HIST 1301 Ch. 9 Quiz

A collapse in cotton prices set off the Panic of 1819.

true

John Quincy Adams's administration was crippled from the beginning because of the "corrupt bargain."

true

The National Road was built to connect the Midwest with the East Coast.

true

In McCulloch v. Maryland, John Marshall did which of the following?

He denied that the states could tax a federal institution.

The election of 1824 was decided when

Henry Clay supported John Quincy Adams.

Southern slave states sought to protect their national political interests by

ensuring an equal number of slave states and free states.

Which of the following statements accurately describes James Monroe as president?

He established an important principle of American foreign policy.

In the 1816 vote on the Bank of the United States,

Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun supported it, but Daniel Webster opposed it.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Missouri Compromise?

It admitted Maine to the union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.

In Dartmouth College v. Woodward, the Supreme Court did which of the following?

It expanded the definition of contracts and put them beyond state control.

In 1828, the idea that a state could nullify an act of Congress was proposed by

John C. Calhoun

The Era of Good Feelings was brought to an end by the

Panic of 1819

The Monroe Doctrine was narrowly approved by Congress in 1823 and has remained international law ever since.

false

The Panic of 1819 was successfully halted by the effective actions of the Second Bank of the United States.

false

The United States was able to acquire Florida easily because of

the lack of Spanish control over the area.

The Era of Good Feelings describes

the peaceful beginnings of James Monroe's administration.

The Tariff of 1816 benefitted the Northeast and the South equally.

false

There were four Federalist candidates for the presidency in the election of 1824.

false

Andrew Jackson defeated the Seminole Indians in Spanish Florida.

true

As president, John Quincy Adams was a strong nationalist.

true

Henry Clay was a nationalist who championed the American System.

true

In the election of 1828, Andrew Jackson was more popular with ordinary people and southern planters than was the incumbent president, John Quincy Adams.

true

The Monroe Doctrine developed after the monarchs of Europe seemed ready to help Spain regain her old empire in Latin America.

true

The extension of voting rights in most states to white men was a factor in Andrew Jackson's election in 1828.

true

The remark, "The Republicans have out-federalized Federalism," refers to Republicans in the late 1810s who supported a national bank and protective tariffs.

true

Following the War of 1812, President James Madison embraced a program of economic nationalism that consisted of

a national bank, a protective tariff, and a larger army and navy.

Chief Justice John Marshall proved to be a consistent supporter of states' rights over those of the federal government.

false

The "firebell in the night" that created the greatest political debate of the nineteenth century and filled Jefferson with terror was the

issue of slavery

John C. Calhoun believed funding internal improvements, such as a network of roads and canals in the West, would

open trading relationships between the South and West.

The percentage of Americans who could vote increased between 1790 and 1820 because

states abolished many property and taxpaying requirements.