Question 1

Which of these resulted from the other three?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jackson's defiance of the Supreme Court 
B)  the "Trail of Tears" 
C)  Jackson's support of calls by states to remove the Cherokees 
D)  southern states' invalidation of federal treaties 
A)  Jackson's defiance of the Supreme Court 
B)  the "Trail of Tears" 
C)  Jackson's support of calls by states to remove the Cherokees 
D)  southern states' invalidation of federal treaties B

Question 2

Which statement best describes Mexican government in the years after independence?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Mexican government was weak and unstable, with conflicts over elite versus popular rule. 
B)  The Mexican government was a constitutional monarchy that successfully brought equality to all citizens of Mexico. 
C)  The Mexican government was controlled by civilians, who kept the military out of politics. 
D)  Former slaves, once the property of ranchers and mine owners, politically dominated the new government of Mexico. 
A)  The Mexican government was weak and unstable, with conflicts over elite versus popular rule. 
B)  The Mexican government was a constitutional monarchy that successfully brought equality to all citizens of Mexico. 
C)  The Mexican government was controlled by civilians, who kept the military out of politics. 
D)  Former slaves, once the property of ranchers and mine owners, politically dominated the new government of Mexico. A

Question 3

What impact did John Tyler's "accidental presidency" have on Whig policies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tyler's vetoes made it difficult for the Whigs to enact their policies. 
B)  At Tyler's urging, Congress repealed most of Clay's American System. 
C)  Tyler proved himself to be a champion of Whig policies. 
D)  By dying in office, Tyler ruined the Whigs' political plans. 
A)  Tyler's vetoes made it difficult for the Whigs to enact their policies. 
B)  At Tyler's urging, Congress repealed most of Clay's American System. 
C)  Tyler proved himself to be a champion of Whig policies. 
D)  By dying in office, Tyler ruined the Whigs' political plans. A

Question 4

How did the federal government under Van Buren respond to the Panic of 1837?

Accepted Answer

A)  The government did nothing to aid workers, banks, businesses, and other victims of the recession. 
B)  By chartering a Third Bank of the United States, Congress and Van Buren were able to restore prosperity. 
C)  Van Buren launched an aggressive program of public works to create as many jobs as possible. 
D)  Although Congress passed a series of relief bills, Van Buren vetoed all of them. 
A)  The government did nothing to aid workers, banks, businesses, and other victims of the recession. 
B)  By chartering a Third Bank of the United States, Congress and Van Buren were able to restore prosperity. 
C)  Van Buren launched an aggressive program of public works to create as many jobs as possible. 
D)  Although Congress passed a series of relief bills, Van Buren vetoed all of them.

Question 5

The telegraph, newspapers, and political pamphlets all fostered __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the growth of individualism 
B)  a new American national culture 
C)  sectionalism 
D)  democratic idealism 
A)  the growth of individualism 
B)  a new American national culture 
C)  sectionalism 
D)  democratic idealism

Question 6

The Hudson River School refers to a group of American __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  painters 
B)  poets 
C)  writers 
D)  journalists 
A)  painters 
B)  poets 
C)  writers 
D)  journalists

Question 7

Best-selling newspapers, pamphlets, and books in the mid-nineteenth century __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  mainly appealed to a well-educated audience 
B)  fed the popular appetite for sensationalism and scandal 
C)  were mainly reprints of European authors 
D)  were too expensive for working-class people 
A)  mainly appealed to a well-educated audience 
B)  fed the popular appetite for sensationalism and scandal 
C)  were mainly reprints of European authors 
D)  were too expensive for working-class people

Question 8

What political consequence did Jackson's veto of the Second Bank of the United States' charter have?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jackson's opponents were so angry about his veto that they established a permanent opposition political party. 
B)  Henry Clay's opposition to Jackson's veto led to Clay's landslide victory in the presidential election of 1832 and the end of the Age of Jackson. 
C)  The Supreme Court gained the power to declare presidential vetoes unconstitutional. 
D)  Jackson's veto resulted in the "monied aristocracy" shifting permanently to support the Democratic Party in future elections. 
A)  Jackson's opponents were so angry about his veto that they established a permanent opposition political party. 
B)  Henry Clay's opposition to Jackson's veto led to Clay's landslide victory in the presidential election of 1832 and the end of the Age of Jackson. 
C)  The Supreme Court gained the power to declare presidential vetoes unconstitutional. 
D)  Jackson's veto resulted in the "monied aristocracy" shifting permanently to support the Democratic Party in future elections.

Question 9

In 1820, Sidney Smith claimed that America had no culture of its own. What evidence from the next several decades could be used to refute his claim?

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Which of these was an economic consequence of Haitian independence?

Accepted Answer

A)  the destruction of the Haitian sugar industry 
B)  the destruction of the Haitian cotton industry 
C)  the growth of commercial ties between Haiti and the United States 
D)  a sharp increase in the Haitian standard of living 
A)  the destruction of the Haitian sugar industry 
B)  the destruction of the Haitian cotton industry 
C)  the growth of commercial ties between Haiti and the United States 
D)  a sharp increase in the Haitian standard of living

Question 11

How did the contrasting views of Jackson and Calhoun regarding the Tariff of 1832 contribute to the Nullification Crisis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jackson saw opposition to the tariff as a threat to national unity, while Calhoun focused on the interests of the South and his home state of South Carolina. 
B)  While Jackson favored a tariff that would apply uniformly across all regions, Calhoun argued for a tariff to protect manufactures rather than southern raw materials. 
C)  Calhoun defended the tariff as constitutional, while Jackson did not believe Congress had the power to tax imports and threatened to veto any new tariff bill. 
D)  Jackson supported the Jeffersonian agrarian ideal and a low tariff, while Calhoun believed that the future of the United States lay in industrial development protected by a high tariff. 
A)  Jackson saw opposition to the tariff as a threat to national unity, while Calhoun focused on the interests of the South and his home state of South Carolina. 
B)  While Jackson favored a tariff that would apply uniformly across all regions, Calhoun argued for a tariff to protect manufactures rather than southern raw materials. 
C)  Calhoun defended the tariff as constitutional, while Jackson did not believe Congress had the power to tax imports and threatened to veto any new tariff bill. 
D)  Jackson supported the Jeffersonian agrarian ideal and a low tariff, while Calhoun believed that the future of the United States lay in industrial development protected by a high tariff.

Question 12

Jackson's presidential style might best be described as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  confrontational and controversial 
B)  supportive of consensus building 
C)  low key and averse to conflict 
D)  traditional and conservative 
A)  confrontational and controversial 
B)  supportive of consensus building 
C)  low key and averse to conflict 
D)  traditional and conservative

Question 13

Why was Ralph Waldo Emerson an important figure in early nineteenth-century American culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  His essays and lectures promoting cultural self-sufficiency appealed to many Americans. 
B)  He was the first American novelist to be taken seriously by European critics. 
C)  As the inventor of the telegraph, he transformed communications. 
D)  His sermons and religious pamphlets emphasized man's helplessness before the power of God. 
A)  His essays and lectures promoting cultural self-sufficiency appealed to many Americans. 
B)  He was the first American novelist to be taken seriously by European critics. 
C)  As the inventor of the telegraph, he transformed communications. 
D)  His sermons and religious pamphlets emphasized man's helplessness before the power of God.

Question 14

What was the most important consequence of the 1840 revolt by French Canadians against British rule?

Accepted Answer

A)  It led the British to join Upper and Lower Canada in a single colony. 
B)  It led to the division of Upper and Lower Canada into two separate colonies. 
C)  It convinced the British to expand local rule in all parts of Canada. 
D)  It convinced the British to accept the idea of cultural diversity in Canada. 
A)  It led the British to join Upper and Lower Canada in a single colony. 
B)  It led to the division of Upper and Lower Canada into two separate colonies. 
C)  It convinced the British to expand local rule in all parts of Canada. 
D)  It convinced the British to accept the idea of cultural diversity in Canada.

Question 15

What issue probably played the greatest role in the election of 1840?

Accepted Answer

A)  popular anger at Van Buren's failure to end the depression following the Panic of 1837 
B)  voters' unhappiness that Jackson was seeking a third term 
C)  the strong popular appeal of John Tyler as a war hero 
D)  voters' approval of Van Buren's aggressive application of the American System 
A)  popular anger at Van Buren's failure to end the depression following the Panic of 1837 
B)  voters' unhappiness that Jackson was seeking a third term 
C)  the strong popular appeal of John Tyler as a war hero 
D)  voters' approval of Van Buren's aggressive application of the American System

Question 16

Who denounced the Tariff of 1828 and threatened nullification if the tariff policy was not changed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry Clay 
B)  Daniel Webster 
C)  Martin Van Buren 
D)  John C. Calhoun 
A)  Henry Clay 
B)  Daniel Webster 
C)  Martin Van Buren 
D)  John C. Calhoun

Question 17

In his lecture entitled "The American Scholar," which intellectual urged Americans to write about the details of their own culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Benjamin Franklin 
B)  Washington Irving 
C)  James Fenimore Cooper 
D)  Ralph Waldo Emerson 
A)  Benjamin Franklin 
B)  Washington Irving 
C)  James Fenimore Cooper 
D)  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 18

With what issues did northern sectional leader Daniel Webster most closely identify during the Age of Jackson?

Accepted Answer

A)  commercial interests, including a high protective tariff and a national bank 
B)  the extension of slavery and the right of a state to nullify federal laws 
C)  western expansion and an increase in internal improvements 
D)  states' rights rather than a strong national government 
A)  commercial interests, including a high protective tariff and a national bank 
B)  the extension of slavery and the right of a state to nullify federal laws 
C)  western expansion and an increase in internal improvements 
D)  states' rights rather than a strong national government

Question 19

What did the Supreme Court decide about the Cherokees in the cases of Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Georgia could not force the Cherokees to give up their tribal lands against their will. 
B)  The Cherokees were classified as a foreign nation within the boundaries of the United States. 
C)  The Cherokees were given the option to assimilate into white society or be forcibly sent to Indian Territory on the Trail of Tears. 
D)  The Georgia state legislature, along with those in Alabama and Mississippi, gained the power to invalidate federal treaties agreed to by the Cherokees. 
A)  Georgia could not force the Cherokees to give up their tribal lands against their will. 
B)  The Cherokees were classified as a foreign nation within the boundaries of the United States. 
C)  The Cherokees were given the option to assimilate into white society or be forcibly sent to Indian Territory on the Trail of Tears. 
D)  The Georgia state legislature, along with those in Alabama and Mississippi, gained the power to invalidate federal treaties agreed to by the Cherokees.

Question 20

How did Jackson's southern Indian policy differ from Jefferson's Indian policy?

Accepted Answer

A)  By forcing the southeastern tribes to move west, Jackson abandoned Jefferson's assimilation policy in favor of removal. 
B)  By negotiating tribal sovereignty treaties with southern Indians, Jackson abandoned assimilation and accepted separate communities living side by side. 
C)  Unlike Jefferson, Jackson never used force in dealing with the Indians, preferring a policy of peaceful accommodation. 
D)  While Jefferson had encouraged white settlers to move west, Jackson insisted on legal sales of Indian lands to such settlers, slowing westward expansion. 
A)  By forcing the southeastern tribes to move west, Jackson abandoned Jefferson's assimilation policy in favor of removal. 
B)  By negotiating tribal sovereignty treaties with southern Indians, Jackson abandoned assimilation and accepted separate communities living side by side. 
C)  Unlike Jefferson, Jackson never used force in dealing with the Indians, preferring a policy of peaceful accommodation. 
D)  While Jefferson had encouraged white settlers to move west, Jackson insisted on legal sales of Indian lands to such settlers, slowing westward expansion.

Exam 11: The Growth of Democracy

Which of these resulted from the other three?

Which statement best describes Mexican government in the years after independence?

What impact did John Tyler's "accidental presidency" have on Whig policies?

How did the federal government under Van Buren respond to the Panic of 1837?

The telegraph, newspapers, and political pamphlets all fostered __________.

The Hudson River School refers to a group of American __________.

Best-selling newspapers, pamphlets, and books in the mid-nineteenth century __________.

What political consequence did Jackson's veto of the Second Bank of the United States' charter have?

In 1820, Sidney Smith claimed that America had no culture of its own. What evidence from the next several decades could be used to refute his claim?

Which of these was an economic consequence of Haitian independence?

How did the contrasting views of Jackson and Calhoun regarding the Tariff of 1832 contribute to the Nullification Crisis?

Jackson's presidential style might best be described as __________.

Why was Ralph Waldo Emerson an important figure in early nineteenth-century American culture?

What was the most important consequence of the 1840 revolt by French Canadians against British rule?

What issue probably played the greatest role in the election of 1840?

Who denounced the Tariff of 1828 and threatened nullification if the tariff policy was not changed?

In his lecture entitled "The American Scholar," which intellectual urged Americans to write about the details of their own culture?

With what issues did northern sectional leader Daniel Webster most closely identify during the Age of Jackson?

What did the Supreme Court decide about the Cherokees in the cases of Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia?

How did Jackson's southern Indian policy differ from Jefferson's Indian policy?

A Continent of Villages

When Worlds Collide

Planting Colonies in North America

Slavery and Empire

The Cultures of Colonial North America

From Empire to Independence

The American Revolution

The New Nation

An Empire for Liberty

The South and Slavery

Industry and the North

Immigration

The Territorial Expansion of the United States

The Coming Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction

The Trans-Mississippi West

Production and Consumption in the Gilded Age

Democracy and Empire

Urban America and the Progressive Era

The United States in the Era of the Great War

The Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

World War Ii

The Cold War Begins

America at Mid-Century

The Civil Rights Movement

War Abroad

The Conservative Ascendancy

Inequality in the Global Age

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