What were the aims of the War Hawks? How many of them did they achieve? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: American expansion; Indian removal; anti-British sentiment
The evangelical religion that spread after the Second Great Awakening __________. A) was used by whites as a means of social control over the slaves B) was accepted wholeheartedly by the slaves C) replaced African religions D) encouraged many blacks to rebel ANSWER Answer: A
Denmark Vesey was to South Carolina as Nat Turner was to __________. A) Louisiana B) Mississippi C) Virginia D) Georgia ANSWER Answer: C
Discuss the connection between southern slavery and the northern economy. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: industrialization; textile manufacturing; settlement of the Old Southwest; national and international markets
The Supreme Court decisions in Gibbons v. Ogden and Dartmouth College v. Woodward __________. A) asserted the broad power of the federal government over interstate commerce B) questioned the constitutionality of federal law limits to the expansion of slavery C) strengthened the power of state governments in commercial matters D) denied the states the right […]
In the “corrupt bargain” of 1824, what office was Henry Clay’s reward? A) vice president B) secretary of state C) attorney general D) president ANSWER Answer: B
What was the source of Andrew Jackson’s personal wealth? A) a private bank B) a canal scheme C) a plantation worked by slave labor D) a coal mine in Tennessee ANSWER Answer: C
If you lived in Boston or Philadelphia from 1790-1807 and had accumulated large amounts of capital, it was probably from __________. A) textile mills B) mining C) commercial farming D) international shipping ANSWER Answer: D
Catharine Beecher’s book A Treatise on Domestic Economy illustrated the need for __________. A) helping middle-class women modernize their tasks and family roles B) suffrage for women C) occupational training for working-class and immigrant women D) new attitudes on sexuality and childbearing for middle-class women ANSWER Answer: A
The National Road stretched from Cumberland, Maryland, to __________. A) Saint Augustine, Florida B) Savanah, Georgia C) Vandalia, Illinois D) Saint Louis, Missouri ANSWER Answer: C