Southerners found justifications for slavery in __________. A) the Bible B) English law C) European public opinion D) the writings of George Washington ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The election of 1840 __________. A) started a long-term Whig ascendancy in American politics B) had an 80 percent voter turnout C) saw Martin Van Buren reelected D) demonstrated that the two parties had nothing in common ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
John Tyler became president __________. A) by winning the election of 1840 B) through a “corrupt bargain” with Henry Clay C) after William Henry Harrison died in office D) by winning the election of 1836 ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The concept of a strong national bank controlled by wealthy investors rather than the federal government was supported by the majority of the nation’s __________. A) newspapers and journals B) plantation owners and speculators C) urban dwellers D) merchants and businessmen ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first transportation project to span the United States from the east coast to the Mississippi River was the __________. A) Erie Canal B) National Road C) Nauvoo Turnpike D) New York Central Railroad ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the middle-class industrial household, “home” became __________. A) an extension of the workplace B) a haven for leisure and relaxation C) a male-dominated place D) a school and church for children ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What city benefited the most from the opening of the Erie Canal? A) New York B) Boston C) Philadelphia D) Chicago ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The most significant demographic development of the period 1820-1860 was __________. A) the settlement of the Great Plains B) the development of suburbs C) rapid population growth in the cities D) the influx from the south of black workers ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
An important common denominator in the public education, temperance, antiprostitution, and asylum reform movements was leadership by __________. A) the working class B) women C) big-city machines D) evangelical ministers ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Between 1820 to 1850, the economic status of free northern blacks __________. A) generally improved B) experienced little change C) generally deteriorated D) surpassed that of Germans and Irish ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
