MCQ Quiz

Question 1

When an image of a log cabin or hard cider pops up, what President comes to mind?

Answer 1

William Henry Harrison

Question 1

When Thomas Jefferson said in 1801, “We are all republicans – we are all federalists,” he meant that

Answer 1

That a united gov’t was above politics, for the nation

Question 2

What was a major reason for the War of 1812 against the British?

Answer 2

Impressment

Question 3

What group in America did not support the War of 1812?

Answer 3

Natives

Question 4

What transportation developments opened the West to settlement and trade between 1790 and 1830?

Answer 4

Turnpikes & canals

Question 5

The Missouri compromise of 1820 admitted what two states, under what circumstances?

Answer 5

Missour = slave & Maine = free

Question 6

What was “the Lowell system” in early nineteenth-century New England?

Answer 6

Textile manufacturing in the north

Question 7

What state fought the most for states’ rights in the 1800s?

Answer 7

South Carolina

Question 8

What was one way during the 1800s the most common form of resistance to slavery by slaves themselves?

Answer 8

Working slowly & breaking tools

Question 9

What was the major idea of the Monroe Doctrine, that President Monroe conveyed when addressing congress?

Answer 9

War to Europe if they interfered with the western hemisphere

Question 10

Politics in the antebellum (early 1800s) United States changed dramatically because of what?

Answer 10

Universal male white suffrage

Question 11

The nullification crisis of 1832 arose over the issue of what?

Answer 11

tariffs/taxes

Question 12

What best explains the cause of the emergence of new political parties in the early nineteenth century?

Answer 12

Continued debates over the proper role of the federal government

Question 13

What was John Marshall’s decision in McCulloch v. Maryland establish?

Answer 13

Implied powers

Question 14

What did the case of Marbury v. Madison establish?

Answer 14

judicial review

Question 15

The Louisiana Purchase proved politically troubling for Thomas Jefferson because of _________

Answer 15

Jefferson’s previous interpretation of the U.S. Constitution

Question 16

What was Thomas Jefferson’s least favored policy while president?

Answer 16

Neutrality toward France & Britain

Question 17

President Andrew Jackson’s creation of a monetary system based on state-chartered banks most likely contributed to what?

Answer 17

Panic of 1837

Question 18

The immediate effect of Andrew Jackson’s attack on the Second Bank of the United States in 1834 was _________________________ and _________________________

Answer 18

an expansion of credit and speculation

Question 19

Jacksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that

Answer 19

The common man deserved to participate in government

Question 20

The dramatic increase in the South’s slave labor force between 1810 and 1860 was due to

Answer 20

Natural reproduction

Question 21

What did the Embargo Act of 1807 do to the U.S.?

Answer 21

Disrupted American shipping

Question 22

In addition to the cotton gin, Eli Whitney’s major contribution to American Technology was his

Answer 22

interchangeable parts

Question 23

Cherokee efforts to retain their tribal lands in Georgia received direct support from

Answer 23

The supreme court

Question 24

One important factor in Andrew Jackson’s successful bid for the presidency in 1828 was his

Answer 24

American hero standing

Question 25

An important consequence of the “tariff of abominations” (1828) is that it led to the

Answer 25

Nullification crisis

Question 26

The United States House of Representatives responded to abolitionist agitation in the 1830s by

Answer 26

Banning discussion on anti-slavery petitions

Question 27

The rise in manufacturing beginning in the early 1800s eventually resulted in which of the following by 1848?

Answer 27

A larger middle class in the North