John C. Calhoun - Quiz
A) Five B) Two C) Four D) Three
A) The Supreme Court B) State governors C) Local voters D) Congress
A) The federal government should ban it B) The President should decide C) Voters living there should decide D) Congress should decide
A) Only Congress could outlaw it B) Only the citizens could outlaw it C) Neither Congress nor local citizens could outlaw it D) The Supreme Court could outlaw it
A) Absolute ruler of the territories B) A neutral observer with no role C) Trustee or agent of the sovereign states D) The primary landowner
A) Accept their laws B) Discriminate among them C) Form alliances with them D) Tax them unequally
A) Their property B) Only agricultural tools C) Only their families D) Only gold and silver
A) December 1848 B) March 1850 C) February 1847 D) January 1845
A) Enacting laws that deprive citizens of taking property into territories B) Allowing territories to vote on statehood C) Permitting slavery in new territories D) Expanding the power of the Supreme Court
A) Legislate the morality of slavery B) Enforce abolition in the territories C) Actively promote the spread of slavery D) Act as if the existence of slavery in territories did not concern them
A) Whig Party B) Libertarian Party C) Democratic Party D) Republican Party
A) Abraham Lincoln B) Robert R. Russell C) Hermann von Holst D) Roger B. Taney
A) Local voters had the final say on slavery B) The federal government had total authority over slavery C) The federal government could not prohibit slavery in any territory D) Congress had the power to ban slavery in territories
A) He wanted to invade neighboring countries. B) He wanted to occupy the Northeast states. C) The militia had proven itself to be unreliable. D) The President ordered him to expand the military.
A) Steam frigates B) Wooden schooners C) Submarines D) Ironclad warships
A) The British blockade had cut off imports. B) He believed in a primitive economy. C) Congress demanded high tariffs on all goods. D) He wanted to reduce the power of the Northeast.
A) Loud and musical. B) Charismatic and humorous. C) Elegant and closely confined to the subject. D) Hesitant and unorganized.
A) He avoided public speaking entirely. B) Through systematic self-discipline and practice. C) He used mechanical amplification devices. D) He hired a professional vocal coach.
A) He was easily offended by critics. B) He was reserved and his passion was contained. C) He was physically strong and athletic. D) He was inflexible and stubborn in all policies.
A) He was secretly plotting against the President. B) He was above sectional and factious prejudices. C) He was a divisive figure in the Union. D) He lacked basic understanding of philosophy.
A) Two B) Six C) Four D) One
A) 1821 B) 1819 C) 1817 D) 1824
A) Thomas McKenney B) James Monroe C) William H. Crawford D) Jacob Brown
A) He advocated for censuring Jackson. B) He immediately joined the invasion. C) He praised Jackson for his patriotism. D) He resigned in protest.
A) Treaty of Ghent B) Treaty of Missouri C) Treaty of 1812 D) Adams–Onís Treaty
A) Thomas McKenney B) James Tallmadge Jr. C) William H. Crawford D) Jacob Brown
A) 1812 B) 1813 C) 1811 D) 1810
A) John E. Colhoun B) Thomas Green Clemson C) William Lowndes D) Andrew Pickens
A) Nine B) Ten C) Eight D) Twelve
A) Unitarian B) Episcopal C) Orthodox Presbyterian D) Catholic
A) The Episcopal Church B) The Presbyterian Church C) The Charleston High Society Church D) All Souls Unitarian Church
A) He was prone to extreme sarcasm B) He wrote beautiful love sonnets C) Every line began with 'whereas' D) He refused to write anything but legal briefs
A) South Carolina's 6th congressional district B) South Carolina's 1st congressional district C) Kentucky's 6th congressional district D) South Carolina's 4th congressional district
A) John Randolph of Roanoke B) Daniel Webster C) Henry Clay D) John Archer Elmore
A) The Federalists B) The Jeffersonians C) War Hawks D) The Anti-War Coalition
A) January 1, 1812 B) June 18, 1814 C) December 24, 1812 D) June 18, 1812
A) The Iron Orator B) The War Hawk C) The young Hercules D) The Architect of War
A) 1824 B) 1812 C) 1810 D) 1804
A) Smallpox B) Tuberculosis C) Pneumonia D) Influenza
A) Daniel Webster B) John Tyler C) Spiro Agnew D) Andrew Jackson
A) Andrew Jackson B) John Quincy Adams C) James Monroe D) John Tyler
A) Timothy Dwight B) Henry Clay C) James K. Polk D) Tapping Reeve
A) The Great Compromiser B) The cast-iron man C) The Nullifier D) The Iron Senator
A) Harvard University B) Tapping Reeve Law School C) Yale College D) Princeton University
A) Nationalist modernization B) Concurrent majority C) Universal suffrage D) Federalist supremacy
A) Monticello B) Mount Vernon C) Abbeville Plantation D) Fort Hill
A) New York B) Pennsylvania C) South Carolina D) Georgia
A) 112 B) 261 C) 150 D) 182
A) Thomas Jefferson B) James Madison C) John Adams D) George Clinton
A) Samuel D. Ingham B) John Eaton C) Martin Van Buren D) Thomas Hart Benton
A) The purchase of Florida B) The Nullification Crisis C) The war with Great Britain D) The expansion of the Supreme Court
A) Samuel D. Ingham B) John Forsyth C) William B. Lewis D) Duff Green
A) Under the name of Andrew Jackson. B) Publicly signed by the South Carolina legislature. C) Anonymously. D) Under the direction of John Quincy Adams.
A) Gulian C. Verplanck. B) Henry Clay. C) Louis McLane. D) John Quincy Adams.
A) The Force Bill. B) The Union Preservation Act. C) The Seminole Act. D) The Tariff of 1828.
A) Martin Van Buren B) Robert Y. Hayne C) Andrew Jackson D) Edward Livingston
A) 45 B) 12 C) 31 D) 10
A) Henry Clay B) Daniel Webster C) Martin Van Buren D) Robert Y. Hayne
A) Trying to form a new political party B) Too much support for the Bank C) Over-reliance on Biddle D) Ignorance about financial matters
A) John Niven B) Kamala Harris C) Henry Clay D) Martin Van Buren
A) William Henry Harrison B) Abel P. Upshur C) Richard Pakenham D) Benjamin Tappan
A) Sam Houston B) Benjamin Tappan C) John Tyler D) Richard Pakenham
A) Spain B) Great Britain C) France D) Russia
A) 10–40 B) 25–25 C) 20–30 D) 16–35
A) Former Democrat B) Republican C) Whig D) Independent
A) Washington, D.C. B) Charleston, South Carolina C) Baltimore, Maryland D) Nashville, Tennessee
A) Bolt the proceedings B) Start a new political party C) Boycott the state of Maryland D) Support Henry Clay
A) The South Carolina Exposition B) The Nullification Proclamation C) The Washington Globe D) Pakenham letter
A) A Tennessee politician B) A Virginia Senator C) A South Carolina diplomat D) A New York governor
A) The Democratic National Committee B) The Pakenham Correspondence C) The Texas Annexation Committee D) The Washington Globe
A) James K. Polk B) John Tyler C) Francis Preston Blair D) Martin Van Buren
A) October 1845 B) December 1845 C) March 1845 D) May 1844
A) March 1, 1845 B) December 29, 1845 C) October 1, 1845 D) January 1, 1846
A) Opposed B) Neutral C) Indifferent D) Supported
A) The Nashville Convention B) The Mexican–American War C) The Compromise of 1850 D) The Oregon boundary dispute
A) A naval blockade B) United States acquisition of all territory C) Splitting the area at the 49th parallel D) British acquisition of all territory
A) Senate floor debate B) Washington summit C) Constitutional Convention D) Nashville Convention
A) Necessary evil B) Peculiar institution C) Economic foundation D) Southern heritage
A) Secessionists B) Unionists C) Fire-Eaters D) Expansionists
A) St. Paul's Episcopal Church B) Congressional Cemetery C) St. Philip's Churchyard D) Fort Hill plantation
A) Quaker B) Methodist C) Anglican D) Puritan
A) James Madison B) Thomas Green Clemson C) Thomas Jefferson D) Patrick Calhoun
A) Temporary arrangement B) Positive good C) Necessary evil D) Economic burden
A) 10 lashes B) 30 lashes C) Exile D) 100 lashes
A) One year B) One week C) One day D) One month
A) Twenty years B) Five years C) Fifty years D) Twelve years
A) Compromise of 1850 B) Missouri Compromise C) Wilmot Proviso D) Kansas-Nebraska Act
A) Political power B) Education C) Money D) Land ownership
A) Fewer than 40%. B) Less than 10%. C) Exactly 50%. D) More than 80%.
A) Irving Bartlett B) Richard Hofstadter C) Charles E. Merriam D) John Niven
A) Peter Salovey B) Grace Hopper C) John F. Kennedy D) Charles M. Wiltse
A) The president's office B) The library entrance C) Harkness Tower D) The main stadium
A) Yale University B) Clemson University C) Harvard University D) University of South Carolina
A) 1870 B) 1862 C) 1865 D) 1850
A) Morgan Freeman B) Daniel Day-Lewis C) Tommy Lee Jones D) Arliss Howard
A) Minneapolis Heritage Band B) Calhoun-Isles Community Band C) The Calhoun Symphonic Band D) The Dakota Lakes Band
A) 200 feet B) 50 feet C) 25 feet D) 115 feet |
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