History Exam

At the Constitutional Convention, the New Jersey Plan proposed a legislature that?

Force the ruler of Tripoli to accept a reduced ransom from the United States.

Which of the following statements accurately describes Andrew Jackson?

He actively campaigned among the people, unlike many candidates before him.

Samuel Slater

He was a British mechanic that moved to America and in 1791 invented the first American machine for spinning cotton. He is known as "the Father of the Factory System" and he started the idea of child labor in America's factories.

In the 1816s who voted 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.

The greatest single achievement of Jefferson's presidency was the?

Louisiana Purchase

The Eaton affair involved?

The marriage of a senator to a woman with a scandalous reputation.

Which of the following was a stipulation of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

The new western territories would eventually become coequal states.

The Era of Good Feelings describes?

The peaceful beginnings of James Monroe's administration.

The Bill of Rights included all of the following EXCEPT?

The right to refuse to participate in state militias.

When did the Know Nothing come to power?

They came to power in the 1850s

During the political struggle known as the Bank War, Jackson viewed the Bank of the United States as a dangerous monopoly controlled by a few wealthy men.

True

Native resistance to the Indian Removal Act came largely from northern tribes?

True

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

True

The Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention called for three separate branches of government.

True

Nineteenth-century developments in transportation in the United States occurred in which order?

Turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads

The "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign was in supported by?

William Henry Harrison.

At the Constitutional Convention, the New Jersey Plan proposed a legislature that said?

With equal representation for each state.

To keep the government financially sound after the Panic of 1837, Van Buren proposed?

an independent treasury.

To strengthen the government under the Articles of Confederation, Robert Morris wanted to?

enlarge the national debt.

The Constitutional Convention required that the Constitution be ratified by?

state conventions.

Under the Articles of Confederation, America and Britain were in conflict over?

the power to raise revenue through direct taxation of US inhabitants

Causes of the Panic of 1837 included?

A financial depression in England.

Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

A reliance on voluntary contributions from the states for funding

The Supreme Court's decision in Marbury v. Madison?

Established the Court's power to declare laws unconstitutional.

The Lowell system depended on a large, urban labor force.

False

The Quasi War with France ended in what is widely considered an utter defeat for the Americans?

False

The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution involved?

Presidential elections

What was a result of Henry Clay's compromise in 1833?

South Carolina rescinded its nullification of the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.

The Whig party tended to attract members of all of the following groups EXCEPT?

Supporters of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster.

Which of the following occurred at the Battle of Tippecanoe?

Tecumseh's attempts to achieve Indian unity fell apart.

Which of the following Native American groups did the U.S. government force to walk 800 miles west on the Trail of Tears?

The Cherokee.

Which of the following did the Erie Canal connect?

The Great Lakes and the Midwest to New York City

Cherokee issues in 1820s and 1830s?

The Indian Removal Act was signed, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy.

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

The Panic of 1819.

Which of the following was a result of the invention of the cotton gin?

The concentration of slave populations shifted to cotton-growing states.