APUSH Take Home Test #3; 1815-1850
Agreement that ceded Florida to the United States and fixed the western boundaries of the Louisiana Territory
Adams-Onis Treaty
Henry Clay's ambitious nationalistic plans for tariffs, internal improvements and expanded manufacturing
American System
Which of the following states the principal of Manifest Destiny?
American's expansion to the West coast was inevitable and divinely sanctioned
In which of the following pairs of events did the first cause the second?
Andrew Jackson vetoed the Bank Re-charter Bill- the Whig Party formed
Small, short-lived third party that originated a new method of nominating presidential candidates in 1831
Anti-masons
The "moneyed monster" that Clay tried to preserve and Jackson killed with his veto in 1832
BUS
Young southern congressman who began as a nationalistic defender of protective tariffs and internal improvements
Calhoun
Rich Mexican province that Polk tried to buy and Mexico refused to sell
California
American steamship attacked by British for carrying supplies to Canadian rebels
Caroline
Southeastern Indian whose rights were upheld by the Supreme Court but that was nevertheless forcibly removed
Cherokee
New York governor who built the enormously successful Erie Canal
Clinton
Pioneering Massachusetts Supreme Court decision that declared labor unions legal
Comm. vs Hunt
Whitney's invention that enhanced cotton production and gave new life to black slavery
Cotton gin
The widespread cultural creed that glorified women's roles as homemakers, wives, and mothers and stressed the moral influenced of women in the home
Cult of Domesticity
Supreme Court case in which Daniel Webster successfully argued that a state could not change a charter once granted
Dartmouth College vs Woodward
Political party that generally stressed individual liberty, the rights of the common people, and hostility of privilege
Democrats
Liberal religious belief, held by many of the Founding Fathers, that stressed rationalism and moral behavior rather than Christian revelation
Diesm
Which of the following Supreme Court cases was NOT ruled upon during John Marshall's tenure as Chief Justice?
Dred Scott vs Sanford
Confusing four way campaign that ended up in the House of Representatives
Election of 1824
Somewhat inappropriate term applied to the Monroe administration suggesting they lacked major conflicts
Era of Good Feelings
Major water transportation route financed and built by New York State after President Madison vetoed a bill for federally financed internal improvements
Erie Canal
The Monroe Doctrine stated that the United States had legitimate reason to fear European intervention in the Western Hemisphere because
Europe's militaries were considerably more powerful than those of the United States
Legislation called the "bloody bill" by radical nullifiers, which authorized the President to use the army to collect tariffs
Force Bill
Often liberal and well-educated immigrant group whose clannish ways and Sunday beer drinking sometimes aroused suspicion
German
Nation that strongly backed Texas independence, hoping to turn it into an economic asset and antislavery bastion
Great Britain
By what means did the United States take possession of the Oregon Territory?
Great Britain ceded it to the United States as part of a negotiated treaty
Silver-tongued South Carolina who defended Calhoun and nullification in a famous debate in 1830
Hayne
Which of the following best explains why President Andrew Jackson resisted annexing Texas during his administration
He feared that debates over annexation would exacerbate sectional strife
Which of the following is NOT true of John Quincy Adams?
He was the only son of a president to attain presidency himself
Idealist Massachusetts educator who promoted the cause of public schools
Horace Mann
System of keeping government funds in separate vaults, established by Van Burren's "divorce bill" in 1840
Independent Treasury
Between 1820 and 1854, the greatest number of immigrants to the United States were from
Ireland
Famine-stricken immigrant group that made headway in American politics against the discrimination of native born Americans
Irish
Which of the following was LEAST influential in bringing about Andrew Jackson's victory in 1828?
Jackson's defense of Native American property rights
Reflecting a new focus on individualism, which of the following authors created the character of "Natty Bumpo," a rugged frontiersman who struggled against the disorders of his society?
James Fennimore Cooper
Begun as the Order of the Star-Spangled Banner, it clamored against immigration and Catholicism
Know Nothings
To which sections would the Wilmot Proviso have applied in the map below
L and N
Legislation that lowered the price of land to aid western farmers hard-pressed by the Panic of 1819
Land Act of 1820
Area where the vulnerability of former Spanish colonies tempted European monarchies and aroused American concern
Latin America
Small antislavery party that took enough votes from Henry Clay to cost him the election of 1844
Liberty
Site of an early showpiece factory, where the workers were primarily New England farm girls
Lowell
State where "aroostook war" was fought over a disputed boundary with Canada
Maine
Which of the following is most closely associated with the presidency of James K. Polk?
Manifest Destiny
Supreme Court ruling that defended feral power by denying a state the right to tax a bank
McCulloch vs Maryland
The constitutionality of the Bank of the United States was upheld by the Supreme Court in the case of
McCulloch vs. Maryland
Grade-school lesson books that taught lessons of morality, patriotism, and idealism to 19th century public school students
McGruffey
The only major highway constructed by the federal government before the Civil War
National Road
Ohio College, once headed by Charles G. Finney, that stirred controversy b admitting women and black
Oberlin
Northwestern territory in dispute between Britain and United State, subject of "Manifest Destiny" rhetoric in 1844
Oregon
Seminole leader whose warriors killed 1500 American soldiers in years of guerrilla warfare
Osceola
Severe economic crisis during the Van Buren Presidency
Panic of 1837
Which of the following statements about the Whig Party is true?
Party members tended to advocate nationalistic economic policies
State financial institutions where Jackson deposited federal funds after removing them form the US Bank
Pet Banks
Dark-horse presidential winner of 1844 who effectively carried out his ambitious expansionist plants
Polk
"Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of its members...The virtue is most request conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion." The passage above was written by
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Description of Jackson's victory over Adams that defined it as a victory of the poorer masses over the wealthy classes
Revolution of 1828
Versatile machine invented by Elias Howe and improved by Isaac Singer
Sewing machine
Which of the following was an incident of the Mexican War?
Slidell Mission
Jackson's Treasury Department decree that required all public lands to be purchased with "hard" money
Specie Circular
Paper offered by Congressman Lincoln, demanding to know exactly where Mexico had allegedly shed American bood
Spot Resolution
Which of the following statements best describes Chief Justice Roger B. Taney's decision in Charles River Bridge vs Warren Bride (1837)?
Taney expanded economic opportunity and the powers of a state government
Independent nation that was the object of British, Mexican, and French scheming in the early 1840's
Texas
Which of the following statements related to the Lowell System is NOT true?
The Lowell System developed as a result of the United States' burgeoning textile industry
Which event was the most important cause of the Nullification Crisis'?
The passage of the Tariff of Abominations and Tariff of 1832
Presidents Monroe and Jackson claimed that westward relocation of Native Americans would be to the advantage of the Native Americans because
They would not be bothered west of the Mississippi
Leader who was elected on the Whig ticket but spent most of his presidency in feuds with his fellow Whigs
Tyler
Match the reform to the reformer
V-4; W-1; X-5; Z-2
The "Wizard of Albany" whose economically troubled presidency was served in the shadow of Jackson
Van Burren
Majestic New England statesman who defended "liberty and union, now and forever, one an inseparable"
Webster
New political party, originally anti-Jackson, that generally stood for national community and an activist government
Whig Party
During the first half of the 19th century, the expansion of suffrage increased popular interest in presidential elections. Partisan politics often shifted the voters' attention from issues to images. The "log cabin, hard cider" campaign helped which candidate win the election?
William Henry Harrison, 1840
Controversial amendment, passed by the House but not the Senate, stipulating that slavery should be forbidden in land gained from Mexico
Wilmot Proviso
Key components of Clay's American System included
a high protective tariff and internal improvements
The Whigs were
a pro-Bank party
The doctrine of nullification stated that
a state may repeal any federal law that it deems unconstitutional
The term "manifest destiny," used in 1846 by newspaper editor John L. O'Sullivan, could be described as a policy that would
bring democracy to the West and expand the territory of the United States
Which of the following technological innovations contributed the most to the economic development of the United States during the first four decades of the 19th century?
cotton gin
The mechanical reaper, invented by Cyrus McCormick in the 1830s, was most significant because it
cut wheat at a greater rate than the scythe
In the mid 19th century, the growth of cities was caused in part by the
expansion of industry
The Supreme Court decisions concerning Native Americans in 1831 and 1842
granted the tribes official status as foreign nations
The temperance movement of the 19th century
had a strong appeal to women
The acquisition of territory from Mexico as a result of the Mexican War was most significant in that it
heightened sectional tensions over the issues of slavery
The Know Nothing Party focused its efforts almost exclusively on the issue of
immigration
By the first decade of the 19th century, American manufacturing had been revolutionized by the advent of
interchangeable machine parts
The accusation of a "corrupt bargain" in the election of 1824 was significant because
it led to the overwhelming election of Jackson in 1828
When the Erie Canal was constructed
local markets grew at the expense of a national economy
The first and second Great Awakenings were similar in that both
made use of revivals to attempt to convert the sinful
The "Lowell System" of early 19th textile manufacturing was noteworthy for its
pioneering advocacy of such issues as parental leave, vacation time, and health insurance for employees
During the Bank War, Jackson and Taney destroyed the Bank by
placing deposits of federal tax money in state banks
In the 1820s, Robert Owen's community at New Harmony
rejected the individualism and materialism of industrial capitalism
The Monroe Doctrine intended to
restrict European involvement in the Western Hemisphere
The Irish
settled in cities
The Force Act of 1832 was passed in response to
the Tariff/Nullification crisis
All of the following were elements of Henry Clay's American System EXCEPT
the creation of large numbers of federal jobs in areas with high unemployment problems
Alexis de Tocqueville attributed American social mobility to
the lack of aristocracy and the availability of frontier land
Which of the following changes in westward migration occurred in 1848?
the number of pioneers headed for Oregon decreased while the number header for California greatly
In explaining why the nullification of the tariff was justified, John C. Calhoun contended that
the states were sovereign because they had formed a compact called the Constitution
The election of 1824 marked a turning point in presidential politics because, for the first time,
the system choosing nominees by congressional caucus failed
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, representative of the American Renaissance of the 1840s, is significant in that it
used a predominantly American occupation to explore man's struggle with the natural world and good and evil
Reform movements during the first half of the 19th century attempted to accomplish all of the following EXCEPT
widen the division between church and state