Which of the following was a War Hawk? A) John Quincy Adams B) Daniel Webster C) Thomas Jefferson D) John C. Calhoun ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the first half of the nineteenth century, the American economy __________. A) benefited greatly from the connection between southern slavery and northern industry B) suffered because of the South’s slave system C) depended primarily on northern industrial production D) depended primarily on profits from slave-grown cotton ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the eighteenth century, __________ ships dominated the slave trade between Africa and British North America. A) Mid-Atlantic B) southern C) New England D) English ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Hinton Rowan Helper’s The Impending Crisis (1857) was a(n) __________. A) attack on northern abolitionists and manufacturers B) attack on slavery by a native Southerner C) attack on slavery by a northern abolitionist D) protest against the congressional “gag rule” ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who, according to Jackson, made a “corrupt bargain” in the election of 1824? A) Crawford and Calhoun B) Adams and Clay C) Clay and Jackson D) Adams and Calhoun ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Whigs were most closely identified with the __________. A) Jeffersonian tradition B) Federalists C) South D) Anti-Federalists ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Where did the most serious Canadian revolt against British rule take place? A) Central Canada B) British Upper Canada C) French Lower Canada D) The Canadian West ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Discuss the issue of the national debate on tariffs by comparing the ideas of Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and John C. Calhoun. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: regional interests; states’ rights; powers of the presidency; role of government in the economy
Date: September 9th, 2020
What did the British dub “the American system of manufactures”? A) unionized factories B) family mills C) interchangeable parts D) precise timekeeping ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which mode of transportation had the most dramatic impact on American economic life by 1850? A) steamship B) canal C) road D) railroad ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
