Question 1

What was the "turnpike era," and what were its strengths and weaknesses in transportation?

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Question 2

What factors motivated Americans to engage in a westward migration in the early nineteenth century? What type of American was more likely to move into the West?

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Question 3

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) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

The Supreme Court ruling in Dartmouth College v.Woodward (1819) was a victory for

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A)  corporate contracts.
B)  the Republican Party.
C)  state government.
D)  public education.
E)  state courts.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

The increasingly traveled road between Missouri and New Mexico was called the ________.

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Question 6

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

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Question 7

On his last day in office,President James Madison influenced "internal improvements" by

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A)  generally supporting the idea of using federal funds to finance transportation construction.
B)  vetoing a bill that would have used federal funds to construct roads and canals.
C)  supporting federal financing of scientific and technological research into steam power.
D)  signing into law a bill that would have used federal funds to construct roads and canals.
E)  both supporting the idea of using federal funds to finance transportation construction and supporting federal financing of scientific and technological research into steam power.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

The inviolability of contracts was upheld in the Supreme Court case of ________.

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Question 9

After the War of 1812,it was clear that the United States needed an improved

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A)  trade policy with Europe.
B)  system of tariffs.
C)  system for selling public lands.
D)  internal transportation system.
E)  system of currency.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

In the early nineteenth century,life in the western territories was characterized by

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A)  frequent mobility of the population.
B)  a surplus of labor.
C)  the absence of community institutions.
D)  generally declining land values.
E)  frequent visits to the East for finished goods.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 11

In Worcester v.Georgia (1832) ,the Marshall Court affirmed federal authority over

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A)  individual states.
B)  all American Indian tribes.
C)  the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase.
D)  both individual states and all American Indian tribes.
E)  both American Indian tribes and the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

Compare life in the Old Northwest with life in the Old Southwest.

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Life in the Old Northwest and the Old So...

Question 13

What event prompted Spain to negotiate the sale of Florida to the United States?

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A)  the Missouri Compromise
B)  the Panic of 1819
C)  civil war in Spain
D)  the Mexican war for independence against Spain
E)  the Seminole WarF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

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 D)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

The so-called "corrupt bargain" of 1824 involved

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A)  the sale of public land to supporters of the Monroe administration.
B)  political payoffs and bribery involving the Treasury Department.
C)  illegal contracts between the State Department and private corporations.
D)  federal funds for internal improvements to certain states in exchange for electoral votes.
E)  John Quincy Adams' naming of Henry Clay as secretary of state.F) None of the above
G) All of the above

Question 16

Prior to running for the presidency in 1824,Andrew Jackson was a military man who had never held elective office.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

One cause of the Panic of 1819 was

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A)  decreased foreign demand for American agricultural goods.
B)  restrictive credit practices prior to 1819.
C)  the announcement that year that dozens of new state banks were to be chartered.
D)  new management practices within the Bank of the United States.
E)  an English embargo of American goods.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

The series of early presidents from the same state is called the ________.

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Question 19

The Missouri Compromise of 1820

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A)  extended slavery throughout the Louisiana Territory.
B)  maintained the nation's equal number of slave and free states.
C)  was roundly criticized by nationalists in the North.
D)  denied statehood for Missouri for two more years.
E)  created a northern boundary of slavery at the 42°40ʹ parallel.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 20

In the early nineteenth century,the westward movement of white Americans was encouraged by

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A)  exhausted 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)  exhausted agricultural lands in the East,the spread of the plantation system in the South,and the federal government's policy toward Indian tribes in the West.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

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The series of early presidents from the same state is called the ________.

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

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The inviolability of contracts was upheld in the Supreme Court case of ________.

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