Question 1

To fulfill the position of secretary of ________ in his cabinet, James Monroe ultimately chose JohnC. Calhoun.

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Question 2

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, opponents of centralization had also often been opponents of economic growth.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Was the "corrupt bargain" of 1824 really corrupt? Explain.

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Question 4

Chief Justice John Marshall strengthened the judicial branch of government at the expense of the executive and ________ branches.

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Question 5

The Monroe Doctrine was consistent with the spirit of nationalism at work in the United States during the 1820s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In the presidential election of 1824,

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A)   Andrew Jackson received the most electoral votes and became president.
B)   John Q. Adams received the second-most electoral votes and became president.
C)   Henry Clay received the fourth-most electoral votes and became president.
D)   William Crawford received the most electoral votes, but died before a president was chosen.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

American forces during the War of 1812 made good use of a powerful new American transportation system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Supreme Court ruled in Johnson v. McIntosh (1823)  that

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A)   individual Americans had the right to buy land from Indian tribes.
B)   Indians had all the rights and protections afforded to U.S. citizens.
C)   the federal government had no right to take lands from tribes.
D)   the laws of the United States invalidated all Indian rights.
E)   Indians had a basic right to their tribal lands.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

By 1820, American steam-powered shipping

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A)   carried more cargo on the Mississippi than all other forms of river transport combined.
B)   increased the transport of manufactured goods westward.
C)   stimulated agriculture in both the West and the South.
D)   had reached as far up the Ohio River as Pittsburgh.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 10

In the early nineteenth century, the westward movement of white Americans was encouraged by all of the following EXCEPT for

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A)   the exhaustion of agricultural lands in the East.
B)   the spread of the plantation system in the South.
C)   the federal government's policy toward Indian tribes in the West.
D)   the lure of mineral mining in the mountainous regions of the West.
E)   the expansion of a slave labor in the South.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

What effect did the Marshall Court have on the legal status of Indian tribes?

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Question 12

The first American mill to carry on the processes of spinning and weaving under a single roof was located in

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A)   Boston, Massachusetts.
B)   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
C)   Newport, Rhode Island.
D)   Springfield, Massachusetts.
E)   Waltham, Massachusetts.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

According to the terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, the United States surrendered its claims to ________.

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Question 14

The Marshall Court strengthened the federal government at the expense of the states.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

President Madison believed that federal funding of internal improvements required a constitutional amendment.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Prior to becoming president, James Monroe had

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A)   served as secretary of state.
B)   been vice president.
C)   explored the western frontier.
D)   fought in the War of 1812.
E)   switched political parties.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 17

The representative from New York who proposed an 1819 amendment prohibiting slavery in Missouri was

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A)   Rufus King.
B)   James Tallmadge Jr.
C)   Henry Clay.
D)   John C. Calhoun.
E)   John Jacob Astor.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

How did the United States government attempt to stimulate economic growth during the early nineteenth century?

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Question 19

What effect did the Missouri Compromise have on the sectional conflict in the United States? Why was it only a temporary solution to a growing conflict?

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Question 20

During the presidential campaign of 1828,

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A)   Republicans were able to effectively unite.
B)   President Adams was accused of adultery.
C)   Andrew Jackson was labeled a murderer.
D)   the major election issue was the Bank of the United States.
E)   John Quincy Adams gave a strong showing in the South.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

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The Monroe Doctrine was consistent with the spirit of nationalism at work in the United States during the 1820s.

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What effect did the Marshall Court have on the legal status of Indian tribes?

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American forces during the War of 1812 made good use of a powerful new American transportation system.

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The Marshall Court strengthened the federal government at the expense of the states.

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