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2020 USH 6: Age of "Democracy"
2020 USH 6: Age of "Democracy"
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A #ushistory Quiz based on the age of Jacksonian democracy and reform movements
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1
The push for free public schools was most directly related to...
the advancement of women's rights.
the rise of private schools.
the advancement of the anti-slavery cause.
the desire for an educated voting population.
2
What was the basic assumption of Jacksonian democracy?
Expert knowledge is the key to good government.
Educated and virtuous people should be elected to office.
Ordinary Americans are capable of doing anything.
Long-term stability for government employees is good.
3
The Second Great Awakening encouraged people to view children as...
innocent.
future workers.
boiling cauldrons of original sin and evil.
perversely willful.
4
Jackson was the first president to view himself as...
cool and dignified.
an expert in spelling.
an excellent general.
the direct representative of all the nation's people.
5
How did Jackson force people to pay for government lands with gold and silver?
With a law passed by Congress
By challenging them to a spelling bee
By asking them super-nicely
With an executive order called the Specie Circular
6
William Lloyd Garrison's views on slavery might best be described as...
moderate.
appealing to moderate southerners.
uncompromising.
the same as those of most northerners.
7
How did Jackson respond to Calhoun's threat to not pay South Carolina's federal taxes.
He took it like a champ.
He threatened to hang Calhoun and invade South Carolina.
He offered to pay South Carolina's taxes himself.
He offered to lower South Carolina's tax bill.
8
Second Great Awakening preaching depended on...
approaching religion with reason and logic.
emotional experiences.
defending Catholicism.
defending Calvinism.
9
Which of the following American authors worked AGAINST Romantic ideas of individualism?
Henry David Thoreau
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Walt Whitman
Herman Melville
10
U.S. alcohol consumption in the 1820s (BEFORE the Second Great Awakening)...
increased to the highest point in American history.
decreased because whiskey was so expensive.
decreased dramatically because of preaching.
increased, but nowhere near as high as it is today.
11
Where did Jackson deposit the funds he took out of the National Bank?
"Wildcat" banks
"Pet" banks
State banks in States which voted for Jackson
Under his mattress
12
What was Andrew Jackson's least favorite government entity?
the National Bank
the White House
the Supreme Court
Congress
13
Jackson's treatment of the Indians can be summarized as...
free citizenship and equal rights.
respect for their culture and traditional homelands.
assigning reservations for them in every State.
removal to western lands.
14
What was the term for Jackson's system of awarding government jobs?
Incompetence
Rotation in office
Democracy
Spoils system
15
Who were the best known transcendentalists in the United States?
Garfunkel and Oates
Stanton and Anthony
Jackson and Calhoun
Emerson and Thoreau
16
Which communitarian group was so unpopular, they moved out of the U.S. to avoid persecution?
Fourierists
Shakers
Owenites
Mormons
17
Who was the main organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention?
Margaret Fuller
Susan B. Anthony
William Lloyd Garrison
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
18
What was the religious revival which swept over America in the first half of the 19th century?
Third Great Awakening
Second Great Sleeping
Second Great Awakening
First Great Awakening
19
Which party used the "common man" strategy most effectively in the Election of 1840?
Federalists
Locofocos
Whigs
Democrats
20
The Second Great Awakening led people to believe that...
people could take their salvation into their own hands.
God had already decided who was going to Heaven and Hell.
people did not need to worry about going to Hell.
people who were "saved" did not need to follow the law.
21
The most influential black abolitionist was...
Theodore Dwight Weld.
William Lloyd Garrison.
Sojourner Truth.
Frederick Douglass.
22
The greatest expression of Romanticism in the United States was...
pragmatism.
Unitarianism.
Puritanism.
transcendentalism.
23
What was the unifying principle of the Whig Party?
They wanted to reinstitute property requirements for voting.
They all supported Henry Clay.
They rejected internal improvement and road projects.
They didn't like "King" Andrew Jackson.
24
Which groups would be most likely to OPPOSE the temperance movement?
English immigrants
Irish and German immigrants
Baptists
Methodists
25
Who was the most effective preacher of the Second Great Awakening?
Jonathan Edwards
William Ellery Channing
Charles Grandison Finney
George Whitefield
26
Which tribe was most vocal in its protests against Indian removal?
Seminole
Chicaksaw
Choctaw
Cherokee
27
What was the result of the Specie Circular?
Banks did not have enough gold to cover their paper notes.
Andrew Jackson was reelected to a third term.
The Locofoco party rose to power.
The U.S. purchased Florida from Spain.
28
Who was Andrew Jackson's handpicked successor?
Martin Van Buren
Billy Bob Alligator Joe
Andrew Jackson Jr.
Henry Clay
29
What strategy did Jackson use to "defeat" the Bank?
He fired all of the Bank's officers.
He took all government funds out of the Bank.
He killed it with kindness.
He required the Bank to freely distribute gold.
30
The Election of 1828 was marked by...
a massive victory for John Quincy Adams.
more participation.
lots of personal attacks.
a massive victory for Andrew Jackson.
31
Thomas Gallaudet was a pioneer in education for...
kids with zero disabilities whatsoever.
the deaf.
the mute.
the blind.
32
The first anti-alcohol State law was passed in...
Virginia (yeah, right...).
Maine.
Massachusetts.
New York.
