U.S. History Final Study Guide

Which of the following is NOT a notable "achievement" of the Presidency of Andrew Jackson?

• American victory in the Mexican-American War

• The expansion of voting rights to white men who were poor or did not own land

• Termination of the Second Bank of the United States

• Enforcement of Indian Removal upon the Five Civilized Tribes of the American southeast

In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee:

• are a separate community and not subject to the laws of Georgia

• were not citizens and therefore no treaties with them were binding

• removal was legal only if the government provided food for the long journey

• could be moved only if they were paid fairly for their land

Which statement is NOT true about the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• It established the 36°30’ to divide remaining land between free and slave territories.

• It served as a permanent solution to the emerging problems between free states and slave states.

• It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

• The compromise tried to address the issue of having to maintain a balance of power between free states and slave states.

Which statement best describes why the Industrial Revolution in the United States began in New England?

• People in New England were generally better educated than people elsewhere in the nation.

• New England laws favored establishing corporations more than elsewhere in the nation.

• Cotton was more plentiful in New England than elsewhere and most industries were based on it.

• Rivers and streams in New England offered waterpower needed to run factory machinery.

Under the doctrine of popular sovereignty, the decision on whether to permit slavery in a new territory would be decided by the:

• House of Representatives

• Supreme Court

• the vote of people living in the territory

• Abraham Lincoln

Which of the following does NOT describe the law under the Fugitive Slave Act?

• It required every state to return enslaved people who had escaped.

• It maintained the balance between free and slave states.

• It fined or imprisoned anyone helping a person fleeing slavery.

• It protected the property rights of people who used slave labor.

In what way did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 strengthen sectionalism?

• It weakened the Fugitive Slave Act.

• It admitted Kansas and Nebraska as free states.

• It allowed Congress to decide where slavery should and should not exist.

• It repealed the Missouri Compromise with popular sovereignty.

How did the author Harriet Beecher Stowe publicize the brutal treatment of enslaved people?

• with her speech "Ain't I A Woman"

• with her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

• with her pamphlet "Common Sense"

• by marching on Washington, D.C. and standing outside the White House

Based on these maps, what conclusion can you draw about the impact of westward expansion on slavery?

• As settlers moved west, they forced enslaved people to go with them and do their work.

• As western territories were opened to settlement, Southern tried to grow cotton in new environments.

• As the nation pressed toward the West Coast, the idea of Manifest Destiny came to include the desire to stop using slave labor.

• As more western territory was settled, the fragile balance of free states and slave states was threatened.

In the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court ruled that:

• enslaved people could simply become free by escaping to free states

• slaves could not actually sue anyone because they weren't considered citizens of the United States

• the descendants of enslaved people could become citizens

• the Constitution did not protect the practice of slavery