In 1820, Sidney Smith claimed that America had no culture of its own. What evidence from the next several decades could be used to refute his claim? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: painting; literature; philosophy; literacy; popular culture
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Old Northwest was an area of commercial farming from 1800 onward because __________. A) farmers needed cash to purchase land B) supplying settlers moving farther west became a major business C) cotton was the main crop D) most farmers used the barter system ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Boston Associates played a leading role in the development of __________. A) the Erie Canal B) Lowell mills C) commercial steamboat construction D) manufacturing with interchangeable parts ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these was most responsible for the destruction of traditional social divisions and their replacement with new a new social order? A) the market revolution B) the American Revolution C) the Civil War D) the transportation revolution ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The agenda for reform in the 1820s and 1830s was set by the __________. A) new emerging middle class B) impoverished lower class C) wealthy elite D) politicians ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
With which reform movement is Horace Mann most closely associated? A) women’s rights B) public education C) temperance D) abolitionism ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which statement was true of most white antislavery reformers? A) They supported the American Colonization Society. B) They longed for a world in which race did not exist as a social category. C) They rejected the idea of social equality between whites and blacks. D) They rejected the idea of civil equality for blacks. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
John O’Sullivan __________. A) was the first white to see the Grand Canyon B) was Frémont’s mapmaker C) coined the term “manifest destiny” D) opposed Jefferson’s Indian removal policies ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the Mexican-American War, northern Whigs began to characterize the war as a(n) __________. A) unwinnable conflict B) racist plot against a weaker nation C) southern conspiracy to expand slavery D) Mexican scheme to claim disputed gold fields on the Colorado ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
It seems clear that when President Polk sent troops to Texas in 1845, he __________. A) hoped to provoke a war with Mexico B) had no idea what was going to happen C) believed that he was preventing a war with Mexico D) thought it was an inconsequential decision ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
