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

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