Unit 5 Test Review

Which were two pull factors that drove many European immigrants to America in both the 1600s and the early 1800s?

• major famines and poverty

• available land and economic opportunity

• religious persecution and unfair treatment

• available jobs and political problems

In contrast with earlier waves of immigration, many immigrants in the first half of the 1800s came from

• Africa

• Britain

• France

• Ireland

What was one effect of the Second Great Awakening on religion in the United States?

• Church attendance greatly increased across the country.

• Most people joined utopian communities to improve society.

• The Baptist and Methodist churches were founded.

• African Americans converted to Catholicism.

The work of Dorothea Dix in the 1800s was an example of

• the religious fervor in American society.

• the increased desire to reform American society.

• the growing opposition to the practice of slavery.

• the increased emphasis on moral behavior.

The Seneca Falls Convention was the beginning of

• the women's rights movement

• the abolitionist movement

• the temperance movement

• the common school movement

Henry Clay planned to fund the American System largely through

• tariffs on foreign imports.

• sales of manufactured goods.

• improvements to infrastructure.

• sales of food and cash crops.

In the 1700s, James Watt caused a revolution in transportation by improving

• the spinning mill

• the steam engine

• road construction

• railroad cars

What was a major source of controversy for President Andrew Jackson?

• his upbringing west of the Appalachians

• his appeal to the public during his campaign

• the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears

• his support of expanded voting rights

As the Second National Bank faltered, President Jackson

• ordered funds from the bank to be returned to depositors.

• removed funds from the bank and deposited them in state banks.

• created a system of state banks to replace the national bank.

• pressed Congress for a set of laws that would abolish state banks.

The McCulloch v. Maryland Supreme Court case firmly established that

• state governments can overrule the federal government.

• the federal government cannot tax states.

• state governments have the same amount of power as federal government.

• the federal government has more power than state governments.