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1
Which of the following was not an economic problem faced by Congress after the War of 1812?
A)The rechartering of the National Bank
B)A proliferation of widely differing bank notes
C)Overproduction of and falling demand for cotton
D)Attempts by England to kill America's "infant industries" in the cradle
2
Between 1807 and 1815, the total number of cotton spindles in America:
A)tripled
B)quintupled
C)increased tenfold
D)increased fifteenfold
3
Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin proposed that a National Road run from the Potomac River to:
A)The Charles River
B)The Ohio River
C)The James River
D)The Hudson River
4
Between 1800 and 1820, the American population:
A)stayed the same
B)nearly doubled
C)nearly tripled
D)increased fivefold
5
Which of the following was not a policy undertaken by the federal government during this time to promote western expansion?
A)Land was offered free to settlers who would cultivate it.
B)A chain of stockaded forts were erected along the Great Lakes.
C)A "factor" system was created to supply Indian tribes with goods at cost.
D)Indian tribes were pushed farther and farther west.
6
How did the "Black Belt" of central Alabama and Mississippi get its name?
A)From its dark, productive soil of rotted limestone
B)From the high concentration of African slaves in the region
C)From the sweltering heat, which "burnt the ground black"
D)From the volcanic rock found often in the countryside
7
Which of the following states did not join the Union prior to 1820?
A)Indiana
B)Illinois
C)Mississippi
D)Iowa
8
What Missouri-born trader helped to establish the Santa Fe Trail by offering cheap rates for his goods?
A)William Crawford
B)William Becknell
C)William Ashley
D)Jedidiah Smith
9
Who founded the Rocky Mountain Fur Company and recruited white trappers to move permanently into the Rockies?
A)Andrew and William Ashley
B)Jedidiah Smith
C)John Jacob Astor
D)Stephen Long
10
What explorer labeled the Great Plains the "Great American Desert" on his maps?
A)Andrew and William Ashley
B)Jedidiah Smith
C)John Jacob Astor
D)Stephen Long
11
Who presided over the "Era of Good Feelings"?
A)Thomas Jefferson
B)James Madison
C)James Monroe
D)John Quincy Adams
12
Who did this President choose as Secretary of State, as a gesture of goodwill to the fractured Federalists?
A)Henry Clay
B)Daniel Webster
C)John C. Calhoun
D)John Quincy Adams
13
What territory did the United States procure in the 1819Adams-Onís Treaty?
A)Louisiana.
B)Texas
C)Oregon
D)Florida
14
What was the primary cause of the Panic of 1819?
A)Rampant inflation
B)A tightening of credit after a speculative boom
C)High taxes
D)The tariff of abominations
15
What did the Tallmadge Amendment to the Missouri statehood bill mandate?
A)It declared that Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state.
B)It prohibited the further introduction of slaves in Missouri, and called for gradual emancipation.
C)It called for immediate emancipation in Missouri territory.
D)It barred free blacks from entering the state.
16
How many free states and slave states made up the Union prior to Missouri's entrance?
A)8 and 8
B)11 and 11
C)14 and 14
D)10 and 8
17
Which of the following was not part of the Missouri Compromise?
A)Slavery would be prohibited in the Louisiana Territory north of 36'30°.
B)Missouri would enter as a slave state.
C)Maine would enter as a free state.
D)States outside the Louisiana Territory would enter according to popular sovereignty.
18
Which of the following court cases emerged from a series of notorious Georgia land frauds?
A)Fletcher v. Peck
B)Cohens v. Virginia
C)Gibbons v. Ogden
D)Worcester v. Georgia
19
In which of the following cases did the Court affirm the constitutionality of federal review of state court decisions?
A)Gibbons v. Ogden
B)Cohens v. Virginia
C)Johnson v. McIntosh
D)McCulloch v. Maryland
20
In which of the following cases did the Court affirm the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States?
A)Gibbons v. Ogden
B)Cohens v. Virginia
C)Johnson v. McIntosh
D)McCulloch v. Maryland
21
In which of the following cases did the Court strengthen Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce?
A)Gibbons v. Ogden
B)Worcester v. Georgia
C)Johnson v. McIntosh
D)McCulloch v. Maryland
22
Which of the following is not true of the Marshall Court's decisions regarding Indian tribes?
A)They defined a place for Indian tribes within the American political system.
B)They ruled that the federal government had ultimate authority over tribal affairs
C)They ruled that Indians must obey the mandates of state governments.
D)They ruled that that tribes had basic property rights
23
Which of the following new nations did James Monroe not establish diplomatic relations with?
A)La Plata
B)Cuba
C)Chile
D)Mexico
24
Which of the following is not true about the Monroe Doctrine?
A)It called for a policy of American noninterference in Europe.
B)It was composed primarily by John Quincy Adams.
C)It declared America could interfere in Latin American nations if they were not fulfilling their obligations to their people.
D)It warned European nations not to try to colonize the Americas.
25
Between whom did supporters of Andrew Jackson suspect a "corrupt bargain" in 1824?
A)Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
B)John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
C)John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams
D)William Crawford and John Quincy Adams





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