HY 120 Final CHAPTER 10

Which of the following statements is true regarding the Trail of Tears?

At least one-quarter of the Indians perished during the winter of 1838-1839.

A significant theme of the Monroe Doctrine was that

European powers should refrain from further colonization in the Americas.

Free blacks gained the right to vote in every state in the Union after 1800.

False

Which of the following is a true statement about Jackson's political beliefs?

He felt African-Americans should either remain as slaves or be freed and sent abroad.

In Johnson v. M'Intosh, the Supreme Court proclaimed that

Indians were not in fact owners of their land, but merely had a "right of occupancy."

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

It fostered a major backlash of anti-bank sentiment.

Which is true of Martin Van Buren's campaign for president?

Rather than being dangerous and divisive, he believed political parties were a necessary and desirable element of political life.

Which of the following was a trend in American democracy during the 1820s and 1830s?

Selling candidates and their images was as important as the positions for which they stood.

Which of the following was part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

Slavery was prohibited in the remaining Louisiana Territory north of 36°30'.

Which of the following was an element in the 1841 Dorr War?

Supporters of democratic reform organized a People's Convention, which drafted a new constitution for the state of Rhode Island.

Which of the following was a difference between the Democrats and the Whigs during the Jackson years?

The Whigs favored public measures and other policies to regulate personal morality; the Democrats did not.

Although denied the ballot, women found a voice in the public sphere during the 1820s and 1830s.

True

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

True

The 1828 "tariff of abominations" led to the nullification crisis.

True

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

True

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

internal improvements.

In the mid-1800s, this concept had replaced class as the boundary between those American men who were entitled to enjoy political freedom and those who were not.

race

President James Madison favored a system of national economic incentives for manufacturers, a protective tariff, a new national bank, and federal financing of roads and canals that came to be known as

the American System.

The Panic of 1819 was caused by

the land bubble burst and fallen prices.

The Era of Good Feelings was so-called because

they were years of one-party government.