President Martin Van Buren's "subtreasury" system - correct answer consisted of a controversial, new financial system to replace the Bank of the United
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Which of the following statements regarding the Bank of the United States is FALSE? - correct answer President Jackson ordered the Bank closed before the expiration of its charter.
Which statement regarding the American electorate during the 1820s is true? - correct answer The right to vote was expanded to include many more white males.
In the 1820s, Whig support for the Anti-Mason Party demonstrated - correct answer the desire of the party to attract the largest possible number of voters.
In 1832, supporters of President Jackson held a national convention in order to - correct answer renominate him for the presidency.
The Whig Party was LEAST successful at - correct answer uniting behind a strong national leader.
What proved to be a serious liability to Henry Clay's presidential ambitions? - correct answer his identification with the West
The Black Hawk War - correct answer was notable for vicious behavior by the American military.
The first of the "Five Civilized Tribes" to be removed to the West, beginning in 1830, was the - correct answer Choctaw.
Compared to Irish immigrants, German immigrants to the United States before 1860 - correct answer generally arrived with more money.
In 1860, the percentage of the population in free states living in towns (places of 2,500 people or more) or cities was - correct answer 26 percent.
Between 1820 and 1840, the population of the United States - correct answer grew rapidly, in part due to improved public health.
In the 1820s and 1830s, the labor force for factory work in the United States - correct answer None of these answers is correct.
Prior to 1860, perhaps the most significant invention for middle-class American homes was the - correct answer cast-iron stove.
By 1860, as a result of the social expectations expressed in the "cult of domesticity," - correct answer women became increasingly isolated from the public world.
The central ideology of slavery, and the vital instrument of white control, was - correct answer paternalism.
Which of the following statements regarding slave life is true? - correct answer After 1808, the proportion of blacks to whites in the nation steadily declined.
The "peculiar institution" was a southern reference to - correct answer slavery
In the late 1850s, many of the great landholders of the lower South were - correct answer still first-generation settlers.
Sexual relationships between white southern men and female slaves was - correct answer a common practice.
Tobacco cultivation in the antebellum South - correct answer was gradually moving westward.
Which of the following statements about the southern aristocratic ideal is FALSE? - correct answer Wealthy southern whites prided themselves on their egalitarianism.
Regarding religion, American slaves - correct answer often incorporated African features into their Christianity.
Religious services for American slaves - correct answer were often more emotional than white services.
The name given to the effort by whites and blacks to help runaway slaves escape was the - correct answer underground railroad.
Of the following, the most common form of resistance to slavery was - correct answer subtle defiance.
A runaway slave making a successful escape from the American South was - correct answer highly unlikely.
One abolitionist who was murdered for his activism was - correct answer Elijah Lovejoy.
The black abolitionist who called for uncompromising opposition to and a violent overthrow of slavery in his 1829 pamphlet was - correct answer David Walker.
The effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the nation was to - correct answer spread the message of abolitionism to an enormous new audience.
In the 1840s in the United States, an initial understanding of germ theory was developed by - correct answer Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The American Colonization Society helped to transport blacks from the United States to - correct answer Liberia.
One of the most enduring of the pre-Civil War utopian colonies was - correct answer Oneida
In the American slave family, - correct answer extended kinship networks were strong and important.
To "manumit" means to - correct answer set free.
Prior to 1860, free blacks in the South - correct answer occasionally attained wealth and prominence and owned slaves themselves.
Martin Van Buren won the presidency in 1836 because - correct answer the political opposition offered multiple candidates.
The political philosophy of Whigs - correct answer favored expanding the power of the federal government.
In 1841, the British government - correct answer supported the rights and freedom of mutinous slaves on the Creole.
Senator Robert Hayne represented the state of - correct answer South Carolina. [Show Less]