Final Exam Questions Flashcards
In McCullough v. Maryland (1819), the Supreme Court confirmed the:
“implied powers” of Congress.
Artisan workers:
created the nation’s earliest trade unions.
The railroad network that developed during this period linked:
the Northeast to the Northwest.
Which of the following helped enlarge the urban population in this era?
- immigrants from Europe
- declining productivity of many eastern farms
- the growth of the population as a whole
One cause of the Panic of 1819 was:
a drop in the demand for US cotton, when English textile manufacturers began importing from India
One of the immediate results of the new transportation routes constructed during the “canal age” was:
an increased white settlement in the Northwest.
The cotton gin was invented by:
Eli Whitney.
The work of Eli Whitney:
led to the expansion of the cotton culture and slavery.
When compared to working conditions in European industries, the Lowell mills were a paradise for working women.
True
In the early eighteenth century, the American Robert Fulton:
made significant advances in steam-powered navigation.
The Marshall Court upheld the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States.
True
The South was an important part of the national railroad network.
False
The American “mountain men”:
were closely tied to the expanding market economy of the United States.
The lasting significance of Gibbons v. Ogden was that it:
defined the right of the federal government to regulate interstate commerce.
The Supreme Court ruling in Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) was a victory for:
corporate contracts.
The Black Hawk War:
occurred because Black Hawk and his followers refused to recognize a treaty by which they ceded their lands to the U.S.
The so-called “corrupt bargain” of 1824 involved:
a political deal to determine the outcome of the presidential election.
When the Bank of the United States died in 1836, the country was left with a fragmented and chronically unstable banking system.
True
In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Marshall Court ruled that:
Georgia had no right to extend its laws over Cherokee territory.
To many in 1828, the election of Andrew Jackson as president was a victory for the “common man.”
True
The “spoils system” refers to:
giving out jobs as political rewards.
In the Election of 1824, Jackson claimed he had won the election, but according to the Constitution he lost the election because:(
he did not receive the majority of the electoral college votes
Adams’s nationalistic program, which was a lot like Clay’s American System, was not funded because:
Jackson’s supporters in Congress voted against it.
During the age of Jackson, politics became open to virtually all the nation’s white male citizens.
True