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Unit 4 Study Guide AH1

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  • Q1
    What aspect of southern life allowed for the spread of cotton farming in the region during the early 19th century?
    the growth of foreign investments in the states
    the development of widespread public transportation
    the availability of slave labor
    the development of state-owned irrigation projects
    30s
  • Q2
    What was one result of the arrival of large numbers of immigrants during the 19th century?
    Rural areas saw dramatic population growth.
    The government initiated strict immigration quotas.
    Businesses had access to large pools of cheap labor.
    The number of slaves began to decline in the South.
    30s
  • Q3
    How did people feel about immigrants who migrated to the North to find work?
    There was plenty of work for everyone
    Immigrants should be made into slaves
    Immigrants were a source of cheap labor so Northern workers resented them because they took their jobs
    Immigrants charged more for labor so there were plenty of jobs for Americans
    30s
  • Q4
    What impact did the invention of the cotton gin have on the lives of African Americans in the early 19th century?
    It led slaves to begin farming their own property for extra money.
    It created an increasing demand for slave labor throughout the South.
    It allowed many slaves to secure their freedom in the South.
    It convinced Congress to reinstate the Atlantic slave trade.
    30s
  • Q5
    What was one reason colonial settlers objected to the British government’s Proclamation of 1763?
    It prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
    It forced them to limit the power of colonial governments
    It placed land holdings under the control of British banks.
    It limited colonial participation in the slave trade.
    30s
  • Q6
    Which statement describes the outcome of the Nullification crisis of 1832?
    Congress passed the Tariff of Abominations.
    The federal government used the military to enforce the laws
    Northern states protested price increases of imported goods.
    The power of the federal government was challenged by the states.
    30s
  • Q7
    During the 1790s, what occurred as a result of the disagreements between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton?
    the passage of an amendment to limit the number of terms a president could serve
    the emergence of the first two political parties in the United States
    the establishment of the Supreme Court as the highest court in the United States
    the organization of a convention to draft a new national constitution
    30s
  • Q8
    Which of the following individuals would have been MOST supportive of the Federalist Party in 1800?
    a small grocery store owner in Georgia
    a large plantation owner in Virginia
    a large shipping company owner in Massachusetts
    a small farmer in rural Pennsylvania
    30s
  • Q9
    The Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas - Nebraska Act, Dred Scott V Stanford were all events that did what?
    reduced immigration
    advanced women's rights
    Extended slavery
    strengthened voting laws
    30s
  • Q10
    Why did Jefferson believe that the passage of the Missouri Compromise would deepen sectional conflict?
    Each enactment by Congress that took power away from the states would have built more resentment.
    While some wanted slavery to end immediately, others wanted it to end gradually.
    Americans would have argued forever over the line, once it was created.
    Adding new states would have recreated the competition.
    30s
  • Q11
    Know Nothings only wanted Americans in Office. What was this an example of?
    Nativism
    Abolitionists
    Suffragist
    Transcendentalist
    30s
  • Q12
    "In 1844, tensions between nativist groups and Catholics in Philadelphia grew because of a disagreement over which version of the Bible students should read in public schools. That May and June, violence broke out between nativists and Catholics in what became known as the “Bible Riots,” leaving many people hurt and buildings destroyed"- What action was taken in response to conflicts like this one?
    Nativist groups were made illegal.
    Officials banned Catholics from public schools
    Catholics organized their own school systems.
    Quotas were set on Catholic immigrants
    30s
  • Q13
    The American Republicans of the city and county of Philadelphia, who are determined to support the NATIVE AMERICANS in their Constitutional Rights of peaceably assembling to express their opinions on any questions of Public Policy, and to SUSTAIN THEM AGAINST THE ASSAULTS OF ALIENS AND FOREIGNERS are requested to assemble on MONDAY AFTERNOON, May 6th, 1844 . . . to express their indignation at the outrage on Friday evening last, which was perpetrated by the Irish Catholics, in tearing and trampling under their feet the American Flag, to take the necessary steps to prevent a repetition of it. —From The Full Particulars of the Late Riots, with a View of the Burning of the Catholic Churches, St. Michaels & St. Augustines, 1844 What BEST describes the group that published this appeal?
    They wanted to protect civil liberties for everyone.
    They disliked the new immigrants settling in their city.
    They were opposed to hiring practices in factories.
    They were protesting efforts to allow slavery in their state.
    30s
  • Q14
    Rebellions and Conspiracies in America Event Year Location The Stono Rebellion 1739 South Carolina Gabriel’s Rebellion 1800 Virginia Denmark Vesey’s Conspiracy 1822 South Carolina Nat Turner’s Revolt 1831 Virginia What was the reason behind the attempted revolts listed in the table?
    religious discrimination
    anti-immigrant attitudes
    opposition to tax policies
    resistance against slavery
    30s
  • Q15
    It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is . . . . If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each. —Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803 This excerpt supports what principle established in the United States Constitution?
    trial by jury
    laissez-faire
    judicial review
    nullification
    30s

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