APUSH 8-10

Which group most closely embodied the concept of democratic republicanism in the first decades after American independence? a. The middle class b. Day laborers c. Plantation owners d. Upper-class elites

a. The middle class

Why did American manufacturers turn to women as a source of labor in the 1820s and 1830s? a. They hoped to pay lower wages b. Women were more skilled at textile production c. Women had better educations d. Male workers tended to form labor unions

a. They hoped to pay lower wages

What is exemplified by the unions and mutual benefit societies of the early 1800s? a. Working-class attempts to gain some control over working conditions b. Working-class prejudices that led to racial segregation c. Mechanics' attempts to mimic middle-class values d. Middle-class reform movements

a. Working-class attempts to gain some control over working conditions

What widespread aspect of the early republic contradicted the ideology of democratic republicanism? a. Unease of the old social elites b. Restrictions on voting rights c. High regard given to self-made men d. Geographic and social mobility

b. Restrictions on voting rights

What important compromise was formed in Congress in 1820 over the spread of slavery? a. The Maine Compromise b. The Missouri Compromise c. The Kansas and Nebraska Compromise d. The Louisiana Territory Compromise

b. The Missouri Compromise

Jackson's practice of appointing loyal members of his party to public offices became known as a. the caucus system b. the spoils system c. the two-party system d. the American System

b. the spoils system

In 1832, evangelicals gained control of what group and achieved success using revivalist methods? a. Prison Discipline Society b. The Benevolent Empire c. American Temperance Society d. The Anti-Catholic League

c. American Temperance Society

The new republican ideal that encouraged individuals to marry as partners and friends was known as what? a. Republican marriage b. Sentimental marriage c. Companionate marriage d. Deferential marriage

c. Companionate marriage

What helped American textile manufacturers outcompete British textile producers in the domestic market? a. Encouraging worker self-discipline and temperance b. Founding the New York Stock Exchange to capitalize busniesses c. Getting protective tariffs from the federal government d. Allowing a ten-hour workday

c. Getting protective tariffs from the federal government

Why did President Jackson veto the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States? a. He thought it illegal to recharter the bank before its original charter had expired b. He wanted to promote his "pet banks" at the state level c. He believed the bank to be unconstitutional d. He believed the bank was financially reckless and unstable

c. He believed the bank to be unconstitutional

The dramatic gain in productivity that occurred in American industry during the Industrial Revolution was due to what combination of factors? a. Cheap raw materials and the Erie Canal b. The Erie Canal and the temperance movement c. New organizational techniques and new technology d. Immigrant labor and cheap raw materials

c. New organizational techniques and new technology

Why did the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution end up determining the election of 1824? a. The vice presidential candidate to Andrew Jackson did not gain enough electoral votes b. John Quincy Adam's vice presidential candidate received more electoral votes than Adams had c. No one candidate received an absolute majority of electoral votes d. The election included more than two candidates

c. No one candidate received an absolute majority of electoral votes

What issue was a cause of the Panic of 1819? a. The collapse of the First Bank of the United States b. Jefferson's reduction of taxes c. Poorly managed state banks d. A worldwide drop in the price of manufactured

c. Poorly managed state banks

Why were education rates higher in New England than in other regions of the country during the early republic? a. More teachers lived in New England than elsewhere b. New Englanders embraced the democratic republican ideology more fully c. Public schools were locally funded d. Other regions had fewer college-educated teachers

c. Public schools were locally funded

Which advance in transportation was important to economic growth in the United States from about 1790 to 1810? a. Steamboats b. Carriages c. Roads and turnpikes d. Railroads

c. Roads and turnpikes

What common trait helped spur the growth of the fast-growing western cities of the early and middle 1800s? a. Access to the National Road b. Placement on good agricultural land c. Their role as flourishing commercial centers d. Large-scale manufacturing

c. Their role as flourishing commercial centers

What statement reflects a way the Whigs differed from the Democrats in the 1840s? a. They wanted to restrict the franchise b. They wanted to give the vote to women c. They believed that the wealthy should govern d. They did not believe in running modern campaigns

c. They believed that the wealthy should govern

Why did President Andrew Jackson insist on getting Congress to pass the Force Bill to threaten South Carolina even while he was willing to reduce the tariff that southerners objected to? a. To demonstrate his power over Congress b. To express his sense of betrayal by Vice President John C. Calhoun c. To assert federal authority and preserve the Union d. To have the opportunity to lead troops in battle once again

c. To assert federal authority and preserve the Union

Which statement reflects part of Andrew Jackson's legacy? a. Limiting the power of the presidency b. Supporting the Marshall Court in its defense of federal power and property rights c. Weakening the Union and advancing states' rights d. Making the political system more democratic

d. Making the political system more democratic

Why did expansion of the franchise advance the development of political parties? a. Major issues were too complicated for voters to understand without explanations from politicians b. Voter apathy required politicians to try to increase the public's interest in issues c. Newly enfranchised women voters were eager to join social organizations d. Politicians had to organize their appeal to newly enfranchised voters

d. Politicians had to organize their appeal to newly enfranchised voters

How did republican principles change public support for churches in the New England in the early republic? a. New England abandoned thepolicy of having tax-supported churches b. The Congregationalist church collapsed when tax support was withdrawn c. The Quaker faith became dominant because it was more consistent with republican ideals d. Taxes were used to support all churches, not just the Congregationalist church

d. Taxes were used to support all churches, not just the Congregationalist church

What was the goal of the American Colonization Society? a. To emancipate American slaves and settle them in the western states b. To prevent free blacks from moving to the North c. To promote the formation of slave colonies throughout the South d. To emancipate slaves and send African Americans to Africa

d. To emancipate slaves and send African Americans to Africa

Why did many Irish immigrate to the United States between 1840 and 1860? a. Because of a failed revolt against British rule in Ireland b. To work on the Erie Canal c. In pursuit of free land in the Mississippi Valley d. To flee famine and overpopulation

d. To flee famine and overpopulation

Charles Grandison Finney considered every person to be which of the following? a. A moral free agent b. A self-made man c. A notable d. An artisan

a. A moral free agent

With which group from the Bible did African American slaves of the early 1800s identify? a. Israelites, who had been liberated by God b. Early Christian martyrs. who had died for their faith c. The disciples of Jesus, who spread the faith to others d. Hebrew prophets, who carried the word of God

a. Israelites, who had been liberated by God

What did Congress do in 1820 to meet the demand for cheap farmsteads? a. It reduced the price of federal land b. It increased taxes on American industry to subsidized land sales c. It seized vast lands from Native Americans d. It ordered large plantations broken into smaller freeholdings

a. It reduced the price of federal land

The May 1838 forced expulsion of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to the new Indian Territory is remembered by what name? a. The Trail of Tears b. The spoils of war c. The Bad Axe Massacre d. The Indian Removal Act

a. The Trail of Tears

The market revolution that took place in America beginning in the 1820s was prompted by the construction of a. railroads linking New York with Cincinnati and Chicago b. a system of canals and roads linking the Atlantic coast states and the trans-Appalachian west c. the "Grand Canal" that connected Philadelphia to cities in the South d. the first transcontinental road that ran from Washington to St. Louis

b. a system of canals and roads linking the Atlantic coast states and the trans-Appalachian west

Why had most local unions and all the national labor organizations disappeared by 1843? a. Whig President John Tyler had outlawed labor organizations b. The rising prosperity of the time made labor organization less pressing c. A surge in immigration had thoroughly eroded the domestic labor movement d. A depression and surplus of unemployed workers spelled ruin for unions

d. A depression and surplus of unemployed workers spelled ruin for union

As president, John Quincy Adams's support of Henry Clay's American System meant backing which action? a. Indian removal from lands desired by white settlers b. Funding of roads and canal constructions by private industry c. Lowering protective tariffs to allow for cheap imports d. A national bank to stabilize currency and promote economic growth

d. A national bank to stabilize currency and promote economic growth