The New Nation — Unit test Answers

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In the 1830s, what was one argument against the Second National Bank?

A
The bank could not help pay for national expenses.
B
The bank kept the value of printed money unsteady.
C
The bank took money from common people for the wealthy.
D
The bank helped state banks disrupt the national economy.
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What was most significant about Robert Fulton’s steamboat run of 1807?

A
It implied that steam engines would never replace sails.
B
It was the first working steamboat to receive a patent.
C
It demonstrated the ability to travel to the Northwest Territory.
D
It showed that his new engine improved steamboat travel.
3

In the 1820s, the United States was concerned about European ambitions in the Americas because it feared Europe wanted to

A
conquer the United States.
B
conquer new Latin American republics.
C
become allies with Russia.
D
become allies with Mexico.
4

In the 1700s, Anthony Benezet was a Quaker who

A
organized the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society.
B
brought the first enslaved workers to Pennsylvania.
C
helped enslaved people escape to freedom in the North.
D
ran auctions where enslaved people were purchased.
5

Andrew Jackson and his supporters responded to the “Corrupt Bargain” of 1824 by

A
quitting the Federalist Party.
B
forming the Federalist Party.
C
quitting the Democratic Party.
D
forming the Democratic Party.
6

Who were Sarah and Angelina Grimké?

A
abolitionists from South Carolina
B
slaveholders from Maryland
C
strong advocates of slavery
D
enslaved workers who were freed
7

After the development of a steam-powered locomotive in the mid-1800s,

A
the laying of new rail lines grew quickly.
B
national road construction came to a halt.
C
steamship travel sharply declined in popularity.
D
travel by steamboat was concentrated in canals.
8

One of the reasons Henry Clay believed that a national bank was needed was to

A
levy an import tax.
B
improve urban markets.
C
connect the nation’s regions.
D
stabilize prices.
9

Which of the following set Andrew Jackson apart from John Quincy Adams?

A
Jackson was educated in the best schools.
B
Jackson hailed from the Northeast.
C
Jackson was part of the “eastern aristocracy.”
D
Jackson had a more limited education.
10

Which of the following allowed the United States and Spain to divide the remainder of North America in 1819?

A
the Treaty of Ghent
B
the Monroe Doctrine
C
the Adams-Onís Treaty
D
the Louisiana Purchase
11

A political motive for the Alien and Sedition Acts was to

A
increase the number of immigrants who voted.
B
elect a Democratic-Republican president.
C
keep the Federalists in power.
D
motivate the country to support France.
12

How did the Northwest Ordinance increase sectionalism in the United States?

A
It put the territory under one government.
B
It ensured religious freedom.
C
It laid out a way for territories to become states.
D
It made slavery illegal.
13

At the time of Washington’s presidency, which political party believed in states’ rights and opposed the national bank?

A
Democratic
B
Democratic-Federalist
C
Democratic-Republican
D
Federalist
14

Enslaved people who lived and worked in cities

A
were not treated as well as plantation workers.
B
cared for livestock and repaired buildings.
C
sometimes worked in skilled trades.
D
could not be bought or sold easily.
15

What was one of the main messages of the Second Great Awakening?

A
People should separate church from their lives.
B
People should form labor unions.
C
People should convert to Catholicism.
D
People should resist sinful behavior.
16

A main reason President Jefferson sent people west in the early 1800s was to

A
find a water route to the Pacific.
B
discover new native peoples.
C
discover a new water route to Canada.
D
remove native peoples from US lands.
17

What ability did Alexander Hamilton want the national bank to have?

A
the ability to loan money to private citizens
B
the ability to issue foreign currency
C
the ability to issue different types of money for businesses
D
the ability to lend money to the federal government
18

How did Indigenous people react to white settlers in the Northwest Territory?

A
They negotiated with the settlers.
B
They moved out as settlers moved in.
C
They attacked settlements in retaliation.
D
They fought with other Indigenous groups.
19

What was one major teaching of the Second Great Awakening?

A
All citizens should have the right to own enslaved people.
B
People should keep to traditions and not try to change society.
C
People should live proper, moral, and respectful lives.
D
All enslaved people should be emancipated immediately.
20

A long-term effect of the election of 1800 was

A
new duties for the vice president.
B
the decline of the Federalist Party.
C
an increase in John Adams’s power.
D
stricter laws about campaigning.

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