Andrew Jackson’s political ideology was based on his:

Suspicion of the federal government

Noah Webster’s dictionary, first published in 1849:

Helped to standardize the American language

Innovations in the 1832 presidential election included the:

Adoption of written party platforms

By 1850s, middle class reformers attempted to address problems of the urban working class by:

forming organizations to promote charity

Which of the following describes minstrel shows popular in American cities in the 1840s?

they were a popular form of entertainment/social criticism

By the mid-1800s, tax-supported public education:

Was considered essential for social stability and democracy

A major economic consequence of the transportation and market revolution was:

A steady improvement in average wages and standard of living

The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in:

appointment of several corrupt/incompetent govt officials

As a result of the transportation revolution in the early to mid 1800s:

Regions specialized in a certain type of economic activity

One reason that the conditions of adult wage earners improved during the Market Revolution was:

The enfranchisement of the laboring man

The dramatic growth of American cities between 1800 and 1860:

Resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities

Which of the following were the three key elements of Clay’s American system?

Protective tariff, internal improvements, the national bank

The people who initially proposed the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828 were:

Strong supporters of Andrew Jackson

By the 1840s, both the Democratic Party and the Whig Party:

were mass-based national political parties

The “cult of domesticity”:

Glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers

The Panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following factors EXCEPT:

Taking the nation off the gold standard

Final construction of the Erie Canal in 1825 led to:

some New England farmers moving or changing occupations

Chief Justice Taney did which of the following in Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837)?

Encouraged competitive enterprise

German immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 50s:

Left home to escape economic hardship and autocratic govt

During the 1840s, American women’s rights activists focused on which of the following goals?

Strengthening the legal rights of married women

Elected in 1824 John Quincy Adams’ weaknesses as president included all of the following EXCEPT

He fired good office holders to appoint his own people

What was the purpose behind the publication of the 1840 illustration above?

portray William Henry Harrison as a common man

The Force Bill of 1833 provided that:

President could use the army to collect federal tariffs

All of the following are true of the Second Great Awakening in the 1830s and 40s EXCEPT:

It was not as large as the First Great Awakening

Elected in 1828, Andrew Jackson’s inauguration as president best symbolized the:

Newly won ascendency of the masses

The Lowell girls in New England textile mills in the 1820s and 1830s often:

saved wages for later use or to help out their families

Why are the Oneida, Shaker, and Fourierist communities historically significant?

criticized the class divisions created by the market economy

In response to South Carolina’s nullification of the Tariff of 1832, Andrew Jackson:

Dispatched naval and military forces

Which of the following describes the residents of the Brook Farm community of the 1840s?

wanting to combine farming with a lively intellectual life

Neal Dow sponsored the Maine Law of 1851, which called for:

A ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol

New England reformer Dorthea Dix is most notable for her efforts on behalf of:

Prison and insane asylum reform

Andrew Jackson based his veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States on:

the fact that he found the Bank harmful to the nation

In the Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), John Marshall issued a decision that:

upheld Cherokee political authority in their communities

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Unit 3: Market Revolution, Jackson, & The Age of Reform

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This unit review covers America's first industrial revolution and its impacts, the rise of Jacksonian Democracy, and the Age of Reform following the Second Great Awakening.

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1
Andrew Jackson’s political ideology was based on his:
Support of a strong central government
Advocacy of the American System
Opposition to the old anti-federalist ideals
Suspicion of the federal government
2
Noah Webster’s dictionary, first published in 1849:
Helped to standardize the American language
Came to the United States from Britain in the 1800s
Was used to educate slaves in the mid 1800s
Legitimized American slang
3
By the 1840s, voter participation in the presidential election reached nearly:
40%
80%
15%
25%
4
Innovations in the 1832 presidential election included the:
Adoption of written party platforms
Presidential nominations by state legislatures
Abandonment of party conventions
Election of the president by the House of Representatives
5
By 1850s, middle class reformers attempted to address problems of the urban working class by:
supporting politicians who helped disadvantaged families
forming organizations to promote charity
concentrating on improving the behavior of urban children
establishing churches to bring messages of moral purity
6
Which of the following describes minstrel shows popular in American cities in the 1840s?
celebrated the lifestyle of the “b’hoys"
they were a popular form of entertainment/social criticism
they were pioneered by P. T. Barnum
contributed to the problem of prostitution
7
By the mid-1800s, tax-supported public education:
Eliminated private and parochial education in the U.S.
Was considered essential for social stability and democracy
Began in the South as early as 1800
Existed mainly for the wealthy
8
How did the federal government aid the growth of American industry between 1800 and 1850?
By passing protective tariffs
By prohibiting labor unions
By giving tax breaks to large businesses
By building canals
9
The Hudson River school (est. 1825) excelled in the art of painting:
Still life
Landscapes
Daguerreotypes
Portraits
10
A major economic consequence of the transportation and market revolution was:
A stabilization of the work force in industrial cities
The decline of American agricultural production
A steady improvement in average wages and standard of living
A narrowing of the gap between great wealth and poverty
11
The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in:
appointment of several corrupt/incompetent govt officials
A clean sweep of federal job holders
The replacement of insecurity by security in employment
The destruction of the political machine
12
By the 1840s, in comparison to canals, railroads:
Were generally safer
Could be built almost anywhere
Transported freight more slowly
Were more expensive to construct
13
As a result of the transportation revolution in the early to mid 1800s:
Self-sufficiency for Americans became easier to achieve
Regions specialized in a certain type of economic activity
The Midwest became the first industrialized region
New Orleans became an even more important port
14
John Deere is known for his invention of the:
interchangeable parts
mechanical reaper
steel tipped plow
steamboat
15
Virtually all the distinguished historians of early nineteenth-century America came from:
The Mid-Atlantic states
The Midwest
The South
New England
16
One reason that the conditions of adult wage earners improved during the Market Revolution was:
The passage of the first minimum wage laws
The enfranchisement of the laboring man
Congressional laws restricting immigration
Support gained from the U.S. Supreme Court
17
John C. Calhoun’s South Carolina Exposition and Protest (1828) was an argument for:
Protective tariffs
States’ rights
Immediate secession
Trade with England
18
Which of the following is LEAST related to the other three?
Salt Lake City, Utah
The Book of Mormon
William Miller
Brigham Young
19
The dramatic growth of American cities between 1800 and 1860:
Resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities
Contributed to a decline in the birth rate
Created political conflict between farmers and urbanites
Forced the federal government to slow immigration
20
Which of the following were the three key elements of Clay’s American system?
Slavery, patronage, internal improvements
internal improvements, national bank, and patronage
Protective tariff, internal improvements, the national bank
Protective tariff, patronage, internal improvements
21
The people who initially proposed the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828 were:
Supporters of John Quincy Adams
Southern plantation owners
Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun
Strong supporters of Andrew Jackson
22
Horace Mann was actively involved in which of the following movements in the 1840s?
Educational reform
Temperance
Utopianism
Prison reform
23
By the 1840s, both the Democratic Party and the Whig Party:
supported federal restraint in social and economic affairs
feared the rise of the Anti-Masonic Party
were mass-based national political parties
favored a renewed national bank
24
The sentiment of fear and opposition towards immigrants was called:
Cult of Domesticity
Nativism
Rugged Individualism
Unitarianism
25
In early nineteenth-century America, Irish immigrants:
Identified and sympathized with American free blacks
Were mostly Roman Catholic
Were warmly welcomed by American workers
Primarily settled on western farmland
26
The “cult of domesticity”:
Gave women opportunity to seek employment outside the home
Glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers
Resulted in more pregnancies for women
Was especially strong among rural women
27
One American writer who did not believe in human goodness and social progress was:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Walt Whitman
Edgar Allan Poe
Henry David Thoreau
28
In Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842), the state supreme court of Massachusetts ruled that:
Labor unions were legal
Labor strikes were illegal
The state could regulate wages and working conditions
The employment of young women in factories was inhumane
29
The concept that the price of a product should reflect the work required to make it is:
capitalism
outwork system
socialism
labor theory of value
30
The Panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following factors EXCEPT:
Rampant over-speculation
The Bank War
Financial problems abroad
Taking the nation off the gold standard
31
Final construction of the Erie Canal in 1825 led to:
Was aided by a great deal of federal money
some New England farmers moving or changing occupations
Created political tensions between the Northeast and Midwest
Helped farmers so much that industrialization slowed
32
Chief Justice Taney did which of the following in Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837)?
Encouraged competitive enterprise
Upheld the existing state-chartered monopoly
Reaffirmed Marshall’s interpretation of the contract clause
gave New York the power to inspect new immigrants’ health
33
In the 1830s and 40s, supporters of the Whig Party included all of the following EXCEPT:
Opponents of public education
Backers of southern states’ rights
Backers of the American System
Powerful northern industrialists
34
German immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 50s:
Left home to escape economic hardship and autocratic govt
Were predominantly Jewish
Were as poor as the Irish immigrants
Quickly became a powerful political force
35
During the 1840s, American women’s rights activists focused on which of the following goals?
Strengthening the legal rights of married women
Educating women about birth control and abortion
Making it easier for married women to retain suffrage rights
Challenging conventional division of labor within the family
36
In the early to mid 1800s, the “American phase” of the industrial revolution first blossomed:
With textile mills
With oil refineries
In coal-mining regions
In rapidly growing Chicago
37
Elected in 1824 John Quincy Adams’ weaknesses as president included all of the following EXCEPT
A lack of political tact
A deep nationalistic view
He fired good office holders to appoint his own people
He only received one-third of the popular vote
38
What was the purpose behind the publication of the 1840 illustration above?
encourage settlement of Indiana by German immigrants
criticize the “log cabin”/"hard cider" mentality mentality
portray William Henry Harrison as a common man
attack Harrison for being a poor, uneducated farmer
39
The Force Bill of 1833 provided that:
Congress could employ the navy to stop smuggling
Congress could use the military for Indian removal
President could use the army to collect federal tariffs
military could force citizens to track down runaway slaves
40
All of the following are true of the Second Great Awakening in the 1830s and 40s EXCEPT:
It encouraged a variety of humanitarian reforms
It strengthened denominations like Baptists and Methodists
It was not as large as the First Great Awakening
It was a reaction to the growing liberalism in religion
41
Elected in 1828, Andrew Jackson’s inauguration as president best symbolized the:
Supremacy of states’ rights over federal power
Return of Jeffersonian simplicity
Involvement of state governments in the economy
Newly won ascendency of the masses
42
Herman Melville is best known for this 1851 novel:
Leaves of Grass
The Scarlet Letter
Moby Dick
Uncle Tom's Cabin
43
The Lowell girls in New England textile mills in the 1820s and 1830s often:
experimented with drinking and dating
often ended up as prostitutes due to market volatility
saved wages for later use or to help out their families
lived regimented lives with scarcely any personal freedom
44
Why are the Oneida, Shaker, and Fourierist communities historically significant?
exercised great influence over American politics
repudiated heterosexual sex and sexuality
criticized the class divisions created by the market economy
made tremendous profits through manufacturing
45
In response to South Carolina’s nullification of the Tariff of 1832, Andrew Jackson:
Asked Henry Clay for help in solving the crisis
Publicly hanged several of the nullifiers
Sought help from the Supreme Court
Dispatched naval and military forces
46
By 1860, the American medical profession was noted for:
Having abandoned the practice of bleeding
Technologically advanced work in dentistry
Its still primitive standards
Its well established medical schools
47
Which of the following describes the residents of the Brook Farm community of the 1840s?
pioneering the use of advanced farming techniques
consisting mostly of families and single women
wanting to combine farming with a lively intellectual life
practicing nineteenth-century versions of free love
48
Neal Dow sponsored the Maine Law of 1851, which called for:
The abolition of capital punishment
A ban on polygamy
A ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol
Pacifism
49
New England reformer Dorthea Dix is most notable for her efforts on behalf of:
The temperance movement
Women’s suffrage
Abolitionism
Prison and insane asylum reform
50
Andrew Jackson based his veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States on:
affirming the Supreme Court’s McCullogh v. Maryland decision
advice from Henry Clay
exclusively constitutional grounds
the fact that he found the Bank harmful to the nation
51
In the Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), John Marshall issued a decision that:
sanctioned the stationing of federal troops on tribal lands
declared the 1830 Indian Removal Act unconstitutional
upheld Georgia’s rights to Cherokee lands
upheld Cherokee political authority in their communities
52
Early 1800s industrialization encouraged development of __________ in the Trans-Allegheny West.
Slavery
subsistence farming
Heavy industry
Specialized, cash crop agriculture
53
Generally speaking, immigrants coming to the United States before 1860:
Depressed the economy due to their poverty
Found themselves involved in very few cultural conflicts
Helped to fuel economic expansion
Settled mostly in the South
54
In an effort to assimilate into white society, the Cherokee did all of the following EXCEPT:
Develop a written constitution
Accept the concept of private property
Refuse to own slaves
Adopt a system of settled agriculture
55
Which of the following describe John Tyler and his presidency (1840-1844)?
Tyler was a longtime supporter of the American system
He had become famous as a hero during the War of 1812
Tyler’s presidency faithfully upheld Harrison’s priorities
He was kicked out of the Whig Party while president.
56
Transcendentalists believed that all knowledge came through:
Reliance on others
The church
The writings of John Locke
An inner light

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