The above quotation from McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819, most focuses on which of the following debates that characterized the new republic?
The formation of a national currency
Loose versus strict interpretation of the Constitution
The application of the Bill of Rights of states
The extesntion of slavery into the territories
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