Which of the following developments best represents a logical extension of the ideas expressed in the excerpt?
A - The rise of big business in the Gilded Age
B - The expansion of participatory democracy in the Progressive Era
C - The rise of Social Darwinism in the late 19th century
D - The increasing support for the annexation of overseas territories
B
Emerson's remarks in the excerpt most directly reflected which of the following developements during the early 19th century?
A- the emergence of a national culture
B - the Second Great Awakening
C - the expansion of the market economy
D - the growth of national political parties
A
(Henry Clay American System)
Which of the following developments most directly contributed to support for the policy described in the excerpt?
A- increased cotton production in the South
B - innovations in textile manufacturing in the Northeast
C - Expanded railroad construction in the Midwest
D - adoption of telegraph communications in the West
C
(Henry Clay American System)
The concerns described in the excerpt best reflect which of the following historical developements?
A - The creation of reform organizations to adrress social concerns
B - The expansion of voting rights to most White men
C - The removal of American Indians to expand United States territorial control
D - The transformation of the economy as a result of the market revolution.
D
(Henry Clay American System)
Some of the opponents of the ideas proposed proposed in the excerpt later argued that individual state governments should...
A - request national funds for internal improvements
B - nullify federal laws with which they disagreed
C - Determine whether slavery would be permitted
D - Concentrate on establishing free trade agreements
B
The ideas expressed by John C Calhoun and others who shared his views on slavery had which of the following effects on emerging abolitionist movements in the years leading up to the Civil War?
A - Many abolitionist groups in the North began to question the accounts of harsh treatment described by escaped slaves who made it to freedom
B.- Arguments describing slavery as a positive good weakened the impact of abolitionist efforts to encourage White Northerners to support emancipation
C - As many people came to see slavery as part of the Southern way of life, atutudes on both sides of the slavery argument| hardened so that political compromise became difficult
D - Very few members of Congress accepted Calhoun's Positive Good argument, and they became more open to passing laws limiting slaveholding and the internal slave trade
C
One major change in the United States politics from the 1820's to the mid 1850's was the...
A - Adoption of an antislavery platform by the Whig Party
B - Rise of political parties defined by regional interests
C - Collapse of the Democratic Party In the South
D - Decline of competition between parties
B
(Transformation of America, Daniel Walker) (American System)
Which of he following most directly made possible the ideas described in the excerpt?
A - The emergence of monopolies that dominated entire businessess.
B - innovations including textile machinery, steam engines, and interchangeable parts
C - Farmer's creation of local, regional, and national organizations that resisted corporate power
D - The significant influence of organized labor unions
B
Who opposed the ideas of Henry Clay?
A - abloitionists
B - Antebellum reformers
C - members of the whig party
D - members of the democratic party
D
(Transformation of America, Daniel Walker) (American System)
The ideas described in the excerpt contributed most directly to which of the following?
A - a decline in the slave trade
B - large scale European immigration to the south
C - more Americans producing goods for national markets
D - business leaders consolidating corporations into trusts and holding companies
C
Based on the excerpt, the westward migration by the Mormons in the 1830's & 1840's was most likely motivated by the...
A - interest in establishing law and order in the newly acquired territory
B - desire to religiously convert American Indians
C - Declining threat of hardship on overland trails
D - need to take refuge from persecution
D
Which of the following aspects of life in the United States in the early 19th century most likely influenced Adams' recollection of the Revolutionary events?
A - The rapid development of the market revolution
B - The development of a national culture and national identity
C - the growing popularity of the idea of Manifest Destiny
D - The rapid growth of a mass democracy
B
The construction of canals depicted on the map most directly
contributed to which of the following?
A - The rise of the Populist movement
B - The widespread emergence of organized labor unions
C - The South's increased reliance on cotton production
D - the development of new towns and cities
D
The growing number of women in the workforce in the second half of the twentieth century most directly contributed to...
A - the widespread belief that women's roles in the home should be abandoned entirely
B - the ratification of a constitutional ammendment guaranteeing women's equality
C - Legislation that restricted women's paid work to certain occupations
D - increased social anxieties about the decline of the traditional nuclear family
D
(market revolution)
The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following in the early 1800's...
A - The political debates over economic development
B - the lives of women working in new factories
C - the effects of technology on commerce
D - the value of British manufactured imports
A
Which of the following describes an interpretation of Clay's economic principles at the time as expressed in the excerpt?
A - the sections of the United States should retain seperate regional economies
B - The farmers of the United States should switch to manufacturing jobs
C - The United states should increase domestic manufacturing to promote prosperity
D - The United States should never engage foreign commerce
C
The historical concept of American Identity, as characterized by the excerpt. was most clearly distinguished from identities of other nations by the...
A - Enthusiasm for copying English practices and institutions
B - Movement towards establishing a capitalist economy
C - Role women played in a civic and public life
D - Importance of liberal ideas about natural rights and liberties
D
The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following?
A - the creation of the Monroe Doctrine
B - the approval of the Louisiana Purchase
C - the abolition of the international slave trade
D - the passage of the Missouri Compromise
A
President Jefferson sought the protections described in the excerpt most likely for the purpose of?
A - establishing trade routes
B - enlarging the size of the navy
C - supporting alliances with European nations
D - creating United States colonies
A