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Quiz for The Panic of 1819

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Choose the best answer to each question.

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1. Examine the image of the Auction in Chatham Square (Document 9.5). What emotion does this image attempt to evoke from the observer?

Anger

Resentment

Sympathy

Religiosity

Correct: The answer is c. The featured families whose possessions are being auctioned appear helpless and distraught. Rather than portraying poor families who fell into poverty as agents in their own demise, they are portrayed as victims of the economy.

Incorrect: The answer is c. The featured families whose possessions are being auctioned appear helpless and terribly sad. Rather than portraying poor families who fell into poverty as agents in their own demise, they are portrayed as victims of the economy.

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2. Which of the following is an accurate summary of James Flint’s Account of the Panic (see Document 9.6)?

The financial collapse devastated agriculture, increased unemployment, and left many landless.

The financial collapse strangled trade, allowed for British exploitation of American consumers, and brought banking to a standstill.

The financial collapse increased migration west, decreased immigration, and brought the stock exchange to a standstill.

The financial collapse boosted agriculture, decreased migration to the cities, and forced employers to crack down on corruption.

Correct: The answer is a. Flint details the languishing of agriculture, the high unemployment, the practice of deception by employers, and the loss of property.

Incorrect: The answer is a. Flint details the languishing of agriculture, the high unemployment, the practice of deception by employers, and the loss of property.

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3. According to the Antitariff Petition (Document 9.7), what was the effect of increased competition in the marketplace?

Drove up prices

Safeguarded against unfair prices

Increased honesty between dealers

Preserved liberty in the Republic

Correct: The answer is b. The Virginia Agricultural Society argued that enlarged or increased competition prevented “extravagant prices and exorbitant profits” for the merchants, keeping price levels from skyrocketing.

Incorrect: The answer is b. The Virginia Agricultural Society argued that enlarged or increased competition prevented “extravagant prices and exorbitant profits” for the merchants, keeping price levels from skyrocketing.

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4. What did James Kent fear to be an effect of universal suffrage (see Document 9.8)?

The corruption of the courts

The election of an unqualified president

The eventual expansion of suffrage to blacks and women

The demise of private property rights

Correct: The answer is d. In his argument, Kent asserted that the “tendency of universal suffrage is to jeopardize the rights of property.”

Incorrect: The answer is d. In his argument, Kent asserted that the “tendency of universal suffrage is to jeopardize the rights of property.”

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5. What did Nathan Sanford mean when he referred to the “course of things” in America in his Arguments for Expanding Male Voting Rights (see Document 9.9)?

Sanford believed that America progressively restricts the rights of the disfranchised.

Sanford felt that America progressively exploits class differences.

Sanford thought that America progressively offers more opportunities to own land.

Sanford believed that America progressively expands the rights of its citizens.

Correct: The answer is d. Sanford argued that the “course of things in this country is for the extension . . . of popular rights.” He believed that progress in America included an expansion of rights.

Incorrect: The answer is d. Sanford argued that the “course of things in this country is for the extension . . . of popular rights.” He believed that progress in America included an expansion of rights.