1807NRS EOT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT Questions with
Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798)
Answer: Written by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson argued that states had the right to nullify federal
legislation that they believed was unconstitutional. Response to the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Question 2: Did women's role expand during this period? (White women)
Answer: Yes
Question 3: Charles Wilson Peale, Samuel Jennings, and John Trumpbull were all what?
Answer: Painters
Question 4: Poor Richard's Almanack (1732-1758)
Answer: Widely read annual pamphlet edited by Benjamin Franklin. Best known for its proverbs and
aphorisms emphasizing thrift, industry, morality, and common sense.
Question 5: Jefferson's Monticello house was inspired by?
Answer: European Architecture
Question 6: Barbary Pirates and Jefferson
Answer: Plundering pirates off the Mediterranean coast of Africa; President Thomas Jefferson's refusal to
pay them tribute to protect American ships sparked an undeclared naval war with North African nations
Question 7: Democratic-Republicans
Answer:
1. Led by Thomas Jefferson
2. believed people should have political power
3. favored strong STATE governments
4. emphasized agriculture
5. strict interpretation of the Constitution
6. pro-French
7. opposed National Bank
Question 8: Federalists
Answer: Loose Constructionists
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,Question 9: Louisana Purchase
Answer: Treaty between the USA and France where the US bought territory that stretched from the west
bank of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The US payed 15 million.
Question 10: What was ironic with TJ and the Louisiana Purchase?
Answer: TJ was a strict constructionist and nowhere in the constitution did it say that Presidents can buy
land.
Question 11: Lewis and Clark Expedition
Answer: An expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States
Question 12: Marbury v. Madison
Answer: This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review. Ruled the Judiciary Act
unconstitutional.
Question 13: Is federal power increasing during Jefferson's time?
Answer: yes
Question 14: War of 1812
Answer: - France and Britain fighting (the US was neutral) -Britain kept seizing American ships -
Americans blamed the British for problems with Indians -British Impressment - US declared war on Britain
-Federalists did not want to go to war -Created nationalism and federalists went down
Question 15: Hartford Convention (1814)
Answer: A meeting of Federalist delegates from New England inspired by Federalist opposition to the War
of 1812;contributed to the death of the Federalist Party during the "Era of Good Feelings"
Question 16: Henry Clay's American System
Answer:
1. Protective Tariffs
2. (done)
3. National Bank (done)
4. Internal Improvements
Question 17: Tallmadge Amendment (1819)
Answer: Failed proposal to prohibit the importation of slaves into Missouri territory and pave the way for
gradual emancipation. Southerners vehemently opposed the amendment, which they perceived as a threat to
the sectional balance between North and South.
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,Question 18: Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820)
Answer:
1. Temporary truce over slavery issue
2. 3 parts: MO added as a slave state
3. ME added as a free state
4. above 36°30' line = free
5. below = slave
Question 19: Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)
Answer: Treaty between the U.S. and Spain that ceded Florida to the U.S. Established location of southern
border
Question 20: Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Answer: Statement delivered by President James Monroe stating that further efforts by European nations to
colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression
requiring U.S. intervention.
Question 21: Market Revolution
Answer: Drastic changes in transportation (canals, RRs), communication (telegraph), and the production of
goods (more in factories as opposed to houses) -Cotton Gin -Spinning Machine -Interchangeable parts
-Steamboats
Question 22: Erie Canal (1825)
Answer: New Yorkers built the canal linking the Great Lakes with the Hudson River.
Question 23: Many immigrants came from where in the 1800-1848?
Answer: Germany and Ireland
Question 24: Cult of Domesticity
Answer: Idealized view of women & home; women, self-less caregiver for children, refuge for husbands
Question 25: What event caused men (other than property owning white men) to vote?
Answer: Panic of 1819
Question 26: Panic of 1819
Answer:
1. Irresponsible banking practices
2. Decreased demand for exports
3. Working men demand the franchise
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, Question 27: National Republicans
Answer:
1. Expansive view of federal power
2. Loose Constructionists
3. John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
Question 28: Democrats
Answer:
1. Restrictive view of federal power
2. Strict Constructionists
3. Andrew Jackson
Question 29: Corrupt Bargain of 1824
Answer: A political scandal that arose when the Speaker of the House, Henry Clay, allegedly met with John
Quincy Adams before the House election to break a deadlock. Adams was elected president against the
popular vote and Clay was named Secretary of State.
Question 30: Whigs
Answer: Anti-Jackson political party that generally stood for national community and an activist
government. (Henry Clay)
Question 31: Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations)
Answer: Tariff passed by Congress that imposed very high duties on imports Southerners protested because
it increased the cost of the manufactured good they bought. It was said to have been passed not to raise
money but to protect the interests of Northern manufacturers at the expense of Southern farmers.
Question 32: Tariff of 1832 & Nullification Crisis
Answer: Jackson favored states rights. South Carolina legislation declared the crease tariff/tariff
abominations to be unconstitutional. This proved John C Calhoun's nullification theory, each state had the
right to decide whether to obey a federal law or declare it null.
Question 33: Force Bill (1833)
Answer: Jackson's response to S. Carolina's ordinance of nullification that declared the tariffs. Authorized
President Jackson to use military force to collect duties on the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832; never invoked b/c
it was passed by Congress the same day as the Compromise Tariff of 1833, so it became unnecessary;
nullified by S. Carolina
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Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798)
Answer: Written by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson argued that states had the right to nullify federal
legislation that they believed was unconstitutional. Response to the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Question 2: Did women's role expand during this period? (White women)
Answer: Yes
Question 3: Charles Wilson Peale, Samuel Jennings, and John Trumpbull were all what?
Answer: Painters
Question 4: Poor Richard's Almanack (1732-1758)
Answer: Widely read annual pamphlet edited by Benjamin Franklin. Best known for its proverbs and
aphorisms emphasizing thrift, industry, morality, and common sense.
Question 5: Jefferson's Monticello house was inspired by?
Answer: European Architecture
Question 6: Barbary Pirates and Jefferson
Answer: Plundering pirates off the Mediterranean coast of Africa; President Thomas Jefferson's refusal to
pay them tribute to protect American ships sparked an undeclared naval war with North African nations
Question 7: Democratic-Republicans
Answer:
1. Led by Thomas Jefferson
2. believed people should have political power
3. favored strong STATE governments
4. emphasized agriculture
5. strict interpretation of the Constitution
6. pro-French
7. opposed National Bank
Question 8: Federalists
Answer: Loose Constructionists
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,Question 9: Louisana Purchase
Answer: Treaty between the USA and France where the US bought territory that stretched from the west
bank of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The US payed 15 million.
Question 10: What was ironic with TJ and the Louisiana Purchase?
Answer: TJ was a strict constructionist and nowhere in the constitution did it say that Presidents can buy
land.
Question 11: Lewis and Clark Expedition
Answer: An expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States
Question 12: Marbury v. Madison
Answer: This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review. Ruled the Judiciary Act
unconstitutional.
Question 13: Is federal power increasing during Jefferson's time?
Answer: yes
Question 14: War of 1812
Answer: - France and Britain fighting (the US was neutral) -Britain kept seizing American ships -
Americans blamed the British for problems with Indians -British Impressment - US declared war on Britain
-Federalists did not want to go to war -Created nationalism and federalists went down
Question 15: Hartford Convention (1814)
Answer: A meeting of Federalist delegates from New England inspired by Federalist opposition to the War
of 1812;contributed to the death of the Federalist Party during the "Era of Good Feelings"
Question 16: Henry Clay's American System
Answer:
1. Protective Tariffs
2. (done)
3. National Bank (done)
4. Internal Improvements
Question 17: Tallmadge Amendment (1819)
Answer: Failed proposal to prohibit the importation of slaves into Missouri territory and pave the way for
gradual emancipation. Southerners vehemently opposed the amendment, which they perceived as a threat to
the sectional balance between North and South.
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,Question 18: Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820)
Answer:
1. Temporary truce over slavery issue
2. 3 parts: MO added as a slave state
3. ME added as a free state
4. above 36°30' line = free
5. below = slave
Question 19: Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)
Answer: Treaty between the U.S. and Spain that ceded Florida to the U.S. Established location of southern
border
Question 20: Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Answer: Statement delivered by President James Monroe stating that further efforts by European nations to
colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression
requiring U.S. intervention.
Question 21: Market Revolution
Answer: Drastic changes in transportation (canals, RRs), communication (telegraph), and the production of
goods (more in factories as opposed to houses) -Cotton Gin -Spinning Machine -Interchangeable parts
-Steamboats
Question 22: Erie Canal (1825)
Answer: New Yorkers built the canal linking the Great Lakes with the Hudson River.
Question 23: Many immigrants came from where in the 1800-1848?
Answer: Germany and Ireland
Question 24: Cult of Domesticity
Answer: Idealized view of women & home; women, self-less caregiver for children, refuge for husbands
Question 25: What event caused men (other than property owning white men) to vote?
Answer: Panic of 1819
Question 26: Panic of 1819
Answer:
1. Irresponsible banking practices
2. Decreased demand for exports
3. Working men demand the franchise
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, Question 27: National Republicans
Answer:
1. Expansive view of federal power
2. Loose Constructionists
3. John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
Question 28: Democrats
Answer:
1. Restrictive view of federal power
2. Strict Constructionists
3. Andrew Jackson
Question 29: Corrupt Bargain of 1824
Answer: A political scandal that arose when the Speaker of the House, Henry Clay, allegedly met with John
Quincy Adams before the House election to break a deadlock. Adams was elected president against the
popular vote and Clay was named Secretary of State.
Question 30: Whigs
Answer: Anti-Jackson political party that generally stood for national community and an activist
government. (Henry Clay)
Question 31: Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations)
Answer: Tariff passed by Congress that imposed very high duties on imports Southerners protested because
it increased the cost of the manufactured good they bought. It was said to have been passed not to raise
money but to protect the interests of Northern manufacturers at the expense of Southern farmers.
Question 32: Tariff of 1832 & Nullification Crisis
Answer: Jackson favored states rights. South Carolina legislation declared the crease tariff/tariff
abominations to be unconstitutional. This proved John C Calhoun's nullification theory, each state had the
right to decide whether to obey a federal law or declare it null.
Question 33: Force Bill (1833)
Answer: Jackson's response to S. Carolina's ordinance of nullification that declared the tariffs. Authorized
President Jackson to use military force to collect duties on the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832; never invoked b/c
it was passed by Congress the same day as the Compromise Tariff of 1833, so it became unnecessary;
nullified by S. Carolina
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