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Chapter 12 (10 questions)
The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of
Nationalism, 1812–1824
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Question 1All of the following were true of the War of 1812 EXCEPT
a) it was an especially divisive and ill-fought war.
b) there was considerable burning national anger, left over from the Chesapeake outrage.
c) the supreme lesson of the conflict was the folly of leading a divided and apathetic people into war.
d) Americans came out of the war with a renewed sense of nationhood.
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Question 2All of the following were true of the battle of New Orleans EXCEPT
a) news of the victory struck the country “like a clap of thunder.”
b) Andrew Jackson became a national hero as poets and politicians lined up to sing the praises of the defenders of New Orleans.
c) it undermined the victory when word arrived that a peace treaty had been signed at Ghent, Belgium, ending the war two weeks before the battle.
d) the Battle of New Orleans restored national honor and unleashed a wave of nationalism and self-confidence.
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Question 3All of the following were true of the Treaty of Ghent EXCEPT
a) Tsar Alexander I of Russia proposed mediation between the United States and England as early as 1812.
b) the bickering group of five American peacemakers was headed by early-rising, puritanical John Quincy Adams.
c) British envoys gained a neutralized Indian buffer state in the Great Lakes region, control of the Great Lakes, and a substantial part of conquered Maine.
d) the treaty was essentially an armistice, as both sides simply agreed to stop fighting and to restore conquered territory.
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Question 4All of the following were true of the Hartford Convention EXCEPT
a) embittered opposition of the Federalists to the war continued unabated.
b) a large majority of them proposed secession from the Union, or at least a separate peace with Britain.
c) ugly rumors were afloat about “Blue Light” Federalists—treacherous New Englanders who supposedly flashed lanterns on the shore so that blockading British cruisers would be alerted to the attempted escape of American ships.
d) though a minority of delegates gave vent to wild talk of secession, the convention’s final report was quite moderate.
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Question 5
All of the following were true of the American System EXCEPT
a) a nationalist Congress, out-Federalizing the old Federalists, passed the path-breaking Tariff of 1816.
b) it began with a strong banking system, which would provide easy and abundant credit.
c) it proposed a network of roads and canals, especially in the burgeoning Ohio Valley.
d) attempts to secure federal funding for roads and canals were universally vetoed by President Madison.
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Question 6All of the following were true of the Era of Good Feelings EXCEPT
a) in the election of 1816, the Federalists ran their last candidate, and he was crushed.
b) the Federalist party re-emerged from this period to challenge the eight years of Republican one-party rule.
c) emerging nationalism was further cemented by a goodwill tour Monroe undertook early in 1817, ostensibly to inspect military defenses.
d) the period was troubled by contested issues like the tariff, the bank, internal improvements, and the sale of public lands.
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Question 7All of the following were true of the Monroe Doctrine EXCEPT
a) British foreign minister Canning initially proposed the Doctrine as a joint Anglo-American venture.
b) Secretary of State Adams knew the British feared that the United States would one day seize Spanish territory in the Americas, and that Canning’s proposal was an attempt to tie America’s hands morally.
c) President Monroe incorporated a stern warning to the European powers: (1) noncolonization and (2) nonintervention.
d) Monroe suggested that the great powers free their American colonial possessions, and never seize or otherwise acquire more.
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Question 8All of the following were true of Gibbons v. Ogden EXCEPT
a) the suit was New York’s attempt to grant to a private concern a monopoly of waterborne commerce between New York and New Jersey.
b) Marshall sternly reminded the upstart state that the Constitution conferred on Congress alone the control of interstate commerce.
c) Marshall struck with one hand another blow at states’ rights, while upholding with the other the sovereign powers of the federal government.
d) New York reworded its monopolistic statute and gained support in later years from Chief Justice Roger Taney.
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Question 9
All of the following were true of the Missouri Compromise EXCEPT
a) Congress, despite abolitionist pleas, agreed to admit Missouri as a slave state.
b) free-soil Maine, which until then had been a part of Massachusetts, was admitted as a separate state.
c) the balance between North and South was kept at twelve states each and remained there for fifteen years.
d) Missouri was permitted to retain slaves, and all future slavery was to be allowed in the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase north of the southern boundary of Missouri.
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Question 10All of the following were true of McCulloch v. Maryland EXCEPT
a) the suit involved an attempt by the state of Maryland to destroy a branch of the Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on its notes.
b) Marshall, speaking for the Court, declared the bank unconstitutional by invoking the doctrine of strict construction.
c) Marshall strengthened federal authority and slapped at state infringements when he denied the right of Maryland to tax the bank.
d) Marshall affirmed “that the power to tax involves the power to destroy” and “that a power to create implies a power to preserve.”
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Answer 1
All of the following were true of the War of 1812 EXCEPT
a) it was an especially divisive and ill-fought war.
b) there was considerable burning national anger, left over from the Chesapeake outrage. (correct)
c) the supreme lesson of the conflict was the folly of leading a divided and apathetic people into war.
d) Americans came out of the war with a renewed sense of nationhood.
Hint: See page 248.
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Answer 2
All of the following were true of the battle of New Orleans EXCEPT
a) news of the victory struck the country “like a clap of thunder.”
b) Andrew Jackson became a national hero as poets and politicians lined up to sing the praises of the defenders of New Orleans.
c) it undermined the victory when word arrived that a peace treaty had been signed at Ghent, Belgium, ending the war two weeks before the battle. (correct)
d) the Battle of New Orleans restored national honor and unleashed a wave of nationalism and self-confidence.
Hint: See page 252.
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Answer 3
All of the following were true of the Treaty of Ghent EXCEPT
a) Tsar Alexander I of Russia proposed mediation between the United States and England as early as 1812.
b) the bickering group of five American peacemakers was headed by early-rising, puritanical John Quincy Adams.
c) British envoys gained a neutralized Indian buffer state in the Great Lakes region, control of the Great Lakes, and a substantial part of conquered Maine. (correct)
d) the treaty was essentially an armistice, as both sides simply agreed to stop fighting and to restore conquered territory.
Hint: See page 252.
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Answer 4
All of the following were true of the Hartford Convention EXCEPT
a) embittered opposition of the Federalists to the war continued unabated.
b) a large majority of them proposed secession from the Union, or at least a separate peace with Britain. (correct)
c) ugly rumors were afloat about “Blue Light” Federalists—treacherous New Englanders who supposedly flashed lanterns on the shore so that blockading British cruisers would be alerted to the attempted escape of American ships.
d) though a minority of delegates gave vent to wild talk of secession, the convention’s final report was quite moderate.
Hint: See page 253.
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Answer 5
All of the following were true of the American System EXCEPT
a) a nationalist Congress, out-Federalizing the old Federalists, passed the path-breaking Tariff of 1816.
b) it began with a strong banking system, which would provide easy and abundant credit.
c) it proposed a network of roads and canals, especially in the burgeoning Ohio Valley.
d) attempts to secure federal funding for roads and canals were universally vetoed by President Madison. (correct)
Hint: See page 256.
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Answer 6
All of the following were true of the Era of Good Feelings EXCEPT
a) in the election of 1816, the Federalists ran their last candidate, and he was crushed.
b) the Federalist party re-emerged from this period to challenge the eight years of Republican one-party rule. (correct)
c) emerging nationalism was further cemented by a goodwill tour Monroe undertook early in 1817, ostensibly to inspect military defenses.
d) the period was troubled by contested issues like the tariff, the bank, internal improvements, and the sale of public lands.
Hint: See pages 257–258.
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Answer 7
All of the following were true of the Monroe Doctrine EXCEPT
a) British foreign minister Canning initially proposed the Doctrine as a joint Anglo-American venture.
b) Secretary of State Adams knew the British feared that the United States would one day seize Spanish territory in the Americas, and that Canning’s proposal was an attempt to tie America’s hands morally.
c) President Monroe incorporated a stern warning to the European powers: (1) noncolonization and (2) nonintervention.
d) Monroe suggested that the great powers free their American colonial possessions, and never seize or otherwise acquire more. (correct)
Hint: See page 268.
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Answer 8
All of the following were true of Gibbons v. Ogden EXCEPT
a) the suit was New York’s attempt to grant to a private concern a monopoly of waterborne commerce between New York and New Jersey.
b) Marshall sternly reminded the upstart state that the Constitution conferred on Congress alone the control of interstate commerce.
c) Marshall struck with one hand another blow at states’ rights, while upholding with the other the sovereign powers of the federal government.
d) New York reworded its monopolistic statute and gained support in later years from Chief Justice Roger Taney. (correct)
Hint: See pages 263–264.
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Answer 9
All of the following were true of the Missouri Compromise EXCEPT
a) Congress, despite abolitionist pleas, agreed to admit Missouri as a slave state.
b) free-soil Maine, which until then had been a part of Massachusetts, was admitted as a separate state.
c) the balance between North and South was kept at twelve states each and remained there for fifteen years.
d) Missouri was permitted to retain slaves, and all future slavery was to be allowed in the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase north of the southern boundary of Missouri. (correct)
Hint: See page 262.
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Answer 10
All of the following were true of McCulloch v. Maryland EXCEPT
a) the suit involved an attempt by the state of Maryland to destroy a branch of the Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on its notes.
b) Marshall, speaking for the Court, declared the bank unconstitutional by invoking the doctrine of strict construction. (correct)
c) Marshall strengthened federal authority and slapped at state infringements when he denied the right of Maryland to tax the bank.
d) Marshall affirmed “that the power to tax involves the power to destroy” and “that a power to create implies a power to preserve.”
Hint: See page 263.
