Period 4 Test
The excerpt above best exemplifies which of the following historical developments or processes in the first half of American history?
Resistance from state governments in the North and the South at different times to federal attempts to assert authority over them
Which of the following groups would most likely have supported the arguments in the excerpt above? ""If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind..."
Federalists in the 1790s
Noah Webster influenced American society in the late eighteenth century through which of the following means?
Publishing dictionaries and spelling books to make American spelling and grammar more uniform
In the 1824 U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden, the Marshall Court's decision
overturned New York law that granted a monopoly on steamboat travel into New York City.
The letter above was most likely written in response to "This momentous question like a fire-bell in the night, awakened..."
passage of the Missouri Compromise
The power of elected officials to grant government jobs to party members in return for their loyalty is known as which of the following systems?
patronage
What aspect of early nineteenth-century American government had the founders condemned as contrary to republican ideals?
political parties
Opposition to the proposed American System of internal improvements was a result of
regional interests overriding national concerns
For which of the following reasons did New York's state government fund the building of the Erie Canal in 1817?
New Yorkers sought to link the Hudson River with the Great Lakes.
Which of the following statements describes events surrounding the election of 1824?
The Republican candidate William Crawford died from a stroke in the midst of the campaign.
Which of the following is the best support for German's claim that the United States has "abundant cause for war"?
impressment of u.s sailors
Which of the following developments LEAST contributed to the grievances articulated in the petition above?
increased agricultural production resulting from technological inventions
One impact of the widespread cultivation of cotton and other cash crops in the South was the
increased political power the South was able to wield in Congress.
Sequoyah developed which of the following to assimilate members of the Cherokee tribe into American life?
A perfected system of writing for the Cherokee language
The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in which of the following regions of the Louisiana Purchase?
All lands north of latitude 36 30' except for the state of missouri
In which of the following areas did regional interests and perspectives have the LEAST impact on national policy?
American Indian policy
Which of the following describes the relationship between social status and wealth in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century American history?
Americans respected those who raised their status through talent and hard work.
On whom did President Jackson rely for political advice?
An informal group called the Kitchen Cabinet
As shown in the map above, the national system of roads and canals most closely linked which regions' economies together?
East and midwest
Which of the following connected the Great Lakes to the East Coast and fueled the economic rise of New York City?
Erie Canal
The opening of canals and new roads in the United States, as depicted in the map above, had the LEAST impact on which of the following?
European immigration to the United States
Which of the following groups would most likely have supported the arguments in the excerpt above?
Federalists in the 1790s
Which of these statesmen played a critical role in creating and passing the 1820 Missouri Compromise?
Henry Clay
Which of the following developments LEAST contributed to the grievances articulated in the petition above?
Increased agricultural production resulting from technological inventions
Which of the following developments LEAST contributed to the grievances articulated in the petition above? "[W]e view with great concern, both nationally and individually..."
Increased agricultural production resulting from technological inventions
One impact of the widespread cultivation of cotton and other cash crops in the South was the
Increased political power the South was able to wield in Congress
The Trail of Tears was the direct consequence of which of the following government actions?
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Which of the following was NOT true about the 1820 Missouri Compromise?
It successfully kept the issue of slavery from becoming a national debate until just a few years before the Civil War
Which of the following best describes the Monroe Doctrine?
It was an American pronouncement to European countries not to interfere with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere
Which of the following groups would most likely have supported the arguments in the petition above? ""[W]e view with great concern, both nationally and individually..."
Laissez-faire capitalists in the early 1900s
Which of the following best exemplified the Jeffersonian embrace of the ideals described in the excerpt above?
Louisiana Purchase
Which of the following best exemplified the Jeffersonian embrace of the ideals described in the excerpt above? ""If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind..."
Louisiana Purchase
Which of the following Supreme Court cases is correctly identified?
Marbury v. Madison- established the principle of judicial review
Which of the following describes the political developments taking place in America during the first two decades of the nineteenth century?
Ordinary white men's rising political status was accompanied by a decline in the political rights of women and free blacks.
In the early republic, Benjamin Rush and other leaders argued that women should be educated so they could do which of the following?
Oversee the instruction of their sons in the principles of liberty and government
The concerns articulated by Dorothea Dix in the excerpt above were most similar to those of ""I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity..."
Progressives in the early 1900s.
Which of the following were the three key elements of Clay's American system?
Protective tariff, subsidized internal improvements, and the national bank
The excerpt above best exemplifies which of the following historical developments or processes in the first half of American history? "We, therefore, the people of the State of South Carolina in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain..."
Resistance from state governments in the North and the South at different times to federal attempts to assert authority over them
The sentiments displayed in the painting above were most similar to national attitudes during which conflict?
Revolutionary War
Which of the following elements defined the Democrats under Andrew Jackson?
Support for average Americans
As shown in the map above, the national system of roads and canals most closely linked which regions' economies together?
The East and the Midwest
What did the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution specify should be done in an election like the election of 1824, in which no presidential candidate received a majority of the electoral votes?
The House of Representatives decides the outcome
The excerpt above was most likely a response to which of the following?
The abolitionist criticism of the treatment of slaves in the South
Which of the following events or processes in the 1840s or 1850s most directly contributed to the "irritations" that Jefferson warned about in the letter above? (Firebell)
The acquisition of new territory in the West and the U.S. victory in the Mexican-American War
How did the appearance of canals and steamboats in the United States affect the flow of goods and information during the 1830s?
The canals and steamboats cut in half most travel and communication time.
The maps above most clearly demonstrate which of the following antebellum-era historical processes?
The free and forced migration of peoples across the continent
The proposed 1819 Tallmadge Amendment articulated which of the following plans?
The gradual emancipation of slaves in Missouri
Which of the following antebellum-era historical developments most conflicted with the goals of Jeffersonian Republicans as outlined in the excerpt above?
The growth of northern industry and regional economic specialization
What contributed most to the process illustrated in the maps above?
The overcultivation of arable land in the Southeast
Which of the following antebellum-era historical developments was least likely to have spurred efforts such as those described in the excerpt above? (Dorothea Dix)
The progress toward a unified new national culture
Which of the following did NOT result from the Supreme Court ruling above or similar rulings by the Supreme Court in the early 1800s?
The promotion of regional interests over national concerns
The sentiments expressed in the painting above best reflect which of the following antebellum-era historical developments?
The struggle to create an independent global presence
Why did a group of prominent citizens found the American Colonization Society in 1817?
They aimed to encourage Southern planters to emancipate their slaves for resettlement in Africa.
What did the forced relocation of American Indians and the internal slave trade both have in common?
They were driven by efforts to exploit the nation's natural resources
Which of the following describes the Missouri Compromise, enacted in 1820?
This piece of legislation set a precedent for future states' admission to the Union.
Why did Congress approve funds for the construction of the National Road in 1806?
To link midwestern settlers to the seaboard states
Which of the following statements describes transportation in the trans-Appalachian West in the early nineteenth century?
Water transport was the quickest and cheapest way to get goods to market
In the early 1800s, which group would have endorsed Thomas Jefferson's and Benjamin Rush's proposals for comprehensive public education?
Wealthy New England merchants
The ideology of the Supreme Court as characterized in the ruling above was most similar to Supreme Court rulings in which of the following time periods? ""If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind..."
late 1960s
The growth and profitability of Southern cotton did all of the following EXCEPT
catapult the wealth of the average Southern white above most Northerners
The expansion of national borders during the antebellum era most directly led to
national debates over how to use the new territories
The concerns expressed in the letter above can best be understood in the context of (firebell)
debates over the extension of slavery into the western territories
The sentiments expressed in the petition above can best be understood in the context of ""[W]e view with great concern, both nationally and individually..."
debates over the federal government's role in the economy
The sentiments expressed in the excerpt above most closely parallel those expressed in the political debates
during the first national administrations in the 1790s.
The sentiments expressed in the excerpt above most closely parallel those expressed in the political debates "We, therefore, the people of the State of South Carolina in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain..."
during the first national administrations in the 1790s.
In the United States, support for the War of 1812 was strongest from
frontier settlers who wanted land and protection from American Indians
The sentiments expressed by Polk in the speech above were most similar to those of "The Republic of Texas has made known her desire to come into our Union..."
imperialists before the Spanish-American War.
The painting above is best understood in the context of
the emergence of a new national culture
The ideas expressed in the excerpt above can best be understood in the context of debates over (McCullough v. Maryland)
the relationship between the federal government and state governments.
By the eve of the Civil War, sentiments such as those expressed in the excerpt above most clearly formed the basis for ""Every one acquainted with southern slaves knows that the slave rejoices in the elevation and prosperity of his master..."
the southern defense of slavery as a positive good
In the U.S. Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), John Marshall and the Court majority issued a decision that
upheld Indian nations' political authority in their communities.
