U.S. History 2111 Final Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
"Fifty-four forty or fight!" refers to - ✔✔American desires to expand to take "all of Oregon," despite the
British claims to the territory.
1828 South Carolina Exposition and Protest claimed that - ✔✔the Tariff of 1828 was unconstitutional
and could be nullified by the states.
According to the textbook, American attitudes on religion began to shift after the American Revolution
by calling for "disestablishment" of state religions and putting a greater emphasis on separation of
church and state. - ✔✔True
According to the textbook, the black activism inspired by Haiti's revolution was so powerful that anxious
whites scrambled to use the violence of the Haitian revolt to reinforce pro-slavery, white supremacy by
limiting the social and political lives of people of color. - ✔✔True
According to the textbook, the two main reasons that contributed to the coming of the War of 1812 are
the attempts by the United States to continue trading with both France and Britain after the French
Revolution and the practice by Great Britain of impressment. - ✔✔True
According to the video "Shays's Rebellion," Sam Adams was one of the biggest supporters of Shays's
Rebellion, encouraging the rebels to use various forms of resistance against the established government
to achieve victory. - ✔✔False
Advocates of the "American System" in the 1820s argued that - ✔✔1) A national bank would cause a
panic in the economy
2) Imposition of tariffs would disproportionately affect Mexico
3) Improvements in roads and infrastructure would facilitate the movement of goods
, Correct Answer
None of the above
After the American Revolution, Native American diplomats developed relationships with the United
States, maintained or ceased relations with the British Empire (or with Spain in the South), and
negotiated their relationship with other Native nations. - ✔✔True
After the Emancipation Proclamation, more than 180,000 African Americans served in the Union Army
throughout the rest of the war. - ✔✔True
All the following were strengths of the Confederacy except ________. - ✔✔Strong navy
All the following were strengths of the Union except ________. - ✔✔the ability to fight defensively,
rather than offensively
Andrew Jackson issued the Specie Circular of 1836, requiring the payment in hard currency for all
federal land, in response to the - ✔✔Deposit Bill.
Andrew Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road Bill demonstrated - ✔✔idea that the federal government
should not fund what he believed to be local projects.
As a result of the debates over the Constitution, ten amendments, which became known as the Bill of
Rights, were added to the document in 1791. - ✔✔True
Both the Union and the Confederacy suspended habeas corpus during the war. - ✔✔True
How did New England Federalists respond to the War of 1812? - ✔✔They held a meeting in Hartford to
try and end the war and curb the power of the Republican Party
In Marbury v. Madison the Supreme Court established itself as the final authority over constitutional
matters. - ✔✔True
"Fifty-four forty or fight!" refers to - ✔✔American desires to expand to take "all of Oregon," despite the
British claims to the territory.
1828 South Carolina Exposition and Protest claimed that - ✔✔the Tariff of 1828 was unconstitutional
and could be nullified by the states.
According to the textbook, American attitudes on religion began to shift after the American Revolution
by calling for "disestablishment" of state religions and putting a greater emphasis on separation of
church and state. - ✔✔True
According to the textbook, the black activism inspired by Haiti's revolution was so powerful that anxious
whites scrambled to use the violence of the Haitian revolt to reinforce pro-slavery, white supremacy by
limiting the social and political lives of people of color. - ✔✔True
According to the textbook, the two main reasons that contributed to the coming of the War of 1812 are
the attempts by the United States to continue trading with both France and Britain after the French
Revolution and the practice by Great Britain of impressment. - ✔✔True
According to the video "Shays's Rebellion," Sam Adams was one of the biggest supporters of Shays's
Rebellion, encouraging the rebels to use various forms of resistance against the established government
to achieve victory. - ✔✔False
Advocates of the "American System" in the 1820s argued that - ✔✔1) A national bank would cause a
panic in the economy
2) Imposition of tariffs would disproportionately affect Mexico
3) Improvements in roads and infrastructure would facilitate the movement of goods
, Correct Answer
None of the above
After the American Revolution, Native American diplomats developed relationships with the United
States, maintained or ceased relations with the British Empire (or with Spain in the South), and
negotiated their relationship with other Native nations. - ✔✔True
After the Emancipation Proclamation, more than 180,000 African Americans served in the Union Army
throughout the rest of the war. - ✔✔True
All the following were strengths of the Confederacy except ________. - ✔✔Strong navy
All the following were strengths of the Union except ________. - ✔✔the ability to fight defensively,
rather than offensively
Andrew Jackson issued the Specie Circular of 1836, requiring the payment in hard currency for all
federal land, in response to the - ✔✔Deposit Bill.
Andrew Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road Bill demonstrated - ✔✔idea that the federal government
should not fund what he believed to be local projects.
As a result of the debates over the Constitution, ten amendments, which became known as the Bill of
Rights, were added to the document in 1791. - ✔✔True
Both the Union and the Confederacy suspended habeas corpus during the war. - ✔✔True
How did New England Federalists respond to the War of 1812? - ✔✔They held a meeting in Hartford to
try and end the war and curb the power of the Republican Party
In Marbury v. Madison the Supreme Court established itself as the final authority over constitutional
matters. - ✔✔True
