Chapters 8-10 Reading Quiz

According to the text, Gabriel's rebellion demonstrates that

slaves wanted to be free

The "Second War of Independence" was

the War of 1812.

Thomas Jefferson brokered an agreement to assuage southerners to accept Alexander Hamilton's economic plans in exchange for

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

Giving a political office to someone based on party service is called

the spoils system

Between the 1780s and 1824, the nation's population:

tripled

Which of the following is a quote from Jefferson's first inaugural address?

"We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."

By what decade did white americans consider Indians a relic of the past

1840

Who killed the first U.S. secretary of the Treasury in a duel?

Aaron Burr

Democracy in America was written by

Alexis de Tocqueville

What specific cities did large numbers of German immmigrants settle in the west

Cinncinati, St. Louis, and Milwaukee

Which three nations claimed Oregon Country in the early 1800s?

England, Spain, and the United States and russia

The government-sponsored construction of roads and canals in the early 1800s later deemed unconstitutional was called

Internal improvements

How did the Panic of 1819 shape American views of banks?

It fostered a major backlash of anti-bank sentiment.

Which of the following is accurate regarding Gabriel's Rebellion in 1800?

It was led by a blacksmith

Andrew Jackson believed slanderous comments during his election bid contributed to his wife's early death shortly after the election.

true

The republican party under madison and Jefferson

Party had more faith in a democratic from of self government.

What effect did the embargo of 1807 have on manufacturing in the United States

Stimulated its growth

Gabriel's rebellion of 1800 failed because

The rain washed out the rebels path

The only time in american History that the president has personally commanded an army in the field was during.

The whiskey rebellion

The Second Great Awakening was

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

Which of the following destroyed Henry David Thoreau's commune with nature?

a train

The Hartford Convention

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

Which city was known as "Porkopolis" after its slaughterhouse district?

cinncinnati

Who assisted the Red Sticks led by Osceola against the Americans?

escaped slaves

As working-class whites gained equal rights in the political arena, they grew increasingly critical of racial inequality.

false

In gibbons v. ogden massachusetts chief justice Lemuel Shaw decreed that there was nothing inherently illegal in workers organizing a union or a strike.

false

Most Americans moved west as lone pioneers.

false

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was renounced by President Jackson.

false

The louisiana Purchase stalled Thomas Jefferson's plan to remove indian tribes beyond the Mississippi river that refused to cooperate in civilizing themselves.

false

The revolution of 1800 pitted the French against the new american military

false

The states that entered the Union after the original 13 made property ownership a requirement of voting at least for a time

false

In worcester v. Georgia chief justicee marshall described Indians as wards of the federal government deserving paternal protection

false it was in

What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?

o1d Hickory

By 1807, at the time Congress enacted the Embargo Act, how many American sailors had the British impressed?

over 6,000

What institution helped to fan the flames of nativism during the era

protestant churches

As a boy, Andrew Jackson had almost been killed when, during the War for Independence, a British officer struck him with his sword after the boy refused to polish the soldier's boots.

true

Between democrats and whigs the democrats found greater support among subsistence farmers aspiring entreprenuers and unrban workers. the whigs found greater support among wealthy landowners and well connected businessmen.

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

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

true

Expanding networks of toll roads, steamboats, canals, and railroads were essential to the takeoff of the market revolution.

true

For the expanding middle class, it became a badge of respectability for wives to remain at home.

true

Jefferson and madison felt the greatest threat to american freedom lay in the alliance of a powerful central government with an emerging class of commercial capitalists.

true

Martin Van Buren's presidency, to a large degree, was occupied in dealing with issues arising from the Panic of 1837.

true

Not until the civil war could married women legally control the wages they earned

true

President Jackson's critics called him "King Andrew."

true

Slave women residing in the area later known as the Louisiana Purchase had the right to go to court for protection against cruelty or rape by their owners.

true

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

true

The Second Bank of the United States held all the funds of the federal government and accumulated a large amount of paper money issued by local banks.

true

The common 19th century view was that men are naturally aggressive , rational, and domineering while women are naturally nurturing selfless, and ruled by emotions.

true

The economic transformation of the 19th century United States produced in explosive growth in the nation's output and trade and a rise in the general standard of living.

true

The economic transformation of the nineteenth-century United States produced an explosive growth in the nation's output and trade and a rise in the general standard of living.

true

The market revolution swept over the United states in the first half of the 19th century

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

There was a rapid decline in the birthrate during the nineteenth century, dropping from an average of seven children per family in 1800 to only four children per family by 1900.

true

While in office, some army officers suggested that President Washington set himself up as a dictator of the new country.

true

With the accessibility to timepieces in the market revolution, factory work started being measured "by the clock," while farm life continued to be regulated by the rhythms of the seasons.

true