History 011 - US History to 1877 » Spring 2022 » Quiz 9

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Question #1
The major application for steamboats transporting freight and passengers in the United States was on
A.   western and southern rivers.
B.   the Gulf of Mexico.
C.   New England streams.
D.   the Great Lakes.
E.   coastal waterways.
Question #2
With the demise of the Federalist party
A.   the Whig party rose to take its place.
B.   the Democratic-Republicans established one-party rule.
C.   little political trouble ensued.
D.   another party arose Very quickly to take its place.
E.   sectionalism disappeared.
Question #3
In McCulloch v. Maryland, Cohens v. Virginia, and Gibbons v. Ogden, Chief Justice Marshall's rulings limited the extent of
A.   federalism.
B.   constitutionalism.
C.   judicial review.
D.   federal authority.
E.   states' rights.
Question #4
As part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Missouri was admitted as a slave state, but was balanced by the admission of what new free state?
A.   Virginia
B.   Maryland
C.   Canada
D.   Maine
Question #5
The dramatic growth Of American cities between 1800 and 1860
A.   led to a death rate.
B.   resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities.
C.   contributed to a decline in the birthrate.
D.   created sharp political conflict between farmers and urbanites.
E.   forced the federal government to slow immigration.
Question #6
The doctrine of non-colonization in the Monroe Doctrine was
A.   applicable only to Central and South America.
B.   aimed at British efforts to gain control over Cuba.
C.   mostly a symbolic gesture of goodwill to the Latin American republics.
D.   included in the doctrine only over the opposition of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams.
E.   a response to the apparent designs of the Russians in Alaska and Oregon.
Question #7
Democratic-Republicans opposed Henry Clay's American System because
A.   they believed in low tariffs and low taxes.
B.   it would provide stiff competition to the Erie Canal.
C.   it favored only the South.
D.   they believed that it was unconstitutional.
E.   they thought it would center more control in Washington.
Question #8
The United States' most successful diplomat in the Era of Good Feelings was _______.
A.   Henry Clay
B.   Andrew Jackson
C.   John Quincy Adams
D.   Nat Tumer
Question #9
The Treaty of 1818 with England
A.   called for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon country by both American citizens and British subjects.
B.   formally recognized America's earlier conquest of West Florida.
C.   granted Canada exclusive use of Newfoundland fisheries.
D.   saw the United States forced to give up its tariffs on British goods.
E.   used the watershed of the Missouri River to define the United States' border with Canada as far west as the Rocky Mountains.
Question #10
The Tariff of 1816 was the first in American history
A.   designed to protect Southern agriculture.
B.   that aimed to protect American industry.
C.   to impose taxes on American goods.
D.   to be enacted without the consent of Congress.
E.   intended to raise revenue.

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