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America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 13 An Age of Expansionism 13.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Young America movement? A) a weak foreign policy B) territorial expansion C) economic expansion and growth D) technological progress E) a celebration of American virtue Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 306 [Factual] 2) One of the first to use the phrase "Young America" was A) Herman Melville. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Walt Whitman. E) Ralph Waldo Emerson. Answer: E Diff: 1 Page Ref: 306 [Factual] 3) In ________, Herman Melville produced a novel, original in form and conception, to fulfill the demand of Young Americans for a New Literature. A) Moby Dick

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.

Chapter Nine Jacksonian America Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which statement regarding the American electorate during the 1820s is TRUE? A. The right to vote was expanded to include many more white males. B. The right to vote was restricted to property owners. C. Married white women had the right to vote but could not hold elected office. Changes in voting rights occurred first in New England states and spread west. Older states began to expand their property ownership requirements. Ans: A Page: 226 2. In 1840, efforts to expand voting rights in Rhode Island resulted in A. new laws that actually further restricted voting rights. B. federal troops occupying the state capital for two years. C. an effort within the state to secede from the Union.

Chapter Seven The Jeffersonian Era Multiple Choice Questions 1. In regards to education, early nineteenth-century Republicans favored A. a nationwide system of free public schools for all male citizens. B. federal government paying the costs of primary schools. C. private schools as the primary institutions of learning. the practice that only the children of elite families received an education. free college education for all white male citizens of the republic. Ans: A Page: 170 2. In the early nineteenth century, school education was largely the responsibility of A. private institutions. B. the states. C. individual cities and towns. the federal government. individual parents. Ans: A Page: 170 3. The writer Judith Sargent Murray argued that women