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University of Texas - EXAM 3 US History 1 Exam 3 1)Just before he left office, Adams: a

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University of Texas - EXAM 3

US History 1

Exam 3

1)Just before he left office, Adams:

a.         repealed Hamilton’s tax policies.

b.         questioned the fair outcome of the election.

c.         appointed several Federalist judges.

d.         renewed his friendship with Jefferson.

 

2.         Jefferson’s election in 1800:

a.         continued the Federalist domination of the U.S. government.

b.         had to be settled by the House of Representatives.

c.         was assured when Aaron Burr agreed to withdraw as a candidate for president.

d.         ended party divisions.

 

3.         In the case of Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court:

a.         declared a federal law unconstitutional.

b.         ruled that Marbury should occupy his judicial position.

c.         made itself the government’s most powerful branch.

d.         proved it was not influenced by politics.

 

4.         In the case of Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court chief justice who established the principle of judicial review was:

a.         Albert Gallatin.

b.         John Jay.

c.         John Pickering.

d.         John Marshall.

 

5.         William Marbury

a.         asked the Supreme Court for a Writ of Mandamus.

b.         was named a Justice of the Peace by President Adams.

c.         never received his Justice of the Peace commission.

d.         all of these.

 

6.         Which of the following statements about the Louisiana Purchase is FALSE?

a.         It was Jefferson’s greatest achievement as president.

b.         The United States acquired an immensity of new territory.

c.         It was easily approved by the Senate.

d.         It was clearly constitutional.

 

 

 

 

7.         Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to:

a.         map and explore well beyond the Mississippi.

b.         establish a settlement in Louisiana.

 

c.         establish a diplomatic relationship with the natives.

d.         both a & c.

 

8.         In 1804 Alexander Hamilton died in a duel with

a.         Aaron Burr

b.         James Madison

c.         Thomas Jefferson

d.         Andrew Jackson

 

9.         Aaron Burr

a.         was convicted of murder.

b.         became the 4th president of the US.

c.         was Jefferson’s Vice President.

d.         was killed in a duel.

 

10.       During his first term, Jefferson dealt with a small naval war, attempting to resist the blackmail of the

a.         Haitian Pirates

b.         Barbary Pirates

c.         English

d.         French

 

11.       Jefferson’s Embargo Act:

a.         forced a change in British policy.

b.         was effectively enforced by the navy.

c.         had widespread public backing.

d.         sought to stop all American exports.

 

12.       The Impressment Controversy had to do with

a.         British soldiers fleeing to America to avoid fighting.

b.         Americans being forced to serve in the British military.

c.         Jefferson’s anger over the Barbary Pirate incident.

d.         British propaganda being forced on the American people.

 

13.       The Shawnee chief who tried to bind all of the tribes east of the Mississippi into a great confederation in the early 1800s was

a.         Little Turtle.

b.         Osceola.

c.         Tecumseh.

d.         Chief Joseph.

 

14.       The major U.S. city sacked and burned by the British in 1814 was

a.         New Orleans.

b.         Washington, D.C.

c.         Philadelphia.

d.         Baltimore.

 

15.       The most notable aspect of the British assault upon Baltimore was:

a.         its inspiration for the eventual national anthem.

b.         the large number of civilian casualties.

c.         the length of the siege that followed.

d.         the complete destruction of Fort McHenry.

 

16.       The Battle of New Orleans in 1815 resulted in the

a.         negotiation of the Treaty of Ghent on terms favorable to the United States.

b.         acquisition of the area through the Louisiana Purchase.

c.         emergence of Andrew Jackson as a military hero.

d.         writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key.

 

17.       As a result of the War of 1812, the Federalists

a.         increased their popularity in all regions.

b.         were discredited as a political party.

c.         regained the presidency in the election of 1816.

d.         lost popularity in the South.

 

18.       The "Era of Good Feelings" was noted for the

a.         exceptionally strong leadership by Monroe as head of his party.

b.         absence of any divisive political and economic issues.

c.         absence of organized political parties opposing each other.

d.         return to the political and economic philosophy of Jefferson.

 

19.       As a result of the Missouri Compromise, which two states were admitted into the Union?

a.         Missouri and Maine

b.         Rhode Island and Kentucky

c.         Missouri and Massachusetts

d.         Arkansas and Kansas

 

20.       "The American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers." The source of this quote is

a.         the Transcontinental Treaty.

b.         the Monroe Doctrine.

c.         Washington's Neutrality Proclamation.

d.         the Embargo Act.

 

21.       The Adams Onis Treaty

a.         gave Texas to the US.

b.         allowed the US to purchase Florida.

c.         settled the Texas boundary dispute.

d.         made Missouri a slave state.

 

22.       Part of the "democratizing" of politics during the era of good feelings was the

a.         direct election of U.S. senators.

b.         elimination of property qualifications for voting and holding office.

 

c.         direct election of the president and vice president.

d.         enfranchisement of women in western states.

 

23.       The best-known political leader of the North in the early 1820s, who served brilliantly as Monroe's secretary of state, was

a.         James Madison.

b.         Alexander J. Dallas.

c.         Daniel Webster.

d.         John Quincy Adams.

 

24.       The “corrupt bargain” in the election of 1824 referred to:

a.         Jackson’s promise to make Calhoun his vice president.

b.         the blatant miscounting of ballots in the electoral college.

c.         the widespread purchase of votes in several states.

d.         the belief that Clay supported Adams in return for becoming secretary of state.

 

25.       The outstanding western leader of the 1820s, combining a charismatic personality with great skills at arranging political compromises, was

a.         Martin Van Buren.

b.         John C. Calhoun.

c.         John Quincy Adams.

d.         Henry Clay.

 

26.       The president chosen in 1824 by the House of Representatives when no candidate received a majority of votes in the Electoral College was

a.         James Madison.

b.         Andrew Jackson.

c.         James Monroe.

d.         John Quincy Adams.

 

27.       Martin Van Buren and Andrew Jackson formed the

a.         Republican Party

b.         Whig Party

c.         National Party

d.         Democrat Party

28.       In the election of 1828,

a.         the negative political campaigns depressed voter turnout.

b.         Andrew Jackson defeated John Quincy Adams in a contest disgraced by character assassination on both sides.

c.         Henry Clay was chosen president when the election was thrown into the House of Representatives.

d.         Andrew Jackson lost because of the "corrupt bargain" between Clay and Adams.

 

29.       The "Tariff of Abominations" was so-called by its detractors because it

a.         threatened to impoverish the South with its excessively high rates.

b.         seemed to be designed to promote the candidacy of John Quincy Adams.

c.         established rates on raw materials which were too low to protect southern crops.

 

d.         dramatically cut tariffs and flooded the South with cheap imported goods.

 

30.       South Carolina's challenge to the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 is called the

a.         Nullification Crisis.

b.         Tariff War.

c.         Abomination Crisis.

d.         Cotton Controversy.

 

31.       Jackson's policy toward the Native Americans was to

a.         remove them to lands west of the Mississippi.

b.         respect their culture and traditional homelands.

c.         give them citizenship.

d.         place them on reservations in each state.

 

32.       The Native American nation that choose to fight Jackson's policies in the American court system was the

a.         Seminole.

b.         Sac.

c.         Choctaw.

d.         Cherokee.

 

33.       In Worcester v. Georgia, the Marshall court:

a.         took the side of the Cherokees.

b.         ordered the relocation of the Cherokees to the West.

c.         backed states’ rights over federal authority.

d.         stated that the president had the authority to reloicate anyone he deemed a threat to American sovereignty.

 

 

 

 

 

34.       When Congress rechartered the Bank of the United States in 1832:

a.         Jackson announced plans to nationalize it.

b.         Jackson vetoed the recharter.

c.         Jackson made Nicholas Biddle its new director.

d.         the economy went into a depression.

 

35.       Jackson's advisers who did not hold regular cabinet appointments were called the

a.         Kitchen Cabinet.

b.         Locofocos.

c.         Tennessee Regulars.

d.         Old Hickories.

 

36.       The basic concept underlying the "spoils system" was that

a.         party workers must be rewarded with political office after a successful campaign.

b.         there was no need to take into account the wishes of the average voter.

c.         government positions should not be "spoiled" by turning them into political prizes.

 

d.         candidates must campaign viciously to "spoil" the chances of their opponents.

 

37.       The man who pushed for renewal of the Bank of the United States charter in 1832 to provide himself a campaign issue against Jackson was

a.         John C. Calhoun.

b.         Henry Clay.

c.         John Eaton.

d.         Martin Van Buren.

 

38.       The famous book in which Alexis de Tocqueville analyzed American society was

a.         Democracy in America.

b.         Domestic Life of the Americans.

c.         Life on the Mississippi.

d.         The American Commonwealth.

 

39.       Which of the following is NOT a quote from Alexis De Tocqueville's Three Races in America?

a.         "The Europeans must free the Negroes with all haste."

b.         "The Indians will perish in the same isolated condition in which they have lived..."

c.         "The Indian, on the contrary, has his imagination inflated with the pretended nobility of his origins..."

d.         "...the destiny of the Negroes is in some measure interwoven with that of the

Europeans."

 

40.       24.       In Alexis De Tocqueville's Three Races in America what are the three races?

a.         Chinese, Indians Negroes

b.         Americans, French, British

c.         Europeans, Indians, Negroes

d.         Europeans, Chinese, Indians

 

 

41.       The inventor of a cotton gin was

a.         Nathanael Greene.

b.         Eli Whitney.

c.         Samuel Slater.

d.         Francis Cabot Lowell.

 

42.       The Boston Associates built textile mills in which young single New England women worked under relatively pleasant conditions. This was called the    System.

a.         Auburn

b.         Melville

c.         Concord

d.         Waltham

 

43.       The most significant reform movement of the nineteenth century was

a.         temperance.

b.         women's rights.

c.         prison reform.

 

d.         abolitionism.

 

44.       The new political coalition which emerged to challenge Democratic control in the 1830s was called the

a.         Republicans.

b.         Bull Moose party.

c.         Whigs.

d.         Federalists.

 

45.       American inventor Robert Fulton perfected the first commercially successful

a.         power loom.

b.         spinning jenny.

c.         cotton gin.

d.         steamboat.

 

46.       Which president died only 30 days after entering office?

a.         John Tyler

b.         William Henry Harrison

c.         Henry Clay

d.         John Quincy Adams

 

 

 

 

47.       “[T]he fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted to Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions,” was written in 1845 by

a.         John Sullivan

b.         John Tyler

c.         Henry Clay

d.         James Polk

 

48.       In 1845, the border of Texas was in dispute, the US claimed it was the Rio Grande River, Mexico said it was

a.         The Red River

b.         The Alamo

c.         The Nueces River

d.         The Gulf of Mexico

 

49.       In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

a.         Mexico accepted Rio Grande as Texas border.

b.         Mexico ceded New Mexico and California to the US.

c.         U.S. agreed to pay Mexico $15 million.

d.         All of the above.

 

50.       The Webster Ashburton Treaty

a.         resolved several border issues between the United States and the British.

b.         allowed the US to purchase Florida.

 

c.         settled the Texas boundary dispute.

d.         made Missouri a slave state.

 

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