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