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) Congress should decide B) The President should decide C) The federal government should ban it D) Voters living there should decide
A) Neither Congress nor local citizens could outlaw it B) Only Congress could outlaw it C) The Supreme Court could outlaw it D) Only the citizens 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) Form alliances with them B) Accept their laws C) Discriminate among them D) Tax them unequally
A) Only gold and silver B) Their property C) Only agricultural tools D) Only their families
A) March 1850 B) January 1845 C) February 1847 D) December 1848
A) Expanding the power of the Supreme Court B) Enacting laws that deprive citizens of taking property into territories C) Allowing territories to vote on statehood D) Permitting slavery in new territories
A) Legislate the morality of slavery B) Actively promote the spread of slavery C) Enforce abolition in the territories D) Act as if the existence of slavery in territories did not concern them
A) Democratic Party B) Libertarian Party C) Whig Party D) Republican Party
A) Abraham Lincoln B) Hermann von Holst C) Roger B. Taney D) Robert R. Russell
A) The federal government had total authority over slavery B) The federal government could not prohibit slavery in any territory C) Local voters had the final say on slavery D) Congress had the power to ban slavery in territories
A) The President ordered him to expand the military. B) The militia had proven itself to be unreliable. C) He wanted to invade neighboring countries. D) He wanted to occupy the Northeast states.
A) Wooden schooners B) Steam frigates C) Submarines D) Ironclad warships
A) He wanted to reduce the power of the Northeast. B) Congress demanded high tariffs on all goods. C) The British blockade had cut off imports. D) He believed in a primitive economy.
A) Charismatic and humorous. B) Elegant and closely confined to the subject. C) Hesitant and unorganized. D) Loud and musical.
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 inflexible and stubborn in all policies. B) He was easily offended by critics. C) He was reserved and his passion was contained. D) He was physically strong and athletic.
A) He was a divisive figure in the Union. B) He was secretly plotting against the President. C) He was above sectional and factious prejudices. D) He lacked basic understanding of philosophy.
A) Four B) Two C) Six D) One
A) 1821 B) 1824 C) 1819 D) 1817
A) James Monroe B) Thomas McKenney C) Jacob Brown D) William H. Crawford
A) He resigned in protest. B) He immediately joined the invasion. C) He praised Jackson for his patriotism. D) He advocated for censuring Jackson.
A) Treaty of Ghent B) Adams–Onís Treaty C) Treaty of Missouri D) Treaty of 1812
A) James Tallmadge Jr. B) William H. Crawford C) Jacob Brown D) Thomas McKenney
A) 1813 B) 1812 C) 1811 D) 1810
A) Andrew Pickens B) Thomas Green Clemson C) William Lowndes D) John E. Colhoun
A) Nine B) Twelve C) Eight D) Ten
A) Unitarian B) Episcopal C) Catholic D) Orthodox Presbyterian
A) The Episcopal Church B) The Presbyterian Church C) All Souls Unitarian Church D) The Charleston High Society Church
A) Every line began with 'whereas' B) He wrote beautiful love sonnets C) He was prone to extreme sarcasm D) He refused to write anything but legal briefs
A) South Carolina's 1st congressional district B) Kentucky's 6th congressional district C) South Carolina's 4th congressional district D) South Carolina's 6th congressional district
A) John Randolph of Roanoke B) Henry Clay C) John Archer Elmore D) Daniel Webster
A) The Jeffersonians B) War Hawks C) The Federalists D) The Anti-War Coalition
A) June 18, 1812 B) December 24, 1812 C) January 1, 1812 D) June 18, 1814
A) The Architect of War B) The young Hercules C) The Iron Orator D) The War Hawk
A) 1824 B) 1804 C) 1810 D) 1812
A) Tuberculosis B) Smallpox C) Influenza D) Pneumonia
A) Spiro Agnew B) John Tyler C) Andrew Jackson D) Daniel Webster
A) John Quincy Adams B) Andrew Jackson C) John Tyler D) James Monroe
A) Timothy Dwight B) James K. Polk C) Tapping Reeve D) Henry Clay
A) The Iron Senator B) The Nullifier C) The cast-iron man D) The Great Compromiser
A) Yale College B) Tapping Reeve Law School C) Harvard University D) Princeton University
A) Concurrent majority B) Nationalist modernization C) Federalist supremacy D) Universal suffrage
A) Abbeville Plantation B) Monticello C) Fort Hill D) Mount Vernon
A) Georgia B) Pennsylvania C) South Carolina D) New York
A) 150 B) 182 C) 112 D) 261
A) George Clinton B) James Madison C) Thomas Jefferson D) John Adams
A) Thomas Hart Benton B) Martin Van Buren C) Samuel D. Ingham D) John Eaton
A) The expansion of the Supreme Court B) The war with Great Britain C) The Nullification Crisis D) The purchase of Florida
A) John Forsyth B) William B. Lewis C) Duff Green D) Samuel D. Ingham
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) Henry Clay. B) John Quincy Adams. C) Louis McLane. D) Gulian C. Verplanck.
A) The Force Bill. B) The Seminole Act. C) The Union Preservation Act. D) The Tariff of 1828.
A) Martin Van Buren B) Andrew Jackson C) Robert Y. Hayne D) Edward Livingston
A) 45 B) 12 C) 10 D) 31
A) Henry Clay B) Daniel Webster C) Robert Y. Hayne D) Martin Van Buren
A) Too much support for the Bank B) Ignorance about financial matters C) Over-reliance on Biddle D) Trying to form a new political party
A) Kamala Harris B) John Niven C) Martin Van Buren D) Henry Clay
A) Richard Pakenham B) Abel P. Upshur C) Benjamin Tappan D) William Henry Harrison
A) Sam Houston B) John Tyler C) Richard Pakenham D) Benjamin Tappan
A) Spain B) France C) Great Britain D) Russia
A) 25–25 B) 20–30 C) 16–35 D) 10–40
A) Republican B) Whig C) Independent D) Former Democrat
A) Charleston, South Carolina B) Baltimore, Maryland C) Nashville, Tennessee D) Washington, D.C.
A) Start a new political party B) Boycott the state of Maryland C) Bolt the proceedings D) Support Henry Clay
A) The South Carolina Exposition B) The Washington Globe C) Pakenham letter D) The Nullification Proclamation
A) A New York governor B) A Tennessee politician C) A South Carolina diplomat D) A Virginia Senator
A) The Democratic National Committee B) The Pakenham Correspondence C) The Texas Annexation Committee D) The Washington Globe
A) Francis Preston Blair B) James K. Polk C) Martin Van Buren D) John Tyler
A) March 1845 B) May 1844 C) October 1845 D) December 1845
A) October 1, 1845 B) December 29, 1845 C) January 1, 1846 D) March 1, 1845
A) Opposed B) Indifferent C) Supported D) Neutral
A) The Oregon boundary dispute B) The Mexican–American War C) The Nashville Convention D) The Compromise of 1850
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) Senate floor debate B) Washington summit C) Constitutional Convention D) Nashville Convention
A) Economic foundation B) Necessary evil C) Southern heritage D) Peculiar institution
A) Unionists B) Fire-Eaters C) Secessionists D) Expansionists
A) St. Paul's Episcopal Church B) Fort Hill plantation C) St. Philip's Churchyard D) Congressional Cemetery
A) Quaker B) Anglican C) Puritan D) Methodist
A) Patrick Calhoun B) Thomas Green Clemson C) Thomas Jefferson D) James Madison
A) Necessary evil B) Economic burden C) Temporary arrangement D) Positive good
A) 10 lashes B) Exile C) 100 lashes D) 30 lashes
A) One year B) One week C) One month D) One day
A) Twenty years B) Twelve years C) Fifty years D) Five years
A) Compromise of 1850 B) Kansas-Nebraska Act C) Wilmot Proviso D) Missouri Compromise
A) Education B) Money C) Land ownership D) Political power
A) More than 80%. B) Less than 10%. C) Exactly 50%. D) Fewer than 40%.
A) John Niven B) Richard Hofstadter C) Charles E. Merriam D) Irving Bartlett
A) John F. Kennedy B) Peter Salovey C) Grace Hopper D) Charles M. Wiltse
A) The president's office B) Harkness Tower C) The library entrance D) The main stadium
A) Harvard University B) Clemson University C) Yale University D) University of South Carolina
A) 1862 B) 1870 C) 1850 D) 1865
A) Tommy Lee Jones B) Daniel Day-Lewis C) Arliss Howard D) Morgan Freeman
A) Minneapolis Heritage Band B) Calhoun-Isles Community Band C) The Dakota Lakes Band D) The Calhoun Symphonic Band
A) 25 feet B) 115 feet C) 50 feet D) 200 feet |
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