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exam 2
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Undergraduate 1
11/29/2011

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In purchasing the Louisiana Territory, Jefferson violated his principle of…
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Strictly interpreting the United States Constitution.
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Jackson vetoed the congressional bill re-charting of the US bc…
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He believed the bank represented a dangerous concentration on wealth and power
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“those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if he ever had a chosen people whose breast he made…”
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Thomas Jefferson
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Justice Marshall repeated Hamilton’s argument for the constitionality of the national bank..
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That the “necessary and proper” clause of the Constitution permitted establishment…
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“The people are turbulent and charming, they seldom judge or determine right..”
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Alexander Hamilton
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Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, Judge Ranger Taney…
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Supported the power of the state to regulate corporation…
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Which of the following statements about slavery is not true?
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The American colonists thought the legal basis for slavery with them from England.
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Clay’s “American System” included advocacy of all the following except..
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High land prices
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Treaty of Ghent (1814)
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Simply restored the status quo ante bellum
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Major political development unforeseen by the advocates and opponents of the constitution…
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Rise of organized …
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American political tradition Hofstader characterized…
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Expectant capitalists
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Jefferson believed that…
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Whites and free blacks could not live peacefully…
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President Adams considered most important accomplishment of his administration to be..
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the avoidance of war with France
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According to Hofstader, Jackson most closely resembled which of the following men in his political views..
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Thomas Jefferson
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Hamilton’s Report on Public Credit issued in 1790 recommended…
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Funding the entire national debt at its par or face value
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According to Fred Doug, the institution of slavery..
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Brutalized both the slave owner and the slave.
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In effort to void the alien and sedition acts, Kentucky and Virginia…
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Asserted the right of states to judge the constitutionally…
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According to Curry, American foreign policy between 1789 and 1824…
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Based on the “realistic” notion…
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Justice Marshall, affected constitutional history for the next two centuries by ruling in Marbury v Madison that interpretation of the Constitution…
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Was a part of the Supreme Court’s power of “judicial review”…
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Battle of New Orleans was significant because
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Propelled Andrew Jackson in the spotlight
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According to Hofstader, the essence of the American political tradition has been..
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A belief in the rights of property, the philosophy of economic individualism, and the value of competition.
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Hamilton believed the future of the US depended upon…
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Expanding industry and commandment
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Whiskey Rebellion was..
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Protest by western Pennsylvania against…
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One of the principles on which almost all jacksonians agreed was
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Freedom of economic opportunity
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The Whigs…
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Consisted of coalition of groups opposed to “King Andrew” Jackson
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All the following statements about treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo are true except…
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The treaty never passed the U.S. Senate
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In a series of cases concerning states rights v national government jurisdiction under John Marshall…
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Tended to favor national government over states’ rights.
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Hofstader contends that Jefferson should be characterized as…
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A practical man
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As a direct result of the war of 1812, the US acquired…
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No new territory
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According to Curry, all is true about slavery in antebellum South except…
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If your mother was slave and your father was white, state law would determine whether you are white
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British colonists in North America inherited all the following from England except…
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The institution of slavery
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According to Curry, Jefferson…
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Was more interested in the ends of government than in the means of government
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The XYZ Affair produced in America a wave of …
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Outrage at the French government affair.
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Concept of Manifest Destiny included all of the following explanations except
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The legitimacy of slavery as an economic institution
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“America should abstain from interference…” this statement which Curry says exemplifies American foreign policy
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John Quincy Adams in 18…
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According to Curry, most striking characteristic Englishmen noticed on Africans was..
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Skin color
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