Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
James Fenimore Cooper

Accepted Answer

James Fenimore Cooper was an American wr

Question 2

George Bancroft's history of the United States suggested that all of the following middle class qualities were the essence of the American experience and character, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) individualism 
B) self-sufficiency 
C) a passionate love of liberty 
D) communalism. 
A) individualism 
B) self-sufficiency 
C) a passionate love of liberty 
D) communalism.

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
Nat Turner

Accepted Answer

Nat Turner was an African American slave

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
Dorothea Dix

Accepted Answer

Dorothea Dix was a prominent 19th-centur

Question 5

Most slaves expressed discontent with their condition through what kind of action?

Accepted Answer

A) armed revolt 
B) discussions with the master 
C) passive resistance 
D) preaching 
A) armed revolt 
B) discussions with the master 
C) passive resistance 
D) preaching

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
Hudson River School

Accepted Answer

The Hudson River School refers to a mid-

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
Whig Party

Accepted Answer

The Whig Party was a political party act

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
Brook Farm

Accepted Answer

Brook Farm was a utopian experiment in c

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
Commonwealth v. Hunt

Accepted Answer

Commonwealth v. Hunt is a landmark legal

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
minstrel shows

Accepted Answer

Minstrel shows were a form of entertainm

Question 11

Why did romanticism thrive in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Because romanticism emphasized the natur

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
American Colonization Society

Accepted Answer

The American Colonization Society (ACS)

Question 13

Why was there a steady increase in the number of strikes during the 1830s?

Accepted Answer

A) The courts ruled that strikes against employers were legal. 
B) More women were entering the workforce. 
C) Slaves were taking strikers' jobs. 
D) In large part, workers were reacting to increased mechanization. 
A) The courts ruled that strikes against employers were legal. 
B) More women were entering the workforce. 
C) Slaves were taking strikers' jobs. 
D) In large part, workers were reacting to increased mechanization.

Question 14

The Specie Circular contributed to the Panic of 1837 because it

Accepted Answer

A) increased inflation. 
B) lowered interest rates. 
C) encouraged rampant speculation. 
D) greatly reduced the amount of currency in circulation. 
A) increased inflation. 
B) lowered interest rates. 
C) encouraged rampant speculation. 
D) greatly reduced the amount of currency in circulation.

Question 15

The American Colonization Society

Accepted Answer

A) was rooted in economic pragmatism. 
B) was rooted in a commitment to racial equality. 
C) advocated civil rights for African Americans. 
D) proposed the annexation of Mexico for the settlement of freed American slaves. 
A) was rooted in economic pragmatism. 
B) was rooted in a commitment to racial equality. 
C) advocated civil rights for African Americans. 
D) proposed the annexation of Mexico for the settlement of freed American slaves.

Question 16

James K. Polk

Accepted Answer

A) secured the Democratic presidential nomination because of his opposition to slavery. 
B) vowed to cooperate with the British on the Oregon issue. 
C) was barely known outside Tennessee. 
D) emphasized economic policies. 
A) secured the Democratic presidential nomination because of his opposition to slavery. 
B) vowed to cooperate with the British on the Oregon issue. 
C) was barely known outside Tennessee. 
D) emphasized economic policies.

Question 17

By the 1850s, the literacy rate of white Americans was about

Accepted Answer

A) 25 percent. 
B) 40 percent. 
C) 80 percent. 
D) 95 percent. 
A) 25 percent. 
B) 40 percent. 
C) 80 percent. 
D) 95 percent.

Question 18

The new spirit that came to life in American politics and rhetoric in the years after 1840 found expression in the phrase

Accepted Answer

A) "Freedom Now" 
B) "Manifest Destiny" 
C) "Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men" 
D) "Forty Acres and a Mule" 
A) "Freedom Now" 
B) "Manifest Destiny" 
C) "Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men" 
D) "Forty Acres and a Mule"

Question 19

Soon after taking office in 1837, Martin Van Buren's administration was hurt by a

Accepted Answer

A) sex scandal. 
B) split in his party. 
C) collapse of the economy. 
D) near-war with Britain. 
A) sex scandal. 
B) split in his party. 
C) collapse of the economy. 
D) near-war with Britain.

Question 20

The United States declined to annex Texas following its independence because

Accepted Answer

A) many feared it would lead to war with Spain. 
B) annexation would reopen the issue of expanding slavery. 
C) Congress could not afford to assume Texas's debts. 
D) few Americans saw anything of value in the territory. 
A) many feared it would lead to war with Spain. 
B) annexation would reopen the issue of expanding slavery. 
C) Congress could not afford to assume Texas's debts. 
D) few Americans saw anything of value in the territory.

Exam 12: Responses to Expansion and Change, 1828-1848

Instructions: Identify the following terms: James Fenimore Cooper

George Bancroft's history of the United States suggested that all of the following middle class qualities were the essence of the American experience and character, EXCEPT:

Instructions: Identify the following terms: Nat Turner

Instructions: Identify the following terms: Dorothea Dix

Most slaves expressed discontent with their condition through what kind of action?

Instructions: Identify the following terms: Hudson River School

Instructions: Identify the following terms: Whig Party

Instructions: Identify the following terms: Brook Farm

Instructions: Identify the following terms: Commonwealth v. Hunt

Instructions: Identify the following terms: minstrel shows

Why did romanticism thrive in the United States?

Instructions: Identify the following terms: American Colonization Society

Why was there a steady increase in the number of strikes during the 1830s?

The Specie Circular contributed to the Panic of 1837 because it

The American Colonization Society

James K. Polk

By the 1850s, the literacy rate of white Americans was about

The new spirit that came to life in American politics and rhetoric in the years after 1840 found expression in the phrase

Soon after taking office in 1837, Martin Van Buren's administration was hurt by a

The United States declined to annex Texas following its independence because

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Competing Visions of the Virtuous Republic, 1770-1796

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Increasing Conflict and War, 1805-1815

The Rise of a New Nation, 1815-1836

Modernization and Expansion, 1828-1848

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A Violent Choice: Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction: High Hopes and Shattered Dreams, 1865

The Nation Industrializes, 1865-1900

Life in the Gilded Age, 1865-1900

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Americaïs Rise to World Leadership, 1929-1945

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America Under Stress, 1967-1976

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