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