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Question 1

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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?
Answer
  • The extension of slavery into the territories
  • The formation of a national currency
  • Loose versus strict interpretation of the Constitution
  • The application of the Bill of Rights of states

Question 2

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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
  • To favor national over state power
  • To uphold the sanctity of contract
  • To look unfavorably on the institution of slavery

Question 3

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Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the above decision, McCulloch v. Maryland?
Answer
  • Western farmers
  • Jacksonian Democrats
  • Know-Nothings
  • Former Federalists

Question 4

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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?
Answer
  • Belief in the perfectibility of man
  • Commitment to egalitarianism
  • Acceptance of transcendental philosophy
  • Commitment to the philosophy of predestination

Question 5

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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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  • Women's rights
  • Environmental preservation
  • Temperance
  • Public education

Question 6

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During the period 1800-1848, reform movements were most successful in achieving their goals in which of the following?
Answer
  • The granting of women's suffrage through the Nineteenth Amendment
  • Prohibition established through the Eighteenth Amendment
  • State laws focusing on improved public education
  • Establishment of federal standard for minimum wage and maximum hours

Question 7

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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
  • A foreign trade system that favored Great Britain over France
  • A national market economy
  • Dominance of state government over the national government

Question 8

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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
  • Government ownership of railroads
  • A second Bank of the United States
  • Tariffs to protect infant industries

Question 9

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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
  • Providing business with free raw materials from government-owned land
  • A protective tariff
  • The elimination of corporate income taxes

Question 10

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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?
Answer
  • Prevalence of the concept of "republican motherhood"
  • Aspirations of women to become "career" women
  • Aspiration of women to become "visible saints"
  • Prevalence of the concept of "the cult of domesticity"

Question 11

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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
  • A relatively high population density to supply both labor and markets
  • A highly skilled labor force as a result of the apprenticeship system
  • An efficient mean of transportation provided by good natural harbors

Question 12

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The original mill girls mentioned above, in Loom and Spindle, were subsequently replaced by which of the following groups?
Answer
  • Immigrant women
  • Native-born children
  • Retired farmers
  • Immigrant children

Question 13

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What treaty gave the United States Florida?
Answer
  • Treaty of Paris
  • Adams-Onis Treaty
  • Treaty of Ghent
  • Jay's Treaty
  • Webter-Ashburton Treaty

Question 14

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How are Hartford Convention Nullification Question and some Marshall court cases connected?
Answer
  • States rights concerns
  • Nativist concerns
  • Slavery concerns
  • Political compromise

Question 15

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Which of the following glorified women's role as homemakers in the midst of industrialization?
Answer
  • Republican Motherhood
  • Cult of Domesticity
  • Bloomerism

Question 16

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Which of the following most strongly advocated sending slaved blacks to Africa as an answer to the problem of slavery?
Answer
  • Frederick Douglas
  • American Colonization Society
  • William Lloyd Garrison
  • Free-Soil Party

Question 17

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Which 1840s and 1850s set of immigrant groups arrived in unprecedented numbers resulting in nativist backlash in popular cultire?
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  • Irish and Germans
  • French and Dutch
  • Italians and Greeks
  • Scots and Welsh

Question 18

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Which of the following was a famous black abolitionist who wrote an autobiography of his/her former life as a slave?
Answer
  • Frederick Douglas
  • Sojourner Truth

Question 19

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Which of the following is NOT a result of antebellum technology innovations such as the textile machinery, steam engine, and the telegraph?
Answer
  • Expanded size and scope of domestic markets
  • Heightened isolation of rural Americans
  • Increased industrial output and worker productions
  • Revolution in farming and agriculture

Question 20

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Which best describes the Lowell System?
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  • It revolutionized production of steal in the US
  • It was so successful that it was eventually adopted throughout the US and England
  • It involved using mill girls from rural areas to work textile factories
  • It relied exclusively on cheap immigrant labor to undercut competitors

Question 21

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The growth and profitability of Southern cotton did all of the following EXCEPT
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  • Catapulted wealth of average Southern white above most Northerners
  • Provided raw materials for manufacturing in New England
  • Accelerated internal movement of slaves to the West
  • Promoted national and international economic ties

Question 22

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Which of the following was least likely influenced by sectional difference?
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  • White, male suffrage
  • Foreign policy
  • Tarrifs
  • Internal improvement

Question 23

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In 1837, what did South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun call slavery?
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  • Positive good
  • Necessary evil

Question 24

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Which of the following parties championed the "common man"?
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  • Democrats
  • Whigs
  • Democratic-Republicans
  • Federalists

Question 25

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Which least strengthened economic ties with North and Midwest during antebellum?
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  • Growth of canals and railroads
  • Spread of plantation agriculture
  • Federal attempts to create national economy
  • Shift to market production

Question 26

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Antebellum era reform movements such as abolitionism, temperance, and women's rights had their origins in all of the following EXCEPT
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  • the Monroe Doctrine
  • the Second Great Awakening
  • Beliefs in human perfectibility
  • Liberal European social ideas

Question 27

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Majority of Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s settled
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  • Along the Great Lakes region
  • On farms in the Midwest
  • In cities along the east coast
  • On homesteads on the frontier

Question 28

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One impact of the widespread cultivation of cotton and other cash crops in the South was the
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  • Creation of a more economically and socially egalitarian society in the South
  • Increasing economic isolation of the South from the rest of the country
  • Rapid growth of textile mills and other manufacturing throughout the South
  • Increased political power the South was able to wield in Congress

Question 29

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Opposition to the proposed American System of internal improvements was a result of
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  • Regional interests overriding national concerns
  • Fears that improved transportation would lead to more western migration
  • Large federal budget deficits undermining the needed funding
  • Supreme Court decisions questioning its constitutionality

Question 30

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The most divisive issue in regards to western expansion during the antebellum era was
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  • The removal of Indians
  • The extension of slavery
  • Free homesteads for settlers
  • Property qualifications for voting

Question 31

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Is the following true or false about Art and Literature in the early 1800s: -blended European style with American styles -not appreciated by Europeans -was not seen as original, creative, or critically well-received
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  • True
  • False

Question 32

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Indians, women, and religious followers had which of the following in common during the antebellum era? -developed unique cultures that reflected their interests and experiences
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 33

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What did the forced relocation of American Indians and the internal slave trade both have in common?
Answer
  • They were in direct violation of specific Supreme Court rulings
  • Most Northern migrants to the frontier were firmly opposed to each
  • They were driven by efforts to exploit the nation's natural resources
  • Most Whigs strongly supported both, while most Democrats strongly opposed both

Question 34

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What connected the Atlantic ocean to the Great Lakes?
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  • Erie Canal
  • Monroe Doctrine
  • Adams-Onis Treaty
  • Hudson River

Question 35

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Which of the following Supreme Court cases is correctly identified?
Answer
  • McCulloch v. Maryland - upheld the sanctity of private contracts
  • Worcester v. Georgia - ruled that states cannot tax the federal government
  • Dartmouth v. Woodward - established tribal autonomy on Indian lands
  • Marbury v. Madison - established the principle of judicial review

Question 36

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Which of the following was NOT an example of Manifest Destiny?
Answer
  • Negotiations over the Oregon border
  • The annexation of Texas
  • Attempts to purchase California
  • Demilitarizing the Great Lakes

Question 37

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Which of the following correctly characterizes the War of 1812?
Answer
  • Broad popular support for the war effort temporarily eased sectional divisions over slavery and economic policy
  • The United States won a decisive victory against the British and gained valuable new land on the frontier as a result
  • Federalists support for the war reinvigorated the party and allowed it to thrive for another 20 years
  • The United States was able to reassert sovereignty over its existing western lands and remove Britain's military presence

Question 38

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Which of the following best describes the Monroe Doctrine?
Answer
  • It was an attempt to relocate American Indian tribes on the Great Plains to reservations and begin the process of cultural assimilation
  • It was an American pronouncement to European countries not to interfere with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere
  • It was a treaty with England in which Britain promised to confine all of their future colonization to the Eastern Hemisphere
  • It was an economic policy by President Monroe to revive the American economy by lowering tariffs and promoting manufacturing

Question 39

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All of the following are true of the Tariff of 1828 EXCEPT it
Answer
  • was viewed as an "abomination" by many Southerners
  • created a crisis that almost led to a civil war
  • demonstrated the growing differences between the North and South
  • was ultimately ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court

Question 40

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The Indian Removal Act of 1830
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  • was upheld in Cherokee v. Georgia
  • paid Indian tribes market rates for their confiscated lands
  • led to the infamous Trail of Tears
  • was passed over President Jackson's angry veto

Question 41

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Which of the following was NOT true about the 1820 Missouri Compromise?
Answer
  • It barred slavery north of the 36 degree 30' line in future states from the Louisiana Purchase territory
  • It successfully kept the issue of slavery from becoming a national debate until just a few years before the Civil War
  • It temporarily settled the issue of slavery but was eventually weakened and ultimately overturned
  • It allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state and Missouri to enter as a slave state

Question 42

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The increase of slavery in the new Southwest during the antebellum era
Answer
  • a decreased the market value of cotton and slaves in the East
  • was firmly opposed by both major political parties
  • led to the resumption of importing slaves from Africa
  • created new tensions over the spread of slavery
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