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T/F: The same American leaders of democracy who hailed the French Revolution as a step in the universal progress of liberty reacted in horror against the Haitian Revolution.

True

T/F: As head of the Treasury department, Hamilton's ambitious economic program was originally only strongly opposed in the northern states.

False

T/F: The Shawnee brothers Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa led the way in promoting Indian adoption of white customs.

False

T/F: The discoveries made by Lewis and Clark on their expedition through the West persuaded Jefferson to go ahead with the Louisiana Purchase.

False

T/F: James Madison opposed Congress even receiving a petition from slaves from North Carolina as he felt they had "no claim" on lawmakers' attention.

True

T/F: Jefferson and Madison felt the greatest threat to American freedom lay in the alliance of a powerful central government with an emerging class of commercial capitalists.

True

T/F: Jefferson was the first president to begin his term in Washington, D.C.

True

T/F: Jefferson's embargo on U.S. exports proved an economic disaster for American port towns.

True

T/F: Judith Sargent Murray's argument was that women were capable of the same intelligence men possessed yet women were denied "the opportunity of acquiring knowledge."

True

T/F: One of Lewis and Clark's tasks was to record information about plant and animal life along their journey.

True

T/F: The Whiskey Rebellion reinforced Federalist beliefs in the need for a strong standing army.

True

The case that established judicial review was a. Marbury v. Madison b. Fletcher v. Peck c. Ex parte Milligan d. Leopard v. Chesapeake

a. Marbury v. Madison

Which of the following was not a significant feature of the War of 1812? a. Northerners strongly supported the war; southerners strongly opposed it. b. Jefferson's victory at New Orleans made him a national hero. c. The war was hailed by many Americans as a "Second War for Independence." d. The war brought devastating setbacks to the Indians of the South and the Old Northwest.

a. Northerners strongly supported the war; southerners strongly opposed it.

Thomas Jefferson brokered an agreement to assuage southerners to accept Alexander Hamilton's economic plans in exchange for a. the new, permanent capital would be built in the South. b. an early form of the three-fifths clause. c. a decreased tax on whiskey. d. the acceptance of unrestricted slave trade in the lower states.

a. the new, permanent capital would be built in the South.

The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, written respectively by Madison and Jefferson, attacked what federal law? a. Judiciary Act b. Sedition Act c. Alien Act d. Marbury v. Madison

b. Sedition Act

Which statement is true regarding the Republican Party under Madison and Jefferson? a. The party was less sympathetic to France than the Federalists. b. The party had more faith in democratic self-government. c. Their support was drawn from northern elites and shipping magnates. d. The party members were less accepting of broad democratic participation as essential to freedom.

b. The party had more faith in democratic self-government.

On their journey of exploration from Missouri to Oregon, Lewis and Clark were accompanied by the American Indian interpreter a. Sitting Bull b. Hiawatha c. Sacajawea d. Squanto

c. Sacajawea

In the aftermath of the War of 1812, Americans tended to view Canadians as a. untrustworthy as their political connections were still strongly tied with France. b. monarchial and lacking in an understanding of liberty. c. partners in developing the continent based on Europeans traditions. d. ex-Europeans unusually prone to violence.

b. monarchial and lacking in an understanding of liberty.

Most of the labor in building the public buildings of the national government in Washington, D.C., was done by a. impecunious Irish immigrants. b. slaves. c. indentured servants from Genoa. d. skilled German stonemasons.

b. slaves.

Which was not part of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's financial plan of 1790-1791? a. issuance by the federal government of interest-bearing bonds b. assumption; the federal government would assume responsibility for paying off state and federal debts incurred in the War for Independence, and also outstanding state debts c. cease the tax on whiskey d. creation of the Bank of the United States

c. cease the tax on whiskey

When Chief Justice John Jay was sent to Britain to stop impressment of American citizens, a. the British added more military to their outposts on the western frontier, leading to the War of 1812. b. he forged an alliance with France to attack Britain if impressment continued. c. he brokered a treaty that canceled the American-French alliance and recognized British supremacy. d. Britain threatened to cut off supplies from French ships to the United States unless impressment continued.

c. he brokered a treaty that canceled the American-French alliance and recognized British supremacy.

The "Revolution of 1800" was a. a recrudescence of the Whiskey Rebellion of four years earlier. b. a rebellion of disgruntled western Massachusetts farmers over increased taxes. c. the peaceful transfer of the office of the presidency between political parties. d. a slave revolution on the Island of Haiti.

c. the peaceful transfer of the office of the presidency between political parties.

Which was not part of Fries's Rebellion of 1799? a. John Fries was arrested for treason b. President John Adams dispatched federal troops to the area. c. Farmers in southeastern Pennsylvania obstructed tax assessments. d. John Fries, a local militia leader and auctioneer, was hanged.

d. John Fries, a local militia leader and auctioneer, was hanged.

The "Second War of Independence" was a. the Civil War. b. the quasi-war with France. c. the Spanish-American War. d. the War of 1812.

d. the War of 1812.

George Washington was elected the first president of the United States a. in a bitterly divisive contest. b. over the opposition of Alexander Hamilton. c. by a narrow majority after running an active, democratic campaign. d. unanimously by all sixty-nine electors.

d. unanimously by all sixty-nine electors.


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