HY 103 exam 3 Questions with Correct Answers Already Passed
National Cumberland road - Answers A paved highway that extended more than a thousand miles from
Maryland to Illinois. It was built using state and federal money over many years (1811-1852). One of the
few roads crossing state boundaries. (p. 161)
Erie Canal - Answers A canal between the New York cities of Albany and Buffalo, completed in 1825. The
canal, considered a marvel of the modern world at the time, allowed western farmers to ship surplus
crops to sell in the North and allowed northern manufacturers to ship finished goods to sell in the West.
Robert Fulton - Answers American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat
and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
Clermont - Answers the first full-sized commercial steamboat
John C. Calhoun - Answers South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and
nullification
Henry Clay - Answers United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free
and slave states
American System - Answers Economic program advanced by Henry Clay that included support for a
national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements; emphasized strong role for federal government
in the economy.
internal improvements - Answers federal projects, such as canals and roads, to develop the nation's
transportation system
Francis Cabot Lowell - Answers American industrialist who developed the Lowell system, a mill system
that included looms that could both weave thread and spin cloth. He hired young women to live and
work in his mill
The panic of 1819 - Answers Economic panic caused by extensive speculation and a decline of European
demand for American goods along with mismanagement within the Second Bank of the United States.
Often cited as the end of the Era of Good Feelings.
Missouri Compromise - Answers "Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It was
decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the
36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.
Thomas R. Dew - Answers one of the earliest defenders of slavery, he denied that it was unchristian,
immoral, or undemocratic. In the years to follow his arguments were supplemented by almost everyone
of importance in the South.
, James Henry Hammond - Answers A senator and slave owner form South Carolina who believed in the
necessity of slaves in society and that blacks were inferior to the superior whites.
Denmark Vesey - Answers United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was
involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822)
Nat Turner - Answers Leader of a slave rebellion in 1831 in Virginia. Revolt led to the deaths of 20 whites
and 40 blacks and led to the "gag rule' outlawing any discussion of slavery in the House of
Representatives
George Dickinson - Answers Fought a duel with Jackson and lost even after he shot Jackson near the
heart.
John Quincy Adams - Answers Secretary of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe. In 1819,
he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the
United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe Doctrine was mostly Adams' work.
The "spoils system" - Answers the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and
supporters of the group in power
Worcester v. Georgia - Answers Supreme Court Decision - Cherokee Indians were entitled to federal
protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty -
Jackson ignored it
Nicholas Biddle - Answers President of the Second Bank of the United States; he struggled to keep the
bank functioning when President Jackson tried to destroy it.
Thomas Dorr - Answers Led the Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island to change the state's electoral system in
1841-1842 saying that white male had to have property to vote.
Malaria (ague) - Answers very common, many people had it, spreads through mosquitoes, more
prominent in the south, keeps you alive, and weakens you
Tuberculosis (consumption) - Answers most common up North, transmitted airborne, deadly, called the
poet's disease because you begin to show signs of the ideal of beauty (rosy cheeks, etc.)
Yellow Fever (the "black vomit") - Answers - deadlier than tuberculosis. If you survived you are labeled
as "seasoned"-people want to hire seasoned people over not because they are seen as
strong/healthy=immune.
Catherine Beecher - Answers Female reformer that pushed for female employment as teachers; still
embraced the role of a good homemaker for women; an example of the fact that not all women were
pushing for radical reforms.
National Cumberland road - Answers A paved highway that extended more than a thousand miles from
Maryland to Illinois. It was built using state and federal money over many years (1811-1852). One of the
few roads crossing state boundaries. (p. 161)
Erie Canal - Answers A canal between the New York cities of Albany and Buffalo, completed in 1825. The
canal, considered a marvel of the modern world at the time, allowed western farmers to ship surplus
crops to sell in the North and allowed northern manufacturers to ship finished goods to sell in the West.
Robert Fulton - Answers American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat
and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
Clermont - Answers the first full-sized commercial steamboat
John C. Calhoun - Answers South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and
nullification
Henry Clay - Answers United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free
and slave states
American System - Answers Economic program advanced by Henry Clay that included support for a
national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements; emphasized strong role for federal government
in the economy.
internal improvements - Answers federal projects, such as canals and roads, to develop the nation's
transportation system
Francis Cabot Lowell - Answers American industrialist who developed the Lowell system, a mill system
that included looms that could both weave thread and spin cloth. He hired young women to live and
work in his mill
The panic of 1819 - Answers Economic panic caused by extensive speculation and a decline of European
demand for American goods along with mismanagement within the Second Bank of the United States.
Often cited as the end of the Era of Good Feelings.
Missouri Compromise - Answers "Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It was
decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the
36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.
Thomas R. Dew - Answers one of the earliest defenders of slavery, he denied that it was unchristian,
immoral, or undemocratic. In the years to follow his arguments were supplemented by almost everyone
of importance in the South.
, James Henry Hammond - Answers A senator and slave owner form South Carolina who believed in the
necessity of slaves in society and that blacks were inferior to the superior whites.
Denmark Vesey - Answers United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was
involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822)
Nat Turner - Answers Leader of a slave rebellion in 1831 in Virginia. Revolt led to the deaths of 20 whites
and 40 blacks and led to the "gag rule' outlawing any discussion of slavery in the House of
Representatives
George Dickinson - Answers Fought a duel with Jackson and lost even after he shot Jackson near the
heart.
John Quincy Adams - Answers Secretary of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe. In 1819,
he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the
United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe Doctrine was mostly Adams' work.
The "spoils system" - Answers the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and
supporters of the group in power
Worcester v. Georgia - Answers Supreme Court Decision - Cherokee Indians were entitled to federal
protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty -
Jackson ignored it
Nicholas Biddle - Answers President of the Second Bank of the United States; he struggled to keep the
bank functioning when President Jackson tried to destroy it.
Thomas Dorr - Answers Led the Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island to change the state's electoral system in
1841-1842 saying that white male had to have property to vote.
Malaria (ague) - Answers very common, many people had it, spreads through mosquitoes, more
prominent in the south, keeps you alive, and weakens you
Tuberculosis (consumption) - Answers most common up North, transmitted airborne, deadly, called the
poet's disease because you begin to show signs of the ideal of beauty (rosy cheeks, etc.)
Yellow Fever (the "black vomit") - Answers - deadlier than tuberculosis. If you survived you are labeled
as "seasoned"-people want to hire seasoned people over not because they are seen as
strong/healthy=immune.
Catherine Beecher - Answers Female reformer that pushed for female employment as teachers; still
embraced the role of a good homemaker for women; an example of the fact that not all women were
pushing for radical reforms.
