Question

Question 1 (1 point)
Which issue was debated in Gibbons v. Ogden?

Question 1 options:

The status of slaves living in free territories


The regulation of interstate commerce by federal or state laws


The constitutionality of tariffs


The separation of powers among the branches of government

Answer 1

answer 3-5 correctly
Question 3 (1 point)
During the 1830s public servants and officials were widely perceived to be unqualified. What practice reinforced that perception?

Question 3 options:

The public voting for candidates based on religious affiliations


The president rewarding political supporters with appointments to desirable positions


The federal government recruiting volunteers to serve abroad as ambassadors


Legislators awarding government contracts to the lowest bidders

Question 4 (1 point)
Which event was one cause of the U.S.-Mexican War?

Question 4 options:

The United States banned slavery in territories acquired from Mexico.


The U.S. Congress debated statehood for New Mexico.


U.S. and Mexican soldiers fought over disputed territory north of the Rio Grande.


The United States acquired the Mexican Cession.

Question 5 (1 point)
What was one result of the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828?

Question 5 options:

Renewal of the charter of the Bank of the United States


Elimination of the spoils system


Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment


Increased levels of voter participation

Answer 2

answer 7-11 correctly
Question 7 (1 point)
What state was given to the U.S. as part of the Adam-Onis treaty with Spain in 1819?

Question 7 options:

Texas


Florida


California


Oregon

Question 8 (1 point)
Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?

Question 8 options:

Abolishing slavery throughout the United States


Occupying the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific


Withdrawing from foreign affairs


Returning to an agrarian economy

Question 9 (1 point)
In which court case was the U.S. principle of judicial review established?

Question 9 options:

McCulloch v. Maryland


Gibbons v. Ogden


Dred Scott v. Sandford


Marbury v. Madison

Question 10 (1 point)
Why did President Thomas Jefferson approve the negotiations that led to the Louisiana Purchase?

Question 10 options:

He wanted to settle boundary disputes with Great Britain


He wanted to take control of the Mississippi River.


He wanted to obtain land to limit Russian colonization.


He wanted to take control of the Appalachian Mountains.

Question 11 (0.01 points)
This excerpt is from the U.S. Constitution.
"The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States."
—U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3

How did the U.S. Supreme Court interpret this article in Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)?


Select TWO correct answers.

Question 11 options:

States may control commerce within their borders that involves foreign countries.


States may be subject to federal regulation in matters of commerce.


States may possess the power to regulate interstate commerce.


States may pass legislation that restricts interstate commerce.


States may regulate commerce within their own borders.

Answer 3

Question 12 (0.01 points)
Match the candidates in the Election of 1828 with the item(s) that best describe them.

Question 12 options:

Supported by northern bankers and merchants


Famed military hero


Supported by common farmers and workers


Member of prominent political family

1.
John Quincy Adams

2.
Andrew Jackson

Answer 4

The regulation of interstate commerce by federal or state laws

Answer 5

Question 3: The president rewarding political supporters with appointments to desirable positions

Question 4: U.S. and Mexican soldiers fought over disputed territory north of the Rio Grande

Question 5: Increased levels of voter participation

Answer 6

Question 7: Florida

Question 8: Occupying the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Question 9: Marbury v. Madison

Question 10: He wanted to take control of the Mississippi River.

Question 11: States may be subject to federal regulation in matters of commerce. and States may regulate commerce within their own borders.

Answer 7

1. John Quincy Adams: Supported by northern bankers and merchants
2. Andrew Jackson: Famed military hero; Supported by common farmers and workers; Member of prominent political family