Highlight the answers 26 Ireland’s great export in the 1840’s was
a people.
b potatoes.
C whiskey.
d wool.
27 Eli Whitney was instrumental in the development of the
a steamboat.
b steel plow.
c mechanical reapers.
d cotton gin.
28 The basis for modern mass-production was the
a musket.
b cotton gin.
c principle of limited liability.
d use of interchangeable parts.
29 New transportations systems such as turnpikes, canals, and steamboats
a lowered freight rates.
b encouraged economic growth.
c facilitated migration of peoples.
d all of the above.
30 Deists endorsed the religious concept of
a a supreme being who created the universe.
b revelation.
c original sin.
d none of the above.
31 Northern attitudes toward free blacks can best be described as
a supporting their right to full citizenship.
b advocating black migration to new territories.
c very racist.
d none of the above.
32 Slaves were
a regarded primarily as financial assets by their owners.
b the primary form of wealth in the South.
c profitable for their owners.
d all of the above.
33 The view that God ordained the growth of the U. S. across North America
a was referred to as Manifest Destiny.
b Isolationism.
c Continentalism.
d none of the above.
34 The Mexican American War resulted in
a one-third increase in the territorial sine of the United States.
b combat experience for the future Civil-War military leaders.
c increased respect for American military and naval capabilities.
d all of the above.
35 The man who opened Japan to the United States and the West was
a Clayton Bulwer.
b Matthew Perry.
c Franklin Perce.
d John C. Calhoun.
36 The major result of the famous Lincoln-Douglass Debates was that they
a gained Douglass the Illinois senate seat.
b gained Lincoln the Illinois senate seat.
c propelled Lincoln into the national spotlight.
d destroyed Lincoln’s political career.
37 In his raid on Harper’s Ferry, John Brown intended to
a discredit abolitionists.
b make Kansas a free state.
c foment a massive slave rebellion.
d force a political compromise on the slavery issue.
38 The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.
a resulted in his conviction and removal from office
b resulted in a “not guilty” vote by a massive majority favoring Johnson.
c was led by Radical Republicans who saw him interfering with
with Reconstruction.
d was the only time a president has been impeached
39 The Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in
a the Border States
b Slave States that had remained loyal to the Union.
c United States territories.
d states in rebellion against the United States.
40 Radical Republicans’ policies came to dominate Reconstruction because
a they had the majority of votes in the Senate.
b of Lincoln’s assassination.
c of the views of the conquering Union generals.
d collusion with northern industrialists.

Extra Credit (2 points each, 20 for all)

List the three (3) important political firsts of the election of 1832:
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List five examples of “modern warfare” associated with the American Civil War:
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