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

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