APUSH Unit 4 Study Guide

Question 1

What was the Force Bill a reaction to?

Accepted Answer

High tariffs that hurt the South's agricultural economy, High tariffs meant to protect the growing industry of North

Question 2

Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana purchase at such a low cost?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon needed cash for wars in Europe

Question 3

What was established by the court case Marbury v Madison?

Accepted Answer

Judicial Review

Question 4

What was the American Colonization Society?

Accepted Answer

A society that aimed to move free blacks to Africa.

Question 5

Which of the following led to a stagnant economy during the end of Jefferson's presidency?

Accepted Answer

Embargo Act of 1807

Question 6

What was Nat Turner's Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A rebellion against slave owners in Virginia that killed 60

Question 7

What did Anti-Federalists believe in?

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Loose Interpretation of the Constitution, Small Government, A rural society, An agricultural economy

Question 8

Who were Antebellum Reformers?

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William Lloyd Garrison, Joseph Smith

Question 9

Why was the Louisiana Purchase somewhat controversial?

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Because Jefferson did not have approval from Congress, Because Jefferson did not have authority from Constitution

Question 10

What was the Erie Canal an example of?

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Internal improvements, American System

Question 11

What caused the population to expand Westward?

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An increasing population needed more room to settle, Limited settlement room along the coast and South, A new lack of Native American opposition

Question 12

What was the Era of Good Feelings?

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A time when one political party was in power

Question 13

Who began the Second Party System?

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Andrew Jackson

Question 14

What was the American System?

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Economic system that had internal improvements&national bank, An economic system that put America first

Question 15

What were effects of the War of 1812?

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Rise of American Nationalism, End of the Federalist Party

Question 16

What was an example of rising cultural nationalism?

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Spread of education around the US, A separate literary style, example: Washington Irving

Question 17

What did Worcester v Georgia establish?

Accepted Answer

Native American tribes were their own sovereign nations

Question 18

How did slaves covertly rebel against their masters?

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Through breaking tools, Through running away, Through laziness

Question 19

What was the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair?

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When a British ship fired on a US ship and found deserters

Question 20

What did the Revolution of 1800 lead to?

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The demise of the Federalist Party

Question 21

What was the Gag Order?

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An order that prevented discussion of slavery in Congress

Question 22

What was the Cult of Domesticity?

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The idea that women were the 'light of the family"

Question 23

What caused the Panic of 1819?

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Because farmers could not pay back loans, farms were siezed, Banks loaned out questionable loans, Because of the continuous westward expansion

Question 24

What was the Tariff of Abominations?

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A tariff that protected New England industry, A tariff that hurt the growing Southern agricultural economy

Question 25

Who brought British textile knowledge to America?

Accepted Answer

Samuel Slater

Question 26

What was an effect of internal improvements?

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Increased Industrialism and Trade, Cities began to develop and grow, Invention of turnpikes/toll roads

Question 27

What was an effect of the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair?

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Embargo Act of 1807, War of 1812

Question 28

What was established by the McCulloch v Maryland Supreme Court Case?

Accepted Answer

A National Bank could be established and was constitutional.

Question 29

What did the Missouri Compromise do?

Accepted Answer

It set up Maine as free state and Missouri as slave state

Question 30

Why did the British enforce impressment on US ships?

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To find soldiers for Britain's ongoing war with France, Because British soldiers had left the Navy, joining US ships

Question 31

What was the Second Great Awakening?

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A turn to religion after a period of rationalism

Question 32

Besides the Leonard-Chesapeake Affair, what were other causes for the War of 1812?

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Canadian Expansion, Tecumseh and the Prophet, Battle of Tippecanoe, Orders in Council

Question 33

What did the Tariff of Abominations do?

Accepted Answer

Lead to the Force Bill, Lead to the Nullification Crisis, Set a high tax on imported goods

Question 34

What issue did Jackson ride to reelection?

Accepted Answer

His hatred of the National Bank

Question 35

What were Antebellum reformers?

Accepted Answer

People that pushed for reform against social problems

Question 36

What was the Revolution of 1800?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson's election as president

Question 37

What was the Second Party System

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Whig vs Democrat

Question 38

What were the effects of the Monroe Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

The US later became an empire, serving as World Police

Question 39

What were some of the issues pressing the country during the Era of Good Feelings?

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Missouri Compromise, Panic of 1819, A recharter for the National Bank

Question 40

What was the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?

Accepted Answer

A meeting where proponents of women's rights met to discuss

Question 41

What were effects of the Second Great Awakening on American Society?

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Spread of new denominations throughout the US, American society turned to a religious fervor

Question 42

What was established by Gibbons v Ogden?

Accepted Answer

Trade was regulated by the Federal Government

Question 43

What was Manifest Destiny?

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The belief that settlers were destined to expand across US

Question 44

Which region did Jackson represent when he ran for president?

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South/West

Question 45

What was the Battle of Tippecanoe?

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The battle between William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh

Question 46

What 19th-century invention helped with the efficiency of agriculture?

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Steel Plow, Cotton Gin, McCormick Reaper

Question 47

Why was Jefferson's election called the Revolution of 1800?

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Because it was a change in the political party in power

Question 48

Why was the Indian Removal Act not constitutional?

Accepted Answer

Because Worcester v Georgia made it unconstitutional

Question 49

What led to increased American industrialism?

Accepted Answer

Better factories, Cotton Gin, Steam Boat

Question 50

What was established by the Dartmouth College v Woodward Supreme Court case?

Accepted Answer

States could not interfere with private charters

APUSH Unit 4 Study Guide

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APUSH Unit 4 Study Guide

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