Practice Test – History 101 – Fall 2011

1 Southerners migrated southwestward in huge numbers between 1830 and 1860, seeking new lands for the

A diversification of agriculture.

B cultivation of tobacco.

C production of cotton.

D development of industry.

2 For southern white women, Mary Boykin Chestnut regarded “the sorest spot” of slavery as the

A excessive cruelty of the overseers.

B social isolation and loneliness.

C obligation to feed, clothe, and nurse additional children.

D double standard of plantation sexuality.

3 How did the church impact the free black community?

A It provided spiritual solace.

B It set community standards.

C It offered recreational opportunities.

D All of the above.

4 The slogan “Manifest Destiny” referred to the conviction of Americans in the 1840s that the United States had a(n)

A God-given right to exist as a nation.

B opportunity to replace greed with benevolence.

C obligation to spread across the continent.

D mission to free slaves.

5 According to South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, Congress lacked the power to

A exclude slavery from the territories.

B increase the tariff above a nominal rate.

C prohibit the importation of slaves.

D impose a “gag rule” on antislavery debate.

6 Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854

A opened the way for antislavery and proslavery forces to meet physically and compete for territory.

B determined that slavery would exist in Kansas, but not Nebraska.

C quickened westward expansion.

D quieted sectional conflict temporarily.

7 The Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court

A prompted a harsh criticism from President Buchanan.

B ruled that Scott was not a citizen.

C settled the political issue of slavery in the territories.

D insulted and infuriated most southerners.

8 Southerners thought that European nations would recognize and support the Confederacy because of the Europeans’

A lack of economic ties with the North.

B wish to back the winning side.

C dependence upon southern cotton.

D desire to upset the balance of power.

9 The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in

A the border states of the Union.

B all portions of the United States.

C parts of the South already in northern hands.

D unconquered parts of the Confederacy.

10 When the war was over, what had the South lost besides political independence?

A Large and great cities lay in ruins.

B Tools were worn out.

C Agricultural fields lay barren.

D All of the above.