Question 1

What innovation led to mass production of newspapers and pamphlets in the 1820s and 1830s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The invention of the printing press. 
B)  Noah Webster publishing a dictionary for Americans. 
C)  The spread of telegraph wires. 
D)  The use of steam power for presses. 
E)  The creation of a postal system. 
A)  The invention of the printing press. 
B)  Noah Webster publishing a dictionary for Americans. 
C)  The spread of telegraph wires. 
D)  The use of steam power for presses. 
E)  The creation of a postal system.

Question 2

In the first half of the nineteenth century,paper money:

Accepted Answer

A)  could be issued only by the Second Bank of the United States. 
B)  was illegal. 
C)  promised to pay the bearer on demand a specific amount of gold or silver. 
D)  never changed its value because of U.S. government guarantees. 
E)  never exceeded the amount of money that the bank printing it held in its vault. 
A)  could be issued only by the Second Bank of the United States. 
B)  was illegal. 
C)  promised to pay the bearer on demand a specific amount of gold or silver. 
D)  never changed its value because of U.S. government guarantees. 
E)  never exceeded the amount of money that the bank printing it held in its vault.

Question 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Albert Gallatin

Accepted Answer

A) his proposal sparked Missouri controversy 
B) Second Bank of the United States 
C) A Son of the Forest 
D) temporary Rhode Island governor 
E) "log cabin" candidate
F)theorist behind nullification
G)advocated a powerful federal government as president
H)Jefferson's treasury secretary
I)accused of making a "corrupt bargain"
J)founder of the Democratic Party
K)senator who denounced nullification as treasonous
L)Cherokee resistance leader 
A) his proposal sparked Missouri controversy 
B) Second Bank of the United States 
C) A Son of the Forest 
D) temporary Rhode Island governor 
E) "log cabin" candidate
F)theorist behind nullification
G)advocated a powerful federal government as president
H)Jefferson's treasury secretary
I)accused of making a "corrupt bargain"
J)founder of the Democratic Party
K)senator who denounced nullification as treasonous
L)Cherokee resistance leader

Question 4

Daniel Webster insisted that the national government had been created by an agreement between sovereign states,each of which retained the right to prevent the enforcement within its borders of acts of Congress that exceeded the powers specifically spelled out in the document.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Why was a second Missouri Compromise necessary?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maine's state constitution allowed slavery to continue until 1840. 
B)  Missouri's state constitution barred free blacks from entering the state. 
C)  Henry Clay refused to vote for the first Missouri Compromise. 
D)  Texas wished to enter the Union as a slave state at the same time. 
E)  Missouri's state constitution prohibited wage labor. 
A)  Maine's state constitution allowed slavery to continue until 1840. 
B)  Missouri's state constitution barred free blacks from entering the state. 
C)  Henry Clay refused to vote for the first Missouri Compromise. 
D)  Texas wished to enter the Union as a slave state at the same time. 
E)  Missouri's state constitution prohibited wage labor.

Question 6

What was a general belief of the Democrats in the 1830s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The federal government should be more powerful than state governments. 
B)  New corporate enterprises were suspicious. 
C)  Only government could protect against social inequality. 
D)  Government should exercise its power to try to improve private morality. 
E)  Restraining individual competition was a good thing. 
A)  The federal government should be more powerful than state governments. 
B)  New corporate enterprises were suspicious. 
C)  Only government could protect against social inequality. 
D)  Government should exercise its power to try to improve private morality. 
E)  Restraining individual competition was a good thing.

Question 7

Women enjoyed an expansion of democracy for themselves during the 1830s and 1840s,as they were welcomed into the public sphere.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Martin Van Buren believed that party politics was an important component in ensuring liberty for the American people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Monroe Doctrine was a forceful statement that declared that westward expansion for the United States could not be prevented on any account since its destiny was divinely appointed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

By 1840,approximately ________ percent of adult white men were eligible to vote.

Accepted Answer

A)  40 
B)  55 
C)  65 
D)  75 
E)  90 
A)  40 
B)  55 
C)  65 
D)  75 
E)  90

Question 11

In the presidential election of 1824,who received the most votes but failed to win a majority of either the popular or electoral votes (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 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

John Tyler's presidency proved very popular with Whigs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

John C.Calhoun's "corrupt bargain" gave John Quincy Adams the White House in 1824.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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 16

What idea did John Quincy Adams promote that was not accepted in his presidency and is still rejected in today's United States:

Accepted Answer

A)  Building national roads. 
B)  A publicly funded astronomical observatory. 
C)  Congressional aid for farming. 
D)  Official adoption of the metric system. 
E)  Legislation promoting manufacturing. 
A)  Building national roads. 
B)  A publicly funded astronomical observatory. 
C)  Congressional aid for farming. 
D)  Official adoption of the metric system. 
E)  Legislation promoting manufacturing.

Question 17

The U.S.Supreme Court's 1832 Worcester v.Georgia decision:

Accepted Answer

A)  supported the right of the Cherokee people to maintain a separate political identity. 
B)  approved Georgia's plans to confiscate Cherokee land and move the people to reservations. 
C)  struck down Georgia's anti-tariff Nullification Ordinance. 
D)  was fully supported by President Andrew Jackson. 
E)  was strongly opposed by Whigs. 
A)  supported the right of the Cherokee people to maintain a separate political identity. 
B)  approved Georgia's plans to confiscate Cherokee land and move the people to reservations. 
C)  struck down Georgia's anti-tariff Nullification Ordinance. 
D)  was fully supported by President Andrew Jackson. 
E)  was strongly opposed by Whigs.

Question 18

Andrew Jackson's vision of democracy excluded blacks but included Indians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 10: Democracy in America,1815-1840

What innovation led to mass production of newspapers and pamphlets in the 1820s and 1830s?

In the first half of the nineteenth century,paper money:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Albert Gallatin

Daniel Webster insisted that the national government had been created by an agreement between sovereign states,each of which retained the right to prevent the enforcement within its borders of acts of Congress that exceeded the powers specifically spelled out in the document.

Why was a second Missouri Compromise necessary?

What was a general belief of the Democrats in the 1830s?

Women enjoyed an expansion of democracy for themselves during the 1830s and 1840s,as they were welcomed into the public sphere.

Martin Van Buren believed that party politics was an important component in ensuring liberty for the American people.

The Monroe Doctrine was a forceful statement that declared that westward expansion for the United States could not be prevented on any account since its destiny was divinely appointed.

By 1840,approximately ________ percent of adult white men were eligible to vote.

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

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

John Tyler's presidency proved very popular with Whigs.

John C.Calhoun's "corrupt bargain" gave John Quincy Adams the White House in 1824.

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

What idea did John Quincy Adams promote that was not accepted in his presidency and is still rejected in today's United States:

The U.S.Supreme Court's 1832 Worcester v.Georgia decision:

Andrew Jackson's vision of democracy excluded blacks but included Indians.

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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

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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

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s Boundaries,at Home and Abroad,1890-1900

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

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

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

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