Question 14 (1 point)What would have been an accurate assessment of the Monroe Doctrine at the

time?

Question 14 options:

	The Latin American revolutions had little in common with American ideals.
	It was more talk than action, as the United States was weak militarily.
	The United States had battle plans drawn to attack Europe to prevent further colonization.
	This was a plan to gain Canada from the British.
	It failed in helping the United States gain Florida.

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Question 15 (1 point)

How are Andrew Jackson and George Washington most similar?

Question 15 options:

	Both had a strong mistrust of banks.
	Washington favored states’ rights more than Jackson.
	Both had similar policies in regards to Native Americans.
	Jackson did not like to use the veto power as much as Washington did.
	Both were popular army generals, which helped them get elected to the presidency.

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Question 16 (1 point)

In what way was the 1840 Whig campaign for president similar to recent presidential campaigns?

Question 16 options:

	Both had an extremely high percentage of voters (80 percent) turning out to cast ballots.
	Both had record numbers of African-Americans voting.
	Both stressed that the presidential candidate can relate to the average citizen.
	Both had candidates with no platforms.
	Both dealt with immigration issues.

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Question 17 (1 point)

Andrew Jackson’s inauguration was:

Question 17 options:

	small and dignified.
	much like the previous presidential inaugurations.
	limited to only the upper crust of society.
	a large, rowdy event.
	a disastrous affair, since Jackson’s opponents protested outside the White House.

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Question 18 (1 point)

The key insight of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Tocqueville on Democracy was that:

Question 18 options:

	the most important thing about American democracy was that the majority of men could vote.
	American democracy was really a sham.
	American democracy really represented an important cultural shift.
	the ideology of the Whig Party was actually more democratic than that of the Democratic Party.
	American democracy could not exist without strong presidential leadership.

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Question 19 (1 point)

In the wake of the War of 1812, younger Republicans like Henry Clay and John Calhoun:

Question 19 options:

	continued to support agrarianism, but believed that the nation’s economic independence required a manufacturing sector.
	demanded that the United States scale back its international involvement and depend exclusively on agriculture for its prosperity.
	believed in the need for national economic development, but thought that the federal government should stay out of it and let the states do it.
	decided that Jeffersonianism was hopelessly out of date when President James Madison opposed their efforts, and they decided to form their own political party.
	threw their support to Andrew Jackson because they realized that their plans were too grandiose to win popular support without a hero as their standard-bearer.

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Question 20 (1 point

In its decision in McCulloch v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that:

Question 20 options:

	the Indians were not allowed to sue the federal government.
	the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional.
	Catholics could not be barred from political office.
	the American System was unconstitutional.
	states could nullify federal laws with congressional permission.

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Question 21 (1 point)

Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820:

Question 21 options:

	the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into slave and free zones.
	Congress banned slavery in any new territory that might ever be added to the United States.
	Missouri agreed to gradual emancipation of slavery in exchange for admission to the Union.
	Ohio became a free state to balance the admission of Missouri as a slave state.
	slave states gained a two-seat advantage in the U.S. Senate.

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Question 22 (1 point)

Which of the following is NOT true of John Quincy Adams?

Question 22 options:

	He enjoyed one of the most distinguished diplomatic careers in American history.
	He had a far more expansive view of national power than many of his contemporaries.
	He was a firm believer in strict construction of the Constitution.
	He was the only member of Monroe’s cabinet to oppose reprimanding Andrew Jackson for invading Spanish Florida.
	Although a Federalist senator at the time, he had supported Jefferson’s embargo policy.

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Question 23 (1 point)

Which of the following statements about Martin Van Buren is FALSE?

Question 23 options:

	By 1828, he had established the political apparatus of the Democratic Party.
	Son of a tavern keeper, his principal talent was as a party manager.
	A graduate of Harvard, he was known for his sterling intellectual accomplishments.
	He believed party discipline could help overcome sectional feelings.
	The forcible removal of the Cherokee tribe, known as the Trail of Tears, occurred during his presidency.

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Question 24 (1 point)

The national political parties of the second American party system were:

Question 24 options:

	Democrats and Whigs.
	Republicans and Democrats.
	Whigs and Know-Nothings.
	Republicans and Whigs.
	Democrats and Federalists.

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Question 25 (1 point)

Whigs wanted the government involved in all of the following EXCEPT:

Question 25 options:

	restricting alcohol production.
	legislating morality.
	prohibiting entertainment on Sundays.
	restricting corporations.
	banning prostitution.

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Question 26 (1 point)

The Panic of 1837:

Question 26 options:

	inspired a more vigorous labor movement in the decade that followed.
	led to a relatively mild economic downturn that resolved itself by 1839.
	can only be blamed on Andrew Jackson’s veto of the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States.
	was caused, in part, by a decline in British demand for American cotton.
	helped farmers, because the cost of transporting goods to markets fell.

 

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