WGU Academy US History 1 Exam 3
Questions & Answers
President Martin Van Buren's "subtreasury" system
Correct Answer:-consisted of a controversial, new financial system to replace
the Bank of the United States.
Which of the following statements regarding the Bank of the United States is
FALSE?
Correct Answer:-President Jackson ordered the Bank closed before the
expiration of its charter.
In the 1830 Daniel Webster-Robert Hayne debate, Webster considered
Hayne's arguments to be an attack on
Correct Answer:-the integrity of the Union.
In the 1820s, John C. Calhoun proposed his doctrine of nullification
Correct Answer:-as an alternative to possible secession
Senator Robert Hayne represented the state of
Correct Answer:-South Carolina.
According to Andrew Jackson's theory of democracy,
Correct Answer:-all white male citizens should be treated equally.
In 1830, what political figure said, "The Union, next to our liberty most dear"?
Correct Answer:-John C. Calhoun
Which statement about the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty is FALSE?
Correct Answer:-It included an American pledge not to allow slave ships to
land at British ports.
The Massachusetts court case of Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842) declared
that Correct Answer:-labor unions were lawful organizations.
By 1860, the energy for industrialization in the United States increasingly
came from
Correct Answer:-coal.
In 1860, the percentage of the population in the South living in towns (places
of 2,500 or more) or cities was
Correct Answer:-10 percent.
, In the United States in the 1830s, limited liability laws were developed,
which Correct Answer:-meant stockholders could not be charged with losses
greater than their investment.
Prior to 1860, perhaps the most significant invention for middle-class
American homes was the
Correct Answer:-cast-iron stove.
Early American Victorian homes were characterized by
Correct Answer:-dark colors, and rooms crowded with heavy furniture.
Which of the following is true of American slave families in the antebellum
South?
Correct Answer:-Up to one-third of families were broken apart by the sale of
family members.
Which of the following statements regarding slave life is true?
Correct Answer:-After 1808, the proportion of blacks to whites in the nation
steadily declined
Ways in which slaves expressed elements of their African heritage included
Correct Answer:-singing songs and playing musical instruments, such as the
banjo.
Tobacco cultivation in the antebellum South
Correct Answer:-was gradually moving westward.
Prior to 1860, the center of economic power in the South
Correct Answer:-shifted from the upper South to the lower South.
Between 1840 and 1860, the American South's slave population
Correct Answer:-dramatically shifted into the Southwest.
George Fitzhugh believed that:
Correct Answer:-Slavery should be extended to northern wageworkers as
well as Southern plantation workers.
Religious services for American slaves
Correct Answer:-were often more emotional than white services.
Prior to 1860, southern women differed from northern women in that they
Correct Answer:-were expected to be more subordinate to men.
A runaway slave making a successful escape from the American South was
Correct Answer:-highly unlikely
Questions & Answers
President Martin Van Buren's "subtreasury" system
Correct Answer:-consisted of a controversial, new financial system to replace
the Bank of the United States.
Which of the following statements regarding the Bank of the United States is
FALSE?
Correct Answer:-President Jackson ordered the Bank closed before the
expiration of its charter.
In the 1830 Daniel Webster-Robert Hayne debate, Webster considered
Hayne's arguments to be an attack on
Correct Answer:-the integrity of the Union.
In the 1820s, John C. Calhoun proposed his doctrine of nullification
Correct Answer:-as an alternative to possible secession
Senator Robert Hayne represented the state of
Correct Answer:-South Carolina.
According to Andrew Jackson's theory of democracy,
Correct Answer:-all white male citizens should be treated equally.
In 1830, what political figure said, "The Union, next to our liberty most dear"?
Correct Answer:-John C. Calhoun
Which statement about the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty is FALSE?
Correct Answer:-It included an American pledge not to allow slave ships to
land at British ports.
The Massachusetts court case of Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842) declared
that Correct Answer:-labor unions were lawful organizations.
By 1860, the energy for industrialization in the United States increasingly
came from
Correct Answer:-coal.
In 1860, the percentage of the population in the South living in towns (places
of 2,500 or more) or cities was
Correct Answer:-10 percent.
, In the United States in the 1830s, limited liability laws were developed,
which Correct Answer:-meant stockholders could not be charged with losses
greater than their investment.
Prior to 1860, perhaps the most significant invention for middle-class
American homes was the
Correct Answer:-cast-iron stove.
Early American Victorian homes were characterized by
Correct Answer:-dark colors, and rooms crowded with heavy furniture.
Which of the following is true of American slave families in the antebellum
South?
Correct Answer:-Up to one-third of families were broken apart by the sale of
family members.
Which of the following statements regarding slave life is true?
Correct Answer:-After 1808, the proportion of blacks to whites in the nation
steadily declined
Ways in which slaves expressed elements of their African heritage included
Correct Answer:-singing songs and playing musical instruments, such as the
banjo.
Tobacco cultivation in the antebellum South
Correct Answer:-was gradually moving westward.
Prior to 1860, the center of economic power in the South
Correct Answer:-shifted from the upper South to the lower South.
Between 1840 and 1860, the American South's slave population
Correct Answer:-dramatically shifted into the Southwest.
George Fitzhugh believed that:
Correct Answer:-Slavery should be extended to northern wageworkers as
well as Southern plantation workers.
Religious services for American slaves
Correct Answer:-were often more emotional than white services.
Prior to 1860, southern women differed from northern women in that they
Correct Answer:-were expected to be more subordinate to men.
A runaway slave making a successful escape from the American South was
Correct Answer:-highly unlikely
