The "era of good feelings" following the War of 1812 reflected
A. the need for Americans to band together in the wake of economic depression.
B. increased political divisions in the United States federal government.
C. declining violence in the West between the United States and Indian tribes.
D. rising nationalism and optimism in the United States.
E. renewed good relations between the United States and the European continent.
D
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When nonindustrial peoples responded to imperialism by producing cash crops and raw materials for a global market, what was the result?
A) Rural economies became more dependent on unpredictable global economic conditions. B) Rural economies became more self-sufficient. C) Colonial societies rapidly urbanized. D) Colonies became sources of increasing profits for European industries. E) Colonial societies became indistinguishable from that of their European masters.
Federalists organized and staged a "grand federal procession" in New York City where many associations such as the pewter workers carried banners like this one to demonstrate that support for the Constitution was __________
A) tentative until greater rights were given to the working class B) strongly favored by workers who wanted a powerful government to protect their interests C) advantageous because Congress's power to levy taxes would lead to higher salaries D) negative because it relied too heavily on many British anti-labor policies
In 1823, John Quincy Adams believed the nation should __________
A) form an alliance with the British B) avoid involvement in European affairs C) create an alliance with the newly independent Latin American nations D) control the affairs of the Western Hemisphere E) wrest control of New Orleans from the Spanish
Which of the following statements about John Brown’s raid is LEAST accurate?
a. The raid terrified white southerners, who viewed it as evidence that abolitionism would lead inevitably to slave rebellions. b. The raid drew praise from most northerners, but made prominent whites such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson repudiate the antislavery cause. c. Members of Brown’s raiding party included not only whites but also several black men. d. Brown planned to seize the arsenal at Harpers Ferry as part of a broader plan to instigate a large-scale operation against slavery.