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.   coastal waterways.
B.   western and southern rivers.
C.   the Great Lakes.
D.   the Gulf of Mexico.
E.   New England streams.
Question #2
With the demise of the Federalist party
A.   little political trouble ensued.
B.   sectionalism disappeared.
C.   another party arose Very quickly to take its place.
D.   the Democratic-Republicans established one-party rule.
E.   the Whig party rose 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.   constitutionalism.
B.   federal authority.
C.   judicial review.
D.   federalism.
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.   Canada
B.   Virginia
C.   Maryland
D.   Maine
Question #5
The dramatic growth Of American cities between 1800 and 1860
A.   resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities.
B.   led to a death rate.
C.   created sharp political conflict between farmers and urbanites.
D.   forced the federal government to slow immigration.
E.   contributed to a decline in the birthrate.
Question #6
The doctrine of non-colonization in the Monroe Doctrine was
A.   applicable only to Central and South America.
B.   included in the doctrine only over the opposition of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams.
C.   aimed at British efforts to gain control over Cuba.
D.   mostly a symbolic gesture of goodwill to the Latin American republics.
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 thought it would center more control in Washington.
B.   they believed that it was unconstitutional.
C.   they believed in low tariffs and low taxes.
D.   it would provide stiff competition to the Erie Canal.
E.   it favored only the South.
Question #8
The United States' most successful diplomat in the Era of Good Feelings was _______.
A.   Andrew Jackson
B.   John Quincy Adams
C.   Henry Clay
D.   Nat Tumer
Question #9
The Treaty of 1818 with England
A.   saw the United States forced to give up its tariffs on British goods.
B.   called for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon country by both American citizens and British subjects.
C.   formally recognized America's earlier conquest of West Florida.
D.   granted Canada exclusive use of Newfoundland fisheries.
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.   that aimed to protect American industry.
B.   designed to protect Southern agriculture.
C.   to impose taxes on American goods.
D.   intended to raise revenue.
E.   to be enacted without the consent of Congress.

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