American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 8: VARIETIES OF AMERICAN NATIONALISM

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
The Missouri crisis stood in sharp contrast to the general tone of the nation at the time because
A)it resulted in a compromise between slave and free interests at a time when these powers were locked in permanent conflict.
B)it went against the general feelings of unity and nationalism prevalent in the nation at the time.
C)it represented a significant bump in the otherwise smooth process of western settlement.
D)it led to calls for colonization of slaves at a time when support for emancipation was growing quickly.
E)All these answers are correct.
2
The Second National Bank of the United States
A)prevented state banks from issuing currency.
B)could not gain control of the industry away from state banks.
C)was essentially the same institution supported by Alexander Hamilton a generation before.
D)encountered strong opposition to its charter in Congress.
E)made counterfeiting difficult.
3
Which of the following did NOT occur after the War of 1812?
A)Commerce revived and expanded.
B)An economic boom was followed by a disastrous bust.
C)All banking was left to the states.
D)Westward expansion accelerated dramatically.
E)The federal government starting financing internal improvements.
4
After peace was restored, "infant industries" that prospered during the war
A)were strong enough to withstand British competition.
B)expanded into foreign markets.
C)were competitive with foreign markets.
D)demanded that the government protect them from foreign competition.
E)collapsed under pressure from British competition.
5
After the war, the nation's most pressing economic need was
A)access to foreign markets that were not open to commerce.
B)a trained labor force to work in complex industries.
C)a stable currency.
D)a system by which worn-out soil could be reclaimed.
E)a transportation system that would provide manufacturers access to raw materials and markets.
6
The Second Bank of the United States could deal with the nation's currency problem by
A)prohibiting state banks from issuing notes.
B)using its size and power to compel state banks to issue sound notes or go out of business.
C)using only gold and silver as currency.
D)dealing only with major land speculators.
E)regulating the issuance of state bank notes.
7
According to "nationalists" in the government, "internal improvements" should be financed by
A)a series of local, internal improvement taxes.
B)user fees or tolls.
C)the states in which the "improvements" are made.
D)private investments.
E)the national government.
8
The American "mountain men"
A)refused to consort with Mexican or Indian women.
B)were closely tied to the expanding market economy of the United States.
C)generally got to keep the bulk of their profits.
D)established towns and villages to escape the isolation of the frontier.
E)banded together to found the Rocky Mountain Fur Company.
9
The administration of President James Monroe was called the "era of good feelings" because
A)it was a time of few factional disputes and partisan divisions.
B)there were no economic depressions.
C)most Americans were content to remain where they were.
D)the national bank successfully managed the economy.
E)the slave issue was resolved.
10
The addition of Florida to the nation was due largely to
A)the military conquests of Andrew Jackson within the territory.
B)the Missouri Compromise.
C)the American cession of California to Spain.
D)the debts of the Spanish government.
E)the huge influx of American settlers into the peninsula.
11
The Black Belt was
A)the area where most blacks were settled.
B)an area of dark, rotted limestone soil that was excellent for cotton.
C)a burned-over region in upstate New York.
D)the dark swamps of southern Georgia and northern Florida.
E)the tobacco-growing region of central Georgia.
12
In the American mind of the 1820s, the Far West was seen as
A)a great desert.
B)a wooded region like the Northeast.
C)a paradise on earth.
D)rich farmland ready to be settled.
E)the solution to the relocation of displaced Indian tribes.
13
The Panic of 1819
A)brought a halt to western expansion for decades.
B)convinced the West that the national bank was a sound institution.
C)did little to change American attitudes toward growth and expansion.
D)removed the national bank as a political issue.
E)prompted large numbers of easterners to pick up and move west.
14
The Missouri crisis, which was settled by a compromise in 1820, was significant because it was a sign of sectional crisis and because it
A)revealed how strong pro-slavery attitudes were.
B)revealed how deep anti-slavery attitudes were.
C)stood in such sharp contrast to the rising American nationalism of the 1820s.
D)involved most of the major politicians of the day.
E)slowed the future admission of new states.
15
John Marshall's influence on the Supreme Court was so great that he
A)was able to get whomever he wanted appointed to the bench.
B)more than anyone other than the framers themselves molded the development of the Constitution.
C)was able to ignore the other justices.
D)could single-handedly overturn acts of Congress.
E)could ignore the Constitution.
16
The lasting significance of Gibbons v. Ogden was that it
A)opened the way for steamboat travel on the Mississippi.
B)confirmed the state's right to regulate commerce.
C)made peace between the Court and the Adams administration.
D)ruled that contracts could easily be violated.
E)freed transportation systems from restraints by the states.
17
The decisions of the Marshall Court
A)established the primacy of the federal government in regulating the economy.
B)gave strength to the doctrine of states' rights.
C)destroyed what was left of Hamiltonian federalism.
D)opened the way for an increased federal role in promoting economic growth.
E)established the primacy of the federal government in regulating the economy and opened the way for an increased federal role in promoting economic growth.
18
In its rulings concerning the Indian tribes, the Marshall Court held that
A)the national government, not the states, had authority.
B)Indians were citizens like everyone else.
C)Indians had the same status as slaves.
D)tribal lands belong to the states.
E)Indians had no rights in a court of law.
19
The Monroe Doctrine
A)allowed the United States to invade Latin American countries.
B)established American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere.
C)was completely divorced from American foreign policies in Europe.
D)had nothing to do with American domestic policies.
E)All these answers are correct.
20
The charge of a "corrupt bargain" was raised when
A)Clay supported Adams for the presidency and was appointed secretary of state.
B)Jackson promised to reward his supporters if he won.
C)Adams won with the support of southern planters.
D)the Republican caucus threw its support to Adams.
E)Adams privately promised southern Congressmen he would not opposed an all-slave westward expansion.
21
Adams's nationalistic program, which was a lot like Clay's American System, was not funded because
A)the nation could not afford it.
B)business opposed it.
C)western interests opposed it.
D)Jackson's supporters in Congress voted against it.
E)Daniel Webster opposed it and led a filibuster.
22
In his victory in 1828, Jackson drew his greatest support from the
A)South and the West.
B)New England region and the Southeast.
C)Middle Atlantic states and the Old Northwest.
D)South and the Middle Atlantic states.
E)New England and the Middle Atlantic.
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