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1.   

Although this President favored small, independent farmers as the foundation of democracy, he did nothing against the national bank favored by the merchant class. In this President’s administration, the United States reduced taxes, strengthened the federal government, and purchased the vast Louisiana Territory by treaty. This President is:

a. John Quincy Adams   b. Andrew Jackson    *c. Thomas Jefferson   d. John Marshall   e. James Monroe

 

2.   

Among the solutions that the United States tried to protect our interests as a neutral carrier profiting from serving both combatants in the ongoing war between France and Britain were:

a. An embargo against trade with any nation including Great Britain and France –a solution that instead created a serious economic depression in the United States

b. A non-intercourse act--a solution that was unenforceable because it reopened American trade with all nations except Great Britain and France, making it possible for American vessels to leave the United States and then travel anywhere

c. A bill that let the President block commerce with the country that continued violating neutral shipping rights after the other combatant stopped, a law exploited by Napoleon who claimed he'd cease his policies but did not

*d. All of the above

 

3.   

The era before 1776 and after focused on the new lands for settlement in the fertile Ohio River area. The river that opened up the newly purchased Louisiana Territory to the exploration of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was:

a. Mississippi River   *b. Missouri River   c. New River   d. Rio Grande   e. None of the above

 

4.   

Which of the following statements regarding capital in the South is FALSE?

*a. Most Southern investors shifted their capital to industry.

b. Investments in slaves and land meant little excess capital was available.

c. Agriculture was profitable so investors did not look elsewhere for investment

opportunities.

 

5.   

Cotton was well-suited to slavery and to plantation production because it:

a. Required little labor

b. Required skilled labor

*c. Required intensive, simple labor

d. Allowed for seasonal variation in labor needs

e. Could be virtually ignored during the growing season

 

6.   

Which of the following was not a provision of the Missouri Compromise?

*a. Missouri would gradually abolish slavery in the state.

b. Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state.

c. Maine would enter at once as a free state.

d. Slavery would be prohibited in all land that was part of the Louisiana Purchase, north of 36'30" latitude.

 

7.   

By the 1830s, which of the following groups was not denied suffrage?

a. Blacks   *b. White males   c. Native Americans   d. Women   e. Indentured servants

 

8.   

The "Trail of Tears":

a. Was a forced march

b. Led to Oklahoma, a new Indian territory

c. Killed approximately 1/4 of the Cherokees

*d. All of the above

 

9.   

In the first half of the 1800s, white fears of slave revolts increased in the South as a result of

a. an incipient rebellion led by a slave named Gabriel Prosser at the beginning of this period and a successful rebellion by Nat Turner in 1831

b. the issuing and spread of David Walker’s Appeal condemning slavery.

c. news of a successful slave rebellion in Haiti

*d. all of the above

e. none of the above

 

10.                  

The nullification crisis over tariffs in the early 1830s:

a. Had little impact outside South Carolina

b. Was of little significance for the future of the United States

c. Revealed the strength of the Constitution

*d. Was an early indication of dangerous future divisions

e. Demonstrated the inherent solidarity of the Union

 

 

______________________    ___________________    ___________     _____________      ___________        ___________________

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1.    

Among the developments in the early 1800s was this method of transportation:

a. Steamboat

b. Turnpike or toll road

c. Canal

*d. All of the above

 

2.    

By the middle of the 1800s, American merchant capitalists in the Notheast:

a. Were an increasingly important economic force

*b. Were shifting their capital from trade to manufacturing

c. Had combined with British competitors

 

3.    

This struggle occurred with states that had made demands for payment for safe passage, payments that European nations had made. The Democratic-Republican administration of President Jefferson was successful in dealing with them during the war from 1801 to 1805. This was the result of the American naval blockade of those nations, the burning of a ship, and the rescue of hostages.

*a. War with the Barbary States

 b. War of 1812

c. Era of Good Feelings

d. Age of the Common Man

 

4.    

In addition to the United States gaining its national anthem, the “Star Spangled Banner,” the result of the War of 1812 was

a. a victory for the British.

*b. no real change from the way things were before the war.

c. an agreement by the British to cease the impressment of American sailors.

d. a victory for the French.

e. an agreement by the British to open all the ports of its empire to United States ships.

 

5.    

The nullification crisis over tariffs in the early 1830s:

a. Had little impact outside South Carolina

b. Was of little significance for the future of the United States

c. Revealed the strength of the Constitution

*d. Was an early indication of dangerous future divisions

e. Demonstrated the inherent solidarity of the Union

 

6.    

This looser in the election of 1824, an election he and his followers considered a “corrupt bargain,” was able to win the Presidency in 1828.

a. John Quincy Adams    *b. Andrew Jackson    c. Thomas Jefferson   d. John Marshall   e. James Monroe

 

7.    

The most dramatic example of America's industrial and manufacturing growth in the early 1800s was

a. the growth of a system of rail networks.

*b. New England's textile mills.

c. cotton ginning in the Southwest.

d. the development of improved steamboats.

e. the use of water powered factories.

 

8.    

Among the decisions on slavery in the early 1800s was the Missouri Compromise. This 1820 legislation:

a. Prohibited slavery South of the 36 30' parallel

*b. Used admission of an equal number of slave and free states as the solution to the nation's sectional divisions

c. Settled the sectional problem permanently

d. Was confined to the state of Missouri

 

9.    

This era occurred when there was only one political party in the United States and lasted from about 1815 to about 1824 during the administrations of James Monroe:

a. War with the Barbary States

b. War of 1812

*c. Era of Good Feelings

d. Age of the Common Man

 

10.                  

n the first half of the 1800s, white fears of slave revolts increased in the South as a result of

a. an incipient rebellion led by a slave named Gabriel Prosser at the beginning of this period and a successful rebellion by Nat Turner in 1831

b. the issuing and spread of David Walker’s Appeal condemning slavery.

c. news of a successful slave rebellion in Haiti

*d. all of the above

e. none of the above

 

 

______________________    ___________________    ___________     _____________      ___________        ___________________

Last Name                              First Name                       Total Points       Class Days              Class Hour          Date of Quiz F1   1301_ _

 

1.   

Although this President favored small, independent farmers as the foundation of democracy, he did nothing against the national bank favored by the merchant class. In this President’s administration, the United States reduced taxes, strengthened the federal government, and purchased the vast Louisiana Territory by treaty. This President is:

a. John Quincy Adams   b. Andrew Jackson    c. Thomas Jefferson   d. John Marshall   e. James Monroe

 

2.   

Among the solutions that the United States tried to protect our interests as a neutral carrier profiting from serving both combatants in the ongoing war between France and Britain were:

a. An embargo against trade with any nation including Great Britain and France –a solution that instead created a serious economic depression in the United States

b. A non-intercourse act--a solution that was unenforceable because it reopened American trade with all nations except Great Britain and France, making it possible for American vessels to leave the United States and then travel anywhere

c. A bill that let the President block commerce with the country that continued violating neutral shipping rights after the other combatant stopped, a law exploited by Napoleon who claimed he'd cease his policies but did not

d. All of the above

 

3.   

The era before 1776 and after focused on the new lands for settlement in the fertile Ohio River area. The river that opened up the newly purchased Louisiana Territory to the exploration of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was:

a. Mississippi River   b. Missouri River   c. New River   d. Rio Grande   e. None of the above

 

4.   

Which of the following statements regarding capital in the South is FALSE?

a. Most Southern investors shifted their capital to industry.

b. Investments in slaves and land meant little excess capital was available.

c. Agriculture was profitable so investors did not look elsewhere for investment

opportunities.

 

5.   

Cotton was well-suited to slavery and to plantation production because it:

a. Required little labor

b. Required skilled labor

c. Required intensive, simple labor

d. Allowed for seasonal variation in labor needs

e. Could be virtually ignored during the growing season

 

6.   

Which of the following was not a provision of the Missouri Compromise?

a. Missouri would gradually abolish slavery in the state.

b. Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state.

c. Maine would enter at once as a free state.

d. Slavery would be prohibited in all land that was part of the Louisiana Purchase, north of 36'30" latitude.

 

7.   

By the 1830s, which of the following groups was not denied suffrage?

a. Blacks   b. White males   c. Native Americans   d. Women   e. Indentured servants

 

8.   

The "Trail of Tears":

a. Was a forced march

b. Led to Oklahoma, a new Indian territory

c. Killed approximately 1/4 of the Cherokees

d. All of the above

 

9.   

In the first half of the 1800s, white fears of slave revolts increased in the South as a result of

a. an incipient rebellion led by a slave named Gabriel Prosser at the beginning of this period and a successful rebellion by Nat Turner in 1831

b. the issuing and spread of David Walker’s Appeal condemning slavery.

c. news of a successful slave rebellion in Haiti

d. all of the above

e. none of the above

 

10.                  

The nullification crisis over tariffs in the early 1830s:

a. Had little impact outside South Carolina

b. Was of little significance for the future of the United States

c. Revealed the strength of the Constitution

d. Was an early indication of dangerous future divisions

e. Demonstrated the inherent solidarity of the Union

 

 

______________________    ___________________    ___________     _____________      ___________        ___________________

Last Name                              First Name                       Total Points       Class Days              Class Hour          Date of Quiz F2-1301_ _

 

1.    

Among the developments in the early 1800s was this method of transportation:

a. Steamboat

b. Turnpike or toll road

c. Canal

d. All of the above

 

2.    

By the middle of the 1800s, American merchant capitalists in the Notheast:

a. Were an increasingly important economic force

b. Were shifting their capital from trade to manufacturing

c. Had combined with British competitors

 

3.    

This struggle occurred with states that had made demands for payment for safe passage, payments that European nations had made. The Democratic-Republican administration of President Jefferson was successful in dealing with them during the war from 1801 to 1805. This was the result of the American naval blockade of those nations, the burning of a ship, and the rescue of hostages.

a. War with the Barbary States

 b. War of 1812

c. Era of Good Feelings

d. Age of the Common Man

 

4.    

In addition to the United States gaining its national anthem, the “Star Spangled Banner,” the result of the War of 1812 was

a. a victory for the British.

b. no real change from the way things were before the war.

c. an agreement by the British to cease the impressment of American sailors.

d. a victory for the French.

e. an agreement by the British to open all the ports of its empire to United States ships.

 

5.    

The nullification crisis over tariffs in the early 1830s:

a. Had little impact outside South Carolina

b. Was of little significance for the future of the United States

c. Revealed the strength of the Constitution

d. Was an early indication of dangerous future divisions

e. Demonstrated the inherent solidarity of the Union

 

6.    

This looser in the election of 1824, an election he and his followers considered a “corrupt bargain,” was able to win the Presidency in 1828.

a. John Quincy Adams    b. Andrew Jackson    c. Thomas Jefferson   d. John Marshall   e. James Monroe

 

7.    

The most dramatic example of America's industrial and manufacturing growth in the early 1800s was

a. the growth of a system of rail networks.

b. New England's textile mills.

c. cotton ginning in the Southwest.

d. the development of improved steamboats.

e. the use of water powered factories.

 

8.    

Among the decisions on slavery in the early 1800s was the Missouri Compromise. This 1820 legislation:

a. Prohibited slavery South of the 36 30' parallel

b. Used admission of an equal number of slave and free states as the solution to the nation's sectional divisions

c. Settled the sectional problem permanently

d. Was confined to the state of Missouri

 

9.    

This era occurred when there was only one political party in the United States and lasted from about 1815 to about 1824 during the administrations of James Monroe:

a. War with the Barbary States

b. War of 1812

c. Era of Good Feelings

d. Age of the Common Man

 

10.                  

n the first half of the 1800s, white fears of slave revolts increased in the South as a result of

a. an incipient rebellion led by a slave named Gabriel Prosser at the beginning of this period and a successful rebellion by Nat Turner in 1831

b. the issuing and spread of David Walker’s Appeal condemning slavery.

c. news of a successful slave rebellion in Haiti

d. all of the above

e. none of the above