US History 1 Unit 4 Challenge 1-3 Questions and Answers
Which statement best summarizes the "tyranny of the majority," a concern shared by many
... [Show More] Southerners in the early 19th century?
a.)
Intermarriage between whites and blacks could dilute the white majority in the South.
b.)
A majority of Southerners sought to declare domestic slavery illegal.
c.)
An antislavery majority in Congress could harm the South’s economy.
d.)
Slaves could organize and overthrow their white owners, who were in the minority.
Many thought that, by ending the United States's participation in the international slave trade, slavery would gradually diminish.
Why did slavery nonetheless continue to flourish in the South?
a.)
Slaves continued to be purchased from British Canada, which was exempt from the Congressional ban.
b.)
Southern states threatened to secede from the Union if Congress passed any laws that harmed slave owners.
c.)
Polygenesis and other racist beliefs supported the secondary status of African Americans.
d.)
Millions of slaves continued to be imported from abroad by smugglers.
Which of the following statements about slave resistance is true?
a.)
Slaves hiding their intelligence from their masters was a common form of resistance. b.)
Over half of all slaves would attempt to escape at some point.
c.)
Running away from a master was almost never attempted.
d.)
Most slaves refused to worship the Christian God of their masters.
Which of the following groups was most likely to support the immediate abolition of slavery?
a.)
Participants in movements characteristic of the Second Great Awakening, like temperance
b.)
Laborers in the North who were afraid the presence of slavery would harm their own prospects
c.)
Southerners who didn't own slaves and believed slavery gave the wealthy unfair advantages
d.)
Politicians who thought it would be better to remove Africans from the United States altogether
Which of the following groups was most likely to support colonization as a response to slavery?
a.)
Militant abolitionists who rejected the pace of gradual emancipation
b.)
Quakers and Protestants who believed that slavery was a moral evil and a threat to the nation’s soul
c.)
Free African Americans living in the northern states who were fighting to end slavery
d.)
Wealthy, influential white Americans who viewed blacks as biologically inferior
Consider the following statement:
"Women like the Grimké sisters ought to effect change not through public campaigns, but by raising young and supporting their husbands."
Which of the following principles or movements would the speaker most likely support?"
a.)
The Underground Railroad
b.)
Separate Spheres Ideology
c.)
The Seneca Falls Convention
d.)
The Abolitionist Movement
Consider the following statement:
"Women and blacks are both victims of oppression by white men, who have used force to subjugate both groups."
Which of the following principles or movements would the speaker most likely support?
a.)
The Seneca Falls Convention
b.)
Separate Spheres Ideology
c.)
Republican Motherhood
d.)
The Underground Railroad
"We do not preach rebellion—no, but submission and peace. Our enemies may accuse us of striving to stir up the slaves to revenge but their accusations are false, and made only to excite the prejudices of the whites, and to destroy our influence."
Who might "our enemies" refer to in this excerpt?
a.)
Free African Americans
b.)
White abolitionists
c.)
Female abolitionists
d.)
White Southerners
"Believing, as we do, that men should never do evil that good may come; that a good end does not justify wicked means in the accomplishment of it; and that we ought to suffer, as did our Lord and his apostles, unresistingly—knowing that vengeance belongs to God, and he will certainly repay it where it is due—believing all this, and that the Almighty will deliver the oppressed in a way which we know not, we deprecate the spirit and tendency of this Appeal… We do not preach rebellion—no, but submission and peace."
How would Nat Turner have likely responded to this view on abolitionism?
a.)
Turner would have approved of Garrison's goal, but not his method for achieving it.
b.)
Turner would have rejected Garrison's belief in a Christian God.
c.)
Turner would have viewed abolitionists as doing more harm to his cause than good.
d.)
Turner would have agreed with Garrison's call for a nonviolent movement to end slavery.
Which element of Manifest Destiny is reflected in the following statement? "The peoples of the west will be better off with American culture and progress." a.)
Capitalism
b.)
Divine mission
c.)
White supremacy
d.)
Safety valve
Select the answer that places the following events from the 1840s in the correct chronological order:
A. The Free Soil Party was organized to exclude slavery from Western territories.
B. The United States declared the Rio Grande River as the border between Texas and Mexico.
C. Congress formally declared war on Mexico. a.)
C, A, B
b.)
B, C, A
c.)
A, C, B
d.)
C, B, A
Select the answer that places the following events from the 1840s and 1850s in the correct chronological order:
A. The boundary between Canada and the United States in the Oregon Territory is settled.
B. James K. Polk is elected president as a champion of westward expansion.
C. The United States acquired almost all of Mexico’s northern territories west of the Rio Grande. a.)
B, C, A
b.)
B, A, C
c.)
A, B, C
d.)
C, A, B
Prior to the Compromise of 1850, what was the legal status of slavery under California's state constitution?
a.)
It was legal but subject to strict regulation.
b.)
It was left to the federal government to decide.
c.)
It was completely illegal.
d.)
It was completely legal.
Which statement accurately describes "border ruffians?"
a.)
Northerners who condemned the physical attack in Congress on Charles Sumner
b.)
Missourians who fraudulently voted in Kansas elections
c.)
Abolitionists who killed five pro-slavery settlers in Missouri
d.)
The approximately 200 people who died during the extended period of violence in "Bleeding Kansas"
Which of the following justifications did southern states give for secession?
a.)
Lincoln had labeled the South as an enemy state and convinced Congress to declare war.
b.)
Southern states did not benefit from participation in the national economy and could do better on their own.
c.)
The Constitution was a contract between sovereign states that could be ended at any time.
d.)
The federal government had illegally seized state-owned property and appointed new state leaders.
Which of the following statements best represents Abraham Lincoln's experience of and views on slavery prior to the Civil War?
a.)
"Natural equality demands racial equality as well. Blacks must live and work freely beside their white neighbors and compatriots."
b.)
"I oppose the spread of slavery into the West, but the Constitution has no authority to interfere with slavery where it already exists."
c.)
"I have a plan for the emancipation of slaves and their smooth integration into American society as free citizens like any others."
d.)
"If the South intends to preserve the institution of slavery, they must leave the Union and become a separate nation."
Which of the following was an advantage for the Confederacy in the Civil War?
a.)
Citizens' willingness to pay more taxes b.)
Greater political unity among states
c.)
Large area for the enemy to conquer
d.)
Economic support from abroad
Which statement about the Emancipation Proclamation is true?
a.)
It marked the final end of the Civil War.
b.)
It came without any warning and shocked the South.
c.)
It freed all slaves in the South.
d.)
It didn't free slaves in border states that still allowed slavery.
Why did the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People Suffering from the Late Riots emphasize that "[James] Costello was a shoemaker, an active man in his business—industrious and sober?"
a.)
They wanted to emphasize that Costello was not a slave, but a free business owner.
b.)
They wanted to show that free blacks deserved the same social and economic opportunities as white Europeans.
c.)
They wanted to establish that Costello was an innocent and exemplary person who didn't deserve his fate.
d.)
They wanted their audience to understand that African Americans were equally capable of temperance.
Which of the following was a component of Presidential Reconstruction but not Congressional Reconstruction?
a.)
Suffrage for all males, regardless of skin color
b.)
Federal power to intervene in state governments
c.)
Strict federal oversight of new state constitutions
d.)
Amnesty for non-wealthy civilians in the southern states
Which of the following groups was responsible for assassinating a U.S. congressman and three state congressmen during Reconstruction?
a.) Redeemers
b.)
Knights of the White Camelia
c.)
Union Leagues
d.)
Ku Klux Klan
Which of the following events resulted in the establishment of a reservation for the Lakota tribe in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory?
a.)
The Treaty of Fort Laramie
b.)
The Homestead Act
c.)
The Morrill Act
d.)
The Battle of Little Bighorn
Which of the following events resulted in each state receiving 30,000 acres of federal lands on which to build land grant colleges?
a.)
The Morrill Act
b.)
The Homestead Act
c.)
The Treaty of Fort Laramie
d.)
The Battle of Little Bighorn
Which of the following statements best reflects the Dunning School interpretation of Reconstruction?
a.)
“When the federal government provided every need, African Americans remained childlike and helpless.”
b.)
“The transformation of slaves into free laborers was an example of the social and political changes brought about by Reconstruction.”
c.)
“During Reconstruction, the federal government began to extend equal rights and protections for all its citizens.”
d.)
“Put all these facts together and one gets a clear idea, not of the failure of Negro suffrage in the South, but of the basic difficulty which it encountered." [Show Less]