HY120 - 7,8,9,10,11,14

What 1793 invention spurred the rise of the Cotton Kingdom and fueled demand for slaves? - cotton gin - steam engine - iron smelter - revolver

cotton gin

Shays's Rebellion in late 1786 and early 1787 was a rebellion of - a group of soldier scholars near Detroit. - backcountry farmers in western Virginia who sought to diminish government. - western Pennsylvania farmers who refused to pay the tax on whiskey. - debt-ridden farmers who closed the courts in western Massachusetts.

debt-ridden farmers who closed the courts in western Massachusetts.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government had the power to - regulate interstate trade. - levy taxes. - declare war. - abolish slavery.

declare war

The Constitution mandates that the President of the United States must be a(n) - "experienced military veteran." - "paragon of virtue." - "man of wealth and means." - "natural born citizen."

"natural born citizen."

The objective of Gabriel's rebellion of 1800 was to - join the American army and foster a military coup against the presidency. - blow up the White House in Washington D.C. - seize a naval warship and sail to the West Indies. - take over the city of Richmond and hold whites as hostages.

take over the city of Richmond and hold whites as hostages.

John C. Calhoun of South Carolina considered this idea "the most false and dangerous of all political errors." - that presidents appoint judges to the Supreme Court - that the office of the vice presidency had been created by the founders - that all men are created equal and entitled to liberty - that states had the right to nullify federal law

that all men are created equal and entitled to liberty

President James Madison favored a system of national economic incentives for manufacturers, a protective tariff, a new national bank, and federal financing of roads and canals that came to be known as - the American System. - the Madisonian System. - the Adams System. - the Union System of Manufactures.

the American System.

In what era did the U.S. Congress pass into law "birthright citizenship"? - the Early Republic era - the Reconstruction era - the Modern era of the 1920s - the Progressive era

the Reconstruction era

The War of 1812 was ended by what treaty? - the Treaty of Ghent - the Treaty of Versailles - the Treaty of Paris - the Treaty of New Orleans

the Treaty of Ghent

Most of the labor in building the public buildings of the national government in Washington, D.C., was done by - indentured servants from Genoa. - German stonemasons. - African-American slaves. - Irish immigrants.

African-American slaves.

Democracy in America was written by - Andrew Jackson. - Alexis de Tocqueville. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. - Thomas Jefferson.

Alexis de Tocqueville.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the Trail of Tears? - Their removal route was from Georgia to present-day Nevada. - Jackson was religiously against the moving and killing of Indians. - At least one-quarter of the Indians perished during the winter of 1838-1839. - While the removal carried many people from the South to the West, none of the Indians were considered slaves.

At least one-quarter of the Indians perished during the winter of 1838-1839.

What two southern cities witnessed relatively prosperous free black communities develop in the 1800s? - Charleston and New Orleans - Pensacola and Atlanta - Norfolk and Macon - Birmingham and Jackson

Charleston and New Orleans

Southern planters felt a community of interest with - French government soldiers and officials. - English and Irish apprentices. - Native American tribes. - Cuban and British slaveowners.

Cuban and British slaveowners.

A significant theme of the Monroe Doctrine was that - European powers should refrain from further colonization in the Americas. - the United States needs a world-class national university for women. - slavery should not be permitted in the American territories above latitude 36°30'. - Congress is entitled to pass any law to promote the "general welfare," except where explicitly barred by the Constitution.

European powers should refrain from further colonization in the Americas.

Florida was victoriously delivered to American hands with the assistance of local Indians and Spain's suggestion to sell the area. - True - False

False

Free blacks gained the right to vote in every state in the Union after 1800. - True - False

False

In the Lower South, fugitive slaves tended to head for rural plantations to hide in plain sight. - True - False

False

The Louisiana Purchase stalled Thomas Jefferson's plan to remove Indian tribes beyond the Mississippi River that refused to cooperate in "civilizing" themselves. - True - False

False

The Shawnee brothers Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa led the way in promoting Indian adoption of white customs. - True - False

False

The Supreme Court did little to promote the entrepreneurial agenda of the market revolution. - True - False

False

The nineteenth century's "cult of domesticity" applied to slave women as well as white women. - True - False

False

Thomas Jefferson was one of the authors of the Federalist Papers. - True - False

False

Under the Articles of Confederation, national government consisted of a weak legislative branch and a strong judicial branch. - True - False

False

In the XYZ affair of 1797, - the British legation was excoriated for the British system of impressment. - Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton. - French officials presented American diplomats with a demand for bribes. - Thomas Jefferson's affair with a slave was kept private.

French officials presented American diplomats with a demand for bribes.

Between 1840 and 1860, most immigrants entering the United States were from what two countries? - Spain and Portugal - Germany and Ireland - France and England - Poland and Italy

Germany and Ireland

Which of the following is a true statement about Jackson's political beliefs? - He felt African-Americans should either remain as slaves or be freed and sent abroad. - He believed that the federal government in Washington, D.C. should be the focal point of governmental activity. - He was one of the richest men in Kentucky. - He believed Indians could be assimilated and live within the eastern portions of the Mississippi River.

He felt African-Americans should either remain as slaves or be freed and sent abroad.

By the eve of the Civil War, free blacks in the South were allowed to own - guns. - dogs. - alcohol. - property.

property.

In Johnson v. M'Intosh, the Supreme Court proclaimed that - Indians had full rights to their lands. - Indians could only own the land for a specified time, which was regulated by the government. - Indians were not in fact owners of their land, but merely had a "right of occupancy." - Indians could not own private property whether or not they assimilated into American culture.

Indians were not in fact owners of their land, but merely had a "right of occupancy."

How did the Panic of 1819 shape American views of banks? - It led to a movement whereby Americans committed arson attacks against state banks. - It exerted a minor increase of anti-bank sentiment. - It had no effect. - It fostered a major backlash of anti-bank sentiment.

It fostered a major backlash of anti-bank sentiment.

Why did the founding fathers create the initial House of Representatives with a relatively small number of members? - It was thought that only prominent individuals could win elections in large districts. - It was thought that if too many members were placed in the House a rebellion might break out. - It was thought that it was best to keep the House small to deal with Indian political issues. - It was thought that slaveholders from the South might dominate the election process in the House.

It was thought that only prominent individuals could win elections in large districts.

One of the leading Federalist thinkers, known as the "father of the Constitution," was - Sam Adams. - Patrick Henry. - John Hancock. - James Madison.

James Madison.

What territory did the United States acquire from France in 1803? - the Pacific Northwest - Florida - California - Louisiana

Louisiana

The case that established judicial review was - Leopard v. Chesapeake. - Ex parte Milligan. - Fletcher v. Peck. - Marbury v. Madison.

Marbury v. Madison.

Ralph Waldo Emerson was which of the following? - the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin - a southerner - a transcendentalist - proslavery

a transcendentalist

This religion started after its leader claimed to have been led by an angel to a set of golden plates covered with strange writing, which he translated and later published. - Lutheran - Quaker - Anabaptism - Mormonism

Mormonism

Which of the following statements accurately reflects Fries's Rebellion of 1799? - President John Adams dispatched federal troops to the area. - John Fries, a local militia leader and auctioneer, was hanged. - John Fries was arrested for insurrection. - Farmers in southeastern Georgia obstructed tax assessments.

President John Adams dispatched federal troops to the area.

Which is true of Martin Van Buren's campaign for president? - Rather than being dangerous and divisive, he believed political parties were a necessary and desirable element of political life. - Adams set out to reconstruct the Jeffersonian political alliance between the planters of the South and the Plains republicans of the North. - Adams enjoyed political organization while Van Buren detested it. - Van Buren typified the old politics while Adams had been the son of a tavern keeper and not a person of great vision or intellect.

Rather than being dangerous and divisive, he believed political parties were a necessary and desirable element of political life.

The two political parties of the mid-1790s were the - Federalists and Whigs. - Republicans and Federalists. - Democrats and Whigs. - Republicans and Democrats.

Republicans and Federalists.

On their journey of exploration from Missouri to Oregon, Lewis and Clark were accompanied by the American Indian interpreter - Squanto. - Sacajawea. - Hiawatha. - Sitting Bull.

Sacajawea.

Which of the following was a trend in American democracy during the 1820s and 1830s? - The idea of a "common man" and "manliness" decreased in importance for candidates. - Ironically, as the number of eligible voters rose, voter turnout in elections declined. - Selling candidates and their images was as important as the positions for which they stood. - A spirit of apathy toward politics was widespread.

Selling candidates and their images was as important as the positions for which they stood.

What was the result of the Missouri court case involving the "crime" of Celia? - She was released back into the care of her master's family. - She was released as "any woman" in such circumstances was acting in self-defense. - She committed suicide. - She was sentenced to death.

She was sentenced to death.

Which of the following was part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820? - It permanently settled the question of the expansion of slavery. - Missouri was admitted but had to agree to end slavery by state law. - Maine was admitted as a slave state into the Union. - Slavery was prohibited in the remaining Louisiana Territory north of 36°30'.

Slavery was prohibited in the remaining Louisiana Territory north of 36°30'.

Which of the following was an element in the 1841 Dorr War? - It was a struggle for universal manhood suffrage in Virginia. - The war's bloodshed led to the deaths of more than 246 people, and to Dorr's execution. - Supporters of democratic reform organized a People's Convention, which drafted a new constitution for the state of Rhode Island. - Thomas Dorr, a wealthy lawyer, was inaugurated as governor of the state of Vermont under the constitution drawn by the People's Convention.

Supporters of democratic reform organized a People's Convention, which drafted a new constitution for the state of Rhode Island.

Which of the following was a difference between the Democrats and the Whigs during the Jackson years? - The Democrats approved of the gulf between the wealthy and the "producing classes"; the Whigs did not accept class hierarchy. - The Democrats held a stronghold on upstate New York; the Whigs held more isolated rural communities. - The Whigs wanted to ban government actions to promote economic development; the Democrats favored government's role in business. - The Whigs favored public measures and other policies to regulate personal morality; the Democrats did not.

The Whigs favored public measures and other policies to regulate personal morality; the Democrats did not.

Why did slave owners in the 1850s begin to sell their city slaves to the countryside? - They thought that their slaves would benefit the free black population living in the countryside. - They thought that their slaves would have an easier life if they lived in the countryside rather than in an urban environment of crime. - They thought their slaves would be able to assist local government fend off Indian attacks in the countryside. - They thought their slaves had too much independence, which negatively influenced the relation between master and slave.

They thought their slaves had too much independence, which negatively influenced the relation between master and slave.

A small number of African-Americans owned slaves in the Old South. - True - False

True

Although denied the ballot, women found a voice in the public sphere during the 1820s and 1830s. - True - False

True

By 1860, the economic investment represented by the slave population exceeded the value of the nation's factories, railroads, and banks combined. - True - False

True

Charles Willson Peale painted portraits of the founding fathers. - True - False

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 - False

True

During the market revolution, the emergence of organized political parties spurred newspaper publication. - True - False

True

Henry David Thoreau held the view that people were being stifled by modern society, and trapped in boring, dead-end jobs by their obsessive desire to earn money. - True - False

True

In 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft published A Vindication of the Rights of Women in response to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man. - True - False

True

One of America's earliest trade experiences was with China. - True - False

True

The 1790 Naturalization Act barred non-white foreigners from attaining American citizenship. - True - False

True

The 1828 "tariff of abominations" led to the nullification crisis. - True - False

True

The 1836 Specie Circular declared that the federal government would accept only specie (gold and silver) in payment for public land. - True - False

True

The Barbary Wars were the United States' first contact with the Islamic World. - True - False

True

The Bill of Rights was a concession offered by the Federalists to overcome widespread fears of a despotic national government. - True - False

True

The common nineteenth-century view was that men are naturally aggressive, rational, and domineering, while women are naturally nurturing, selfless, and ruled by emotions. - True - False

True

The prevalence of plantation slavery kept the South from matching northern rates of immigration, industrial development, and urban growth. - True - False

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 - False

True

Which of the following is part of the generally accepted account of the 1822 conspiracy led by Denmark Vesey? - Vesey studied the Magna Carta and quoted the Farmer's Almanac. - Vesey and his followers killed or maimed 37 whites. - Vesey had purchased his freedom after winning the lottery. - His lieutenant was named Cinque.

Vesey had purchased his freedom after winning the lottery.

The Second Great Awakening was - the rebirth of classical learning in the rising American university. - a celebration of the factory replacing outdated methods of producing goods. - Emerson and Thoreau's utopian vision of the labor movement. - a popular religious revival that swept the country in the early 1800s.

a popular religious revival that swept the country in the early 1800s.

The Hartford Convention - was, at best, a weak attempt by the Anti-Federalists to obtain more power. - called for secession and disunion. - affirmed the right of a state to interpose its authority if the federal government violated the Constitution. - called for amending the Constitution to require a three-fifths clause that would strengthen southern political power.

affirmed the right of a state to interpose its authority if the federal government violated the Constitution.

New York City and Philadelphia experienced what type of violent events in the 1840s and 1850s? - Indian attacks - slave rebellions - bread riots led by women - anti-immigrant riots

anti-immigrant riots

To prevent them from being seized by British vessels and "impressed" into the British Navy, Congress in 1790 granted citizenship to - black sailors. - children. - Indian soldiers. - white women

black sailors.

"Slave patrols" were - mixed-race patrols of whites and blacks who worked together to harvest cotton crops. - groups of slaves that patrolled the roads and towns. - railroad workers who patrolled plantations. - farmers who kept a lookout for runaway slaves.

farmers who kept a lookout for runaway slaves.

The government-sponsored construction of roads and canals in the early 1800s later deemed unconstitutional was called - the Corrupt Bargain. - a necessary evil. - a power play for large businesses to control the South. - internal improvements.

internal improvements.

The U.S. Constitution - declares the centrality of the Judeo-Christian traditions to our nation's form of governance. - asserts that the United States is a Christian nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. - asserts that all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights, among these, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. - is a purely secular document that contains no reference to God and bars tests for federal officeholders.

is a purely secular document that contains no reference to God and bars tests for federal officeholders.

"Impressment" as practiced by the British was - enslaving Indians. - the act of formally publishing a legal document. - the gentlemanly virtue of chivalric honor toward women. - kidnapping sailors.

kidnapping sailors.

Nat Turner - led an 1831 slave uprising in Virginia, killing about sixty whites. - was a ship's captain who wrote the song "Amazing Grace." - was a celebrated male vocalist in an early Negro spiritual choir. - was second in command at Denmark Vesey's trial in South Carolina.

led an 1831 slave uprising in Virginia, killing about sixty whites.

In the aftermath of the War of 1812, Americans tended to view Canadians as - ex-Europeans unusually prone to violence. - untrustworthy as their political connections were still strongly tied with France. - partners in developing the continent based on Europeans traditions. - monarchial and lacking in an understanding of liberty.

monarchial and lacking in an understanding of liberty.

In the mid-1800s, this concept had replaced class as the boundary between those American men who were entitled to enjoy political freedom and those who were not. - country of heritage - wealth - religion - race

race

The Alien Act of 1798 reflected fear of immigrants possessing - passports. - pro-U.S. literature. - birth control information. - radical political views.

radical political views.

Chicago's spectacular growth between 1830 and 1860 was principally due to - canals. - steamboat. - railroads. - steel plow.

railroads.

In 1860, the largest economic investment in the United States was in - canals. - railroads. - slaves. - banks.

slaves.

Compared to Brazil and the West Indies, involving hundreds or even thousands of slaves, revolts in the United States were - never suppressed by authorities. - about the same. - much larger. - smaller and less frequent.

smaller and less frequent.

What effect did the Embargo of 1807 have on manufacturing in the United States? - caused a sharp collapse in U.S. manufacturers - stimulated its growth - reduced production in the North, but increased production in the South - reduced it gradually

stimulated its growth

Jefferson's idea of the "empire of liberty" involved - ruling over the West as a colonial power. - the United States admitting the area's population as equal members of the political system. - the political measure of allowing Indians and all women to become citizens so that they could vote. - the creation of one state north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi.

the United States admitting the area's population as equal members of the political system.

The "Second War of Independence" was - the Spanish-American War. - the Civil War. - the quasi-war with France. - the War of 1812.

the War of 1812.

"Manifest destiny" was - the belief that the United States had a divinely appointed mission to expand westward. - the name of the frigate invented by Robert Fulton that first sailed up the Hudson River. - an idea that the truth will manifest itself regarding the politics of the early nation. - the famous list of the cargo--the manifest--carried by HMS Destiny.

the belief that the United States had a divinely appointed mission to expand westward.

Thomas Jefferson brokered an agreement to assuage southerners to accept Alexander Hamilton's economic plans in exchange for - a decreased tax on whiskey. - the acceptance of unrestricted slave trade in the lower states. - the building of a new and permanent national capital in the South. - an early form of the three-fifths clause.

the building of a new and permanent national capital in the South.

Of the possible uses for the western lands and its settlement, the Confederation government faced conflicting pressures, including - the economic health of the new republic as farmers obtained access to land in the West. - land sales as they would not be a potential source of revenue due to Indian involvement. - land companies fearing a loss of profits as they purchased real estate and resold it to settlers. - reverting the land back to the Indians as a symbol of good faith.

the economic health of the new republic as farmers obtained access to land in the West.

Which of the following was a mounting source of concern over the effects of the market revolution? - the increasing dependence of workers upon wage labor - the increase of small businesses - America's failure to attract many newcomers from Europe - the rise of employment

the increasing dependence of workers upon wage labor

The "peculiar institution" of the South was - the process of rebuilding after the Civil War. - the issue of slavery. - public education. - the process of making Tennessee whiskey.

the issue of slavery.

The Panic of 1819 was caused by - Chief Pontiac's attack on Detroit. - a sudden and deliberate attack by naval forces of the British Admiralty on the nation's capitol. - the land bubble burst and fallen prices. - disease that spread rapidly up the eastern seaboard that was ultimately responsible for mass panic in Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore.

the land bubble burst and fallen prices.

Paternalism meant - the father of the slave family determined which child could be auctioned first. - the head male slave on a plantation was in charge of the new slaves, deciding jobs to which they were best suited. - the master bore the fatherly duty of making religion accessible to his slaves. - the master was the head of the system, including providing his slaves with protection and the right of care.

the master was the head of the system, including providing his slaves with protection and the right of care.

The "Revolution of 1800" was - a rebellion of disgruntled western Massachusetts farmers over increased taxes. - a slave revolution on the Island of Haiti. - the peaceful transfer of the office of the presidency between political parties. - a recrudescence of the Whiskey Rebellion of four years earlier.

the peaceful transfer of the office of the presidency between political parties.

In James Madison's view in The Federalist, the "first object of government" is - the protection of property rights. - enacting the enthusiasms of the majority. - universal suffrage. - a strong military, especially a navy.

the protection of property rights.

Federalism refers to - the relationship between the national government and the states. - rule by the Federalist Party. - the party of Jefferson. - the autonomy and unified power of the federal government.

the relationship between the national government and the states.

The Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 negotiated - the purchase of land in which to construct the National Road. - the sale of parts of Florida from Spain to the United States. - an agreement not to allow slavery in the new states of Indiana and Ohio. - an end to fighting between France and the United States.

the sale of parts of Florida from Spain to the United States.

With the Louisiana Purchase, - the country was bankrupted. - France gained control of New Orleans. - the size of the nation was doubled. - Louisiana entered the Union as the eighteenth state.

the size of the nation was doubled.

The Second Middle Passage was - the slave trade from the Caribbean to the Upper South. - the movement of slaves from the United States to the free regions in Canada. - international slave trade from areas not linked to Africa. - the slave trade from the older states to the Lower South.

the slave trade from the older states to the Lower South.

As a result of the three-fifths clause, - the white South gained greater power in national affairs than its free population warranted. - the northern states, with fewer slaves, had more political and cultural control over the South. - tensions were eased over time between the North and South. - slaves were provided the same "free air" as that in Britain.

the white South gained greater power in national affairs than its free population warranted.

The Era of Good Feelings was so-called because - Whigs defeated Democrats in the midterm elections. - there were more inventions manufactured at this time than ever before. - they were years of one-party government. - many Americans experienced a boost in their personal economies at this time.

they were years of one-party government.

Between 1800 and 1860, around 1 million slaves moved from older slave states to the Deep South, traveling - with their owners to work as free people. - with local Native American tribes. - by themselves. - to the Deep South to work in cotton fields.

to the Deep South to work in cotton fields.

Early U.S. textile mills relied largely on the labor of - indentured servants. - men organized into early trade unions (earlier called "guilds"). - unskilled boys and young men fresh from the farm. - women and children.

women and children.

In the mid-1800s, few plantations had dedicated buildings for slave worship so most slaves - kept close ties to their African religions, sacrificing animals in secret. - did not form religious communities. - shunned the Christian religion as part of white society. - worshipped in secret or in biracial churches with white ministers.

worshipped in secret or in biracial churches with white ministers.