By the early 1800s, the South __________. A) had become a slave society B) was a society with slaves C) had begun to question the morality of slavery D) depended less on slavery than during the colonial period ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
A major reason for the reduction in the number of slave owners in the South prior to the Civil War was __________. A) the rapidly increasing price of slaves B) an increasing mortality rate C) a rapid decline in slave birthrates D) the abolition of slave markets in the United States ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these was a consequence of the settlement of the Old Southwest in the early nineteenth century? A) a lull in the expansion of slavery B) the forced migration of Indian peoples C) the Great Awakening D) the strengthening of the white southern family ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Second American Party System was based on __________. A) economic privation B) elite families C) favoritism D) mass participation ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
An opponent of the Second Bank of the United States during the Bank War would most likely have argued that __________. A) the bank lacked the power to stabilize the economy B) the bank pursued an excessively loose credit policy C) the bank’s issuance of paper money caused inflation D) bankers were manipulative, elitist, and […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Tyler’s presidency would be best described as __________. A) contentious and unsuccessful B) moderate and conciliatory C) overshadowed by the Panic of 1837 D) establishing the Whigs as the dominant party for decades to come ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did Jackson set out to destroy the Bank of the United States? Was his opposition principled or political? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: politics of the Bank; regional interests; financial upheaval; party politics; public opinion
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1850, a person wanting to go from Raleigh to Nashville __________. A) would have taken a circuitous road route B) could use a direct rail line C) would have gone by way of St. Louis D) could take a train to Memphis rather than a road to Nashville ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In Walden, Henry David Thoreau __________. A) questioned the spiritual cost of the market revolution B) criticized society for wasting women’s potential C) humanized the factory system D) argued for the development of the nation’s natural resources ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Commercial agriculture in the Yankee West encouraged __________. A) long-term land holding B) regional specialization C) ever greater focus on wheat cultivation D) efforts to grow cotton in Ohio ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
