Here’s some questions i have to answer for a class and i really could use all the help i could get! I’m horrible in History and i know some of you out there are geniuses with it… please help me!

1. During John Quincy Adam’s presidency, the politician who prepared for the next election by relying on his military reputation and portraying himself as losing the presidency in 1824 due to a ‘corrupt bargain’ was (a) Henry Clay (b) William Crawford (c) William Henry Harrison (d) Andrew Jackson
2. The native American nation forced to move from Georgia as a result of Jackson’s policies were the (a) Seminole (b) Cherokee (c) Sac (d) Choctaw
3. The southern politician who justified resistance to the Tariff of 1828 was (a) John Tyler (b) John C Calhoun (c) Andrew Jackson (d) Edmund Randolph
4. The new political coalition which emerged to challenge Democratic control in the 1830s was called the (a) Federalists (b) Republicans (c) Bull Moose (d) Whigs
5. The famous book in which Alex de Tocqueville analyzed American society was (a) AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH (b) DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA (c) LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI (d) HARD TIMES
6. The most significant development in urban population trends from 1820-1860 was (a) stability of large cities (b) emergence of new towns (c) massive immigration from eastern Europe (d) increase in the divorce rate.
7. Joseph Smith was the founder of (a) Shakers (b) Oneidans (c) Smithsonian Institution (d) Mormons
8. The Auburn System was a pioneering experiment in (a) insane Asylums (b) education for the blind (c) prison reform (d) communal living
9. William Lloyd Garrison’s views on slavery might best be described as (a) moderate (b) coldly logical (c) uncompromising (d) reflecting the northern viewpoint
10. The second Great Awakening began as a counteroffensive to overemotional religious revivals (a) true (b) false
11. Before Texas gain independence in 1836, a major conflict between American settlers in Texas and Mexican government was (a) Mexico’s abolition of slavery (b) Mexico’s demand that all Texas residents speak Spanish (c) effect of the Missouri Compromise in Texas (d) the weakness of the Mexican government
12. In 1840, California could best be described as un mistakenly Mexican, with only a handful of American settlers (a) True (b) False
13. President Polk’s plans to defeat Mexico included (a) driving Santa Anna from power (b) invading Texas (c) establishing a naval blockade of Mexican ports (d) taking possession of California and New Mexico
14. The suggestion that slavery should be barred from the territory gained by the Mexican War was made by (a) Lewis Cass (b) David Wilmot (c) Henry Clay (d) Andrew Jackson.
15. The original advocate of organizing territories on the basis of ‘popularity sovereignty was (a) Lewis Cass (b) John C Calhoun (c)Nicholas Trist (d) David Wilmot
16. The major American export in the middle decades of the 19th Century was (a) timber (b) tobacco (c) wheat (d) cotton
17. On the eve of the Civil War about____ of white southern families owned at least one slave (a) 78% (b) 50% (c) 25% (d) 10%
18. Most of the industrial workers in the mid 19th Century lived in crowded squalid slums springing up in major cities (a) true (b) false
19. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel which brought home the evils of slavery to many in the North was (a) Uncle Tom’s Cabin (b) Impending Crisis (c) 12 Years a Slave (d) Below the Mason Dixon Line
20. Lincoln’s position on slavery displayed his (a) unwillingness to compromise (b) compassion toward the slave owner but condemnation of slavery (c) cynical attitude in politics (d) unfaltering hatred of slavery and slave owners.
21. The first and only president of the Confederacy was (a) Robert E Lee (b) Alexander Stephens (c) Jefferson Davis (d) Howell Cobb
22. The Civil War mostly effected women in the North by expanding their ‘proper spheres’ by working as army nurses and replacing male workers. (a) true (b) false
23. The measures restricting former slaves to working in farming and domestic service were the (a) Reconstruction Acts (b) Scalawag codes (c) Redeemer codes (d) Black codes
24. During the bitter days of Reconstruction, most Northerners (a) believed in giving blacks the vote (b) opposed true equality for blacks (c) were not concerned at al about blacks (d) completely supported the radical Republicans .
25. The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution became embroiled in a debate between blacks right and the rights of (a) Native Americans (b) whites (c) women (d) immigrants
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