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