APUSH ch 11-12

Thomas Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France because a. the Federalists supported his action. b. he was concerned that the purchase of the Louisiana Territory could arguably be considered to be unconstitutional. c. he felt that the purchase was not a fair deal for France. d. war with Spain might occur. e. he feared the British might use it as an excuse to declare war on the United States.

b. he was concerned that the purchase of the Louisiana Territory could arguably be considered to be unconstitutional.

During the War of 1812, the New England states a. supported the United States' war effort. b. lent more money and sent more food to the British army than to the American army. c. gave no support to either the Americans or the British. d. allowed their militias to fight wherever the federal government requested. e. declared their independence from the United States.

b. lent more money and sent more food to the British army than to the American army.

The Russo-American Treaty of 1824 fixed the southernmost limits of Russian occupation of North America at a. 54° 40', the present southern tip of the Alaska panhandle. b. 36° 30'. c. the forty-second parallel. d. the forty-ninth parallel. e. the fifty-first parallel.

a. 54° 40', the present southern tip of the Alaska panhandle.

The two most internationally recognized American writers in the 1820s were a. Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper. b. Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Baudelaire. c. Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. d. Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. e. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.

a. Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper.

In interpreting the Constitution, John Marshall a. favored the doctrine of loose construction. b. supported the doctrine of strict construction. c. supported an unchanging document. d. advocated state control of interstate commerce. e. set few judicial precedents in his written opinions about cases involving the Constitution.

a. favored the doctrine of loose construction.

In the North, the admission of Missouri as a state a. inspired a small but growing group of abolitionists in the North to speak out against the evils of slavery. b. was hailed by merchants as a potential new market. c. was seen as a chance to strengthen the "New England dynasty." d. inspired a movement to amend the Constitution to explicitly authorize slavery in newly admitted states if those state residents voted to retain it. e. None of these choices are correct.

a. inspired a small but growing group of abolitionists in the North to speak out against the evils of slavery.

When the Monroe Doctrine was issued in 1823 a. it might more accurately have been called the American Self-Defense Doctrine. b. it was quickly codified into international law. c. it became a binding pledge of interventionism on each subsequent presidential administration.

a. it might more accurately have been called the American Self-Defense Doctrine.

With the demise of the Federalist party following the election of 1816 a. the Democratic-Republicans quickly established one-party rule. b. another party arose very quickly to take its place. c. little political trouble or strife ensued throughout the nation. d. sectionalism completely disappeared. e. the Whig party immediately materialized to take its place.

a. the Democratic-Republicans quickly established one-party rule.

Thomas Jefferson ceased his opposition to the expansion of the navy when the a. the strategic usefulness of employing significant numbers of agile coastal naval crafts became apparent in the U.S. Navy's defeat of the Barbary Coast pirates during the Tripolitian War. b. U.S. Marine Corps was established. c. mosquito fleet was defeated by the pirates at Tripoli. d. army was disbanded. e. British blockaded the east coast.

a. the strategic usefulness of employing significant numbers of agile coastal naval crafts became apparent in the U.S. Navy's defeat of the Barbary Coast pirates during the Tripolitian War.

One of the most important by-products of the War of 1812 was a. a renewed commitment to states' rights. b. a heightened spirit of nationalism. c. a resurgence of the Federalist party. d. increased economic dependence on Europe. e. the subjugation of the Indians.

b. a heightened spirit of nationalism.

Lewis and Clark demonstrated the viability of a. travel across the isthmus of Panama. b. an overland trail to the Pacific. c. settlement in the southern portion of the Louisiana territory. d. using Indian guides. e. developing harbors on the Pacific coast.

b. an overland trail to the Pacific.

Macon's Bill No. 2 a. halted trade with France. b. permitted trade with all nations but promised that if either Britain or France lifted its commercial restrictions on American trade, the U.S. would stop trading with the nation that had not repealed its commercial restrictions on American trade. c. forbade American trade with Britain and France but promised to open trade with either country if it would cease its violations of American neutrality rights. d. repealed the Embargo Act of 1807. e. halted trade with Britain.

b. permitted trade with all nations but promised that if either Britain or France lifted its commercial restrictions on American trade, the U.S. would stop trading with the nation that had not repealed its commercial restrictions on American trade.

Andrew Jackson's military exploits were instrumental in the United States gaining a. a peaceful and just conclusion to the territorial and settlement conflicts involving the Seminole Indians of Florida. b. possession of Florida from the Spanish. c. joint fishing rights in Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. d. naval limitations on the Great Lakes. e. gaining control of eastern Texas.

b. possession of Florida from the Spanish.

As president, President Jefferson showed unexpected moderation and a conciliatory attitude toward his Federalist political opponent by a. dismissing very few public servants for political reasons. b. refusing to repeal the federal excise tax enacted by the Federalists. c. renewing the Sedition Act for another ten years. d. pursuing a pro-British and anti-French foreign policy. e. rejecting the expansion of slavery anywhere in the Louisiana Territory.

b. refusing to repeal the federal excise tax enacted by the Federalists.

The outcome of the War of 1812 was a(n) a. decisive victory for the United States. b. stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the United States. c. embarrassment for American diplomacy. d. heavy blow to American manufacturing. e. decisive victory for the British.

b. stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the United States.

By 1810, the most insistent demand for a declaration of war against Britain came from a. New England merchants. b. the West and South. c. Federalists. d. the middle Atlantic states. e. southern states.

b. the West and South.

For Native Americans, the War of 1812 meant a. renewed ties to their British allies. b. treaties in which they reluctantly relinquished lands north of the Ohio River. c. a treaty between the Creeks and the United States that secured their lands in the Old Southwest of the United States. d. the destruction of the buffalo, on which they relied for food and trade. e. None of these choices are correct.

b. treaties in which they reluctantly relinquished lands north of the Ohio River.

Lewis and Clark's expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory yielded all of the following except a. a rich harvest of scientific observations. b. treaties with several Indian nations. c. geographical knowledge of the previously unknown region. d. a plausible American claim to the Oregon region. e. opening of the West to future exploration and trade.

b. treaties with several Indian nations.

Canada became an important battleground in the War of 1812 because a. it was the economic hub of the New England economy. b. Canadians would be willing to help the Americans overthrow the imperial yoke of British rule. c. British forces were weakest there. d. the United States could rely on the military and economic support of French Canadians against the British. e. Canada held important strategic military bases from which the Americans could attack the British.

c. British forces were weakest there.

John Marshall uttered his famous legal dictum that "the power to tax involves the power to destroy" in a. Gibbons v. Ogden. b. Fletcher v. Peck. c. McCulloch v. Maryland. d. Dartmouth College v. Woodward. e. Marbury v. Madison.

c. McCulloch v. Maryland.

At the end of the War of 1812, British manufacturers a. discontinued trade with America. b. conducted only limited trade with America. c. began dumping their goods in America at extremely low prices. d. persuaded the British government to repeal all economic barriers and tariffs applied to American domestic manufacturers. e. saw their profits fall dramatically.

c. began dumping their goods in America at extremely low prices.

The Anglo-American Convention of 1818 with Great Britain a. used the watershed of the Missouri River to define the United States' border with Canada as far west as the Rocky Mountains. b. formally recognized America's earlier conquest of West Florida. c. called for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon country by both American citizens and British subjects. d. granted Canada exclusive use of Newfoundland fisheries. e. saw the United States forced to give up its tariffs on British goods.

c. called for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon country by both American citizens and British subjects.

One of the West's persistent political demands was for a. a strong gold-back monetary system. b. a stronger Bank of the United States. c. cheap money issued by unregulated banks. d. federal aid to subsidize agriculture. e. None of these choices are correct

c. cheap money issued by unregulated banks.

As a result of the Missouri Compromise a. there were more slave than free states in the Union. b. slavery was outlawed in all states north of the forty-second parallel. c. slavery was banned north of 36° 30' in the Louisiana Purchase territory. d. Missouri was required to free its slaves when they reached full adulthood. e. there were more free states than second states in the Union.

c. slavery was banned north of 36° 30' in the Louisiana Purchase territory.

President Jefferson's foreign policy of economic coercion a. underestimated British dependence on American trade. b. adversely affected France's economy more than Britain's. c. stimulated manufacturing in New England. d. destroyed the Federalist party in New England. e. succeeded in its goal of forcing the British to halt its impressment of American sailors.

c. stimulated manufacturing in New England.

On becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans in Congress immediately repealed a. the Alien and Sedition Acts. b. the charter of the National Bank. c. the excise tax on whiskey. d. the funding and assumption of the national debt. e. money to fund the naval build-up.

c. the excise tax on whiskey.

Democratic-Republicans opposed Senator Henry Clay's American System because a. it favored only the South. b. it would provide stiff competition to the Erie Canal. c. they believed that it was unconstitutional. d. they thought it would center more control in Washington. e. they believed in high tariffs and high taxes.

c. they believed that it was unconstitutional.

The case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) established that the Constitution mandated that the Supreme Court and not Congress nor the president of the United States had the authority a. to commit the United States to entangling alliances. b. to impeach federal executive branch officers for "high crimes and misdemeanors." c. to determine the meaning of the Constitution. d. to purchase foreign territory for the United States. e. to impeach other Supreme Court justices.

c. to determine the meaning of the Constitution.

Latin America's reaction to the Monroe Doctrine can best be described as a. enthusiastic. b. fearful of the United States. c. unconcerned or unimpressed. d. relying on Britain to void it. e. None of these choices are correct.

c. unconcerned or unimpressed.

Chief Justice John Marshall's ruling in ____ upheld the Constitution's protection of property rights against interference by a popular state law. a. McCulloch v. Maryland b. Marbury v. Madison c. Cohens v. Virginia d. Fletcher v. Peck e. Gibbons v. Ogden

d. Fletcher v. Peck

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the Louisiana Purchase? a. Senators quickly approved the purchase. b. It had enthusiastic public support. c. It was the best real estate bargain in history - adding 828,000 square miles to the United States at three cents an acre. d. It more than quadrupuled the size of the United States. e. It cost $15 million.

d. It more than quadrupuled the size of the United States.

To deal with British and French violations of America's neutrality, President Jefferson a. declared war on Britain. b. enacted an economic embargo that prohibited the exports of all goods from the United States, regardless of whether they were being shipped on American or foreign merchant ships. c. declared war on France. d. enacted an economic embargo on the exports of all goods shipped from the United States to Britain, but merely raised the level of export duties (taxes) on all goods shipped from the United States to France. e. concluded trade treaties with Spain and Holland.

d. enacted an economic embargo on the exports of all goods shipped from the United States to Britain, but merely raised the level of export duties (taxes) on all goods shipped from the United States to France.

With Jefferson's refusal to use the presidency to dispense generously patronage positions and offices in government to his political supporters, the Democratic-Republican Party a. grew stronger and more unified. b. removed many Federalists from government jobs. c. soon resented its leaders' lavish life-style. d. grew less unified even as the Federalist Party began to fade and lose power. e. sought to extend the Alien and Sedition Acts to punish their enemies.

d. grew less unified even as the Federalist Party began to fade and lose power.

The Chesapeake affair involved the flagrant use of a. patronage. b. impeachment. c. judicial review. d. impressment. e. naval blockades.

d. impressment.

The war hawks demanded war with Britain because they wanted to do all of the following except a. wipe out renewed Indian resistance. b. affirm the right of America to trade freely with the world, unencumbered by British imperial economic policy. c. demonstrate their American patriotism and bravery to other citizens, especially their Revolutionary era forefathers. d. retaliate for the British burning of Washington, D.C. e. revenge the British manhandling of American sailors.

d. retaliate for the British burning of Washington, D.C.

After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815, European nations a. were immediately engulfed by liberal and democratic revolutions. b. became more influential in developing the course of westward development and expansion by America. c. formed a military alliance to contain any future French aggression. d. returned shortly thereafter to conservatism, illiberalism, and reaction. e. sought more trade with China.

d. returned shortly thereafter to conservatism, illiberalism, and reaction.

All of the following were results of the Missouri Compromise except that a. neither northern nor southern sectional interests were completely pleased with the political bargain reached in Congress. b. Missouri entered the Union as a slave state. c. Maine entered the Union as a free state. d. sectionalism was significantly reduced. e. the political balance between the North and South was kept even.

d. sectionalism was significantly reduced.

Britain opposed Spain's reestablishing its authority in Latin American countries that had successfully revolted because a. Britain had now allied itself with France. b. Britain had great sympathy toward democratic revolutions. c. Britain preferred the United States establishing an American colonial authority over Latin America. d. these formerly Spanish possessions in Latin America were now open to lucrative trade and British exporters and shippers were making a lucrative profit. e. Britain wanted to establish imperial political control over all of these Latin American countries.

d. these formerly Spanish possessions in Latin America were now open to lucrative trade and British exporters and shippers were making a lucrative profit.

The difference in price between what Jefferson had authorized his negotiators to pay for New Orleans and West Florida and what they actually paid for all of Louisiana was a. negligible. b. $150 million. c. $25 million. d. $100 million. e. $ 5 million

e. $ 5 million

The first state entirely west of the Mississippi River to be carved out of the Louisiana Territory was a. Kansas. b. Louisiana . c. Iowa. d. Arkansas. e. Missouri.

e. Missouri.

The following elements helped cause the Panic of 1819 and exacerbate its adverse economic effects except a. the overextension of credit by western banks to dubious business and unwise ventures. b. the overspeculation in frontier lands by the Bank of the United States through its western branches. c. the absence of a sound, central national monetary policy by the federal government. d. the coercive loan call-in and foreclosure demands imposed by the Bank of the United States. e. a devastating agricultural drought throughout the nation in 1818-1819.

e. a devastating agricultural drought throughout the nation in 1818-1819.

In 1812, President James Madison turned to war a. to guarantee his reelection. b. due to his extreme hatred of Great Britain. c. to fulfill alliance obligations with France. d. to fulfill alliance obligations with nationhood Spain. e. because he came to believe that only a vigorous, aggressive assertion of American political and economic rights could demonstrate the viability of American nationhood and the republican experiment in the United States.

e. because he came to believe that only a vigorous, aggressive assertion of American political and economic rights could demonstrate the viability of American nationhood and the republican experiment in the United States.

Following his infamous duel with Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr in 1806 a. remained the trusted vice president and political confidante of President Jefferson. b. resigned the vice-presidency to become a member of the Federalist Party and prepared to run as a presidential candidate in 1808. c. was arrested for treason and found guilty of this political crime. d. was arrested and found innocent of murder. e. conspired with an unsavory military governor of the Louisiana Territory, General James Wilkinson, to undermine the legitimate authority of the U.S. government and expand their new confederacy to Spanish-controlled Mexico and Florida.

e. conspired with an unsavory military governor of the Louisiana Territory, General James Wilkinson, to undermine the legitimate authority of the U.S. government and expand their new confederacy to Spanish-controlled Mexico and Florida.

Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States for all of the following reasons except a. he had suffered military misfortunes and setbacks on the island of Santo Domingo. b. he feared that British control of the seas would force him to cede Louisiana to the British, giving Britain an important strategic advantage in his fateful and protracted war with his rival for imperial dominance in Europe and across the world. c. he did not want to drive America into a political and military alliance with the British. d. mosquitoes carrying yellow fever had decimated thousands of French troops on Santo Domingo. e. he was afraid that the Spanish might seize Louisiana in a new war.

e. he was afraid that the Spanish might seize Louisiana in a new war.

In order to enhance the diplomatic leverage of the negotiations being conducted by American envoys James Monroe and Robert Livingston with Napoleonic France concerning obtaining American shipping access to the port of New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico, President Jefferson a. threatened to form an alliance with France's enemy, Spain. b. was willing to go to war with France and Britain, simultaneously. c. proposed to break away from all alliances to prove our neutrality. d. was willing to use funds from private individuals if Congress would not authorize enough money for the purchase. e. proposed to make an alliance with his old enemy, Britain, against Napoleonic France.

e. proposed to make an alliance with his old enemy, Britain, against Napoleonic France.

Thomas Jefferson sent two envoys to France in 1803 with the essential goal of a. preventing Napoleon from handing Louisiana back to Spain. b. purchasing as much territory west of the Mississippi as they could get. c. preventing Napoleon from fortifying New Orleans and St. Louis. d. bribing the French foreign ministry into permitting Americans to deposit grain in New Orleans. e. purchasing New Orleans to make it secure for American shippers.

e. purchasing New Orleans to make it secure for American shippers.

Thomas Jefferson saw his election and his mission as president to include all of the following except a. to return to the original spirit of the revolution. b. restore the republican experiment. c. check the growth of government power. d. halt the decay of virtue. e. support the establishment of a strong army and navy to advance the imperialist ambitions of the United States.

e. support the establishment of a strong army and navy to advance the imperialist ambitions of the United States.

One of the first lessons learned by the Jeffersonian Republicans after their victory in the 1800 presidential election was a. the need to strengthen diplomatic ties with Britain. b. to go off the gold standard. c. to decrease tariffs. d. to institute an excise tax. e. that it is easier to condemn from the stump than to govern consistently.

e. that it is easier to condemn from the stump than to govern consistently

Henry Clay embraced a program in 1824 called the American System which would create all of the following except a. a strong banking system. b. easy and abundant credit. c. a protective tariff to enable manufacturing to grow. d. a network of roads and canals for transporting foodstuffs, raw materials and manufactured goods nationwide. e. the constitutional right of individual states to nullify laws enacted by Congress that adversely affected their economic interests.

e. the constitutional right of individual states to nullify laws enacted by Congress that adversely affected their economic interests.

The Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 resulted in a. a surprising military loss for the army of Indiana Territory Governor William Henry Harrison against the Shawnee Indian confederacy forces led by Tenskwatawa, known as "the Prophet." b. a Shawnee loss and a Creek victory. c. a declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain. d. the expulsion of the British from Florida. e. the death of the dream of an Indian confederacy.

e. the death of the dream of an Indian confederacy.

At the peace conference at Ghent, the British began to withdraw many of its earlier demands for all of the following reasons except a. reverses in upper New York. b. a loss at Baltimore. c. increasing war weariness in Britain. d. concern about the polticial and miltiary ambitions of still dangerous France. e. the powerful southwest Indian allies of the British had abandoned them and decided to support Andrew Jackson's military forces.

e. the powerful southwest Indian allies of the British had abandoned them and decided to support Andrew Jackson's military forces.

All of the following accurately represent aspects of the historical and contemporaneous debate surrounding Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his slave Sally Hemings except a. rumors that Jefferson fathered her mulatto children were used by his political opponents to discredit him in the 1800 presidential election. b. Jefferson consistently denied having had a sexual relationship with Sally Hemings throughout his life. c. as late as the 1870s, one of Sally's children claimed that his mother identified Jefferson as the father of her five children. d. in the late 20th century, DNA evidence showed a high probability that Jefferson fathered Sally's youngest son. e. today, most scholars believe that Jefferson fathered only one of Hemings children; the other four had other fathers.

e. today, most scholars believe that Jefferson fathered only one of Hemings children; the other four had other fathers.