What did the 1828 presidential election demonstrate?:
that the new political parties were strongly sectional in their sources of strength.
As a result of Jackson's bank policies?
sales of public land rose tremendously, banks printed new banknotes with abandon,the nation entered a period of speculative mania.
The chief weapon used by Andrew Jackson in his dispute with the National Bank was?
deposit government money in state banks.
What was the opinion of Andrew Jackson, and probably most of his contemporaries, regarding the spoils system?
the frequent rotation of officeholders had a beneficial effect on the government.
the political purpose for proposing the Tariff of 1828 was to?
discredit the administration of President John Quincy Adams
the Whig Party turned against President John Tyler because?
he opposed the entire Whig legislative program
what describes the policy adopted during the 1820s and 1830s as a permanent solution to the Native American problem?
the removal of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi.
Andrew Jackson's view of the presidency emphasized?
leadership by the executive branch in the interests of the people
John C. Calhoun advocated nullification of a federal law in 1828, and again in 1832 to?
avoid secession.
The major issue in Jackson's campaign for re-election in 1832 was the?
The major issue in Jackson's campaign for re-election in 1832 was the?
In the 1830s and 1840s, the primary difference between Whigs and the Democrats was that?
the Whigs favored an expanded, activist federal government while the Democrats favored a limited non-interventionist federal government.
the rise of the Industrial Revolution led to?
a rise in the standard of living for the working class, the development of the middle class,great difficulty for the workers in adapting to the new way of life.
the most profound economic development by mid-19c America was the?
rise of the factory
The situation of women and immigrants in the factory system was similar in that they both?
were powerless to affect pay rates or working conditions
By the first decade of the 19c, American manufacturing had been revolutionized by the advent of?
interchangeable machine parts
Which of the following supplied the largest number of immigrants to the United States during the first half of the 19c?
Ireland
The direction of the population movement that took place between 1790 and 1840 was from?
The direction of the population movement that took place between 1790 and 1840 was from?
The Industrial Revolution had which of the following effects on slavery in the South?
rapid growth in the textile industry encouraged Southern planters to grow cotton, thereby making slavery more important to the economy.
Which was the most important immediate cause of the rise of manufacturing in the United States?
stoppages of trade by the embargoes and the War of 1812
The American system of manufacturing, which emerged in the early 1800s, was successful because of its use of?
The American system of manufacturing, which emerged in the early 1800s, was successful because of its use
Transcendentalists believed that?
each individual should strive to "transcend" the limits of intellect and allow emotions to create an "original relation to the universe.
After 1830, which of the following reform movements began to overshadow the others?
antislavery
Manufacturing in the Old South lagged behind that in the North because?
cotton was a more profitable investment.
The paternalistic view of slavery held that?
slavery was necessary to protect blacks from the mistreatment and abuse they would receive if they were freed.
Which was true of free blacks living in the North during the thirty years prior to the Civil War?
racial tensions often exploded into riots.
Harriet Tubman gained fame?
by helping slaves to escape to Canada
In Congress, most of the criticism of the Mexican War came from the?
Whigs
The application for California statehood caused turmoil in Congress because?
it would upset the balance between the slave and free states in the Senate
The Senate rejected annexing Texas drawn up by Secretary of State Calhoun because?
he defended annexation as a way to protect and defend slavery.
What was the cause of the increasingly tense relations between the Mexican government and the American residents in Texas after 1830?
the instability of Mexican politics, attempts by the Mexican government to prohibit importation of slaves,increasing American immigration.
Advocates of Manifest Destiny claimed the motive for territorial expansion was to?
extend American liberty to new territories
Opponents of the war with Mexico included?
new England abolitionists
According to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the United States?
gained California and New Mexico
Had it passed, the Wilmot Proviso would have?
prohibited slavery in any territory won from Mexico
The prominent issue in national politics in the 1840s was?
the westward expansion of U. S. territory
Many Southerners supported the Compromise of 1850 because it?
provided for the return of fugitive slaves
Despite earlier efforts to settle the issue, the slavery question became a major issue in the 1840s and 1850s because the?
nation was expanding to the West.
By opening territory north of 36º 30' to slavery, the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the?
Missouri Compromis
Stephen Douglas' advocacy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska Act ignited rather than dispelled the flames of sectionalism. Popular sovereignty sought to?
let the residents of Kansas-Nebraska areas determine their own laws on slavery through elections.
"Bleeding Kansas" gained its reputation for violence because of the?
sporadic warfare between settlers on opposing sides in the battle over the slavery issue.
The new Republican party?
prospered because of Northern outrage over "Bleeding Sumner" and "Bleeding Kansas".
Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that?
action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories.
At the outset, President Lincoln held that the Civil War was being fought to?
preserve the Union.
During the Civil War, Kansas and Missouri were?
ravaged by guerilla bands from both sides
The major battle in the western theater during the Civil War which had the effect of splitting the Confederacy in half was?
Vicksburg
Why did both the South and North experience rioting during the Civil War?
in the South over food; in the North over the draft.
During the Civil War, southern women played an especially important part as?
managers of farms and plantations
The Emancipation Proclamation?
freed slaves only in areas in rebellion against the United States but not in areas that remained loyal.
The United States Congress during the Civil War?
adopted a tariff, a homestead law, and a transcontinental railroad
The key event that guaranteed Lincoln's re-election in 1864 was?
the fall of Atlanta to General Sherman
The content of the Constitution of the Confederate States of America indicated that a major difference between the South and the North concerned the understanding of?
the federal relationship of the states and the national government.
Sea power played an especially important role in the Civil War in the form of the?
Union blockade of the Confederate coast.
In foreign affairs, President Lincoln's most significant achievement was his success in?
restraining foreign powers from recognizing the Confederacy.
The Battle of Antietam was?
the bloodiest single day's fighting of the war, a victory for General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, a proof to President Lincoln of the inspired leadership of General George B. McClellan
During the Civil War, northern black leaders such as Frederick Douglass worked as army recruiting agents because they believed that?
black participation in the army would be a step toward black citizenship.
During the Civil War, most of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory of present-day Oklahoma?
supported the Confederacy.
What was Jefferson Davis' central problem?
in a society that prized states' rights, Davis had to centralize authority.
During the Civil War, the term "Copperhead" referred to?
Northerners who opposed the Civil War.
The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because it?
inflicted a major loss on General Lee's army
What two issues lay at the heart of Reconstruction?
he future of political and economic power for freed slaves, and the future of North-South economic and political relations.
The "grandfather clause"?
denied black Americans the franchise in the South.
Under new President Andrew Johnson, presidential Reconstruction?
made it possible for former high-ranking Confederates to assume positions of power in the reconstructed southern governments.
The North interpreted Black Codes as?
evidence that the South sought to keep freemen in an economically dependent and legally inferior status.
During the Reconstruction, what groups was the backbone of the Republican party in the South, providing eight out of ten Republican votes?
freedmen
In the presidential election of 1868, Ulysses S. Grant?
owed his victory to former slaves
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was important because it?
guaranteed equal protection under the law for every American citizen.
The Reconstruction policies of the Radical Republicans were probably motivated by?
a humanitarian concern for the former slaves, hopes for Republican power in the South, bitterness over having to fight the costly war.
Andrew Johnson narrowly avoided conviction on impeachment charges because?
some Republicans feared that removal would set a bad precedent for using impeachment as a political weapon against the Presidency.
The refusal of the South to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment?
forced the Republicans to abolish the existing southern governments, form new governments, and extend the vote to freedmen.
Which of the following best describes the defeat of the Ku Klux Klan?
President Grant and the Justice Department used the Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 to put an end to Klan activity.
In the years after the Civil War, most freedmen ended up working as?
In the years after the Civil War, most freedmen ended up working as?
What brought the Radical and moderate Republicans together in an alliance against President Johnson?
he president's vetoes of the Freedmen's Bureau bill and the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
The Thirteenth Amendment established?
the legal end to slavery
The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to?
feed, adjust, and educate the former slaves, thus aiding their adjustment to freedom.
By the end of his presidency, Ulysses S. Grant's popularity had declined substantially because of?
the corruption evident in his administration.
The "Compromise of 1877" did which of the following?
ended federal military support of Republican administrations in the South.
