APUSH test 3
By the 1850s, the crusade for women's rights was eclipsed by:
Abolitionism
All of the following were part of Alexander Hamilton's economic program except:
Paying only domestic debts but not foreign debts.
New England reformer Dorothea Dix is most notable for her efforts on behalf of:
Prison & asylum reform
The 2nd Great Awakening tended to:
Promote religious diversity
The _____ Amendment might rightly be called the states' rights amendment.
10th
Neal Dow sponsored the Maine Law of 1851, which called for:
A ban on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor.
In the 1800 presidential election, Thomas Jefferson won the deadlocked election because:
A few federalists, unwilling to elect Aaron Burr as president, decided to abstain from voting in the House of Representatives, throwing the presidential election to Jefferson.
The British policy of impressment was functionally equivalent to _____.
A forced enlistment.
Hamilton's proposal concerning the assumption of state debts became law as a result of which of the following?
A political deal was struck by which the site for the nation's capital was to be on the Potomac River.
Religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening resulted in:
A stronger religious influence in many areas of American life including abolitionism and benevolent and charitable organizations.
Transcendentalists believed that all knowledge came through:
An inner light
Lewis and Clark demonstrated the viability of _____.
An overland trail to the pacific.
The legal basis for Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilto's Bank of the United States was _____.
Based on the "necessary and proper," or "elastic," clause in the Constitution which gave "implied powers."
Angry over the Jay Treaty, the French government ordered French vessels to seize American merchant ships carrying British goods. How did the United States government respond to this order?
Congress voted to increase military spending by increasing the size of the American navy and army.
Through his fiscal policies, Hamilton wanted to:
Consolidate power at the national level
In an effort to improve the defense of America's coastal shores, Thomas Jefferson:
Constructed 2 hundred small gunboats.
Most of the utopian communities in pre-1860s America held _________ as one of their founding ideals.
Cooperation social and economical practices
The argument over the creation of the Bank of the United States focused on which of the following questions?
Does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to create the bank?
One American writer who did not believe in human goodness and social progress was:
Edgar Allan Poe
How did president Jefferson respond to the Chesapeake affair?
He increased military and naval expenditures and persuaded Congress to enact the Embargo act.
Which of the following is true of Chief Justice John Marshall?
He made the supreme court the equal of the other branches of government in practice as well as theory.
President Jefferson's embargo failed for all of the following reasons except that _____.
He underestimated Britain's dependence on American trade.
Why did Hamilton favor the the assumption of state debts by the national government?
He wanted to give the holders of public securities a financial stake in the survival of the national government.
Thomas Jefferson was conscience-strikes about the purchase of the Louisiana territory from France because _____.
He was concerned that the purchase of the Louisiana territory could arguably be considered to be unconstitutional.
"Civil Disobedience," an essay that later influenced both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., was written by the transcendentalist:
Henry David Thoreau
What was the significance of Washington's response to the Whiskey Rebellion?
His decisive action made it clear that the national government would not tolerate violent resistance to its laws and now had the power to deal with such uprisings.
All of the following were true of Alexander Hamilton except:
His intelligence was constantly under question.
The Bill of Rights was intended to protect ____ against the potential tyranny of ____.
Individual liberties, a strong central government.
All of the following contributed to the appeal of the 2nd Great Awakening to women except:
It encouraged women to enter into professions normally reserved for men in order to make these professional more ethical and morally upright.
What was the outcome of the contested presidential election of 1796 between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
John Adams was elected president and Thomas Jefferson was elected Vice President.
The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who, more than any other federal official, was able to carry out the Federalist ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning strengthening the power of the federal government was:
John Marshall
The Hudson River school excelled in the art of painting _____.
Landscapes
When Thomas Jefferson was elected president in 1800, one of his goals was too _____.
Limit the power of the federal government.
Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 1800" was remarkable in that it _____.
Marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties.
All of the following were 19th century notions of gender differences except:
Men were charged with teaching young boys to be good and productive citizens.
All of the following are accurate descriptions of the young American nation except:
Most of the population lived in the eastern seaboard cities.
Match each writer below with his work:
Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Marble Faun James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans Herman Melville - Moby Dick Henry David Thoreau - Walden (A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1)
Jefferson's policy toward naturalization was seen in The Naturalization Act of 1802 which:
Reduced the residency requirement for citizenship to 5 years from 14 established by Adams.
Thomas Jefferson received the bulk of his political support from the _____.
South & West
Who served as the crucial guide, aiding Lewis and Clark in their expedition through the Louisiana Territory?
The Shoshone woman Sacajawea.
Which of the following was a result of the Louisiana Purchase?
The United States doubled its size by gaining control of the Mississippi River delta.
Why did the war that began between France and Great Britain in 1793 pose a dilemma for the United States?
The United States was diplomatically bound to France through treaty and also owed France for its independence, but it was economically bound to Great Britain.
Which of the following best describes the initial impact of the renewed conflict b/w Great Britain and France on American commerce?
The United States, as the world's largest neutral carrier, benefited commercially during the first 2 years of the war.
Which of these is associated with the rise of the modern women's rights movement in 1848?
The Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York
The Diest faith embraced all of the following except:
The concept of original sin
Which of the following is true of the Supreme Court's decision in Marbury v. Madison?
The court declared that a section of the Judiciary Act of 1789 was unconstitutional firmly establishing the principle of "judicial review."
Which of the following would have been most likely to benefit from the Embargo Act?
The owner of a New England textile mill
As chief justice of the United States, John Marshall helped to ensure that:
The political and economic systems were based on a strong central government.
Which of the following is true concerning the British policy of impressment?
The practice made a mockery of U.S. citizenship and was an attack on American's sovereignty.
All of the following are guarantees provided by the Bill of Rights except:
The right to vote for all citizens.
Western farmers were most directly affected by the excise tax on which item?
Whiskey
Which of the following was true of the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions?
They advanced the theory that the people, speaking through their states, could judge the constitutionality of acts of Congress and nullify them.
Match the individual with his office in the new government:
Thomas Jefferson - Secretary of state Alexander Hamilton- Secretary of treasury Henry Knox- Secretary of war John Jay- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
One strong prejudice inhibiting women from obtaining higher education in the early nineteenth century was the belief that:
Too much learning would injure women's brains, ruin their health, and make them unfit for marriage.
Why was Aaron Burr tried for treason?
Using the West as his base, he plotted to use military force to create a new empire.
Besides polygamy, a characteristic of Mormonism that angered many non-Mormon Americans was their:
Voting as a religious bloc and openly drilling their militia, albeit for defensive purposes.
Washington's Neutrality Proclamation, 1793:
Was based on calculations of American self-interest.
All of the following are true of the 2nd Great Awakening except that it _____.
Was not as large, democratic, or influential in terms of social reform as the 1st Great Awakening.
Which of the following was true of Washington's Farewell Address?
Washington warned against entering future "entangling alliances" with other nations.
The Oneida colony declined due to:
Widespread criticism from neighbors of its licentious "free love" sexual practices, which undermined the community's integral complex marriage system.
Hamilton expected that the revenue to pay the interest on the national debt would come from _____.
customs duties (tariffs) and excise tax.
The key to Oneida's financial success was:
the manufacture of steel animal traps and silverware
Unitarians held the following beliefs except:
they believed in a stern and Puritan type of God
