Darth Hubert II
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1. The American Colonization Society favored returning enslaved African Americans to Africa because of a belief that
a) African Americans desperately wanted to go there.
b) American society would never allow African Americans equal treatment.
c) leaders in Africa wanted enslaved Africans returned there.
d) the United States should begin colonizing the world.
2. After the importation of slaves to the United States was banned,
a) the number of enslaved people shrunk by one half.
b) the slave trade continued within the United States.
c) slavery grew faster in the North than in the South.
d) Virginia outlawed slavery.
3. Preachers during the Second Great Awakening taught that
a) churches should be controlled by the wealthy.
b) God can only be understood by highly educated people.
c) religion is for men only.
d) salvation is available to anyone, rich or poor.
4. In the early 1800s banks sparked economic growth by
going out of business frequently.
a) printing bank notes with no specie backing.
b) providing capital for investments.
c) being insured by the federal government.
5. The Monroe Doctrine stated that
a) European countries must give up their colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
b) the United States was free to take sides in European wars.
c) Europe must control all nations in the Western Hemisphere.
d) further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere was prohibited.
6. Which was a result of industrialization in the United States?
a) a decrease in available jobs
b) a sharp decline in poverty
c) a decrease in women in factory jobs
d) the growth of cities
7. Transcendentalists encouraged people to
a) involve themselves in reforming society.
b) reject all social legislation.
c) become less self-reliant.
d) look to formal religions for profound truths.
8. Temperance societies worked to
a) eliminate the consumption of alcohol.
b) reform education.
c) end slavery.
d) promote women's suffrage.
9. The Seneca Falls Convention was important because it
a) united various antislavery societies into a single movement.
b) petitioned Congress for a constitutional amendment for emancipation.
c) established a public school system throughout the North.
d) was the first women's rights convention in American history.
10. Which reform movement caused the greatest tension between North and South?
a) the drive for temperance
b) women's rights
c) abolitionism
d) discrimination against immigrants
a) African Americans desperately wanted to go there.
b) American society would never allow African Americans equal treatment.
c) leaders in Africa wanted enslaved Africans returned there.
d) the United States should begin colonizing the world.
2. After the importation of slaves to the United States was banned,
a) the number of enslaved people shrunk by one half.
b) the slave trade continued within the United States.
c) slavery grew faster in the North than in the South.
d) Virginia outlawed slavery.
3. Preachers during the Second Great Awakening taught that
a) churches should be controlled by the wealthy.
b) God can only be understood by highly educated people.
c) religion is for men only.
d) salvation is available to anyone, rich or poor.
4. In the early 1800s banks sparked economic growth by
going out of business frequently.
a) printing bank notes with no specie backing.
b) providing capital for investments.
c) being insured by the federal government.
5. The Monroe Doctrine stated that
a) European countries must give up their colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
b) the United States was free to take sides in European wars.
c) Europe must control all nations in the Western Hemisphere.
d) further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere was prohibited.
6. Which was a result of industrialization in the United States?
a) a decrease in available jobs
b) a sharp decline in poverty
c) a decrease in women in factory jobs
d) the growth of cities
7. Transcendentalists encouraged people to
a) involve themselves in reforming society.
b) reject all social legislation.
c) become less self-reliant.
d) look to formal religions for profound truths.
8. Temperance societies worked to
a) eliminate the consumption of alcohol.
b) reform education.
c) end slavery.
d) promote women's suffrage.
9. The Seneca Falls Convention was important because it
a) united various antislavery societies into a single movement.
b) petitioned Congress for a constitutional amendment for emancipation.
c) established a public school system throughout the North.
d) was the first women's rights convention in American history.
10. Which reform movement caused the greatest tension between North and South?
a) the drive for temperance
b) women's rights
c) abolitionism
d) discrimination against immigrants