US History Chapter 4 Exam
Which of the following statements describe workers' approach to alcohol consumption in the 1820s?
Many workers used alcohol as an escape from the routine of work but also drank in their workplaces
Who is considered the first real politician, partly because he created the first statewide political machine?
Martin Van Buren
Which of the following describes German immigrants who settled in the United States during the 1840s and 1850s?
Germans were the second largest immigrant group and many settled in the Midwestern states
How did Andrew Jackson respond to South Carolina's claimed right of nullification in 1832?
He asked Congress for a Force Bill authorizing him to use the military to suppress any act of nullification
Which of the following characterizes patterns of immigration into the United States during the 1840s and 1850s?
Most of the Irish who arrived in the United States were poverty-stricken peasants
For which of the following reasons did New York's state government fund the building of the Erie Canal in 1817?
New Yorkers sought to link the Hudson River with the Great Lakes
Which of the following were the three key elements of Clay's American system?
Protective tariff, subsidized internal improvements, and the national bank
Who was the English immigrant who secretly brought the design of the most advanced British machinery for spinning cotton to America in 1789?
Samuel Slater
John C. Calhoun challenged the northern Whig economic ideology by arguing...
That advanced civilizations always had antagonism between workers and capitalists
Which of the following developments spurred the Panic of 1837?
The Bank of England curtailed British investment in the United States
Which of the following was the message of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography publish in full in 1818?
The suggestion that an industrious man could become wealthy
Which of the following was one of the ways that wage-workers strove to resist their bosses' efforts to control their non-work lives in the early to mid-nineteenth century?
They built a robust workers' culture that preserved their autonomy outside work
Which of the following describes the new industrial system that developed in early nineteenth-century America?
It brought workers together under one roof in a factory
Which of the following was the primary function of the Second Bank of the United States?
To stabilize the nation's money supply by forcing state banks to convert their paper money periodically into gold and silver coin
In the U.S. Supreme Court case Worcester V. Georgia (1832), John Marshal and the Court majority issued a decision that...
Upheld Indian nations' political authority in their communities
Which of the following was an outcome of the American Industrial Revolution in the early nineteenth century?
American businesses soon dominated in many European markets
As president, John Quincy Adams supported which of the following policies?
A national bank to promote a uniform currency and to control credit
President Martin Van Buren responded to the Panic of 1837 by...
Adopting a hands-off, limited-government stance
How did the spread of Industrialization in the United States during the 1820s and 1830s affect skilled artisans?
As machines changed the nature of their work, shoemakers, hatters printers, furniture makers, and weaves faced declining income, job insecurity, and loss status
Around the 1830s, what new form of manufacturing emerged in America?
Fabrication of metal products
Which concept promoted by the Second Great Awakening reinforced it push for societal reform?
Free moral agency
What was the outcome of President John Quincy Adams' support of the Creeks in their treaty negotiations with the state of Georgia?
Georgia's governor attacked him as a "public enemy" and "ally of the savages"
How did Thomas Jefferson respond to the development of American manufacturing by the 1820s?
He praised industrialization and expressed pride in American progress in manufacturing
Which of the following describe John Tyler and his presidency?
He so angered Whigs that he was kicked out of the party while president
Which of the following statements describes Jackson's veto of the bill rechartering the Second Bank of the United States in 1832?
It was a popular move, blending constitutional arguments, an appeal to patriotism, and class rhetoric
Which of the following statements characterizes Andrew Jackson's intentions towards Native Americans during his presidency?
Jackson meant to remove all Native Americans east of the Mississippi, even those who had adapted to white society
In the early 1800s, British textile manufacturers had which of the following advantages over their American competitors?
Large pool of cheap labor
Which of the following statements characterizes the American political system directly after the American Revolution?
Notables managed local elections through their personal connections
In the 1824 U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons V. Oden, the Marshal Court's decision
Overturned New York law that granted a monopoly on steamboat travel into New York City
How did the federal government aid the growth of American industry in the first half of the nineteenth century?
Passing protective tariffs
The power of elected officials to grant government jobs to party members in return for their loyalty is known as which of the following systems?
Patronage
What aspect of early nineteenth-century American government had the founders condemned as contrary to republican ideals?
Political parties
The 1832 Ordinance of Nullification was based on which of the following beliefs?
States had the right to determine which congressional laws they would enforce
Which of the following Puritan ideas became a middle-class conviction with a secular twist during industrialization in the early 1800s?
The Protestant work ethic
How did the appearance of canals and steamboats in the United States affect the flow of goods and information during the 1830s?
The canals and steamboats cut in half most travel and communication time
Charles Grandison Finney found success as a young revivalist preacher in the 1820s by emphasizing which of the following issues in his sermons?
The importance of personal conversion
Which of the following statements characterizes the American party system by the early 1840s?
The practice of Americans voting for a particular party along ethnic and religious lines began to emerge
What did bankers, land speculators, and entrepreneurs in the 1820s to the 1840s have in common?
They demanded government assistance for their business enterprises
Why did several Eastern states expand suffrage in the 1810s?
They wanted to discourage westward migration
Which of these describes the experiences of the young women who worked in the New England textile mills in the 1820s and 1830s?
They were able to save their wages for later use to help out their families
