Question 1

The Second Bank of the United States was a private, profit-making corporation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which statement is a correct assessment of the Whigs?

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A)   The Whig leadership criticized the American System.
B)   Their programs connected best with voters in isolated rural areas.
C)   They hoped to derail the market economy.
D)   They argued that the role of government was to promote the welfare of its people.
E)   The Whigs believed that active state governments were essential to increasing freedom.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

In the 1820s and 1830s, political party machines

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A)   did away with the spoils system.
B)   were abolished by Andrew Jackson.
C)   were always run by Whigs.
D)   lacked power in cities.
E)   provided benefits like jobs to loyal constituents.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

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

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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.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

Andrew Jackson, one historian has written, was the "symbol for an age." How might Jackson be considered symbolic of certain ideas and trends in the early nineteenth century? Can you think of other appropriate symbolic figures for that period?

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Question 6

Which view of women in America first became prominent in the early nineteenth century?

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A)   Women should not have the right to vote because they were too easily swayed by passions and emotions.
B)   Through education, women could develop into capable participants in American democracy.
C)   Women were too gentle and pure to be contaminated by the world of politics.
D)   Women who took jobs in factories were no longer fit to be wives and mothers.
E)   Women should not be allowed to speak publicly, as the Bible expressly forbade it.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 7

Which president's vision for America most resembled Alexander Hamilton's plans?

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A)   Andrew Jackson's
B)   James Monroe's
C)   Martin Van Buren's
D)   John Quincy Adams's
E)   William Henry Harrison'sF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 8

The French writer Alexis de Tocqueville identified democracy as an essential attribute of American freedom.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which Indian nation fought a war with the U.S. Army from 1835 to 1842 to resist removal to the West?

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A)   Cherokee
B)   Chickasaw
C)   Creek
D)   Seminole
E)   ChoctawF) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 10

Most states that entered the Union after the original thirteen required ownership of property to vote.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Indian Removal Act

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Question 12

What marked Herman Melville as unique in mid-nineteenth-century America?

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A)   He was a white minstrel show performer who refused to wear blackface or portray black characters as dishonest or unintelligent.
B)   He was an author who presented his black characters as stereotypes of happy, superstitious slaves.
C)   He was an author who portrayed complex, heroic black characters.
D)   He was an author who portrayed complex, strong women characters.
E)   He invented the racist minstrel show character "Jim Crow."F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

Whose 1840 presidential campaign portrayed him as a common man who was born in a log cabin?

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A)   Andrew Jackson
B)   William Henry Harrison
C)   Martin Van Buren
D)   John Quincy Adams
E)   Henry ClayF) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

The Panic of 1837 led to a depression that lasted until 1843.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

During Andrew Jackson's presidency, what occurred in the financial realm?

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A)   The administration refused requests for federal expenditures for roads.
B)   The tariff was raised.
C)   The budget of the Second Bank of the United States increased by the end of his second term.
D)   The national government debt was eliminated.
E)   Democrats increased expenditures.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 16

What motivated the actions that resulted in the Dorr War?

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A)   the fear that the federal government would attempt to outlaw slavery
B)   anxiety over the growing income inequality in the 1820s
C)   frustration over the federal government's failure to honor treaties made with Native American tribes
D)   the desire to create an independent government free of the Spanish empire
E)   a desire to expand Rhode Island's voting laws to include those who didn't own propertyF) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 17

The practice of giving a political office to someone based on party loyalty is called

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A)   a meritocracy.
B)   the spoils system.
C)   paternalism.
D)   the party system.
E)   nepotism.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

What position did President James Madison take regarding government-sponsored economic development?

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A)   He spoke out vigorously against what Henry Clay called the "American System."
B)   He approved a law that funded roads and canals throughout the eastern United States.
C)   He insisted that a constitutional amendment would be required to empower the federal government to build roads and canals.
D)   He signed into law John Calhoun's bill providing funding for federally financed internal improvements.
E)   He was staunchly opposed to the creation of a new national bank, but supported tariffs on imported goods.F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 19

What was the significance of the publication A Son of the Forest?

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A)   It was the first political biography designed to rally support for a presidential candidate.
B)   It was responsible for creating Jackson's image as a "common man."
C)   It was the first significant autobiography written by a Native American.
D)   It was the first significant work of American environmental literature.
E)   Its glorification of the West revived lagging sales of federal land.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 20

What did critics of the John Quincy Adams presidency accuse him of?

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A)   making a "corrupt bargain" with the Whigs in order to win the election
B)   encouraging dissension between the northern and southern states to distract attention from his failures
C)   hurting the economy by undermining the American System of economic development
D)   allowing the states to pass laws that threatened the unity of the nation
E)   leading the federal government to overstep the bounds of what was constitutionally allowedF) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

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