Chapter 4 Toward a Democracy
1.
Intense loyalty and devotion to one's country is known as ____________
A) ultimatum.
B) the American System.
C) federalism.
D) nationalism.
2.
What was the purpose of the Tariff of 1816?
A) to raise money to be deposited in the new national bank
B) to raise money to support an army
C) to protect American manufacturers from foreign competition
D) to raise money for the internal improvements being made in transportation
3.
What important effect did John Marshall's legal decisions have upon the federal government?
A) created the precedent of strict or literal interpretation of the Constitution
B) made the Constitution flexible enough to meet the nation's changing needs
C) destroyed nationalism
D) strengthened the power of the states over the federal government
4.
Which legal decision by the Marshall Court established the policy of implied powers and the superiority of federal power over state power in case of conflict?
A)
Marbury
v.
Madison
B)
Gibbons
v.
Ogden
C)
McCulloch
v.
Maryland
D)
Martin
v.
Hunter's Lessee
5.
Which of the following was the direct result of the development of the nation's transportation system in the first half of the 1800s?
A) A truly national economy was created.
B) Tensions were eased between Great Britain and the United States.
C) The national bank was reinstated.
D) A national currency was printed and used.
6.
Who was the person most responsible for establishing the policy that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to colonization?
A) John Marshall
B) John C. Calhoun
C) James Monroe
D) Henry Clay
7.
Why were labor unions formed in the early 1800s?
A) to protest slavery
B) to fight economic depression
C) to improve working conditions
D) to promote the Industrial Revolution
8.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the invention of the cotton gin?
A) slave labor became profitable
B) demand for raw cotton decreased
C) cotton became most important agricultural product in South
D) "cotton kingdom" moved westward
9.
Why were Northeasterners in favor of protective tariffs?
A) They thought that they would have to pay more for imported goods.
B) They wanted to raise revenues for the federal government to make it stronger.
C) They felt that high tariffs would provide revenue for new roads and canals and would increase urban markets for their farm products.
D) They wanted to ensure that their factories could compete successfully with foreign manufacturers.
10.
What action brought about a temporary peace in the argument over the practice of slavery in the territories?
A) the Louisiana Purchase
B) the Black Hawk War
C) the Missouri Compromise
D) the Tallmadge Amendment
11.
Why was John Quincy Adams's presidency unsuccessful?
A) Adams was not a favorite son in the election.
B) Adams had no plan to run the government.
C) Adams's federal programs received little support from Congress.
D) He cheated Andrew Jackson out of the presidency.
12.
Which of the following set the stage for the severe panic and economic depression of 1837?
A) the selling of public lands by the federal government
B) the extending of easy credit to state banks
C) Andrew Jackson's order that public lands must be paid for in gold or silver
D) the election of Martin Van Buren as President
13.
Who was the leader of enslaved people who attempted an unsuccessful rebellion in Virginia in 1831?
A) William Lloyd Garrison
B) Harriet Tubman
C) Nat Turner
D) Frederick Douglass
14.
What was the Hudson River School?
A) a group of landscape painters who created romantic pictures
B) a group of writers who wanted Americans to feel proud of their country's heritage
C) a group of American authors who joined the various reform movements
D) a group of American poets who wrote about American subjects
15.
Which of the following was characteristic of the "Second Great Awakening" of Protestant Churches?
A) orphanages and charitable organizations
B) funding of colleges and common ownership
C) revival meetings and building of churches
D) community living and common ownership
