History Test Two

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At the core of the New Democracy was the belief that government should

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be in the hands of common people

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The New Democracy was based on the idea that the right to vote

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should be extended to all adult white men

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The Panic of 1819 got many people involved in politics because they

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represented government granted privileges for banks

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The Missouri Compromise was especially instrumental in causing many

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southerners to become involved in National politics

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The HOR decided the 1824 presidential election when

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no candidate recieved a majority of the vote in the Electoral College

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John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having when he appointed

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Henry Clay to become secretary of the state

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The sections of the US most hurt by the Tariff of 1828 was

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New England

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The purpose behind the "spoils" system was to

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reward politcal supporters with public office

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Andrew Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road Bill was an example of his

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Strong Nationalism

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The nullification crisis of 1833 resulted in a clear-cut victory for

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neither Andrew Jackson nor the nullifies

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In their treatment of Native Americans, white American said all of the following except

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argue that Indians could not be assimilated into the larger society

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The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian Tribes was

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forced removel

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One reason for the Anglo Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that

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the Angle Texans wanted to break away from a government that had grown too authortarion

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The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues except

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allegieance to spain

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Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican armies at the Battle of

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San Jacinto

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President Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new Texas Republic because

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antislavery groups in the US apposed the expansion of slavery

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The "cement" that held the Whig party together in its formative was

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hatred of Andrew Jackson

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William Henry Harrison, the whig party is presidential candidate in 1840 was

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made to look like a poor western farmer

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The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to

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be socially and geographically diverse

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The Era of Good Feelings

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was a troubled period

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Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican armies at the Battle of

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San Jacinto

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The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues except

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allegieance to spain

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President Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new Texas Republic because

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antislavery groups in the US apposed the expansion of slavery

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One reason for the Anglo Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that

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the Angle Texans wanted to break away from a government that had grown too authortarion

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The "cement" that held the Whig party together in its formative was

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hatred of Andrew Jackson

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The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian Tribes was

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forced removel

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William Henry Harrison, the whig party is presidential candidate in 1840 was

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made to look like a poor western farmer

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In their treatment of Native Americans, white American said all of the following except

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argue that Indians could not be assimilated into the larger society

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The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to

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be socially and geographically diverse

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The Era of Good Feelings

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was a troubled period

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One of the major causes of the panic of 1819 was

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overspeculation in the frontier lands

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When the HOR passed the Tallmage Amendement in response to Missouri's request for admission to the union

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the South thought that the amdenment would treaten the sectional balance

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All the following were results of the Missouri compromise except

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that sectionalism was reduced

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In interpreting the Constitution, John Marschall

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favored "loose constitition"

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The Treaty of 1818 with England

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granted Canada exclusive use of the New Foundland fisheries

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Spain sold Florida to the US because it

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could not defend the area and would lose it in any case

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The Doctrine of noncolonization in the MD was

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mostly a symloic gesture of good will to the Latin American Republics

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Latin Americas reaction to the Monroe Doctrine can best be described as

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unconcerned of unimpressed

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The American Revolution was

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an example of accelerated evolution rather than outright revolution

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The Founding Fathers failed to eliminate slavery because

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a fight over slavery might destroy national unity

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As a result of Revolutions emphasis on equality, all of the folliwng were achieved except

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full equality between white women and men

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One reason that the US avoided the excesses of the French Revolution is that

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cheap land was easily availbe

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The economic status of the average American at the end of the Revolutional War was

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probably worse than before the war

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The articles of Confederation left Congress unable to

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enforce a tax-collection program

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A major strength of the Articles of Confederation was its

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presentation of the ideal of a United Nation

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Shay's Rebellion was provoked by

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foreclosures on the mortages of backcountry farmers

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Under the Articles, the relationship between the 13 states

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convinced many that a stronger central government was needed

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The Constitution Convention was called to

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revise the Articles of Confederation

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The delegates whose contributions to the Philidelphia Con. were so notable that he has been called "Father of the Constition" was

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James Madison

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The Great Compromise at the Constitional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for

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apportioning congressional representation

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The one branch of the government elected directly by the people is the

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legislative

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Under the Constitution, the president of the US was elected by a majority vote of the

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electoral college

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Probably the most alarming characteristic of the new Constitution to those who apposed

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the absence of the bill of rights

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Despite the flourish cities, America's population was still about

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90% rural

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One of the first jobs facing the new government under the Constitution was to

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draw up and pass a Bill of Rights

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Which of the following pairs of items are not directly related to each other

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states rights-loose construction

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All of the following, were part of Alexander Hamilton's economic program except:

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paying only domestic debts but not foreign debts

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All of the following are guarantees provided by the Bill of Rights except

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the right to vote for all citizens

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Alexander Hamilton's proposed bank of the United States was

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based on the "necessary was proper" or "elastic", clause in the Constitution

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The Whisky Rebellion of 1794 arose in the southwestern Pennslyvania when the federal government

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levied an excise task on whiskey

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Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793

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was based on calculations of American self-interest

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In Jay's Treaty, the British

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promised to evacuate the chain of the Old Northwest

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The United States acquried free navigation of the Mississippi River in

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the Punckney Treaty

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The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to

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silence and punish critics of the Federalists

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Thomas Jefferson recieved the bulk of his support from the

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South and West

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By 1810, most insistant demand for a declaration of war against British came from

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West and Southwest

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Only argument not put forward by the

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war hawks

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Post-War of 1812 nationalism could be seen in all but

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revival of American Religion

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Tariff of 1816 was the 1st in American History that aimed to

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protect American Victory

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Henry day call for federally funded roads and canals recieved wholehearted

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endorsements from the weest

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When the US entereted the war of 1812

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it was military unprepared

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Outcome of the War of 1812 was

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embarassement of American dipolomacy

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Most devestating defeat of war of 1812 was in

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New Orleans