Exam 2 Flashcards
- After winning the Revolutionary War, what was the Federal Immigration policy?
a. States determined their own immigration laws
- Which world event excited slaves in America, but caused great concern and paranoia for whites living in the South?
a. Haitian Revolution
- The Federalist Party platform desires
a. A centralized federal authority
- Which one of these is a fictional mental illness created to explain laziness among slaves?
a. Dysaesthesia Aethiopica
- Samuel Cartwright believed that skin color and human attributes could be explained by
a. Environment
- Thomas Jefferson saw Native Americans as a people that had the capability to be equal to white Americans
a. True
- Which traits best describe Republican Motherhood
a. Raising and educating your children
- The attack on the USS Chesapeake near Norfolk, Virginia prompted Thomas Jefferson to…
a. Embargo
a. Embargo
9. Which president approved the Louisiana Purchase?
a. Thomas Jefferson
- This Native American leader formed a great pan-Indian movement in the Western Great Lakes
a. Tecumseh
- The British justified their impressment of American sailors because…
a. British sailors were immigrating en masse
- The Hartford Convention of 1814 proposed…
a. Legislative reforms require 2/3 majority to change laws
- This scandal caused the collapse of the Federalist Party
a. Hartford Convention
- Americans of 1815 saw the outcome of the War of 1812 as a
a. Victory
- This technology was stolen from Britain and became a key industry of the early United States
a. The textile mill
- The War of 1812 caused a change in economic priorities for the nation by…
a. Promoting inter-state trade
- The Panics of 1819, 1837, and 1857 were caused by speculations from
a. Land, Labor, and railroads
- American printed currency during these panics are backed by…
a. Bimetals
- A confidence man is…
a. A scam artist
- This economic tool was used to inhibit imports and encourage internal economic development in the United States
a. Tariffs
- This road spanned 620 miles from Baltimore to Illinois
a. National Road
- The construction of infrastructure during the Market Revolution was done by only the federal and state governments
a. False
- The construction of railroads was heavily concentrated where?
a. North
- What is incorporation?
a. Legal recognition of businesses as individuals
- Industrialization improved the economic circumstances of most individuals
a. False
- People from these two areas of the world were immigrating to America in massive numbers
a. Ireland and Germany
- In the 1820’s politics tactics focus more on…
a. Gaining the support and backing of the people
- This federal document helped to create America’s democratic character
a. Bill of Rights
- How does the North decide to free their slaves?
a. Gradual Emancipation
- This Compromise was viewed as the means to resolve sectional politics and friction in the U.S. government
a. Missouri Compromise
- This battle during the War of 1812 received its own holiday and resulted in Andrew Jackson’s popularity
a. Battle of New Orleans
- Martin Van Buren and Andrew Jackson created this political party
a. Democratic Party
- What is the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833?
a. South Carolina’s attempt to nullify American Tariffs
- What caused people to be skeptical of the Second Bank of the United States?
a. Private shareholders
- This president served as president for 31 days before dying
a. William Henry Harrison
- This evangelist practice led to mass Methodist conversions
a. Circuit riders
- This evangelist practice led to mass Methodist conversions
a. Circuit riders
- The doctrine of Arminianism believes in freewill
a. True
- The doctrine of Calvinism believes in doing “good works”
a. False
- The Second Great Awakening introduce what practices into worship?
a. Speaking in tongues
- What jump-started the Women’s Movement in Antebellum America?
a. The 1840 World Anti-slavery convention in London
- Petit Gulf is…
a. A cotton hybrid
- Oklahoma, before it became a state, was…
a. Indian Territory
- The price of a slave was only tied to the price of cotton
a. False
- When compared to the white population of the South, black slaves made up how much of the Southern population?
a. 1/3
- This river helped to both increase the size of cities and commerce overall in the south
a. The Mississippi River
- The steam boat, New Orleans, travelled from Ohio to Louisiana
a. False
- A main facet Southern honor for men is…
a. Duels
- The Young America Movement was against the idea of Manifest Destiny
a. False
- Many of those who are anti-Manifest Destiny argued that Westward expansion would bring unwanted races of people into the country
a. True
- How many Native Americans were evicted from their homelands in the Trail of Tears?
a. 60,000-100,000
- The Indian Removal Act of 1830 gave the President the ability to…
a. Negotiate treaties with the Native American Tribes
- This piece of legislation helped to fund and establish Indian missionary schools
a. Civilization Fund Act
- This law in 1824 opened the Mexican border and offered arable land to immigrant settlers
a. Mexico’s General Colonization Law
- This president is responsible for annexing Texas and giving Texas statehood
a. John Tyler
- This president is responsible for causing the Mexican-American War
a. James K Polk
