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