Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In the election of 1800, which candidate was tied with Thomas Jefferson after
the first electoral
college vote?
a. | Aaron
Burr | c. | James
Madison | b. | John
Adams | d. | Alexander
Hamilton
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Why did President Jefferson send Meriwether Lewis and William Clark west?
a. | to negotiate the
purchase of the Louisiana Territory | c. | to
explore newly acquired U.S. territory | b. | to mine for gold in California | d. | to settle new areas as non-slave
states |
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Why was the case of Marbury v. Madison significant?
a. | It affirmed that the
Supreme Court is the highest court in the land. | c. | It barred an outgoing president from making last-minute
appointments. | b. | It established the
principle of judicial review. | d. | It allowed a
president to dismiss a judge appointed by a previous president |
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4.
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Which candidate did John Quincy Adams defeat in the controversial election of
1824?
a. | Henry
Clay | c. | Daniel
Webster | b. | James
Monroe | d. | Andrew
Jackson |
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5.
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Which idea is promoted by the concept of nullification?
a. |
nationalism | c. |
judicial review | b. | states' rights | d. | territorial expansion |
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6.
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Which group was forcibly relocated by means of the "Trail of
Tears"?
a. |
Mexicans | c. |
African slaves | b. | Shoshone | d. | Cherokee |
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Which of the following men was most in favor of seizing land from Mexico?
a. | James K.
Polk | c. | John C.
Calhoun | b. | Thomas
Jefferson | d. | Abraham
Lincoln |
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8.
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Which area did the Monroe Doctrine aim to free from European influence?
a. | the Oregon
Territory | c. | North America | b. | the Western Hemisphere | d. | Texas |
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For which action is Nat Turner famous?
a. | leading a violent
slave revolt | c. | publishing an
antislavery newspaper | b. | fighting in the American Revolution | d. | promoting a nonviolent end to
slavery |
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10.
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What did the abolition movement promote?
a. | instituting slavery
in new U.S. territories | c. |
removing Native Americans from eastern states | b. | prohibiting the drinking of
alcohol | d. | ending the institution of
slavery |
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11.
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Between which two countries did the Adams-Ons Treaty of 1819 settle
boundaries?
a. | United States and
France | c. | Spain and United
States | b. | France and
Spain | d. | Mexico and United
States |
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12.
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In which year did Ohio become a U.S. state?
a. | 1816 | c. | 1819 | b. | 1803 | d. | 1796 |
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13.
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Which of the following had not become a state by 1819?
a. |
Nebraska | c. |
Virginia | b. | Illinois | d. | Mississippi |
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14.
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Which section of the country was held jointly by the United States and Britain
until 1846?
a. |
southwest | c. |
northeast | b. | south | d. |
northwest |
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How many states had been added to the original thirteen by 1819?
a. | seven | c. | nine | b. | eight | d. | eleven |
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How many states made up the United States in 1819? (Note that the current state
of Maine was then part of Massachusetts.)
a. |
thirteen | c. |
twenty-one | b. | twenty-four | d. | eighteen |
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In 1819, where was the northernmost boundary of Spanish territory set?
a. | between 42 and 43 S
latitude | c. | between 93 and 94 W longitude
| b. | between 39 and 40 N
latitude | d. | between 42 and 43 N
latitude |
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18.
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Which of the following had not become a state by 1819?
a. |
Illinois | c. |
Florida | b. | Massachusetts | d. | Mississippi |
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Which two nations negotiated to settle the border between the United States and
present-day
Canada?
a. | France and
Spain | c. | United States and
Britain | b. | United States and
Spain | d. | France and United
States |
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In the election of 1800, Democratic-Republicans accused Federalist John Adams
of
a. | wanting to turn the
executive branch into a monarchy. | c. |
ignoring his predecessor's judicial appointments. | b. | supporting dangerous revolutionaries in
France. | d. | endangering national security by reducing
the size of the army |
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The Supreme Court's ruling in Marbury v. Madison ensured that
a. | lame-duck presidents
could not make last-minute court appointments. | c. | the judicial branch had an equal role in making
laws. | b. | the legislature could
not interpret the Constitution any way it chose. | d. | presidential appointments could not be based on partisan
politics. |
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The Monroe Doctrine was largely a response to
a. | the debate over
admitting slave states to the Union. | c. | the
need to strengthen the national economy despite sectional differences. | b. | European nations' interest in colonies
in North and South America. | d. | fighting between
western settlers and Native Americans. |
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23.
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The 1828 "Tariff of Abominations" was given that name by those who
thought the tariff hurt the
South while helping
a. | British
importers. | c. | Northern
manufacturers. | b. | small
farmers. | d. | frontier settlers in the
West |
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24.
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The American System helped bring the nation together by
a. | compromising on the
difficult issue of slave versus free states. | c. | giving common people across the nation a voice in
government. | b. | withdrawing funds
from the unpopular Bank of the United States. | d. | protecting American businesses with a tax on imported
items |
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25.
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Andrew Jackson's spoils system increased the new president's power
by
a. | overruling Supreme
Court decisions with which he disagreed. | c. | taking power away from the wealthiest
Americans. | b. | ensuring that
government officials would agree with his policies. | d. | raising tariffs to fill the government treasury with
funds. |
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26.
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All of the following reflected Americans' religious faith
except
a. | the idea of manifest
destiny. | c. | the Monroe
Doctrine. | b. | the temperance
movement. | d. | the abolition
movement. |
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27.
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Under Mexican rule, Texas appealed to American settlers mainly because of
its
a. | cheap
land. | c. | religious
freedom. | b. | legalized
slavery. | d. | government protection from Native
Americans. |
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28.
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All of the following present-day states were ceded to the United States in the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo except
a. | Texas | c. | California | b. | Florida | d. | New Mexico. |
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29.
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The fact that the system of checks and balances was not yet fully established in
the early 1800s is shown by
a. | Marbury v.
Madison. | c. | the nullification
crisis. | b. | the Trail of
Tears. | d. | the Missouri
Compromise. |
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a. | William Clark | j. | John Marshall | b. | Sacajewea | k. | judicial review | c. | France | l. | Marbury v. Madison | d. | Adams-On's Treaty | m. | James Madison | e. | impressment | n. | Jeffersonian republicanism | f. | war hawks | o. | Treaty of Ghent | g. | Meriwether
Lewis | p. | James
Monroe | h. | Thomas Jefferson | q. | Great Britain | i. | Louisiana Purchase | r. | Monroe Doctrine |
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30.
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______ served as a guide to the expedition to explore the lands gained
from
France as a result of the Louisiana Purchase
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31.
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_____ and William Clark let
the expidition to explore the Louisiana Purchase
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32.
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What was the name of the lands
acquired from France that doubled the size of the United States
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33.
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An 1803 court case, ______, affirmed that the Supreme Court had the right to
declare an act of Congress unconstitutional
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34.
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When the Supreme Court rules
that an act of Congress is unconstitutional it is called
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35.
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Many Americans were deeply angered by ______, the British policy of seizing
Americans at sea and drafting them into the British navy.
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36.
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The ___ wanted to end British military aid to Native Americans
in the West
because the Native American warriors were terrorizing American Farmers.
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a. | canals | h. | strike | b. | railroad | i. | Lowell textile mills | c. | telegraph | j. | National Trades' Union | d. | free enterprise | k. | Commonwealth v. Hunt | e. | entrepreneurs | l. | Great Potato famine | f. | the market revolution | m. | Robert Fulton | g. | Samuel F. B.
Morse |
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37.
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Who developed the telegraph?
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38.
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What is the economic system in which private businesses operate competitively
for profit with minimal government regulation?
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39.
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What change occurred in the first half of the 19th century, causing workers to
spend their money on goods rather than making them for themselves?
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40.
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Who ushered in the steamboat era?
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41.
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What is the term for a work stoppage that aims to force an employer to respond
to demands?
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42.
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What caused a great deal of Irish immigration to the United States?
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43.
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What affirmed workers' rights to organize?
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44.
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Which organization was formed to represent workers in a variety of
trades?
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45.
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What are people who invest in business ventures called?
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46.
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What are constructed waterways that connect natural waterways?
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a. | Nat Turner | h. | Abolition | b. | Sojourner Truth | i. | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | c. | Catharine
Beecher | j. | The North
Star | d. | transcendentalism | k. | Ralph Waldo Emerson | e. | Unitarian | l. | Second Great Awakening | f. | Sarah
Grimk | m. | Frederick
Douglass | g. | The Liberator |
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47.
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Which religious movement swept the nation after the 1790s?
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48.
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Who developed transcendentalism?
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49.
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What was the movement to end slavery called?
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50.
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Which antislavery paper was founded by William Lloyd Garrison?
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51.
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Which eloquent critic of slavery hoped to achieve abolition
nonviolently?
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52.
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Who led a bloody slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831?
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53.
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Which antislavery paper was founded by Frederick Douglass?
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54.
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Who was one organizer of the Seneca Falls convention?
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55.
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Which religious group emphasized faith in the individual and in reason as a
path to perfection?
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56.
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Which free African-American woman addressed the Seneca Falls convention and
asked "Ain't I a woman?"
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