Period 4

the national identity described in the excerpt most strongly reflects the influence of which of the following?

a. European precedents along with an American national culture

which of the following pieces of evidence best supports the excerpt's depiction of reactions to slave rebellions?

c. additional restrictions were placed on enslaved and free African Americans

in Marbury v. Madison, the United States Supreme Court affirmed

c. its right to determine the constitutionality of congressional enactments

the language and themes of the excerpt were most directly inspired by the

a. Articles of Confederation

which of the following pieces of historical evidence from the United States census could best be used to support the argument in the excerpt?

a. data showing changes in the number of textile mills

the historical concept of the American identity, as characterized in the excerpt, was most clearly distinguished from the identities of other nations by the

a. importance of liberal ideas about natural rights and liberties

the American Temperance Society used which of the following evidence in the excerpt to explain why it believed the temperance movement would be successful?

a. its supporters held the moral and religious high ground

the excerpt most directly expresses an economic perspective that

a. prioritized regional interests

the Monroe Doctrine maintained that

b. European powers should not pursue any future colonization in the Americas

based on the excerpt, Calhoun would also be most likely to support which of the following?

a. proslavery arguments

which of the following most contributed to the slaveholders such as Calhoun arguing in the 1830s and 1840s that slavery should be viewed as part of the Southern way of life?

a. slave rebellions in Haiti, South Carolina, and Virginia had made many leaders in the South fear that enslaved African Americans could harm them

which of the following resulted from arguments made by Southern politicians, such as the one in the excerpt, in the years prior to the Civil War?

a. slaveholders became more insistent that maintaining the slave system was essential to protecting the South and its way of life

the language used in both excerpts most directly reflects the influence of which of the following?

a. the Second Great Awakening

Emerson's remarks in the excerpt most directly reflected which of the following developments during the early nineteenth century?

a. the emergence of a national culture

which of the following historical developments contributed most directly to the market revolution?

a. the emergence of new forms of transportation

the excerpt best reflects which of the following developments during the first half of the nineteenth century?

a. the formation of new political parties

The excerpt from James Henry Hammond is most clearly an example of which of the following developments in the mid-19th century?

a. the growing tendency among Southern slaveholders to justify slavery as a positive good

the excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following in the early 1800s?

a. the political debates over economic development

the Missouri Compromise was a victory for antislavery advocates because it

b. excluded slavery from all territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River

which of the following factors best supports the argument in the excerpt?

b. the debates over the federal government's proper role had intensified during the early nineteenth century

the author makes which of the following arguments in the excerpt about the perceptions Whites maintained regarding emancipated people in the North?

b. the emergence of a new and distinctive American culture

which of the following cultural and social shifts resulted most directly from the trends described in the excerpt?

b. the emergence of new ideas about the proper roles of husbands and wives

the sentiments described in the excerpt best reflect which of the following developments?

b. the emergence of reform movements during the Second Great Awakening

which of the following best describes the historical situation in which the amendment was proposed?

b. the federal government sought to acquire more western land in North America

which of the following statements would an abolitionist claim supported the ideas expressed in the excerpt?

b. the immorality of slavery had a widespread corrupting effect on southern culture

the excerpt most directly reflects which of the following developments in the United States spring the first half of the nineteenth century?

b. westward expansion

which of the following was an interpretation of the speech by opponent of the goals Clay expressed in the excerpt?

c. Clay's manufacturing plan would benefit one section of the country more than others

which of the following groups would be most likely to support the perspective of Frederick Douglas in the excerpt?

c. Northern abolitionists

which other "righteous cause" would participants in the Seneca Falls Convention have been most likely to support?

c. abolitionism

which of the following evidence did the American Temperance society in the excerpt use to support its argument about the need for the temperance movement?

c. alcohol consumption damaged people's physical and emotional well-being

the ideas expressed by John C. Calhoun and others who shared his views on slavery had which of the following effects on emerging abolitionist movements in the years leading up to the civil war?

c. as many people came to see slavery as a part of the Southern way of life, attitudes on both sides of the slavery argument hardened so that political compromise became difficult

which of the following was an interpretation of the speech by opponents of the goals Clay expressed in the excerpt?

c. the United States should increase domestic manufacturing to promote prosperity

which of the following best describes a major purpose of the proposed amendment?

c. to give Congress additional constitutional powers

which of the following of Jackson's policies undermined his position as described in the excerpt?

c. using federal power to forcibly relocate American Indian groups

the call for the "immediate and uncompensated emancipation of the slaves" is associated with the position of

d. William Lloyd Garrison in The Liberator

which of the following groups would most likely have supported this proposed amendment?

d. advocated of limiting federal powers to those specifically written into the Constitution

the ideas expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from larger intellectual debate over the

d. relationship between the federal government and the states

the excerpt best reflects which of the following developments?

d. the development of regional cultures increasingly defined by the presence of enslaved people

which of the following claims best aligns with the evidence in the excerpt about the relationship between enslaved African Americans and White Southern citizens?

d. the slave system gave poor White citizens the feeling of social superiority over free and enslaved African Americans in a culture where African Americans help little power

people who shared the views expressed in the excerpt most likely opposed which of the following?

d. the use of federal government funding for internal improvements

which of the following evidence was used by the American Temperance Society in the excerpt to explain why people would join the temperance movement?

d. the use of specific studies would convince people to believe the movement's goals