APUSH Ch. 11 Questions

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

d. Impressment

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.

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 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.

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.

a. dismissing very few public servants for political reasons.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.