Chapter 8 quizDaniel Webster's address to the Senate in 1830 in reply to Senator Hayne is best remembered for its

The map shows the United States as it appeared in

1821

Which of the following was NOT a result of the growth of a national market economy between 1815 and 1860 ?

A greater number of men working at home

Which of the following describes "the Lowell system" in early nineteenth-century New England?

A plan to promote and expand textile manufacturing activities

The Missouri Compromise did which of the following?

Allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state.

Which of the following explains how the growth of a market-based economy in the United States in the early 1800s most directly influenced changes in gender roles?

As home and the workplace became separated, women were increasingly expected to be responsible for housework and childcare while men took jobs outside the home.

The issuance of the Monroe Doctrine did which of the following?

Asserted American independent in the realm of foreign policy.

"The creation of a home market is not only necessary to procure for our agriculture a just reward of its labors, Henry Clay, speaker of the House of Representatives, speech in Congress, 1824 Which of the following was an interpretation of the speech by opponents of the goals Clay expressed in the excerpt?

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

"Few historians would dispute that the market revolution brought substantial material benefits to most northeasterners, urban and rural.... Sean Wilentz, historian, "Society, Politics, and the Market Revolution, 1815-1848," published in 1997 Which of the following pieces of historical evidence from the United States census could best be used to support the argument in the excerpt?

Data showing changes in the number of textile mills

The Monroe Doctrine maintained that

European powers should not pursue any future colonization in the Americas

In the 1850s, which of the following groups would have been most likely to benefit from the changes depicted on the maps?

Immigrants from western Europe

Which of the following statements about the Monroe Doctrine is accurate?

It stressed that Europe and the Western Hemisphere had essentially different political systems.

Which of the following statements about the "American System" is correct?

It was designed to meet the nation's need for economic progress and self-sufficiency.

"The creation of a home market is not only necessary to procure for our agriculture a just reward of its labors, Henry Clay, speaker of the House of Representatives, speech in Congress, 1824 Which of the following describes an interpretation of Clay's economic principles at the time as expressed in the excerpt?

The United States should increase domestic manufacturing to promote prosperity.

Which of the following most directly contributed to the change over time depicted on the two maps?

The building of canals and roads

The change depicted on the maps most directly contributed to which of the following?

The creation of more interconnected and efficient markets for consumer goods

The rise in manufacturing beginning in the early 1800s eventually resulted in which of the following by 1848?

The emergence of a larger middle class in the North

"Few historians would dispute that the market revolution brought substantial material benefits to most northeasterners, urban and rural.... Sean Wilentz, historian, "Society, Politics, and the Market Revolution, 1815-1848," published in 1997 Which of the following historical developments contributed most directly to the market revolution?

The emergence of new forms of transportation

"Few historians would dispute that the market revolution brought substantial material benefits to most northeasterners, urban and rural.... Sean Wilentz, historian, "Society, Politics, and the Market Revolution, 1815-1848," published in 1997 Which of the following cultural and social shifts resulted most directly from the trends described in the excerpt?

The emergence of new ideas about the proper roles of husbands and wives

The expansion of a market economy in the early nineteenth century is reflected in which of the following?

The improvement of transportation and availability of goods

"The creation of a home market is not only necessary to procure for our agriculture a just reward of its labors, Henry Clay, speaker of the House of Representatives, speech in Congress, 1824 The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following in the early 1800s?

The political debates over economic development

Which of the following best explains a change in migration in United States society during the early 1800s?

The rise in manufacturing in the North coincided with an increase of immigration from abroad to these urban areas.

Which of the following transportation developments opened the West to settlement and trade between 1790 and 1830?

Turnpikes and canals

"To the Commanders of armed vessels belonging to the United States: "WHEREAS it is declared by the act entitled 'An act for the protection of the commerce and seamen of the United States, against the Tripolitan cruisers,' "By command of the President of the United States of America." Thomas Jefferson, 1802 The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following?

Using international commerce to expand United States influence

"To the Commanders of armed vessels belonging to the United States: "WHEREAS it is declared by the act entitled 'An act for the protection of the commerce and seamen of the United States, against the Tripolitan cruisers,' "By command of the President of the United States of America." Thomas Jefferson, 1802 The rhetorical purpose expressed in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted as promoting which of the following?

Using international commerce to expand United States influence

The picture above best expresses which of the following middle-class views about women in the mid-nineteenth century?

Women were the moral and spiritual strength of the family.

The development of the early nineteenth-century concept of "separate spheres" for the sexes encouraged all of the following EXCEPT

accepting women as intellectual equals of men

The United States House of Representatives responded to abolitionist agitation in the 1830s by

banning discussion of antislavery petitions

The Missouri Compromise was a victory for antislavery advocates because it

closed most of the Louisiana Purchase to slavery

Most young women who worked in the Lowell, Massachusetts, textile mills during the 1830s experienced all of the following EXCEPT

continued employment after marriage

Daniel Webster's address to the Senate in 1830 in reply to Senator Hayne is best remembered for its

defense of the principle of national union

A key purpose of Henry Clay's American System was to

develop a national economy by improving transportation

"To the Commanders of armed vessels belonging to the United States: "WHEREAS it is declared by the act entitled 'An act for the protection of the commerce and seamen of the United States, against the Tripolitan cruisers,' "By command of the President of the United States of America." Thomas Jefferson, 1802 President Jefferson sought the protections described in the excerpt most likely for the purpose of

establishing trade routes

President Jackson resisted the admission of Texas into the Union in 1836 primarily because he

feared that debate over the admission of Texas would ignite controversy about slavery

The drawing above has been cited as evidence of the nineteenth-century middle-class view of the

home as a refuge from the world rather than as a productive unit

In addition to the cotton gin, Eli Whitney's major contribution to American Technology was his

introduction of interchangeable parts

Those who supported the War of 1812 advanced all of the following rationales for their positions EXCEPT the

obligation to protect Native Americans

The map above shows the United States immediately following the

passage of the Missouri Compromise

The United States went to war in 1812 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to

prevent France from recapturing the Louisiana Territory

The Southern economy before the Civil War increasingly

produced more cotton and other crops but did not develop much industry

The National Road was constructed primarily for the purpose of

promoting trade and communication with the Old Northwest

The role of women expressed in the cult of domesticity had its roots in

republican motherhood

Henry Clay's "American System" called for all of the following EXCEPT

sale of federal lands to finance higher education

The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, the Hartford Convention, and the South Carolina Exposition and Protest were similar in that all involved a defense of

states' rights

The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important because it

strengthened the ties between the eastern manufacturing and western agricultural regions

In the first half of the nineteenth century, Cherokee efforts to retain their tribal lands in Georgia received direct support from

the United States Supreme Court

One distinguishing feature of the new middle class that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s was

the separation of economic production from the home and family life

President Monroe articulate the Monroe Doctrine in his 1823 address to Congress primarily in order to

warn European nations against further colonial ventures in the Western Hemisphere

In the early 1830's, the majority of workers in the textile mills of Massachusetts were

young unmarried women from rural New England