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The early nineteenth century in America is known as the "turnpike era" because


A) most towns and villages became connected by a network of inexpensive roads.
B) Americans stopped transporting goods by canal in favor of roads.
C) the federal government provided free land to road construction companies.
D) concrete was first developed as a long-life road surface.
E) many roads were built for profit by private companies.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

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In 1804,the Federalists known as the Essex Junto


A) were led by Alexander Hamilton.
B) believed slavery could not be allowed to expand into the territories.
C) feared that the United States might be divided by secessionists.
D) attempted to interest Napoleon in reclaiming Louisiana.
E) feared the westward growth of the United States.

F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

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The writer Judith Sargent Murray argued that women


A) should have the same educational opportunities as men.
B) were equal to men in intellect and potential.
C) should have a role in society apart from their husbands.
D) should have opportunities to earn their own livings.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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The Second Great Awakening


A) rejected the idea of the Trinity.
B) was consistent with the ideas of the Enlightenment.
C) helped promote universalism and Unitarianism.
D) was confined to New England.
E) began as an effort by church establishments to revitalize their organizations.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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The Battle of Tippecanoe was a rare Indian victory against the United States.

A) True
B) False

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The Lewis and Clark expedition


A) was first planned after the Louisiana Purchase was made.
B) was assisted by the guide,Sacajawea.
C) was led by two men who had little experience with Indians.
D) saw both leaders die before the expedition was complete.
E) never made it to the Pacific Coast.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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In 1810,the Non-Intercourse Act expired and was replaced by


A) the Harrison Land Law.
B) "Peaceable Coercion."
C) Macon's Bill No.2.
D) the Tallmadge Amendment.
E) Madison's embargo.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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In the United States during the early nineteenth century,horse racing


A) was largely limited to rural areas of the country.
B) first became a spectator sport.
C) became a popular sport in most areas of the country.
D) was considered a form of gambling and was banned in most towns.
E) was considered a waste of valuable horses and frowned upon.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The cotton gin was invented by


A) Robert Fulton.
B) Eli Whitney.
C) Samuel Slater.
D) Albert Gallatin.
E) Moses Brown.

F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

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In what ways was American nationalism strengthened in the early nineteenth century? In what ways was it challenged?

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Jefferson as president was able to cut the size of government,but he was not able to reduce the national debt.

A) True
B) False

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The first American medical school was the ________.

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At the Battle of Horseshoe Bend,in 1814,Andrew Jackson


A) was seriously wounded.
B) viciously broke the resistance of the Creek.
C) captured the city of New Orleans.
D) defeated the Spanish at Pensacola.
E) turned back the British invasion from the Southwest.

F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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During the Jefferson administration,the British claimed the right to stop American merchant ships and seize


A) vessels that had deserters on board from British ships.
B) naturalized Americans born on British soil.
C) any persons they chose.
D) all military cargo.
E) any slaves found on board.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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Napoleon decided to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to the United States because


A) the French Army on the American continent had been decimated by disease.
B) he wanted to raise money for his armies in Europe.
C) he believed the Louisiana Territory was a "great desert" unfit for habitation.
D) the French Army on the American continent had been decimated by disease,and he did not have the resources to secure an empire in America.
E) he wanted to raise money for his armies in Europe,and he believed the Louisiana Territory was a "great desert" unfit for habitation.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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Eli Whitney is a major figure in American technology for introducing the


A) concept of interchangeable parts.
B) first modern factory.
C) steam engine.
D) mechanized assembly line.
E) steel plow.

F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

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How did the Second Great Awakening compare with the First Great Awakening?

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Many efforts were made to educate both Native Americans and African slaves to "uplift" them as people.

A) True
B) False

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Regarding education,early nineteenth-century Republicans favored


A) a nationwide system of free public schools for all male citizens.
B) the federal government paying the costs of primary schools.
C) private schools as the primary institutions of learning.
D) the practice of only the children of elite families receiving an education.
E) free college education for all white male citizens of the republic.

F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

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The expansion of the medical profession during the early nineteenth century resulted in a


A) broad increase in the number of hospitals.
B) decline in midwives.
C) rapid rise in care for the disabled.
D) significant gain in the general body of medical knowledge.
E) large jump in average life expectancy.

F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

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