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The Aroostook War was the result of tensions between Canada and Maine.

A) True
B) False

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In the early nineteenth century,many whites viewed Indians as "noble savages."

A) True
B) False

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In the 1830s,the Bank of the United States was opposed by


A) "soft-money" advocates.
B) "hard-money" advocates.
C) Henry Clay.
D) both "soft-money" advocates and "hard-money" advocates.
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

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In Cherokee Nation v.Georgia,the Supreme Court ruled against the Indian tribe.

A) True
B) False

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What proved to be a serious liability to Henry Clay's presidential ambitions?


A) his close connection with the Bank of the United States
B) his program for internal improvements
C) his identification with the West
D) his public drunkenness
E) his reliance on the wealthy for political support

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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In the 1830s,as a result of removal policies,the United States gained control of more than 100 million acres of Indian lands.

A) True
B) False

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In an attempt to end the nullification crisis,President Andrew Jackson in 1833


A) authorized the use of military force to see the acts of Congress were obeyed.
B) raised the "tariff of abominations."
C) threatened to arrest supporters of nullification.
D) agreed to give a larger share of federal authority to the states.
E) acceded to JohnC. Calhoun's demands.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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President Jackson vetoed the Maysville Road because the road was contained in one state and thus not part of "interstate commerce."

A) True
B) False

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The former Democrat who became president upon the death of William Henry Harrison was ________.

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As a result of the U.S.government's Indian policy in the 1830s and 1840s,


A) violence between white Americans and Indian tribes ended.
B) all Indian tribes were forced to intermingle on one large reservation.
C) new federal attempts were made to assimilate Indian tribes into white society.
D) the United States gained control of ten million acres of Indian lands.
E) nearly all American Indian societies were removed to west of the Mississippi.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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The "Trail of Tears" traveled by the Cherokees led them to the area that later became


A) Texas.
B) Oklahoma.
C) Missouri.
D) New Mexico.
E) Nevada.

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

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Andrew Jackson believed a strong federal government would lead to a strong democracy.

A) True
B) False

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The French government had requested Alexis de Tocqueville make a study of American prisons,but he quickly went far beyond the study of prisons and wrote a classic study of American life,titled ________.

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Radical Jacksonians were known as ________.

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The Daniel Webster-Robert Hayne debate of 1830 was begun by a political dispute over


A) the value of the two-party system.
B) the sale of public land.
C) slavery.
D) trade with England.
E) relations with Indian tribes.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

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William Henry Harrison


A) was, in 1840, the youngest man to win the presidency.
B) was a simple frontiersman with little money or resources to his name.
C) died before he took office.
D) was a Republican.
E) had been a soldier and Indian fighter, and was a descendant of the Virginia aristocracy.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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The Webster-Hayne debate began as a conflict over the imposition of a(n)________.

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William Morgan mysteriously disappeared shortly before he published a book that allegedly exposed the secrets of ________.

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President Martin Van Buren's "subtreasury" system


A) was a financial system to replace the Bank of the United States.
B) created a new national bank.
C) never became law.
D) quickly failed.
E) did not pass until his successor's administration.

F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

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The forced Cherokee migration on what was called the Trail of Tears ended in the territory of ________.

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