US history exam 2

The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair that enraged Americans and nearly precipitated a war occurred when which of these countries attacked a U.S. warship?

Britain

How did Republicans view the Supreme Court's decisions in McCulloch v. Maryland and Dartmouth College v. Woodward?

They saw the decisions as an attack on state and popular authority.

what was an idea proposed by the Hartford Convention?

Embargoes lasting more than sixty days should be illegal

The Adams-Onís (Transcontinental) Treaty was designed to settle border disputes between the United States and which country?

Spain

Which of the following beliefs did Thomas Jefferson hold?

High taxes, standing armies, and corruption could turn government into the master rather than the servant of the people.

What was the main source of votes in favor of war with Britain when Congress declared war in June 1812?

Republicans in populous states like Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia

What did the British Rule of 1756 state?

Trade closed during times of peace could not be opened in time of war; otherwise, the British would stop it. 

In McCulloch v. Maryland, what did the Supreme Court declare?

Federal power superseded state power; states could not interfere with the federal government exercising its power. 

Why was Captain Oliver Perry's victory at the Battle of Put-in-Bay (Lake Erie) significant?

The British lost control of Lake Erie and therefore pulled back from Detroit.

What were the terms of the Non-Intercourse Act?

America would restore trade with Britain and France if they ceased violating neutral rights.

What does DNA evidence reveal about Thomas Jefferson?

He fathered several children with Sally Hemings, a woman he enslaved.

What did the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution require?

There had to be separate ballots in the electoral college for the presidency and vice presidency. 

How did Tecumseh try to stem the tide of white encroachment on Native American lands?

He sought to build a coalition of several Native American tribes who could stand united in collectively owning and retaining the land.

How was the 1800 presidential election between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams decided? 

By the House of Representatives

During the early presidential elections, how was the vice president typically chosen?

They received the second highest number of votes

Why did Native Americans occupy the most tenuous position in American society by the early 1800s?

They suffered severe losses of population, territory, and self determination.

Why was Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin significant in the United States?

It breathed new life into slavery plantation slavery by making cotton production simpler

Why did several delegates in Philadelphia refuse to sign the Constitution?

It lacked a comprehensive bill of rights

How did rural, unmarried women help satisfy the demands of urban consumers and southern slaveholders after the Revolution?

They rook in spinning and weaving work for merchants

Why did the rights and ability to vote for free black people and other nonwhite people decline dramatically by 1790?

The Naturalization Act limited Us citizenship to “free white aliens”

What was the XYZ affair?

It was an effort by the French to get the United States to pay a bribe before they would negotiate.

How did Benjamin Banneker appeal to Thomas Jefferson in 1791 to end slavery and free enslaved people?

He sent Jefferson a copy of the Declaration of Independence to show the hypocrisy of writing “that all men are created equal” while being a slaveholder

What role did newspapers play in American politics during the mid and late 1790s?

They expanded in number and encouraged citizens to become politically active

In his reports on the Public Credit, how did Alexander Hamilton propose to manage the $54million national debt?

by selling government bonds that offered 4 percent interest

What issue united westerners, southerners, and some mid-Atlantic citizens into a political coalition that challenged the Federalists and called for a return to the “true principles” of republicanism?

A national economic program whose main beneficiaries seemed to be eastern “Monied Men” and New englanders who refused to pay their debts

How did Colonial Spain react to the percieved threat of Russia’s move into Alaska?

It established the province of Alta California to encourage large scale Mexican Immigration

How did the Indian Trade and Intercourse acts serve to regulate relatios between indigenous and non-indigenous people?

It prohibited the transfer of tribal lands to outsiders except as authorized in treaties or by congress

At the end of the eighteenth century, why did farm women apply new technologies to butter production while many farmers built barns to shelter cows?

There was a desire to increase dairy production to meet growing urban demand

How did the passage of the Judiciary act of 1789 calm popular apprehension about the federal government

It established a federal district court in each state that operated according to local procedures

why did the southern states vote for Hamilton’s plan to assume state debts?

Northern representatives agreed to transfer the Federal capital from Philadelphia to a location on the Potomac River in Virginia

How did Judith Sargent Murray and Benjamin Ruch use the notion of "republican motherhood" to advance their work

To expand women’s access to education

Why did Jefferson, Madison, and their supporters begin to refer to themselves as “Republicans?”

To imply that Hamilton’s scheme to centralize the national government threatened liberty

What was the outcome of enacting the Specie Circular?

Only gold or silver could be used to purchase public lands

Which president came to symbolize the common man?

Andrew Jackson

How did attitudes toward poverty and crime change in the antebellum era?

Many believed poor home environments, lack of discipline, and bad parenting were the cause of rising poverty and crime

What occurred during President Andrew Jackson’s war on the bank of the United States

He removed federal deposits from the bank of the United States and deposited them in state banks

The second American party system and modern political machine took shape as part of what election?

The election of 1828

What was one of the reasons why Andrew Jackson vetoed the rechartering of the Bank of the United States

It was a private monopoly run by the privileged few

What is a basic belief of the Shaker Community?

The Christian pooling of land and implements is the route to prosperity

What did Dorothea Dix do?

She campaigned for better treatment of the mentally handicapped

What was Horace Mann’s primary concern in the reform movements of the first half of the nineteenth century

Establishing public Schools for children

What was the dispute in the 1830s Nullification crisis?

South Carolina argued that a state had the right to override a federally enacted tariff

Which party was the main opposition to Andrew Jackson during his second term in office?

Whig party

In the late 1830s and early 1840s, which group believed that the end of the world was imminent?

Millerites