exam #2 for history 1301

(Q007) Which was decided at the Constitutional Convention?

a. Slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person in apportioning representation to the House of Representatives.

(Q004) Which of the following was a stipulation of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

a. The new western territories would eventually become coequal states.

(Q008) Who endorsed the French Revolution and tried to justify the Reign of Terror by saying, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants"?

b. Thomas Jefferson

(Q009) As a result of waging war on the Barbary Pirates, the United States was able to

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

(Q005) When Congress outlawed the international slave trade,

b. only one state, South Carolina, still allowed the importation of slaves.

(Q017) George Washington led the Newburgh Conspiracy until he realized it would fail.

false

(Q018) Most of the rail networks built before the Civil War connected southern and northern cities.

false

(Q018) Thomas Jefferson cultivated a public image of sophisticated urbanity, in contrast to the republican simplicity of the Federalists.

false

(Q019) The Northwest Ordinance was based on the goal of treating the western lands similar to the way imperial nations treated colonies.

false

(Q022) The Lowell system depended on a large, urban labor force.

false

(Q023) John Randolph and the "Old Republicans" favored a strong federal government.

false

(Q023) Many German immigrants left their homeland because of a potato famine in the 1840s.

false

(Q025) Most German immigrants in the 1850s were Jewish.

false

(Q025) The authors of The Federalist Papers were Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Clinton.

false

(Q026) The strongest support of the War of 1812 came from the "war hawks" of New England.

false

(Q026) Those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution were called Federalists.

false

(Q027) "Nativism" is defined as hatred of other people on the basis of their skin color.

false

(Q028) Andrew Jackson defeated the Cherokee Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

false

(Q028) The majority of Federalists supported the revolutionaries in France.

false

(Q019) The perishability of tea leaves spurred the development of fast-sailing ships known as "clippers."

true

(Q020) A collapse in cotton prices set off the Panic of 1819.

true

(Q020) The national telegraph system was the most important advance in communications in America prior to the Civil War.

true

(Q021) The textile mill that Samuel Slater opened in Rhode Island in 1790 relied upon water power.

true

(Q022) Andrew Jackson defeated the Seminole Indians in Spanish Florida.

true

(Q022) The Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention called for three separate branches of government.

true

(Q022) The act that outlawed the international slave trade was passed during Jefferson's administration.

true

(Q023) The "Great Compromise" at the Constitutional Convention was over representation in the new Congress.

true

(Q024) By 1860, Catholicism was the largest religious denomination in the United States.

true

(Q024) Jefferson completed the Louisiana Purchase knowing that the Constitution did not grant the federal government the power to buy territory.

true

(Q005) In what year was the first telegraph message transmitted?

1884

(Q022) In the case of Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokees were a "distinct political community" in which Georgia law had no force.

True

(Q012) Which of the following statements accurately describes James Monroe as president?

a. He established an important principle of American foreign policy.

(Q004) Which of following accurately describes the federal government's role in regards to transportation improvements in the first half of the nineteenth century?

a. It bought stock in and gave land grants to some transportation companies.

(Q011) Which of the following is true of the War of 1812?

a. It found the U.S. Army unprepared for war.

(Q012) Which of the following accurately describes Norwegian immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century?

a. Many settled in the Upper Midwest, where they established farms and new towns.

(Q012) Which of the following occurred at the Battle of Tippecanoe?

a. Tecumseh's attempts to achieve Indian unity fell apart.

(Q001) Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

a. a reliance on voluntary contributions from the states for funding

(Q002) Jefferson believed that a large national debt would

a. lead to corruption and, ultimately, revolution.

(Q003) John C. Calhoun believed funding internal improvements, such as a network of roads and canals in the West, would

a. open trading relationships between the South and West.

(Q008) The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution involved

a. presidential elections.

(Q010) The Constitutional Convention required that the Constitution be ratified by

a. state conventions.

(Q004) Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road Bill

a. struck at both Calhoun and Clay.

(Q005) The United States was able to acquire Florida easily because of

a. the lack of Spanish control over the area.

(Q004) The Era of Good Feelings describes

a. the peaceful beginnings of James Monroe's administration.

(Q007) Who did Aaron Burr kill in a duel?

b. Alexander Hamilton

(Q005) Under the Articles of Confederation, America and Britain were in conflict over

b. British forts and posts on American soil.

(Q005) Which of the following is true of Robert Y. Hayne during the Webster-Hayne debate?

b. He believed that only the states had the right to nullify federal laws they disliked.

(Q010) Which of the following is true of Jefferson's embargo?

b. It helped revive the Federalist party.

(Q014) The focus of the most serious crisis of George Washington's presidency, which led some to call for impeachment, was

b. Jay's Treaty.

(Q011) Which of the following accurately describes Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century?

b. They often worked in dangerous and/or low-paying jobs and were viewed with contempt by established Americans.

(Q011) Which of the following statements accurately describes the Whigs?

b. They supported economic nationalism.

(Q013) Causes of the Panic of 1837 included

b. a financial crisis in England.

(Q001) Following the War of 1812, President James Madison embraced a program of economic nationalism that consisted of

b. a national bank, a protective tariff, and a larger army and navy.

(Q014) To keep the government financially sound after the Panic of 1837, Van Buren proposed

b. an independent treasury.

(Q010) Jackson helped to bring an early end to the Bank of the United States by

b. beginning to deposit government funds in state banks rather than in the Bank of the United States.

(Q002) To strengthen the government under the Articles of Confederation, Robert Morris wanted to

b. enlarge the national debt.

(Q014) All of the following were an outcome of the War of 1812 EXCEPT

b. the settlement of the international issues that caused the war, thanks to a clear military victor.

(Q003) The Newburgh Conspiracy threatened a coup d'état unless

b. the states yielded more power to Congress.

(Q006) At the Constitutional Convention, the New Jersey Plan proposed a legislature

b. with equal representation for each state.

(Q008) Who invented a mechanical reaper to harvest grain?

c. Cyrus Hall McCormick

(Q014) Which of the following accurately describes a difference between factory work and the work of self-employed artisans in the first half of the nineteenth century?

c. Factory workers did one specific task repetitively, while self-employed artisans completed all tasks involved in the creation of a product.

(Q001) Which of the following statements accurately describes Andrew Jackson?

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

(Q013) The election of 1824 was decided when

c. Henry Clay supported John Quincy Adams.

(Q012) Which of the following statements accurately describes the anti-Federalists?

c. They worried about the rights of individuals and of states.

(Q011) In The Federalist No. 10, James Madison argued that

c. a republic would work especially well in the large, diverse country.

(Q015) One effect of the Hartford Convention was the

c. death of the Federalist party.

(Q006) The Louisiana Purchase accomplished all of the following EXCEPT

c. removing all Spanish settlements from North America.

(Q015) The percentage of Americans who could vote increased between 1790 and 1820 because

c. states abolished many property and taxpaying requirements.

(Q013) In order to stimulate economic growth, Hamilton called for all of the following EXCEPT

c. subsidies for American farmers.

(Q009) Which of the following Native American groups did the U.S. government force to walk 800 miles west on the Trail of Tears?

c. the Cherokee

(Q002) Which of the following did the Erie Canal connect?

c. the Great Lakes and the Midwest to New York City

(Q013) Which of the following events during the War of 1812 was a defeat for the Americans?

c. the invasion of British Canada

(Q007) By 1860, where was the majority of the nation's population located?

c. west of the Appalachian Mountains

(Q012) The Whig party tended to attract members of all of the following groups EXCEPT

d. Catholic immigrants.

(Q010) In McCulloch v. Maryland, John Marshall did which of the following?

d. He denied that the states could tax a federal institution.

(Q006) Which is true of Jackson during his presidency?

d. He gave federal positions to friends and supporters.

(Q008) Which of the following actions did Jackson take in regards to Native American rights?

d. He refused to enforce a Supreme Court decision in Native Americans' favor.

(Q007) Which of the following statements accurately describes the Missouri Compromise?

d. It admitted Maine to the union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.

(Q014) In 1828, the idea that a state could nullify an act of Congress was proposed by

d. John C. Calhoun.

(Q004) The greatest single achievement of Jefferson's presidency was the

d. Louisiana Purchase.

(Q015) The "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign was in support of

d. William Henry Harrison.

(Q006) Southern slave states sought to protect their national political interests by

d. ensuring an equal number of slave states and free states.

(Q003) The Supreme Court's decision in Marbury v. Madison

d. established the Court's power to declare laws unconstitutional.

(Q008) The "firebell in the night" that created the greatest political debate of the nineteenth century and filled Jefferson with terror was the

d. issue of slavery.

(Q003) Which of the following was a result of the proliferation of railroads during the second quarter of the nineteenth century?

d. the emergence of new western settlements

(Q002) The Eaton affair involved

d. the marriage of a senator to a woman with a scandalous reputation.

(Q009) The Bill of Rights included all of the following EXCEPT

d. the right to refuse to participate in state militias.

(Q001) The election of Jefferson to the presidency in 1800 involved the

d. transfer of power between political parties.

(Q001) Nineteenth-century developments in transportation in the United States occurred in which order?

d. turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads

(Q016) "Clermonts" was the name given to the large horse-drawn wagons that helped to improve America's transportation system in the early nineteenth century.

false

(Q016) Due to the rise of industry, the number of Americans living west of the Appalachian Mountains dramatically decreased between 1800 and 1820.

false

(Q018) The Eaton affair united Martin Van Buren and John C. Calhoun.

false

(Q018) The Tariff of 1816 benefitted the Northeast and the South equally.

false

(Q019) Chief Justice John Marshall proved to be a consistent supporter of states' rights over those of the federal government.

false

(Q019) The Tariff of 1828 was dubbed the "Tariff of Abominations" because it hit northern industries hard and pleased only southerners.

false

(Q020) Daniel Webster's famous quotation, "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable," was made in a speech denouncing Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road.

false

(Q020) Shays's Rebellion was motivated by the failure of the state to protect farmers against Native American attacks.

false

(Q020) The United States never paid any tribute to the Barbary pirates.

false

(Q021) Native resistance to the Indian Removal Act came largely from northern tribes.

false

(Q021) The Panic of 1819 was successfully halted by the effective actions of the Second Bank of the United States.

false

(Q021) The central, most active figure at the 1787 Constitutional Convention was John Adams.

false

(Q021) The goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to reach the source of the Mississippi River.

false

(Q023) Enemies of the Bank of the United States included Nicholas Biddle.

false

(Q024) The Monroe Doctrine was narrowly approved by Congress in 1823 and has remained international law ever since.

false

(Q025) The first third party in presidential politics was the Whig party.

false

(Q026) There were four Federalist candidates for the presidency in the election of 1824.

false

(Q028) During the economic depression following the Panic of 1837, Van Buren supported emergency government aid for the unemployed.

false

(Q029) Harrison's win in the presidential election of 1840 is attributed to his detailed economic plans and enthusiastic support for government spending to boost the economy.

false

(Q029) In Commonwealth v. Hunt, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled all labor unions illegal.

false

(Q030) The Battle of New Orleans resulted in the Americans and British beginning peace negotiations.

false

(Q030) The Quasi War with France ended in what is widely considered an utter defeat for the Americans.

false

(Q015) Which of the following characterizes professional work in the first half of the nineteenth century up to the Civil War?

farming

(Q015) Much of John Adams's presidency revolved around a growing crisis with

france

(Q010) Which of the following nationalities comprised the largest immigrant groups in America in the two decades before the Civil War?

irish and german

(Q013) The Know-Nothing Party was built on

nativism

(Q011) The Era of Good Feelings was brought to an end by the

panic of 1819

(Q016) During the 1820s and 1830s, a growing number of white men who did not own land were given the right to vote.

true

(Q016) The most influential figure in the Confederation government was Robert Morris.

true

(Q016) The remark, "The Republicans have out-federalized Federalism," refers to Republicans in the late 1810s who supported a national bank and protective tariffs.

true

(Q017) Andrew Jackson was the first president from a western state.

true

(Q017) The National Road was built to connect the Midwest with the East Coast.

true

(Q017) The steamboat played a significant role in making farming a commercial activity.

true

(Q017) Thomas Jefferson was the first president inaugurated in Washington, D.C.

true

(Q018) The partitioning of land into square townships in what was then called the Northwest Territories of the United States was established by the Land Ordinance of 1785.

true

(Q019) Jeffersonian reforms included deep cuts to the military budget.

true

(Q023) The Monroe Doctrine developed after the monarchs of Europe seemed ready to help Spain regain her old empire in Latin America.

true

(Q024) 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

(Q024) The word "slavery" does not appear anywhere in the Constitution of 1787.

true

(Q025) Henry Clay was a nationalist who championed the American System.

true

(Q025) Jefferson's response to the harassment of U.S. ships by Britain and France was to cut off all American exports to Europe.

true

(Q026) The development of California attracted many Chinese immigrants, but they were denied citizenship.

true

(Q026) The first party in American presidential politics to hold a national convention was the Anti-Masonic party.

true

(Q027) During the War of 1812, the British burned Washington, D.C.

true

(Q027) John Quincy Adams's administration was crippled from the beginning because of the "corrupt bargain."

true

(Q027) The Distribution Act of 1836 gave surplus funds in the federal treasury to the states.

true

(Q027) The Republican Party was popular among Americans who envisioned a nation dominated mainly by small farms.

true

(Q028) As president, John Quincy Adams was a strong nationalist.

true

(Q028) The National Trades' Union was one of the first nationwide labor unions in the United States.

true

(Q029) Following the War of 1812, President Madison embraced nationalism and a broad interpretation of the Constitution, thus moving close to the old Federalist position.

true

(Q029) In the election of 1828, Andrew Jackson was more popular with ordinary people and southern planters than was the incumbent president, John Quincy Adams.

true

(Q029) President George Washington's response to the Whiskey Rebellion drove many Americans to throw their support behind the Republican Party.

true

(Q030) As a result of Elizabeth Blackwell excelling in her studies at Geneva Medical College, the school opened its doors to women.

true

(Q030) For nearly two decades, the American two-party system was dominated by the Democrats and the Whigs.

true

(Q030) The extension of voting rights in most states to white men was a factor in Andrew Jackson's election in 1828.

true