Question 1

To what extent can it be said that the United States won a victory over Great Britain in the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

The extent to which it can be said that

Question 2

The outcome of the War of 1812 was a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  decisive victory for the United States. 
B)  stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the United States. 
C)  embarrassment for American diplomacy. 
D)  heavy blow to American manufacturing. 
E)  decisive victory for the British. 
A)  decisive victory for the United States. 
B)  stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the United States. 
C)  embarrassment for American diplomacy. 
D)  heavy blow to American manufacturing. 
E)  decisive victory for the British.

Question 3

The rapid growth and development of the West after 1815 were stimulated by

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A)  the lure of cheap lands to easterners and European immigrants. 
B)  construction of new roads through the mountains into the West. 
C)  the subduing of the Indian tribes during the War of 1812. 
D)  the abolition of slavery from western territories. 
E)  the Spanish leaving California. 
A)  the lure of cheap lands to easterners and European immigrants. 
B)  construction of new roads through the mountains into the West. 
C)  the subduing of the Indian tribes during the War of 1812. 
D)  the abolition of slavery from western territories. 
E)  the Spanish leaving California.

Question 4

The following elements helped cause the Panic of 1819 and exacerbate its adverse economic effects except

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A)  the overextension of credit by western banks to dubious business and unwise ventures. 
B)  the overspeculation in frontier lands by the Bank of the United States through its western branches. 
C)  the absence of a sound, central national monetary policy by the federal government. 
D)  the coercive loan call-in and foreclosure demands imposed by the Bank of the United States. 
E)  a devastating agricultural drought throughout the nation in 1818-1819. 
A)  the overextension of credit by western banks to dubious business and unwise ventures. 
B)  the overspeculation in frontier lands by the Bank of the United States through its western branches. 
C)  the absence of a sound, central national monetary policy by the federal government. 
D)  the coercive loan call-in and foreclosure demands imposed by the Bank of the United States. 
E)  a devastating agricultural drought throughout the nation in 1818-1819.

Question 5

U.S.Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall's rulings almost single-handedly shaped constitutional interpretation

Accepted Answer

A)  toward strict adherence to the literal text of the Constitution. 
B)  upholding individual civil liberties. 
C)  tipping the balance of power between Congress and the president toward the president. 
D)  toward favoring nationalistic centralism and curbing the powers of popularly elected state legislatures in national political and economic affairs. 
E)  in the direction of states' rights over the federal government. 
A)  toward strict adherence to the literal text of the Constitution. 
B)  upholding individual civil liberties. 
C)  tipping the balance of power between Congress and the president toward the president. 
D)  toward favoring nationalistic centralism and curbing the powers of popularly elected state legislatures in national political and economic affairs. 
E)  in the direction of states' rights over the federal government.

Question 6

The Russo-American Treaty of 1824 fixed the southernmost limits of Russian occupation of North America at

Accepted Answer

A)  54° 40', the present southern tip of the Alaska panhandle. 
B)  36° 30'. 
C)  the forty-second parallel. 
D)  the forty-ninth parallel. 
E)  the fifty-first parallel. 
A)  54° 40', the present southern tip of the Alaska panhandle. 
B)  36° 30'. 
C)  the forty-second parallel. 
D)  the forty-ninth parallel. 
E)  the fifty-first parallel.

Question 7

Canada became an important battleground in the War of 1812 because

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A)  it was the economic hub of the New England economy. 
B)  Canadians would be willing to help the Americans overthrow the imperial yoke of British rule. 
C)  British forces were weakest there. 
D)  the United States could rely on the military and economic support of French Canadians against the British. 
E)  Canada held important strategic military bases from which the Americans could attack the British. 
A)  it was the economic hub of the New England economy. 
B)  Canadians would be willing to help the Americans overthrow the imperial yoke of British rule. 
C)  British forces were weakest there. 
D)  the United States could rely on the military and economic support of French Canadians against the British. 
E)  Canada held important strategic military bases from which the Americans could attack the British.

Question 8

America's military campaigns against Canada in the War of 1812 were

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A)  unusual for its brilliant military leadership. 
B)  poorly conceived strategically and successfully repelled by the British and Canadians. 
C)  marked by good coordination of a complicated strategy. 
D)  a failure because they focused each of the campaigns on Montreal. 
E)  a success on land but a failure on the water. 
A)  unusual for its brilliant military leadership. 
B)  poorly conceived strategically and successfully repelled by the British and Canadians. 
C)  marked by good coordination of a complicated strategy. 
D)  a failure because they focused each of the campaigns on Montreal. 
E)  a success on land but a failure on the water.

Question 9

What were the strengths and weaknesses of the three main elements of Henry Clay's American System: a strong banking system,  protective tariffs, and a strong national banking system? Explain your answer by addressing and contrasting various views of the American System in different sections and economic sectors of America.

Accepted Answer

The American System, proposed by Henry C

Question 10

Why was the West the region most seized with the spirit of nationalism following the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

The West was the region most seized with

Question 11

At the end of the War of 1812, British manufacturers

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A)  discontinued trade with America. 
B)  conducted only limited trade with America. 
C)  began dumping their goods in America at extremely low prices. 
D)  persuaded the British government to repeal all economic barriers and tariffs applied to American domestic manufacturers. 
E)  saw their profits fall dramatically. 
A)  discontinued trade with America. 
B)  conducted only limited trade with America. 
C)  began dumping their goods in America at extremely low prices. 
D)  persuaded the British government to repeal all economic barriers and tariffs applied to American domestic manufacturers. 
E)  saw their profits fall dramatically.

Question 12

Following the War of 1812, nationalism could be seen in all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  the way in which American painters depicted the beauty of American landscapes. 
B)  the congressional defeat of an effort to revive the Bank of the United States in 1816. 
C)  the building of a more handsome national capital. 
D)  an expanded army and navy. 
E)  development of a national literature. 
A)  the way in which American painters depicted the beauty of American landscapes. 
B)  the congressional defeat of an effort to revive the Bank of the United States in 1816. 
C)  the building of a more handsome national capital. 
D)  an expanded army and navy. 
E)  development of a national literature.

Question 13

Spain sold Florida in 1819 to the United States because it

Accepted Answer

A)  wanted to help America to become a rival to Britain. 
B)  could not defend the area and would lose it in any case. 
C)  received America's promise to give up claims to Oregon. 
D)  was pulling out of the Western Hemisphere. 
E)  thought the sale of Florida might stop American settlers and frontiersmen from further pushing into Texas and other parts of Spain's holdings in the Southwest. 
A)  wanted to help America to become a rival to Britain. 
B)  could not defend the area and would lose it in any case. 
C)  received America's promise to give up claims to Oregon. 
D)  was pulling out of the Western Hemisphere. 
E)  thought the sale of Florida might stop American settlers and frontiersmen from further pushing into Texas and other parts of Spain's holdings in the Southwest.

Question 14

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
​The United States and Its Territories Following the Missouri Compromise of 1820-1821
  
-____ St.Marks

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 15

The two most internationally recognized American writers in the 1820s were

Accepted Answer

A)  Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper. 
B)  Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Baudelaire. 
C)  Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. 
D)  Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
E)  Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. 
A)  Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper. 
B)  Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Baudelaire. 
C)  Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. 
D)  Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
E)  Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.

Question 16

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
​The United States and Its Territories Following the Missouri Compromise of 1820-1821
  
-____ 36° 30'

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 17

Latin America's reaction to the Monroe Doctrine can best be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  enthusiastic. 
B)  fearful of the United States. 
C)  unconcerned or unimpressed. 
D)  relying on Britain to void it. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  enthusiastic. 
B)  fearful of the United States. 
C)  unconcerned or unimpressed. 
D)  relying on Britain to void it. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 18

People moved into the Old Northwest for all of the following reasons except

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A)  the canal and highway boom opened the area to settlement. 
B)  the Indian threat had been substantially weakened. 
C)  to acquire cheap and productive land. 
D)  to escape the domination of wealthy plantation owners. 
E)  to expand the territory where slavery was legal. 
A)  the canal and highway boom opened the area to settlement. 
B)  the Indian threat had been substantially weakened. 
C)  to acquire cheap and productive land. 
D)  to escape the domination of wealthy plantation owners. 
E)  to expand the territory where slavery was legal.

Question 19

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
​Battles and Strategic Locales in the War of 1812
  
-____ Lake Champlain

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 20

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
​Battles and Strategic Locales in the War of 1812
  
-____ Thames River

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Exam 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

To what extent can it be said that the United States won a victory over Great Britain in the War of 1812?

The outcome of the War of 1812 was a(n)

The rapid growth and development of the West after 1815 were stimulated by

The following elements helped cause the Panic of 1819 and exacerbate its adverse economic effects except

U.S.Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall's rulings almost single-handedly shaped constitutional interpretation

The Russo-American Treaty of 1824 fixed the southernmost limits of Russian occupation of North America at

Canada became an important battleground in the War of 1812 because

America's military campaigns against Canada in the War of 1812 were

Why was the West the region most seized with the spirit of nationalism following the War of 1812?

At the end of the War of 1812, British manufacturers

Following the War of 1812, nationalism could be seen in all of the following except

Spain sold Florida in 1819 to the United States because it

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​The United States and Its Territories Following the Missouri Compromise of 1820-1821 -____ St.Marks

The two most internationally recognized American writers in the 1820s were

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​The United States and Its Territories Following the Missouri Compromise of 1820-1821 -____ 36° 30'

Latin America's reaction to the Monroe Doctrine can best be described as

People moved into the Old Northwest for all of the following reasons except

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​Battles and Strategic Locales in the War of 1812 -____ Lake Champlain

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​Battles and Strategic Locales in the War of 1812 -____ Thames River

New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The United States and Its Territories Following the Missouri Compromise of 1820-1821 -____ St.Marks

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The United States and Its Territories Following the Missouri Compromise of 1820-1821 -____ 36° 30'

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: Battles and Strategic Locales in the War of 1812 -____ Lake Champlain

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: Battles and Strategic Locales in the War of 1812 -____ Thames River