Chapter 10 Reading Quiz

A significant element of the American System was...

• A national bank

• Tariffs on imported manufactured goods

• Federally sponsored "internal improvements"

• All of the Above

A significant theme of the Monroe Doctrine was that

• Slavery should not be permitted in the American territories above latitude 36*30'

• Congress is entitled to pass any law to promote the "general welfare," except where explicitly barred by the constitution

• The US needs a world-class national university

• European powers should refrain from further colonization in the Americas

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

• Election of Andrew Jackson; election of John Q. Adams; election of William Henry harrison; election of Martin Van Buren

• Nullification Crisis; Monroe Doctrine; Dorr War; Death of Second Bank

• Second Seminole War; Trail of Tears; Indian Removal Act; Cherokee Nation v Georgia case

• Announcement of American System Program; Missouri Controversy; "Tariff of Abominations"; Veto of Second Bank Charter

Which of the following was not a paradoxical feature of Andrew Jackson’s public career?

• Although an avowed champion of states' rights and limited government, he fought tenaciously as president to affirm the supremacy of National Government.

• Although hailed as protector of the "common man", he opposed the extension of democratic rights to blacks and indians

• Although a man of wealth, he was hailed as protector of the "common man"

• Although suspicious of creditors and paper money, he was a leading defender of the Bank of the US

Andrew Jackson was the standard bearer for which political party?

• Republicans

• Whigs

• Federalists

• Democrats

What political party was organized to oppose President Jackson?

• Democrats

• Federalists

• Republicans

• Whigs

Which was not an element in the 1841 Dorr War?

• Supporters of democratic reform organized a People's Convention, which drafted a new constitution for the state of Rhode Island

• The war's bloodshed led to the deaths of more than 246 people, and to Dorr's execution

• Thomas Dorr, a wealthy lawyer, was inaugurated as governor of the state of Rhode Island under the constitution drawn by the People's Convention

• It occurred in Rhode Island and was a struggle for universal manhood suffrage in the state

In the sentence, “Suffrage was the “the first mark of liberty, the only true badge of the freeman,” define “suffrage”:

• Pain by torture

• The vote

• To suffer, suffering, because without suffering there can be no personal growth

• A liberty cap or liberty poll, usually erected in a public square or near government buildings

Which was not a way women became increasingly active in the public sphere during the early nineteenth century?

• They participated in reform movements

• They participated in religious movements

• They exercised the suffrage after 1807

• They published stories, poetry, essays, and guides to life

President James Madison favored a system of national economic incentives for manufacturers, a protective tariff, a new national bank, and federal financing of roads and canals that came to be known as:

• The Union Systems of Manufacturers

• The Madison System

• The Hamiltonian System

• The American System