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America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 10 The Triumph of White Men's Democracy 10.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) The popular hero of the 1830s was A) the self-made man. B) an "Indian fighter." C) the privileged aristocrat. D) the working man. E) the American cowboy. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 236 [Factual] 2) The European observer, Alexis de Tocqueville, believed the most evident feature of democracy in America was A) the American contribution. B) the local self-government. C) the participation of women in government. D) the American election process. E) the equality of former slaves. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 255 [Factual] 3) Which of the following individuals is incorrectly matched with his art form? A) Walt Whitman?poetry

America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 7 Democracy in Distress: The Violence of Party Politics, 1788-1800 7.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) For many Americans, George Washington was A) a symbol of the new republic. B) a routine, typical political leader. C) not a popular leader. D) a threat to proclaim himself king. E) a good general, but not necessarily a good politician. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 162 [Conceptual] 2) President Washington considered his role as first president to include A) having his own face put on the new one-dollar bill. B) publishing a series of "hearthside chats" in which he addressed the people directly. C) personally demonstrating the existence of a strong republic.

America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 17 The West: Exploiting an Empire 17.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) For the first two-thirds of the nineteenth century, Americans believed the land west of the Mississippi River to be A) uninhabitable. B) bountiful. C) part of Mexico. D) too heavily forested for farming. E) devoid of wildlife. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 419 [Factual] 2) Beginning with Lewis and Clark, most nineteenth-century mapmakers referred to the Great Plains as A) the National Forest. B) the Wastelands. C) the Land of the Red Man. D) Mexican Territory. E) the Great American Desert. Answer: E Diff: 1 Page Ref: 419 [Factual] 3) Which of the following best describe the Plains tribes? A) sedentary and pacific

America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 15 Secession and the Civil War 15.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) Which of the following southern states was the first to secede from the Union? A) Kentucky B) Virginia C) Alabama D) South Carolina E) North Carolina Answer: D Diff: 1 Page Ref: 361 [Factual] 2) Cooperationists believed that A) the slave states should act as a unit rather than secede one at a time. B) the slave states should remain in the Union. C) the slave states should form a new union after seceding. D) the slave states and the free states should simply find a way to get along. E) the slave states should cooperate with Britain and France. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 361 [Factual] 3) The Confederate constitution was