exam 2
Which statement is true about the electoral college?
By 1828, voters chose the presidential electors in every state except South Carolina
after 1830, the majority of white southerners came to believe
t freedom for whites rested on power to command the labor of blacks.
The first industry to be shaped by the large factory system was:
textiles
Nat Turner's Rebellion demonstrated
that slaves would be a fatal disadvantage if they were outnumbered by armed whites.
Which tribes were targeted by the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
the Five Civilized Tribes
What was impressment?
the practice of kidnapping sailors and forcing them to serve in the British navy.
By 1840, as a result of Indian removal,
the racial definition of American nationhood and freedom was reinforced
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820,
the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into slave and free zones.
what happened along the U.S.-Canada border during the embargo act of 1807?
the smuggling of goods increased.
The practice of giving a political office to someone based on party loyalty is called:
the spoils system
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were two prominent members of
the transcendentalist movement
What did Andrew Jackson symbolize to most Americans during the "Age of Jackson"?
the triumph of political democracy
which of the following was a result of the war of 1812?
the united states completed its conquest of the area east of the Mississippi river.
What innovation led to mass production of newspapers and pamphlets in the 1820s and 1830s?
the use of steam power for presses
Which statement is true about the difference between farming in the Old Northwest and the Northeast?
Farming was done on a much bigger scale in the Old Northwest.
which of the following statements about Martin Van Buren is true?
He wanted to see competition between political parties
How does Sarah Bagley explain her employment in a Lowell mill in the Voice of Industry?
She is made to work there in order to provide money for her family back home
What does the period known as the "Era of Good Feelings" indicate about American politics in the nineteenth century?
Single-party rule did not result in the easing of sectional rivalries
Why did the rise of the market revolution and westward expansion make life worse for African-Americans?
When traders and owners moved enslaved people west, they destroyed family ties and long-standing communities
Most states that entered the Union after the original thirteen required ownership of property to vote
false
One significant way that blacks were able to enjoy economic independence was by settling in the West on federally provided public land.
false
Public support for the Bank of the United States increased significantly following its careful handling of the Panic of 1819
false
Slave traders tried hard to keep slave families together.
false
The Missouri Compromise debate illustrated that northern politicians did not want slavery to expand for primarily moral reasons
false
The Monroe Doctrine was a formal statement of America's belief that it had a "manifest destiny" to expand across the North American continent
false
The Trail of Tears refers specifically to the removal of the Seminole Indians from Florida to present-day Oklahoma
false
The Twelfth Amendment provided the federal government with the legal authority to finance national roads and canals
false
The market revolution resulted in economic leveling, with a significant decline in economic inequality occurring between 1800 and 1840 in the Northeast
false
Women enjoyed an expansion of democracy for themselves during the 1830s and 1840s, as they were welcomed into the public sphere.
false
slave owners were very successful at keeping slaves from encountering the rhetoric of political liberty or from hearing about the efforts abolitionists.
false
the war of 1812 was a military success for the United States.
false
what did alexander Hamilton include in his economic proposal?
federal responsibility for outstanding revolutionary war debts
By 1860, free black men could vote on the same basis as whites only in:
five New England states
which of the following rights or freedoms is the focus of the "address of the Democratic-republican society of Pennsylvania" of December 8,1974?
freedom of expression
Which of the following was a focus of the transcendentalist movement?
freeing the individual from social constraints
Fugitive Slaves
generally understood that the North Star led to freedom
southerners in the backcountry
generally worked the land using family labor.
where did the task labor system originate from?
it was a holdover from the colonial period.
when president James Madison asked congress to declare war on Britain in 1812,
it was approved by the smallest margin of any war declaration in U.S. history.
on what grounds did southerners claim that slavery was "modern"?
it was foundation of the cotton economy, whose product were essential to modern life.
to qualify as a member of the planter class , a person had to be engaged in southern agriculture and
own at least twenty slaves.
What was a voting requirement that all states except Rhode Island had eliminated by 1860?
owning property
The independence movements in Latin America between 1810 and 1822
paralleled in some wats the independence movement that created the United States
What qualities did the British writer Harriet Martineau and the French writer Alexis de Tocqueville find notable about Americans in the 1830s?
their energy and materialism
what was the significance of the planter class in antebellum Southern society?
their values and goals dominated Southern life.
The term "Era of Good Feelings" refers to the period of American history when
there seemed to be political harmony during the Monroe administration
which of the following is true about the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
they met Indian tribes accustomed to dealing with European Traders.
the passage of the alien and sedition acts was opposed by Thomas Jefferson on what grounds?
they represented a hysteria similar to that seen during the Salem witch trials.
which of the following was true of newspapers in America during the period from 1790 to 1810?
they significantly grew in number.
Supporters of nullification claimed that the federal government was overstepping its rights and infringing on states' rights. T/F
true
Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa tried to revive a pan-Indian movement and unite against white men.
true
The French writer Alexis de Tocqueville identified democracy as an essential attribute of American freedom
true
The Independent Treasury completely separated the federal government from the nation's banking system
true
The Panic of 1837 led to a depression that lasted until 1843
true
The market revolution produced a new middle class
true
The party battles of the Jacksonian era reflected the clash between public and private definitions of American freedom and their relationship to government power. T/F
true
congress passed all of alexander Hamilton's financial plans except for subsides for manufacturing.
true
in today's United States, the federal Reserve determines the amount of paper money t be issued
true
newspapers and pamphlets were a primary vehicle for political debate in the early republic.
true
the Whiskey Rebellion of1794 proved to federalist that democracy in the hands of the ordinary citizen was dangerous.
true
the aftermath of the war of 1812 confirmed the ability of a republican government to conduct a war without surrendering its institutions.
true
the second bank of the united states was a private, profit-making corporation
true
In the 1840s, nativists blamed immigrants for
urban crime and political corruption
As president, John Tyler
vetoed a bill to create a new national bank, thus angering Whigs.
The Force Act of 1833
was "nullified" by South Carolina
Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women
was inspired by Thomas Paine's Rights of Man.
during the first half of the nineteenth century, individualism
was rooted in the idea of self-sufficiency
Slave Culture
were semi-independent and centered on family and church
Most of the states that joined the Union in the six years immediately following the War of 1812 were located
west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The nullification crisis ended
with a compromise tariff
what was the biggest fear of slave of any age?
A family member being sold
Some of the new Latin American nations allowed Indians and free blacks to vote
true
What was the most important export from the United States by the mid-nineteenth century?
Cotton
Which type of publication first began to be produced in the late 1820s?
"alternative" newspapers, such as labor and abolitionist publications
According to Noah Webster's American Dictionary, which term had become synonymous in American society with the right to vote?
"citizen"
in 1860, what percentage of the southern white families were in the slave ownings class?
25 percent
By 1840, approximately ____________ percent of adult white men were eligible to vote.
90
what was the biggest fear of a slave of any age?
A family member being sold
In the document "The Memorial of the Non-Freeholders of the city of Richmond," what were the freeholders claiming?
A majority of white males were not allowed to vote
which of the following would be an example of "silent sabotage"?
A slave on a large plantation slowed the work pace.
Which occurred during the election of 1828?
Adams's supporters questioned the morality of Andrew Jackson's wife, Rachel
which of the following was the deciding factor in Thomas Jefferson's victory in the presidential election of 1800?
Alexander Hamilton advocating for his political rival Thomas Jefferson.
What future vision did John Quincy Adams have for the United States?
All of North America would eventually be part of the United States
What best described the "individualism" of the market revolution era?
Americans were sovereign individuals who had the right to privacy.
Which statement is true about women in the 1830s?
An increasing number of women published their writing
In the presidential election of 1824, who received the most votes but failed to win a majority of either the popular or electoral votes, thus requiring the House of Representatives to select a president?
Andrew Jackson
What was a factor in the nation's acquisition of Florida from Spain?
Andrew Jackson led an army to invade Florida, subsequently killing British traders.
John Jacob Astor, who seemed to exemplify the "self-made man,"
Became wealthy by trading goods between the United States and China.
Who wrote a petition to Congress as the president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, calling for the ending of slavery?
Benjamin Franklin
Which of the following was used as a justification for excluding women and blacks from voting during the Age of Jackson?
Both of these types of people lacked the necessary intellectual capacity to be voters
In what way was the 1840 Whig campaign for president similar to recent presidential campaigns?
Both stressed that the presidential candidate can relate to the average citizen
The "German triangle" in the mid-nineteenth century referred to
Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Milwaukee--cities with large German populations.
What modern example fulfills the goals of the Workingmen's parties?
Congress raising the federal minimum wage.
which of the following contributed to the United States going to war in 1812?
Congressional War Hawks who pressed for territorial expansion into Florida and Canada.
Which statement about corporations was true in the first half of the nineteenth century?
Corporations were able to raise far more capital than the traditional forms of enterprise
Who argued in a famous debate with South Carolina's Robert Hayne that the people, not the states, created the Constitution?
Daniel Webster
Which evidence of women's power over family affairs during the nineteenth century?
Declining birth rates
Which of the following occurred during the Age of Jackson?
Democracy for white males was more fully realized
Why did corporations become central to the new market economy?
Directors and stockholders of corporations could pursue profits without being personally liable for debts.
what was a factor in the coming of war of 1812?
European interference with American trade in the Atlantic
Which statement is true about the factory system in the early to mid-nineteenth century?
Factories gathered large groups of workers under central supervision and replaced hand tools with power-driven machinery.
Despite the fact that the first Workingman's Partied had been established by the 1820s, strikes were still very uncommon in the 1830s
False
in the 1790s, America was involved in what has been called a "quasi-war" with which nation?
France
The majority of the nearly 4 million immigrants that entered the United States between 1840 and 1860 were from
Germany and Ireland
Which is true of John Quincy Adams?
He believed that a strong federal government enhanced personal liberty
What was the primary reason Andrew Jackson opposed the Bank of the United States?
He believed that no institution should possess such concentrated power and economic privilege, unaccountable to the people
What view did Nat Turner express prior to his execution?
He compared his death to the crucifixion of Jesus.
Which is true of the presidency of William Henry Harrison?
He died a month after taking office
Which group did American Protestants fear threatened American identity?
Irish immigrants, who were Catholics
What was president Martin Van Buren's new solution to the problem of what to do about the federal government's relationship to banking?
He proposed that federal funds be controlled by government officials rather than by bankers
What marked Herman Melville as unique in mid-nineteenth-century America?
He was an author who portrayed complex, heroic black characters
what happened to King Louis XVI during the French Revolution?
He was executed, along with numerous aristocrats.
Why was Joseph Smith driven from New York State?
His embrace of polygamy
What is the significance of Andrew Jackson's actions during during the Bank War?
His strong stance cemented his reputation as the symbolic representative of the common people
What was the significance of Robert Fulton?
His work in designing steamboats made upstream commerce possible
Handsome Lake of Seneca held what belief in regard to Indians' relationship with whites?
Indians could regain their autonomy without directly challenging whites.
what was a result of the War of 1812?
Indians lost a great deal of land in the south.
In his Cherokee Nation v. Georgia opinion, Chief Justice John Marshall stated that
Indians were wards of the federal government
What name is given to the sharp increase in printing and the availability of printed material in the 1830s
Information Revolution
Which is true of the popular book The Frugal Housewife?
It had a chapter titled "How to Endure Poverty."
Which is true of paper money in America in the early nineteenth century?
It represented a promise to pay the bearer, on demand, a specific amount of gold or silver
What was the significance of the controversy over Peggy Eaton?
It solidified Martin Van Burren's position as Jackson's closest adviser
Which of the following represents Andrew Jackson's position on the Second Bank of the United States?
It was an unacceptable concentration of power and economic privilege
what would have been an accurate assessment of the Monroe Doctrine at the time?
It was more talk than action, as the United States was weak militarily
Which is true of the Second Great Awakening?
Its religous ideals complemented the secular focus on self-reliance and self-improvement.
which of the following led directly to the creation of the republican party in the 1790s?
Jay's Treaty
Which policy or action showed Jefferson contradicting his own philosophy on government?
Jefferson's advocacy for the Embargo Act.
Who wrote Exposition and Protest and emerged by the early 1830s as the most prominent spokesman for the right of nullification?
John C. Calhoun
What argument does "The memorial of the Non-Freeholders of the City of Richmond" make against the policy of granting the right to vote only to those who own property
Land ownership is not evidence of superior intelligence or moral judgement
How did Latin American republics established between 1810 and 1822 differ from the united States?
Latin American constitutions extended the right to vote to Indians and free blacks
In the first half of the nineteenth century, Cincinnati became known as what?
Porkopolis
What was a factor in the increasing involvement of Old Northwest farmers in the market economy?
Loans originating with eastern banks and insurance companies financed the acquisition of land and supplies
As part of the Missouri Compromise, what free state was admitted to the Union?
Maine
what was a result of the Panic of 1819?
Many farmers and businessmen declared bankruptcy
Which statement is true about Irish immigrants to the united States between 1840 and 1860?
Many lived in urban ghetto neighborhoods where crime and disease rates were high
Seeing themselves as a chosen people, blacks viewed which Biblical story as playing a central role in their version of Christianity?
Matthew and the whale
Why was a second Missouri Compromise necessary?
Missouri's state constitution barred free blacks from entering the state.
The book of Mormon states that
Native Americans were descended from people from the Middle East
during the War of 1812, America's greatest success in a land battle against the British took place where?
New Orleans
In Gibbons v. Ogden, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that
New York could not grant monopoly on steamboat navigation.
What was a general belief of the Democrats in the 1830s?
New corporate enterprises were suspicious
Who was the president of the Second Bank of the united States in 1832?
Nicholas Biddle
Which characterizes newspapers during the Age of Jackson?
Partisan, presenting issues through the lens of their own parties' platforms
which value was particularly strong in the south in the early nineteenth century?
Personal Honor
which element of our current political system did the founding fathers generally hope to avoid?
Political Parties
What were Spain's only remaining American colonies in 1825?
Puerto Rico and Cuba
in an 1840 letter written from Canada, fugitive slave Joseph Taper asked for divine blessing upon
Queen Victoria
What is true about race in the mid-nineteenth century United States?
Race replaced class as the boundary between men who enjoyed political freedom and those who did not
What is true about race in the mid-nineteenth-century United States?
Race replaced class as the boundary between men who enjoyed political freedom and those who did not
What sparked the rapid growth of Chicago from a small settlement in 1830 to America's fourth-largest city by 1860.
Railroads connected Chicago to numerous eastern marketplaces.
Which problem with cotton did Eli Whitney solve by inventing the cotton gin?
Removing seeds from the cotton was a slow and painstaking task, but Whitney made it much easier and less labor-intensive
Which was the last tribe to put up resistance on the battlefield in the Old Northwest?
Sauk
Which Indian nation fought a war with the U.S. army from 1835 to 1842 to resist removal to the West?
Seminole
Which statement is true about the Second Seminole War of 1835-1842?
Seminoles and African-Americans fought together
which was a result of the panic of 1819?
Some states suspended debt collections
Which state referred to the Tariff of 1828 as an "abomination"?
South Carolina
Which of the following is true of Lafayette's 1824 visit to the United States?
Southern States banned "persons of color" from ceremonies honoring him.
What position did Andrew Jackson take during the nullification crisis?
States did not have the right to secede and threaten the rest of the union
What encouraged the building of factories in coastal towns such as New Bedford and even large inland cities such as Chicago by the 1840s?
Steam power meant factories no longer had to be near waterfalls and rapids to generate the power.
Nativists
Stereotyped the Irish as childlike, lazy, heavy drinkers, who were unsuited for republican freedom.
What was the role of the Supreme Court in the protection of Native American lands?
The Supreme Court was unable to enforce any form of protection
Which was a component of the Monroe Doctrine?
The United States vowed to oppose efforts by European powers to establish any new colonies in the Americas
Which of the following was responsible for the first large-scale American factory, which was built in Massachusetts?
The cutting off of British imports because of the Embargo of 1807 and the War of 1812
Which statement is true about Indian removal in the 1820s and 1830s?
The increasing profitability of cotton motivated the United States to intensify efforts to seize Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Choctaw lands in order ro expand cotton cultivation
What is the significance of Eli Whitney's cotton gin?
The internal slave trade within the United States grew dramatically.
How did Mormonism challenge societal norms?
The mormons came to endorse the doctrine of polygamy
Why were there more opportunities for women writers in the 1820s and 1830s?
The reading public grew considerably, creating a growing market for all types of writing
Which statement is a correct assessment of the Whigs?
They argued that the role of government was to promote the welfare of its people
which is true of the political positions of younger Republicans, such as Henry Clay, in the years immediately following the War of 1812?
They embraced the idea that the nation's economic independence required a manufacturing sector
Which statement described the status of free people of color during the market revolution?
They sought opportunities available in the West
Which of the following describes the experience of the "mill girls"?
They were required to live in closely supervised boardinghouses.
who wrote that he hoped that the purchase of Louisiana would lead to the transplanting of all the Indians from east of the Mississippi to the west of the Mississippi?
Thomas Jefferson
The catalyst for the market revolution was a series of innovations in
Transportation and communication
why did Jefferson use the U.S. Navy against North African states?
Tripoli had declared war on the United States after Jefferson refused demands for increased payment to the barbary pirates.
Cincinnati and St. Louis grew rapidly due to interregional trade.
True
Jay's Treaty effectively destroyed the American alliance with France.
True
which statement is true about the impact of the U.S. acquisition of New Orleans on African-Americans who lived in the city?
U.S. laws restricted the freedom of free and enslaved African-Americans more harshly than French and Spanish laws did.
which statement is true about the Whigs
Whigs were strongest in the Northeast
Whose 1840 presidential campaign portrayed him as a common man who was born in a log cabin?
William Henry Harrison
Which view of women in America first became prominent in the early nineteenth century?
Women were too gentle and pure to be contaminated by the world of politics
What does Margaret McCarthy promise that her family will find in America in her 1850 letter?
Work and food
Which was a cause of the Panic of 1819?
a decline in the European market for American farm products
What motivated the actions that resulted in the Dorr War?
a desire to expand Rhode Island's voting laws to include those who didn't own property
what was the main source of the political divisions the surfaced in 1790 and 1791?
a financial plan developed by alexander Hamilton
Sacajawea was
a guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Andrew Jackson's inauguration was
a large, rowdy event.
Which of the following characterizes the practice of politics in America during the Age of Jackson?
a mass spectacle that served as a kind of public entertainment
What issue was argued during Webster-Hayne debate?
a state's right to nullify a federal law
Which of the following meets the ideals embodied by the "cult of domesticity"?
a wife who was submissive to her husband in all important decisions
president Thomas Jefferson tried to minimize federal power by
abolishing all taxes except the tariff.
Mary Wollstonecraft and Judith Sargent Murray's writings about women's rights mainly called for women to
access improved educational opportunities.
What is the document "Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens Threatened with Disenfranchisement" protesting?
an amendment to the Pennsylvania constitution restricting coting rights to whites
What political quality did Andrew Jackson and George Washington share?
an appeal to voters based at least partly on a history of military leadership
During the first half of the nineteenth century, free black Americans
could not, under federal law, obtain public land
White male European immigrants
could vote in some states almost from the moment they landed in America
In an 1837 case involving the Charles River In Massachusetts, Chief Justice Roger Taney
declared that the community had a legitimate interest in promoting transportation and prosperity
The Monroe Doctrine
declared the Americas off-limits to further European colonization
The second bank of the United States was created
by Congress in 1816, with the support of President Madison
Which improvement most dramatically increased the speed and lowered the expense of commerce in the first half of the nineteenth century?
canals and steamboats
An advantage of water transportation over road transportation was that
canals increased the speed of commerce over long distance
the Brer Rabbit stories of slave folklore
celebrated how the weak could outsmart the more powerful.
In the early to mid-nineteenth century, property qualifications for voting
continued in Virginia because large-scale slaveholders dominated the state's politics.
Pierre Charles L'Enfant is well known for:
designing Washington, D.C.
In which role was a slave most likely to experience the harshest conditions?
doing fieldwork on sugar plantation in southern Louisiana.
As a result of the market revolution, skilled craftsmen generally
ended up producing only one part of a product
Samuel Slater
established America's first factory
in the 1790s, the public sphere
expanded, as evidenced by the rapid growth of American press.
A law passed in 1819 made it illegal for states to have different voting requirements for blacks and whites
false
Andrew Jackson was Harvard educated but was able to portray himself to the American people as a common man
false
Daniel Webster insisted that the national government had been created by an agreement between sovereign sates, each of which retained the right to prevent the enforcement within its borders of acts of Congress that exceeded the powers specifically spelled out in the document
false
During the market revolution, the separation of classes shrunk as wealth was more evenly distributed.
false
During the period from 1810 to 1840, national boundaries prevented Americans from settling in Texas or Florida
false
Irish immigrants tended to be more skilled than the German immigrants arriving around the same time.
false
Jefferson's Presidency was characterized by commitment to the policies that the federalists had established.
false
John C. Calhoun's "corrupt bargain" gave John Quincy Adams the White House in 1824
false
John Tyler's presidency proved very popular with Whigs. T/F
false
Why was henry Clay charged with orchestrating a "corrupt bargain" during the 1824 election?
he cast his vote for Adams in the presidential election in return for a cabinet post
why did Jefferson purchase Louisiana from the French in 1803?
he hoped it would ensure the nation's agrarian character.
What position did President James Madison take regarding government-sponsored economic development?
he insisted that a constitutional amendment would be required to empower the federal government to build roads and canals
why did Thomas Jefferson call the election of 1800 the "revolution of 1800"?
he was talking about freedom the secured America's independence.
In 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that "the most rabid Radical" is likely to be conservative in what respect?
his views on women and marriage
Which was a reason that nativists in the 1840s and 1850s resented immigrants?
immigrants were willing to work for low wages.
Frederick Douglass argued that
in desiring freedom, slaves were truer to the nation's founding than were most Americans.
which is true of free blacks who owned slaves?
in many cases, these "slaves" were family members they had purchased and could not legally free.
in the decades before the Civil War, the southern states
industrialized very little compared to the northern states.
The nullification crisis
involved the fears of some slaveholders that the federal government might take action against slavery.
which is typical of a slave religion in the nineteenth century?
it included both African Traditions and Christians beliefs.
"Manifest destiny" refers to the idea first advanced by journalist John L. O'Sullivan that
it was the divine mission of the United States to take over the continent in order to extend freedom
what was the significance of the publication A Son of the Forest?
it was the first significant autobiography written by a Native American
alexander Hamilton's long-term goal was to...
make the United States a major commercial and military power.
which of the following is true of the American response to the 1791 uprising in Saint Domingue?
many white Americans considered it evidence of blacks' unfitness for republican freedom.
which statement is about the attitudes of most poor southern white farmers toward the southern elite planter class?
most poor southern whites identified with planters based on their shared whiteness and rights to political participation.
How many cities in 1850 had a population of more than 5,000?
nearly 150
Many of the members of Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet, as his group of close advisors was known, were:
newspaper editors
why could someone argue that the North was complicit in the expansion of slavery?
northern factory demand for cotton steadily increased.
What idea did John Quincy Adams promote that was not accepted in his presidency and is still rejected in today's United States?
official adoption of the metric system
German immigrants
often became craftsmen, shopkeepers, and farmers.
By the time of Jackson's presidency, politics
often emphasized individual politicians with mass followings and popular nicknames.
The second Great Awakening
promoted the belief that individuals were free to shape their own spiritual destinies.
Which goal did Whigs consider an appropriate focus for the federal government?
promoting "the welfare of the people?
Th "American System"
proposed providing federal financing of internal improvements, such as roads and canals
The "American System"
proposed providing federal financing of internal improvements, such as roads and canals
What was the most common means of acquiring slaves to work on newly established cotton plantations in the Lower South?
purchasing them at auction in cities such as Mobile, Natchez, and New Orleans
In 1821, the New York constitutional convention that removed property qualifications for white voters also
raised the property requirement for black voters, so most black New Yorkers could no longer vote
when Andrew Jackson had the chance to obtain african-american help to fight the British in the battle of New Orleans, he
recruited free men of color and promised them the same pay that white recruits.
The 1823 Monroe Doctrine
reflected a rising sense of U.S nationalism
in the south, the paternalist ethos
reflected the hierarchical society in which the planter took responsibility for the lives of those around him.
Both Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams suggested that the Missouri controversy of 1820-1821:
revealed a sectional divide that potentially threatened the Union
From 1840 to 1860, the price of a "prime field hand"
rose about 80 percent, which made it harder for southerners to enter the slaveholding class.
in 1855, an enslaves women in Missouri named Celia killed her enslaver while resisting his sextual assault. State law deemed "any women" in such circumstance to be acting in self-defenses. The court
sentenced Celia to death because she was property in the eyes of the law, and thus not legally a "women"
The women who protested during the Shoemakers' Strike in Lynn compared their condition to that of
slaves
The women who protested during the Shoemakers' Strike in Lynn compared their condition to that of:
slaves
compared to slave revolts in brazil and in west indies, slave revolts in the united states were
smaller in scale and less frequent.
what resulted from the sexual exploitation of slave women?
some wives of plantation owners resented when this happened and then punished slaves.
Tecumseh was a Shawnee who..
sought to revive Neolin's pan-Indian alliance.
The American railroad industry in the first half of the nineteenth century
stimulated the coal mining industry
the land involved in the Louisiana Purchase
stretched from the gulf of Mexico to Canada and from the Mississippi river to the rocky mountains.
The U.S. Supreme Court's 1832 Worcester v. Georgia decision
supported the right of the Cherokee people to maintain a separate political identity
why did the united states become a one-party nation following the war of 1812?
the Hartford convention's allegedly treasonous activates fatally damaged the federalist Party's reputation.
What was the precedent that Calhoun referred to when justifying federal funding of canals and roads?
the Louisiana Purchase
What geographical feature in the Old Northwest served as an internal borderland?
the Ohio River
In its decision in McCulloch v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that:
the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional
which of the following did Jay's treaty accomplish?
the United States guaranteed favored treatment of British imports.
in the presidential election of 1840
the Whigs employed political tactics pioneered by Democrats.
which statement is true about the alien and sedition acts of 1798?
the alien act empowered federal authorities to deport immigrants they deemed "dangerous."
the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were a response to
the alien and sedition acts.
which of the following was part of Alexander Hamilton's financial program?
the bank of the United States, modeled on the bank of England.
During the period of westward expansion, in national myth and ideology, what did the west represent?
the chance to achieve economic independece
which event is credited with helping to ingrain the paternalist ethos more deeply into the lives of southern slaveholders?
the closing of the African slave trade
What did the citizens appeal to in the "Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens Threatened with Disfranchisement"?
the conscience of white males
The claim that "splendid" government was always "built upon the ruins of popular rights" is typical of which group in the 1830s?
the democratic party
Which of the following helped to increase the visibility and power of the Catholic Church in America in the mid-nineteenth century?
the dramatic increase in the number of Irish-Catholic immigrants
What significant issue did the Missouri Compromise aim to resolve?
the extension of slavery
"strict constructions" believed that
the federal government could only exercise powers specifically listed in the constitution.
In the Age of Jackson, Democrats typically believed that
the government should stay out of economic affairs
Which statement is true in regard to democracy in the Age of Jackson?
the justification for the disenfranchisement of women was similar to that used against blacks
which of the following was a crucial element of Gabriel's Rebellion?
the literacy of slave leaders and their relative autonomy
on what grounds did Fredrick Douglass claim his authority as a spokesperson against slavery?
the old south had developed into the largest and most powerful slave society the modern world has known.
After Nat Turner's Rebellion, the Virginia legislature discussed ending slavery in that state.
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Andrew Jackson was the only candidate in the 1824 election to have national appeal
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By the 1830s, it was illegal to teach a slave to read or write.
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By the early nineteenth century, the term "citizen" had become synonymous with the right to vote.
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For middle-class women in the nineteenth century, not working was viewed as a badge of freedom.
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Joseph Smith never made it to Utah with his Mormon Followers
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Martin Van Buren Believed that party politics was an important component in ensuring liberty for the American people
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Most of the public government buildings constructed around 1800 in Washington, D.C. were built using slave labor.
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Slave artisans played a prominent role in Gabriel's Rebellion.
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