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Chapter 11 The War and the Upsurge of Nationalism 1812–1824

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

Which of the following is not true of the American regular army on the eve of the War of 1812?

a)

Their numbers were large enough that they did not have to rely on state militias.

b)

Most of the generals were leftovers from the Revolutionary War and lacked vigor and vision.

c)

They were ill-trained and ill-disciplined.

d)

They were widely scattered.

2.

How could America's military campaigns against Canada in the War of 1812 be described?

a)

poorly conceived strategically and successfully repelled by the British and Canadians

b)

unusual for their brilliant military leadership

c)

marked by good coordination of a complicated strategy

d)

a failure because they focused each of the campaigns on Montreal

3.

Which of the following was not an element of British strategy by 1814?

a)

invading the Chesapeake Bay area

b)

invading New York City

c)

blockading the Atlantic coast

d)

invading the Delaware Valley

4.

Which of the following was not a result of the Battle of New Orleans in 1815?

a)

an impressive American military victory over the British

b)

the launching of Andrew Jackson as a national hero

c)

the British deciding to conclude a peace treaty with the Americans

d)

a wave of patriotism washing over the entire country, exemplified by public praise for the defenders of New Orleans

5.

What was not part of the demands adopted by the delegates of the Hartford Convention?

a)

a guarantee of no future wars with Britain

b)

abolition of the three-fifths clause

c)

a single-term limit on the presidency

d)

financial compensation to New England for lost trade

6.

Which of the following was an outcome of the War of 1812?

a)

a decisive victory for the United States

b)

a stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the United States

c)

a decisive victory for the British

d)

an embarrassment for American diplomacy

7.

At the end of the War of 1812, what did British manufacturers do?

a)

They discontinued trade with America.

b)

They conducted only limited trade with America.

c)

They persuaded the British government to repeal all economic barriers and tariffs applied to American domestic manufacturers.

d)

They began dumping their goods in America at extremely low prices.

8.

The Tariff of 1816 was the first tariff in American history that was intended to do what?

a)

Protect American industry.

b)

Raise revenue.

c)

Protect southern agriculture.

d)

Foreclose all the manufacturing imports from specific industrial sectors in America such as textiles.

9.

Which of the following elements did not contribute to the Panic of 1819?

a)

a devastating agricultural drought throughout the nation in 1818-1819

b)

the overextension of credit by western banks to dubious business and unwise ventures

c)

the coercive loan call-in and foreclosure demands imposed by the Bank of the United States

d)

the overspeculation in frontier lands by the Bank of the United States through its western branches

10.

Which of the following did not contribute to the western land boom from 1791 to 1824?

a)

farmers in the southeast moving to the west for new land that wasn't over toiled

b)

the Native Americans' military defeats in the Northwest and South

c)

acute economic distress in the East during the embargo years prompting many Americans to settle in the West

d)

the construction of railroad lines west of the Mississippi River

11.

What was one consequence in the North of the admission of Missouri as a state?

a)

It inspired a movement to amend the Constitution to explicitly authorize slavery in newly admitted states.

b)

It inspired a small but growing group of abolitionists in the North to speak out against the evils of slavery.

c)

It was hailed by merchants as a potential new market.

d)

It was seen as a chance to strengthen the "New England dynasty."

12.

What was one result of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Missouri was required to free its enslaved people when they reached full adulthood.

b)

There were more slave than free states in the Union.

c)

Slavery was banned north of 36° 30' in the Louisiana Purchase territory.

d)

None of the above

13.

What was the result of Chief Justice John Marshall's rulings In the cases of Fletcher v. Peck and Dartmouth College v. Woodward?

a)

They demonstrated his support for states' rights.

b)

They upheld federal authority against individual rights at the federal level.

c)

They established the principle of judicial review.

d)

They erected barriers against democratic attacks on property rights.

14.

In McCulloch v. Maryland, Cohens v. Virginia, and Gibbons v. Ogden, what did Chief Justice Marshall's rulings limit?

a)

states' rights

b)

judicial review

c)

constitutionalism

d)

federal authority

15.

By the year 1819, the United States of America had added 9 more states

a)

all allowed slavery.

b)

where popular sovereignty ruled, people voted whether to have slaves or not.

c)

that were a combination of free and slave states.

d)

that were all free states.

16.

What became the American approach to tactically fighting in the War of 1812? 

a)

offensive, full invasion of Canada

b)

defense

c)

fighting strategically through our Army and volunteering militias

d)

making all fighting occur on the water by the Navy

17.

"The Star Spangled Banner" was first as a poem written by Francis Scott Key while

a)

he was battling the British in a trench.

b)

he was being held as a POW on a British warship.

c)

he was a war hawk for Jackson in the Navy.

d)

watched his home be burned as a civilian.

18.

The biggest loser in the War of 1812 was undoubtedly 

a)

the French

b)

Great Britain

c)

the United States

d)

Native Americans

19.

What can be considered a big negative impact that the War of 1812 had on America?

a)

Economic prosperity

b)

the birth of a distinctively American literature

c)

Heightened sense of nationalism

d)

The decline of master artisans

20.

President James Monroe began a goodwill tour in 1817 in order to

a)

thank our Army and Navy.

b)

sightsee booming infrastructure like the Erie Canal.

c)

inspect American military defenses.

d)

extend gratitude to the women and children who were left at home during the War of 1812.