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Unit 4 Practice
Multiple Choice
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1. Which of the following early American political parties most vocally championed the “common
man,” welcomed immigrants, and benefitted from the expansion of voting rights to most white
males?
a. The Federalists
b. The Democratic-Republicans
c. The Whigs
d. The Democrats
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2. Which of the following Supreme Court cases is correctly identified?
a. Marbury v. Madison—established the principle of judicial review
b. McCulloch v. Maryland—upheld the sanctity of private contracts
c. Worcester v. Georgia—ruled that states cannot tax the federal government
d. Dartmouth v. Woodward—established tribal autonomy on Indian lands
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3. In which of the following areas were political debates LEAST affected by regional and sectional
differences in the first half of the 19th century?
a. Tariff rates
b. Internal improvements
c. The expansion of white male suffrage
d. Foreign affairs
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4. In a famous 1837 speech, South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun defended slavery as a
a. “necessary evil.”
b. “military necessity.”
c. “national birthright.”
d. “positive good.”
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5. Antebellum era reform movements such as abolitionism, temperance, and women’s rights had their
origins in all of the following EXCEPT
a. the Monroe Doctrine.
b. the Second Great Awakening.
c. beliefs in human perfectibility.
d. liberal European social ideas.
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6. Which person or group most strongly advocated sending enslaved blacks to Africa as an answer to
the problem of slavery?
a. Frederick Douglass
b. The American Colonization Society
c. William Lloyd Garrison
d. The Free-Soil Party
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7. During the 1840s and 1850s, which set of immigrant groups arrived in unprecedented numbers,
resulting in a nativist backlash in popular culture?
a. Scots-Irish and Welsh
b. Dutch and French
c. Irish and Germans
d. Italians and Greeks
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8. Which statement best describes the state of American art and literature in the early 1800s?
a. It was widely respected and fashionable in Europe.
b. It blended European styles with regional American tastes.
c. It was highly original and creative and critically well received.
d. It was virtually nonexistent since most Americans were illiterate.
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9. American Indians, women, and religious followers had which of the following in common during
the antebellum era?
a. They faced limited economic opportunities and mostly worked for low wages.
b. They were often blamed for social problems and overtly discriminated against.
c. They developed unique cultures reflecting their interests and experiences.
d. They successfully gained greater political rights and representation.
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10. Who was the famous black abolitionist who wrote an autobiography of his/her former life as a
slave?
a. Frederick Douglass
b. Sojourner Truth
c. Richard Allen
d. David Walker
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11. Which of the following was NOT a result of antebellum technological innovations such as textile
machinery, the steam engine, the telegraph, and the use of interchangeable parts?
a. The expanded size and scope of domestic markets
b. The heightened isolation of rural Americans
c. Increased industrial output and worker productivity
d. A revolution in farming and agriculture
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12. Which of the following statements best describes the Lowell system?
a. It revolutionized the production of steel in the United States.
b. It was so successful that it was eventually adopted throughout the United States
and England.
c. It involved using mill girls from rural areas to work in textile factories.
d. It relied exclusively on cheap immigrant labor to undercut competitors.
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13. The growth and profitability of Southern cotton did all of the following EXCEPT
a. catapult the wealth of the average Southern white above most Northerners.
b. provide the raw material for manufacturing in New England.
c. accelerate the internal movement of slaves from the Southeast to the Southwest.
d. promote national and international economic ties.
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14. Which of the following developments LEAST strengthened the increasing economic linkage of the
North and the Midwest during the antebellum era?
a. The growth of canals and railroads
b. The spread of plantation agriculture
c. The federal attempts to create a national economy
d. The shift to market production
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15. What did the forced relocation of American Indians and the internal slave trade both have in
common?
a. They were in direct violation of specific Supreme Court rulings.
b. Most Northern migrants to the frontier were firmly opposed to each.
c. They were driven by efforts to exploit the nation’s natural resources.
d. Most Whigs strongly supported both, while most Democrats strongly opposed
both.
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16. Which of the following connected the Great Lakes to the East Coast and fueled the economic rise
of New York City?
a. The transcontinental railroad
b. The National Road
c. The Cumberland Gap
d. The Erie Canal
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17. The majority of Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s settled
a. along the Great Lakes region.
b. on farms in the Midwest.
c. in cities along the east coast.
d. on homesteads on the frontier.
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18. One impact of the widespread cultivation of cotton and other cash crops in the South was the
a. creation of a more economically and socially egalitarian society in the South.
b. increasing economic isolation of the South from the rest of the country.
c. rapid growth of textile mills and other manufacturing throughout the South.
d. increased political power the South was able to wield in Congress.
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19. Which of the following movements, glorifying women’s role as homemakers, resulted in part from
the increasing separation between home and the workplace brought on by industrialization?
a. Republican Motherhood
b. The Cult of Domesticity
c. The Gibson Girls
d. Bloomerism
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20. Opposition to the proposed American System of internal improvements was a result of
a. regional interests overriding national concerns.
b. fears that improved transportation would lead to more western migration.
c. large federal budget deficits undermining the needed funding.
d. Supreme Court decisions questioning its constitutionality.
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21. Which of the following was NOT an example of Manifest Destiny?
a. The annexation of Texas
b. Attempts to purchase California
c. Negotiations over the Oregon border
d. Demilitarizing the Great Lakes
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22. Which of the following correctly characterizes the War of 1812?
a. The United States was able to reassert sovereignty over its existing western lands
and remove Britain’s military presence.
b. Broad popular support for the war effort temporarily eased sectional divisions over
slavery and economic policy.
c. The United States won a decisive victory against the British and gained valuable
new land on the frontier as a result.
d. Federalist support for the war reinvigorated the party and allowed it to thrive for
another 20 years.
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23. Which of the following treaties is correctly matched with its description?
a. Jay’s Treaty—ended the War of 1812
b. Treaty of Ghent—settled boundary disputes with Canada
c. Adams-Onis Treaty—acquired Florida from Spain
d. Webster-Ashburton Treaty—ended the Quasi-War with France
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24. Which of the following best describes the Monroe Doctrine?
a. It was a treaty with England in which the British promised to confine all of their
future colonization to the Eastern Hemisphere.
b. It was an attempt to relocate American Indian tribes on the Great Plains to
reservations and begin the process of cultural assimilation.
c. It was an American pronouncement to European countries not to interfere with
independent nations in the Western Hemisphere.
d. It was an economic policy by President Monroe to revive the American economy
by lowering tariffs and promoting manufacturing.
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25. The most divisive issue in regards to western expansion during the antebellum era was
a. the removal of Indians.
b. the extension of slavery.
c. free homesteads for settlers.
d. property qualifications for voting.
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26. All the following are true of the Tariff of 1828 EXCEPT it
a. was viewed as an “abomination” by many Southerners.
b. demonstrated the growing differences between the North and South.
c. was ultimately ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
d. created a crisis that almost led to a civil war.
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27. What did the Hartford Convention, the nullification crisis, and some Marshall Court decisions all
have in common?
a. They all dealt with the contentious issue of the extension of slavery into the
Louisiana Purchase territory or the Mexican cession.
b. They illustrated attempts by the federal government to assert greater control over
the states and the resistance those attempts created.
c. They all resulted from political compromises between the federal government and
the affected states involved.
d. They all demonstrated the nativist backlash against German and Irish immigrants
who were coming in record numbers to America.
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28. The Indian Removal Act of 1830
a. led to the infamous Trail of Tears.
b. was upheld in Cherokee v. Georgia.
c. paid Indian tribes market rates for their confiscated lands.
d. was passed over President Jackson’s angry veto.
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29. Which of the following was NOT true about the 1820 Missouri Compromise?
a. It allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state and Missouri to enter as a slave
state.
b. It barred slavery north of the 36°30' line in future states from the Louisiana
Purchase territory.
c. It successfully kept the issue of slavery from becoming a national debate until just
a few years before the Civil War.
d. It temporarily settled the issue of slavery but was eventually weakened and
ultimately overturned.
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30. The increase of slavery in the new Southwest during the antebellum era
a. created new tensions over the spread of slavery.
b. was firmly opposed by both major political parties.
c. led to the resumption of importing slaves from Africa.
d. decreased the market value of cotton and slaves in the East.
Unit 4 Practice
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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The Federalist Party was dominated by elites who believed that only property owners
had the necessary independence of mind to make wise political choices.
The Democratic-Republicans were less elite and championed “simplicity,” but they did
not favor broad democracy or welcome immigrants.
The Whigs supported Jeffersonian democracy but also favored state-sponsored
economic development and moral reform. They did not champion the “common man”
or welcome immigrants.
The Democrats, who emerged in the mid-1830s alongside Andrew Jackson, championed
the “common man,” welcomed immigrants, and benefitted from the expansion of voting
rights to most white males.
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The Supreme Court made its landmark Marbury v. Madison ruling in 1803. This
decision, which disallowed a law on the grounds that it was unconstitutional, established
the principle of judicial review.
McCulloch v. Maryland did not uphold the sanctity of private contracts. Issued in 1819,
this decision established other principles of constitutional law.
Worcester v. Georgia did not rule that the states could not tax the federal government.
Issued in 1832, this decision made a different ruling.
Dartmouth v. Woodward did not establish tribal autonomy on Indian lands. Issued in
1819, this landmark decision ruled in a different set of issues.
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The issue of tariffs sparked political debates that reflected sectional differences in the
first half of the 19th century. Northern states, whose manufacturing interests benefited
from high tariffs, supported them. The agricultural Southern states, which did not
benefit from high tariffs, opposed them.
The issue of internal improvements sparked political debates that reflected sectional
differences in the first half of the 19th century. Northerners supported the use of
government revenues to fund improvements like roads and canals, which facilitated
commercial activity. Southerners relied on rivers to market cotton, had few
manufacturing industries, and generally disapproved of internal improvements.
The expansion of white male suffrage did not spark political debates that reflected
sectional differences in the first half of the 19th century. Although not everyone agreed
that the expansion of democracy was wise, the disagreements did not break down along
sectional lines.
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Foreign affairs sparked political debates that reflected sectional differences in the first
half of the 19th century. Conflict over the issues that led to the War of 1812, for
example, fell along regional lines with New Englanders opposing the war and
Southerners and Westerners supporting it.
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John Calhoun did not defend slavery as a “necessary evil” in 1837. Southerners tended
to defend slavery in these terms before the tremendous growth of cotton agriculture in
the 1830s.
John Calhoun did not defend slavery as a “military necessity” in 1837. Abraham
Lincoln argued during the Civil War that emancipation was a military necessity.
John Calhoun did not defend slavery as a “national birthright” in 1837.
In an 1837 speech before the U.S. Senate, South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun
defended slavery as a “positive good.” Unlike others who characterized slavery as a
“necessary evil,” Calhoun argued that the institution served to civilize and nurture
African Americans who could not take care of themselves.
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None of the antebellum-era reform movements had their origins in the Monroe
Doctrine. President James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 to prevent
European nations from pursuing further efforts to create colonies in the Western
Hemisphere.
The Second Great Awakening played a critical role in catalyzing the antebellum-era
reform movements. The revivals, which invigorated Protestantism and encouraged
efforts to eliminate sin, influenced reform movements deeply.
Beliefs in human perfectibility, which stemmed from the Enlightenment and the Great
Awakening, both catalyzed and influenced the reform movements of the antebellum era.
Liberal European social ideas were a strong influence on the reform movements that
emerged and grew in antebellum America.
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Frederick Douglass, a former slave, was an abolitionist who opposed sending enslaved
blacks to Africa.
The American Colonization Society, established in 1817, was the primary organization
that advocated the return of African Americans to Africa.
William Lloyd Garrison briefly advocated the resettlement of free blacks in Africa, but
he was most famous for his stance in favor of immediate and complete emancipation.
The Free-Soil Party advocated a prohibition on the extension of slavery into the
territories. It did not advocate the relocation of blacks to Africa.
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Scots-Irish and Welsh immigrants arrived in large numbers during the colonial period.
By the middle of the 19th century, they were acculturated Americans.
Dutch and French immigrants did not arrive in the United States in unprecedented
numbers in the mid-19th century.
Irish and German immigrants arrived in the United States in unprecedented numbers in
the 1840s and 1850s. Their religious affiliations, cultural practices, and concentration in
urban areas sparked a nativist backlash in American popular culture.
Italian and Greek immigrants arrived in larger numbers in the 20th century.
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Europeans looked down on American art and literature in the early 19th century.
American art and literature expanded in the early 19th century, but these forms
continued to blend European styles with regional American tastes.
American art and literature in the early 1800s flowered, but it was not yet critically well
received or perceived as highly original or creative.
Literacy rates were high in many parts of the United States in the early 19th century.
American art and literature flowered as the nation’s economic transformation expanded
the middle class.
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Women and American Indians faced limited economic opportunities in the antebellum
era, but religious followers had a broader set of experiences.
American Indians were blamed for the social problems they suffered, but women and
religious followers had a broader set of experiences.
In the antebellum era, American Indians, women, and religious followers each
developed unique cultures that reflected their interests and experiences.
Neither women nor American Indians gained greater political rights and representation
in the antebellum era. Most religious followers, if they were white and male, already
possessed political rights or representation.
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Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became a famous abolitionist. He wrote an
autobiography that was influential in its support for abolition.
Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist and a former slave, but she did not write an
autobiography.
Richard Allen was an African American minister who founded the African Methodist
Church in 1816.
David Walker was a free black man and a Boston abolitionist who published An Appeal
to the Coloured Citizens of the World in 1829, which called for black unity and selfhelp.
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Domestic markets grew in size and scope as a result of the technological innovations of
the antebellum era.
The technological innovations of the antebellum era led to increased industrial output
but did not heighten the isolation of rural Americans. The U.S. remained a primarily
agricultural nation, and rural communities did not shrink significantly.
The new technologies that emerged in the antebellum era led to a significant increase in
industrial output and worker productivity.
The technological innovations of the antebellum period contributed to a revolution in
farming and agriculture.
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The Lowell system did not include steel production. The factories in Lowell were
devoted to the creation of a different product.
The Lowell system was successful in its early years, but it did not spread throughout the
United States and England. By the late 1830s, the owners were impelled to speed up
work and decrease wages in order to compete in the international market.
The Lowell system depended on the labor of farm girls from rural areas who left their
families to work in the textile factories. The young women generally worked for a few
years before they married and had families of their own.
During its early years, the Lowell system did not rely on cheap immigrant labor. The
Lowell factories were staffed by other workers.
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The growth and profitability of Southern cotton agriculture did not catapult the wealth
of the average Southern white above most Northerners. The wealth produced by cotton
production was unevenly distributed, with large cotton growers reaping most of the
benefits. The average income of white Northerners remained much higher than that of
most Southern whites.
The growth and profitability of Southern cotton agriculture provided the raw material
for textile manufacturing in New England. The two industries were closely linked.
The growth and profitability of Southern cotton agriculture led to a revival of the
domestic slave trade. Slave owners in the Chesapeake frequently sold their slaves to
other whites who needed slave labor for cotton plantations in the Southwest.
The growth and profitability of Southern cotton agriculture promoted national and
international economic ties. Textile producers in the United States, England, and other
nations relied heavily on cotton they imported from the American South.
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The growth of canals and railroads was critically important for linking the North and the
Midwest during the antebellum era. These developments allowed for the transportation
of goods from the Atlantic Coast to inland regions.
The spread of plantation agriculture took place in the South and facilitated economic
linkages between the Southeast and the Southwest. It did not play a significant role in
the increasing economic connections between the North and the Midwest.
Federal government support for internal improvements in the antebellum era helped to
integrate a national economy that strengthened the economic connections between the
North and the Midwest.
The shift to market production contributed to the increasing economic connections
between the North and the Midwest in the antebellum era.
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Indian removal violated the Supreme Court’s ruling in Worcester v. Georgia (1832).
The domestic slave trade did not violate a Supreme Court ruling, however.
Indian removal and the domestic slave trade were not linked by the fact that Northern
migrants to the frontier were firmly opposed to each. Most migrants did not object to
these developments during the first half of the 19th century.
Both Indian removal and the domestic slave trade were driven by efforts to exploit the
nation’s natural resources. Indian removal permitted white Americans to move onto
Indian land, which was well suited to cotton agriculture. The domestic slave trade also
made the expansion of cotton cultivation possible.
In general, Democrats were more likely to support Indian removal and the domestic
slave trade than Whigs.
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The transcontinental railroad did connect the Great Lakes to the East Coast, but by the
time it was completed, New York City had already emerged as an economic center.
The National Road did not connect the Great Lakes to the East Coast. It was located
further south.
The Cumberland Gap did not connect the Great Lakes to the East Coast. It is an
Appalachian Mountain pass located at the junction of Tennessee, Kentucky, and
Virginia.
The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, connected the East Coast to the Great Lakes via the
Hudson River and Lake Erie. The canal fostered a population surge in western New
York state, opened regions further west to white settlement, and fueled the economic
growth of New York City, making it the chief U.S. port.
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Most Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s did not settle in the
Great Lakes region.
Most Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s did not settle on
Midwestern farms. They tended to be poor and unable to afford farmland.
Most Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s settled in cities along
the east coast, such as Boston and New York. Irish immigrants tended to be poor and
unable to afford further transportation once they arrived in coastal cities.
Most Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s did not settle on
homesteads on the frontier. They tended to be poor and would not have had the
resources necessary for establishing homes, even if the land were free.
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The widespread cultivation of cotton and other cash crops in the South did not make the
region more economically or socially egalitarian. The South remained stratified by class
and social hierarchy.
The widespread cultivation of cotton in the South was important for the Northern textile
industry. Cash crops integrated the South’s economy into the national economy.
The widespread cultivation of cotton and other cash crops in the South did not lead to
the growth of textile mills and other manufacturing throughout the South. Textile mills
and manufacturing grew in the North, while the South remained primarily agricultural.
The widespread cultivation of cotton and other cash crops in the South led Southerners
to migrate into the Southwest in the early and mid-19th century. The increasing number
of slave states meant that the South gained political power in Congress.
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Republican Motherhood emerged as a result of the American Revolution. It was not
connected to industrialization.
The Cult of Domesticity was a cultural ideology that emerged alongside
industrialization; it glorified women's role as homemakers and encouraged an increasing
separation between home and the workplace.
Gibson Girls were a late 19th century phenomenon. The image of the Gibson Girl
reflected modernizing ideas about women’s roles and did not glorify their role as
homemakers.
Amelia Bloomer attended the women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls in 1848. She
argued for dress reform for women and suggested that pants were more utilitarian than
skirts.
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Those who opposed the American System of internal improvements generally did so
because they prioritized regional interests over national ones. Southerners, who objected
to the high tariffs that funded internal improvements, were some of the American
System’s major opponents.
Opposition to the American System did not stem from fears that improved
transportation would lead to more western migration. Opponents of internal
improvements typically made a different set of arguments.
Opposition to the American System did not stem from large federal budget deficits that
undermined needed funding. Opponents of internal improvements typically made a
different set of arguments.
Opponents of the American System believed that it was unconstitutional, but there were
no Supreme Court decisions that questioned its constitutionality.
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The annexation of Texas was an example of Manifest Destiny.
American attempts to purchase California were an example of Manifest Destiny.
American negotiations with Britain over the Oregon border, which were intended to
maximize American land claims, were an example of Manifest Destiny.
Demilitarizing the Great Lakes was not an example of Manifest Destiny. The Great
Lakes were demilitarized by the Rush-Bagot Treaty after the War of 1812. That event
did not increase American land claims.
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The War of 1812 allowed the United States to reassert sovereignty over its existing
western lands and remove Britain’s military presence from North America. The war
made it possible for Republicans to pursue western expansion, internal improvements,
and new economic markets.
The War of 1812 did not receive broad support. The war increased sectional divisions.
The United States did not win a decisive victory against the British in the War of 1812,
nor did it gain valuable new land on the frontier.
Federalists opposed the War of 1812, and their opposition to it essentially ended the
party’s influence.
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Jay’s Treaty did not end the War of 1812. It resolved American disputes with Britain
that had persisted after the end of the Revolutionary War.
The Treaty of Ghent did not settle boundary disputes with Canada.
The Adams-Onis Treaty, negotiated in 1819, settled a standing border dispute between
the United States and Spain. The United States acquired Florida and set a new boundary
between the United States and New Spain in the west.
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The Webster-Ashburton Treaty did not end the Quasi-War with France. It resolved
border disputes between the United States and Britain.
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The Monroe Doctrine was not a treaty between the United States and Britain. Britain
did not make promises to the United States as a result of the Monroe Doctrine.
The Monroe Doctrine was not an attempt to relocate American Indian tribes. It was
unrelated to the United States’ relations with American Indians.
James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 to prevent European nations from
pursuing further efforts to create colonies in the Western Hemisphere. He proclaimed
that that United States would respond to any European intervention in the Western
Hemisphere as an act of aggression.
The Monroe Doctrine was not an economic policy initiated by James Monroe. It had no
direct impact on the American economy.
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The United States’ policy of Indian removal to facilitate western expansion was divisive
in the antebellum era, but it was not the most divisive issue of the period.
The most divisive issue related to western expansion in the antebellum era was the
extension of slavery. Southerners were committed to the extension of slavery into the
U.S. territories gained as a result of the Mexican-American War, and most Northerners
objected to the extension of slavery.
The U.S. government’s provision of free homesteads for settlers did not begin until
1862 when congressional Republicans, unimpeded by the Democrats who had seceded,
passed the Homestead Act.
By the antebellum period, most states had eliminated property qualifications for voting.
This was not a divisive issue in the mid-19th century.
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Southerners referred to the Tariff of 1828 as the “Tariff of Abominations.” They feared
that the high duties would interfere with overseas shipping and hurt American cotton
exports.
The Tariff of 1828 did demonstrate the growing differences between the North and the
South. Northerners generally approved of high tariffs, while Southerners generally did
not.
The U.S. Supreme Court never ruled the Tariff of 1828 unconstitutional.
The Tariff of 1828 sparked so much antagonism among Southern politicians that it
created a major sectional crisis in which Southern politicians claimed that they could
nullify federal laws.
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These three elements were not linked by a relationship to the extension of slavery into
U.S. territories.
The Hartford Convention, the nullification crisis, and some of the Marshall Court’s
decisions emerged out of situations in which the federal government’s attempts to assert
greater control over the states led to resistance. New England Federalists organized the
Hartford Convention to address its concerns about the War Hawks’ power to lead the
U.S. government into the War of 1812; South Carolina politicians put forth the doctrine
of nullification to resist the Tariff of 1828; and the decisions of the Marshall Court
addressed cases that emerged when states resisted federal supremacy.
These three elements were not linked by the fact that they all resulted from political
compromises between the federal governments and the states.
These three elements did not share a relationship to nativism. They were linked by
another issue.
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Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling in Worcester v. Georgia, the Indian Removal Act
resulted in the Trail of Tears during which Cherokees were forced on a 1,200 mile
journey west. Nearly one-quarter of the Cherokees died en route from the hardship.
The Indian Removal Act was overruled by the U.S. Supreme Court in Cherokee v.
Georgia.
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 did provide federal payment to Indian tribes for the
lands it confiscated from them.
Andrew Jackson was a staunch supporter of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
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MSC: Key Concepts: 4.3.II.C
29. ANS: C
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The Missouri Compromise did allow Maine to enter the Union as a free state, while
Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.
The Missouri Compromise did bar slavery north of the 36°30’ line in in future states
carved out from the Louisiana Purchase territory.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 addressed the divisive issue of slavery effectively
enough that it remained submerged for the next 30 years. It was not until after the nation
acquired new territory from the Mexican-American War in 1848 that slavery again
emerged as an incredibly divisive political issue.
The Missouri Compromise was not weakened and overturned. It remained in effect for
several decades.
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MSC: Key Concepts: 4.3.III.A
30. ANS: A
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The expansion and increase of slavery in the new Southwest during the antebellum era
created new tensions over the spread of slavery into the American territories in the
1850s. These tensions ultimately precipitated the Civil War.
Neither major political party opposed the expansion of slavery into the new Southwest
during the antebellum era. The Democratic Party tended to support the expansion of
slavery, while Whigs were divided on the issue.
The expansion of slavery into the Southwest did not lead to the resumption of the
African slave trade with the U.S. It did contribute to the growth of the domestic slave
trade, however.
The expansion of slavery into the Southwest during the antebellum era increased the
value of cotton and slaves in the East.
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MSC: Key Concepts: 4.3.III.B