History Mini Benchmark

1.

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What was the main goal of supporters of Manifest Destiny?

to expand United States territory to the Pacific Ocean

to acquire naval bases in the Caribbean

to convince Canada to become part of the Unites States

to build a canal across Central America

2.

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Where did the Women's Rights take place?

Seneca Falls

New York City

Cleveland

Houston

3.

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What was the 800 mile journey, which led to one fourth of Cherokee Indians to die called?

Worcester v. Georgia

Manifest Destiny

Indian Removal Act

Trail of Tears

4.

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Which state threatened to secede from the union because they felt the tariff was still too high?

South Carolina

Georgia

New York

Virginia

5.

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Who supported Andrew Jackson?

Northerners

"The Common Man"

Texans

Whigs

6.

1 point

What is the abolition movement

Education reform

women's rights

to end slavery

to ban alcohol

7.

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Who led the fight for better treatment of the mentally ill?

Harriet Tubman

Horace Mann

Susan B. Anthony

Dorothea Dix

8.

1 point

Who fought to provide free public elementary school to every child?

Fredrick Douglas

William Garrison

Horace Mann

Dorothea Dix

9.

1 point

What year did Andrew Jackson lose the presidential election even though he won the popular vote?

1830

1824

1832

1828

10.

1 point

What was President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis?

He admitted that the Union was a "compact" of states.

He offered to raise tariffs to keep South Carolina in the Union.

He threatened to use force against South Carolina if it did not repeal its nullification policies.

He conceded South Carolina's right to secede.

11.

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Who argued that each state had the right to nullify an unconstitutional federal law in its own territory?

John Adams

John C Calhoun

Henry Clay

Andrew Jackson

12.

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What is the temperance movement?

To end slavery

ban alcohol

women's right

prison reform

13.

1 point

Abolitionist who published an important newspaper?

Harriet Stowe

Fredrick Douglas

William Garrison

Andrew Jackson

14.

1 point

Who came up with the tariff compromise of 1833?

Andrew Jackson

John J Calhoun

John Adams

Henry Clay

15.

1 point

How did Andrew Jackson destroy the National Bank?

He withdrew the money from the national banks and deposited the money into state banks.

He deposited more money into the national bank.

He withdrew money from state banks.

He burned it down.