Deck 11: Society and Politics in the Age of the Common Man, 1819-1832

Question 1

The Erie Canal linked the __________ to the East Coast.

A) Great Lakes
B) Ohio River
C) Missouri River
D) Gulf of Mexico

Answer 1

Great Lakes

Question 2

The Monroe Doctrine was a self-defense measure aimed at __________.

A) Russia, Spain, and Britain
B) Native Americans
C) Mexico and Canada
D) China, Japan, and India

Answer 2

Russia, Spain, and Britain

Question 3

Andrew Jackson's victory in the election of 1828 was __________.

A) a narrow one
B) highly controversial
C) an electoral college landslide
D) largely unexpected

Answer 3

an electoral college landslide

Question 4

_________ crafted the legislative deal that came to be known as the Missouri Compromise.

A) Henry Clay
B) William Pinckney
C) David Tallmadge
D) Rufus King

Question 5

The architect of the Monroe Doctrine was __________.

A) John Jay
B) James Monroe
C) Henry Clay
D) John Quincy Adams

Question 6

The National Republicans supported which of the following?

A) the expansion of slavery
B) federal funding of internal improvements
C) states' rights
D) the abolition of the Bank of the United States

Question 7

In 1819, James Tallmadge offered an amendment to the bill to allow Missouri to join Union that __________.

A) forbid the importation of slaves into the new state
B) forbid slavery in the Northwest Territory
C) gave the people of Missouri the right to vote on the issue of slavery
D) required the inhabitants of the state to sell their slaves

Question 8

Statehood for __________ was delayed by a debate over slavery.

A) Ohio
B) Missouri
C) Kentucky
D) Indiana

Question 9

Which of the following was hit particularly hard by the Panic of 1819?

A) southern shopkeepers
B) new immigrants
C) western farmers
D) eastern factory workers

Question 10

Which of the following played a key role in triggering the Panic of 1819?

A) New England shipbuilders
B) Andrew Jackson
C) Great Britain
D) the Second Bank of the United States

Question 11

Who won the most electoral votes in the election of 1824?

A) Andrew Jackson
B) John Quincy Adams
C) Henry Clay
D) William H. Crawford

Question 12

Henry Clay's "American System" promoted __________.

A) public funding for canals and turnpikes
B) free trade
C) public schools
D) stronger fugitive slave laws

Question 13

In John C. Calhoun's view, what did slavery demonstrate?

A) that all whites were equal and superior to all blacks
B) man's inhumanity to his fellow men
C) the superiority of southern whites over northern whites
D) that a civil war was inevitable

Question 14

Missouri was allowed to enter the Union as a slave state because __________.

A) Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state
B) northern senators supported a new fugitive slave law
C) southern senators compromised on a tariff bill
D) Vermont was allowed to enter the Union as a free state

Question 15

According to Senator Rufus King, which of the following had the ultimate authority to set laws governing slavery?

A) the people
B) the president
C) the states
D) the Congress

Question 16

Moses Austin played a key role in __________.

A) writing the Texas constitution
B) defeating hostile Indian peoples in Texas
C) spearheading American settlement in Texas
D) sparking the Mexican-American War

Question 17

The Transcontinental Treaty of 1819 was signed after __________.

A) Britain agreed to give up its remaining territorial claims in North America
B) Spain lost a war with France
C) the Seminole Indians killed an American diplomat
D) Andrew Jackson led U.S. troops into Florida

Question 18

The Land Act of 1820 encouraged __________.

A) European American migrants to move west
B) Indians to assimilate into white American society
C) the expansion of slavery
D) states to build canals and roads

Question 19

All of the candidates in the 1824 presidential election called themselves __________.

A) Federalists
B) Democratic-Republicans
C) Whigs
D) Independents

Question 20

The Missouri Compromise banned slavery in the territory __________.

A) east of the Mississippi River
B) west of the Mississippi River
C) north of present-day Missouri and Kansas
D) north of present-day Virginia

Question 21

Jackson's spoils system rewarded __________.

A) his political supporters
B) western farmers
C) experienced administrators
D) bankers and financiers

Question 22

With which of the following statements about the Second Bank of the United States would Andrew Jackson have agreed?

A) The bank helped westerners at the expense of everyone else.
B) The bank was a necessary evil.
C) The bank sustained the institution of slavery.
D) The bank reinforced inequality between white men.

Question 23

The House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams as the winner of the 1824 election when __________.

A) he agreed to revise the tariff of 1820
B) he named Andrew Jackson as his secretary of state
C) William H. Crawford withdrew from the contest
D) Henry Clay gave him his support

Question 24

__________ marked the end of armed Indian resistance north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi.

A) Pontiac's War
B) The Black Hawk War
C) King Philip's War
D) The Battle of Tippecanoe

Question 25

The American Colonization Society __________.

A) drew support from a variety of groups, including whites in the Upper South
B) advocated American expansion into the Caribbean
C) was founded by two black ministers
D) had the unanimous support of free blacks

Question 26

How did Andrew Jackson respond to the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?

A) He tried to impeach John Marshall.
B) He refused to enforce it.
C) He declared it a victory for the people.
D) He reluctantly accepted it.

Question 27

In Democracy in America, _______________ discussed the strengths and weaknesses of American society.

A) Ralph Waldo Emerson
B) Mark Twain
C) Charles Dickens
D) Alexis de Tocqueville

Question 28

Why is it noteworthy that Jackson used the veto power twelve times?

A) Jackson had attacked John Quincy Adams for abusing his veto power.
B) It is representative of his support of the authority of the Supreme Court.
C) Jackson ran for office on a platform that emphasized the limited power of the president.
D) He used his veto power more times than all his predecessors combined.

Question 29

Why did southern planters object to the tariff of 1828?

A) They thought it would hurt sales of cotton in England.
B) It placed a high tax on cotton exports.
C) It placed new taxes on imported slaves.
D) They thought it would lead to war with Spain.

Question 30

Which of the following was true of Denmark Vesey's alleged conspiracy?

A) The evidence strongly suggests that the conspiracy was larger than imagined at the time.
B) The evidence strongly suggests that the conspiracy had the support of white abolitionists.
C) The evidence strongly suggests that the conspiracy never existed.
D) The evidence strongly suggests that the conspiracy was led by another man.

Question 31

In vetoing the charter of the Bank of the United States, Andrew Jackson claimed to represent the interests of __________.

A) small borrowers
B) southern plantation owners
C) the urban poor
D) the eastern elite

Question 32

In the Supreme Court case Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia (1831), the court ruled that Indian self-governing bodies were __________.

A) legally indefensible
B) under the jurisdiction of the states
C) sovereign states
D) domestic dependent nations

Question 33

John Marshall's ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland rested on the notion of __________.

A) implied powers
B) states' rights
C) the primacy of the executive
D) separate but equal

Question 34

Henry Clay believed that Indians __________.

A) were inferior to whites
B) should seek to assimilate into white society
C) had the same rights as all other Americans
D) had been repeatedly wronged by the U.S. government

Question 35

Southerners called the tariff of __________ the "Tariff of Abominations."

A) 1832
B) 1828
C) 1824
D) 1820

Question 36

__________ authored the Nullification Proclamation of December 10, 1832.

A) Henry Clay
B) Andrew Jackson
C) John C. Calhoun
D) Nicholas Biddle

Question 37

Andrew Jackson blamed ___________ for sparking the Panic and Depression of 1819.

A) Great Britain
B) the Bank of the United States
C) the Federalists
D) western land speculators

Question 38

John Quincy Adams's administration was undermined by ___________.

A) a new war with Spain
B) financial improprieties
C) an economic downturn
D) public distrust

Question 39

In 1834, __________'s opponents formed the Whig party.

A) Andrew Jackson
B) Henry Clay
C) John C. Calhoun
D) Rufus King

Question 40

Why did Jackson's opponents make the Bank of the United States the central issue of the 1832 presidential campaign?

A) They thought it would help Henry Clay win votes in the South.
B) They thought it demonstrated that Jackson had overreached his powers as president.
C) They thought it proved that Jackson was mentally unstable.
D) They thought that western voters would switch their allegiance from Jackson to Clay.

Question 41

"The Burned-Over District" was located in __________.

A) eastern Ohio
B) central Virginia
C) western New York
D) southern Pennsylvania

Question 42

__________ was a graduate of the Troy Female Seminary and a tireless advocate of women's rights.

A) Catharine Beecher
B) Emma Willard
C) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
D) Apolonaria Lorenzana

Question 43

__________ was accused of plotting a slave uprising in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1822.

A) David Walker
B) Gabriel
C) Nat Turner
D) Denmark Vesey

Question 44

__________ founded a female academy in Troy, New York, in 1821.

A) Catherine Beecher
B) Emma Willard
C) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
D) Peggy Eaton

Question 45

Sarah Hale portrayed women as especially __________.

A) suited to public life
B) devout
C) intelligent
D) suited to hard labor

Question 46

Which of the following was a core value of the American Victorians?

A) the absolute equality of men and women
B) disdain for manual labor
C) the importance of social classes
D) belief in the significance of the individual

Question 47

What led to the Panic of 1819? Why were western farmers particularly hard hit by the depression that followed?

Question 48

In the opinion of Sarah Hale, what was the source of women's influence on American life?

A) their role as nurturers and caretakers
B) their capacity for hard work
C) their desire for the same rights as men
D) their sexuality

Question 49

Who wrote Rip Van Winkle?

A) Sarah Hale
B) William Cullen Bryant
C) James Fenimore Cooper
D) Washington Irving

Question 50

In his Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, David Walker told his readers that __________.

A) most slaves were happy with their lot in life
B) integration was impossible in America
C) American blacks would be happier in Africa
D) slaves were ready to die for freedom

Question 51

Which of the following was true of the Book of Mormon?

A) Joseph Smith claimed it was written by an ancient Native American historian.
B) It was accepted by most Protestants as an authentic revelation.
C) It was discovered by Brigham Young.
D) It instructed the Mormons to leave their homes and go to Utah.

Question 52

Why was the question of Missouri's admission to the Union controversial? How was the controversy resolved?

Question 53

How did free black communities in the North respond to the challenges of segregation and discrimination in the first three decades of the nineteenth century?

Question 54

What were the core values of early American Victorianism?