AMSCO Chapters 6-10

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SUPPORT FOR THE BILL WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH SUPPORT FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING? a) American System, b) Cultural nationalism, c) Speculation, d) Factory system

a) American System

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REINFORCED THE MESSAGE THAT BURLEIGH WAS SENDING TO PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO MOVE TO AMERICA? a) American System, b) Industrialization, c) Protective Tariff, d) Rush-Bagot Agreement

a) American System

MONROE COUNTED ON WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EUROPEAN NATIONS TO BE AN ALLY IF ANY NATIONS CHALLENGED THE MONROE DOCTRINE? a) Britain, b) France, c) Russia, d) Spain

a) Britain

THE OPPOSITION TO FOREIGNERS IS MOST SIMILAR TO THE VIEW THAT MANY HAD TOWARD WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IN AMERICA AT THIS TIME? a) Free African Americans, b) Southerners, c) Unions, d) Women

a) Free African Americans

BASED ON THE TONE OF THE EXCERPT, WHICH OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW BEST EXPRESSES GERMAN'S POSITION ON DECLARING WAR IN JUNE OF 1812? a) He opposed going to war because he did not believe the country was prepared for one, b) he opposed the war because he thought people did not have the right attitude about fighting, c) he supported going to war immediately against both Great Britain and France, d) he supported the war to prevent British troops from Canada invading New York and other northern states.

a) He opposed going to war because he did not believe the country was prepared for one

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS OR ARE MOST SIMILAR TO THE STATEMENT IN THE EXCERPT? a) Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, b) Monroe Doctrine, c) Specie Circular, d) Tallmadge Amendment

a) Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BENEFITED MOST DIRECTLY FROM THE BANK THAT HAMILTON STRONGLY SUPPORTED? a) Manufacturers, b) Farmers, c) State governments, d) Slaveowners

a) Manufacturers

WHICH BEST EXPLAINS WHY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE? a) Nationalism, b) Sectionalism, c) States' rights, d) Dislike of Britain

a) Nationalism

BASED ON THE EXCERPT, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS WAS PRESIDENT JACKSON TRYING TO HELP? a) common individuals, b) landowners, c) small bankers, d) war veterans

a) common individuals

ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS TO FORM A UNION DURING THIS PERIOD WAS TO a) improve working conditions, b) win a shorter work week, c) prevent immigration, d) show racial solidarity

a) improve working conditions

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST SUPPORT FOR GERMAN'S CLAIM THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS "ABUNDANT CAUSE FOR WAR"? a) the impressment of U.S. sailors, b) the controversy over the Louisiana Purchase, c) the actions by the Barbary pirates, d) the findings of the Lewis and Clark expedition

a) the impressment of U.S. sailors

WORKERS IN THE 1820s FACED DIFFICULTY BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH a) transportation, b) ethnic rivalries, c) federal laws, d) inventions

a) transportation

WHICH PHRASE BY BURLEIGH BEST ADDRESSES THE MOTIVES OF THE LARGEST NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS COMING TO THE UNITED STATES DURING THE YEARS FROM 1816 to 1848? a) "a good climate", b) "good pay for labor", c) "kind neighbors", d) "a hearty welcome"

b) "good pay for labor"

WHICH PERSON WOULD MOST STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH JEFFERSON'S STATEMENT, "WE ARE ALL REPUBLICANS, WE ARE ALL FEDERALISTS"? a) John Calhoun, b) Alexander Hamilton, c) James Madison, d) James Monroe

b) Alexander Hamilton

WHICH INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP AMONG THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE STRONGEST SUPPORTER OF THE KENTUCKY RESOLUTION? a) John Adams, b) Democratic-Republicans, c) Federalists, d) Alexander Hamilton

b) Democratic-Republicans

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CAUSED THE MOVEMENT DESCRIBED IN THE EXCERPT? a) War of 1812, b) Immigration, c) Importation of slaves, d) Naturalization laws

b) Immigration

PRESIDENT JACKSON'S VETO OF THE BANK BILL WOULD CONTRIBUTE MOST SIGNIFICANTLY TO a) lower interest rates, b) a financial panic, c) increased land sales, d) Clay's political support

b) a financial panic

ONE OF THE STRONG REASONS WASHINGTON AND OTHERS WARNED AGAINST POLITICAL PARTIES WAS CONCERN ABOUT a) damages to the national reputation, b) divisive sectionalism, c) rights of property owners, d) unavoidable wars

b) divisive sectionalism

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DID WASHINGTON BELIEVE WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE UNITED STATES TO AVOID? a) excesses of patriotism, b) foreign alliances, c) raising taxes, d) religious obligations

b) foreign alliances

AS DESCRIBED IN THIS EXCERPT, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO BUSINESS OWNERS FROM HAVING A UNION? a) the supply of labor would be more dependable, b) individuals would develop better skills, c) collective bargaining would be simpler, d) workers would become better consumers

b) individuals would develop better skills

THE KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS WERE ISSUED IN REACTION TO THE : a) ratification of the Bill of Rights, b) passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts, c) the revelations about the XYZ affair, d) the declaration of the Proclamation of Neutrality

b) passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts

COMMERCIAL FARMING EXPANDED RAPIDLY IN THE NORTHWEST BY MID-CENTURY PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF a) high crop prices, b) transportation improvements, c) a prohibition on slavery, d) the weakness of soils in the East

b) transportation improvements

BASED ON THE VOTING PATTERNS SHOWN IN THE CHART, SUPPORT FOR FEDERAL FUNDING FOR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS WAS STRONGEST IN : a) agricultural regions, b) underdeveloped regions, c) regions where slavery was strong, d) regions where the Federalist party had been strong

b) underdeveloped regions

HAMILTON'S CONSTITUTIONAL ARGUMENT WAS BASED ON WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF POWERS? a) Employed, b) Expressed, c) Implied, d) Regulated

c) Implied

AS DESCRIBED IN THE EXCERPT, WHICH INDIVIDUAL OR BODY MAKES THE FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER A LAW IS VALID IN A STATE? a) Congress, b) President, c) States, d) Supreme Court

c) States

WHO OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE MOST CRITICAL OF HAMILTON'S POSITION ON THE BANK? a) George Washington, b) John Adams, c) Thomas Jefferson, d) Henry Knox

c) Thomas Jefferson

VAN BUREN BELIEVED THAT THE STRENGTH OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY WAS BASED ON a) the banking system, b) the manufacturing sector, c) farmers and planters, d) the Specie Circular

c) farmers and planters

ACCORDING TO JEFFERSON'S ADDRESS, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE RELIED ON TO PROTECT EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE? a) the majority, b) elections, c) laws, d) religion

c) laws

IN THE 1830s AND 1840s, THE SECTION OF THE UNITED STATES MOST AFFECTED BY IMMIGRATION WAS THE : a) states in the East and North, b) states with large plantations, c) states west of the Allegheny Mountains, d) territories that were not yet states

c) states west of the Allegheny Mountains

TECUMSEH BELIEVED THAT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE BEST WAY FOR THE AMERICAN INDIANS TO RESPOND TO THE DESIRE OF WHITE SETTLERS FOR LAND? a) Signing a treaty with the United States, b) Joining the British in order to stop westward expansion, c) Moving westward to lands unoccupied by American Indians, d) Forming a confederacy among all American Indians

d) Forming a confederacy among all American Indians

JEFFERSON'S CALL TO AVOID ENTANGLING ALLIANCES IS SIMILAR TO THE ADVICE OF a) John Adams, b) Aaron Burr, c) John Marshall, d) George Washington

d) George Washington

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE MOST CRITICAL OF VAN BUREN'S ECONOMIC POLICY AS PRESENTED IN THIS EXCERPT? a) Andrew Jackson, b) Roger Taney, c) Robert Hayne, d) Henry Clay

d) Henry Clay

WHO OF THE FOLLOWING PROVIDED THE STRONGEST INFLUENCE ON PRESIDENT MONROE IN THE WRITING OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE? a) George Washington, b) John Adams, c) Thomas Jefferson, d) John Quincy Adams

d) John Quincy Adams

WHO OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO AGREE WITH GERMAN'S POSITION ON THE WAR? a) John Calhoun and other politicians from the South, b) Henry Clay and other politicians from the West, c) James Madison and other politicians from the executive branch, d) Merchants from New England

d) Merchants from New England

THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DEMONSTRATES THE GROWING POWER OF THE NATIVIST MOVEMENT IN THE MID-19th CENTURY? a) a belief in nationalism, b) a series of restrictive laws, c) a secret society, d) a political society

d) a political society

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE STATEMENT IN THIS EXCERPT? a) the election of Andrew Jackson, b) the decision to halt to slave importation, c) a Supreme Court decision on states' rights, d) an increase in the tariff passed by Congress

d) an increase in the tariff passed by Congress

THE CROP THAT BEST FITS DOWNING's DESCRIPTION AS ONE OF THE "GREAT STAPLES" IN MID-19th CENTURY AMERICA WAS a) corn, b) tobacco, c) sugar, d) cotton

d) cotton

ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE, THE FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER A FEDERAL LAW OR ACTION WAS LEGAL SHOULD BE MADE BY : a) Congress, b) the president, c) the Supreme Court, d) each state

d) each state

TECUMSEH OBJECTED TO THE TREATY SELLING INDIAN LAND BECAUSE HE THOUGHT a) the price offered by the United States was too low, b) American Indians were always encroaching on settlements, c) the white settlers would divide the land among them, d) no individual or single tribe had the right to sell the land

d) no individual or single tribe had the right to sell the land

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS PROVIDED THE GREATEST SUPPORT FOR THE JACKSON'S VETO OF THE BANK? a) manufacturers, b) nativists, c) southerners, d) westerners

d) westerners


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