Computer quiz problems Between 1790 and 1820, voting rights : became easier and greatly expanded for white men. (1.00) 34/70 (49%) The term manifest destiny refers to the belief that : The term manifest destiny refers to the belief that Providence had destined the American continent to be dominated by the United States. (1.00) 35/70 (50%) In the south, evangelicals : held that social roles were made by God. (1.00) 39/70 (56%) As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, : Stephen Douglas was re-elected to the U.S. Senate. (1.00) 41/70 (59%) the Kansas-Nebraska Act was repealed. (0.00) 19/70 (27%) In the "Freeport Doctrine," : Stephen Douglas suggested that the territories could maintain popular sovereignty by refusing to protect slavery there. (1.00) 31/70 (44%) The national culture that developed after the 1830s included all of the following elements except : republicanism. (0.00) 6/70 (9%) capitalism. (0.00) 8/70 (11%) abolitionism. (1.00) 19/70 (27%) Protestantism. (0.00) 7/70 (10%) paternalism. (0.00) 30/70 (43%) MAP QUESTIONS Map1 - Trans-Appalachian West : Trans-Appalachian West 8 (1.00) 40/70 (57%) Which line of latitude was used by James K. Polk and the Democratic Party as a rallying cry for manifest destiny in the election of 1844? 10 (1.00) 37/70 (53%) What area was ceded to the United States by way of a war that ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo? 4 (1.00) 35/70 (50%) Which free state was added to the United States as a result of the Missouri Compromise of 1820? 7 (1.00) 34/70 (49%) By terms of the Compromise of 1850, these areas could decided the issue of slavery by using popular sovereignty. Enter the number of ONLY ONE of the two correct areas. 2 (1.00) 14/70 (20%) 36% 0.483 0.47 0.29 3 (1.00) 11/70 (16%) The American Civil War can be said to have started five years before the official start of the war. Pro slave and Free Soil settlers battled with and killed one another here in 1856. 5 (1.00) 28/70 (40%) MY MC QUESTIONS Which of the following vocabulary words dealing wi : Which of the following vocabulary words dealing with the Constitutional powers is INCORRECTLY paired with its example and/or definition? implied power - the federal government has all the powers given to it except those in the elastic clause of the Constitution (1.00) 27/70 (39%) Which one of the following describes the correct c : Which one of the following describes the correct chronological order of these events? (1) Dred Scott decision (2) Lincoln-Douglas Debates (3) Kansas-Nebraska Act (4) John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid 3,1,2,4 3,2,1,4 1,2,4,3 2,3,1,4 Which one of the following political parties does NOT belong in this list of sectional and/or special interest parties prior to the Civil War? Free-Soil Party (0.00) 9/70 (13%) 16% 0.367 Liberty Party (0.00) 36/70 (51%) American (Know Nothing) Party (0.00) 5/70 (7%) Democratic Party (1.00) 11/70 (16%) Republican Party (0.00) 9/70 (13%) Which of the following was acquired by the federal government as a result of a United States-led war? Texas (0.00) 23/70 (33%) 17% 0.380 0.32 0.38 California (1.00) 12/70 (17%) Oregon (0.00) 1/70 (1%) all of the above (0.00) 22/70 (31%) none of the above (0.00) 11/70 (16%) Which one of the following would NOT have been regarded as a northern 'insult' by southerners in 1859? acceptance of the Dred Scott decision (1.00) 31/70 (44%) A federal system of government is one in which all power is concentrated in the national government (47%) powers are divided between the in federal and the state governments (39%) In the video, Lucretia Mott's comment to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 'Why Lizzie, thee will make us ridiculous,' is good illustration of the differences among women reformers over demanding the right to vote. (1.00) 36/70 (51%) Which statement about southern slaveholding is the MOST accurate? The planter class exercised power beyond their numbers. (1.00) 26/70 (37%) Garrisonian abolitionists preached immediate abolition immediately accomplished. (1.00) 31/70 (44%) Which of the following correctly identifies the three patterns of nativism described by John Higham in Strangers in the Land: Patterns of American Nativism - 1860-1925? anti-radical, anti-Catholic, racial nativism (1.00) 43/70 (61%) According to the video, in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland , the Supreme Court upheld federal power over state power. (1.00) 16/70 (23%) The Illinois Senate election of 1858 pitted the Republican Douglas against the Democrat Lincoln. (30%) saw the incumbent defeated. (7%) had the Democrat defending popular sovereignty. (26%) saw the Republicans run the better-known candidate. (7%) had the Republican promote the idea of racial equality. (29%) Which is true of the elastic clause of the Constitution of the United States? it has provided our nation with its historic trend towards loose construction (1.00) 33/70 (47%) it has been a countermeasure against any use of implied powers by the federal government (0.00) 19/70 (27%) According to historian in the video, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the settlement of the Kansas territory or its inhabitants? Popular sovereignty practiced in Kansas, even with its problems, was seen as the national solution to the problem of slavery both in the North and the South. (1.00) 17/70 (24%) All of these answers are correct. (0.00) 29/70 (41%) Which of the following court cases did not result in Chief Justice John Marshall ruling on behalf of the federal government having powers greater than those of the states? Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857 (1.00) 25/70 (36%) MATCHING Roger Taney John Higham were lowest 61% 63% GRAPHICS PICTURE According to this graphic on white male suffrage, all of the following statements are true, EXCEPT In Virginia, the qualifications necessary to vote were significantly reduced from 1800 to 1830. (1.00) 34/70 (49%) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo granted Texas its independence. False (1.00) 35/70 (50%) At the time of the Civil War, the majority of all white southerners owned no slaves at all. True (1.00) 42/70 (60%) According to the video and your instructor, the Dred Scott Decision of 1857 was the worst case of extreme prejudice in a court decision and the best example, in all of U.S. history, of the Supreme Court practicing judicial restraint. False (1.00) 31/70 (44%) The United States avoided war with Britain concerning the border between their territories in the northwest corner of the continent. Unfortunately for President Polk, his compromise with the British on the Oregon Treaty angered northern, expansionist-minded Whigs in his own party. Moreover, it added to northerners fears of a slave power conspiracy in the federal government. False (1.00) 32/70 (46%) Consider the author of this political cartoon about Andrew Jackson after his victory in the 1828 election. You can correctly assume that the author was not a supporter of the president. Moreover, you can also assume that he was probably a long-time member of the Democratic Party. False (1.00) 38/70 (54%)