Chapters 8-10 Reading Quiz
According to the text, Gabriel's rebellion demonstrates that
slaves wanted to be free
The "Second War of Independence" was
the War of 1812.
Thomas Jefferson brokered an agreement to assuage southerners to accept Alexander Hamilton's economic plans in exchange for
the building of a new and permanent national capital in the South.
Giving a political office to someone based on party service is called
the spoils system
Between the 1780s and 1824, the nation's population:
tripled
Which of the following is a quote from Jefferson's first inaugural address?
"We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."
By what decade did white americans consider Indians a relic of the past
1840
Who killed the first U.S. secretary of the Treasury in a duel?
Aaron Burr
Democracy in America was written by
Alexis de Tocqueville
What specific cities did large numbers of German immmigrants settle in the west
Cinncinati, St. Louis, and Milwaukee
Which three nations claimed Oregon Country in the early 1800s?
England, Spain, and the United States and russia
The government-sponsored construction of roads and canals in the early 1800s later deemed unconstitutional was called
Internal improvements
How did the Panic of 1819 shape American views of banks?
It fostered a major backlash of anti-bank sentiment.
Which of the following is accurate regarding Gabriel's Rebellion in 1800?
It was led by a blacksmith
Andrew Jackson believed slanderous comments during his election bid contributed to his wife's early death shortly after the election.
true
The republican party under madison and Jefferson
Party had more faith in a democratic from of self government.
What effect did the embargo of 1807 have on manufacturing in the United States
Stimulated its growth
Gabriel's rebellion of 1800 failed because
The rain washed out the rebels path
The only time in american History that the president has personally commanded an army in the field was during.
The whiskey rebellion
The Second Great Awakening was
a popular religious revival that swept the country in the early 1800s.
Which of the following destroyed Henry David Thoreau's commune with nature?
a train
The Hartford Convention
affirmed the right of a state to interpose its authority if the federal government violated the Constitution
Which city was known as "Porkopolis" after its slaughterhouse district?
cinncinnati
Who assisted the Red Sticks led by Osceola against the Americans?
escaped slaves
As working-class whites gained equal rights in the political arena, they grew increasingly critical of racial inequality.
false
In gibbons v. ogden massachusetts chief justice Lemuel Shaw decreed that there was nothing inherently illegal in workers organizing a union or a strike.
false
Most Americans moved west as lone pioneers.
false
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was renounced by President Jackson.
false
The louisiana Purchase stalled Thomas Jefferson's plan to remove indian tribes beyond the Mississippi river that refused to cooperate in civilizing themselves.
false
The revolution of 1800 pitted the French against the new american military
false
The states that entered the Union after the original 13 made property ownership a requirement of voting at least for a time
false
In worcester v. Georgia chief justicee marshall described Indians as wards of the federal government deserving paternal protection
false it was in
What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?
o1d Hickory
By 1807, at the time Congress enacted the Embargo Act, how many American sailors had the British impressed?
over 6,000
What institution helped to fan the flames of nativism during the era
protestant churches
As a boy, Andrew Jackson had almost been killed when, during the War for Independence, a British officer struck him with his sword after the boy refused to polish the soldier's boots.
true
Between democrats and whigs the democrats found greater support among subsistence farmers aspiring entreprenuers and unrban workers. the whigs found greater support among wealthy landowners and well connected businessmen.
true
During the 1820s and 1830s, an emergent labor movement began voicing concerns about harsh working conditions, economic insecurity, and growing inequalities of wealth.
true
During the market revolution, the emergence of organized political parties spurred newspaper publication.
true
Expanding networks of toll roads, steamboats, canals, and railroads were essential to the takeoff of the market revolution.
true
For the expanding middle class, it became a badge of respectability for wives to remain at home.
true
Jefferson and madison felt the greatest threat to american freedom lay in the alliance of a powerful central government with an emerging class of commercial capitalists.
true
Martin Van Buren's presidency, to a large degree, was occupied in dealing with issues arising from the Panic of 1837.
true
Not until the civil war could married women legally control the wages they earned
true
President Jackson's critics called him "King Andrew."
true
Slave women residing in the area later known as the Louisiana Purchase had the right to go to court for protection against cruelty or rape by their owners.
true
The 1836 Specie Circular declared that the federal government would accept only specie (gold and silver) in payment for public land.
true
The Second Bank of the United States held all the funds of the federal government and accumulated a large amount of paper money issued by local banks.
true
The common 19th century view was that men are naturally aggressive , rational, and domineering while women are naturally nurturing selfless, and ruled by emotions.
true
The economic transformation of the 19th century United States produced in explosive growth in the nation's output and trade and a rise in the general standard of living.
true
The economic transformation of the nineteenth-century United States produced an explosive growth in the nation's output and trade and a rise in the general standard of living.
true
The market revolution swept over the United states in the first half of the 19th century
true
The same american leaders of democracy who hailed the french revolution as a step in the universal progress of liberty reacted in horror against the haitian revolution.
true
There was a rapid decline in the birthrate during the nineteenth century, dropping from an average of seven children per family in 1800 to only four children per family by 1900.
true
While in office, some army officers suggested that President Washington set himself up as a dictator of the new country.
true
With the accessibility to timepieces in the market revolution, factory work started being measured "by the clock," while farm life continued to be regulated by the rhythms of the seasons.
true