chapter 9 quiz history

The United States was able to acquire Florida easily because of

the lack of Spanish control over the area.

John Quincy Adams's administration was crippled from the beginning because of the "corrupt bargain."

true

Most of the rivers in the United States traveled from north to south, so they needed to build a network of roads running east to west as part of the "internal improvements," which became know as the National Road.

true

In Dartmouth College v. Woodward, the Supreme Court

expanded the definition of contracts and put them beyond state control.

In the 1816 vote on the Bank of the United States,

Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun supported it, but Daniel Webster opposed it.

The "Era of Good Feelings" describes

James Monroe's administration.

The Era of Good Feeling was brought to an end by the

Panic of 1819.

The Monroe Doctrine was immediately and widely accepted as international law.

false

The "corrupt bargain" settled the presidential election of 1828.

false

In McCulloch v. Maryland, John Marshall

1) endorsed a broad construction of the Constitution 2) defended the supremacy of the Constitution. 3)denied that the states could tax a federal institution. Correct Response 4) all of these

"The Republicans have out-federalized Federalism" refers to Republicans in the late 1810s supporting a national bank and a protective tariff.

true

A collapse in cotton prices set off the panic of 1819.

true

Andrew Jackson defeated the Seminole Indians in Spanish Florida.

true

Before the Tariff of 1816, New England shippers and southern farmers opposed a protective tariff.

true

Henry Clay was the dynamic nationalist who championed the American System.

true

In the election of 1828, Andrew Jackson was more popular than the incumbent president, John Quincy Adams, with ordinary folk and southern planters.

true

John C. Calhoun initially championed internal improvements, believing that western development would help the South.

true

The Monroe Doctrine developed after the monarchs of Europe seemed ready to help Spain regain her old empire in Latin America, although most nations there had declared their independence.

true

The Rush-Bagot Agreement eliminated naval competition with the British on the Great Lakes.

true

The extension of voting rights in most states to white men was a factor in Andrew Jackson's election in 1828.

true

There were no Federalist candidates for the presidency in the election of 1824.

true

In the early 1800s, the trinity of ideas promoting economic nationalism consisted of

a national bank, a protective tariff, and internal improvements.

The Missouri Compromise of 1820

admitted Missouri as a slave state.

Southern slave states sought to protect their national political interests by

ensuring an equal number of slave states and free states.

As president, James Monroe

had no opposition when he ran for reelection in 1820. 2) settled a number of border issues with Canada in agreements with Britain in 1817 and 1818. 3) developed the doctrine that aimed to keep European nations from interfering in Latin America. Correct Response 4) all of these

The "firebell in the night" that awakened and filled Jefferson with terror was the

issue of slavery.

John C. Calhoun believed funding internal improvements, such as a network of roads and canals in the West, would

open trading relationships between the South and West.

The percentage of Americans who could vote increased between 1790 and 1820 because

states abolished many property and taxpaying requirements.

The election of 1824 was decided when

Henry Clay supported John Quincy Adams.

In 1828, the idea that a state could nullify an act of Congress was proposed by

John C. Calhoun.