HIS111: Chapter 10
President James Madison made a major strategic foreign policy mistake that undermined his effort persuade Britain to repeal its commercial restriction against American trade when he
accepted Napoleon's promise to repeal its trade restrictions
As president, President Jefferson showed unexpected moderation and a conciliatory attitude toward his Federalist political opponent by
refusing to repeal the federal excise tax enacted by the Federalists
Thomas Jefferson sent two envoys to France in 1803 with the essential goal of
purchasing New Orleans to make it secure for American shippers
The British impressed American sailors into the British navy because
they needed more military conscripts for their imperial military engagements around the world
The case of Marbury vs. Madison established that the Constitution mandated the Supreme Court and not Congress nor the president of the Unites States had the authority
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
$5 million
Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Louisiana Purchase, (B) Chesapeake Incident, (C) Burr's trial for treason, and (D) Embargo Act
A,C,B,D
of the following, the only argument not put forward by the war hawks as a justification for a declaration of war against Britain was that
Britain's commercial restrictions had come close to destroying America's profitable New England shipping business
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
Which of these does not describe the ways in which Americans responded to Jefferson's embargo?
Southern states promised not to enforce the embargo and took steps to break away from the Union
In an effort to improve the defense of America's coastal shores, Thomas Jefferson
constructed 200 small gunboats
Thomas Jefferson distrusted large standing armies because they
could be used to establish a dictatorship
Thomas Jefferson saw navies as less dangerous than armies because they
could not march inland and endanger liberties
Despite Thomas Jefferson winning a majority of the popular vote and a majority of votes in the Electoral College during the election of 1800, a deadlock in the Electoral College led the election to being decided
in the House of Representatives
Thomas Jefferson and his political supporters opposed John Adam's last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because
it was an attempt by the Federalists, who had been defeated in the congressional and presidential elections of 1800, to maintain political influence
Which of these is NOT a true statement about he Louisiana Purchase?
it was more than quadrupled the size of the United States
New England Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada because
it was too agrarian and would give more vote to the Democratic-Republicans
During the War of 1812, the New England states
lent more money and sent more food to the British army than to the American army
Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 1800" was remarkable in that it
marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties
Thomas Jefferson's presidency was characterised by his
moderation in the administration of public policy
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 nation that had not repealed it's commercial restrictions on American trade
Thomas Jefferson saw his election and his mission as president to include all of the following except
support the establishment of a strong army and navy to advance the imperialist ambitions of the United States