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| In McCullough v. Maryland (1819), the Supreme Court confirmed the:(See chapter 10)
A. right of the federal government to tax states.
B. right of states to tax the Bank of the United States.
C. "implied powers" of Congress.
D. right of states to prohibit the Bank of the United States.
E. right of states to abolish slavery within its borders. |
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| C. "implied powers" of Congress. |
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| Artisan workers:(See chapter 10)
A. successfully made the transition to factory work.
B. created the nation's earliest trade unions.
C. had abandoned the republican vision of American work.
D. allied themselves with the new capitalist class.
E. developed a niche market catering to the middle class. |
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| B. created the nation's earliest trade unions. |
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| The railroad network that developed during this period linked:(See chapter 10)
A. the Northeast to the Northwest.
B. the Northeast to the Gulf Coast.
C. the East Coast to the West Coast.
D. New York to New Orleans.
E. Richmond to Atlanta. |
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| A. the Northeast to the Northwest. |
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| Which of the following helped enlarge the urban population in this era?(See chapter 10)
A. immigrants from Europe
B. declining productivity of many eastern farms
C. the growth of the population as a whole
D. All of the above |
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| One cause of the Panic of 1819 was:(See chapter 10)
A. decreased foreign demand for American agricultural goods.
B. restrictive credit practices prior to 1819.
C. the announcement that year that dozens of new state banks were to be chartered.
D. a drop in the demand for US cotton, when English textile manufacturers began importing from India
E. an English embargo of American goods. |
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| D. a drop in the demand for US cotton, when English textile manufacturers began importing from India |
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| One of the immediate results of the new transportation routes constructed during the "canal age" was:(See chapter 10)
A. an increased white settlement in the Northwest.
B. an increased white settlement in the Southwest.
C. the renewed cooperation between states and the national environment on internal improvement projects.
D. the conviction that the national government should be responsible for all internal improvements.
E. the dominance of steamboat transport. |
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| A. an increased white settlement in the Northwest. |
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| The cotton gin was invented by:(See chapter 10)
A. Robert Fulton.
B. Eli Whitney.
C. Samuel Slater.
D. Albert Gallatin.
E. Moses Brown. |
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| The work of Eli Whitney:(See chapter 10)
A. improved transportation in the South.
B. spurred the industrial revolution in the American South.
C. made the South a major textile-producing region.
D. led to the decline of slavery, for fewer workers were needed to process cotton.
E. led to the expansion of the cotton culture and slavery. |
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| E. led to the expansion of the cotton culture and slavery. |
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| When compared to working conditions in European industries, the Lowell mills were a paradise for working women.(See chapter 10)
A. True
B. False |
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| In the early eighteenth century, the American Robert Fulton:(See chapter 10)
A. invented the steam engine.
B. made significant advances in steam-powered navigation.
C. developed the nation's first merchant marine.
D. brought the first steam engines from England to the United States.
E. launched America's first railroad engine, the Clermont, in 1807. |
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| B. made significant advances in steam-powered navigation. |
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| The Marshall Court upheld the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States.(See chapter 10)
A. True
B. False |
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| The South was an important part of the national railroad network.(See chapter 10)
A. True
B. False |
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| The American "mountain men":(See chapter 10)
A. refused to consort with Mexican or Indian women.
B. were closely tied to the expanding market economy of the United States.
C. generally got to keep the bulk of their profits.
D. established towns and villages to escape the isolation of the frontier.
E. banded together to found the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. |
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| B. were closely tied to the expanding market economy of the United States. |
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| The lasting significance of Gibbons v. Ogden was that it:(See chapter 10)
A. opened the way for steamboat travel on the Mississippi.
B. confirmed the state's right to regulate commerce.
C. made peace between the Court and the Adams administration.
D. ruled that contracts could easily be violated.
E. defined the right of the federal government to regulate interstate commerce. |
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| E. defined the right of the federal government to regulate interstate commerce. |
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| The Supreme Court ruling in Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) was a victory for:(See chapter 10)
A. corporate contracts.
B. the Republican Party.
C. state government.
D. public education.
E. state courts. |
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| The Black Hawk War:(See chapter 11)
A. was notable for the cruel treatment of white settlers by Indians.
B. saw the Sauk and Foxes temporarily regain control of part of western Illinois.
C. was over before Jackson entered the White House.
D. occurred because Black Hawk and his followers refused to recognize a treaty by which they ceded their lands to the U.S.
E. cleared the way for the settlement of Chicago. |
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| D. occurred because Black Hawk and his followers refused to recognize a treaty by which they ceded their lands to the U.S. |
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| The so-called "corrupt bargain" of 1824 involved:(See chapter 11)
A. the sale of public land to supporters of the Monroe administration.
B. political payoffs and bribery involving the Treasury Department.
C. illegal contracts between the State Department and private corporations.
D. federal funds for internal improvements to certain states in exchange for electoral votes.
E. a political deal to determine the outcome of the presidential election. |
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| E. a political deal to determine the outcome of the presidential election. |
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| When the Bank of the United States died in 1836, the country was left with a fragmented and chronically unstable banking system.(See chapter 11)
A. True
B. False |
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| In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Marshall Court ruled that:(See chapter 11)
A. individual states could try tribal members in a state court
B. American Indian tribes had to submit to individual state laws.
C. as President, Jackson could call for the tribes removal from their lands
D. Georgia had no right to extend its laws over Cherokee territory.
E. Georgia had the right to extend its laws over Cherokee territory. |
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| D. Georgia had no right to extend its laws over Cherokee territory. |
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| To many in 1828, the election of Andrew Jackson as president was a victory for the "common man."(See chapter 11)
A. True
B. False |
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| The "spoils system" refers to:(See chapter 11)
A. making illegal payoffs to political supporters.
B. giving away land taken from Indians to white settlers.
C. the destruction of land by overly aggressive settlement.
D. giving out jobs as political rewards.
E. parceling out federal land to the highest bidder. |
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| D. giving out jobs as political rewards. |
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| In the Election of 1824, Jackson claimed he had won the election, but according to the Constitution he lost the election because:(See chapter 11)
A. he did not receive the majority of the popular votes
B. he did not receive the majority of the electoral college votes
C. he did not receive the majority of popular and electoral college votes
D. many of the people who voted for him cast illegal ballots |
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| B. he did not receive the majority of the electoral college votes |
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| Adams's nationalistic program, which was a lot like Clay's American System, was not funded because:(See chapter 11)
A. the nation could not afford it.
B. business opposed it.
C. western interests opposed it.
D. Jackson's supporters in Congress voted against it.
E. Daniel Webster opposed it and led a filibuster. |
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| D. Jackson's supporters in Congress voted against it. |
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| During the age of Jackson, politics became open to virtually all the nation's white male citizens.(See chapter 11)
A. True
B. False |
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| The Cherokee were supported in their unsuccessful battle against removal by:(See chapter 11)
A. President Jackson.
B. the Supreme Court.
C. Congress.
D. the state of Georgia.
E. the state of North Carolina. |
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| During the first decades of the nineteenth century the American view of Indians as "noble savages" changed to a view of them simply as "savages."(See chapter 11)
A. True
B. False |
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| In his victory in 1828, Jackson drew his greatest support from the:(See chapter 11)
A. South and the West.
B. New England region and the Southeast.
C. Middle Atlantic states and the Old Northwest.
D. South and the Middle Atlantic states.
E. New England and the Middle Atlantic. |
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| The Seminole:(See chapter 11)
A. were never completely removed from their lands in Florida.
B. were removed after a long military struggle with the U.S. Army.
C. lost 1/3 of their tribe on the "Trail of Tears."
D. managed to kill 100 American soldiers before they surrendered.
E. raided southern Georgia and Alabama until the Civil War. |
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| A. were never completely removed from their lands in Florida. |
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| The advance of the southern frontier meant the spread not just of cotton but also of slavery.(See chapter 11)
A. True
B. False |
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| In 1832, supporters of President Jackson held a national convention in order to:(See chapter 11)
A. force the opposition to make their case in public.
B. bring more public attention to their candidate.
C. have greater control of the nominating process.
D. shore up Jackson's shaky support among voters in the Northeast.
E. make the nominating process more democratic. |
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| E. make the nominating process more democratic. |
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