Multiple Choice Questions

What was the result of the Election of 1824?
  • John Quincy Adams defeated Andrew Jackson in a landslide.
  • Andrew Jackson got more popular and electoral votes than any other candidate, but John Quincy Adams won the presidency.
  • John Quincy Adams won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote.
  • Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote.
Which of the following was a key reason for increased voter participation in the Election of 1828?
  • The population of the United States had grown significantly over the course of the previous four years.
  • The majority of states eliminated land ownership as a requirement to be able to vote.
  • Free African Americans were granted the ability to vote nationwide.
  • Women were granted the right to vote in presidential elections.
What was President Jackson’s response to the Supreme Court decision, written by Chief Justice John Marshall, which stated that Georgia could not impose its laws upon Cherokee tribal lands.
  • Jackson respected the decision of the Supreme Court and left the Native American lands alone.
  • Jackson continued negotiations and reached a compromise with the Native American tribes.
  • Jackson disregarded the Supreme Court’s ruling and implemented the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
  • Jackson instructed Chief Justice Marshall to resign from the Supreme Court.
What effect did Andrew Jackson’s presidency have on the National Bank?
  • Jackson vehemently opposed the National Bank as a tool of the wealthy; he vetoed a renewal of the bank’s charter in 1836.
  • Jackson saw the National Bank as a necessary component of strengthening the national economy.
  • Jackson took over control of the National Bank and strengthened its role in the federal government.
  • Jackson’s presidency had little effect on the National Bank.
What was President Jackson’s response to South Carolina’s attempt to nullify the federal tariffs which were passed by Congress in 1828?
  • Jackson agreed to the demands of South Carolina, repealing the tariffs.
  • Jackson allowed South Carolina to secede from the United States.
  • Jackson ignored South Carolina’s complaints.
  • Jackson got Congressional authorization for the use of military force to enforce the tariff.
How did the move to national nominating conventions in the 1830s make the Presidential nomination process more democratic?
  • In the new system, every American had a voice in selecting presidential nominees.
  • The process went from a small caucus meeting of party leaders to a national meeting of a party’s delegates.
  • The move made room for new and exciting political parties.
  • The nomination process fell under much tighter political control.
What was the main objective of those who believed in “Manifest Destiny?”
  • To eliminate Native American tribes from all the lands controlled by the federal government
  • To remove all European colonies from the Western Hemisphere
  • To create profitable partnerships with all native cultures in North America
  • To expand the United States until it stretched from coast to coast.
What was the major dispute over the Oregon Territory?
  • Both the United States and Britain claimed rights to the territory.
  • There was an intense debate over the legality of slavery in the new territory.
  • There was turmoil within the Congress about how much new territory should be added the United States.
  • Native American tribes refused to allow the American military to establish protective forts in the new territory.
What was the result of the Battle of the Alamo?
  • A large army, comprised of American settlers in Texas, successfully fought off Santa Anna’s much smaller Mexican force.
  • Santa Anna’s army easily defeated the weak American force.
  • Santa Anna’s forces fell to the much smaller American forces which were defending the Alamo mission.
  • It took Santa Anna’s army nearly two weeks to defeat a much smaller American force.
Who served two terms as President of the Republic of Texas?
  • Davy Crockett
  • Sam Houston
  • Stephen Austin
  • Andrew Jackson
What caused the initial resistance to the annexation of Texas by the United States?
  • Texas owed a tremendous amount of money and there was worry that, should Texas become a state, the United States could not afford to pay the debts.
  • Most Americans feared that bringing Texas into the Union would upset favorable trade relations with Mexico.
  • There was concern that Texas would enter the United States as a slave state and upset the balance between free and slave states.
  • Sam Houston had a poor reputation in Washington, D.C. and was not able to have his case for annexation heard.
How did America acquire the territories of California and New Mexico?
  • President James Polk baited Mexico into a war and then took the territories by force.
  • Congress negotiated an expensive deal to purchase the lands from Mexico.
  • The territories were largely empty, so Americans simply emigrated there and set up towns and farms on the land.
  • America had to give Mexico the rights to Texas in exchange for the new territories.
Which of the following was most responsible for the rapid rise in California’s population in the 1840s?
  • The large population of Native Americans living in California were naturalized as United States citizens.
  • Slavery was popular in the California territory, so most settlers that came to the region brought labor forces of thousands of slaves.
  • Given its long coastline, California became home to the largest port cities in North America.
  • The California Gold Rush led over 100,000 people to emigrate to California in hopes of getting rich from mining gold.
Which of the following statements best reflects the Gold Rush experience for the majority of those who emigrated to California in the 1840s?
  • The majority of gold-seekers became successful and wealthy from their mining efforts.
  • About half of all gold-seekers were successful in their pursuits.
  • Only a small percentage of the gold-seekers found enough gold to merit their efforts.
  • No gold was actually found in the California Gold Rush in the 1840s.
Which of the following American groups migrated to and settled the Utah Territory in 1846?
  • The Mennonites
  • freed slaves
  • The Freemasons
  • The Mormons
Which of the following was a positive benefit of the American railroad system developed in the mid-1800s?
  • Railroads made it possible to transport goods faster and more inexpensively between regions of the country.
  • Railroads connected major cities making communication and transportation faster and more reliable.
  • Railroads led to an increase in the populations of western states.
  • all of the above
How did inventions like John Deere’s steel-tipped plow and Cyrus McCormick’s mechanical reaper revolutionize American agriculture?
  • These inventions made it possible for farmers to plant and harvest faster so farms could produce more crops and earn higher profits.
  • These inventions led to the end of slave labor’s usefulness on Southern plantations.
  • American farmers were able to produce the new equipment and sell it to European markets for a profit.
  • all of the above
What was the main benefit of Samuel Morse’s invention of the telegraph in 1844?
  • The telegraph would allow instant communication across the Atlantic Ocean with Great Britain and other European allies as early as 1845.
  • The telegraph allowed goods to be transported between the American coasts.
  • In an age before radio, the telegraph became a primary source of entertainment for frontier settlers.
  • The telegraph would be essential in establishing lines of communication that spanned America’s significant land mass.
What was the aim of the Wilmot Proviso?
  • The Wilmot Proviso sought to ban slavery in the territory America gained in the Mexican-American War.
  • The Wilmot Proviso sought to protect the right to own slaves for settlers in California and New Mexico.
  • The Wilmot Proviso sought to bring California into the Union as a slave state and bring New Mexico into the Union as a free state.
  • The Wilmot Proviso sought to bring New Mexico into the Union as a slave state and bring California into the Union as a free state.
What was the deal struck by the Compromise of 1850?
  • Slavery would be banned in both California and Washington, D.C.; in exchange, the issue would be decided by popular sovereignty for any future states carved from the Mexican Cession and there would be a new federal fugitive slave law.
  • Slavery would be banned in all of the territory acquired in the Mexican Cession, but Texas would remain a slave state.
  • Slavery would be permitted in all of the territory gained in the Mexican Cession, however Texas would become a free state.
  • Slavery would be permitted in California, but the issue would be decided by popular sovereignty for any future states carved from the Mexican Cession.
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