Ch 8 Give Me Liberty
Among the more memorable passages of Jefferson's first inaugural address is the following:
"We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."
By 1807, at the time the Congress enacted the Embargo Act, how many American sailors had the British impressed?
6,000 +
Who killed the first U.S. secretary of the treasury in a duel?
Aaron Burr
The great war hero to emerge from the War of 1812 was:
Andrew Jackson
After Washington's unanimous reelection in 1792, he wanted to run for president once more, but Congress had barred him from obtaining a third term.
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Alexander Hamilton shot Aaron Burr in a hunting accident.
F
Federalists felt the creation of such groups as the Democratic-Republican societies cemented the virtuous ideals of liberty.
F
In 1798, the United States was involved in a "quasi-war" with Spain.
F
In consequence of the December 1814 Hartford Convention, the Federalist Party grew in strength and vigor as "Mr. Madison's War" was clearly unpopular.
F
In the Revolution of 1800, Thomas Jefferson led a coup against the administration of John Quincy Adams.
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Jefferson barely won the election of 1804.
F
Lewis and Clark were guided by Pocahontas across the Bitterroot Mountains.
F
Mary Wollstonecraft's work called for greater access to education and paid employment for women while also fervently challenging traditional gender roles in America.
F
No one was ever convicted under the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts.
F
"The Star-Spangled Banner," written by Frances Scott Key, commemorates what event in the War of 1812?
Fort McHenry withstood British bombardment
By 1798, the United States and what country were engaged in a "quasi-war"?
France
Which was not true of the Republican Party in the early Republic?
They were more sympathetic to England than were the Federalists.
Which of the following series of events is listed in proper chronological sequence?
Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man; Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman; Gabriel's Rebellion
President Thomas Jefferson refused to purchase the Louisiana Territory because it was an affront to his strict constructionist view of the Constitution, but Congress overrode his veto.
F
The "Revolution of 1800" was against the French.
F
The Embargo of 1807 set the stage for vast economic prosperity in the United States.
F
The Haitian Revolution and Gabriel's rebellion convinced large numbers of white southerners that slavery had to go.
F
The Haitian Revolution renewed fears of a slave rebellion in the United States.
F
The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions condemned state laws against seditious speech.
F
The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions put forth the idea of secession.
F
The War of 1812 was ended only after the British pledged to cease the impressment of American sailors.
F
The discoveries made by Lewis and Clark on their expedition through the West persuaded Jefferson to go ahead with the Louisiana Purchase.
F
The main target of the Sedition Act was the British.
F
The newly created Bank of the United States was originally a branch of the government under the suggestion of Alexander Hamilton.
F
The Shawnee brothers Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa led the way in promoting Indian adoption of white customs.
F (pano-Indianian)
In the "XYZ affair" of 1797:
French officials presented American diplomats with a demand for bribes.
Which was not part of Fries's Rebellion of 1799?
John Fries, a local militia leader and auctioneer, was hanged : he was arrested for treason. farmers in southeastern Pennsylvania obstructed tax assessments, president John Adams dispatched federal troops to the area.
The case that established judicial review was
Marbury & Madison
Which of the following was not a significant feature of the War of 1812?
Northerners strongly supported the war; southerners strongly opposed it.
The two political parties of the mid-1790s were the:
Republicans and Federalists.
On their journey of exploration from Missouri to Oregon, Lewis and Clark were accompanied by the American Indian interpreter
Sacajawea
The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, written respectively by Madison and Jefferson, attacked what federal law?
Sedition Act
A result of the expanding factions within the new government, more citizens attended political meetings and the country experienced rapid growth of the American press.
T
During the Adams presidency, Thomas Jefferson opposed the suppression of political dissent by federal government—but not by state government.
T
James Madison opposed Congress even receiving a petition from slaves from North Carolina as he felt they had "no claim" on lawmakers' attention.
T
Jefferson was the first president to begin his term in Washington, D.C.
T
Jefferson's embargo on U.S. exports proved an economic disaster for American port towns.
T
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."
T
One of Lewis and Clark's tasks was to record information about the flora and fauna they encountered.
T
Slave women residing in the area later known as the Louisiana Purchase had the right to go to court for protection against cruelty or rape by their owners.
T
The Whiskey Rebellion reinforced Federalist beliefs in the need for a strong standing army.
T
The democratic ferment of the 1790s drew much inspiration from the French Revolution and British radicalism.
T
The word "male" did not appear in the Constitution until after the Civil War.
T
While in office, some army officers suggested that President Washington set himself up as a dictator of the new country.
T
The Barbary Wars were the United States's first contact with the Islamic World.
T (American ships went to Mediterranean to set up trade, ships were captured by pirates, ransom, war, america won, set up trade with a treaty)
Which of the following was not a feature of the emerging rivalry between Republicans and Federalists during Washington's presidency?
The two parties differed sharply on domestic affairs, but hardly at all on foreign affairs.
Which was not true of the Federalist Party?
They favored Jefferson's view of the Constitution.
An influential figure in the popular quest for expanded rights during the 1790s was
all
Which of the following was not a major development during Jefferson's presidency?
an act declaring all Indian lands between the Appalachian mountains and the Mississippi River off-limits to white settlement
Which was not part of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's financial plan of 1790-1791?
cease the tax on whiskey: there was the creation of the Bank of the United States, 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, and issuance by the federal government of interest-bearing bonds
When Chief Justice John Jay was sent to Britain to stop impressment of American citizens,
he brokered a treaty that canceled the American-French alliance and recognized British supremacy.
Which of the following policies of President Adams was not a major point of partisan controversy?
his handling on Indian relations
The War of 1812 was ended by what treaty?
in December 1814 by the Treaty of Ghent
Which was not true of the Embargo Act of 1807?
it banned trade with only Britain and France
"Impressment" as practiced by the British was
kidnapping sailors
Which was not true of Gabriel's Rebellion in 1800?
led by Toussaint L'Ouverture : led by a blacksmith from Richmond, Virginia, the plan was to march on the city of Richmond and hold Governor James Monroe hostage, a plot by slaves
In the aftermath of the War of 1812, Americans tended to view Canadians as
monarchial and lacking in an understanding of liberty.
After Washington's inauguration, he proclaimed liberty and the republican model of government was dependent on the success of America's experiment in
self- govenment
Which was not true of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794?
six leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion were hanged
Most of the labor in building the public buildings of the national government in Washington, D.C., was done by
slaves
The "Second War of Independence" was
the War of 1812
The only time in American history that the president has actually commanded an army in the field was during
the Whisky Rebellion 1794 (Penn. farmers sought to block collection of the new tax on distilled spirits, they considered the tax as repugnant to liberty and an invasion of the privileges which the revolution was fought for) George Washington
The "Revolution of 1800" was
the peaceful transfer of the office of the presidency between political parties.
With the Louisiana Purchase,
the size of the nation doubled
Which of the following was not an underlying purpose of Hamilton's financial program of 1790-91?
to restrain industrial development