Multiple Choice Chapter 11 Self-Quiz 1

. The Seminole Indians opposed the U.S. government's attempts to gain control over their territory by

appealing to sympathetic Northerners.

filing motions in federal court.

sending a deputation to President Andrew Jackson.

taking up arms against the U.S. Army.

. Louis Agassiz and others attempted to prove

a hierarchy of the races.

the natural extent of American territory.

the importance of internal improvements.

a theory of disease transmission.

. All of the following people fought for Texas independence EXCEPT:

Texians.

Spanish-speaking Texans.

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.

Davy Crockett.

. All of the following were effects of increased industrial production EXCEPT:

less contact between workers in different economic positions.

the destruction of the working class.

more worker strikes.

less opportunity for worker advancement.

. Many Irish immigrants to America in the 1840s and 1850s

experienced little prejudice from native-born Americans.

formed business concerns with German and Scandinavian immigrants.

moved onto farms in the Midwest and Great Plains.

left Ireland because of the famine of 1845-49.

. The Grand Tour and advice manuals

were symptomatic of middle-class anxieties.

helped traders looking to enter the China trade.

provided hope for destitute women.

were means of disciplining recalcitrant slaves.

. Gang labor was

increasingly prevalent in crime-ridden urban areas.

employed by factory owners to break strikes.

important to the growing middle class.

a method of managing slave labor in squads.

. The reduction in household-based production contributed to

slave autonomy.

the view of domestic space as private.

rising bread costs.

the growth of department stores.

. In the crowded and anonymous northern cities, men increasingly

clung to older notions of masculinity.

viewed expressions of emotion and affection as emasculating.

valued self-control as a component of honor.

fought and dueled over the slightest affront.

. Evangelical Christian beliefs and values competed with

expansion of the industrial economy, particularly in the North.

a spirited defense of slavery.

accumulation of wealth.

traditional notions of honor, particularly in the South.

. Which of the following characterized the western United States?

amicable race relations

a marked gender imbalance

more law and order

a developed slave rental market

. All of the following challenged the notion of who could participate in politics EXCEPT:

increasing immigration.

the women's rights movement.

large numbers of teenage soldiers and militia.

the growing ranks of free blacks.

. As president, Andrew Jackson

nullified the federal tariff.

led the army in the War of 1812.

worked with Spain and France to diminish British power.

angered opponents, leading to the formation of the Whigs.

. Elite Southerners attempted to control politics by

using race to bind society together.

forcing their slaves to vote for favored candidates.

preventing immigrants from voting.

outlawing all working-class organizations.

. Pro-slavery arguments included everything except

scientific arguments about the inferiority of blacks.

biblical interpretations of white superiority.

genetic comparisons of blacks and whites.

ideas about the civilizing effects of slavery.

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