APUSH A New Nation Test RETAKE
The first opposition political party organized by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison became known as the
Democratic-Republicans
Which of the following amendments to the Constitution was NOT part of the Bill of Rights ?
Direct election of senators
The War of 1812 had all of the following effects EXCEPT
It lead to an increased and more active American role in world politics
The Federalist-dominated Congress Alien Act was aimed at ________, wheres the Sedition Acts was primarily aimed at ___________.
Recent immigrants, newspapers
President Adams sought a peaceful solution to the undeclared war with France in order to
Prevent the outbreak of a full-scale war
The delegates of the Hartford Convention adopted resolutions that included a call for
A Constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in Congress before war was declared
America's campaign against Canada in the War of 1812 was
A complete failure / poorly conceived because it split up the military
Hamiltonian Federalists advocated
A strong central government
Match each political leader with his positions on public policy in the 1790s. A. Hamilton 1. privileges for the upper classes B. Jefferson 2. pro-British 3. sympathy for the common people 4. potent central government 5. pay off the national debt 6. government support for business 7. pro-French 8. universal education
A-1, 2, 4, 6—B-3, 5, 7, 8
One of the greatest problems that John Adams and the Federalists faced in the election of 1800 was
Adams's refusal to take the country to war against France
All of the following careers were tried by John Adams EXCEPT
Artist
John Marshall, as chief justice of the United States, helped to strengthen the judicial branch of government by
Asserting the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislation
At the end of the War of 1812, British manufacturers
Began dumping their goods in America at extremely low prices
The Jeffersonian Democratic-Repbulicans presented themselves as all of the following EXCEPT
Believers in a strong central government
As secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton's first objective was to
Bolster the national credit
Arrange the following events in Chronological order: (A) war hawks enter Congress, (B) declaration of war on Britain, (C) Embargo Act, and (D) Battle of Tippecanoe
C,A,D,B
Thomas Jefferson saw naives as less dangerous than armies because they
Could not march inland and endanger liberties
Thomas Jefferson saw navies as less dangerous than armies because they
Could not march inland and endanger liberties
The most controversial portion of Alexander Hamilton's economic program was
Creation of the Bank of the United States
In order to purchase New Orleans from France, if Monroe and Livingston failed in their negotiations, Thomas Jefferson
Decided to make an alliance with his old enemy, Britain
In interpreting the Constitution, John Marshall
Favored loose construction
The British policy of impressment was a kind of
Forced enlistment
In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned against
Foreign entanglements and the formation of political parties
Foreign relations between the United States and France established in the late 1790s over
French seizure of American merchant ships
Hamilton believed that together, his funding and assumption programs would
Gain the monetary and political support of the rich for the federal government
The Louisiana Purchase was significant because it
Gave the United States control of the Mississippi River
Thomas Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France because
He believed that the purchase was unconstitutional
The debate over the First Bank of the Unites States was significant because it raised the issue of
How strictly the Constitution should be intercepted
Thomas Jefferson won the popular and electoral vote, a strange deadlock led to the election being decided
In the House of Representatives
To the Jeffersonian Republicans, the ideal citizen of a republic was a(n)
Independent farmer
By the first decade of the nineteenth century, American manufacturing had been revolutionized by the advent of
Interchangeable machine parts
Thomas Jefferson's failed attempt to impeach and convict Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase for "high crimes and misdemeanors' meant that
Judicial independence and the separation of powers had been preserved
When it came to the major Federalists economic programs, Thomas Jefferson as president
Left practically all of them intact
Thomas Jefferson's presidency was characterized by his
Moderation in the administration of public policy
The War of 1812 was one of the worst fought wars i the United States because
Of the nation's apathy and national disunity
The Neutrality Proclamation in 1793
Officially proclaimed America's neutrality in Old World quarters
Which of the following most accurately describes the attitude of the Founding Fathers toward political parties ?
Parties are vehicles of ambition and selfish interest that threaten the existence of republican government
Macon's Bill No. 2
Permitted trade with all nations but promised that if either Britain or France lifted its commercial restrictions on American trade, the United States would stop trading with the other.
All of the following are associated with "loose construction" during the early years of the United States of America EXCEPT
Restrictions on federal legislative powers
The war hawks demanded war with Britain because they wanted to do all of the following EXCEPT
Retaliate for the British burning of Washington, D.C.
The Founders had not envisioned the existence of permanent political parties because they
Saw them as a sign of disloyalty and lack of national unity
The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to
Silence and punish critics of the Federalists
Regarding central authority, early Americans saw it as all of the following EXCEPT
Something to be ultimately eliminated
Hamilton's major programs seriously infringed on
State's rights
The outcome of the War of 1812 was a(n)
Stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the United States
The High Federalists were
Supporters of the war faction of the Federalist party
All of the following influenced the United States' decision to declare war against Great Britain in 1812 EXCEPT
The American government's certainty that its navy was more powerful than Great Britain's
(long essay thing) Main Problems in American History (1964) Which of the following political parties of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries would most strongly have agreed with the actions of Chief Justice John Marshall, as described in the passage ?
The Federalists
The "War Hawks" in the period leading up to the War of 1812 garnered most of their support from
The South and West
By 1810, the most insistent demand for a declaration of war against Britain came from
The West and South
Federalists advocated rule by
The best people
The battle of Tippecanoe resulted in
The death of the dream of an Indian confederacy
On becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans in Congress immediately repealed
The excise tax on whiskey
The words to The Star-Spangled Banner were inspired by what event in U.S. military history ?
The failed attempt to take Fort McHenry during the War of 1812
According to the compact theory advocated by Jefferson and Madison
The national government was the creation of the thirteen sovereign states
The election of 1800 has been referred to as constituting "another revolution" because
The party in power stepped down after losing the election
Thomas Jefferson favored a political system in which
The states retained the majority of political power
In the election campaign of 1796, the Democratic-Republicans made their primary issue
The terms of Jay's Treaty and the crushing of the Whiskey Rebellion
All of the following were true of the American regular army on the eve of the War of 1812 EXCEPT
Their numbers were large enough that they did not have to rely on the militia
The Sedition Act
Threatened First Amendment freedoms
Lewis and Clark's expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory yielded all of the following EXCEPT
Treaties with several indian nations
The ______ amendment dealt with the problem of having a president and vice-president from two different political parties
Twelfth
The Battle of New Orleans
Unleashed a wave of nationalism and self-confidence
The Treaty of Ghent signaled the end of the
War of 1812
Washington's Farewell Address in 1796
Warned against the dangers of permanent foreign alliances
Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
Was based on calculators of American self-interest
As president, Thomas Jefferson's stand on several political issues that he had previously championed
Was reversed
Thomas Jefferson had strong misgivings about the wisdom of
maintaining a large standing army
The French grew angry with the United States after 1794 because
of Jay's Treaty