Economy
The rise in manufacturing beginning in the early 1800s eventually resulted in which of the following by 1848?
(A) The emergence of a larger middle class in the North
(B) A decline in economic inequality in urban areas
(C) An increased demand for agricultural workers in the Midwest
(D) The improvement of working conditions in factories
(A) The emergence of a larger middle class in the North
Which of the following factors best explains the increase in White male suffrage in the early nineteenth century?
(A) Reaction to widespread political protest
(B) Resistance to increased federal taxation
(C) Amendments to the United States Constitution
(D) Changes to property ownership requirements
(D) Changes to property ownership requirements
. Which of the following most contributed to slaveholders such as Calhoun arguing in the 1830s and 1840s that slavery should be viewed as part of the Southern way of life?
(A) Slave rebellions in Haiti, South Carolina, and Virginia had made many leaders in the South fear that enslaved African Americans could harm them.
(B) Abolitionists made up a majority of members of Congress in the 1840s, and Southerners feared that they would pass emancipation legislation.
(C) Most Southern states had begun to allow slaves to learn to read and write, and Southerners wanted people in other states to know that the slave system was changing.
(D) The sudden growth of Southern manufacturing had created a new demand for cotton, so men like Calhoun saw the preservation of slave labor as critical.
(A) Slave rebellions in Haiti, South Carolina, and Virginia had made many leaders in the South fear that enslaved African Americans could harm them.
Which of the following explains how the growth of a market-based economy in the United States in the early 1800s most directly influenced changes in gender roles?
(A) As both men and women took paid employment, social and political inequality between the sexes declined significantly.
(B) As an economy based on commercial transactions encouraged society to become more secular, many young women gave up traditional families.
(C) As home and the workplace became separated, women were increasingly expected to be responsible for housework and childcare while men took jobs outside the home.
(D) As working for wages became more common, many people ceased to view the family as a refuge from the struggle for subsistence.
(C) As home and the workplace became separated, women were increasingly expected to be responsible for housework and childcare while men took jobs outside the home.
Appointed a number of Supreme Court Justices as he left office.
John Adams
The Lone Star Rebellion occurred in this future state:
Texas
Which of the following best explains a change in migration in United States society during the early 1800s?
(A) The claims to land by American Indian groups prevented the migration of White settlers westward.
(B) The system of indentured servitude allowed Europeans living in poverty to immigrate to North America.
(C) The increased importance of Southern cotton coincided with substantial immigration from abroad to the region.
(D) The rise in manufacturing in the North coincided with an increase of immigration from abroad to these urban areas.
(D) The rise in manufacturing in the North coincided with an increase of immigration from abroad to these urban areas.
The War of 1812 was called:
Mr. Madison's War
This warned other countries to stay out of the Western Hemisphere:
Monroe Doctrine
A law that prohibited trade between the United States and foreign nations in response the the Napoleonic Wars.
Embargo Act
The "American System" was was proposed by this Kentucky Senator:
Henry Clay
The development of the Second Great Awakening can best be linked to which of the following historical situations?
A) The market revolution led to a larger number of Americans working for wages.
(B) Increased geographical mobility aided travel to new regions and the sharing of ideas.
(C) Ideals of Romanticism caused more people to question the principles of the nation's founders.
(D) The growing abolitionist movement was predominately influenced by northern Protestant Christians.
(B) Increased geographical mobility aided travel to new regions and the sharing of ideas.
Which of the following political changes most likely influenced the Second Great Awakening?
(A) The president called for the removal of American Indians from the southeastern states.
(B) Southern politicians threatened to nullify the authority of the federal government.
(C) A participatory democracy expanded belief in the importance of the individual.
(D) A series of judicial rulings supported the development of infrastructure projects.
(C) A participatory democracy expanded belief in the importance of the individual.