In the Election of 1800, Federalists had reason to fear that if Thomas Jefferson were elected, his administration would A) return most political power to the states. B) impose heavy excise taxes. C) use the federal courts to suppress dissent. D) create a large standing army. ANSWER A
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Which candidate in the 1824 presidential election received the largest number of popular and electoral college votes? A) William Crawford B) Andrew Jackson C) John Quincy Adams D) Henry Clay ANSWER B
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The “Tariff of Abominations” was most strongly opposed by A) westerners. B) easterners. C) southerners. D) northerners. ANSWER C
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Andrew Jackson’s popularity as a political leader was in part due to his A) social refinement and formal education. B) devotion to reason and reflection in the making of public policy. C) image as a strong-willed, self-made man of the people. D) distaste for partisan controversy. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which one of the following was NOT a reason Republicans decided to consider a suffrage amendment to the Constitution that would guarantee African Americans the right to vote? A) They were interested in meeting their northern constituents’ growing demand for such an amendment. B) They believed it would relieve them of any further responsibility to […]
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The original curiosity between the two turned to mistrust and warfare when it became apparent that the Europeans wanted the Native Americans’ A) women. B) trade. C) land. D) culture. ANSWER C
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John C. Calhoun’s doctrine of nullification was an argument in favor of A) majority rule. B) states’ rights. C) protective tariffs. D) secession. ANSWER B
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During Congressional Reconstruction in the South, A) ownership of land became more widely distributed. B) the percentage of whites owning land increased. C) blacks preferred sharecropping to land ownership. D) the percentage of blacks owning land increased. ANSWER D
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In President Jefferson’s view, governmental appointments should be made on the basis of A) wealth and stature in the community. B) political connections. C) party affiliation and loyalty. D) honesty and merit. ANSWER D
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By 1850 southerners had reason to fear for the future of slavery for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) Congress had banned slavery from the territories ceded by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. B) slavery was declining in the Upper South. C) slave ownership was increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
