Semester 1 Final Exam

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US History Exam 2020 semester one

Before 1492, many American Indian cultures were strongly influenced by the:

Which answer below best describes how Joint Stock Companies profited from the colonization of the Americas?

Most Joint Stock Companies only lasted for 1-3 years before they lost money.

most of these types of companies laundered money for the king of England, making huge profits at the same time.

These companies finainced many colonial trips to the Americas, in return Joint Stock Companies recieved goods from these colonies and were able to convert these goods into cash fairly easily.

The use of Joint Stock Companies led the British government to pass the FDIC which regulated over seas investing to 100,000 pounds per voyage.

“The Americas were discovered in 1492, and the first Christian settlements established by the Spanish the following year.... [I]t would seem... that the Almighty selected this part of the world as home to the greater part of the human race.... [T]heir delicate constitutions make them unable to withstand hard work or suffering and render them liable to succumb to almost any illness, no matter how mild. . . . It was upon these gentle lambs... that, from the very first day they clapped eyes on them, the Spanish fell like ravening wolves upon the fold, or like tigers and savage lions who have not eaten meat for days. . . . The native population, which once numbered some five hundred thousand, was wiped out by forcible expatriation to the island of Hispaniola.”
Bartolomé de Las Casas, 1552

An implication of Las Casas’ argument is that a major cause of the decline of the native populations in the Americas after 1492 was the:

importation of European and African wildlife to the Americas

 epidemics brought to the Americas by Europeans

large-scale clashes between native armies and the Spanish

 resistance of indigenous groups to religious conversion

Which of the following explains the most likely reason why English colonists wanted to come to North America?

To seek economic opportunity and improved their living conditions

To form alliances with French and Dutch settlers already present

To Worship Satan any way they wanted too 

To cash in on the North American Elephant seal market 

In the Colonial period, Quakers were known for all of the following EXCEPT their

Their refusal to pay taxes of any kind 

opposition to the institution of slavery

advocacy of freedom of worship

acceptance of a greater role for women in public worship

Colonists from which of the following European nations generally had the most cooperative relations with American Indians?

England Purtians 

Spain Conquistadors 

The Dutch Quakers 

The French 

VALUE OF SELECTED GOODS EXPORTED TO BRITISH NORTH AMERICA FROM ENGLAND
£ = British pounds, a form of currency
Good 1699 1749
Wool textiles £95,200 £359,700
Linen textiles £11,300 £115,600
Leather £14,200 £12,100
Iron £25,300 £110,000
Other manufactures £79,500 £125,400
Cheese and foodstuffs £2,300 £5,400
Which of the following describes a trend in exports from England to British North America between 1699 and 1749 indicated in the table?

Demand in the colonies for manufactured goods from England greatly increased.

England exported more leather to British North America in 1749 than in 1699.

France increased its imports from the colonies in order to undermine English influence.

British colonists began to export manufactured goods to compete with England.

The Pequod Wars (1675-1676) was instigated by which one of the following issues:

The English wanted more land to plant ham sandwiches on.  

The Pequod realized that the English wanted to settle on tribal land and not help the Pequod Indians in any way so they decided to attack the English.  

Spainish traders were paying the Pequod indians to attack English settlements to destroy Englands monoploy on North American Cod Exports. 

The English wanted more land to build gold mines on Aztec lands.

Which answer below best describes which colony below was responsible for starting the first European colony in North America and what was the main motivation for starting the colony.

The colony was called Plymouth and was established in 1607, and the colonies main goal was to grow tobacco to be shipped back to England.

Charlestown was built to supply the British government with gold to fund their war with the Dutch in 1691. 

The colony was called Plymouth and was established in 1607, and the colonies main goal was to grow rice to be shipped back to England.

The colony was called Jamestown and was established in 1607, and the colonies main goal was to grow tobacco to be shipped back to England.

What social characterstic made the Jamestown colony different than the Plymouth colony settlers?

Jamestown colony was set up a religoius haven for Christians fleeing religious wars in England. 

 Unlike the Plymouth colony settlers, Jamestown made a lot of money at first and established a huge powerbase among Native American tribes in the area. 

The Jamestown colony was destroyed during the Great Staving period, while the Plymouth colony settlers intermarred with local Native American tribes to suvive. 

Jamestown was established by a group of  soldiers, farmers, and explorers who were more interested in repaying their debts than founding a religious colony for Christians. 

Which answer below would best describe the economic system that would have been found in the Carolina colonies during the early colonial period?

heavy industry 

rice production based on individually owned small farms, which was sent back to England

gold mining 

cotton plantations with slave labor helping out

Match the items on the left with the society most associated with it on the right you can use each item only once:

literate
all land belongs to the tribe
Non-Christian
illiterate
private property rights
patrilineal
matrineal
Chrisitan

Puritan Society
Pequod Society

The Sons of Liberty initiated the Boston Tea Party in direct response to

the removal of British troops from Massachusetts during the French and Indian War

keeping colonists from settling lands ceded by France to England during the French and Indian War

Parliament’s passage of the Intolerable Acts

British efforts to protect the East India Company from bankruptcy by taxing the colonies without their consent

Which answer below best describes some of the reasons why Colonists were angered by the Intolable Acts?

colonists could not own guns unless they belonged to a state funded militia 

The act denied Colonists the right to Guniea Pigs as pets with paying a Poll Tax

the act got rid of local town councils and denied colonists the right to serve on juries in the colonies

The act was an attempt by the French to extort money from the John Adams administration

The Declaration of Independence did all of the following EXCEPT

accuse George III of tyranny

appeal to the sympathies if the English people

criticize the provisions of the Quebec Act of 1774

call for the abolition of the slave trade in North America

The main effect of the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts showed a change in British Policy, which action below best illustrates this change?

The British backing down and letting the colonists do what ever they want

The British signing the Treaty if Paris and thus forcing the French out of North America

The British shutting down Boston Harbor, shutting down all local town councils to force colonits to follow British authority and pay British taxes

the passage of the Militia Act, which allowed local towns the power to create their own local armies for protection 

Which answer below best explains the significance of the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

Colonists began to use direct violence to challenge British control of the American colonies 

It represented the chance that England had to sue for peace with the Contiental Army

It represented a new round of negociations between England and the United Colonies of Denmark

The battle was a draw and no one won anything

“It was painful for me, on a subject of such national importance, to differ from the respectable members who signed the Constitution; but conceiving, as I did, that the liberties of America were not secured by the system, it was my duty to oppose it.
“My principal objections to the plan are, that there is no adequate provision for a representation of the people; . . . that some of the powers of the legislature are ambiguous . . . ; that the executive is blended with, and will have an undue influence over, the legislature; that the judicial department will be oppressive; . . . and that the system is without the security of a bill of rights. These are objections which are not local, but apply equally to all the states.
“As the Convention was called for the ‘sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation . . . ,’ I did not conceive that these powers extend to the formation of the plan proposed; but the Convention being of a different opinion, I acquiesced [agreed] in it, being fully convinced that, to preserve the Union, an efficient government was indispensably necessary, and that it would be difficult to make proper amendments to the Articles of Confederation.
“The Constitution proposed has few, if any, federal features, but is rather a system of national government. Nevertheless, in many respects, I think it has great merit, and, by proper amendments, may be adapted. . . .
“Others may suppose that the Constitution may be safely adopted, because therein provision is made to amend it. But cannot this object be better attained before a ratification than after it? And should a free people adopt a form of government under conviction that it wants [needs] amendment?”
Elbridge Gerry, letter to the Massachusetts state legislature, 1787

Arguments for creating a stronger federal government arose primarily as the result of long-term concerns about the:

use of congressional funds to build road networks between the states

attempts by Great Britain to regain its former North American colonies

inability of the national government to maintain public order under the Articles of Confederation

challenge of establishing rules to allow territories to become new states

The principal motivation for drafting the Bill of Rights was the desire to

protect rights not specified in the Constitution to avoid the creation of a new dictatorship of the American government

test the new process of amendment described in the Constitution

strengthen the power of the federal government

restore to the states the powers they had enjoyed under the Articles of Confederation

“Louisiana as ceded by France is made part of the United States. Congress may make part of the United States other adjacent territories which shall be justly acquired.
“Congress may sever from the United States territory not heretofore within the United States, with consent of a majority of the free males above 21 years, inhabiting such territory.”
James Madison, secretary of state, proposed constitutional amendment [not passed], 1803

Which of the following best describes the historical situation in which the amendment was proposed?

The Anti-Federalists sought to add a bill of rights to the Constitution.

The United States sought to forcibly remove American Indians from their homelands.

The Constitutional Convention sought to establish the separation of powers between branches of government.

The federal government sought to acquire more western land in North America.

Question refers to the excerpt below.
“Few historians would dispute that the market revolution brought substantial material benefits to most northeasterners, urban and rural.... Those who benefited most from the market revolution—merchants and manufacturers, lawyers and other professionals, and successful commercial farmers, along with their families—faced life situations very different from those known to earlier generations. The decline of the household as the focus of production led directly to a growing impersonality in the economic realm; household heads, instead of directing family enterprises or small shops, often had to find ways to recruit and discipline a wage-labor force; in all cases, they had to stay abreast of or even surpass their competitors.”
Sean Wilentz, historian, “Society, Politics, and the Market Revolution, 1815–1848,” published in 1997

Which of the following historical developments contributed most directly to the market revolution?

The decline of slavery in the Northeast

The increased number of women in the paid workforce

The emergence of new forms of making money and a new business class 

The emergence of southern opposition to tariffs

President George Washington’s Farewell Address set a course for the nation by

endorsign the economic polices of the Anti-Federalist

discouraging permanent alliances with foreign nations

calling for strict term limits for federal officeholders

endorsing the economic policies of the Federalists

The Alien and Sedition Acts were designed to

prevent the British from fomenting unrest among American Indians

weaken and deflect political criticism of the Federalist Party who were in power at the time

strengthen the Constitution

protect the nation from British spies

According to the map above, what historical event allowed for the expansion of the slavery in the Southern United States?

the Louisana Purchase 

The election of John Adams to the presidency in 1796

the XYZ Affair

nothing, slavery was outlawed in 1808

All of the following accurately describes the effect of the 3/5th compromise on American politics EXCEPT:

Southern slave states were able to dominate the presidency for the first 50 years of the republic

African Americans living in the USA would gain expanded voting rights and be able to serve on jury's in the USA

Slavery would be expand across the entire southeastern USA

Slave states received siginifcantly more representation and power in the national government

The dramatic increase in the South’s slave labor force between 1810 and 1860 was due to:

 the acquisition of Louisiana

 the natural population increase of American-born slaves

the importation of slaves from the West Indies

an increase in the severity of fugitive slave laws

“As [political leader Henry] Clay envisioned it [in the 1820s], the American System constituted the... basis for social improvement.... Through sale of its enormous land holdings, the federal government could well afford to subsidize internal improvements. By levying protective tariffs, the government should foster the development of American manufacturing and agricultural enterprises that, in their infancy, might not be able to withstand foreign competition. The promotion of industry would create a home market for agricultural commodities, just as farms provided a market for manufactured products.”
Daniel Walker Howe, historian, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848, published in 2007
Based on the excerpt, which of the following groups would have been most likely to oppose Henry Clay’s ideas?

nobody... what a great idea!

Federalist Party members 

Democrat Party members 

Abolitionists

Henry Clay’s “American System” called for all of the following EXCEPT

increased funding for public education

increased trade among the sections of the nation

a tariff for the protection of industry against foriegn competition

a government funded bank that would create domestic finance for the entire country 

The answers below illustrated the need to develop the "American System" except:

The USA was plagued by Anti-British sentiments and the nation was on it's way to declaring war with France over the embargo acts

the was no real intrastructure to support domestic trade between American cities

the USA didn't have a uniform currency in place 

the USA was broke and needed money to fund government basic products

The Monroe Doctrine maintained that

European powers should not pursue any future colonization in the Americas

the United States Congress could overrule the president’s foreign policy initiatives in Latin America

all nations and states in the Americas were territories of the United States

Cuba, Texas, and Puerto Rico were protectorates of the United States

Which answer below best explains why southern Democrats did not like the use of Tariffs

southern Democrats were forced to pay high tariff taxes on all their imported goods, which took money out of their pockets. 

Democrats wanted to take credit for successfully saving the US economy after Thomas Jefferson left office as president. 

Tariffs helped finabce the US military industrial complex, which the Democrats feared. 

just kidding, they acutally loved paying tariffs 

Which of the following is true of John Marshall’s decision in McCulloch v. Maryland?

It increased federal authority by invoking the doctrine of implied powers (the Federal Government had more powers than the state governments)

it granted individual states the right to regulate interstate commerce.

It reversed his position on judicial review taken in Marbury v. Madison.

It declared the Yazoo land claims fraudulent.

Which of the following is true of the Supreme Courts decision in Gibbons v. Ogden Case?

Only state supreme courts can grant a legal monopoly to a business 

only the US Congress can regulate interstate commerce, and enforce laws between states, and act as a judge in economic disagreements between states. 

the states can do what ever they want punk! You can't tell us what do do!

that local states could enforce what ever business laws as they saw fit

Which of the following is true of the Supreme Courts decision in Fletcher vs Peck?

That all native American tribes had a constitutional right to own their own land be protected from white settlers.

White settlers could not purchase land grants in the Ohio River Valley until 1838

All land sales in the Yazoo River Valley sold between 1795-1808 were void and illegal. 

All native American tribes had to purchase their tribal lands or risk lossing them to white settlers, the government would not honor their tribal land claims without documentation.

Which answer below best explains the change in the relationship between the national government and state governments between the years 1810 - 1837?

the national government would spend much of its time expanding US interests in Asia national buidling projects

states could enforce interstate commerce as they saw fit 

smaller states would be able to govern the nation as they saw fit

the national governemnt would continue exert more political and economic control over local state governments as outlined in the US constitution

Which answer below is not one of the benefits associated with having a National Bank?

national banks keep small banks from competing for loans and have a monoply on the entire countries banking system

the bank could be dominated by a small elite of corrupt businessmen

a national bank has the power and establish a single national currency to help the national economy, payoff debts to foreign creditors, can to control inflation 

national banks can fund new road projects and save the US tax payers millions

During the 1800s the most common form of resistance to slavery by slaves themselves was

working slowly and breaking tools

violent revolution 

escaping to Canada to start a new life

giving up and crying about 

In the early 1830’s, the majority of workers in the textile mills of Massachusetts were

young women and children from rural New England towns

Irish Immigrants 

African American slaves 

married men

In the mid-nineteenth century, the process shown in the map was advocated by supporters of which of the following ideologies?

 slave population growth

Repulican Party supporters 

Manifest Destiny 

abolitionists 

The Second Great Awakening was the first national movement to oppose this institution:

the expansion of slavery into the western territories 

the increase in international tariffs from 28% to 45%

 slavery

the use of trial by fire for Witch Trials 

 Before 1492, many American Indian cultures were strongly influenced by the:

 ravages of smallpox epidemics

regular contacts with Africa

domestication of horses

invention of the spoked wheel

 spread of corn cultivation

Which answer below best describes how Joint Stock Companies profited from the colonization of the Americas?

Most Joint Stock Companies only lasted for 1-3 years before they lost money.

most of these types of companies laundered money for the king of England, making huge profits at the same time.

These companies finainced many colonial trips to the Americas, in return Joint Stock Companies recieved goods from these colonies and were able to convert these goods into cash fairly easily.

The use of Joint Stock Companies led the British government to pass the FDIC which regulated over seas investing to 100,000 pounds per voyage.

              “The Americas were discovered in 1492, and the first Christian settlements established by the Spanish the following year.... [I]t would seem... that the Almighty selected this part of the world as home to the greater part of the human race.... [T]heir delicate constitutions make them unable to withstand hard work or suffering and render them liable to succumb to almost any illness, no matter how mild. . . . It was upon these gentle lambs... that, from the very first day they clapped eyes on them, the Spanish fell like ravening wolves upon the fold, or like tigers and savage lions who have not eaten meat for days. . . . The native population, which once numbered some five hundred thousand, was wiped out by forcible expatriation to the island of Hispaniola.”
Bartolomé de Las Casas, 1552

An implication of Las Casas’ argument is that a major cause of the decline of the native populations in the Americas after 1492 was the:

importation of European and African wildlife to the Americas

 epidemics brought to the Americas by Europeans

large-scale clashes between native armies and the Spanish

 resistance of indigenous groups to religious conversion

Which of the following explains the most likely reason why English colonists wanted to come to North America?

To seek economic opportunity and improved their living conditions

To form alliances with French and Dutch settlers already present

To Worship Satan any way they wanted too 

To cash in on the North American Elephant seal market 

In the Colonial period, Quakers were known for all of the following EXCEPT their

Their refusal to pay taxes of any kind 

opposition to the institution of slavery

advocacy of freedom of worship

acceptance of a greater role for women in public worship

Colonists from which of the following European nations generally had the most cooperative relations with American Indians?

England Purtians 

Spain Conquistadors 

The Dutch Quakers 

The French 

VALUE OF SELECTED GOODS EXPORTED TO BRITISH NORTH AMERICA FROM ENGLAND
                                         £ = British pounds,    a form of currency
Good                                      1699                1749
Wool textiles                    £95,200          £359,700
Linen   textiles                 £11,300          £115,600
Leather                              £14,200          £12,100
Iron                                     £25,300          £110,000
Other manufactures      £79,500         £125,400
Cheese  and foodstuffs  £2,300           £5,400
Which of the following describes a trend in exports from England to British North America between 1699 and 1749 indicated in the table?

Demand in the colonies for manufactured goods from England greatly increased.

England exported more leather to British North America in 1749 than in 1699.

France increased its imports from the colonies in order to undermine English influence.

British colonists began to export manufactured goods to compete with England.

The Pequod Wars (1675-1676) was instigated by which one of the following issues: 

The English wanted more land to plant ham sandwiches on.  

The Pequod realized that the English wanted to settle on tribal land and not help the Pequod Indians in any way so they decided to attack the English.  

Spainish traders were paying the Pequod indians to attack English settlements to destroy Englands monoploy on North American Cod Exports. 

The English wanted more land to build gold mines on Aztec lands.

Which answer below best describes which colony below was responsible for starting the first European colony in North America and what was the main motivation for starting the colony. 

The colony was called Plymouth and was established in 1607, and the colonies main goal was to grow tobacco to be shipped back to England.

Charlestown was built to supply the British government with gold to fund their war with the Dutch in 1691. 

The colony was called Plymouth and was established in 1607, and the colonies main goal was to grow rice to be shipped back to England.

The colony was called Jamestown and was established in 1607, and the colonies main goal was to grow tobacco to be shipped back to England.

What social characterstic made the Jamestown colony different than the Plymouth colony settlers? 

Jamestown colony was set up a religoius haven for Christians fleeing religious wars in England. 

 Unlike the Plymouth colony settlers, Jamestown made a lot of money at first and established a huge powerbase among Native American tribes in the area. 

The Jamestown colony was destroyed during the Great Staving period, while the Plymouth colony settlers intermarred with local Native American tribes to suvive. 

Jamestown was established by a group of  soldiers, farmers, and explorers who were more interested in repaying their debts than founding a religious colony for Christians. 

Which answer below would best describe the economic system that would have been found in the Carolina colonies during the early colonial period?

heavy industry 

rice production based on individually owned small farms, which was sent back to England

gold mining 

cotton plantations with slave labor helping out

Match the items on the left with the society most associated with it  on the right you can use each item only once: 

literate

all land belongs to the tribe

Non-Christian 

illiterate 

private property rights

patrilineal 

matrineal 

Chrisitan 

Puritan Society 

Pequod Society 

The Sons of Liberty initiated the Boston Tea Party in direct response to

the removal of British troops from Massachusetts during the French and Indian War

keeping colonists from settling lands ceded by France to England during the French and Indian War

Parliament’s passage of the Intolerable Acts

British efforts to protect the East India Company from bankruptcy by taxing the colonies without their consent

Which answer below best describes some of the reasons why Colonists were angered by the Intolable Acts? 

colonists could not own guns unless they belonged to a state funded militia 

The act denied Colonists the right to Guniea Pigs as pets with paying a Poll Tax

the act got rid of local town councils and denied colonists the right to serve on juries in the colonies

The act was an attempt by the French to extort money from the John Adams administration

The Declaration of Independence did all of the following EXCEPT

accuse George III of tyranny

appeal to the sympathies if the English people

criticize the provisions of the Quebec Act of 1774

call for the abolition of the slave trade in North America

The main effect of the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts showed a change in British Policy, which action below best illustrates this change? 

The British backing down and letting the colonists do what ever they want

The British signing the Treaty if Paris and thus forcing the French out of North America

The British shutting down Boston Harbor, shutting down all local town councils to force colonits to follow British authority and pay British taxes

the passage of the Militia Act, which allowed local towns the power to create their own local armies for protection 

Which answer below best explains the significance of the Battle of Lexington and Concord? 

Colonists began to use direct violence to challenge British control of the American colonies 

It represented the chance that England had to sue for peace with the Contiental Army

It represented a new round of negociations between England and the United Colonies of Denmark

The battle was a draw and no one won anything

“It was painful for me, on a subject of such national importance, to differ from the respectable members who signed the Constitution; but conceiving, as I did, that the liberties of America were not secured by the system, it was my duty to oppose it.
“My principal objections to the plan are, that there is no adequate provision for a representation of the people; . . . that some of the powers of the legislature are ambiguous . . . ; that the executive is blended with, and will have an undue influence over, the legislature; that the judicial department will be oppressive; . . . and that the system is without the security of a bill of rights. These are objections which are not local, but apply equally to all the states.
“As the Convention was called for the ‘sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation . . . ,’ I did not conceive that these powers extend to the formation of the plan proposed; but the Convention being of a different opinion, I acquiesced [agreed] in it, being fully convinced that, to preserve the Union, an efficient government was indispensably necessary, and that it would be difficult to make proper amendments to the Articles of Confederation.
“The Constitution proposed has few, if any, federal features, but is rather a system of national government. Nevertheless, in many respects, I think it has great merit, and, by proper amendments, may be adapted. . . .
“Others may suppose that the Constitution may be safely adopted, because therein provision is made to amend it. But cannot this object be better attained before a ratification than after it? And should a free people adopt a form of government under conviction that it wants [needs] amendment?”
Elbridge Gerry, letter to the Massachusetts state legislature, 1787

Arguments for creating a stronger federal government arose primarily as the result of long-term concerns about the:

use of congressional funds to build road networks between the states

attempts by Great Britain to regain its former North American colonies

inability of the national government to maintain public order under the Articles of Confederation

challenge of establishing rules to allow territories to become new states

The principal motivation for drafting the Bill of Rights was the desire to

protect rights not specified in the Constitution to avoid the creation of a new dictatorship of the American government

test the new process of amendment described in the Constitution

strengthen the power of the federal government

restore to the states the powers they had enjoyed under the Articles of Confederation

“Louisiana as ceded by France is made part of the United States. Congress may make part of the United States other adjacent territories which shall be justly acquired.
“Congress may sever from the United States territory not heretofore within the United States, with consent of a majority of the free males above 21 years, inhabiting such territory.”
James Madison, secretary of state, proposed constitutional amendment [not passed], 1803

Which of the following best describes the historical situation in which the amendment was proposed?

The Anti-Federalists sought to add a bill of rights to the Constitution.

The United States sought to forcibly remove American Indians from their homelands.

The Constitutional Convention sought to establish the separation of powers between branches of government.

The federal government sought to acquire more western land in North America.

Question refers to the excerpt below.
“Few historians would dispute that the market revolution brought substantial material benefits to most northeasterners, urban and rural.... Those who benefited most from the market revolution—merchants and manufacturers, lawyers and other professionals, and successful commercial farmers, along with their families—faced life situations very different from those known to earlier generations. The decline of the household as the focus of production led directly to a growing impersonality in the economic realm; household heads, instead of directing family enterprises or small shops, often had to find ways to recruit and discipline a wage-labor force; in all cases, they had to stay abreast of or even surpass their competitors.”
Sean Wilentz, historian, “Society, Politics, and the Market Revolution, 1815–1848,” published in 1997

Which of the following historical developments contributed most directly to the market revolution?

The decline of slavery in the Northeast

The increased number of women in the paid workforce

The emergence of new forms of making money and a new business class 

The emergence of southern opposition to tariffs

President George Washington’s Farewell Address set a course for the nation by

endorsign the economic polices of the Anti-Federalist

discouraging permanent alliances with foreign nations

calling for strict term limits for federal officeholders

endorsing the economic policies of the Federalists

The Alien and Sedition Acts were designed to

prevent the British from fomenting unrest among American Indians

weaken and deflect political criticism of the Federalist Party who were in power at the time

strengthen the Constitution

protect the nation from British spies

According to the map above, what historical event allowed for the expansion of the slavery in the Southern United States? 

the Louisana Purchase 

The election of John Adams to the presidency in 1796

the XYZ Affair

nothing, slavery was outlawed in 1808

All of the following accurately describes the effect of the 3/5th compromise on American politics EXCEPT:

Southern slave states were able to dominate the presidency for the first 50 years of the republic

African Americans living in the USA would gain expanded voting rights and be able to serve on jury's in the USA

Slavery would be expand across the entire southeastern USA

Slave states received siginifcantly more representation and power in the national government

The dramatic increase in the South’s slave labor force between 1810 and 1860 was due to:

 the acquisition of Louisiana

 the natural population increase of American-born slaves

the importation of slaves from the West Indies

an increase in the severity of fugitive slave laws

“As [political leader Henry] Clay envisioned it [in the 1820s], the American System constituted the... basis for social improvement.... Through sale of its enormous land holdings, the federal government could well afford to subsidize internal improvements. By levying protective tariffs, the government should foster the development of American manufacturing and agricultural enterprises that, in their infancy, might not be able to withstand foreign competition. The promotion of industry would create a home market for agricultural commodities, just as farms provided a market for manufactured products.”
Daniel Walker Howe, historian, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848, published in 2007
Based on the excerpt, which of the following groups would have been most likely to oppose Henry Clay’s ideas?

nobody... what a great idea!

Federalist Party members 

Democrat Party members 

Abolitionists

Henry Clay’s “American System” called for all of the following EXCEPT

increased funding for public education

increased trade among the sections of the nation

a tariff for the protection of industry against foriegn competition

a government funded bank that would create domestic finance for the entire country 

The answers below illustrated the need to develop the "American System" except:  

The USA was plagued by Anti-British sentiments and the nation was on it's way to declaring war with France over the embargo acts

the was no real intrastructure to support domestic trade between American cities

the USA didn't have a uniform currency in place 

the USA was broke and needed money to fund government basic products

The Monroe Doctrine maintained that

European powers should not pursue any future colonization in the Americas

the United States Congress could overrule the president’s foreign policy initiatives in Latin America

all nations and states in the Americas were territories of the United States

Cuba, Texas, and Puerto Rico were protectorates of the United States

Which answer below best explains why southern Democrats did not like the use of Tariffs 

southern Democrats were forced to pay high tariff taxes on all their imported goods, which took money out of their pockets. 

Democrats wanted to take credit for successfully saving the US economy after Thomas Jefferson left office as president. 

Tariffs helped finabce the US military industrial complex, which the Democrats feared. 

just kidding, they acutally loved paying tariffs 

Which of the following is true of John Marshall’s decision in McCulloch v. Maryland?

It increased federal authority by invoking the doctrine of implied powers (the Federal Government had more powers than the state governments)

it granted individual states the right to regulate interstate commerce.

It reversed his position on judicial review taken in Marbury v. Madison.

It declared the Yazoo land claims fraudulent.

Which of the following is true of the Supreme Courts decision in Gibbons v. Ogden Case?

Only state supreme courts can grant a legal monopoly to a business 

only the US Congress can regulate interstate commerce, and enforce laws between states, and act as a judge in economic disagreements between states. 

the states can do what ever they want punk! You can't tell us what do do!

that local states could enforce what ever business laws as they saw fit

Which of the following is true of the Supreme Courts decision in Fletcher vs Peck?

That all native American tribes had a constitutional right to own their own land be protected from white settlers.

White settlers could not purchase land grants in the Ohio River Valley until 1838

All land sales in the Yazoo River Valley sold between 1795-1808 were void and illegal. 

All native American tribes had to purchase their tribal lands or risk lossing them to white settlers, the government would not honor their tribal land claims without documentation.

Which answer below best explains the change in the relationship between the national government and state governments between the years 1810 - 1837? 

the national government would spend much of its time expanding US interests in Asia national buidling projects

states could enforce interstate commerce as they saw fit 

smaller states would be able to govern the nation as they saw fit

the national governemnt would continue exert more political and economic control over local state governments as outlined in the US constitution

Which answer below is not one of the benefits associated with having a National Bank? 

national banks keep small banks from competing for loans and have a monoply on the entire countries banking system

the bank could be dominated by a small elite of corrupt businessmen

a national bank has the power and establish a single national currency to help the national economy, payoff debts to foreign creditors, can to control inflation 

national banks can fund new road projects and save the US tax payers millions

During the 1800s the most common form of resistance to slavery by slaves themselves was

working slowly and breaking tools

violent revolution 

escaping to Canada to start a new life

giving up and crying about 

In the early 1830’s, the majority of workers in the textile mills of Massachusetts were

young women and children from rural New England towns

Irish Immigrants 

African American slaves 

married men

In the mid-nineteenth century, the process shown in the map was advocated by supporters of which of the following ideologies?

 slave population growth

Repulican Party supporters 

Manifest Destiny 

abolitionists 

The Second Great Awakening was the first national movement to oppose this institution: 

the expansion of slavery into the western territories 

the increase in international tariffs from 28% to 45%

 slavery

the use of trial by fire for Witch Trials 

The Missouri Compromise did which of the following?

Finally settled the question of congressional power over slavery in the territories.

Provided for the annexation of Texas.

Allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state, and the next state to enter the Union as a slave state. 

Prohibited slavery in all the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.

“Not far from this time Nat Turner’s insurrection [a slave rebellion] broke out; and the news threw our town into great commotion. . . .
“It was always the custom to have a muster every year. On that occasion every White man shouldered his musket. The citizens and the so-called country gentlemen wore military uniforms. . . .
“I knew the houses were to be searched; and I expected it would be done by country bullies and the poor Whites. . . .
“It was a grand opportunity for the low Whites, who had no Negroes of their own to scourge. They exulted in such a chance to exercise a little brief authority, and show their subserviency to the slaveholders; not reflecting that the power which trampled on the colored people also kept themselves in poverty, ignorance, and moral degradation. . . . Colored people and slaves who lived in remote parts of the town suffered in an especial manner. In some cases the searchers scattered [gun]powder and shot among their clothes, and then sent other parties to find them, and bring them forward as proof that they were plotting insurrection.”
Harriet Ann Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, published in 1861, describing events earlier in the nineteenth century
Which of the following pieces of evidence best supports the excerpt’s depiction of reactions to slave rebellions?

Northerners agreed that slavery was a positive institution for society.

Southern states banned the importation of slaves from Africa.

The majority of slaveholders moved toward using alternative forms of labor.

Additional restrictions were placed on enslaved and free African Americans.

Jacksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that

political participation by the common man should be increased

the National Republicans alone knew what was right for the people

an aristocracy posed no danger to the Republic

political rights should be granted to women

The nullification crisis of 1832 arose over the issue of:

Jackson’s American Indian removal policy

The Second Bank of the United States

protective tariffs

Andrew Jackson’s use of the veto

“We, therefore, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain... that the several acts and parts of acts of the Congress of the United States, purporting to be laws for the imposing of duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities...are unauthorized by the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof and are null, void, and no law, nor binding upon this State....”
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, 1832

The ideas expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from a larger intellectual debate over the

 the power of the federal government to boss the states around

Whether or not to have President Jackson impeached

balance between individual freedom and public order

whether to abolish slavery or not? 

President Andrew Jackson’s creation of a monetary system based on state-chartered banks most likely contributed to which of the following?

Labor strikes

the US government raising tariffs to 45%

the Economic Panic and recession of 1837

the Indian Removal Act

What effect did President Jackson's Indian Removal Act have on land use in Georgia and Tennessee? 

Both states were opened up for the development of slave plantation economies dominated by whites and the Southern states would be very loyal to the Democrat party from here on out

The Cherokee declare war on all white settlers living in the Ohio River Valley

Native Americans realized that they could trust the US governemnt with land reclamation deals

Henry Clay would use this situation to have President Jaclson impeached during the Great Collision Case of 1835