Question 1

In the early nineteenth century, which group of Southerners allied most closely with slave owners?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yeomen farmers 
B)  Middle-class people 
C)  Religious leaders 
D)  Poor whites 
A)  Yeomen farmers 
B)  Middle-class people 
C)  Religious leaders 
D)  Poor whites B

Question 2

What recourse did most plantation mistresses have on discovering their husbands were having sexual relations with slave women?

Accepted Answer

A)  None really; most pretended they did not know it was happening. 
B)  Most of these women filed for divorce on grounds of adultery. 
C)  Mistresses were able to have the alleged lover sold or traded out of the household. 
D)  Mistresses often filed rape charges against their husbands on behalf of the slave women. 
A)  None really; most pretended they did not know it was happening. 
B)  Most of these women filed for divorce on grounds of adultery. 
C)  Mistresses were able to have the alleged lover sold or traded out of the household. 
D)  Mistresses often filed rape charges against their husbands on behalf of the slave women. A

Question 3

What caused the Panic of 1837?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cotton harvests in the South failed. 
B)  The South had a strong dependency on British investments. 
C)  Northern abolitionists cut ties with southern cotton producers. 
D)  The Bank of America called in its loans to southern planters. 
A)  Cotton harvests in the South failed. 
B)  The South had a strong dependency on British investments. 
C)  Northern abolitionists cut ties with southern cotton producers. 
D)  The Bank of America called in its loans to southern planters. B

Question 4

Regarding the Treaty of New Echota, which authorized the exchange of 100 million acres of Cherokee land for $68 million and 32 million acres in Indian Territory, the majority of Cherokee people were

Accepted Answer

A)  happy with the terms because they voted for it. 
B)  unhappy with the terms and did not authorize it. 
C)  happy with the terms even though they did not authorize it. 
D)  unhappy with the terms even though they authorized it. 
A)  happy with the terms because they voted for it. 
B)  unhappy with the terms and did not authorize it. 
C)  happy with the terms even though they did not authorize it. 
D)  unhappy with the terms even though they authorized it.

Question 5

In 1844, Mexico, Britain, and the Comanches united in contesting newly elected President James K. Polk's position favoring

Accepted Answer

A)  Texas's sovereignty from Mexico and subsequent U.S. statehood. 
B)  U.S. expansion into Oregon and Mexico. 
C)  national sovereignty for Indian nations in Indian Territory. 
D)  U.S. expansion into Wisconsin and parts of Canada. 
A)  Texas's sovereignty from Mexico and subsequent U.S. statehood. 
B)  U.S. expansion into Oregon and Mexico. 
C)  national sovereignty for Indian nations in Indian Territory. 
D)  U.S. expansion into Wisconsin and parts of Canada.

Question 6

According to the passages, why does Benjamin Lundy reject William Travis's notion that the Texan rebels are fighting for liberty?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Texas rebels planned to expand slavery, which negated any claims about liberty. 
B)  Travis only mentions "his country's liberty," referring to Texas rather than the United States. 
C)  The Texas rebels ultimately wanted to annex the territory to the United States rather than making it independent. 
D)  The Texas rebels were planning to conquer Mexico. 
A)  The Texas rebels planned to expand slavery, which negated any claims about liberty. 
B)  Travis only mentions "his country's liberty," referring to Texas rather than the United States. 
C)  The Texas rebels ultimately wanted to annex the territory to the United States rather than making it independent. 
D)  The Texas rebels were planning to conquer Mexico.

Question 7

How did slavery stunt the development of other important industries and institutions in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slavery was so controversial that Northerners did not want to do business with the South. 
B)  Wealthy people invested all of their money in slavery and nothing else. 
C)  The plantation economy required rural settlements and deterred the development of great cities. 
D)  Southerners agreed to rely on the North for manufacturing and education in exchange for their reliance on southern goods. 
A)  Slavery was so controversial that Northerners did not want to do business with the South. 
B)  Wealthy people invested all of their money in slavery and nothing else. 
C)  The plantation economy required rural settlements and deterred the development of great cities. 
D)  Southerners agreed to rely on the North for manufacturing and education in exchange for their reliance on southern goods.

Question 8

Who fit the description of a "yeoman farmer"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Small-scale farmers who owned fewer than six slaves 
B)  Independent landowners who did not own slaves 
C)  Landowners of any scale who owned fewer than ten slaves 
D)  Farmers who worked leased land without slave labor 
A)  Small-scale farmers who owned fewer than six slaves 
B)  Independent landowners who did not own slaves 
C)  Landowners of any scale who owned fewer than ten slaves 
D)  Farmers who worked leased land without slave labor

Question 9

What caused the Second Seminole War in the 1830s?

Accepted Answer

A)  White settlers opened fire on Seminole Indians, against terms of the Indian Removal Act. 
B)  The Seminole and the Cherokee fought over lucrative land along the Mississippi River. 
C)  The U.S. military forcibly removed Seminoles from their land. 
D)  The Seminole Indians attacked white settlers who came to take their land. 
A)  White settlers opened fire on Seminole Indians, against terms of the Indian Removal Act. 
B)  The Seminole and the Cherokee fought over lucrative land along the Mississippi River. 
C)  The U.S. military forcibly removed Seminoles from their land. 
D)  The Seminole Indians attacked white settlers who came to take their land.

Question 10

In the mid-nineteenth century, unlike wealthier plantation mistresses, the wives and daughters of yeomen farmers

Accepted Answer

A)  did arduous household labor. 
B)  worked alongside their family's slaves. 
C)  were treated more equally in the household. 
D)  were more likely to be religious. 
A)  did arduous household labor. 
B)  worked alongside their family's slaves. 
C)  were treated more equally in the household. 
D)  were more likely to be religious.

Question 11

What had Congress hoped to achieve with the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

Accepted Answer

A)  The final removal of Indians from the United States 
B)  The removal of Indians from the Louisiana Territory 
C)  The settlement of Indians to land west of the Mississippi River 
D)  A peaceful treaty whereby Indians would move but retain ownership of their land 
A)  The final removal of Indians from the United States 
B)  The removal of Indians from the Louisiana Territory 
C)  The settlement of Indians to land west of the Mississippi River 
D)  A peaceful treaty whereby Indians would move but retain ownership of their land

Question 12

What was the outcome of the battle at the Alamo between the Mexican government and a band of white U.S. settlers?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Mexicans handily defeated the settlers. 
B)  The battle came to a draw when both sides retreated. 
C)  The settlers surprisingly defeated the larger Mexican military. 
D)  The U.S. government intervened and forced the settlers to stand down. 
A)  The Mexicans handily defeated the settlers. 
B)  The battle came to a draw when both sides retreated. 
C)  The settlers surprisingly defeated the larger Mexican military. 
D)  The U.S. government intervened and forced the settlers to stand down.

Question 13

Why did slave women generally fail at their runaway attempts?

Accepted Answer

A)  They often returned to visit family. 
B)  They weren't as strong or fast as men. 
C)  They weren't highly motivated because they weren't treated badly. 
D)  Women were more likely to get lost in the woods. 
A)  They often returned to visit family. 
B)  They weren't as strong or fast as men. 
C)  They weren't highly motivated because they weren't treated badly. 
D)  Women were more likely to get lost in the woods.

Question 14

What development led slaveholders to treat slaves better and increasingly view them as "valuable property"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Exposure of planters' violent practices 
B)  Realization that planters' behavior was inhumane 
C)  The end of the international slave trade 
D)  The increase in demand for cotton 
A)  Exposure of planters' violent practices 
B)  Realization that planters' behavior was inhumane 
C)  The end of the international slave trade 
D)  The increase in demand for cotton

Question 15

What is meant by manifest destiny as touted by politicians during the 1840s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The right of opposing legislative parties to debate is vital to democracy and preordained by the Enlightenment. 
B)  Political parties must agree to a "manifest" before each campaign cycle. 
C)  The United States has a God-given right to expand its borders. 
D)  The United States has proven its destiny as the most powerful country in the world. 
A)  The right of opposing legislative parties to debate is vital to democracy and preordained by the Enlightenment. 
B)  Political parties must agree to a "manifest" before each campaign cycle. 
C)  The United States has a God-given right to expand its borders. 
D)  The United States has proven its destiny as the most powerful country in the world.

Question 16

The relationship between yeomen farmers and neighboring plantation owners was that they were

Accepted Answer

A)  generally friendly but economically independent of each other. 
B)  hostile neighbors and economic competitors. 
C)  often relatives who tried not to mix business with family. 
D)  often related to one another, with the farmers relying on the plantation owners. 
A)  generally friendly but economically independent of each other. 
B)  hostile neighbors and economic competitors. 
C)  often relatives who tried not to mix business with family. 
D)  often related to one another, with the farmers relying on the plantation owners.

Question 17

Why was incumbent Martin Van Buren vulnerable in his 1840 reelection campaign?

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrew Jackson had recovered and was running against him. 
B)  Van Buren endorsed the wildly unpopular "gag rule" in 1836. 
C)  Van Buren failed to intervene in the panic of 1837. 
D)  Van Buren lost all of his campaign money in the banking crisis. 
A)  Andrew Jackson had recovered and was running against him. 
B)  Van Buren endorsed the wildly unpopular "gag rule" in 1836. 
C)  Van Buren failed to intervene in the panic of 1837. 
D)  Van Buren lost all of his campaign money in the banking crisis.

Question 18

What did southern planters rely on to expand and sustain the system of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  States' rights 
B)  Federal power 
C)  Economic dependency 
D)  Presidential support 
A)  States' rights 
B)  Federal power 
C)  Economic dependency 
D)  Presidential support

Question 19

The Comanche tribe was a serious threat to Mexico after 1821 because

Accepted Answer

A)  the tribe doubled in size and threat. 
B)  Mexico achieved independence and lacked resources. 
C)  Mexico was in the midst of a bloody war with Spain. 
D)  the Comanche won their war with white settlers and were free to focus on Mexico. 
A)  the tribe doubled in size and threat. 
B)  Mexico achieved independence and lacked resources. 
C)  Mexico was in the midst of a bloody war with Spain. 
D)  the Comanche won their war with white settlers and were free to focus on Mexico.

Question 20

What moved planters to promote the ideology of white supremacy in the 1830s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves were getting too tricky and rebellious. 
B)  Other nations began to abolish slavery. 
C)  Poor whites turned against the planters and they needed to win the poor whites back. 
D)  Free blacks failed to show they could be as successful as whites. 
A)  Slaves were getting too tricky and rebellious. 
B)  Other nations began to abolish slavery. 
C)  Poor whites turned against the planters and they needed to win the poor whites back. 
D)  Free blacks failed to show they could be as successful as whites.

Exam 11: Slavery Expands South and West

In the early nineteenth century, which group of Southerners allied most closely with slave owners?

What recourse did most plantation mistresses have on discovering their husbands were having sexual relations with slave women?

What caused the Panic of 1837?

Regarding the Treaty of New Echota, which authorized the exchange of 100 million acres of Cherokee land for $68 million and 32 million acres in Indian Territory, the majority of Cherokee people were

In 1844, Mexico, Britain, and the Comanches united in contesting newly elected President James K. Polk's position favoring

According to the passages, why does Benjamin Lundy reject William Travis's notion that the Texan rebels are fighting for liberty?

How did slavery stunt the development of other important industries and institutions in the South?

Who fit the description of a "yeoman farmer"?

What caused the Second Seminole War in the 1830s?

In the mid-nineteenth century, unlike wealthier plantation mistresses, the wives and daughters of yeomen farmers

What had Congress hoped to achieve with the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

What was the outcome of the battle at the Alamo between the Mexican government and a band of white U.S. settlers?

Why did slave women generally fail at their runaway attempts?

What development led slaveholders to treat slaves better and increasingly view them as "valuable property"?

What is meant by manifest destiny as touted by politicians during the 1840s?

The relationship between yeomen farmers and neighboring plantation owners was that they were

Why was incumbent Martin Van Buren vulnerable in his 1840 reelection campaign?

What did southern planters rely on to expand and sustain the system of slavery?

The Comanche tribe was a serious threat to Mexico after 1821 because

What moved planters to promote the ideology of white supremacy in the 1830s?

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