American History I

American History I

Question 1

All of the following were true of slavery in the South except that

a . slave life on the frontier was harder than that of life in the more setted areas

b . a distinctive African American culture developed

c . a typical planter had too much of his own prosperity riding on the backs of his slaves to beat them on a regular basis

d . most slaves were raised in single unstable parent households

Question 2

All of the following were true of the American economy under

Cotton Kingdom except a . cotton accounted for half the value of all American exports after 1840

b . the South produced more than half the entire world 's supply of cotton

c . 75 of the British supply of cotton came from the South

d . the South reaped all the profits from the cotton trade

Question 3

The Wilmot Proviso , introduced into Congress during the Mexican War declared that

a . Mexican territory would not be annexed to the United States

b . slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States

c . the United States should annex all of Mexico

d . the United States should have to pay Mexico a financial indemnity for having provoked the war

Question 4

Stephen A . Douglass proposed that the question of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory be decided by

a . popular sovereignty

b . making Kansas a free territory and Nebraska a slave territory

c . the Supreme Court

d . admitting California , Kansas , and Nebraska to the Union as free states

Question 5

The proposed Crittenden Compromise , if adopted , would have done all of the following except

a . prohibited slavery north of 36 ? 30

b . guaranteed federal protection of slavery in territories south of 36 ? 30

c . repealed the Fugitive Slave Law

d . permitted the expansion of slavery into new territories south of 36 ? 30

Question 6

For free blacks living in the North

a . living conditions were nearly equal to those for whites

b . voting rights were widespread

c . good jobs were plentiful

d . discrimination was common

Question 7

The majority of southern whites owned no slaves because

a . they opposed slavery

b . they could not afford the purchase price

c . their urban location did not require them

d . their racism would not allow them to work alongside African Americans

Question 8

The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ending the Mexican War included

a . a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in New Mexico

b . United States annexation of all the territory south of Rio Grande

c . the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to the United States

d . United States payment of 15 million for the cession of northern Mexico

Question 9

In the 1840s , the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called

a . continentialism

b . isolationalism

c . anglophobia

d . Manifest Destiny

Question 10

Some Southerners felt Cuba would be an enticing prospect for annexation for all of the...