D. WALLER – APUSH PERIOD 5 QUIZ
Questions 1–2 refer to following excerpt from a speech about Manifest Destiny by John O’Sullivan:
“We must onward to the fulfilment of our mission — to the entire development of the principle of our organization — freedom of conscience, freedom of person, freedom of trade and business pursuits, universality of freedom and equality. This is our high destiny, and in nature's eternal, inevitable decree of cause and effect we must accomplish it. All this will be our future history, to establish on earth the moral dignity and salvation of man — the immutable truth and beneficence of God. …Who, then, can doubt that our country is destined to be the great nation of futurity?”
1. What consequences did Manifest Destiny have in the mid-19th century?
AIt brought democracy to the entire world.
BIt led to the passage of the Bill of Rights.
CIt led to conflict with Mexico.
DIt led to religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics.
2. What impact did Manifest Destiny have on the debate about slavery?
ANone — Manifest Destiny did not address the rights of slaves.
BManifest Destiny urged slave owners to liberate their slaves and convert them to Christianity.
CManifest Destiny urged slaves to return to Africa because they were not citizens.
DManifest Destiny reignited concern about the status of slavery in western territories.
Questions 3–4 refer to the following letter from 1846 written by Irishman William Dunne to his cousin John Curtis who immigrated to America:
“I suppose you have herd of it there was not one steme of potatoes in my house this three months it is very seldome that there does one come to market at all and what comes in not worth buying they cant be eat they, sell at 8 or 9 shillings per hundred Everything else is very dear also and bad Everyday went for the poor and bad wages the people are starving in the west of Ireland and turning out for something to eat we think that there will be a rebellion if there is not something done your sister Hannah has wrote to me prety regular wince all her friends left her she did not know what it is to be alone and til now she lets me know Everything she hears from you I believe they are prety well of she says.”
3. What consequences did Irish immigration have in America during the mid-19th century?
AThe influx of Irish immigrants caused a nativist backlash.
BIrish immigrants forced the US government to adopt Catholicism as the nation’s official religion.
CIrish immigrants used their political clout to enforce temperance laws.
DIrish immigrants had no impact because they were few in number.
4. Which of the following factors influenced German immigration in American during the mid-19th century?
AAn act by Congress excluding German immigrants reduced immigration to America.
BA political revolution in Germany in 1848 increased immigration to the US.
CThe German government banned all emigration out of the country which reduced the influx of German settlers to the US.
DThe German government exiled all Jews to American which increased immigration.
Questions 5–7 refer to the following excerpt from a campaign song of the Free Soil Party in the mid-19th century:
“Let fame to the world sound freedom’s loud voice,
No lures from its hold can ‘free soilers’ sever;
With VAN BUREN and ADAMS, her laws are their choice,
And shall flourish till Liberty slumbers forever.
Then unite hear and hand
With the ‘free soilers’ band,
And Swear by the God of the ‘free labored’ land,
That ne’er shall the sons born to freedom be slaves,
While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.”
5. How did the Free Soil party reflect the growing sectional differences of the North and South?
ANorthern supporters of the Free Soil party wanted southern slaveholders to liberate their slaves and give them free land.
BThe Free Soil party membership was largely southern and demanded that the North accept all recently freed slaves and gave them land.
CThe Free Soil party highlighted the growing religious differences in the North and South resulting from Catholic missionaries.
DThe Free Soil party highlighted the growing economic differences in the North and South resulting from unequal industrialization.
6. Which of the following statements best summarizes John Brown’s attitude towards efforts to abolish slavery through moral suasion?
AHe agreed with these efforts as the best and most efficient method.
BHe agreed with these efforts because he abhorred violence.
CHe disagreed with these efforts because he wanted faster action.
DHe disagreed with these efforts because he was an atheist.
7. What attitude did the contemporary Republican Party have towards the outbreak of the Civil War?
ARepublicans supported the war because the wanted to avenge Lincoln’s assassination.
BRepublicans supported the war because they thought the Union could not be dissolved.
CRepublicans opposed the war because they thought slavery was permissible.
DRepublicans opposed the war because they favored state’s rights.
Questions 8–10 refer to the following excerpt from President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863:
“And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.”
8. In what way, if any, was the Emancipation Proclamation so significant?
AIt authorized racially integrated military units and gave black soldiers equal pay and promotions.
BIt banned slavery throughout the nation.
CIt added the abolition of slavery to Northern war goals during the Civil War.
DIt simply reaffirmed the abolition of slavery which was promulgated by the Dredd Scott decision.
9. What impact, if any, did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the outcome of the Civil War?
AIt isolated the South and gave the North the moral high ground.
BIt immediately forced the South to surrender in order to preserve slavery.
CIt was so unpopular it forced Lincoln to negotiate a truce with the South.
DIt caused General Sherman to defect to the Confederacy.
10. Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to the Northern victory in the Civil War?
AGreater industrial capacity.
BGreater manpower.
CA “home field” advantage by fighting to defend Northern territory.
DGreater wealth.
Question 11 refers to the following facsimile of the 15th Amendment:
“Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”
11. How did advocates for women’s rights react to the passage of the 15th amendment?
AThey unanimously supported it because it allowed them to vote as well.
BThe amendment fractured the women’s rights movement.
CAdvocates unanimously opposed it because it refused to ban gender discrimination.
DWomen’s rights advocates ignored the amendment because they were only concerned with suffrage for themselves.
Question 12 refers to this excerpt from a newspaper report in Harpers Weekly in 1867:
“We have heretofore spoken of the advantages to be obtained by the operation of the Pacific Railroad in developing the treasures of California and the Rocky Mountain region, and the easy access it afford to Asiatic trade. The gains, to be sure, are for the present purely speculative, but it is easy to conjecture the results from past experience…by the time the Pacific Railroad is completed we hope to lie upon the top wave of prosperity, and to tax our new lines of intercommunication to their utmost limit.”
12. What impact did the Transcontinental Railroad have on Native Americans tribes of the Great Plains and West?
AThe railroad brought prosperity to Native Americans because the railroad companies paid high prices for their land and hired many Indians as laborers.
BIt allowed large numbers of Native Americans to resettle their homelands in the eastern United States.
CThe railroad brought increased cultural and political pressure on the Native Americans.
DIt had little impact because most of the Native Americans had died or left the area.
Question 13 refers to the following excerpt from a letter written by President Millard Fillmore to ruler of Japan — Emperor Komei in 1853:
“I have directed Commodore Perry to assure your imperial majesty that I entertain the kindest feelings toward your majesty's person and government, and that I have no other object in sending him to Japan but to propose to your imperial majesty that the United States and Japan should live in friendship and have commercial intercourse with each other... Japan is also a rich and fertile country, and produces many very valuable articles. Your imperial majesty's subjects are skilled in many of the arts. I am desirous that our two countries should trade with each other, for the benefit both of Japan and the United States.”
13. How did the Japanese respond to Commodore Perry’s attempt to open trade with the United States?
AThe Japanese resented foreign influence and only acquiesced under force of arms.
BThe Japanese were eager to engage in trade because they needed foreign currency.
CThe Japanese were insulted and quickly defeated Perry’s force in a surprise attack.
DThe Japanese signed an agreement but then repudiated it as soon as Perry sailed away.