The War of 1812 Sample Essay Paper.
HIS 101 Chapter 9 Open-Book Reading Quiz
- Which of the following was NOT a consequence of The War of 1812?
The Supreme Court declined in importance, only to reemerge in the 20th century as a third branch of government.
- The Supreme Court declared that the Bank of the United States was unconstitutional in the case McCulloch v. Maryland.
False
- For Thomas Jefferson, Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), which John Marshall used to confirm the federal government’s authority to regulate interstate commerce, was an example of the federal government usurping “the rights reserved to the States…”
True
- Which of the following was NOT true of Henry Clay’s “American System”?
It would reduce the price of western lands, to encourage settlers to move to the west…to Clay’s home-state of Kentucky for example (because he wanted the west to benefit more than any other region from the system).
- Which of the following would you NOT consider a characteristic of the Era of Good Feelings?
Banks, including the BUS, avoided loaning money too easily and printing too much paper currency.
- Which of the following is NOT true about the Missouri Compromise?
The MO Comprise solved the issue of the spread of slavery in the western territories until the Civil War.
- Which of the following is not related to the “Nationalist Diplomacy” typical of the Monroe administrations?
An aggressive nationalist, John Quincy Adams wanted the US to project its military power abroad. This is what he meant when he said the US should “go abroad in search of monsters”.
- Which of the following is NOT true about Andrew Jackson?
The fact that so many members of the Republican Party were viable candidates in the election of 1824 showed the strength and unity of the Party.
- The ‘corrupt bargain’ made Andrew Jackson president.
False
- John Quincy Adams was probably one of the most qualified politicians in US history to be president. He was also one of the most ineffective presidents in US history.
True
- Like his father John Adams, John Quincy Adams worried that the American Republic was quickly turning into “democracy”.
True
- John Quincy Adams believed that the federal government should not be involved in internal improvements. He condemned the idea of a “national university” and an astronomical observatory, which he denigrated as a “lighthouse of the sky”.
False
- The Democratic Republican Party continued to divide into factions while John Quincy Adams was president, with those who favored the economic nationalism of Adams and Clay being called National Republicans.
True
- The tariff passed in 1828 hurt the cotton producing Southern States, who called it “the Tariff of Abominations.” John C. Calhoun, of SC, even talked about how states had the authority to declare acts of Congress (such as the tariff of 1828) “unconstitutional”.
True
- The Democrats (supporters of Andrew Jackson) were linked to the Jeffersonian Republicans and states’ rights, while the National Republicans favored a stronger national government and the economic nationalism of JQ Adams and Henry Clay.
True
- Which of the following is NOT true about Andrew Jackson?
Andrew Jackson did not like John Quincy Adams (to put it lightly). In fact, Jackson called Adams a jackass (which is why a donkey is the symbol for the Democratic Party today.
- An aspect of democratization is the fact that politicians no longer had to come form the social elite (like Washington, Jefferson, and even John Adams). This was true by the time of Andrew Jackson, although he himself was born into an elite family.
False
- One consequence of the dropping of property qualifications to vote was that the working class (wage laborers) became a political force (sometimes in “Working Men’s parties”, but also in the major political parties).
True
- Jackson won a big victory in 1828 as the “people’s president” vs. the “Eastern elite”. However, there was a record low voter turnout.
False