midterm amsco 9-11

The development of which of the following best demonstrates the growing power of the nativist movement in the mid-19th century?

A political party

Which of the following is or are most similar to the statement in the excerpt?

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

The first free public education system in the United States began in which of the following colonies?

Massachusetts

As described in the excerpt, which individual or body makes the final decision on whether a law is valid in a state?

States

Sojourner Truth strongly rejects criticisms of women that are based on which fo the following?

The teachings of religion

Which of the following groups held views most similar to the ideas expressed in this excerpt?

Transcendentalists

Which of the following groups provided the greatest support for Jackson's veto of the Bank?

Westerners

As described in this excerpt, which of the following would be a benefit to business owners from having a union?

Workers would become better consumers

President Jackson's veto of the Bank bill would contribute most significantly to

a financial panic

The crop that best first Downing's description as one of "the great staples" in mid-19th century America was

cotton

Thoreau challenged the government because

he opposed war in all cases

One of the primary reasons to form a union during this period was to

improve working conditions

Stevens disagrees with those who oppose free public education because

it will result in increased taxes

Sojourner Truth saw connection between the women's rights movement and

the antislavery movement

Commercial farming expanded rapidly in the Northwest by mid-century primarily because of

transportation improvements

Which of the following was the immediate cause of the publication of the statement in this excerpt?

An increase in the tariff passed by Congress

Based on the excerpt, which of the following groups was President Jackson trying to help?

Common indiivduals

The opposition to foreigners is most similar to the view that many had toward which of the following in America at this time?

Free African Americans

Thoreau believed that a just man should be prepared to do which of the following?

Go to jail for his beliefs

Which of the following individuals would be most critical of Van Buren's economic policy as presented in this excerpt?

Henry Clay

Which of the following caused the movement described in the excerpt?

Immigration

Stevens believes public education would provide support for

democratic government

Workers in the 1820s faced difficulty because of problems with

ethnic rivalries

Van Buren believed that the strength of the American economy was based on

farmers and planters