1. The Erie Canal connected Albany on the Hudson with

A. White Plains.

B. Ontario.

C. Buffalo.

D. Lake Superior.


A. Methodists and Baptists

B. Atheists and Buddhists

C. Muslims and Catholics

D. Catholics and Atheists


A. San Antonio.

B. Goliad.

C. Las Cruces.

D. San Jacinto.

4. The West African nation of Liberia was founded under the auspices of

A. the American Peace Society.

B. the American Colonization Society.

C. Dorothea Dix.

D. William Lloyd Garrison

5. Which of the following utopian communities was founded and established in New York State?

A. Spiritualist

B. Shaker Village

C. Oneida

D. New Harmony

6. The Panic of 1837 resulted in large measure from

A. the costs associated with Indian removal.

B. the policies of Martin Van Buren's administration.

C. complex changes in the international economic system.

D. the policies of John Quincy Adams.

7. Which of the following was true of the Judiciary Act of 1801?

A. It was opposed by the Federalists.

B. It packed the Supreme Court with Democratic Republicans.

C. It reduced the power of the federal courts.

D. It expanded the federal court system

8. The largest of the five so-called "civilized tribes" was the

A. Creek.

B. Cherokee.

C. Choctaw.

D. Seminole.

9. The Liberator was to William Lloyd Garrison as the North Star was to

A. the Grimke sisters.

B. Frederick Douglass.

C. Harriet Tubman.

D. Theodore Dwight Weld

10. Which of the following was true of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty?

A. It settled British and American claims to the Oregon Country.

B. It established the southern boundary of Alaska.

C. It established a definite northeastern boundary with Canada.

D. It established the northern boundary of California

11. Elias Howe invented which of the following?

A. The mechanical reaper

B. The sewing machine

C. The steel plow

D. A method for vulcanizing rubber

12. John Marshall's 1803 decision in Marbury v. Madison

A. established the principle of state sovereignty.

B. found in favor of Marbury.

C. was repudiated by Thomas Jefferson.

D. established the principle of judicial review.


A. Women's Rights.

B. Sentiments.

C. Opinion.

D. Human Rights

14. The concept of "manifest destiny" was first expressed by

A. William Henry Harrison.

B. John L. O'Sullivan.

C. James K. Polk.

D. John Tyler.

15. During Jefferson's presidency, cities were

A. mainly ports for international trade.

B. mainly industrial centers.

C. mostly found along the Mississippi.

D. mostly the haunts of thieves and degenerates

16. Thomas Jefferson was concerned that the treaty formalizing the Louisiana Purchase

A. would place an unfair tax burden on American citizens.

B. would invite French hostility.

C. was clearly illegal.

D. might be unconstitutional

17. The politicians who met at the Hartford Convention in 1814

A. were mainly concerned with increasing trade with Britain.

B. favored secession from the Union.

C. represented the interests of the cotton-growing states.

D. recommended changes in the Constitution


A. Andrew Jackson.

B. James Monroe

C. John Quincy Adams

D. John Adams.

19. In the Old South, the majority of slaves

A. lived on small farms.

B. lived on plantations with 100 or more slaves.

C. lived on plantations with 20 or more slaves.

D. worked under a task system.

20. Which of the following statements about the Southern planter's world is most accurate?

A. Most great planters of the Old South were self-made men.

B. The wives and daughter of plantation owners lived lives of leisure.

C. The stereotype of the "southern belle" is fairly accurate.

D. Most of the great planters were the sons of wealthy families