Question 1

The Panic of 1837:

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A)   inspired a more vigorous labor movement in the decade that followed.
B)   led to a relatively mild economic downturn that resolved itself by 1839.
C)   can only be blamed on Andrew Jackson's veto of the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States.
D)   was caused, in part, by a decline in British demand for American cotton.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D) D

Question 2

How would one describe John Quincy Adams?

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A)   He had a strong nationalist view of governing.
B)   As a Federalist senator, he had vehemently opposed Jefferson's embargo policy.
C)   He had promoted the idea of strict construction in regard to the Constitution.
D)   He opposed spending national government funds on economic development.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

In the 1830s, how should Andrew Jackson's ideas on the Second Bank of the United States be characterized?

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A)   The Bank did not permit the issuance of enough paper money to meet national demand.
B)   Bank workers should receive pay wages.
C)   Jackson believed the renewal of the Bank charter should be done quickly.
D)   The Bank was a "monster" that had too much power.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

The key insight of Alexis de Tocqueville's Tocqueville on Democracy was that:

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A)   the most important thing about American democracy was that the majority of men could vote.
B)   American democracy was really a sham.
C)   American democracy really represented an important cultural shift.
D)   the ideology of the Whig Party was actually more democratic than that of the Democratic Party.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above C

Question 5

Who wrote Exposition and Protest and emerged by the early 1830s as the most prominent spokesman for the right of nullification?

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A)   John C. Calhoun.
B)   Henry Clay.
C)   Andrew Jackson.
D)   John Quincy Adams.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Which statement is a correct assessment about 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) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

What would have been an accurate assessment of the Monroe Doctrine at the time?

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A)   The Latin American revolutions had little in common with American ideals.
B)   It was more talk than action, as the United States was weak militarily.
C)   The United States had battle plans drawn to attack Europe to prevent further colonization.
D)   This was a plan to gain Canada from the British.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B) B

Question 8

Why was a second Missouri Compromise necessary?

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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) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

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

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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) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 10

In the early to mid-nineteenth century, property qualifications for voting:

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A)   continued in Virginia because large slaveholders dominated the state's politics.
B)   survived in all of the slave states but in none of the free states.
C)   died out entirely, allowing all whites to vote in every state.
D)   were more popular in newer states than in the original thirteen.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 11

In his Cherokee Nation v. Georgia opinion, Chief Justice John Marshall stated that:

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A)   Georgia had to respect Indian title to their lands.
B)   Indians were wards of the federal government.
C)   the Cherokee had to move to the Indian Territory.
D)   President Jackson had full authority over Indian affairs.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Whose 1840 presidential campaign portrayed him as a common man who was born in a log cabin and liked to drink hard cider?

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

Question 13

As president, John Tyler:

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A)   worked hard to enact the Whig economic program.
B)   proved so popular that he easily won the 1844 presidential election.
C)   vetoed a bill to create a new national bank, thus angering Whigs.
D)   engaged in a public feud with his vice president that led to the latter's resignation.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Henry Clay was charged with orchestrating a "corrupt bargain" during the 1824 election so that he could become:

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A)   president.
B)   vice president.
C)   secretary of state.
D)   ambassador to England.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

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) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 16

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

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A)   Andrew Jackson.
B)   James Monroe.
C)   Martin Van Buren.
D)   John Quincy Adams.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

A primary reason that both women and blacks were largely excluded from the expansion of democracy was:

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A)   the argument that, since they did not have the vote in England, they ought not to have the vote in America.
B)   that they were not citizens, so they could not vote.
C)   that both groups were viewed as being naturally incapable and thus unfit for suffrage.
D)   that members of neither group had asked to be included in politics.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

The nullification crisis ended:

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A)   in the so-called Dorr War.
B)   with North Carolina's threat to secede in 1832.
C)   with the Supreme Court's opinion in Hamilton v. Jackson.
D)   with a compromise tariff.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

Whigs wanted the government involved in the following activity:

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A)   Restricting promotion of alcohol production.
B)   Subsidizing land for poor farmers.
C)   Promoting a rigid class society.
D)   Regulating corporations.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

In regard to foreign policy, what did John Quincy Adams envision for the United States?

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A)   The United States would return land to Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River.
B)   The United States would eventually control all of North America.
C)   The United States should focus only on gaining Caribbean islands.
D)   The United States would need to go to war to gain Canada.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Exam 10: Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Panic of 1837:

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How would one describe John Quincy Adams?

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In the 1830s, how should Andrew Jackson's ideas on the Second Bank of the United States be characterized?

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The key insight of Alexis de Tocqueville's Tocqueville on Democracy was that:

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Who wrote Exposition and Protest and emerged by the early 1830s as the most prominent spokesman for the right of nullification?

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Which statement is a correct assessment about the Whigs?

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What would have been an accurate assessment of the Monroe Doctrine at the time?

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Why was a second Missouri Compromise necessary?

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

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In the early to mid-nineteenth century, property qualifications for voting:

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In his Cherokee Nation v. Georgia opinion, Chief Justice John Marshall stated that:

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Whose 1840 presidential campaign portrayed him as a common man who was born in a log cabin and liked to drink hard cider?

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As president, John Tyler:

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Henry Clay was charged with orchestrating a "corrupt bargain" during the 1824 election so that he could become:

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

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

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A primary reason that both women and blacks were largely excluded from the expansion of democracy was:

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The nullification crisis ended:

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Whigs wanted the government involved in the following activity:

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In regard to foreign policy, what did John Quincy Adams envision for the United States?

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