Question 1

Discuss the events leading up to, legal questions addressed by, and historical significance of Marbury v. Madison.

Accepted Answer

Marbury v. Madison was a landmark Suprem

Question 2

Why was the attempt to remove Federalist Justice Samuel Chase from office significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It led the Senate to institute confirmation hearings for judicial appointments. 
B)  It convinced federal judges not to make public speeches. 
C)  It caused a serious division in the Democratic-Republican party. 
D)  It helped preserve the Supreme Court's independence. 
A)  It led the Senate to institute confirmation hearings for judicial appointments. 
B)  It convinced federal judges not to make public speeches. 
C)  It caused a serious division in the Democratic-Republican party. 
D)  It helped preserve the Supreme Court's independence.

Question 3

Which of the following was a result of the building of canals such as the Erie Canal?

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A)  Canals established important transportation links between the Midwest and the North. 
B)  Canals established important transportation links between the North and the South. 
C)  Financed by the federal government, canal building required an increase in the federal taxes. 
D)  So little thought was put into the routes for canals that they served little useful commercial purpose. 
A)  Canals established important transportation links between the Midwest and the North. 
B)  Canals established important transportation links between the North and the South. 
C)  Financed by the federal government, canal building required an increase in the federal taxes. 
D)  So little thought was put into the routes for canals that they served little useful commercial purpose.

Question 4

The issue that posed the most serious problem for Madison from a constitutional point of view was

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A)  the protective tariff. 
B)  federal support for local internal improvements such as roads and canals. 
C)  the proposal for a permanent standing army. 
D)  the national bank question. 
A)  the protective tariff. 
B)  federal support for local internal improvements such as roads and canals. 
C)  the proposal for a permanent standing army. 
D)  the national bank question.

Question 5

Which of the following was a provision of the Missouri Compromise?

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A)  After Missouri's admission to the Union as a slave state, slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of 36°30¢. 
B)  New nonslaveholding settlers in Missouri would receive a homestead of forty acres of land. 
C)  The Louisiana Purchase territory was to be open to white settlers only. 
D)  Free blacks were barred from settling in Missouri. 
A)  After Missouri's admission to the Union as a slave state, slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of 36°30¢. 
B)  New nonslaveholding settlers in Missouri would receive a homestead of forty acres of land. 
C)  The Louisiana Purchase territory was to be open to white settlers only. 
D)  Free blacks were barred from settling in Missouri.

Question 6

Which invention increased the demand for slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  The cotton gin 
B)  The power loom 
C)  The spinning jenny 
D)  The water frame 
A)  The cotton gin 
B)  The power loom 
C)  The spinning jenny 
D)  The water frame

Question 7

Which of the following caused many slaves to die before reaching American shores?

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A)  Slaves were cramped in ships, where each had only the space of a coffin, causing disease to spread rapidly. 
B)  Slaves were not offered food or water for the entire length of the trip across the sea. 
C)  Slaves opted to jump overboard, rather than enter into hard physical labor. 
D)  This statement is false; the majority of slaves did reach American shores. 
A)  Slaves were cramped in ships, where each had only the space of a coffin, causing disease to spread rapidly. 
B)  Slaves were not offered food or water for the entire length of the trip across the sea. 
C)  Slaves opted to jump overboard, rather than enter into hard physical labor. 
D)  This statement is false; the majority of slaves did reach American shores.

Question 8

Which of the following best expresses the Supreme Court's decision in Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge?

Accepted Answer

A)  State governments have final authority over transportation routes within their boundaries. 
B)  New enterprises cannot be restrained by privileges that were implied under old charters. 
C)  The original grant of power in a state contract is to be interpreted as broad and unlimited. 
D)  The federal government has final authority over transportation routes that cross state boundaries. 
A)  State governments have final authority over transportation routes within their boundaries. 
B)  New enterprises cannot be restrained by privileges that were implied under old charters. 
C)  The original grant of power in a state contract is to be interpreted as broad and unlimited. 
D)  The federal government has final authority over transportation routes that cross state boundaries.

Question 9

In Gibbons v. Ogden the Supreme Court

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A)  recognized workers' rights to organize by declaring that strikes are legal actions. 
B)  recognized that workers have the right to organize if their intent is to improve their working conditions. 
C)  expanded Congress's power by ruling that trade on the nation's waterways fell under the commerce clause of the Constitution. 
D)  protected the sanctity of contracts against state interference. 
A)  recognized workers' rights to organize by declaring that strikes are legal actions. 
B)  recognized that workers have the right to organize if their intent is to improve their working conditions. 
C)  expanded Congress's power by ruling that trade on the nation's waterways fell under the commerce clause of the Constitution. 
D)  protected the sanctity of contracts against state interference.

Question 10

Discuss the agenda advanced by President James Madison in the "American System," and explain the extent to which the President's goals were achieved.

Accepted Answer

President James Madison advanced the age

Question 11

Which of the following was true of northern artisans in the pre-industrial age?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most could not make a living as craftsmen, and thus they also engaged in subsistence farming. 
B)  Most lived in seaport towns. 
C)  They never earned wages while working for master craftsmen as either apprentices or journeymen. 
D)  Most lived in rural areas, and their crafted goods were transported to urban areas for sale. 
A)  Most could not make a living as craftsmen, and thus they also engaged in subsistence farming. 
B)  Most lived in seaport towns. 
C)  They never earned wages while working for master craftsmen as either apprentices or journeymen. 
D)  Most lived in rural areas, and their crafted goods were transported to urban areas for sale.

Question 12

Explain the conflict over the admission of Missouri to statehood and the resulting compromise. Why did Thomas Jefferson say that the Missouri issue, "like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror"?

Accepted Answer

The conflict over the admission of Misso

Question 13

Discuss the causes and consequences of the Panic of 1819.

Accepted Answer

The Panic of 1819 was the first major fi

Question 14

Discuss the causes and consequences of the First and Second Barbary Wars.

Accepted Answer

The First Barbary War (1801-1805) was ca

Question 15

Thomas Jefferson dismissed many customs collectors from New England ports when he assumed the presidency because

Accepted Answer

A)  he found evidence of their corruption. 
B)  he did not consider them to be qualified for their jobs. 
C)  they had consistently refused to enforce the tariffs enacted by Congress. 
D)  he wanted to replace Federalist officials with Democratic-Republican officials. 
A)  he found evidence of their corruption. 
B)  he did not consider them to be qualified for their jobs. 
C)  they had consistently refused to enforce the tariffs enacted by Congress. 
D)  he wanted to replace Federalist officials with Democratic-Republican officials.

Question 16

Discuss the causes and consequences of industrial development in the United States from the 1790s to 1824.

Accepted Answer

The industrial development in the United

Question 17

Discuss the causes and consequences of the War of 1812.

Accepted Answer

The War of 1812 was caused by a combinat

Question 18

Which of the following best describes the initial impact of the renewed conflict between Great Britain and France on American commerce?

Accepted Answer

A)  United States merchants lost a sizable number of ships to both British and French assaults. 
B)  Both the British and the French regularly seized whole cargoes of American grain. 
C)  The British and the French imposed an embargo against American trade with their West Indian possessions. 
D)  The United States, as the world's largest neutral carrier, benefited commercially during the first two years of the war. 
A)  United States merchants lost a sizable number of ships to both British and French assaults. 
B)  Both the British and the French regularly seized whole cargoes of American grain. 
C)  The British and the French imposed an embargo against American trade with their West Indian possessions. 
D)  The United States, as the world's largest neutral carrier, benefited commercially during the first two years of the war.

Question 19

In the Monroe Doctrine, the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  joined Great Britain in a pledge to protect the independence of the states of Latin America. 
B)  demanded nonintervention by European powers in the affairs of independent nations in the New World. 
C)  pledged to support the anti-Spanish revolutions in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Panama. 
D)  relinquished any future territorial ambitions in the Americas. 
A)  joined Great Britain in a pledge to protect the independence of the states of Latin America. 
B)  demanded nonintervention by European powers in the affairs of independent nations in the New World. 
C)  pledged to support the anti-Spanish revolutions in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Panama. 
D)  relinquished any future territorial ambitions in the Americas.

Question 20

Who was the translator and guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition?

Accepted Answer

A)  Patrick Gass 
B)  Zebulon Pike 
C)  Sacagawea 
D)  York 
A)  Patrick Gass 
B)  Zebulon Pike 
C)  Sacagawea 
D)  York

Exam 8: Defining the Nation, 1801-1823

Discuss the events leading up to, legal questions addressed by, and historical significance of Marbury v. Madison.

Why was the attempt to remove Federalist Justice Samuel Chase from office significant?

Which of the following was a result of the building of canals such as the Erie Canal?

The issue that posed the most serious problem for Madison from a constitutional point of view was

Which of the following was a provision of the Missouri Compromise?

Which invention increased the demand for slaves?

Which of the following caused many slaves to die before reaching American shores?

Which of the following best expresses the Supreme Court's decision in Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge?

In Gibbons v. Ogden the Supreme Court

Discuss the agenda advanced by President James Madison in the "American System," and explain the extent to which the President's goals were achieved.

Which of the following was true of northern artisans in the pre-industrial age?

Explain the conflict over the admission of Missouri to statehood and the resulting compromise. Why did Thomas Jefferson say that the Missouri issue, "like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror"?

Discuss the causes and consequences of the Panic of 1819.

Discuss the causes and consequences of the First and Second Barbary Wars.

Thomas Jefferson dismissed many customs collectors from New England ports when he assumed the presidency because

Discuss the causes and consequences of industrial development in the United States from the 1790s to 1824.

Discuss the causes and consequences of the War of 1812.

Which of the following best describes the initial impact of the renewed conflict between Great Britain and France on American commerce?

In the Monroe Doctrine, the United States

Who was the translator and guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition?

Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600

Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1650

North America in the Atlantic World, 1650-1720

Becoming America, 1720-1760

The Ends of Empire, 1754-1774

American Revolutions, 1775-1783

Forging a Nation, 1783-1800

The Rise of the South, 1815-1860

The Restless North, 1815-1860

The Contested West, 1815-1860

Politics and the Fate of the Union, 1824-1859

Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1860-1865

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877

The Ecology of the West and South, 1865-1900

Building Factories, Building Cities, 1877-1900

Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900

The Progressive ERA, 1895-1920

The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914

Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920

The New ERA, 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945-1961

America at Midcentury, 1945-1960

The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960-1968

A Pivotal ERA, 1969-1980

Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992

Into the Global Millennium: America Since 1992

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