APUSH T1 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
,Inauguration of Andrew Jackson - Answer: -attracted about 20,000 who partied hard in the white house
afterwards
-"the reign of King Mob"-Joseph Story of the Sup Court
-"his beliefs suit the people exactly"- Phillip Hone, NY political leader
Expansion of Voting Rights - Answer: -no new states after orginial 13 required property to vote
-only NC, RI, and VA retained prop req by 1830
-Large slave owners who dominated virginias politics successfully resisted change in qualifications till
convention in 1850
-1860, all but one state had no pq
-personal independce required for voting now relied on ownership of ones self
Non-Freeholders Petition of Richmond - Answer: -established at VA constitutional convention by
propertyless men
-land doesnt mean "moral or intellectuals endowments"
-"They alone deserve to be called free who participate in the formation of their political institutions
Dorr War - Answer: -RI had large pop of propertyless men who could not vote bc worked wages in
factories and did not have $134 land at least
-proponents of dem reform organize Peoples Convention and make new constiution and declare
Thomas Dorr, lawyer, as governor; John Tyler sends troops and ends this
-discluded voting rights for blacks however
-demonstrated passion for free suffrage
-RI soon severed prop req
Alexis de Tocqueville - Answer: -french writer who visited america in 1830s, french had powerful
heirarchy, wealthy controlled government
-wrote Democracy in America; a powerful account of america in midst of a political transformartion
-american politics boisterous and engaged the energies of lots of citizens
-democracy became what unified and identified the US (for political nation only though)
-demorcay= "habit of heart"; americans obssesed with equality and self initiative
,-voting= badge of American citizenship
-law is necessary evil, but is followed because it is believed to go away and changed if dissatisfied
Information Revolution - Answer: -mass circulation of "penny press"; steam power made printing news
faster and more
-circulation of news surpassed entirety of Europe
-new journalism styles from NY Sun and NY Herald that emphasized sensationalism
-parties began to support newspaper to advertise their views
-low postal rates, many newspapers circulated to places beyond publication
-The Liberator (abolitionists) and Cherokee Phoenix
-increased presensce of women as a new wave of female writer, eg Lydia Child, Catharine Sedgwick,
catherine beecher, emerged because increased reading
Limits of Democracy - Answer: -democracy absored native born white men and immigrants, but not
blacks, natives, and women, into market revolution
-US Mag and Democratic Review- "prinicple of universal suffrage means white males of age constituted
the government"
-gender and race were an innate barrier, forever fixed by nature, while white men's freedom was a
personal transformation
-NY Herald- women had "no rights w/ which the public is concerned"
Blacks and Voting - Answer: -Moby Dick and Benito Cereno rare books that heroize blacks]
-"blackface" became a popular form of entertainment where blacks were considered stupid, dishonest,
and ridiculous
-in revolutionary area, voting open to blacks in north, bur afterwards, all new states except maine
limited it to whites
-NC and PA disenfranchised blacks in 1835
-By 1860, only five states in New England had free blacks voting on the same requirements as whites
-race had replaced class as social equality barrier; poor white immigrants could vote but not blacks
American System - Answer: -Coined by Clay and put forward by Madison
, -"Let us bind the nation together w/ roads and canals. Let us conquer space."- Calhoun
1. new national bank
2. higher tariffs
3. federal financing of "internal imporvments" eg road canal etc.
-Madison vetoed bill suprisingly bc not in fed govt powers in constiution and wou,ld require an
admendment for the further development of infastructure. also it endangered the south and inv liberty
-tariff of 1816 and nat bank were created however
Rise in Banks - Answer: -Second Bank of US was private and in charge of issuing money, collecting taxes,
and paying off debt
-local banks risen to over 200 showing growth or market rev
-Nat Banks meant to regulate local banks from overprinting notes that promised to pay bearer specified
amount of gold or silver at demand
-issued more paper money than silver and gold in vaults
-paper money used to purchase public land
Panic of 1819 - Answer: -ressumption of trade with europe created overseas market for american cotton
and grain
-economic bubble bursted bc decrease in demand for US goods abroad and land out west
-speculators lost money, farmers could not repay debts, rise in unemployment
Politics of the Panic - Answer: -many states suspended debt collecting
-KT established state bank that flooded state w/ paper money that creditors were required to accept in
repayment of loans
-Nat Bank blamed for panic; deepend distrust of the people
McCulloch vs Maryland - Answer: -John Marshal declares bank a legitimate exercise of govt authority
under consitution; MY cannot tax bank
-"the power to tax is the power to destroy"
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
,Inauguration of Andrew Jackson - Answer: -attracted about 20,000 who partied hard in the white house
afterwards
-"the reign of King Mob"-Joseph Story of the Sup Court
-"his beliefs suit the people exactly"- Phillip Hone, NY political leader
Expansion of Voting Rights - Answer: -no new states after orginial 13 required property to vote
-only NC, RI, and VA retained prop req by 1830
-Large slave owners who dominated virginias politics successfully resisted change in qualifications till
convention in 1850
-1860, all but one state had no pq
-personal independce required for voting now relied on ownership of ones self
Non-Freeholders Petition of Richmond - Answer: -established at VA constitutional convention by
propertyless men
-land doesnt mean "moral or intellectuals endowments"
-"They alone deserve to be called free who participate in the formation of their political institutions
Dorr War - Answer: -RI had large pop of propertyless men who could not vote bc worked wages in
factories and did not have $134 land at least
-proponents of dem reform organize Peoples Convention and make new constiution and declare
Thomas Dorr, lawyer, as governor; John Tyler sends troops and ends this
-discluded voting rights for blacks however
-demonstrated passion for free suffrage
-RI soon severed prop req
Alexis de Tocqueville - Answer: -french writer who visited america in 1830s, french had powerful
heirarchy, wealthy controlled government
-wrote Democracy in America; a powerful account of america in midst of a political transformartion
-american politics boisterous and engaged the energies of lots of citizens
-democracy became what unified and identified the US (for political nation only though)
-demorcay= "habit of heart"; americans obssesed with equality and self initiative
,-voting= badge of American citizenship
-law is necessary evil, but is followed because it is believed to go away and changed if dissatisfied
Information Revolution - Answer: -mass circulation of "penny press"; steam power made printing news
faster and more
-circulation of news surpassed entirety of Europe
-new journalism styles from NY Sun and NY Herald that emphasized sensationalism
-parties began to support newspaper to advertise their views
-low postal rates, many newspapers circulated to places beyond publication
-The Liberator (abolitionists) and Cherokee Phoenix
-increased presensce of women as a new wave of female writer, eg Lydia Child, Catharine Sedgwick,
catherine beecher, emerged because increased reading
Limits of Democracy - Answer: -democracy absored native born white men and immigrants, but not
blacks, natives, and women, into market revolution
-US Mag and Democratic Review- "prinicple of universal suffrage means white males of age constituted
the government"
-gender and race were an innate barrier, forever fixed by nature, while white men's freedom was a
personal transformation
-NY Herald- women had "no rights w/ which the public is concerned"
Blacks and Voting - Answer: -Moby Dick and Benito Cereno rare books that heroize blacks]
-"blackface" became a popular form of entertainment where blacks were considered stupid, dishonest,
and ridiculous
-in revolutionary area, voting open to blacks in north, bur afterwards, all new states except maine
limited it to whites
-NC and PA disenfranchised blacks in 1835
-By 1860, only five states in New England had free blacks voting on the same requirements as whites
-race had replaced class as social equality barrier; poor white immigrants could vote but not blacks
American System - Answer: -Coined by Clay and put forward by Madison
, -"Let us bind the nation together w/ roads and canals. Let us conquer space."- Calhoun
1. new national bank
2. higher tariffs
3. federal financing of "internal imporvments" eg road canal etc.
-Madison vetoed bill suprisingly bc not in fed govt powers in constiution and wou,ld require an
admendment for the further development of infastructure. also it endangered the south and inv liberty
-tariff of 1816 and nat bank were created however
Rise in Banks - Answer: -Second Bank of US was private and in charge of issuing money, collecting taxes,
and paying off debt
-local banks risen to over 200 showing growth or market rev
-Nat Banks meant to regulate local banks from overprinting notes that promised to pay bearer specified
amount of gold or silver at demand
-issued more paper money than silver and gold in vaults
-paper money used to purchase public land
Panic of 1819 - Answer: -ressumption of trade with europe created overseas market for american cotton
and grain
-economic bubble bursted bc decrease in demand for US goods abroad and land out west
-speculators lost money, farmers could not repay debts, rise in unemployment
Politics of the Panic - Answer: -many states suspended debt collecting
-KT established state bank that flooded state w/ paper money that creditors were required to accept in
repayment of loans
-Nat Bank blamed for panic; deepend distrust of the people
McCulloch vs Maryland - Answer: -John Marshal declares bank a legitimate exercise of govt authority
under consitution; MY cannot tax bank
-"the power to tax is the power to destroy"
