Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-nationalism

Accepted Answer

Nationalism is an ideological concept th

Question 2

The ____ brought deflation,bankruptcies,bank failures,and widespread unemployment.

Accepted Answer

A)  panic of 1819 
B)  expiration of the national bank´s charter 
C)  Treaty of Ghent 
D)  crisis of 1822 
E)  Era of Good Feelings 
A)  panic of 1819 
B)  expiration of the national bank´s charter 
C)  Treaty of Ghent 
D)  crisis of 1822 
E)  Era of Good Feelings

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-War of 1812

Accepted Answer

The War of 1812 was a military conflict

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thomas Macdonough

Accepted Answer

Thomas Macdonough was a prominent Americ

Question 5

After the peak of nationalistic feeling following the War of 1812,a new sectionalism began to emerge,as reflected in

Accepted Answer

A)  the American System. 
B)  the death of the Federalist party. 
C)  western demands for more bank regulation. 
D)  the Tallmadge amendment. 
E)  the Monroe Doctrine. 
A)  the American System. 
B)  the death of the Federalist party. 
C)  western demands for more bank regulation. 
D)  the Tallmadge amendment. 
E)  the Monroe Doctrine.

Question 6

The Tariff of 1816 was the first tariff in American history

Accepted Answer

A)  to impose customs duties on all imported products. 
B)  intended primarily to raise revenue. 
C)  intended primarily to protect American industry. 
D)  to establish "most favored nation status" for selected countries. 
E)  designed to protect American agriculture against foreign "dumping." 
A)  to impose customs duties on all imported products. 
B)  intended primarily to raise revenue. 
C)  intended primarily to protect American industry. 
D)  to establish "most favored nation status" for selected countries. 
E)  designed to protect American agriculture against foreign "dumping."

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-loose construction

Accepted Answer

Loose construction refers to a broad or

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Oliver Hazard Perry

Accepted Answer

Oliver Hazard Perry was a United States

Question 9

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 10

In appraising the Monroe Doctrine,the authors of the text write,"In truth,Monroe's message did not have very much contemporary significance." Why was a foreign policy pronouncement that would resonate for many years to come in American diplomacy not more influential at the time in America,or overseas?

Accepted Answer

The Monroe Doctrine, while it has become

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-peculiar institution

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 12

What contributed to the western land boom?

Accepted Answer

A)  The growing trade in Buffalo hides 
B)  The increase in immigrants coming from Southern Europe 
C)  The rising number of speculators who sold land back to the Indians 
D)  The defeat of major Indian resistance by Generals Jackson and Harrison 
E)  The demand in European markets for American corn and wheat 
A)  The growing trade in Buffalo hides 
B)  The increase in immigrants coming from Southern Europe 
C)  The rising number of speculators who sold land back to the Indians 
D)  The defeat of major Indian resistance by Generals Jackson and Harrison 
E)  The demand in European markets for American corn and wheat

Question 13

The War of 1812 was one of the worst-fought wars in United States history because

Accepted Answer

A)  the American military strategy was hopelessly flawed. 
B)  no talented military commanders emerged. 
C)  of inadequate financing of the war. 
D)  the navy lacked skill and discipline. 
E)  of the nation's apathy and national disunity. 
A)  the American military strategy was hopelessly flawed. 
B)  no talented military commanders emerged. 
C)  of inadequate financing of the war. 
D)  the navy lacked skill and discipline. 
E)  of the nation's apathy and national disunity.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Anglo-American Convention

Accepted Answer

The Anglo-American Convention, also know

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fort Michilimackinac

Accepted Answer

Fort Michilimackinac, located in present

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Land Act of 1820

Accepted Answer

The Land Act of 1820 was a significant p

Question 17

Settlers from the South who moved into the Old Northwest territory were known as

Accepted Answer

A)  Dixiecrats. 
B)  Suckers. 
C)  Buckeyes. 
D)  Hoosiers. 
E)  Butternuts. 
A)  Dixiecrats. 
B)  Suckers. 
C)  Buckeyes. 
D)  Hoosiers. 
E)  Butternuts.

Question 18

In 1823,British foreign minister George Canning asked the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  to hand over Oregon. 
B)  to resume its cotton exports to England. 
C)  to return Florida to Spain. 
D)  to join Britain in warning European monarchs from trying to take over the new Latin American republics. 
E)  to void the Jay Treaty. 
A)  to hand over Oregon. 
B)  to resume its cotton exports to England. 
C)  to return Florida to Spain. 
D)  to join Britain in warning European monarchs from trying to take over the new Latin American republics. 
E)  to void the Jay Treaty.

Question 19

Which of these men made the most important contributions to American nationalism after the War of 1812: John Marshall,James Monroe,Henry Clay,Andrew Jackson,John Quincy Adams? Why?

Accepted Answer

Each of the men listed played significan

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Rush-Bagot Agreement

Accepted Answer

The Rush-Bagot Agreement was a significa

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -nationalism

The ____ brought deflation,bankruptcies,bank failures,and widespread unemployment.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -War of 1812

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas Macdonough

After the peak of nationalistic feeling following the War of 1812,a new sectionalism began to emerge,as reflected in

The Tariff of 1816 was the first tariff in American history

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -loose construction

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Oliver Hazard Perry

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -peculiar institution

What contributed to the western land boom?

The War of 1812 was one of the worst-fought wars in United States history because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Anglo-American Convention

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fort Michilimackinac

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Land Act of 1820

Settlers from the South who moved into the Old Northwest territory were known as

In 1823,British foreign minister George Canning asked the United States

Which of these men made the most important contributions to American nationalism after the War of 1812: John Marshall,James Monroe,Henry Clay,Andrew Jackson,John Quincy Adams? Why?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Rush-Bagot Agreement

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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

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