Advanced Placement United States History
Unit 5 Tests
1. As a result of the introduction of the cotton gin,
[A] the African slave trade was legalized.
[B] fewer slaves were needed on the plantations.
[C] slavery was reinvigorated.
[D] Thomas Jefferson predicted the gradual death of slavery.
[E] short-staple cotton lost popularity.
2. Plantation mistresses
[A] primarily controlled male slaves.
[B] had little contact with slaves.
[C] frequently supported abolitionism.
[D] were almost universally loved by their slaves.
[E] commanded a sizeable household staff of mostly female slaves.
3. Plantation agriculture
[A] discouraged immigration to the West.
[B] was economically unstable and wasteful.
[C] encouraged southern democracy.
[D] led to a slow return on investments.
[E] remained diverse until the Civil War.
4. German and Irish immigration to the South was discouraged by
[A] immigration barriers enacted by southern states.
[B] competition with slave labor.
[C] southern anti-Catholicism.
[D] Irish antislavery groups.
[E] their inability to tolerate the hot climate.
5. Most white southerners were
[A] small slaveowners.
[B] merchants and artisans.
[C] planter aristocrats.
[D] nonslaveowning subsistence farmers.
[E] “poor white trash.”
6. Northern attitudes toward free blacks can best be described as
[A] disliking the race but liking individual blacks.
[B] politically sympathetic but socially segregationist.
[C] supporting their right to full citizenship.
[D] advocating black movement into the new territories.
[E] very racist.
7. Regarding work assignments, slaves were
[A] given some of the most dangerous jobs.
[B] usually given skilled rather than menial jobs.
[C] generally supervised in small groups.
[D] generally spared dangerous work.
[E] given the same jobs as Irish laborers.
8. Perhaps the slave’s greatest horror, and the theme of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was
[A] the breeding of slaves.
[B] having to do the most dangerous work on the plantation.
[C] slaveowners’ frequent use of the whip.
[D] forcible sexual assault by slaveowners.
[E] the enforced separation of slave families.
9. By 1860, slaves were concentrated in the “black belt” located in the
[A] Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
[B] border states of Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland.
[C] old South states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
[D] mountain regions of Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
[E] new Southwest states of Texas, Arkansas, and Indian Territory.
10. Forced separation of spouses, parents, and children was most common
[A] on small plantations and in the upper South.
[B] in the Deep South.
[C] as a punishment for running away.
[D] in the decade before the Civil War.
[E] on the large plantations.
11. Slaves fought the system of slavery in all of the following ways except by
[A] refusing to get an education.
[B] pilfering goods that their labor had produced.
[C] running away when possible.
[D] slowing down the work pace.
[E] sabotaging expensive equipment.
12. Which one of the following has the least in common with the other four?
[A] Sojourner Truth
[B] Nat Turner
[C] John Quincy Adams
[D] David Walker
[E] Denmark Vesey
13. Match each abolitionist below with his publication.
___ A. William Lloyd Garrison
___ B. Theodore Dwight Weld
___ C. Frederick Douglass
___ D. David Walker
1. Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World
2. The Liberator
3. Narration of the Life of...
4. American Slavery as It Is
[A] A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
[B] A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
[C] A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
[D] A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
[E] A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
14. Many abolitionists turned to political action in 1840 when they backed the presidential candidate of the
[A] Republican party.
[B] Free Soil party.
[C] Know-Nothing party.
[D] Liberty party.
[E] Anti-Mason party.
15. Those in the North who opposed the abolitionists believed that these opponents of slavery
[A] were creating disorder in America.
[B] were undermining fundamental American beliefs.
[C] had turned their backs on religion.
[D] deserved the right to speak freely.
[E] were defending the American way of life.
16. John Tyler joined the Whig party because he
[A] thought that it was the easiest way to become president.
[B] believed in its pro-bank position.
[C] believed it better represented Virginia’s interests.
[D] was forced to resign from the Senate.
[E] could not stomach the dictatorial tactics of Andrew Jackson.
17. After President John Tyler’s veto of a bill to establish a new Bank of the United States,
[A] he was expelled from the Whig party.
[B] Tyler also vetoed a Whig-sponsored high-tariff bill.
[C] an attempt was made in the House of Representatives to impeach him.
[D] all but one member of his cabinet resigned.
[E] all of these.
18. As a result of the panic of 1837,
[A] Britain lent money to America, its close ally.
[B] the Democrats led America into war for more territory.
[C] the U.S. established restrictions on foreign loans.
[D] anti-British passions cooled in America.
[E] several states defaulted on their debts to Britain.
19. Some people in Britain hoped for a British alliance with Texas because
[A] the alliance would help to support the Monroe Doctrine.
[B] Texas could become a location for the settlement of undesirable British emigrants.
[C] this area would provide an excellent base from which to attack the United States.
[D] Mexican efforts to attack the United States would be stopped.
[E] the alliance would give abolitionists the opportunity to free slaves in Texas.
20. The primary group that was instrumental in strengthening and saving American claims to Oregon were
[A] Mormon settlers from Utah.
[B] the Hudson’s Bay Company.
[C] the Lewis and Clark expedition.
[D] U.S. naval forces in Puget Sound.
[E] American missionaries to the Indians.
21. The nomination of James K. Polk as the Democrats’ 1844 presidential candidate was secured by
[A] Henry Clay.
[B] eastern business interests.
[C] proslavery forces.
[D] anti-Texas southerners.
[E] expansionists.
22. In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called
[A] continentalism.
[B] isolationism.
[C] anglophobia.
[D] Manifest Destiny.
[E] Divine Mandate.
23. The election of 1844 was notable because
[A] it was fought over numerous issues.
[B] it brought the slavery issue into politics.
[C] a genuine mandate emerged.
[D] Polk won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote.
[E] the campaign raised no real issues.
24. In the Oregon treaty with Britain in 1846, the northern boundary of the United States was established to the Pacific Ocean along the line of
[A] 49°.
[B]
[C]
[D] 42°.
[E]
25. President Polk’s claim that “American blood [had been shed] on the American soil” referred to news of an armed clash between Mexican and American troops near
[A] San Francisco.
[B] San Antonio.
[C] Santa Fe.
[D] the Rio Grande.
[E] the Nueces River.
26. The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ending the Mexican War included
[A] the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to the United States.
[B] United States annexation of Texas.
[C] a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in New Mexico.
[D] a requirement that Mexico pay $3.25 million in damages to the United States.
[E] United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico.
27. Those people most opposed to President James K. Polk’s expansionist program were the
[A] western Democrats.
[B] proslavery Whigs.
[C] supporters of Nicholas P. Trist.
[D] Senate Democrats.
[E] antislavery forces.
28. The Wilmot Proviso
[A] settled once and for all the issue of slavery in California.
[B] gained House and Senate approval in 1846.
[C] symbolized the burning issue of slavery in the territories.
[D] left open the issue of slavery in New Mexico and Utah.
[E] allowed slavery in the territory taken from Mexico in 1848.
29. The largest single addition to American territory was
[A] the Old Northwest.
[B] Alaska.
[C] the Oregon Country.
[D] the Louisiana Purchase.
[E] the Mexican Cession.
30. In 1848, the Free Soil party platform advocated all of the following except
[A] free government homesteads for settlers.
[B] internal improvements.
[C] an end to slavery in the District of Columbia.
[D] support of the Wilmot Proviso.
[E] opposition to slavery in the territories.
31. According to the principle of “popular sovereignty,” the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by
[A] the most popular national leaders.
[B] a Supreme Court decision.
[C] congressional legislation.
[D] the vote of the people in any given territory.
[E] a national referendum.
32. The key issue for the major parties in the 1848 presidential election was
[A] expansion.
[B] personalities.
[C] Indian removal.
[D] slavery.
[E] the economy.
33. The Free Soilers condemned slavery because
[A] of moral principles.
[B] it damaged the national economy.
[C] of the harm it did to blacks.
[D] it destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise to self-employment.
[E] it was the only way they had of combating the appeal of the Democratic party.
34. Harriet Tubman gained fame
[A] as an African-American antislavery novelist.
[B] in the gold fields of California.
[C] by urging white women to oppose slavery.
[D] as an advocate of the Fugitive Slave Law.
[E] by helping slaves to escape to Canada.
35. Daniel Webster’s famed Seventh of March speech in 1850 resulted in
[A] a shift toward compromise in the North.
[B] Senate rejection of a fugitive-slave law.
[C] a movement to draft him for the presidency.
[D] condemnation by northern commercial interests.
[E] charges of accepting bribes.
36. In the debates of 1850, Senator William H. Seward, as a representative of the northern Young Guard, argued that
[A] John C. Calhoun’s compromise plan must be adopted to preserve the Union.
[B] Christian legislators must obey God’s moral law.
[C] the Constitution must be obeyed.
[D] compromise must be achieved to preserve the Union.
[E] African-Americans should be granted their own territory.
37. In the Compromise of 1850, Congress determined that slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories was
[A] to be decided by popular sovereignty.
[B] to be banned.
[C] protected by federal law.
[D] to be ignored until either territory applied for admission to statehood.
[E] to be decided by the Mormon Church.
38. The Fugitive Slave Law included all of the following provisions except
[A] denial of fleeing slaves’ right to testify on their own behalf.
[B] denial of a jury trial to runaway slaves.
[C] a higher payment if officials determined blacks to be runaways.
[D] the requirement that fugitive slaves be returned from Canada.
[E] the penalty of imprisonment for northerners who helped slaves to escape.
39. The election of 1852 was significant because it
[A] saw the rise of purely national parties.
[B] saw the victory of a pro-South northerner.
[C] marked the return of issues-oriented campaigning.
[D] saw the emergence of an antislavery third party.
[E] marked the end of the Whig party.
40. The prime objective of Manifest Destiny in the 1850s was
[A] Nicaragua.
[B] Panama.
[C] Hawaii.
[D] Cuba.
[E] the Dominican Republic.
41. The prime objective of Manifest Destiny in the 1850s was
[A] Nicaragua.
[B] Panama.
[C] Hawaii.
[D] Cuba.
[E] the Dominican Republic.
42. Stephen A. Douglas’s plans for deciding the slavery question in the Kansas-Nebraska scheme required repeal of the
[A] Northwest Ordinance.
[B] Missouri Compromise.
[C] Compromise of 1850.
[D] Fugitive Slave Act.
[E] Wilmot Proviso.
43. One of Stephen Douglas’s mistakes in proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was
[A] allowing slavery to spread into new territory.
[B] underestimating the depth of northern opposition to the spread of slavery.
[C] believing that slavery could not survive in Kansas.
[D] overestimating the protest to the bill.
[E] not securing the transcontinental railroad for the North.
44. The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed
[A] the division between the House and the Senate over slavery.
[B] the fact that, despite divisions over slavery, the House of Representatives would unite to expel a member for bad conduct.
[C] the seriousness of political divisions in the North.
[D] the fact that passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South.
[E] the importance of honor to northerners.
45. Match each candidate in the 1856 election below with the correct party.
___ A. John C. Frémont
___ B. Millard Fillmore
___ C. Martin Van Buren
___ D. James Buchanan
1. Democratic
2. Republican
3. Know-Nothing
[A] A-2, B-3, D-1
[B] A-3, C-1, D-2
[C] A-1, B-3, C-2
[D] B-1, C-2, D-3
[E] A-2, B-3, C-1
46. In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court
[A] held that slaveowners could not take slaves into free territories.
[B] expected to lay to rest the issue of slavery in the territories.
[C] hoped to stimulate further debate on the slavery issue.
[D] supported the concept of popular sovereignty.
[E] reunited the Democratic party.
47. The political career of Abraham Lincoln could best be described as
[A] marred by early political opportunism.
[B] hurt by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
[C] hurt by his marriage.
[D] characterized by a rapid rise to power.
[E] slow to get off the ground.
48. As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates,
[A] Lincoln’s national stature was diminished.
[B] Lincoln was elected to the Senate.
[C] Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate.
[D] Illinois rejected the concept of popular sovereignty.
[E] Douglas increased his chances of winning the presidency.
49. Match each presidential candidate in the 1860 election below with his party’s position on the slavery question.
___ A. Abraham Lincoln
___ B. Stephen Douglas
___ C. John Breckenridge
___ D. John Bell
1. extend slavery into the territories
2. ban slavery from the territories
3. preserve the Union by compromise
4. enforce popular sovereignty
[A] A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
[B] A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
[C] A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
[D] A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
[E] A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
50. When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina
[A] waited to see how other southern states would act.
[B] vowed to give their loyalty to Stephen Douglas.
[C] were very upset because they would have to secede from the Union.
[D] rejoiced because it gave them an excuse to secede.
[E] none of these.
