Question 1

In his "war" on the Bank of the United States, President Jackson

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A)  removed federal deposits from the Bank of the United States and deposited them in state banks 
B)  forced the nation to adopt a paper money system 
C)  announced that all national fiscal policy would be made by the secretary of the treasury 
D)  banned the use of specie in business transactions 
E)  closed all branches of the Bank of the United States 
A)  removed federal deposits from the Bank of the United States and deposited them in state banks 
B)  forced the nation to adopt a paper money system 
C)  announced that all national fiscal policy would be made by the secretary of the treasury 
D)  banned the use of specie in business transactions 
E)  closed all branches of the Bank of the United States A

Question 2

Which section of the country tended to oppose tariffs?

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A)  New England 
B)  West 
C)  South 
D)  Middle Atlantic 
E)  Pacific Coast 
A)  New England 
B)  West 
C)  South 
D)  Middle Atlantic 
E)  Pacific Coast C

Question 3

Why was the 1824 presidential election unique?

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A)  It was the first election involving party politics. 
B)  John Quincy Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives. 
C)  John Quincy Adams won over 75% of the popular vote. 
D)  Large-scale fraud and deception plagued the election. 
E)  The Senate had to select the winner after no candidate won over half the electoral vote. 
A)  It was the first election involving party politics. 
B)  John Quincy Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives. 
C)  John Quincy Adams won over 75% of the popular vote. 
D)  Large-scale fraud and deception plagued the election. 
E)  The Senate had to select the winner after no candidate won over half the electoral vote. B

Question 4

The Specie Circular required

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A)  Americans to use greenbacks instead of silver. 
B)  the federal government to issue equal amounts of soft and hard money. 
C)  the American dollar to be backed by gold. 
D)  that only specie be used to purchase public lands. 
E)  the government to back its paper money with an equal value of public lands. 
A)  Americans to use greenbacks instead of silver. 
B)  the federal government to issue equal amounts of soft and hard money. 
C)  the American dollar to be backed by gold. 
D)  that only specie be used to purchase public lands. 
E)  the government to back its paper money with an equal value of public lands.

Question 5

Why did Vice President Martin Van Buren lose the presidential election of 1840?

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A)  The economic depression 
B)  The military record of his opponent 
C)  His sluggish campaigning 
D)  The refusal of the Whig party to publish a platform 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  The economic depression 
B)  The military record of his opponent 
C)  His sluggish campaigning 
D)  The refusal of the Whig party to publish a platform 
E)  All of these choices

Question 6

Who was the most famous and controversial white abolitionist?

Accepted Answer

A)  William Lloyd Garrison 
B)  Frederick Douglass 
C)  Denmark Vesey 
D)  John C. Calhoun 
E)  Horace Mann 
A)  William Lloyd Garrison 
B)  Frederick Douglass 
C)  Denmark Vesey 
D)  John C. Calhoun 
E)  Horace Mann

Question 7

What is the difference between "hard money" and "soft money"?

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A)  Hard money is difficult to acquire. 
B)  Hard money is specie like gold or silver, while soft money is paper. 
C)  Soft money is issued for only a specified number of months. 
D)  Hard money has no value, while soft money increases in value. 
E)  Soft money was usually easy to find, but only the elite had access to hard money. 
A)  Hard money is difficult to acquire. 
B)  Hard money is specie like gold or silver, while soft money is paper. 
C)  Soft money is issued for only a specified number of months. 
D)  Hard money has no value, while soft money increases in value. 
E)  Soft money was usually easy to find, but only the elite had access to hard money.

Question 8

What was the dispute in the 1830s Nullification Crisis?

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A)  South Carolina argued that a state had the right to override a federally-enacted tariff. 
B)  The New England states claimed that they could secede from the Union if they desired. 
C)  Virginia argued that Congress could not regulate trade on rivers or lakes. 
D)  New York demanded that the larger states be given more senators than small states 
E)  Massachusetts asserted that state laws took precedence over federal legislation. 
A)  South Carolina argued that a state had the right to override a federally-enacted tariff. 
B)  The New England states claimed that they could secede from the Union if they desired. 
C)  Virginia argued that Congress could not regulate trade on rivers or lakes. 
D)  New York demanded that the larger states be given more senators than small states 
E)  Massachusetts asserted that state laws took precedence over federal legislation.

Question 9

What were "pet banks"?

Accepted Answer

A)  State banks that were preferred by Nicholas Biddle. 
B)  Branches of the Bank of the United States in states hostile to Andrew Jackson. 
C)  State banks chosen by President Jackson to be depositories of federal money. 
D)  Banks owned by members of the Whig party. 
E)  Foreign banks that lent capital to American mill owners. 
A)  State banks that were preferred by Nicholas Biddle. 
B)  Branches of the Bank of the United States in states hostile to Andrew Jackson. 
C)  State banks chosen by President Jackson to be depositories of federal money. 
D)  Banks owned by members of the Whig party. 
E)  Foreign banks that lent capital to American mill owners.

Question 10

During the antebellum period, the American political system

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A)  collapsed. 
B)  fragmented into a multiple-party system. 
C)  became more democratic. 
D)  came under the control of a business elite. 
E)  came to look more and more like the British system. 
A)  collapsed. 
B)  fragmented into a multiple-party system. 
C)  became more democratic. 
D)  came under the control of a business elite. 
E)  came to look more and more like the British system.

Question 11

The Peggy Eaton affair was significant because it

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A)  furthered a growing split between Andrew Jackson and his vice-president John C. Calhoun 
B)  showed that even before Bill Clinton, there were presidents who had affairs. 
C)  led to efforts to end the spoils system. 
D)  produced calls for Congress to prohibit the transportation of women across state lines for illicit purposes. 
E)  indicated how the Democratic Party was becoming the party of evangelicals. 
A)  furthered a growing split between Andrew Jackson and his vice-president John C. Calhoun 
B)  showed that even before Bill Clinton, there were presidents who had affairs. 
C)  led to efforts to end the spoils system. 
D)  produced calls for Congress to prohibit the transportation of women across state lines for illicit purposes. 
E)  indicated how the Democratic Party was becoming the party of evangelicals.

Question 12

Charles Finney often considered the "father of modern revivalism" because he

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A)  focused on the miraculous work of God and the lack of human agency. 
B)  introduced special revival techniques and reached out to all Protestant denominations. 
C)  believed man was inherently sinful; therefore, all men needed to hear him preach. 
D)  established a university to train itinerant ministers. 
E)  led more than 100,000 people to give professions of faith in Jesus Christ. 
A)  focused on the miraculous work of God and the lack of human agency. 
B)  introduced special revival techniques and reached out to all Protestant denominations. 
C)  believed man was inherently sinful; therefore, all men needed to hear him preach. 
D)  established a university to train itinerant ministers. 
E)  led more than 100,000 people to give professions of faith in Jesus Christ.

Question 13

The Force Bill authorized President Jackson to

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A)  use arms to collect customs duties in South Carolina. 
B)  raise an army to put down an Indian insurrection. 
C)  negotiate new terms in the treaty of friendship between the United States and Britain. 
D)  force the Congress to pass an acceptable tariff bill. 
E)  appoint a secretary of the treasury who would do the president's bidding. 
A)  use arms to collect customs duties in South Carolina. 
B)  raise an army to put down an Indian insurrection. 
C)  negotiate new terms in the treaty of friendship between the United States and Britain. 
D)  force the Congress to pass an acceptable tariff bill. 
E)  appoint a secretary of the treasury who would do the president's bidding.

Question 14

Which political theory postulates that the Union is a compact among the states and that a state has the right to override a federal law?

Accepted Answer

A)  Statism 
B)  Provincialism 
C)  Sectionalism 
D)  Constitutionalism 
E)  Nullification 
A)  Statism 
B)  Provincialism 
C)  Sectionalism 
D)  Constitutionalism 
E)  Nullification

Question 15

What was Horace Mann's primary concern in the reform movements of the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  He stressed the importance of establishing asylums to treat the mentally handicapped. 
B)  He stressed the importance of establishing public schools for children. 
C)  He stressed the importance of establishing juvenile detention centers for youth offenders. 
D)  He stressed the importance of establishing orphanages to care for abandoned children. 
E)  He stressed the importance of establishing psychiatric treatment centers for children. 
A)  He stressed the importance of establishing asylums to treat the mentally handicapped. 
B)  He stressed the importance of establishing public schools for children. 
C)  He stressed the importance of establishing juvenile detention centers for youth offenders. 
D)  He stressed the importance of establishing orphanages to care for abandoned children. 
E)  He stressed the importance of establishing psychiatric treatment centers for children.

Question 16

Which of the following was not one of the forces of division within the Republican party in the early 1820s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Industrialization in New England 
B)  Spread of cotton cultivation in the South 
C)  Westward expansion 
D)  Changing views of the role of the national government 
E)  Narrowing of the political process 
A)  Industrialization in New England 
B)  Spread of cotton cultivation in the South 
C)  Westward expansion 
D)  Changing views of the role of the national government 
E)  Narrowing of the political process

Question 17

Why is Dorothea Dix famous?

Accepted Answer

A)  She trained women immigrants to read and write. 
B)  She campaigned for better treatment of the mentally handicapped. 
C)  She was the leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. 
D)  She was an advocate for helping battered women in the 1840s. 
A)  She trained women immigrants to read and write. 
B)  She campaigned for better treatment of the mentally handicapped. 
C)  She was the leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. 
D)  She was an advocate for helping battered women in the 1840s.

Question 18

The Whig Party was made up of

Accepted Answer

A)  former Federalists and former Republicans who retained Jefferson's suspicion of a strong federal government. 
B)  former Federalists and former Republicans who believed that westward expansion should end. 
C)  former Federalists and former Republicans who believed that the national government should encourage economic development. 
D)  former Federalists and former Republicans who refused to accept the new techniques of American politics. 
E)  former Federalists and former Republicans who opposed plantation slavery in the South. 
A)  former Federalists and former Republicans who retained Jefferson's suspicion of a strong federal government. 
B)  former Federalists and former Republicans who believed that westward expansion should end. 
C)  former Federalists and former Republicans who believed that the national government should encourage economic development. 
D)  former Federalists and former Republicans who refused to accept the new techniques of American politics. 
E)  former Federalists and former Republicans who opposed plantation slavery in the South.

Question 19

What did the presidential election of 1828 demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Supporters of common people would have difficulty being elected. 
B)  First-term presidents usually can be reelected. 
C)  The new political parties were strongly sectional in their sources of strength. 
D)  The ghost of George Washington loomed large over the political landscape. 
E)  New Englanders would never vote for a southerner for president. 
A)  Supporters of common people would have difficulty being elected. 
B)  First-term presidents usually can be reelected. 
C)  The new political parties were strongly sectional in their sources of strength. 
D)  The ghost of George Washington loomed large over the political landscape. 
E)  New Englanders would never vote for a southerner for president.

Question 20

The tariff controversy of the early 1830s showed that

Accepted Answer

A)  the nation was united in the pursuit of economic nationalism. 
B)  Andrew Jackson was too stubborn to compromise on matters of high principle. 
C)  the nation faced serious and growing sectional pressures in the years ahead. 
D)  Henry Clay could never be elected president. 
E)  the West had growing political and economic power. 
A)  the nation was united in the pursuit of economic nationalism. 
B)  Andrew Jackson was too stubborn to compromise on matters of high principle. 
C)  the nation faced serious and growing sectional pressures in the years ahead. 
D)  Henry Clay could never be elected president. 
E)  the West had growing political and economic power.

In his "war" on the Bank of the United States, President Jackson

Which section of the country tended to oppose tariffs?

Why was the 1824 presidential election unique?

The Specie Circular required

Why did Vice President Martin Van Buren lose the presidential election of 1840?

Who was the most famous and controversial white abolitionist?

What is the difference between "hard money" and "soft money"?

What was the dispute in the 1830s Nullification Crisis?

What were "pet banks"?

During the antebellum period, the American political system

The Peggy Eaton affair was significant because it

Charles Finney often considered the "father of modern revivalism" because he

The Force Bill authorized President Jackson to

Which political theory postulates that the Union is a compact among the states and that a state has the right to override a federal law?

What was Horace Mann's primary concern in the reform movements of the first half of the nineteenth century?

Which of the following was not one of the forces of division within the Republican party in the early 1820s?

Why is Dorothea Dix famous?

The Whig Party was made up of

What did the presidential election of 1828 demonstrate?

The tariff controversy of the early 1830s showed that

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The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750

Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

America at War and Peace, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860

The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848

From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

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Exam 10: Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840

In his "war" on the Bank of the United States, President Jackson

Which section of the country tended to oppose tariffs?

Why was the 1824 presidential election unique?

The Specie Circular required

Why did Vice President Martin Van Buren lose the presidential election of 1840?

Who was the most famous and controversial white abolitionist?

What is the difference between "hard money" and "soft money"?

What was the dispute in the 1830s Nullification Crisis?

What were "pet banks"?

During the antebellum period, the American political system

The Peggy Eaton affair was significant because it

Charles Finney often considered the "father of modern revivalism" because he

The Force Bill authorized President Jackson to

Which political theory postulates that the Union is a compact among the states and that a state has the right to override a federal law?

What was Horace Mann's primary concern in the reform movements of the first half of the nineteenth century?

Which of the following was not one of the forces of division within the Republican party in the early 1820s?

Why is Dorothea Dix famous?

The Whig Party was made up of

What did the presidential election of 1828 demonstrate?

The tariff controversy of the early 1830s showed that

Native Peoples of America, to 1500

The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625

The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700

The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750

Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

America at War and Peace, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860

The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848

From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865

The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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