WGU US HISTORY EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE (2023/2024)

WGU US HISTORY EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE (2023/2024) The historian who wrote "The South [prior to the Civil War] grew, but did not develop" meant that Select one: southern population increased, but new technology had bypassed the region. ulture remained the leading industry of the South, but the plantation system was declining. South had failed to move from an agrarian to an industrial economy. South had expanded as a geographic region but had developed little prosperity. South had created a prosperous plantation system but had not expanded its borders. - CORRECT ANSWER- South had failed to move from an agrarian to an industrial economy. In the 1830 Daniel Webster-Robert Hayne debate, Webster considered Hayne's arguments to be an attack on Select one: states. nation's tariff policies. c.President Jackson's leadership. integrity of the Union. institution of slavery. - CORRECT ANSWER- integrity of the Union. In the 1820s and 1830s, railroads Select one: d a relatively small role in the nation's transportation system. ardized both the gauge of tracks and timetables. their greatest development in the southern slave states. e the dominant form of transportation in the nation. not yet been constructed in America. - CORRECT ANSWER-d a relatively small role in the nation's transportation system. President Martin Van Buren's "subtreasury" system Select one: sted of a controversial, new financial system to replace the Bank of the United States. ed a new national bank. became law. ly failed. not pass until his successor's administration. - CORRECT ANSWER-sted of a controversial, new financial system to replace the Bank of the United States. The political philosophy of Whigs Select one: ed industrialism as a source of concentrated wealth. ed expanding the power of the federal government. raged the rapid western expansion of the nation. d the party with the abolition movement. rated "honest workers" and "simple farmers." - CORRECT ANSWER-ed expanding the power of the federal government. In 1836, Congress passed a "distribution" act that required the federal government to Select one: a higher tax to foreign bondholders. l out Indian land to the states. d loyal Democrats with government jobs. pension payments to veterans of the War of 1812. rse its surplus funds to the states. - CORRECT ANSWER-rse its surplus funds to the states. What proved to be a serious liability to Henry Clay's presidential ambitions? Select one: close connection with the Bank of the United States program for internal improvements identification with the West public drunkenness reliance on the wealthy for political support - CORRECT ANSWER- identification with the West The "spoils system" refers to Select one: g illegal payoffs to political supporters. g away land taken from Indians to white settlers. destruction of land by overly aggressive settlement. g out jobs as political rewards. ling out federal land to the highest bidder. - CORRECT ANSWER-g out jobs as political rewards. The presidential election campaign of 1840 saw Select one: a.Martin Van Buren drop out of the presidential race. first influence of the "penny press" in politics. c.Henry Clay chosen as the Whig presidential candidate. emergence of the Republican Party. e.William Henry Harrison serve as the Democratic candidate. - CORRECT ANSWER first influence of the "penny press" in politics. The first of the "Five Civilized Tribes" to be removed to the West, beginning in 1830, was the Select one: a.Creek. b.Seminole. c.Chickasaw. d.Choctaw. e.Cherokee. - CORRECT ANSWER-d.Choctaw. Which statement about the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty is FALSE? Select one: a.It settled the Aroostook War. b.It resulted in more than half the disputed territory being added to the United States. c.It included an American pledge not to allow slave ships to land at British ports. d.It included a British pledge not to interfere with American ships. e.It significantly improved Anglo-American relations. - CORRECT ANSWER-c.It included an American pledge not to allow slave ships to land at British ports. The Erie Canal was Select one: ed to flat land. entirely by private investors. without either locks or gates. d.a tremendous financial success. e.a great boon to the growth of Philadelphia. - CORRECT ANSWER-d.a tremendous financial success. All the following factors inhibited the growth of labor unions EXCEPT Select one: large number of immigrant workers. political strength of industrial capitalists. c divisions among workers. question of whether to include women members. e.a lack of labor union size sufficient to stage successful strikes. - CORRECT ANSWER- question of whether to include women members. Prior to 1860, the social institution that most bound together rural Americans was the Select one: h. n. hall. ry store. lhouse. - CORRECT ANSWER-h. For most American farmers, the 1840s and 1850s were a period of Select one: mic decline, as more people moved to urban centers. g prosperity, due to increased worldwide demand for farm products. me economic highs and lows brought on by volatile changes in demand. mic growth in the West but decline in the East. asing economic connections between the North and South. - CORRECT ANSWER-g prosperity, due to increased worldwide demand for farm products. By 1860, as a result of the social expectations expressed in the "cult of domesticity," Select one: ried women were generally excluded from all income-earning activities. became increasingly isolated from the public world. e-class wives were given no special role in the family. who read books or magazines were likely to be criticized. were increasingly seen as contributors to the family economy. - CORRECT ANSWER- became increasingly isolated from the public world. Which of the following statements regarding urban slavery is FALSE? Select one: a.Some urban slaves were skilled trade workers. b.Urban slaves were prohibited from having contact with free blacks. c.Urban slaves were less supervised than rural slaves. d.Urban slaves in the South had little working competition from European immigrants. e.The line between slavery and freedom in cities was less distinct. - CORRECT ANSWER-b.Urban slaves were prohibited from having contact with free blacks. Prior to 1860, free blacks in the South Select one: concentrated in the Deep South. required by law to leave the South. ased in number in the 1850s, as laws encouraged owners to free "surplus" slaves. ionally attained wealth and prominence and owned slaves themselves. ed urban centers such as New Orleans or Natchez, where they might attract attention. - CORRECT ANSWER-ionally attained wealth and prominence and owned slaves themselves. The South may have failed to develop a large industrial economy due to all the following factors EXCEPT Select one: humid climate. e access to liquid capital. profitability of cotton. ral values. e.a shortage of labor. - CORRECT ANSWER-e.a shortage of labor. In the late 1850s, many of the great landholders of the lower South were Select one: first-generation settlers. of a wealthy leisure class. longstanding aristocratic families. d to one plantation for many generations. r Old World aristocrats that emigrated from Europe. - CORRECT ANSWER first-generation settlers. Between 1840 and 1860, the American South's slave population Select one: not meet the South's labor needs. ed little. tically shifted into the Southwest. ned in overall numbers. e concentrated in the upper South. - CORRECT ANSWER-tically shifted into the Southwest. Religious services for American slaves Select one: not allowed, by law, to mention freedom. often more emotional than white services. generally more despondent and melancholy than white services. d all references to their African heritage.