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

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