APUSH ch9-12

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

A. A plan to promote and expand textile manufacturing activities

Powers granted to the federal govt under the US Constitution are expressed as

A. Enumerated Powers

One significant consequence of the treaty of Paris, signed in 1783, was that Great Britain

A. Formally recognized American independence

Which part of govt was not as fully developed add the others by the delegates to the constitutional convention?

A. Judicial branch

The Hartford Convention was a manifestation of

A. New England Federalists opposition to the War of 1812

Of the following list of political leaders, which one was strongly opposed to the plan of government created by the delegates at the Philadelphia Convention?

A. Patrick Henry

The battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the American revolution because

A. The French entered the war on the American side

The opening shots of the American revolution occurred at

A. The battles of Lexington and Concord

Which of the following was not a feature of the articles of confederation?

A. The called for a bicameral legislation

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

A. young unmarried Young unmarried women from rural New England

Jefferson's purchase of Louisiana had its origins in his desire to

B. Acquire a port to provide an outlet for Western crops

Some Americans who allied themselves with the British crown

B. Believe they would receive greatest religious freedom under British rule

The treaty of Paris included the following terms except

B. Britain was allowed to maintain several forts in the area West of the Appalachian mountains in order to protect its trading posts

Which of the following colonies did not send delegates to the First Continental Congress?

B. Georgia

The Regulator movement, Bacon's rebellion, and the Paxton boys

B. Indicate to some historians the undemocratic nature of pre-revolutionary American society

Which of the following would not be considered the roots of the creation of a federal union as established by the US Constitution?

B. Kentucky and Virginia resolutions

Which important controversy was resolved by the Great (or Connecticut) compromise?

B. Representation in Congress

Which One of the following was not an advantage the British had in their war effort to suppress the American rebellion?

B. Shorter supply lines

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

B. Strengthen the ties between the Eastern Manufacturing and Western agricultural regions

Which of the following was not taken up by the delegates to the constitutional convention?

C. Albany plan

In extolling Republican ideology in the Years following the revolution, the concept that democracy depends on citizens subordinating their own needs to the common good was Advanced. This concept is known as

C. Civic virtue

Shay's rebellion

C. Convinced some political leaders of the necessity of giving more power to the central government

In order to supplement the troops it had fighting in the American colonies, Britain

C. Hired Hessian mercenaries

Which of the following supplied the largest number of immigrants to the United States during the first half of the 19th century?

C. Ireland

In Marbury V Madison the United States Supreme Court Affirmed

C. It's right to determine the constitutionality of congressional enactments

In Marbury versus Madison, the United States Supreme Court Affirmed

C. It's right to determine the constitutionality of congressional enactments

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

C. Sale of federal lands to finance higher education

Thomas paine

C. Wrote Common Sense, an appeal to the colonists to resist the British and establish a Republican form of government

The Federalist papers

D. Attempted to calm the anxieties many had about the powers granted to the central government under the Constitution

Which of the following is true about Marbury v. Madison?

D. It affirmed the principle of judicial review

Which of the following statements about the American system is correct?

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

Which of the following statements best represents the position of British Whigs toward American independence?

D. The American independence movement was a battle for freedom against a tyrannical monarchy

The argument that "abuses and usurpations" by King George and his govt violated the social contract that had existed between Britain and its American colonies was articulated in

D. The declaration of Independence

When Thomas Jefferson said in 1801 "we are all Republicans- we are all Federalists" he meant

D. The principles of American government are above Party politics

Which of the following British measures declared that because the American colonies were in open rebellion against the British crown, all trade would be suspended?

D. The prohibitory act

Which one of the following was a major success of the articles of confederation?

D. They freeboard land policies that would allow for the systematic incorporation of new states

All of the following are true regarding the Anti-Federalists except

D. They maintained there was no need for a Bill of Rights

North Carolina refused to ratify the Constitution

D. Unless a bill of rights would eventually be added

The Olive Branch petition

D. Was an attempt by the First Continental Congress to prevent further hostilities after the battle of Bunker Hill

The declaration of rights

D. Was rejected by British parliament

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

I. Asserted American independence in the realm of foreign policy