Deck 9: Nation Building and Nationalism, 1815-1825

Question 1

In response to encroachment by white settlers, the Cherokee________ .

A) rejected their native culture and assimilated into white society
B) voluntarily ceded their lands to the American government
C) created a military alliance with the Creek and Seminole
D) forcibly resisted using their military forces
E) adopted a policy of accommodation

Answer 1

adopted a policy of accommodation

Question 2

Canals in early nineteenth-century America________ .

A) linked the Atlantic coastal cities to the lakes and rivers of the interior
B) were very profitable
C) competed successfully with railroads
D) were financed through federal and state government funds
E) led to spectacular canal boat accidents that claimed many lives

Answer 2

linked the Atlantic coastal cities to the lakes and rivers of the interior

Question 3

The South became the world's greatest producer of cotton because________ .

A) railroads crisscrossed the south, providing needed transportation
B) little competition arose in other locations of the world
C) fertile land was available in the "green belts" of the South
D) the federal government gave generous farm subsidies
E) the cotton gin had a tremendous impact on production

Answer 3

the cotton gin had a tremendous impact on production

Question 4

Industrialization after 1815 altered the manufacturing system in the United States by________ .

A) immediately creating a need for large factories with many workers
B) increasing production in the factory and decreasing it in the home
C) increasing the need for female labor
D) eliminating the need for foreign equipment and technology
E) becoming more efficient, therefore using fewer raw materials

Question 5

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 involved________ .

A) the criteria that no more slave states could be created south of the northern boundary of Missouri
B) Missouri being admitted as a slave state on condition that slavery be phased out over a period of time
C) Maine splitting off from Massachusetts and being admitted as a free state
D) northern and southern congressmen splitting along partisan lines on the issue
E) adroit political maneuvering by John Calhoun, who got the compromise through the Senate

Question 6

Dartmouth College v. Woodward________ .

A) increased the regulatory powers of state governments
B) asserted the implied powers of the Constitution
C) led to the growth of the modern corporation
D) ruled the state had no right to tax a privately owned college
E) expanded the powers of the federal government to regulate education

Question 7

How were expansion and migration related in the United States after 1812?

A) As populations expanded, people migrated to rural areas outside of populated cities, creating the first suburbs.
B) As populations expanded, people migrated to and built up Eastern cities.
C) As the United States expanded its borders, people migrated to these new areas.
D) Expansion and migration were both direct results of improved water transportation after 1812.
E) Expansion and migration were both direct results of improved land transportation after 1812.

Question 8

How did state politicians undermine Jefferson's promises to Native Americans?

A) They passed the Adams-Onís Treaty to obtain Florida as U.S. land, but Jefferson had promised Florida to the Native Americans.
B) They denied independent states to Native Americans, as promised by Jefferson.
C) They authorized the occupation of Native American land, displacing Native Americans to whom Jefferson had promised land and citizenship.
D) They attempted to relocate or exterminate the Native Americans from their land against the policies of President Jefferson.
E) They would not allow Native Americans to own African slaves, and yet Jefferson himself and most southern politicians owned slaves.

Question 9

The development of profitable commercial agriculture resulted from .

A) improvements in agricultural technology
B) the population growth in the Midwestern states
C) rising need for agricultural products in the New England area
D) European demands for American agricultural products
E) generous government subsidies to encourage increased production

Question 10

How did American industrialization around 1800 differ from that of Europe?

A) America had not yet had an industrial revolution, whereas Europe had experienced one.
B) America had experienced an industrial revolution; Europe had not.
C) American industrialization was concentrated in the fossil fuels industry, whereas European industrialization was concentrated in textiles.
D) Americans used water transportation and power to increase their industrial production; Europe used land transportation and fossil fuels.
E) Americans invented textile industry machines, which Europeans then stole to have their own industrial revolution.

Question 11

How did the three branches of the federal government respond to the Era of Good Feeling?

A) They had a time of little activity because the country was prospering so much.
B) The three branches worked together to try to bring about an Era of Good Feeling in the United States like the one they observed in Europe.
C) The Supreme Court took advantage of the executive and legislative branches' Era of Good Feeling to push through its own agenda.
D) Monroe took advantage of the Era of Good Feeling between the three branches of government to pass expansionist and industrialization legislation.
E) Congress dominated the Era of Good Feeling by approving Supreme Court justices and cabinet members who agreed with its expansionist agenda.

Question 12

Which of John Marshall's values influenced many of his court decisions?

A) economic equality for all American citizens
B) the need to balance state and federal powers
C) the protection of individual liberty
D) the supremacy of the judicial branch
E) a belief in the strict interpretation of the Constitution

Question 13

How did politics differ in the "Old World" from politics in the "New World" in the early nineteenth century?

A) Most "New World" nations copied the political systems of the "Old World," modifying them slightly to accommodate slavery and industrialization.
B) Most "New World" nations founded republics, whereas most "Old World" nations began to form socialist democracies.
C) Most "New World" nations adopted policies of eradication or assimilation with their natives, whereas "Old World" nations allowed theirs to coexist.
D) Most "New World" nations founded democratic governments, whereas the "Old World" still clung to aristocratic rule.
E) Most "New World" nations established communist republics, whereas the "Old World" remained under aristocratic rule.