College U.S. History (Chapters 7 &8)

In 1804, Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with sitting Vice President:

Aaron Burr.

Which of the following is NOT true of Jefferson's ending of the international slave trade?

At the time of its enactment, most southern states permitted purchasing slaves internationally.

The United States felt that with only slight pressure:

Canada would separate from Great Britain.

The naval battle on Lake Erie resulted in:

Commodore Perry's glorious victory.

Which of the following was true of the democracy that emerged at the turn of the century?

Common men were no longer content to be governed by an aristocracy.

At Horseshoe Bend, Andrew Jackson won a smashing victory over the:

Creeks

Before 1845, steamboats were used more for transportation on the ocean than on internal waterways.

False

By the 1850s, trains traveled an average of forty miles an hour.

False

During Thomas Jefferson's presidency, the national debt grew much larger.

False

During the early 1800s, the British were more likely than the French to respect American shipping rights

False

From 1763 to 1803, the Louisiana Territory belonged to France.

False

Irish immigrants to the United States tended to join the Republican party.

False

Most "war hawks" were New England Federalists.

False

Once in office, Jefferson set out to dismantle Hamilton's Federalist economic program.

False

Tecumseh was a Shawnee leader who supported the United States in the War of 1812.

False

The Battle of New Orleans was meaningless since it was fought after the war had officially ended

False

The United States had caught up with Britain's textile production by 1815.

False

The greatest proportionate influx of immigrants in the history of the United States came in the 1820s

False

William Henry Harrison was the American hero at the Battle of New Orleans

False

Which of the following was NOT true of Jefferson's contradictory nature?

He resisted British authority before the Revolution, but advocated for a military alliance as president.

Which war hawk loudly proclaimed that his state of Kentucky was ready to march on Canada and acquire its lucrative fur trade?

Henry Clay

Of all the immigrant groups that came to the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century, which was least tolerant of enslaved African Americans?

Irish

Which of the following was NOT true of the American invasion of Canada?

It proved to be the most successful American expedition of the War of 1812.

Which of the following statements about the Louisiana Purchase is FALSE?

It was clearly constitutional.

Which of the following is NOT true of boxing in the antebellum era?

It was strictly entertainment for the lower classes.

The 1804 presidential election resulted in:

Jefferson's landslide reelection

In the case of Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court chief justice who established the principle of judicial review was:

John Marshall.

The Louisiana Purchase was made possible by:

Napoléon's disastrous setback in Haiti.

The Hartford Convention illustrated deep opposition to the war in:

New England

In the early 1800s, the United States engaged in a naval conflict with:

North African Pirates

The most popular form of indoor entertainment in the first half of the nineteenth century was:

Theater

Which of the following was NOT true of early labor organizations?

They were not popular among immigrant groups.

Who said, "We are all Republicans—we are all Federalists"?

Thomas Jefferson

A market-based economy frequently produces boom-and-bust cycles.

True

Chinese immigrants to the United States often did the heavy work of construction.

True

Church attendance and temperance were enforced among early workers at Lowell.

True

Despite the rapid progress in education and professional activities, women failed to gain a significant foothold in the public sphere

True

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin on a plantation in Georgia.

True

James Madison followed Thomas Jefferson as president.

True

Marbury v. Madison was sparked by Jefferson's attempts to repeal the judgeships initiated by Adams's "midnight appointments."

True

Most of the growth of the Catholic Church in America in the mid-nineteenth century can be attributed to immigration from Ireland

True

The "peaceful revolution" refers to the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson.

True

The American party was based on nativism.

True

The Federalist party was badly hurt by its involvement in the Hartford Convention.

True

Theatergoers in the antebellum period often hurled insults and objects at performers.

True

Thomas Jefferson signed an act outlawing the foreign slave trade as of 1808.

True

By 1860, one would most likely encounter Norwegian and Swedish immigrants in:

Wisconsin and Minnesota.

The major impetus for the huge Irish immigration to the United States after 1845 was:

a deadly potato famine.

As the War of 1812 started, one strength of the United States was:

a small but war-tested navy.

Thomas Jefferson's inaugural address reflected:

a tone of simplicity and conciliation.

The greatest support for the declaration of war in 1812 came from the:

agricultural regions from Pennsylvania southward and westward.

The Erie Canal did all of the following, EXCEPT:

bankrupt New York State with its huge cost.

Jefferson's inauguration was notable for:

being the first in Washington, D.C.

Steamboats:

brought cheaper and faster two-way traffic to the Mississippi Valley.

The cotton gin was invented:

by Eli Whitney.

All of the following encouraged migration to the West, EXCEPT:

construction of numerous frontier forts

All of the following were true of the trains in use by the 1850s, EXCEPT that they:

could only operate on flat terrain.

The Leopard's attack upon the Chesapeake:

created war fever in the United States.

Jefferson showed his commitment to limited government by:

cutting military spending

In the case of Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court:

declared a federal law unconstitutional.

Commonwealth v. Hunt:

declared that forming a trade union was not illegal.

The British attack on Baltimore's Fort McHenry:

did not force the fort's surrender.

Minstrel shows:

employed familiar stereotypes of African Americans.

Jefferson's embargo in 1807 and the War of 1812:

encouraged rapid growth in American manufacturing.

The Treaty of Ghent:

ended the war.

The largest professional occupation for men in the United States by 1860 was:

engineering

Anti-Irish prejudice was especially based upon:

fear of growing Catholic influence.

Antebellum minstrel shows:

featured the songs of Stephen Foster

Lewis and Clark's expedition:

gave the United States a claim to Oregon.

In terms of political behavior, the Irish:

generally supported Democrats.

The War of 1812:

generated intense patriotic pride.

The Louisiana Purchase was a problem for Jefferson because:

he believed that the Constitution did not give authority to acquire new land.

As a result of England's blockade of the European coastline:

hundreds of ships' cargoes were confiscated by the British.

President Jefferson's cabinet:

included Madison as secretary of state.

The most notable aspect of the British assault upon Baltimore was:

its inspiration for the eventual national anthem

In a stable and structured environment like the one provided by Lowell Mills, what became a major problem by the middle 1830s?

labor unrest

By the 1850s, railroads had begun to receive encouragement from the federal government in the form of:

land grants

The various workingmen's parties wanted:

laws regulating banks.

President Madison's attempts to deal with British and French interference with American trade:

led to war with the British.

The Know-Nothings proposed to:

lengthen the time required to become a citizen.

The Know-Nothings campaigned primarily to:

limit immigrant influence.

The cotton gin's invention:

made cotton a major export item.

The cotton gin:

made possible the efficient separation of seeds from fiber

The textile plant established in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1813:

manufactured finished cloth.

Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to:

map and explore well beyond the Mississippi.

Thomas Jefferson believed that a large federal debt would:

mean high taxes and public corruption.

The settlement of the West was accelerated by Cyrus McCormick's invention of the:

mechanical reaper.

To avoid the problems associated with political parties running multiple candidates for the presidency, Congress:

passed the Twelfth Amendment providing that electors use separate ballots to vote for a president and a vice president

At the Hartford Convention, delegates:

proposed a series of constitutional amendments to limit Republican influence in government.

Trade associations, or guilds, formed by artisans in the early 1800s attempted to do all the following, EXCEPT:

recruit unskilled workers.

In antebellum theaters, audiences:

responded vocally to the quality of performances

To President Jefferson, one major incentive to purchase Louisiana was to:

secure American access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans.

The Germans who came to the United States:

settled mainly in rural areas.

Jefferson's Embargo Act:

sought to stop all American exports.

The advantage clipper ships had over traditional merchant vessels was their:

speed

The "Old Republicans," led by John Randolph:

supported an agrarian society.

By the 1850s, a communications revolution had been triggered by the development of the:

telegraph

German immigrants in the 1850s:

tended to come as groups and families.

The British invasion of the mid-Atlantic coast in 1814 resulted in:

the capture and burning of Washington, D.C.

Western settlers and politicians believed that war with Britain might enable:

the conquest of Canada.

The British defeat at New Orleans is best explained by:

their attack upon a strong defensive position.

One striking aspect of the Lowell factories was:

their employment of young single women.

In the antebellum era, prizefights lasted:

until one fighter could not continue.

The "penny press":

was named for the low cost of newspapers

The Know-Nothing party:

was strongest in the 1850s.

Cyrus McCormick's grain reapers:

were manufactured at his factory in Chicago.

Physicians in the early 1800s:

were mostly self-taught or apprenticed with an experienced doctor.

Between 1800 and 1840, the nation's most dramatic population expansion occurred:

west of the Appalachians

The Shawnee leader, Tecumseh:

worked to unite Indians in a vast confederacy.

In what way did women NOT remain within the home?

working in religious and social service realms