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The above quotation from McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819, most focuses on which of the following debates that characterized the new republic?
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The formation of a national currency
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Loose versus strict interpretation of the Constitution
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The application of the Bill of Rights of states
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The extesntion of slavery into the territories
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The above decision, McCulloch v. Maryland, reflected which of the following tendencies of the early Supreme Court?
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To side with big business over labor
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To favor national over state power
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To uphold the sanctity of contract
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To look unfavorably on the institution of slavery
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Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the above decision, McCulloch v. Maryland?
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Western farmers
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Jacksonian Democrats
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Know-Nothings
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Former Federalists
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The above account, Fourth Annual Report of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of New York, best reflects what growing reform sentiment during the period 1820 to 1848?
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Belief in the perfectibility of man
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Commitment to egalitarianism
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Acceptance of transcendental philosophy
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Commitment to the philosophy of predestination
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Reform movements concerned with all of the following emerged in the same time period, 1820-1848, EXCEPT
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During the period 1800-1848, reform movements were most successful in achieving their goals in which of the following?
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The granting of women's suffrage through the Nineteenth Amendment
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Prohibition established through the Eighteenth Amendment
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State laws focusing on improved public education
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Establishment of federal standard for minimum wage and maximum hours
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The system that Henry Clay describes above, the American System, was designed to create
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Government ownership of the means of production
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A foreign trade system that favored Great Britain over France
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A national market economy
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Dominance of state government over the national government
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The following were components of the American System that Henry Clay envisioned EXCEPT
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Federally funded internal improvements
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Government ownership of railroads
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A second Bank of the United States
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Tariffs to protect infant industries
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By 1848, which component of the American System was still used to benefit business?
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A third Bank of the United States
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Providing business with free raw materials from government-owned land
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A protective tariff
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The elimination of corporate income taxes
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The above account, Loom and Spindle, 1898, best represents a departure from which of the following beliefs about the role of women in the early nineteenth century?
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Prevalence of the concept of "republican motherhood"
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Aspirations of women to become "career" women
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Aspiration of women to become "visible saints"
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Prevalence of the concept of "the cult of domesticity"
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Early industry began in the Northeast for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
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Swift-flowing streams that provided a good source of power
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A relatively high population density to supply both labor and markets
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A highly skilled labor force as a result of the apprenticeship system
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An efficient mean of transportation provided by good natural harbors
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The original mill girls mentioned above, in Loom and Spindle, were subsequently replaced by which of the following groups?
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Immigrant women
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Native-born children
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Retired farmers
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Immigrant children