Clep Test American History Study Guide 2023/2024

Noah Webster, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and James Fenimore Cooper were all significant as - Answer-contributors to a more distinctly American literature. All of the following reflect the views of Americans expressed by Alexis de Tocqueville and other early nineteenth century European visitors EXCEPT - Answer-Americans exhibited a strong sense of social deference. Besides mass production through the use of interchangeable parts, Eli Whitney also influenced American history by his invention of the - Answer-Cotton Gin The term "Seward's Folly" referred to Secretary of State William Seward's - Answer￾ill-fated attempt to gain the presidency in 1860. All of the following were causes of the Mexican War EXCEPT - Answer-Mexican desire to annex Louisiana. In coining the phrase "Manifest Destiny," journalist John L. O'Sullivan meant that - Answer-it was the destiny of America to overspread the continent In this private letter Jefferson is saying all of the following EXCEPT - Answer-Spain provides good government for its territories. Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution were called - Answer- Antifederalists. Which of the following events is placed in the INCORRECT year? - Answer-1861— South Carolina secedes from the Union This engraving of the Nat Turner revolt takes what point of view? - Answer-The revolt was an attack upon innocent victims. The American colonists were able to control the power of the Royal governors through what means? - Answer-The assemblies controlled all grants of money to be spent by the colonial governments "Popular sovereignty" meant that - Answer-the states would decide themselves whether to be slave or free. Which of the following did NOT experience a Gold Rush after 1859? - Answer- California The Treaty of Paris, formally ending the War of Independence, was signed in - Answer-1783 Which of the following correctly describes the attitude of Lincoln and Johnson toward Reconstruction? - Answer-They saw the Civil War as a rebellion of individuals. According to the Constitution as passed in 1787 and ratified in 1789, a slave was equal to what fraction of a citizen for purposes of representation? - Answer-3/5 The most influential of the organized religious philosophies produced by eighteenth century rationalism and humanism was - Answer-Unitarianism. Did The Alien and Sedition Acts included a threat to the jury system - Answer-no In response to the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts by the Federalist Congress, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison - Answer-drafted the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions which supported the concept of states' rights. At the Hartford Convention the - Answer-Federalists proposed a constitutional amendment which would restrict the president to a single term and would prohibit successive presidents from the same state. The doctrine of nullification put forth by John C. Calhoun in The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, published anonymously in 1828, held that - Answer-if a state judged a federal law to violate the Constitution, the state could declare the law null and void within its borders. Which of the following authors is correctly paired with the work that he wrote? - Answer-Nathaniel Hawthorne-Scarlet Letter Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, and Nat Turner were leaders of - Answer- unsuccessful slave revolts in the Southern states. In general, most Europeans considered the Indians to be - Answer-heathens who were inferior beings In the cartoon shown below, Ulysses Grant is presented as - Answer-caught up in several types of corruption. The completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 resulted in all of the following EXCEPT - Answer-strengthening the dependency of farmers in the Old Northwest on the Mississippi River system for access to markets. The trial of John Peter Zenger in 1735 for seditious libel - Answer-encouraged editors to be more critical of public officials. Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense introduced a new element into the debate with Britain by - Answer-calling for complete independence of the colonies and attacking not only King George III but also the idea of monarchy