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CHAPTER 8:
1.
What beliefs did Thomas Jefferson hold?
- High taxes, standing armies, and corruption could destroy American liberty by turning
government into the master rather than the servant of the people.
2.
Why did Thomas Jefferson favor sovereignty of state government over the federal
government?
- He believed that state government was more responsive to popular will.
3.
Who did Thomas Jefferson believe were the most vigilant and virtuous people?
- Educated farmers.
4.
How did President Jefferson plan to reverse what he perceived to be a drift toward despotism
that had occurred in the 1790s?
- By eliminating the national debt, thereby reducing the need for taxes.
5.
What were President Jefferson's policies of cutting federal expenses?
- He bribed the Barbary pirates rather than fighting them. (NOT)
- He cut the federal debt.
- He repealed many taxes.
- He reduced the size of the army.
- He closed various American embassies in Europe.
6.
What naval actions did President Jefferson advocate against the Barbary pirates and why?
- Because he believed that waging war would be less expensive than paying tribute.
7.
In President Jefferson's view, what did the Judiciary Act of 1801 demonstrate?
- The Federalists were trying to make the judiciary their stronghold.
8.
What is the significance of the Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison?
- The Supreme Court had the authority to determine the constitutionality of a law.
9.
What did the 1823 Monroe Doctrine argue?
- European countries could no longer establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
10. Why did President Jefferson consider French ownership of Louisiana unacceptable?
- All of these choices.
- The French might join forces with the British and endanger American security.
- Ownership by a weaker nation than France offered more possibilities for the US.
- French ownership interfered with Jefferson’s dream of an empire of liberty.
- If the French quarreled with the British, the US might find itself caught in the middle.
11. How would you accurately describes the War of 1812?
- The Battle of New Orleans enabled Americans to win generous terms in the Treaty of Ghent.
(NOT)
12. Why did Jefferson overcome his doubts about the constitutionality of the Louisiana
Purchase?
- He decided that a guarantee of land for American farmers was more important than a
constitutional principle.
13. What were President Jefferson's reasons to authorize the Lewis and Clark expedition?
- Advance scientific knowledge.
14. What were the results of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
- All of these choices.
- Stimulation of interest in the West.
- New geographic information.
- New scientific information.
- Tall tales about gigantic Indians and a mountain of salf.
15. What did the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution require?
- There had to be separate ballots in the electoral college for the presidency and vice presidency.
16. What was the main issue that led to the "Missouri Compromise"?
- Maintaining the balance between slave states and free states.
17. How effective was the 1807 Embargo Act?
- It severely hurt the American economy and had little influence on foreign countries.
18. What was the main thrust of John Quincy Adams's foreign policy?
- To secure American borders and strengthen the peace with Great Britain.
19. What were the terms of the Non-Intercourse Act?
- America would trade with all nations except Britain and France and would restore trade with
either nation if it ceased to violate neutral rights.
20. What did Thomas Jefferson believed that the U.S. army should be and do?
- Be reduced in size in order to save money.
21. Where did William Henry Harrison's forces defeat the Shawnee Indians?
- Battle of Tippecanoe.
22. What did you learn about the Missouri Compromise? (There will be two questions for
Missouri Compromise).
Which of these is not a true statement about the Missouri Compromise?
- The Missouri Compromise favored the North. (NOT)
- The agreement prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the Missouri
boundary.
- It prevented sectional divisions from turning violent.
- Missouri's decision to ban free blacks forced Henry Clay to negotiate a new agreement, the
Second Missouri Compromise.
- It almost fell apart right after it was passed.
Which of the following statements about the "Missouri Compromise" is not accurate?
- Slavery in the Upper South was to be phased out by 1853. (NOT)
- The controversy signaled that the main source of sectional conflict in future decades would be
the slavery issue.
- Maine was admitted as a free state.
- Slavery was prohibited in the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36
30'.
- Missouri was admitted as a slave state.
23. What were the reasons that the United States went to war with Great Britain in 1812?
- New England merchants wanted the government to protect their shipping. (NOT)
- An economic recession affected the South and the West after 1808.
- President Madison’s believed that Britain wished to eliminate the US as an economic rival/
- Many Americans believed that British policy was damaging America’s economy.
- Britain was impressing American sailors and violating American neutral rights.
24. What did you learn about the Treaty of Ghent?
- It ended British impressment of American sailors. (NOT DO)
- It provided for no territorial gain or loss for the US.
- It restored the status quo antebellum.
- It referred boundary issue to a joint commission.
- It ended the War of 1812.
25. What ideas were proposed at the Hartford Convention?
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- The Constitution should be amended to allow the president to declare war without
congressional approval. (NOT)
- The president should be limited to a single term.
- There should be a prohibition against two successive presidents from the same state.
- Embargoes lasting more than 60 days should be illegal.
- The United States should abolish the Constitution's three-fifths clause.
26. Who helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific?
- Sacajawea.
27. What did the Supreme Court decide in the McCulloch v. Maryland?
- Federal power superseded state power; states could not interfere with the federal government
exercising its power.
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CHAPTER 9:
1.
What were the developments that took place in the United States after the War of 1812?
- Slowing of economic growth. (NOT)
- Improvements in transportation.
- Growth of interregional trade and migration.
- Growth of towns.
- Massive uprooting of Native American populations.
2.
What was the direction of the population movement that took place between 1790 and 1840?
- From the Atlantic coast to the areas west of the Appalachians (the Old Northwest and
Southwest).
3.
How did Samuel Slater transform American economic life?
- He helped design and built the country's first cotton mill.
4.
What did you learn about the women who worked in the new mills in Lowell and Waltham?
- Regarded the opportunity to work as a chance to improve their lives.
5.
Which were the characteristics of the typical pioneer settlers?
- They were wild and restless individualists. (NOT)
- They tended to cluster with people who hailed from the same region back east.
- They sought stability and security.
- They craved sociability.
- They migrated as families.
6.
As pioneers moved westward between 1790 and 1820, where did they tend to settle?
- They tended to settle along rivers and with people from the same region back East.
7.
Why was Alexis de Tocqueville interested in visiting the United States?
- To investigate American democracy.
8.
What did the Supreme Court decide in the Worcester v. Georgia case?
- The Cherokee Nation was a distinct political community and entitled to federal protection from
Georgia’s claims.
9.
What impact did the Erie Canal have on New York City?
- It turned New York into the nation's largest city.
10. What was a major agricultural product of the Old Southwest?
Which of the following commodities was a major agricultural product of the Old Southwest?
- Cotton.
11. What unintended consequence did the Embargo Act of 1807 produce?
- It stimulated merchants to invest their capital into domestic factories.
12. Which conclusion did Americans draw from the Panic of 1819?
- American industries had to be protected against foreign competition. (NOT)
- Farmers had become dependent on distant markets over which they had little control.
- Banks could not be trusted.
- Farmers had become entrepreneurs.
- Land speculation could be financially risky.
13. What did you learn about early American steamboats?
- Became ornate and luxurious.
14. What was the first major canal project in the United States?
- The Erie Canal.
15. What was one of the major changes that took place in American towns and cities between
1820 and 1860?
- Towns grew rapidly, especially in the West.
16. The Waltham and Lowell textile mills were more advanced than the mills established by
Samuel Slater unlike the Slater mills. Why?
- They produced finished fabrics.
17. Why did New England become America's first industrial region?
- Because it had a surplus of young women to work in the mills.
18. What was the economic status of most people in antebellum America?
- Middling.
19. What did the intense antebellum criticism of lawyers, physicians, ministers, and other
professionals indicate about America?
- Americans were inclined to question authority.
20. What marriage patterns occur in the antebellum period?
- Fewer couples had lengthy engagements. (NOT?)
21. What was the doctrine of “separate spheres”?
- Many Antebellum Americans believed that men were to dominate worldly pursuits, while
women would gain power in the home via their moral influence.
22. During the antebellum period, what happened to the birthrate among native-born white
women?
- It declined.
23. What conclusions did Alexis de Tocqueville reach about American society?
- Americans were very compliant when it came to taking orders. (NOT)
- There was more equality of condition in America than in France.
- Some white Americans were rich and others poor.
- Many blacks were enslaved.
- American citizens thought that they were equal to each other.
24. During the pre-Civil War period, what did the shift from vertical to horizontal allegiances
signify?
- A move away from hierarchical relationships to those that were more egalitarian and/or
socially-driven.
CHAPTER 10:
1.
What was the dispute in the 1830s Nullification Crisis?
- South Carolina argued that a state had a right to override a federally-enacted tariff.
2.
What did you learn about the American political system during the antebellum period?
- Became more democratic.
3.
What made Mormonism unique among Christian religions?
- It placed America at the center of religious history.
4.
Why did President Jackson veto the bill that would have provided funding for a road in
Kentucky?
- He opposed federal funding of internal improvements that were purely local in character.
5.
Which section of the country tended to oppose tariffs?
- South.
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6.
What did President Jackson do/believe in his "war" on the Bank of the United States?
- Removed federal deposits from the Bank of the United States and deposited them in state
banks.
7.
What is the difference between "hard money" and "soft money"?
- Hard money is specie like gold and silver, while soft money is paper.
8.
What did you learn about the Second Great Awakening?
- Its greatest strength was in cities and factory towns. (NOT)
- It often proclaimed that the Second Coming of Jesus was near.
- Ordinary farmers and artisans were the most popular evangelists.
- It was typified by the rise of the camp meeting.
- Methodists were one of the most influential denominations.
9.
Why was the 1824 presidential election unique?
- John Quincy Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives.
10. In the late 1830s and early 1840s, what group believed that the end of the world was
imminent?
- Millerites.
11. President Van Buren advocated the creation of the Independent Treasury. Why?
- He argued it would help to keep federal money out of the grasp of business corporations.
12. What was the main cause of the great increase in the popular vote between the 1836 and
1840 presidential elections?
- Higher voter turnout.
13. What did the members of the Oneida Community advocate?
- Communal ownership of property, and "complex marriages" in which every member of the
community was married to every other member of the other sex.
14. Why is Dorothea Dix famous?
- She campaigned for better treatment of the mentally handicapped.
15. Which sect believed that Jesus was not divine but merely an exemplary human being?
- Unitarians.
16. Why was the journal The Liberator significant?
- Because it was a journal that publicized the abolitionist cause.
17. What did The Shakers believe in?
- Christian socialism pooling their lands and implements was the route of prosperity.
18. What made William Lloyd Garrison the most famous and controversial white abolitionist?
- He called for the immediate emancipation of and full equality for all slaves.
19. Charles Finney is often considered the "father of modern revivalism". Why?
- Because he introduced special revival techniques and reached out to all Protestant
Denominations.
20. How did attitudes toward poverty and crime change in the antebellum era?
- New theories held that poor home environments, lack of discipline and bad parenting were the
cause of rising poverty and crime.
21. Where did women hold their first national women's rights convention in 1848?
- Seneca Falls, New York.
22. How did Joseph Smith presented the Book of Mormon?
- A record of ancient American Christians, translated from golden plates that had been buried
near Palmyra, New York.
Question 2
Which section of the country tended to oppose tariffs? (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. South
b. Middle Atlantic
c. West
d. New England
e. Pacific Coast
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The correct answer is: South
Question 3
What was one of the purposes of the lyceum lectures? (Lyceum
)
Select one:
a. They were designed to prevent the working class from spending their free time in
saloons.
b. They were designed to introduce controversial topics.
c. They were designed to spread and popularize knowledge and self-improvement.
d. They were designed to stimulate interest in gambling.
e. They were designed to teach Americans how to paint.
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The correct answer is: They were designed to spread and popularize knowledge and
self-improvement.
Question 5
What is the difference between "hard money" and "soft money"? (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. Hard money is more difficult to acquire.
b. Soft money is issued for only a specified number of months.
c. Hard money has no value, while soft money increases in value.
d. Soft money was usually easy to find, but only the elite had access to hard money.
e. Hard money is specie like gold or silver, while soft money is paper.
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The correct answer is: Hard money is specie like gold or silver, while soft money is
paper.
Question 7
Why did President Jackson veto the bill that would have provided funding for a road in
Kentucky? (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. He opposed federal funding of internal improvements that were purely local in
character.
b. He preferred to support steamboat lines.
c. The governor of Kentucky objected to the road.
d. The bill did not provide enough money for his own state.
e. He believed it would benefit his political opponents rather than his own party.
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The correct answer is: He opposed federal funding of internal improvements that were
purely local in character.
Question 8
Why was the 1824 presidential election unique? (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. It was the first election involving party politics.
b. Large-scale fraud and deception plagued the election.
c. The Senate had to select the winner after no candidate won over half the electoral
vote.
d. John Quincy Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives.
e. John Quincy Adams won over 75% of the popular vote.
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The correct answer is: John Quincy Adams was elected president by the House of
Representatives.
Question 9
Charles Finney is often considered the "father of modern revivalism" because he (Ch.
10)
Select one:
a. focused on the miraculous work of God and the lack of human agency.
b. believed man was inherently sinful; therefore, all men needed to hear him preach.
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c. established a university to train itinerant ministers.
d. led more than 100,000 people to give professions of faith in Jesus Christ.
e. introduced special revival techniques and reached out to all Protestant
denominations.
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The correct answer is: introduced special revival techniques and reached out to all
Protestant denominations.
Question 13
In his "war" on the Bank of the United States, President Jackson (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. closed all branches of the Bank of the United States
b. announced that all national fiscal policy would be made by the secretary of the
treasury
c. banned the use of specie in business transactions
d. removed federal deposits from the Bank of the United States and deposited them in
state banks
e. forced the nation to adopt a paper money system
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The correct answer is: removed federal deposits from the Bank of the United States
and deposited them in state banks
Question 14
What was the dispute in the 1830s Nullification Crisis? (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. Virginia argued that Congress could not regulate trade on rivers or lakes.
b. Massachusetts asserted that state laws took precedence over federal legislation.
c. New York demanded that the larger states be given more senators than small states
d. South Carolina argued that a state had the right to override a federally-enacted tariff.
e. The New England states claimed that they could secede from the Union if they
desired.
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The correct answer is: South Carolina argued that a state had the right to override a
federally-enacted tariff.
Question 15
In the late 1830s and early 1840s, what group believed that the end of the world was
imminent? (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. Masons
b. Mormons
c. Millerites
d. Reformers
e. Oneidans
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The correct answer is: Millerites
Question 16
Members of the Oneida Community advocated (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. spiritual renewal through silent meditation.
b. separate living quarters for men and women.
c. manufacturing and the capital labor system.
d. the development of utopian communities based on unlimited freedoms.
e. communal ownership of property, and "complex marriages" in which every member
of the community was married to every other member of the other sex.
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The correct answer is: communal ownership of property, and "complex marriages" in
which every member of the community was married to every other member of the other
sex.
Question 17
What made Mormonism unique among Christian religions? (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. It saw Columbus's voyage as divinely inspired.
b. It regarded interracial marriage as a way to convert Indians and African Americans.
c. All of these choices.
d. It elevated the Old Testament over the New Testament.
e. It placed America at the center of religious history.
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The correct answer is: It placed America at the center of religious history.
Question 19
During the antebellum period, the American political system (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. collapsed.
b. came under the control of a business elite.
c. came to look more and more like the British system.
d. became more democratic.
e. fragmented into a multiple-party system.
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The correct answer is: became more democratic.
Question 20
Joseph Smith presented the Book of Mormon as (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. a proclamation from God to abolish slavery or face destruction
b. a record of ancient American Christians, translated from golden plates that had been
buried near Palmyra, New York.
c. the platform for a future American political party
d. an analysis of capital accumulation and an inevitable class struggle
e. a blueprint for establishing a promised land in northern Canada
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The correct answer is: a record of ancient American Christians, translated from golden
plates that had been buried near Palmyra, New York.
Question 22
The Liberator was significant because it was a journal that (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. criticized the exploitation of the worker in northern factories.
b. stressed the need for compromise between the North and the South.
c. publicized the abolitionist cause.
d. presented a Marxist interpretation of labor.
e. presented both sides of the slavery debate
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The correct answer is: publicized the abolitionist cause.
Question 23
Women hold their first national women's rights convention in 1848 at (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. Cambridge, Massachusetts
b. Norwich, Vermont
c. Seneca Falls, New York
d. New Haven, Connecticut
e. Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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The correct answer is: Seneca Falls, New York
Question 24
What made William Lloyd Garrison the most famous and controversial white
abolitionist? (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. He insisted that all slaveholders be fined and jailed.
b. He encouraged slaves to flee their owners and escape to freedom.
c. He demanded an end to the internal slave trade.
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d. He developed a plan to round up all the slaves and create a new colony for them in
Africa.
e. He called for the immediate emancipation of and full equality for all slaves.
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The correct answer is: He called for the immediate emancipation of and full equality for
all slaves
.
Question 27
President Van Buren advocated the creation of the Independent Treasury because, he
argued, it would (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. help to keep federal money out of the hands of state politicians.
b. determine which state banks would receive federal deposits.
c. help to keep federal money out of the grasp of business corporations.
d. abolish state banks.
e. allow banks to operate with less government interference.
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The correct answer is: help to keep federal money out of the grasp of business
corporations.
Question 29
The Shakers believed that (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. Christian socialism pooling their land and implements was the route to prosperity.
b. materialism was the surest route to heaven.
c. absolute immobility was necessary for religious ecstasy.
d. men could have multiple wives.
e. free love would produce a perfect society.
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The correct answer is: Christian socialism pooling their land and implements was the
route to prosperity.
Question 30
Which of the following was not one of the characteristics of the Second Great
Awakening? (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. It often proclaimed that the Second Coming of Jesus was near.
b. Its greatest strength was in cities and factory towns.
c. Ordinary farmers and artisans were the most popular evangelists.
d. It was typified by the rise of the camp meeting.
e. Methodists were one of the most influential denominations.
Feedback
The correct answer is: Its greatest strength was in cities and factory towns.
Why is Dorothea Dix famous? (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. She trained women immigrants to read and write.
b. She campaigned for better treatment of the mentally handicapped.
c. She was a presidential candidate.
d. She was the leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
e. She was an advocate for helping battered women in the 1840s.
The correct answer is: She campaigned for better treatment of the mentally handicapped.
How did attitudes toward poverty and crime change in the antebellum era? (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. All of these choices.
b. Americans began to believe that there was no way to reform criminals.
c. Reformers blamed most of these problems on the rise of the factory system.
d. New theories held that poor home environments, lack of discipline and bad parenting were
the cause of rising poverty and crime.
e. People believed that innate sinfulness caused poverty and led to a life of crime.
The correct answer is: New theories held that poor home environments, lack of discipline and
bad parenting were the cause of rising poverty and crime.
Which sect believed that Jesus was not divine but merely an exemplary human being? (Ch.10)
Select one:
a. Mormons
b. Unitarians
c. Millerites
d. Perfectionists
e. Revivalists
The correct answer is: Unitarians
What was the main cause of the great increase in the popular vote between the 1836 and 1840
presidential elections? (Ch. 10)
Select one:
a. Population growth
b. Increased immigration
c. None of these choices.
d. Higher voter turnout
e. Lower suffrage requirements
The correct answer is: Higher voter turnout
What was one of the purposes of the lyceum lectures? (Lyceum)
Select one:
a. They were designed to teach Americans how to paint.
b. They were designed to stimulate interest in gambling.
c. They were designed to prevent the working class from spending their free time in saloons.
d. They were designed to introduce controversial topics.
e. They were designed to spread and popularize knowledge and selfimprovement.
The correct answer is: They were designed to spread and popularize knowledge and
selfimprovement.
Hist17A- Test5- Chap8,9- Feedback
Question
1
Which of the following was not part of President Jefferson's policy of
cutting federal expenses? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. He cut the federal debt.
b. He repealed many taxes.
c. He reduced the size of the army.
d. He closed various American embassies in Europe.
e. He bribed the Barbary pirates rather than fighting them.
Feedback
The correct answer is: He bribed the Barbary pirates rather than fighting
them.
Question
2
Which of these is not a true statement about the Missouri Compromise?
(Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. The agreement prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory
north of the Missouri boundary.
b. It prevented sectional divisions from turning violent.
c. The Missouri Compromise favored the North.
d. Missouri's decision to ban free blacks forced Henry Clay to negotiate a
new agreement, the Second Missouri Compromise.
e. It almost fell apart right after it was passed.
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The correct answer is: The Missouri Compromise favored the North.
Question
3
What unintended consequence did the Embargo Act of 1807 produce?
(Ch. 9)
Select one:
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a. It forced American ship builders to develop improved technology.
b. It led to the development of a railroad connecting the cities on the
eastern seaboard.
c. It increased American trade with South America.
d. It persuaded the British to end their blockade.
e. It stimulated merchants to invest their capital into domestic factories.
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The correct answer is: It stimulated merchants to invest their capital into
domestic factories.
Question
4
What was the direction of the population movement that took place
between 1790 and 1840? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. From New England to California
b. From the Atlantic coast to the areas west of the Appalachians (the Old
Northwest and Southwest)
c. From the Pacific Northwest back to the Great Plains
d. From the Old Northwest back to New England
e. From the North to the South
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The correct answer is: From the Atlantic coast to the areas west of the
Appalachians (the Old Northwest and Southwest)
Question
5
How effective was the 1807 Embargo Act? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. None of these choices.
b. It made the British abandon the Rule of 1756.
c. It damaged Franco-American relations and led to the War of 1812.
d. It forced the French to abandon the Continental System.
e. It severely hurt the American economy and had little influence on foreign
countries.
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The correct answer is: It severely hurt the American economy and had little
influence on foreign countries.
Question
6
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the typical pioneer
settlers? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. They were wild and restless individualists.
b. They tended to cluster with people who hailed from the same region
back east.
c. They sought stability and security.
d. They craved sociability.
e. They migrated as families.
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The correct answer is: They were wild and restless individualists.
Question
7
What did the intense antebellum criticism of lawyers, physicians, ministers,
and other professionals indicate about America? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. People were becoming less religious.
b. Americans were inclined to question authority.
c. People no longer had need for doctors.
d. Professional corruption had reached new peaks.
e. Professional schools were undergoing a crisis and needed to reform
their curricula.
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The correct answer is: Americans were inclined to question authority.
Question
8
Which conclusion did Americans not draw from the Panic of 1819? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. Farmers had become dependent on distant markets over which they
had little control.
b. Banks could not be trusted.
c. Farmers had become entrepreneurs.
d. Land speculation could be financially risky.
e. American industries had to be protected against foreign competition.
Feedback
The correct answer is: American industries had to be protected against
foreign competition.
Question
9
How did President Jefferson plan to reverse what he perceived to be a drift
toward despotism that had occurred in the 1790s? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. by sending cash payments to America's foreign foes
b. by destroying the opposition Federalist Party
c. by strengthening the army to stand guard against tyrants.
d. by eliminating the national debt, thereby reducing the need for taxes.
e. by acquiring additional territory that could help to bolster American
freedom.
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The correct answer is: by eliminating the national debt, thereby reducing
the need for taxes.
Question
10
New England became America's first industrial region in part because it
had (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. a surplus of young men returning from fur trapping in the West.
b. an influx of foreign capital.
c. a commercial economy that had been devastated by trade wars.
d. a surplus of young women to work in the mills.
e. only a few rivers to interfere with transportation.
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The correct answer is: a surplus of young women to work in the mills.
Question
11
What were the terms of the Non-Intercourse Act? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. All American vessels were prohibited from leaving American ports for
foreign ports.
b. Britain and France would refrain from trading with the United States
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unless it observed proper neutrality.
c. Premarital sex became a federal offense.
d. America would refrain from trading with any nation that was at war.
e. America would trade with all nations except Britain and France and
would restore trade with either nation if it ceased to violate neutral rights.
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The correct answer is: America would trade with all nations except Britain
and France and would restore trade with either nation if it ceased to violate
neutral rights.
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Which of the following statements about the "Missouri Compromise" is not
accurate? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. The controversy signaled that the main source of sectional conflict in
future decades would be the slavery issue.
b. Maine was admitted as a free state
c. Slavery was prohibited in the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase north
of 36
30'
d. Slavery in the Upper South was to be phased out by 1853.
e. Missouri was admitted as a slave state
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The correct answer is: Slavery in the Upper South was to be phased out
by 1853.
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Which of the following beliefs did Thomas Jefferson hold? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. People should learn to serve the government rather than expecting the
government to serve the people.
b. An established church was the best bulwark against corruption.
c. To maintain order, a government had to levy substantial taxes and
maintain a sizable standing army.
d. The British parliamentary system was the surest model for Americans to
follow.
e. High taxes, standing armies, and corruption could destroy American
liberty by turning government into the master rather than the servant of the
people.
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The correct answer is: High taxes, standing armies, and corruption could
destroy American liberty by turning government into the master rather than
the servant of the people.
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What was the first major canal project in the United States? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. The Connecticut and Berkshire Canal
b. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
c. The Erie Canal
d. The Blackstone Canal
e. The Panama Canal
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The correct answer is: The Erie Canal
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What is the significance of the Supreme Court decision in Marbury v.
Madison? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. Congress did not have the power to pass laws.
b. Marbury deserved his appointment as a justice of the peace.
c. The Supreme Court had the authority to determine the constitutionality
of a law.
d. Congress cannot deny a president's nominee for a judicial appointment.
e. The Supreme Court did not have constitutional jurisdiction over this
case.
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The correct answer is: The Supreme Court had the authority to determine
the constitutionality of a law.
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During the antebellum period, what happened to the birthrate among
native-born white women? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. It rose slightly.
b. It rose dramatically.
c. It remained the same.
d. It declined.
e. None of these choices.
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The correct answer is: It declined.
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Which of the following was not one of the ideas proposed at the Hartford
Convention? (Ch. 8
)
Select one:
a. The president should be limited to a single term.
b. There should be a prohibition against two successive presidents from
the same state.
c. Embargoes lasting more than 60 days should be illegal.
d. The United States should abolish the Constitution's three-fifths clause.
e. The Constitution should be amended to allow the president to declare
war without congressional approval.
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The correct answer is: The Constitution should be amended to allow the
president to declare war without congressional approval.
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Early American steamboats (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. became ornate and luxurious.
b. were unpopular methods of transportation because they were slow and
uncomfortable.
c. took the lead in voluntary safety precautions.
d. were used mainly on the transatlantic routes, but were uneconomical in
river trade.
e. were subsidized by the federal government.
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What did the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution require? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. There could be no more than two candidates for president and vice
president.
b. The vice president and president had to belong to the same political
party.
c. There had to be separate ballots in the electoral college for the
presidency and vice presidency.
d. Presidents were to be limited to two consecutive terms in office.
e. A tie in the vote for the presidency had to be settled in a second
election.
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The correct answer is: There had to be separate ballots in the electoral
college for the presidency and vice presidency.
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Why did Thomas Jefferson favor sovereignty of state government over the
federal government? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. He believed that state government was more responsive to popular will.
b. He feared that the federal government would provide financial
assistance to manufacturers, leaving the states to subsidize family farms.
c. He knew that the opposition Federalist party still dominated the federal
government.
d. He wanted the states to be free to build new cities.
e. He believed that the federal government was not yet strong enough.
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The correct answer is: He believed that state government was more
responsive to popular will.
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Why did Jefferson overcome his doubts about the constitutionality of the
Louisiana Purchase? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
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a. He found a passage in the Constitution that mentioned the purchase of
territory.
b. He realized that he would lose the next election without the additional
votes from Louisiana.
c. All of these choices.
d. He decided that a guarantee of land for American farmers was more
important than a constitutional principle.
e. An amendment was ratified permitting territorial acquisition.
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The correct answer is: He decided that a guarantee of land for American
farmers was more important than a constitutional principle.
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22
Who helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. Tecumseh
b. Black Hawk
c. Sacajawea
d. Pocahontas
e. Red Eagle
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The correct answer is: Sacajawea
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In McCulloch v. Maryland, what did the Supreme Court declare? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. Congress lacked the power to charter a national bank.
b. Federal power superseded state power; states could not interfere with
the federal government exercising its power.
c. A college had a right to a charter.
d. The Supreme Court had the power to declare an act of the federal
government unconstitutional.
e. The state of Maryland was superior to the United States.
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The correct answer is: Federal power superseded state power; states
could not interfere with the federal government exercising its power.
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What impact did the Erie Canal have on New York City? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. It turned New York into the nation's largest city.
b. It caused New York to build a new bureaucratic structure to manage the
canal.
c. It enabled immigrants arriving in New York to move South much quicker.
d. It forced New York to support other canal projects.
e. It affect New York very little since the canal was connected to Boston.
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The correct answer is: It turned New York into the nation's largest city.
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The main issue that led to the "Missouri Compromise" was (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. maintaining the balance between slave states and free states.
b. federal aid to Mississippi River steamboats..
c. the need to maintain a balance between agricultural states and industrial
states.
d. the lack of a provision in the Constitution for admission of new states
into the Union.
e. how to quietly end the embargo that was destroying the New England
economy.
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The correct answer is: maintaining the balance between slave states and
free states.
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During the pre-Civil War period, the shift from vertical to horizontal
allegiances signified: (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. The end of the nuclear family
b. Greater equality between men and women
c. All of the choices.
d. The decline of religious influence in people's lives
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e. A move away from hierarchical relationships to those that were more
egalitarian and/or socially-driven
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The correct answer is: A move away from hierarchical relationships to
those that were more egalitarian and/or socially-driven
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The doctrine of "separate spheres" suggested that many Antebellum
Americans believed that (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. Indians and Americans of European ancestry should be allowed to live
in separate regions of the country.
b. moral issues should be determined by the church, while economic
issues should be determined by the family.
c. men were to dominate worldly pursuits, while women would gain power
in the home via their moral influence.
d. children and parents should not mingle.
e. business affairs were best conducted in the factory and the office, and
workers had no role in making decisions.
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The correct answer is: men were to dominate worldly pursuits, while
women would gain power in the home via their moral influence.
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Which of the following commodities was a major agricultural product of the
Old Southwest? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. Corn
b. Apples
c. Cotton
d. Oranges
e. Wheat
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The correct answer is: Cotton
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Who did Thomas Jefferson believe were the most vigilant and virtuous
people? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. African-American slaves
b. Educated farmers
c. Factory workers
d. Indians
e. City dwellers
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The correct answer is: Educated farmers
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How did Samuel Slater transform American economic life? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. He organized the first joint-stock company in American history.
b. He helped design and built the country's first cotton mill.
c. He introduced the assembly line system to factories.
d. He integrated the steam engine with the factory production process.
e. He proposed the use of immigrants as a labor supply.
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The correct answer is: He helped design and built the country's first cotton
mill.
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Thomas Jefferson believed that the U.S. army should (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. be increased in size in order to be able to compete with any military in the world.
b. remain the same size as he inherited it.
c. be reduced in size in order to save money.
d. be increased in size to help manage the country's new territory.
e. be disbanded and that the country should rely on militia for protection.
The correct answer is: be reduced in size in order to save money.
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What was the main thrust of John Quincy Adams's foreign policy? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. to secure American borders and strengthen the peace with Great Britain.
b. to encourage European involvement in keeping peace in the Western Hemisphere.
c. to isolate the United States from the rest of the world by prohibiting immigrants and foreign
goods.
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d. to militarize the Great Lakes for security.
e. to conquer commercial rivals by military means.
The correct answer is: to secure American borders and strengthen the peace with Great Britain.
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What was the economic status of most people in antebellum America? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. Destitute
b. Wealthy
c. Upper class
d. Middling
e. Bankrupt
The correct answer is: Middling
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Which of the following statements does not accurately describes the War of 1812? (Ch.
8)
Select one:
a. It was militarily indecisive but left the U.S. as a major power.
b. The Battle of New Orleans enabled Americans to win generous terms in the Treaty of Ghent.
c. Because of Captain Perry's victory at PutinBay the British abandoned Lake Erie.
d. Americans launched a series of unsuccessful attacks on Canada.
e. It occurred even though Great Britain had decided to seek peace prior to the U.S. declaration
war.
The correct answer is: The Battle of New Orleans enabled Americans to win generous terms in
the Treaty of Ghent.
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What was the first major canal project in the United States? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. The Blackstone Canal
b. The Erie Canal
c. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
d. The Panama Canal
e. The Connecticut and Berkshire Canal
The correct answer is: The Erie Canal
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Which of the following changes in marriage patterns did not occur in the antebellum
period? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. Young people had greater control over courtship and marriage.
b. More women married out of birth order.
c. More women chose not to marry.
d. Romantic love had a greater role in marriage decisions.
e. Fewer couples had lengthy engagements.
The correct answer is: Fewer couples had lengthy engagements.
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The women who worked in the new mills in Lowell and Waltham (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. tended to marry later in life to men who were less affluent.
b. regarded the opportunity to work as a chance to improve their lives.
c. saw themselves as part of a permanent working class.
d. comprised 30 percent of the workers in textile mills by 1830.
e. considered factory work a stepping stone to careers and lifelong independence.
The correct answer is: regarded the opportunity to work as a chance to improve their lives
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Which of the following was not a reason the United States went to war with Great Britain
in 1812? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. President Madison's believed that Britain wished to eliminate the United States as an
economic rival.
b. An economic recession affected the South and West after 1808.
c. New England merchants wanted the government to protect their shipping.
d. Britain was impressing American sailors and violating American neutral rights.
e. Many Americans believed that British policy was damaging America's economy.
The correct answer is: New England merchants wanted the government to protect their
shipping.
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In Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. was bound by state laws.
b. was not protected by the Constitution.
c. was a distinct political community and entitled to federal protection from Georgia's claims.
d. could sue individuals but not the state government.
e. was subject to federal but not state laws.
The correct answer is: was a distinct political community and entitled to federal protection from
Georgia's claims.
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The 1823 Monroe Doctrine argued that European countries (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. had to withdraw from their colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
b. should sell their colonies in the Western Hemisphere to the United States.
c. could no longer establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
d. needed to develop plans to liberate their colonies.
e. needed to focus their colonial ambitions on Asia.
The correct answer is: could no longer establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
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As pioneers moved westward between 1790 and 1820, where did they tend to settle?
(Ch. 9)
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Select one:
a. They tended to settle along railroad lines where they could meet new people
b. They tended to settle along rivers and with people from the same region back East
c. They tended to settle in large urban areas where jobs were available
d. They tended to settle on lakes and ponds away from other human society
e. They tended to settle in desolate plains or isolated forests, as far from other settlers as
possible
The correct answer is: They tended to settle along rivers and with people from the same region
back East
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Where did William Henry Harrison's forces defeat the Shawnee Indians? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. Battle of New Orleans
b. Battle of Fallen Timbers
c. Battle of Lake Erie
d. Battle of Queenston
e. Battle of Tippecanoe
The correct answer is: Battle of Tippecanoe
Why did President Jefferson consider French ownership of Louisiana unacceptable? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. All of these choices
b. Ownership by a weaker nation than France offered more possibilities for the United States.
c. French ownership interfered with Jefferson's dream of an empire of liberty.
d. The French might join forces with the British and endanger American security.
e. If the French quarreled with the British, the United States might find itself caught in the
middle.
The correct answer is: All of these choices
In President Jefferson's view, what did the Judiciary Act of 1801 demonstrate? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. John Marshall had to be impeached.
b. The federal government needed to be overhauled.
c. The Constitutional Convention had been wrong in not describing the federal judiciary in
greater detail.
d. The Republican party would be able to dominate all branches of the federal government.
e. The Federalists were trying to make the judiciary their stronghold.
The correct answer is: The Federalists were trying to make the judiciary their stronghold.
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President Jefferson advocated naval action against the Barbary pirates because he
believed that ( Ch.8)
Select one:
a. it was essential to turn public attention away from domestic difficulties.
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b. American prestige in Europe needed a boost.
c. Americans wanted war
d. he would gain political support because most of the nation's naval facilities were in areas
where his party was strong.
e. waging war would be less expensive than paying tribute.
The correct answer is: waging war would be less expensive than paying tribute.
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The Waltham and Lowell textile mills were more advanced than the mills established by
Samuel Slater because they, unlike the Slater mills, produced (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. sheets of cloth.
b. yarn.
c. colored cloth.
d. finished fabrics.
e. multilayered cloth.
The correct answer is: finished fabrics.
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President Jefferson's main reason authorizing the Lewis and Clark expedition was to
(Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. beat the Russians to the coast of the Pacific Northwest and thereby have a claim on the
Oregon territory.
b. promote American business
c. Christianize the Indians
d. convince skeptics of the value of the territory.
e. advance scientific knowledge.
The correct answer is: advance scientific knowledge.
The Lewis and Clark expedition produced which of the following results? (Ch. 8)
Select one:
a. New geographic information.
b. Stimulation of interest in the West
c. All of these choices.
d. New scientific information
e. Tall tales about gigantic Indians and a mountain of salt
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Why was Alexis de Tocqueville interested in visiting the United States? (Ch. 9)
Select one:
a. To find a location where he could hide from the French secret police
b. To help establish a cotton mill in Waltham
c. To investigate the causes of the long economic depression that had caused so much hardship in
the new nation
d. To demonstrate that American society was teetering on collapse and headed for another
revolution
e. To investigate American democracy
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The correct answer is: To investigate American democracy
Which of the following was not one of the developments that took place in the United States
after the War of 1812? (Ch. 9)
a.
Slowing of economic growth
b.
Improvements in transportation
c.
Massive uprooting of Native American populations
d.
Growth of towns.
e.
Growth of interregional trade and westward migration
1.
Which of the following was not one of the conclusions that Alexis de Tocqueville reached
about American society? (Ch. 9)
a.
Americans were very compliant when it came to taking orders.
b.
Many blacks were enslaved. Some white Americans were rich and others poor.
c.
American citizens thought that they were equal to each other.
d.
There was more equality of condition in America than in France.
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2. What did the Treaty of Ghent not do? (Ch. 8)
a.
It provided for no territorial gain or loss for the United States.
b.
It restored the status quo antebellum.
c.
It referred boundary issues to a joint commission.
d.
It ended British impressment of American sailors.
e.
It ended the War of 1812.
3. What was one of the major changes that took place in American towns and cities between
1820 and 1860? (Ch. 9)
a.
Cities tended to grow up on the open plains of the West.
b.
River cities rose to prominence while lake cities declined.
c.
Eastern cities declined, as more people moved to the West.
d.
Towns grew rapidly, especially in the West.
e.
Western towns declined as more people moved to farms.
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