginians to consider emancipation"
"Yeoman Farmers - CORRECT ANSWER family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest
season, self-sufficient, participated in local markets alongside slave owners"
"Underground Railroad - CORRECT ANSWER network of safe houses of white abolitionists
used to bring slaves to freedom"
"Harriet Tubman - CORRECT ANSWER worked alongside Josiah Henson to make repeated
trips to get slaves out of the South into freedom"
""Wage slaves" - CORRECT ANSWER northern factory workers who were discarded when
too old to work (unlike the slaves who were still kept fed and clothed in their old age)"
"The Alamo - CORRECT ANSWER Mexicans held siege on the Alamo (in San Antonio),
Texans lost great number of people, "Remember the Alamo""
"Stephen Austin - CORRECT ANSWER American who settled in Texas, one of the leaders for
Texan independence from Mexico"
"James K. Polk - CORRECT ANSWER dark horse" Democratic candidate; acquired majority of
the western US (Mexican Cession, Texas Annexation, Oregon Country), lowered tariffs, created Independent Treasury"
"Oregon and "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" - CORRECT ANSWER Oregon Territory owned
jointly with Britain, Polk severed its tie to Britain, forced to settle for compromise south of 49° rather than 54°40'"
"Manifest Destiny - CORRECT ANSWER stated the United States was destined to span the
breadth of the entire continent with as much land as possible, advocated by Polk"
"Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - CORRECT ANSWER acquired Mexican Cession (future
California, Arizona, and New Mexico); Mexico acknowledged American annexation of Texas"
"Wilmot Proviso - CORRECT ANSWER slavery to be barred in all territory ceded from
Mexico; never fully passed Congress"
"California Gold Rush - CORRECT ANSWER gold discovery in Sutter's Mill in 1848resulted in
huge mass of adventurers in 1849, led to application for statehood, opened question of slavery in the West"
"20-Negro Law - CORRECT ANSWER exempted those who owned or oversaw twenty or more
slaves from service in the Confederate Army; "rich man's war but a poor man's fight""
"Anaconda plan - CORRECT ANSWER the Union planned a blockade that would not allow
supplies of any sort into the Confederacy; control the Mississippi and Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico"
"Ulysses S. Grant - CORRECT ANSWER won battles in the West and raised northern morale
(esp. Shiloh, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson), made Union commanding general"
"William T. Sherman - CORRECT ANSWER pushed through northern Georgia, captured
Atlanta, "march to the sea" (total war and destruction), proceeded to South Carolina"
"Robert E. Lee - CORRECT ANSWER opposed to slavery and secession, but stayed loyal to
Virginia, despite offer for command of Union Army"
"Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson - CORRECT ANSWER Lee's chief lieutenant and premier
cavalry officer"
"Battle of Antietam - CORRECT ANSWER Lee's attack on Maryland in hopes that he could
take it from the Union, bloodiest day of the war, stalemate, McClellan replaced by Burnside, stalemate, South would never be so close to victory again"
"Emancipation Proclamation - CORRECT ANSWER issued by Lincoln following Antietam
(close enough to a victory to empower the proclamation), declared slaves in the Confederacy free (did not include Border States), symbolic gesture to support Union's moral cause in the war"
"Battle of Gettysburg - CORRECT ANSWER Lee invaded Pennsylvania, bloodiest battle of the
war, Confederate Pickett's Charge (disastrous), Lee forced to retreat (not pursued by Meade), South doomed to never invade North again, Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln (nation over union)"
"New York City draft riots (1863) - CORRECT ANSWER drafting extremely hated by
Northerners, sparked by Irish-Americans against the black population, 500 lives lost, many buildings burned"
"Military Reconstruction Act (1867) - CORRECT ANSWER South divided into 5military
districts; states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks; ratify14th amendment"
"Compromise of 1877 - CORRECT ANSWER South to gain removal of last troops from
Reconstruction; North wins Hayes as president Cortez - Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)"
"Ponce de Leon - CORRECT ANSWER Discovered and claimed Florida (Land of the Flowers)
for Spain while looking for the Fountain of Youth"
"Magellan - CORRECT ANSWER This was the first person to lead an expedition that
circumnavigated the world"
"Jamestown - CORRECT ANSWER The first successful settlement in the Virginia colony
founded in May, 1607. Harsh conditions nearly destroyed the colony but in 1610 supplies arrived with a new wave of settlers. The settlement became part of the Virginia Company of London in
- The population remained low due to lack of supplies until agriculture was solidly established. Jamestown grew to be a prosperous shipping port when John Rolfe introduced tobacco as a major export and cash crop"
"Roanoke - CORRECT ANSWER Established in 1587. Called the Lost Colony. It was financed
by Sir Walter Raleigh, and its leader in the New World was John White. All the settlers disappeared, and historians still don't know what became of them."
"Coronado - CORRECT ANSWER Explored Arizona and New Mexico in search of fabled cities
of gold; en route his expedition discovered two awesome natural wonders: the Grand Canyon and enormous herds of Buffalo"
"Columbus - CORRECT ANSWER Explored Arizona and New Mexico in search of fabled cities
of gold; en route his expedition discovered two awesome natural wonders: the Grand Canyon and enormous herds of Buffalo"
"Amerigo Vespucci - CORRECT ANSWER The Italian sailor who corrected Columbus's
mistake, acknowledging the coasts of America as a new world. America is named after him."
"Queen Elizabeth 1 (1553-1603) - CORRECT ANSWER She was called the Virgin Queen
because she never married although she used it to her advantage. She was a Protestant queen that stood up to Catholic Spain and defeated the Spanish Armada. This was the beginning of the end of the Spanish empire and the start of the English Empire."
"Joint Stock Companies - CORRECT ANSWER These were developed to gather the savings
from the middle class to support finance colonies. Ex. London Company and Plymouth Company"
"John Rolfe - CORRECT ANSWER He was one of the English settlers at Jamestown (and he
married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony. He was part of the first interracial union. He was killed in a series of indian attacks."
"William Penn called his colony a " Holy Experiment" because he? - CORRECT ANSWER
Wanted to establish a self-governing colony with political and religious freedom"
"The Bodies of Liberty, the first set of laws in the English colonies, was passed by the? -
CORRECT ANSWER Massachusetts General Courts"
"Tabacco was the most important export commodity in the late seventeenth century for which of
the folllowing states? - CORRECT ANSWER Virginia and Maryland"
"Which of the following is Not a True statement about life in the English colonies? - CORRECT
ANSWER The colonies had no colleges, so young men had to go to England for higher
education"
"The child depicted in this painting reflects what idea of Puritans? - CORRECT ANSWER
Children were considered small adults" "The stench of the hold while we were on the coast was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to remain there for any time, and some of us had been permitted to stay on deck for the
Fresh air" This quotation probably describe - CORRECT ANSWER A slave ship bound for the
americas" "The religious group that had the greatest influences in New England after the initial phase of
settlement was - CORRECT ANSWER Congregational Church"
"Over time, which of the following rights were married women in the colonies able to exercise? -
CORRECT ANSWER Conduct business"
"The great Awakening spurred all of the following expect - CORRECT ANSWER The banning
of Anglicanism"
"A major Difference between slavery in Virginia and in the Carolinas and Georgia was that? -
CORRECT ANSWER Most slaves in Virginia had been born in the colony rather than
imported" "Which of the following was a major advantage for the British in North America during the
French and Indian War? - CORRECT ANSWER The British colonies were populated with
families willing to fight for their homes"
"The British government did not enforce the Proclamation of 1763 because? - CORRECT
ANSWER It was to the benefit of the British empire to have the colonist move west"
"British policy toward its colonies in the 1600s and 1700s was based on the principle of -
CORRECT ANSWER mercantilism"
"The " Power of the purse" colonial legislatures ability to influences the actions of royal offical in
the colonies, was eliminated by the - CORRECT ANSWER Townsend Act"
"All of the following are examples of the influence of Enlightment thinking Except - CORRECT
ANSWER Predestination- Belief that either your saved or your damned"
""of more worth is one honest man society, and in the sight of God than all the crowned ruffians
that ever lived - CORRECT ANSWER Thomas Paine"
"The battle of Saratoga in 1777 was important because it - CORRECT ANSWER Brought
France into a formal alliances with the United States"
"The peace of Paris called for all of the following EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER Florida was
given to the united States. ( Research The peae of Paris)"
"The Major difficulty of government under the Articles of Confederation was - CORRECT
ANSWER lack of a c hief executive"
"which of the following provided the plan for all subsequent admission of territories to statehood
in the United States? - CORRECT ANSWER The Northwest Ordinance (research)"
"The great Compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention resulted in? - CORRECT
ANSWER The establishment of a legislature of two houses, a house of Representatives based on
population and a senate with equal representation among the states"
"The major shortcoming of the New Constitution according to Anti-federalist was - CORRECT
ANSWER The small states would be overpowered by the large states in congress"
"Which of the following is the correct listing of freedoms included in the first Amendment to the
U.S Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER Freedom of religon, freedom of speech,freedom of the
press, right to assemble" "The Authority of Cogress to approve presidental nominees to the federal judicary is an example
of? - CORRECT ANSWER Checks and Balances"
"The subject of the Cartoon is - CORRECT ANSWER Jackson's use of the spoil System to
reward supporters"
"Which of the following transformed the economy of the southern states? - CORRECT
ANSWER The invention of the Cotton Gin"
"Jackson's Specie Circular resulted in - CORRECT ANSWER An economic depression"
""John Marshall has made his decision. Now let see him enforce it"
Was a quote made by what president? - CORRECT ANSWER Andrew Jackson (research)"
"The Transportation revolution had all of the following effects EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER
The South was more closely tied to Midwest"
"All of the following resulted from the Second Great Awakening EXCEPT - CORRECT
ANSWER The rapid Decline in The Methodist and Bapist churches"
"The putting-out system was made possible only because the adoption of - CORRECT
ANSWER Division of labor"
"One of the biggest societal changes of the early 1800s was - CORRECT ANSWER The new
concept of domesticity governing women's roles as wife and mother"
"Early Union efforts were aimed at organizing - CORRECT ANSWER Skilled, White male
workers"
"An Author whose works helped to established a national idenity for American Literature was -
CORRECT ANSWER James Fenimore Cooper"
"Transcendentalist were interested in using their literary output - CORRECT ANSWER to
reform American life"
"By the 1830s, the greatest growth in Printed material occured in - CORRECT ANSWER
Newspaper"
"Which of the following artist painted romanticized version of life on the western frontier? -
CORRECT ANSWER George Caleb Bingham"
"Members of the Whig Party were most likely to disagree among themselves over the issue of -
CORRECT ANSWER Extension of slavery into the territories"
"The First example of the factory system in the United States was the work of - CORRECT
ANSWER Francis Cabot Lowell"
"The first well known woman scientist in the United States was - CORRECT ANSWER Maria
Mitchell"
"Middle-class Americans at mid-century viewed public education - CORRECT ANSWER As a
stabilizing force in a world of rapid change"
"Most fiction and nonfiction writers in the first part of the mid-nineteenth century - CORRECT
ANSWER were social Critics"
"Which of the following is an allegory of good and evil? - CORRECT ANSWER Moby Dick"
"This political cartoon - CORRECT ANSWER is an example of the mudslinging that went on
in the election of 1840"
"Labor had limited success in organizing in the 1840's and 1850s primarily because of -
CORRECT ANSWER The increasing ethnic diversity of the workforce as immigration
increased"
"Americans who settled in Texas under Mexican rule plotted rebellion when Mexico tried -
CORRECT ANSWER to enforced it ban of slavery"
"The Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 took up the issue of - CORRECT ANSWER Women's
right"
"Folk artist tended to use which of the following as theme's for their work? - CORRECT
ANSWER Portraits and scenes of family life"
""East by Sunrise, West by Sunset, North by the Arctic Expedition, and south as far as we darn
well please - CORRECT ANSWER Manifest Destiny"
"Those most likely to move into the class of Southern elite were - CORRECT ANSWER Middle
Class professionals"
"Which of the following was NOT a utopian community? - CORRECT ANSWER Deseret"
"Oberlin College is credited with being - CORRECT ANSWER The first Women's college"
