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A) Alexander Gorchakov B) Abraham Lincoln C) Townsend Harris D) William Bradford Reed
A) The annexation of Cuba B) The Homestead Act C) The Senate seat D) The purchase of Alaska
A) Four B) Seven C) Five D) Six
A) To provide 160 acres of public land to settlers B) To trade with the Qing dynasty C) To annex Cuba D) To establish land-grant colleges
A) To grant public lands to establish land-grant colleges B) To settle Mormons in Alaska C) To punish Paraguay for firing on the USS Water Witch D) To expand trade with Japan
A) To abandon it entirely B) To enforce it alongside the British C) To re-negotiate it to counter European imperialism D) To use it to annex the Bay Islands
A) Russia B) Mexico C) Japan D) Paraguay
A) USS Chesapeake B) USS Constitution C) USS Monitor D) USS Water Witch
A) That Japan wanted to purchase Alaska B) That Mormons intended to emigrate to Russian Alaska C) That there was vast gold in Alaska D) That the British were invading Alaska
A) Eduard de Stoeckl B) Alexander Gorchakov C) Townsend Harris D) King Tamatoa V
A) Monroe Doctrine B) Clayton–Bulwer Treaty C) Harris Treaty D) Treaty of Tianjin
A) The Emperor of Japan B) King Rama IV of Siam C) King Tamatoa V D) The Russian Tsar
A) The U.S. had an unsuitable climate B) The animals were too expensive to feed C) He believed it was an inappropriate political gesture D) The U.S. had no place to house them
A) A bear and a bald eagle B) Elephants and a horse C) A cat and a parrot D) Bald eagles and a Newfoundland dog
A) Oaxaca and Chiapas B) Coahuila and Durango C) Chihuahua and Sonora D) Baja and Sinaloa
A) Sarah Lane B) Harriet Lane C) Mary Buchanan D) Elizabeth Buchanan
A) William R. King B) Lewis Cass C) Zachary Taylor D) Franklin Pierce
A) Doughface B) Whig C) Abolitionist D) Free Soiler
A) James Buchanan B) Franklin Pierce C) Stephen A. Douglas D) William L. Marcy
A) The White House B) Washington D.C. C) Wheatland D) Philadelphia
A) State legislatures B) The United States Congress C) The President of the United States D) The Supreme Court
A) 1814 B) 1811 C) 1812 D) 1821
A) Pittsburgh B) Lancaster C) Philadelphia D) Baltimore
A) $15,000 B) $270,000 C) $11,000 D) $8,000
A) The Pennsylvania State Senate B) The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania C) Masonic Lodge No. 43 D) The Federalist Party Chapter
A) Democratic Party B) Democratic-Republican Party C) Federalist Party D) Whig Party
A) George Washington B) James Madison C) James Monroe D) Thomas Jefferson
A) Seizing horses for the United States Army B) Negotiating with British commanders C) Defending the city from naval bombardment D) Writing letters to the state government
A) 1815 B) 1816 C) 1814 D) 1812
A) He was the youngest member B) He was the oldest member C) He was the first Federalist member D) He was the most experienced lawyer
A) One year B) Two months C) Three months D) Six months
A) April 23, 1792 B) April 23, 1793 C) April 23, 1790 D) April 23, 1791
A) Stony Batter farm B) Carlisle C) Lancaster D) Mercersburg
A) Nine B) Eight C) Ten D) Eleven
A) England B) Wales C) Scotland D) County Donegal, Ireland
A) 1791 B) 1794 C) 1783 D) 1780
A) Mercersburg B) Lancaster C) Carlisle D) Cove Gap
A) His father B) James Hopkins C) The Old Stone Academy D) His mother
A) His mother B) His father C) James Hopkins D) His teachers
A) Absence from class B) Academic failure C) Cheating on an exam D) Disorderly conduct
A) 17th B) 15th C) 16th D) 14th
A) Whig B) Democrat C) Federalist D) Republican
A) Franklin Pierce B) James K. Polk C) Andrew Jackson D) Abraham Lincoln
A) McCulloch v. Maryland B) Marbury v. Madison C) Dred Scott v. Sandford D) Gibbons v. Ogden
A) Kansas-Nebraska Act B) Wilmot Proviso C) Lecompton Constitution D) Corwin Amendment
A) 14th Amendment B) 13th Amendment C) 15th Amendment D) Corwin Amendment
A) 1856 B) 1860 C) 1861 D) 1865
A) Among the worst presidents B) Among the best presidents C) As an average president D) As a transformative president
A) Seven B) Five C) Three D) Ten
A) 1824 B) 1820 C) 1832 D) 1828
A) Henry Clay B) Andrew Jackson C) James Monroe D) John Quincy Adams
A) Foreign Affairs Committee B) Ways and Means Committee C) Agriculture Committee D) Judiciary Committee
A) 1832 B) 1828 C) 1830 D) 1831
A) President B) Governor of Pennsylvania C) Vice presidency D) Secretary of State
A) Tsar Nicholas I B) Henry Clay C) James H. Peck D) Karl Nesselrode
A) As a great reformer B) As an ally to the United States C) As a neutral diplomat D) As a despot
A) Its relocation to Pennsylvania B) Its expansion into foreign markets C) Its re-chartering D) Its liquidation
A) March 1848 B) March 1845 C) March 1836 D) March 1840
A) States' rights B) Federalist supremacy C) Socialism D) Monarchy
A) The Mississippi River B) The Aroostook River Valley C) The Florida border D) The Louisiana Purchase
A) 49°00′ B) 54°40′ C) 36°30′ D) 42°00′
A) David Rittenhouse Porter B) James K. Polk C) Martin Van Buren D) William Wilkins
A) Pacifism B) Isolationism C) Constitutional originalism D) Manifest destiny
A) Three B) One C) Four D) Two
A) 1850 B) 1852 C) 1855 D) 1853
A) Lord Derby B) Lord John Russell C) Lord Palmerston D) Lord Clarendon
A) Mexico B) Cuba C) Nicaragua D) Honduras
A) Madrid B) London C) Paris D) Ostend
A) John Mason B) Franklin Pierce C) Lord Clarendon D) Pierre Soulé
A) The London Agreement B) Ostend Manifesto C) The Caribbean Declaration D) Clayton–Bulwer Document
A) Wilmot Proviso B) Missouri Compromise C) Kansas–Nebraska Act D) Fugitive Slave Act
A) Jesse Bright B) John Slidell C) Stephen A. Douglas D) John Joseph Hughes
A) Millard Fillmore B) Franklin Pierce C) John C. Frémont D) John Slidell
A) Fugitive Slave Act B) Alien and Sedition Acts C) Kansas–Nebraska Act D) Homestead Act
A) Seventeen B) Ten C) One D) Five
A) Thomas F. Bayard B) John C. Breckinridge C) Stephen A. Douglas D) Franklin Pierce
A) Stephen A. Douglas B) John C. Frémont C) Millard Fillmore D) Franklin Pierce
A) 50 percent B) 45 percent C) 55 percent D) 40 percent
A) 150 B) 200 C) 174 D) 296
A) Nationalist B) Progressive C) Geographical D) Moderate
A) Vetoing acts B) Legislative proposals C) Public debates D) Cabinet appointments
A) Nathan Clifford B) John Catron C) Roger B. Taney D) Lewis Cass
A) Popular sovereignty B) Congressional regulation C) Federal prohibition D) Immediate abolition
A) Severe dysentery B) Pneumonia C) Tuberculosis D) Influenza
A) Highly effective B) A disaster C) A masterpiece of diplomacy D) An ideological triumph
A) Nathan Clifford B) Stephen A. Douglas C) Howell Cobb D) Lewis Cass
A) Seven B) Two C) Zero D) One
A) Roger B. Taney B) Robert Cooper Grier C) Nathan Clifford D) John Catron
A) Roger B. Taney B) John Catron C) Nathan Clifford D) Robert Cooper Grier
A) They requested a retrial B) They remained indifferent C) They celebrated it D) They were infuriated
A) Lewis Cass B) Stephen A. Douglas C) Howell Cobb D) Roger B. Taney
A) The year 1857 B) The year 1861 C) The year 1860 D) The year 1856
A) New York City B) The agricultural south C) The western territories D) Northern cities
A) Brigham Young B) Alfred Cumming C) Thomas L. Kane D) Philip Shriver Klein
A) Young's refusal to pay taxes B) Young's political alliance with the opposition C) A personal dispute over land ownership D) Young's polygamous behavior
A) Philip Shriver Klein B) Alfred Cumming C) William P. MacKinnon D) Thomas L. Kane
A) William P. MacKinnon B) Thomas L. Kane C) Alfred Cumming D) Franklin Pierce
A) The Mormon Rebellion B) The Salt Lake Conflict C) The Great Western War D) Buchanan's Blunder
A) The invasion of California B) The capture of federal officers C) The burning of Salt Lake City D) The Mountain Meadows massacre
A) August 18, 1858 B) August 16, 1857 C) August 16, 1858 D) August 16, 1856 |