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During the War of 1812,the United States achieved early military successes on the ________.

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The Treaty of San Ildefonso gave France control of ________.

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The Second Great Awakening


A) rejected the idea of the Trinity.
B) was consistent with the ideas of the Enlightenment.
C) helped promote universalism and Unitarianism.
D) was confined to New England.
E) began as an effort by church establishments to revitalize their organizations.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

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The writer Washington Irving is best remembered for his works on


A) Ichabod Crane and Rip Van Winkle.
B) the American Revolution.
C) George Washington.
D) Philadelphia society.
E) the Mohican Indians.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

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In 1803,the Supreme Court defined its authority over Congress with its ruling in the case of ________.

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In the United States during the early nineteenth century,horse racing


A) was bound by lines of race and class.
B) first became a spectator sport.
C) never developed wide appeal in the United States.
D) was considered a form of gambling and was banned in most towns.
E) was considered a waste of valuable horses and frowned upon.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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In the early eighteenth century,the Americans Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston


A) invented the steam engine.
B) made significant advances in steam-powered navigation.
C) developed the nation's first merchant marine.
D) brought the first steam engines from England to the United States.
E) launched America's first railroad engine, the Clermont, in 1807.

F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

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Jefferson tried to make sure that federal offices went to people who would be loyal to his ideas and to his presidency.

A) True
B) False

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During the War of 1812,the Battle of the Thames


A) saw Tecumseh killed while a brigadier general in the British army.
B) led to the long American occupation of Canada.
C) strengthened the resolve of the Indians in the Northwest.
D) saw British forces come from Canada to attack Detroit.
E) saw a surprise American attack in the heart of London.

F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

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The invention of the cotton gin in the late eighteenth century


A) allowed for the introduction of cotton in southern coastal states.
B) had a profound effect on the textile industry in New England.
C) reduced the total number of slaves in the American South.
D) led to a great increase in the production of long-staple cotton.
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

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The Rush-Bagot agreement of 1817 called for


A) the joint occupation of Oregon by France and the United States.
B) the mutual disarmament of the Great Lakes by Britain and the United States.
C) France to pull out of the fur trade in the Great Lakes region.
D) a general trade agreement between the United States and France.
E) Spain to give up its claim to Florida, in exchange for navigation rights on the Mississippi.

F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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