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STRAIGHTERLINE- EXAM 3 QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS
The "peculiar institution" was a Southern reference to - Answer-Slavery.
Prior to 1860, Southern white women - Answer-generally lived lives that were isolated
from the wider world.
The Supreme Court ruled in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) - Answer-that Georgia
had no authority to remove the Cherokee tribes.
From the selections below, the most common form of resistance to slavery was -
Answer-Subtle defiance
Senator Robert Hayne represented the state of - Answer-South Carolina
President Martin Van Buren's 'subtreasury' system - Answer-consisted of a
controversial, new financial system to replace the Bank of the United States
In the debate over the Bank of the United States, President Andrew Jackson agreed
with - Answer-the 'hard-money' advocates
Jacksonian Democrats - Answer-Non of these answers are correct
When John C. Calhoun put forth his doctrine of nullification, he was - Answer-vice
president
What proved to be a serious liability to Henry Clay's presidential ambitions? - Answer-
His identification with the West.
The Whig Party was LEAST successful at - Answer-uniting behind a strong national
leader
In 1830, what political figure said, "The Union, next to our liberty most dear"? - Answer-
John C. Calhoun
Which statement about the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty is FALSE? - Answer-It
included an American pledge not to allow slave ships to land at British ports
As a result of the U. S. government's Indian policy in the 1830's and 1840's - Answer-
nearly all American Indian societies were removed to west of the Mississippi
Prior to 1860, the social institution which most bound together rural Americans was the -
Answer-church
, Between 1820 and 1840, the population of the United States - Answer-grew rapidly, in
part due to improved public health
As the immigrant labor force in New England textile mills grew in the 1840's - Answer-
piece rates replaced the daily wage
Between 1840 and 1860, the overwhelming majority of immigrants who arrived in the
United States were from - Answer-Ireland and Germany
The growth of commerce and industry allowed more Americans the chance to become
prosperous without - Answer-owning land
Compared to 1800, in 1860 urban American families - Answer-had a declining birth rate
To 'manumit' means to - Answer-set free
In the American slave family - Answer-extended kinship networks were strong and
important
Prior to 1860, free blacks in the South - Answer-occasionally attained wealth and
prominence and owned slaves themselves
Prior to 1860, the center of economic power in the South - Answer-shifted from the
upper South to the lower South
The historian who wrote 'The South [prior to the civil war] grew, but did not develop'
meant that - Answer-the South had failed to move from an agrarian to an industrial
economy
In the late 1850's many of the great landowners of the lower South were - Answer-still
first-generation settlers
Which of the following statement about the southern aristocrat ideal is FALSE? -
Answer-Wealthy southern whites prided themselves of their egalitarianism.
George Fitzhugh believed that - Answer-Slavery should be extended to northern
wageworkers as well as southern plantation owners
Prior to 1860, affluent southern white women - Answer-centered their lives in their home
In 1850, outside of the United States, slavery in the Western Hemisphere also existed in
- Answer-Brazil
Southern whites who did not own slaves - Answer-were largely dependent on the
plantation economy
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