1. President Monroe articulated the Monroe Doctrine
in his 1823 address to Congress primarily in
order to
(A) respond positively to the recent Latin
American revolutions
(B) rule out United States involvement in
South America
(C) provide a rationale for United States intervention
in the Isthmus of Panama
(D) warn European nations against further
colonial ventures in the Western Hemisphere
(E) encourage Britain to help the fledgling
Latin American states
2. Which of the following transportation developments
opened the West to settlement and trade
between 1790 and 1830 ?
(A) Turnpikes and canals
(B) Railroads and steamships
(C) Turnpikes and railroads
(D) Clipper ships and turnpikes
(E) Canals and railroads
3. All of the following accurately describe
Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territory
from France EXCEPT:
(A) It opened the Mississippi River permanently to
western farmers.
(B) It ended the threat of American Indian raids on
western settlements.
(C) It was made possible by the failure of
Napoleon’s forces to suppress a slave revolt
in Haiti.
(D) It showed Jefferson’s considerable flexibility
in dealing with foreign policy.
(E) It violated Jefferson’s own views concerning
the strict construction of the Constitution
4. In the United States, the Haitian rebellion of the
1790’s prompted
(A) the acquisition of Puerto Rico for colonization
by emancipated slaves
(B) a movement of free African Americans to
Haiti
(C) the passage of a federal law increasing the
severity of punishments for slave rebellions
(D) an increased fear of slave revolts in the South
(E) a military expedition of southern slaveholders
to restore French rule in Haiti
5. The Jefferson administration advocated which of
the following changes as a means of restoring
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 state debts
(D) Increasing the size of the United States
military
(E) Adopting the Kentucky and Virginia
Resolutions at the national level
6. The Missouri Compromise did which of the
following?
(A) Prohibited slavery in all the territory of the
Louisiana Purchase.
(B) Provided for admission to the Union of all
future states in pairs of one free, one slave.
(C) Allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free
state.
(D) Finally settled the question of congressional
power over slavery in the territories.
(E) Provided for the annexation of Texas.
7. The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, the Hartford Convention, and the South Carolina Exposition and Protest were similar in that all involved a defense of
(A) freedom of the seas
(B) freedom of speech
(C) the institution of slavery
(D) states' rights
(E) presidential power in foreign affairs
8. Under Chief Justice John Marshall, Supreme Court decisions tended to
(A) promote business enterprise
(B) restrict federal powers of taxation
(C) restrict corporate development
(D) expand state control of economic activity
(E) reduce federal control of the economy
9. The Northwest Ordinances did which of the following?
(A) Provided for the annexation of the Oregon Territory .
(B) Established reservations for Native Americans.
(C) Granted settlers a free homestead of 160 acres.
(D) Established the terms for settlement and admission of new states.
(E) Banned slavery north of the 36° 30' line.
10. Which of the following did NOT contribute to the United States decision to declare war against Great Britain in 1812?
(A) American military and economic preparedness for war
(B) American concern for national honor
(C) The impressment of American seamen
(D) British interference with United States commerce
(E) American fears of British aid to Native Americans (Indians) on the frontier
11. Deists of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries believed that
(A) natural laws, set by the Creator, govern the operation of the universe
(B) prayer has the power to make significant changes in a person‟s life
(C) the idea of God is merely the childish imagining of simple minds
(D) the universe was created by a natural, spontaneous combining of elements
(E) intuition rather than reason leads human beings to an awareness of the divine
12. The term “cult of domesticity” refers to
(A) an aspect of the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 in which mainly middle-aged matrons were accused of practicing evil magic
(B) the Shakers, a religious sect founded by Mother Ann Lee in the eighteenth century
(C) the idealization of women in their roles as wives and mothers during the early nineteenth century
(D) the defense given by antebellum apologists for slavery, who argued that bondage was a form of benevolent paternalism
(E) the Puritans‟ insistence on the importance of the family as the cornerstone of their social order.
13. “Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute” is most closely
associated with
A. the Proclamation of Neutrality
B. the XYZ Affair
C. the Citizen Genet Affair
D. the War Hawks
E. Jay’s Treaty
14. Which of the following pairs of men would be considered War
Hawks?
A. Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
B. John C. Calhoun and Aaron Burr
C. Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
D. Henry Clay and James Madison
E. Daniel Webster and James Madison