*1) In the 1830s, Democrats were more likely than Whigs to support*
a. the chartering of banks and corporations
b. territorial expansion
c. established wealth
d. federally supported internal improvements
e. the abolition of slavery - ANSWER b.
*2) In 1819, the Adams-Onis Treaty dealt with the American purchase of*
a. Texas
b. Ohio
c. Florida
d. Illinois
e. Puerto Rico - ANSWER c.
*3) The Jefferson administration advocated which of the following changes as a means of
resotring republican ideals?*
a. Abolishing the Bank of the United States
b. Reducing the scope of activities of the federal government
c. Discontinuing the funding of states debts
d. Increasing the size of the United States military
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,e. Adopting the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions at the national level - ANSWER b.
*4) France negotiated a treaty of alliance with the new America nation in 1778 following:*
a. The defeat of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga
b. American naval victories on the Great Lakes
c. The dispatch of an American peace mission to Britain
d. An ultimatum by diplomats
e. A personal plea by George Washington - ANSWER a.
*5) The seventeenth-century English colonies:*
a. Had much in common, except for differences over loyalty to the king
b. Had few common traits other than their general loyalty to the monarch
c. Finally agreed to establish the Anglican Church
d. Agreed on a crude organization known as the Continental Congress
e. Provided much wealth and little trouble for the Crown
d. - ANSWER b.
*6) The Navigation Acts were part of the British policy known as*
a. Isolationism
b. Capitalism
c. Mercantilism
d. Monopolism
e. Imperialism - ANSWER c.
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, *7) On his last day in office, President James Madison influenced "internal improvements"
by*
a. supporting the idea of using federal funds to finance transportation construction
b. vetoing a bill that would have used federal funds to construct roads and canals
c. supporting federal financing of scientific and technological research into steam power
d. both supporting the idea of using federal funds to finance transportation construction,
and vetoing a bill that would have used federal funds to construct roads and canals
e. both supporting the idea of using federal funds to finance transportation construction and
supporting federal financing of scientific and technological research into steam power - AN-
SWER d.
*8) The "spoils system" refers to*
a. making illegal payoffs to political supporters
b. giving away land taken from Indians to white settlers
c. the destruction of land by overly aggressive settlement
d. giving out jobs as political rewards
e. parceling out federal land to the highest bidder - ANSWER d.
*9) Which of the following had the moost significant impact on revolutionizing early Native
American cultures:*
a. the discovery of hunting
b. the development of agriculture
c. tribal political alliances
d. emergence of a written language
e. the domestication of the horse - ANSWER b.
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a. the chartering of banks and corporations
b. territorial expansion
c. established wealth
d. federally supported internal improvements
e. the abolition of slavery - ANSWER b.
*2) In 1819, the Adams-Onis Treaty dealt with the American purchase of*
a. Texas
b. Ohio
c. Florida
d. Illinois
e. Puerto Rico - ANSWER c.
*3) The Jefferson administration advocated which of the following changes as a means of
resotring republican ideals?*
a. Abolishing the Bank of the United States
b. Reducing the scope of activities of the federal government
c. Discontinuing the funding of states debts
d. Increasing the size of the United States military
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,e. Adopting the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions at the national level - ANSWER b.
*4) France negotiated a treaty of alliance with the new America nation in 1778 following:*
a. The defeat of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga
b. American naval victories on the Great Lakes
c. The dispatch of an American peace mission to Britain
d. An ultimatum by diplomats
e. A personal plea by George Washington - ANSWER a.
*5) The seventeenth-century English colonies:*
a. Had much in common, except for differences over loyalty to the king
b. Had few common traits other than their general loyalty to the monarch
c. Finally agreed to establish the Anglican Church
d. Agreed on a crude organization known as the Continental Congress
e. Provided much wealth and little trouble for the Crown
d. - ANSWER b.
*6) The Navigation Acts were part of the British policy known as*
a. Isolationism
b. Capitalism
c. Mercantilism
d. Monopolism
e. Imperialism - ANSWER c.
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, *7) On his last day in office, President James Madison influenced "internal improvements"
by*
a. supporting the idea of using federal funds to finance transportation construction
b. vetoing a bill that would have used federal funds to construct roads and canals
c. supporting federal financing of scientific and technological research into steam power
d. both supporting the idea of using federal funds to finance transportation construction,
and vetoing a bill that would have used federal funds to construct roads and canals
e. both supporting the idea of using federal funds to finance transportation construction and
supporting federal financing of scientific and technological research into steam power - AN-
SWER d.
*8) The "spoils system" refers to*
a. making illegal payoffs to political supporters
b. giving away land taken from Indians to white settlers
c. the destruction of land by overly aggressive settlement
d. giving out jobs as political rewards
e. parceling out federal land to the highest bidder - ANSWER d.
*9) Which of the following had the moost significant impact on revolutionizing early Native
American cultures:*
a. the discovery of hunting
b. the development of agriculture
c. tribal political alliances
d. emergence of a written language
e. the domestication of the horse - ANSWER b.
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