The New Nation (1789-1824)

Question 1

The issue of constitutionality figured most prominently in the consideration of which of the following?

Answer 1

First Bank of the United States

Question 2

The Federalist Party’s political perspective was characterized by which of the following beliefs about the central government?

Answer 2

It should encourage economic development.

Question 3

Which of the following was a key component of Alexander Hamilton’s plan for the economic development of the United States?

Answer 3

Establishment of a national bank that would stabilize paper currency and extend credit

Question 4

The disagreement between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson regarding the economic policy of the United States can best be summarized as a contrast between

Answer 4

A centralized system based on trade and manufacturing and a system that relied on independent farmers and agriculture

Question 5

Which of the following best describes the significance of Shays’ Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion?

Answer 5

They were precipitated by burdensome tax policies

Question 6

In his Farewell Address, George Washington advocated that the United States should develop which of the following policies?

Answer 6

Adopting an isolationist position by avoiding engaging in alliances with European states

Question 7

The Louisiana Purchase was significant because it

Answer 7

Gave the United States control of the Mississippi River

Question 8

Which Presidential Administration took the matter in hands with the French after their outcry of the “High Class Federalists” in America?

Answer 8

John Adams

Question 9

Which of the following most directly led to a more democratic political system in the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Answer 9

Many states reduced or eliminated property qualifications for voting.

Question 10

The Embargo Act of 1807 had which of the following effects on the United States?

Answer 10

It severely damaged American shipping.

Question 11

All of the following resulted from the War of 1812 EXCEPT

Answer 11

The loss of Florida to the British

Question 12

Which of the following is the main reason for the outbreak of the War of 1812?

Answer 12

The violation of American Shipping Rights

Question 13

Which of the following best describes the financial crisis brought on by sharply falling cotton prices, declining demand for American exports, and reckless western land speculation?

Answer 13

The Panic of 1819

Question 14

Deists of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries believed that

Answer 14

Natural laws, designed by the Creator, govern the operation of the universe

Question 15

The Mason-Dixon Line, surveyed in the 1760s, was important for which of the following reasons?

Answer 15

It was used as the dividing line between free and slave states in the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

Question 16

During the early stages of manufacturing, the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, primarily employed

Answer 16

Native-born, single White women from rural areas

Question 17

The idea of Manifest Destiny was probably expressed most clearly in which of the following actions?

Answer 17

The declaration of war against Mexico in 1846

Question 18

The economic growth of the Great Lakes region in the early 19th century was most facilitated by the

Answer 18

Completion of the Erie Canal