USI Quiz 6 - Questions with Verified Answers

USI Quiz 6 - Questions with Verified Answers Of the following projects, New York City's commercial ascent was owed chiefly to a. the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. b. the Erie Canal. c. the telegraph network. d. the National Road. This person refused to sign the Pennsylvania constitutional conversion document because it had a provision limiting suffrage to only whites and later became a leader in the drive for equal rights for African-Americans after the Civil War. a. John Quincy Adams b. John C. Calhoun c. Henry Clay d. Thaddeus Stevens Which of the following was a difference between the Democrats and the Whigs during the Jackson years? a. The Whigs wanted to ban government actions to promote economic development; the Democrats favored government's role in business. b. The Democrats held a stronghold on upstate New York; the Whigs held more isolated rural communities. c. The Democrats approved of the gulf between the wealthy and the "producing classes"; the Whigs did not accept class hierarchy. d. The Whigs favored public measures and other policies to regulate personal morality; the Democrats did not. What 1793 invention spurred the rise of the Cotton Kingdom and fueled demand for slaves? a. revolver b. steam engine c. cotton gin d. iron smelter Which of the following was a trend in American democracy during the 1820s and 1830s? a. A spirit of apathy toward politics was widespread. b. Selling candidates and their images was as important as the positions for which they stood. c. The idea of a "common man" and "manliness" decreased in importance for candidates. d. Ironically, as the number of eligible voters rose, voter turnout in elections declined. American industrialization first took off in a. New England. b. the Upper South. c. the Great Lakes region. d. the Southwest. The author of Democracy in America was a. George Washington, from Virginia. b. Alexander Hamilton, originally from the British West Indies. c. Alexis de Tocqueville, from France. d. Herman Melville, from New York City. Which of the following was an innate characteristic of women, according to the "cult of domesticity"? a. submissiveness b. sexual experience and desire c. independence d. analytical insight