Author Question: The Panic of 1837 was brought on by __________. A) the collapse of the Bank of the United States ... (Read 53 times)

tingc95 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

What was the gag rule?

A) a ban on the reading of antislavery petitions in Congress
B) a ban on the publication of antislavery petitions in newspapers
C) a ban on mailing antislavery literature to the South
D) a ban on giving antislavery speeches in Washington D.C.

Question 2

William Lloyd Garrisons newspaper The Liberator called for __________.

A) a ban on slavery in the territories
B) a renewed colonization movement
C) gradual, compensated emancipation
D) immediate emancipation

Question 3

The Grimk sisters saw similarities between the legal constraints faced by __________.

A) white women and slaves
B) free blacks and religious dissenters
C) Hispanics and Asians
D) poor whites and free blacks

Question 4

Why did some evangelical Protestants object to Andrew Jacksons political rhetoric?

A) They were uncomfortable with his denigration of custom and tradition.
B) They believed his speeches demonstrated too much tolerance for Catholic immigrants.
C) They worried that he downplayed his own personal religious experience.
D) They thought religion, not class, should shape politics and society.

Question 5

The Panic of 1837 was brought on by __________.

A) the collapse of the Bank of the United States
B) overspeculation in canals, turnpikes, railroads, and slaves
C) falling cotton prices
D) Spanish banks calling in American loans