Question 1

In 1821, the New York constitutional convention that removed property qualifications for white voters also

Accepted Answer

A)  raised the property requirement for black voters, so most black New Yorkers could no longer vote. 
B)  removed property qualifications for black voters, so all black New Yorkers could now vote. 
C)  enfranchised Native Americans. 
D)  enfranchised women. 
E)  barred immigrants from voting. 
A)  raised the property requirement for black voters, so most black New Yorkers could no longer vote. 
B)  removed property qualifications for black voters, so all black New Yorkers could now vote. 
C)  enfranchised Native Americans. 
D)  enfranchised women. 
E)  barred immigrants from voting.

Question 2

In the presidential election of 1824, who received the most votes but failed to win a majority of either the popular or electoral votes, thus requiring the House of Representatives to select a president?

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrew Jackson 
B)  Henry Clay 
C)  John Quincy Adams 
D)  James Monroe 
E)  Nicholas Biddle 
A)  Andrew Jackson 
B)  Henry Clay 
C)  John Quincy Adams 
D)  James Monroe 
E)  Nicholas Biddle

Question 3

According to Noah Webster's American Dictionary, which term had become synonymous in American society with the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

A)  "American" 
B)  "citizen" 
C)  "freeman" 
D)  "property owner" 
E)  "radical" 
A)  "American" 
B)  "citizen" 
C)  "freeman" 
D)  "property owner" 
E)  "radical"

Question 4

In today's United States, the Federal Reserve determines the amount of paper money to be issued.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following was used as a justification for excluding women and blacks from voting during the Age of Jackson?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because these groups had not voted in Britain, they should not vote in America. 
B)  Because the members of these groups were not citizens, they could not vote. 
C)  Both of these types of people lacked the necessary intellectual capacity to be voters. 
D)  Members of these groups had never asked to be included in politics. 
E)  As they did not own property, they could not be expected to have the right to vote. 
A)  Because these groups had not voted in Britain, they should not vote in America. 
B)  Because the members of these groups were not citizens, they could not vote. 
C)  Both of these types of people lacked the necessary intellectual capacity to be voters. 
D)  Members of these groups had never asked to be included in politics. 
E)  As they did not own property, they could not be expected to have the right to vote.

Question 6

The party battles of the Jacksonian era reflected the clash between public and private definitions of American freedom and their relationship to government power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In its decision in McCulloch v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that

Accepted Answer

A)  the Indians were not allowed to sue the federal government. 
B)  the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional. 
C)  Catholics could not be barred from political office. 
D)  the American System was unconstitutional. 
E)  states could nullify federal laws with congressional permission. 
A)  the Indians were not allowed to sue the federal government. 
B)  the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional. 
C)  Catholics could not be barred from political office. 
D)  the American System was unconstitutional. 
E)  states could nullify federal laws with congressional permission.

Question 8

Which is true of paper money in America in the early nineteenth century?

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A)  It could be issued only by the federal government. 
B)  It was in limited supply and used extensively only in the larger cities. 
C)  It represented a promise to pay the bearer, on demand, a specific amount of gold or silver. 
D)  Its value was determined by the president of the Second Bank of the United States. 
E)  Its value could not legally exceed the amount of money that the bank printing it held in its vault. 
A)  It could be issued only by the federal government. 
B)  It was in limited supply and used extensively only in the larger cities. 
C)  It represented a promise to pay the bearer, on demand, a specific amount of gold or silver. 
D)  Its value was determined by the president of the Second Bank of the United States. 
E)  Its value could not legally exceed the amount of money that the bank printing it held in its vault.

Question 9

What would have been an accurate assessment of the Monroe Doctrine at the time?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Latin American revolutions had little in common with American ideals. 
B)  It was more talk than action, as the United States was weak militarily. 
C)  The United States had battle plans drawn to attack Europe to prevent further colonization. 
D)  This was a plan to gain Canada from the British. 
E)  It failed in helping the United States gain Florida. 
A)  The Latin American revolutions had little in common with American ideals. 
B)  It was more talk than action, as the United States was weak militarily. 
C)  The United States had battle plans drawn to attack Europe to prevent further colonization. 
D)  This was a plan to gain Canada from the British. 
E)  It failed in helping the United States gain Florida.

Question 10

Which occurred during the election of 1828?

Accepted Answer

A)  Adams fired most of the federal employees who openly campaigned for Jackson. 
B)  One campaign slogan declared, "Adams can fight, but Jackson can write." 
C)  Adams's supporters questioned the morality of Andrew Jackson's wife, Rachel. 
D)  Andrew Jackson accused John Quincy Adams of being a murderer. 
E)  Andrew Jackson challenged Henry Clay to a duel because of 1824's "corrupt bargain." 
A)  Adams fired most of the federal employees who openly campaigned for Jackson. 
B)  One campaign slogan declared, "Adams can fight, but Jackson can write." 
C)  Adams's supporters questioned the morality of Andrew Jackson's wife, Rachel. 
D)  Andrew Jackson accused John Quincy Adams of being a murderer. 
E)  Andrew Jackson challenged Henry Clay to a duel because of 1824's "corrupt bargain."

Question 11

What position did Andrew Jackson take during the nullification crisis?

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A)  States did not have the right to secede and threaten the rest of the union. 
B)  States were legally free to secede, as the United States was a free association. 
C)  Only the Supreme Court could determine if secession was constitutional. 
D)  States should have a legal right to veto federal laws they disagreed with. 
E)  Protective tariffs were not as important as national unity. 
A)  States did not have the right to secede and threaten the rest of the union. 
B)  States were legally free to secede, as the United States was a free association. 
C)  Only the Supreme Court could determine if secession was constitutional. 
D)  States should have a legal right to veto federal laws they disagreed with. 
E)  Protective tariffs were not as important as national unity.

Question 12

Why was Henry Clay charged with orchestrating a "corrupt bargain" during the 1824 election?

Accepted Answer

A)  He campaigned for the right to vote for free blacks in Pennsylvania in a bid to increase his own electability. 
B)  He defected from the Whig Party in 1828 in order to support Jackson's presidential bid. 
C)  He cast his vote for Adams in the presidential election in return for a cabinet post. 
D)  He leaked a story to the press regarding Peggy Eaton to reduce the power of a political rival. 
E)  He supported the Bank of American as a legislator, only to become its president in 1832. 
A)  He campaigned for the right to vote for free blacks in Pennsylvania in a bid to increase his own electability. 
B)  He defected from the Whig Party in 1828 in order to support Jackson's presidential bid. 
C)  He cast his vote for Adams in the presidential election in return for a cabinet post. 
D)  He leaked a story to the press regarding Peggy Eaton to reduce the power of a political rival. 
E)  He supported the Bank of American as a legislator, only to become its president in 1832.

Question 13

What was a voting requirement that all states except Rhode Island had eliminated by 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  being male 
B)  being white 
C)  being a citizen 
D)  owning property 
E)  being twenty-one years or older 
A)  being male 
B)  being white 
C)  being a citizen 
D)  owning property 
E)  being twenty-one years or older

Question 14

Compare the economic policies of the American System with those of Alexander Hamilton. What was similar? What was different? How do you think Hamilton would have rated presidents such as John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson?

Accepted Answer

The American System was a set of economi

Question 15

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Daniel Webster

Accepted Answer

Daniel Webster was a prominent American

Question 16

What is true about race in the mid-nineteenth-century United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Race replaced class as the boundary between men who enjoyed political freedom and those who did not. 
B)  Some states accorded black Americans full equality before the law by today's standards. 
C)  By 1860, black men could vote on the same basis as white men in every state north of Maryland. 
D)  Most literature and popular culture rejected racist stereotypes. 
E)  An ideology of racial superiority and inferiority developed in the South but was rejected in the North. 
A)  Race replaced class as the boundary between men who enjoyed political freedom and those who did not. 
B)  Some states accorded black Americans full equality before the law by today's standards. 
C)  By 1860, black men could vote on the same basis as white men in every state north of Maryland. 
D)  Most literature and popular culture rejected racist stereotypes. 
E)  An ideology of racial superiority and inferiority developed in the South but was rejected in the North.

Question 17

Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820,

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A)  the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into slave and free zones. 
B)  Congress banned slavery in any new territory that might ever be added to the United States. 
C)  Missouri agreed to gradual emancipation of slavery in exchange for admission to the Union. 
D)  Ohio became a free state to balance the admission of Missouri as a slave state. 
E)  slave states gained a two-seat advantage in the U.S. Senate. 
A)  the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into slave and free zones. 
B)  Congress banned slavery in any new territory that might ever be added to the United States. 
C)  Missouri agreed to gradual emancipation of slavery in exchange for admission to the Union. 
D)  Ohio became a free state to balance the admission of Missouri as a slave state. 
E)  slave states gained a two-seat advantage in the U.S. Senate.

Question 18

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Democratic Party

Accepted Answer

The Democratic Party is one of the two m

Question 19

Some of the new Latin American nations allowed Indians and free blacks to vote.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which statement is true about the Second Seminole War of 1835-1842?

Accepted Answer

A)  The war took place in Georgia. 
B)  Seminoles and African-Americans fought together. 
C)  All Seminoles were ultimately ousted from Florida. 
D)  Osceola fought with Andrew Jackson against the Seminoles. 
E)  The Seminoles won the war. 
A)  The war took place in Georgia. 
B)  Seminoles and African-Americans fought together. 
C)  All Seminoles were ultimately ousted from Florida. 
D)  Osceola fought with Andrew Jackson against the Seminoles. 
E)  The Seminoles won the war.

Exam 10: Democracy in America, 1815-1840

In 1821, the New York constitutional convention that removed property qualifications for white voters also

In the presidential election of 1824, who received the most votes but failed to win a majority of either the popular or electoral votes, thus requiring the House of Representatives to select a president?

According to Noah Webster's American Dictionary, which term had become synonymous in American society with the right to vote?

In today's United States, the Federal Reserve determines the amount of paper money to be issued.

Which of the following was used as a justification for excluding women and blacks from voting during the Age of Jackson?

The party battles of the Jacksonian era reflected the clash between public and private definitions of American freedom and their relationship to government power.

In its decision in McCulloch v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that

Which is true of paper money in America in the early nineteenth century?

What would have been an accurate assessment of the Monroe Doctrine at the time?

Which occurred during the election of 1828?

What position did Andrew Jackson take during the nullification crisis?

Why was Henry Clay charged with orchestrating a "corrupt bargain" during the 1824 election?

What was a voting requirement that all states except Rhode Island had eliminated by 1860?

Compare the economic policies of the American System with those of Alexander Hamilton. What was similar? What was different? How do you think Hamilton would have rated presidents such as John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Daniel Webster

What is true about race in the mid-nineteenth-century United States?

Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820,

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Democratic Party

Some of the new Latin American nations allowed Indians and free blacks to vote.

Which statement is true about the Second Seminole War of 1835-1842?

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

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