What was the overall aim of Thoreau's book "Walden"?

To document the author's spiritual awakening in nature vs civilization.

Transcendentalism is best defined as

The idea that people could gain mystical knowledge/harmony spiritually

Which of the following best describes the state of the judiciary at the time Jefferson was elected president?

It was controlled by hostile Federalist judges.

Which of the following led to a crisis for Puritan society in New England in the 1700s?

Population growth led to a land shortage, undermining social mobility.

Which of the following best describes the state of Britain's colonies pre 1660?

They were ruled in a lax and uneven manner.

Two authors famous for critiquing Transcendentalism were

Nathaniel Hawthorne & Herman Melville

How did Grant and Lincoln change their strategy during the end of the Civil War?

They organized a massive offensive against every Confederate army.

American politics post Revolution could be described as...

The Notables ran elections/politics by way of personal connections.

The 1819 Talmadge Amendment laid out a plan to...

Gradually emancipate slaves in MO.

The First Continental Congress of 1774 was...

dominated by Patriot leaders rebuking the Coercive Acts.

What was the ultimate, if misguided, goal of the American Colonization Society in 1817?

Encouraging Southern planters to free their slaves to resettle in Africa.

The outcome of Gibbons v Ogden was...

The Natl' Govt. controls interstate commerce.

The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, written by John C. Calhoun, bore a similarity to arguments made by...

Jefferson & Madison in the KY & VA resolutions

How did Jefferson approach the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1802?

He revised his view of limited pres. powers to rationalize his buying it.

The settlement patterns of the migrants leaving New England in the 1790s were best understood as

Groups moved in family and community groups to settle the West.

The Republican dominated Congress took advantage of southerners' absence to institute __ during the Civil War.

A program of government-assisted economic development.

What was the point of the 2nd Confiscation Act of 1862?

To grant any slave who crossed into Union territory their freedom.

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1
What was the overall aim of Thoreau's book "Walden"?
A warning that individualism leads to ruin.
Political philosophy surrounding the Machine Politics of Maine in 1840.
Advising farmers on the perils of working in agriculture.
To document the author's spiritual awakening in nature vs civilization.
2
Transcendentalism is best defined as
The movement to keep women restrained in the home.
The embracing of market economic systems in everyday life.
The rejection of modernity for a fabled past.
The idea that people could gain mystical knowledge/harmony spiritually
3
Which of the following best describes the state of the judiciary at the time Jefferson was elected president?
It was controlled by hostile Federalist judges.
The Judiciary was mostly for show.
It followed British legal precedent as there wasn't enough US precedent.
The Republican party came to dominate the court.
4
Which of the following led to a crisis for Puritan society in New England in the 1700s?
Population growth led to a land shortage, undermining social mobility.
Churches did not require priests to run them.
There was an outbreak of measles that killed half the colony.
Women gained suffrage.
5
Which of the following best describes the state of Britain's colonies pre 1660?
They were ruled in a lax and uneven manner.
They were forced to do manual labor back in England.
There was a peaceful coexistence btwn natives and the colonists.
They were the proving grounds for British nobility.
6
Two authors famous for critiquing Transcendentalism were
Walt Whitman & Henry David Thoreau
Harriet Beecher Stowe & Emilie Pankhurst
Ralph Waldo Emerson & WEB Du Bois
Nathaniel Hawthorne & Herman Melville
7
Which amendment to the constitution prohibited slavery in the US, with the exception of those found guilty of crimes?
12th
15th
13th
14th
8
How did Grant and Lincoln change their strategy during the end of the Civil War?
They targeted the many rail lines in the Confederacy.
They opted to bunker their forces and let the Confederates attack them.
They specifically firebombed Atlanta to kill its civilian population.
They organized a massive offensive against every Confederate army.
9
The total casualties of the Civil War was approximately...
1,000,000
600,000
250,000
700,000
10
__ is considered the first American politician, due to his development & use of a statewide political machine.
Martin Van Buren
Millard Filmore
Thomas Jefferson
James Buchanon
11
American politics post Revolution could be described as...
The Notables ran elections/politics by way of personal connections.
Open and democratic with universal suffrage for all citizens.
New England Democratic ideals reigning supreme.
An abandonment of Enlightenment principles for neo-Monarchist ideals.
12
The 1819 Talmadge Amendment laid out a plan to...
Prohibited slavery in MO.
Gradually emancipate slaves in MO.
Declared the MO constitution as supreme to the US constitution.
Secede from the USA and join Mexico.
13
The First Continental Congress of 1774 was...
dominated by Joshua Galloway presenting his plan of Union.
reserved, with several moderate members petitioning the King for leniency.
a collective meeting of all of Britain's global colonies.
dominated by Patriot leaders rebuking the Coercive Acts.
14
What was the ultimate, if misguided, goal of the American Colonization Society in 1817?
Establishing free settlements of slaves in the West.
Developing American colonies in Latin America.
Encouraging Southern planters to free their slaves to resettle in Africa.
Planning an invasion and colonization of Africa.
15
The outcome of Gibbons v Ogden was...
The Natl' Govt. controls interstate commerce.
Contracts must be honored as written.
The Supreme Court had authority to deem laws unconstitutional.
The establishment of a progressive income tax.
16
The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, written by John C. Calhoun, bore a similarity to arguments made by...
Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers
Thomas Paine in Common Sense
John Marshall in Marbury v Madison
Jefferson & Madison in the KY & VA resolutions
17
Which group most closely modeled itself off of the English aristocracy in the early 1700s?
Chesapeake landowners
New York yeomen
Philadelphia artisans
Massachussetts farmers
18
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was dominated by which of the following nations between 1650-1700?
France
England
Portugal
Holland
19
When he served in the IL state legislature, Abraham Lincoln was part of the __ party.
Know Nothing
Free Soil
Democrat
Whig
20
How did Jefferson approach the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1802?
He revised his view of limited pres. powers to rationalize his buying it.
Jefferson left Napoleon on read.
Jefferson adhered to Federalist principles and allowed Congress to buy it.
Jefferson rejected the offer on the grounds of his Republican ideals.
21
The settlement patterns of the migrants leaving New England in the 1790s were best understood as
Families pooled resources to start joint stock companies in the west.
Groups moved in family and community groups to settle the West.
Families moved to the Southern States.
New Englanders relocated to Maine.
22
The Republican dominated Congress took advantage of southerners' absence to institute __ during the Civil War.
Prohibition on slavery in all the United States.
Prohibition of alcohol.
A 3rd Bank of the USA.
A program of government-assisted economic development.
23
___ played an essential role in creating and passing the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Clay
Thomas Cobb
James Tallmadge
24
What was the point of the 2nd Confiscation Act of 1862?
Slaves who crossed Union lines would be deported to Africa.
Any slave who crossed Union lines would be pressed into service.
To grant any slave who crossed into Union territory their freedom.
To return runaway slaves to the South as a good will gesture.
25
Cotton Mather's response to the Boston smallpox epidemic is indicative of ___ influencing his thinking.
The Haitian Revolution
The Disappearance of Roanoke
The Enlightenment
The Salem Witch Trials

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