In what ways did Jefferson reverse the policies of his Federalist predecessors? What were the consequences of Jefferson’s new policies? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: debt; taxes; size of government; scope of governmental activity; agrarian “republic of virtue”
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these best explains the rapid growth of the slave population in the American South, relative to other nineteenth-century New World slave societies? A) higher fertility of enslaved African American women B) better food given to African American slaves C) greater number of slaves imported from Africa D) better housing provided to African American […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1850, the majority of slaves were engaged in __________ cultivation. A) tobacco B) cotton C) wheat D) rice ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these explains why landless whites in the South had fewer economic opportunities than their counterparts in the North? A) slavery B) immigration C) population growth D) federal policies ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In making his decisions, Jackson preferred to consult with __________. A) official heads of departments B) an informal group of advisors C) congressional leaders from different sections D) his vice president, John Calhoun ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In his lecture entitled “The American Scholar,” this intellectual urged Americans to write about the details of their own culture. A) Benjamin Franklin B) Washington Irving C) James Fenimore Cooper D) Ralph Waldo Emerson ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the early nineteenth century, the cultural worlds of eastern city dwellers and frontier farmers __________. A) grew steadily more similar B) grew steadily apart C) had nothing in common D) were separated by distance more than culture ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why was the National Road unsatisfactory to farmers in a commercial sense? A) Shipments of bulky goods like grain were too slow and expensive by road. B) The National Road did not connect the East to the West. C) The road dramatically reduced costs and travel times, but was very dangerous. D) The road did […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The work style changes that occurred as factory production transformed the American economy included __________. A) shorter work hours than the preindustrial sunup to sundown experience B) the regulation of work lives by clocks and bells C) a blending of work and relaxation at the job site D) a blending of work and leisure […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The growth of inland river towns such as Cincinnati was most affected by the development of __________. A) roads B) canals C) railroads D) steamboats ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
