APUSH UNIT 4
Chapter 12 Quiz
1. What was the main impact of the Tallmadge
Amendment?
A) It eliminated slavery in the state of New York.
B) It strove to prevent states from coming into the
Union as slave states.
C) It infuriated Northern Senators who saw it as a bill
which would prolong slavery forever.
D) It infuriated Southern Senators who saw it as a first
step to ending slavery.
E) It infuriated Western Senators who saw it as an
attempt to take over their land.
2. What event ended the Era of Good Feelings?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
The Panic of 1819
The Missouri Compromise
The Election of 1820
The Tallmadge Amendment
The Transcontinental Treaty
3. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality and
supremacy of the Second Bank of the United States in
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Fletcher v. Peck
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee
McCulloch v. Maryland
Cohens v. Virginia
Gibbons v. Ogden
4. The War of 1812 enjoyed the support of all of the
following groups EXCEPT
A) Southerners
C) Westerners
E) Merchants
B) New Englanders
D) Farmers
5. What did the Transcontinental Treaty accomplish?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
The United States acquired Florida from Spain.
The United States acquired Alaska from Russia.
It ended the War of 1812.
The United States acquired Mexico.
The United States agreed to stay out of European
affairs.
6. The following are true of the Embargo Act EXCEPT
A) the British substituted South American goods for
those of the United States
B) the Act forced Britain to stop violating the rights
of neutral nations
C) the American economy was devastated
D) Jefferson called for a repeal of the act in 1809
E) Jefferson hoped the act was an alternative to war
7. "[T]he American continents, by the free and independent
condition which they have assumed and maintain, are
henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future
colonization by any European powers."
– James Monroe
Monroe's assertion came to be known as
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
the Stimson Doctrine
gunboat diplomacy
the Monroe Doctrine
"big stick" diplomacy
the Canning Doctrine
8. The following statements are true of the Treaty of Ghent
EXCEPT
A) the treaty was signed on Christmas Eve, 1814,
ending the War of 1812
B) both sides agreed to return prisoners
C) the treaty was signed after the American victory at
Lake Champlain
D) the treaty was negotiated after both sides agreed to
drop demands
E) the treaty created new territorial boundaries
reflecting the outcome of the war
9. Which was NOT part of Henry Clay’s American
System?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Protective tariffs
Shrinking the Federal Government
The Second Bank of the United States
National Currency
Internal Improvements
10. Who was known as the “Great Compromiser”?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Samuel Morse
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11.The Monroe Doctrine came into existence because
A) Monroe wanted to keep the French out of the
Louisiana Territory.
B) Monroe wanted to keep the British out of Canada.
C) Monroe wanted to invade Central America.
D) Monroe wanted to keep Spain from retaking its
former colonies in South America.
E) Monroe wanted to keep Russia from taking back
Alaska.
12.All of the following factors led to the War of 1812
EXCEPT
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
the Berlin and Milan Decrees
the Embargo Act
the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
the Battle of Tippecanoe
the Hartford Convention
14.The “Era of Good Feelings” was notable because
A) All Americans were financially successful.
B) There was only one major political party in
existence.
C) Farmers triumphed for the last time over
manufacturing.
D) Northerners agreed with Southerners on tariff
policy for the last time.
E) Southern cotton made the South more prosperous
than the North.
15. John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay and others who pushed
for War against England in 1812 were known as
A) Chicken Hawks
C) Secessionists
E) Patriots
B) War Hawks
D) Yellow Journalists
13.Which is the most important reason for the Era of Good
Feelings?
A) The lack of foreign conflicts.
B) The Monroe Doctrine's impact on the world
C) The Republican Party dominance over American
politics
D) The lack of controversy over the issue of slavery
E) The agreement by many politicians over the issues
of the day
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