Question 1

What made Mormonism unique among Christian religions?

Accepted Answer

A)  It regarded interracial marriage as a way to convert Indians and African Americans. 
B)  It placed America at the center of religious history. 
C)  It saw Columbus's voyage as divinely inspired. 
D)  It elevated the Old Testament over the New Testament. 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  It regarded interracial marriage as a way to convert Indians and African Americans. 
B)  It placed America at the center of religious history. 
C)  It saw Columbus's voyage as divinely inspired. 
D)  It elevated the Old Testament over the New Testament. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator

Accepted Answer

William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent A

Question 3

What new assumptions about human nature lay behind the religious movements of the 1820s and 1830s?

Accepted Answer

The religious movements of the 1820s and

Question 4

Why did President Jackson veto the bill that would have provided funding for a road in Kentucky?

Accepted Answer

A)  The bill did not provide enough money for his own state. 
B)  He opposed federal funding of internal improvements that were purely local in character. 
C)  He preferred to support steamboat lines. 
D)  He believed it would benefit his political opponents rather than his own party. 
E)  The governor of Kentucky objected to the road. 
A)  The bill did not provide enough money for his own state. 
B)  He opposed federal funding of internal improvements that were purely local in character. 
C)  He preferred to support steamboat lines. 
D)  He believed it would benefit his political opponents rather than his own party. 
E)  The governor of Kentucky objected to the road.

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Panic of 1837

Accepted Answer

The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis

Question 6

Education reformers sought to better prepare students for the increasingly competitive economy by

Accepted Answer

A)  shifting the burden of the cost of education from parents to the state. 
B)  extending the school term to ten months a year and compelling regular, on-time attendance. 
C)  dividing students into grades based on age and achievement. 
D)  standardizing textbooks. 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  shifting the burden of the cost of education from parents to the state. 
B)  extending the school term to ten months a year and compelling regular, on-time attendance. 
C)  dividing students into grades based on age and achievement. 
D)  standardizing textbooks. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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 8

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Political democratization

Accepted Answer

Political democratization refers to the

Question 9

John Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest to protest

Accepted Answer

A)  the repercussions of the Panic of 1819. 
B)  the "Tariff of Abominations." 
C)  the policies of Martin Van Buren. 
D)  John C. Calhoun's presidency. 
E)  Congress's refusal to allow slavery to spread to the territories. 
A)  the repercussions of the Panic of 1819. 
B)  the "Tariff of Abominations." 
C)  the policies of Martin Van Buren. 
D)  John C. Calhoun's presidency. 
E)  Congress's refusal to allow slavery to spread to the territories.

Question 10

The Locofocos of New York were

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A)  a group of reformers who advocated insane asylums. 
B)  a tribe of Indians who had come from Georgia. 
C)  a group of Whigs who supported Martin Van Buren. 
D)  Irish immigrants who moved to western cities to mine for gold. 
E)  a workers' party that advocated hard money and free public education. 
A)  a group of reformers who advocated insane asylums. 
B)  a tribe of Indians who had come from Georgia. 
C)  a group of Whigs who supported Martin Van Buren. 
D)  Irish immigrants who moved to western cities to mine for gold. 
E)  a workers' party that advocated hard money and free public education.

Question 11

Discuss the reform movements of the 1830s and 1840s. What were the major movements? Why did the movements begin? Who were their leaders? How successful were they in achieving their goals?

Accepted Answer

The reform movements of the 1830s and 18

Question 12

Sectional controversy began to grow during the 1820s and 1830s. Discuss how the following issues aroused sectional differences: internal improvements, protective tariffs, and nullification.

Accepted Answer

During the 1820s and 1830s, sectional co

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Dorothea Dix

Accepted Answer

Dorothea Dix (April 4, 1802 – July 17, 1

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
John Quincy Adams

Accepted Answer

John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – Febru

Question 15

President Van Buren advocated the creation of the Independent Treasury because, he argued, it would

Accepted Answer

A)  allow banks to operate with less government interference. 
B)  abolish state banks. 
C)  help to keep federal money out of the grasp of business corporations. 
D)  help to keep federal money out of the hands of state politicians. 
E)  determine which state banks would receive federal deposits. 
A)  allow banks to operate with less government interference. 
B)  abolish state banks. 
C)  help to keep federal money out of the grasp of business corporations. 
D)  help to keep federal money out of the hands of state politicians. 
E)  determine which state banks would receive federal deposits.

Question 16

During the antebellum period, the American political system

Accepted Answer

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 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Hard money is more 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 more 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 18

What are the major elements of the ancient American history recorded in the Book of Mormon? How, in your view, might this historical treatment of America as "promised land" have appealed to the thousands of people who flocked to the new Mormon religion in the antebellum period?

Accepted Answer

The major elements of ancient American h

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Deposit Act, Specie Circular, Locofocos

Accepted Answer

The Deposit Act, also known as the Depos

Question 20

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

Exam 10: Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform

What made Mormonism unique among Christian religions?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator

What new assumptions about human nature lay behind the religious movements of the 1820s and 1830s?

Why did President Jackson veto the bill that would have provided funding for a road in Kentucky?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Panic of 1837

Education reformers sought to better prepare students for the increasingly competitive economy by

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

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Political democratization

John Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest to protest

The Locofocos of New York were

Discuss the reform movements of the 1830s and 1840s. What were the major movements? Why did the movements begin? Who were their leaders? How successful were they in achieving their goals?

Sectional controversy began to grow during the 1820s and 1830s. Discuss how the following issues aroused sectional differences: internal improvements, protective tariffs, and nullification.

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Dorothea Dix

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. John Quincy Adams

President Van Buren advocated the creation of the Independent Treasury because, he argued, it would

During the antebellum period, the American political system

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

What are the major elements of the ancient American history recorded in the Book of Mormon? How, in your view, might this historical treatment of America as "promised land" have appealed to the thousands of people who flocked to the new Mormon religion in the antebellum period?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Deposit Act, Specie Circular, Locofocos

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?

Native Peoples of America

The Rise of the Atlantic World

The Emergence of Colonial Societies

The Bonds of Empire

Roads to Revolution

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood

Launching the New Republic

America at War and Peace

The Transformation of American Society

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life

The Old South and Slavery

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict

From Compromise to Secession

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War

Reconstruction and Resistance

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

The Rise of Industrial America

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

The Progressive Era

Global Involvements and World War I

Coping With Change

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Americans and a World in Crisis

The Cold War Abroad and at Home

America at Midcentury

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam

A Time of Upheaval

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War

A Changing Nation: Homefront Crises and New Global Realities

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