The above quotation from McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819, most focuses on which of the following debates that characterized the new republic?
The extension of slavery into the territories
The formation of a national currency
Loose versus strict interpretation of the Constitution
The application of the Bill of Rights of states
The above decision, McCulloch v. Maryland, reflected which of the following tendencies of the early Supreme Court?
To side with big business over labor
To favor national over state power
To uphold the sanctity of contract
To look unfavorably on the institution of slavery
Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the above decision, McCulloch v. Maryland?
Western farmers
Jacksonian Democrats
Know-Nothings
Former Federalists
The above account, Fourth Annual Report of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of New York, best reflects what growing reform sentiment during the period 1820 to 1848?
Belief in the perfectibility of man
Commitment to egalitarianism
Acceptance of transcendental philosophy
Commitment to the philosophy of predestination
Reform movements concerned with all of the following emerged in the same time period, 1820-1848, EXCEPT
Women's rights
Environmental preservation
Temperance
Public education
During the period 1800-1848, reform movements were most successful in achieving their goals in which of the following?
The granting of women's suffrage through the Nineteenth Amendment
Prohibition established through the Eighteenth Amendment
State laws focusing on improved public education
Establishment of federal standard for minimum wage and maximum hours
The system that Henry Clay describes above, the American System, was designed to create
Government ownership of the means of production
A foreign trade system that favored Great Britain over France
A national market economy
Dominance of state government over the national government
The following were components of the American System that Henry Clay envisioned EXCEPT
Federally funded internal improvements
Government ownership of railroads
A second Bank of the United States
Tariffs to protect infant industries
By 1848, which component of the American System was still used to benefit business?
A third Bank of the United States
Providing business with free raw materials from government-owned land
A protective tariff
The elimination of corporate income taxes
The above account, Loom and Spindle, 1898, best represents a departure from which of the following beliefs about the role of women in the early nineteenth century?
Prevalence of the concept of "republican motherhood"
Aspirations of women to become "career" women
Aspiration of women to become "visible saints"
Prevalence of the concept of "the cult of domesticity"
Early industry began in the Northeast for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
Swift-flowing streams that provided a good source of power
A relatively high population density to supply both labor and markets
A highly skilled labor force as a result of the apprenticeship system
An efficient mean of transportation provided by good natural harbors
The original mill girls mentioned above, in Loom and Spindle, were subsequently replaced by which of the following groups?
Immigrant women
Native-born children
Retired farmers
Immigrant children
What treaty gave the United States Florida?
Treaty of Paris
Adams-Onis Treaty
Treaty of Ghent
Jay's Treaty
Webter-Ashburton Treaty
How are Hartford Convention Nullification Question and some Marshall court cases connected?
States rights concerns
Nativist concerns
Slavery concerns
Political compromise
Which of the following glorified women's role as homemakers in the midst of industrialization?
Republican Motherhood
Cult of Domesticity
Bloomerism
Which of the following most strongly advocated sending slaved blacks to Africa as an answer to the problem of slavery?
Frederick Douglas
American Colonization Society
William Lloyd Garrison
Free-Soil Party
Which 1840s and 1850s set of immigrant groups arrived in unprecedented numbers resulting in nativist backlash in popular cultire?
Irish and Germans
French and Dutch
Italians and Greeks
Scots and Welsh
Which of the following was a famous black abolitionist who wrote an autobiography of his/her former life as a slave?
Sojourner Truth
Which of the following is NOT a result of antebellum technology innovations such as the textile machinery, steam engine, and the telegraph?
Expanded size and scope of domestic markets
Heightened isolation of rural Americans
Increased industrial output and worker productions
Revolution in farming and agriculture
Which best describes the Lowell System?
It revolutionized production of steal in the US
It was so successful that it was eventually adopted throughout the US and England
It involved using mill girls from rural areas to work textile factories
It relied exclusively on cheap immigrant labor to undercut competitors
The growth and profitability of Southern cotton did all of the following EXCEPT
Catapulted wealth of average Southern white above most Northerners
Provided raw materials for manufacturing in New England
Accelerated internal movement of slaves to the West
Promoted national and international economic ties
Which of the following was least likely influenced by sectional difference?
White, male suffrage
Foreign policy
Tarrifs
Internal improvement
In 1837, what did South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun call slavery?
Positive good
Necessary evil
Which of the following parties championed the "common man"?
Democrats
Whigs
Democratic-Republicans
Federalists
Which least strengthened economic ties with North and Midwest during antebellum?
Growth of canals and railroads
Spread of plantation agriculture
Federal attempts to create national economy
Shift to market production
Antebellum era reform movements such as abolitionism, temperance, and women's rights had their origins in all of the following EXCEPT
the Monroe Doctrine
the Second Great Awakening
Beliefs in human perfectibility
Liberal European social ideas
Majority of Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s settled
Along the Great Lakes region
On farms in the Midwest
In cities along the east coast
On homesteads on the frontier
One impact of the widespread cultivation of cotton and other cash crops in the South was the
Creation of a more economically and socially egalitarian society in the South
Increasing economic isolation of the South from the rest of the country
Rapid growth of textile mills and other manufacturing throughout the South
Increased political power the South was able to wield in Congress
Opposition to the proposed American System of internal improvements was a result of
Regional interests overriding national concerns
Fears that improved transportation would lead to more western migration
Large federal budget deficits undermining the needed funding
Supreme Court decisions questioning its constitutionality
The most divisive issue in regards to western expansion during the antebellum era was
The removal of Indians
The extension of slavery
Free homesteads for settlers
Property qualifications for voting
Is the following true or false about Art and Literature in the early 1800s: -blended European style with American styles -not appreciated by Europeans -was not seen as original, creative, or critically well-received
Indians, women, and religious followers had which of the following in common during the antebellum era? -developed unique cultures that reflected their interests and experiences
What did the forced relocation of American Indians and the internal slave trade both have in common?
They were in direct violation of specific Supreme Court rulings
Most Northern migrants to the frontier were firmly opposed to each
They were driven by efforts to exploit the nation's natural resources
Most Whigs strongly supported both, while most Democrats strongly opposed both
What connected the Atlantic ocean to the Great Lakes?
Erie Canal
Monroe Doctrine
Hudson River
Which of the following Supreme Court cases is correctly identified?
McCulloch v. Maryland - upheld the sanctity of private contracts
Worcester v. Georgia - ruled that states cannot tax the federal government
Dartmouth v. Woodward - established tribal autonomy on Indian lands
Marbury v. Madison - established the principle of judicial review
Which of the following was NOT an example of Manifest Destiny?
Negotiations over the Oregon border
The annexation of Texas
Attempts to purchase California
Demilitarizing the Great Lakes
Which of the following correctly characterizes the War of 1812?
Broad popular support for the war effort temporarily eased sectional divisions over slavery and economic policy
The United States won a decisive victory against the British and gained valuable new land on the frontier as a result
Federalists support for the war reinvigorated the party and allowed it to thrive for another 20 years
The United States was able to reassert sovereignty over its existing western lands and remove Britain's military presence
Which of the following best describes the Monroe Doctrine?
It was an attempt to relocate American Indian tribes on the Great Plains to reservations and begin the process of cultural assimilation
It was an American pronouncement to European countries not to interfere with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere
It was a treaty with England in which Britain promised to confine all of their future colonization to the Eastern Hemisphere
It was an economic policy by President Monroe to revive the American economy by lowering tariffs and promoting manufacturing
All of the following are true of the Tariff of 1828 EXCEPT it
was viewed as an "abomination" by many Southerners
created a crisis that almost led to a civil war
demonstrated the growing differences between the North and South
was ultimately ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
The Indian Removal Act of 1830
was upheld in Cherokee v. Georgia
paid Indian tribes market rates for their confiscated lands
led to the infamous Trail of Tears
was passed over President Jackson's angry veto
Which of the following was NOT true about the 1820 Missouri Compromise?
It barred slavery north of the 36 degree 30' line in future states from the Louisiana Purchase territory
It successfully kept the issue of slavery from becoming a national debate until just a few years before the Civil War
It temporarily settled the issue of slavery but was eventually weakened and ultimately overturned
It allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state and Missouri to enter as a slave state
The increase of slavery in the new Southwest during the antebellum era
a decreased the market value of cotton and slaves in the East
was firmly opposed by both major political parties
led to the resumption of importing slaves from Africa
created new tensions over the spread of slavery
