Sanders HIS 1301 T5

QUESTION 1

1. Which of the following was NOT part of the Transportation Revolution?

		A national port authority
		A canal system
		A steam-powered railroad system
		A national road

4 points   

QUESTION 2

1. What is the belief of allowing residents of territories to decide whether slavery would be permitted in their territory?

		Popular sovereignty
		The Wilmot Proviso
		The democratic process
		The Free-Soil solution

4 points   

QUESTION 3

1. Andrew Jackson is notable for his role in all of the following, EXCEPT _________.

		Indian Removal Act
		Battle of New Orleans
		The Bank War
		The Whig Party

4 points   

QUESTION 4

1. Who won the popular vote in the presidential election of 1824?

		Andrew Jackson
		John Quincy Adams
		Martin Van Buren
		Henry Clay

4 points   

QUESTION 5

1. To balance votes in the Senate, which state was admitted to the Union as a free state at the same time that Missouri was admitted as a slave state?

		Florida
		Maine
		New York
		Arkansas

4 points   

QUESTION 6

1. Which is the good description of the workers who would be employed at one of the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the early 19th century?

		Indentured servants from Great Britain working to win their freedom
		Young men who found freedom in the rowdy lifestyle of mill work
		Young farm women whose behavior was closely monitored
		Artisans who shared their knowledge in exchange for part ownership in the company

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QUESTION 7

1. As part of the presidential election of 1824, the "corrupt bargain" led to all of the following outcomes except:

		Henry Clay offering his support to John Quincy Adams in exchange for serving as his Secretary of State
		Andrew Jackson losing the 1824 election despite winning the popular votes
		Andrew Jackson allowed to use the "corrupt bargain" as a political frame for his 1828 campaign, calling it the work of the political elites
		The addition of the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution

4 points   

QUESTION 8

1. Aligning with the boom of the Industrial Revolution were various forms of amusements, like circuses promoted by Phineas Taylor Barnum, more commonly known as P. T. Barnum. Which social class was the target audience for such amusements?

		Urban working class
		Middle-class
		Planter elite from the south
		Business elite from the north

4 points   

QUESTION 9

1. Opponents of the 1832 rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States advocated against _____________.

		Small business loans
		Land grants
		Accounts for women
		Use of paper currency

4 points   

QUESTION 10

1. The only state that actively supported the theory of nullification was __________.

		Georgia
		Virginia
		South Carolina
		Maryland

4 points   

QUESTION 11

1. What was the significance of the National (Cumberland) Road?

		It gave travelers a faster way to move west.
		It reduced the time it took to move goods from New York Harbor to Lake Erie.
		It improved trade from the Port of New Orleans.
		It was the first paved road.

4 points   

QUESTION 12

1. In 1828, South Carolina threated to nullify which federal act?

		The tariff on imported goods that was designed to promote manufacturing
		The abolition of slavery
		The expansion of the transportation infrastructure
		The rotation in Jackson's administration that expelled several federal officers who were Adams loyalists

4 points   

QUESTION 13

1. Which of the following was not a factor in the transportation revolution?

		The steam-powered locomotive
		The canal system
		The combustion engine
		The government-funded road system

4 points   

QUESTION 14

1. Industrialization in northern states expanded rapidly following the ___________.

		Opening the Erie Canal
		War of 1812
		Invention of the steamboat
		Mohawk and Hudson railroad opening

4 points   

QUESTION 15

1. According to treaties signed in 1818 and 1827, with which country did the United States jointly occupy Oregon?

		Great Britain
		Spain
		Mexico
		France

QUESTION 16

Match the description with the most appropriate term.

Developed during the Industrial Revolution, this national highway provided a route from Maryland to Illinois.                                                               Often used in factories like the Lowell’s textile mills, this process broke the steps of an artisanal production into repeatable smaller steps to allow unskilled workers to perform the task.                                                               Developed during the Industrial Revolution, this artificial river connected the Hudson River, and thus New York City and the Atlantic seaboard, to the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.                                                               An economic theory that grew from critics of industrialization who advocated that the value of a product should accurately reflect the labor needed to produce it and that the profits from the sale of the goods should be equitably distributed to the workers who produced the product.                                                               Following the Land Law of 1800 that encouraged land sales in the Northwest Territory, the government created these sites where prospective landowners could buy public land from the government.

A. Erie Canal B. land offices C. labor theory of value D. Cumberland Road E. Deskilling

QUESTION 17

Match the description with the most appropriate term.

A select group of presidential supporters that highlighted the importance of party loyalty to Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party                                                               This idea was introduced as a result of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions but advocated for in response to the Tariff of 1828. The idea suggest that states could void acts of Congress at their discretion leading to the advancement of argument of states’ rights.                                                               Introduced in 1828, this federal action proposed a duty amounting to 50% of the value of the imported goods in order to help American manufacturers. However, since the South imported more goods than the North, most southerners viewed this action as unfair and harmful to the South.                                                               Following the  Worcester v. Georgia decision, this forced migration caused the deaths of thousands of members of the Five Civilized Tribes.                                                               Alexis de Tocqueville’s phrase warning of potential new dangers that could be unleashed by democracy in the United States.

A. Trail of Tears B. Tariff of Abomination C. tyranny of the majority D. Kitchen Cabinet E. nullification