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