Chapter 11 Multiple Choice Questions

c. A, C, B, D

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Louisiana Purchase, (B) Chesapeake incident, (C) Burr's trial for treason, (D) Embargo Act a. A, B, D, C b. C, D, A, B c. A, C, B, D d. D, B, C, A e. B, D, C, A

c. the political and economic systems were based on a strong central government

As chief justice of the United States, John Marshall helped to ensure that: a. states' rights were protected b. the programs of Alexander Hamilton were overturned c. the political and economic systems were based on a strong central government d. both the Supreme Court and the president could rule a law unconstitutional e. Aaron Burr was convicted of treason

b. was reversed

As president, Thomas Jefferson's stand on the political issues that he had previously championed: a. remained unchanged b. was reversed c. grew even more rigid d. compelled him to repeal the Alien and Sedition Acts e. caused him to reject slavery

b. the West and South

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. lent more money and sent more food to the British army than to the American army

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

c. House of Representatives

In 1800, Thomas Jefferson was chosen president by the: a. people b. Electoral College c. House of Representatives d. wealthy e. business sector

e. to restore confidence in the republican experiment

In 1812, James Madison turned to war: a. to help him win re-election b. due to his hatred of Great Britain c. to fulfill alliance obligations with France d. to fulfill alliance obligations with Spain e. to restore confidence in the republican experiment

d. supporting high taxes

In the election of 1800, the Federalists accused Thomas Jefferson of all of the following except: a. having robbed a widow b. having fathered numerous mulatto children by his own slave women c. being an atheist d. supporting high taxes e. having robbed children of their trust funds

b. asserting the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislation

John Marshall, as chief justice of the United States, helped to strengthen the judicial branch of government by: a. applying Jeffersonian principles in all of his decisions b. asserting the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislation c. overriding presidential vetoes d. listening carefully to and heeding the advice of lawyers arguing cases before the Supreme Court e. increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court

b. treaties with several Indian nations

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. maps d. hair-raising adventure stories e. knowledge of the Indians of the region

b. 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

Macon's Bill No. 2: a. forbade American ships from leaving port b. 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 c. forbade American trade with Britain and France but promised to open trade with neither country if it would cease its violations of American neutrality rights d. repealed the Embargo Act of 1807 e. halted trade with Britain

e. all of the above

Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States because: a. he had suffered misfortunes in Santo Domingo b. he hoped that the territory would one day help America to thwart the ambitions of the British c. he did not want to drive America into the arms of the British d. yellow fever killed many French troops e. all of the above

c. Britain's commercial restrictions had come close to destroying America's profitable New England shipping business

Of the following, the only argument not put forward by the war hawks as a justification for the declaration of war against Britain was that: a. the British armed Indians and incited them to raid frontier settlements b. British impressment policies were an affront to American nationalism c. Britain's commercial restrictions had come close to destroying America's profitable New England shipping business d. British Canada and Spanish Florida were attractive and easily obtainable prizes of war e. the orders in council stopped the flow of Western farm products to Europe

e. that it is easier to condemn from the stump than to govern consistently

One of the first lessons by the Jeffersonians 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

c. stimulated manufacturing in the United States

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 the United States d. destroyed the Federalist party in New England e. succeeded in its goal of forcing the British to halt its impressment of American sailors

e. their strong trade ties with France

Seafaring New England opposed the War of 1812 because of all the following except: a. the Northeast Federalists sympathized with England b. it resented the Republican's sympathy with Napoleon c. Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada d. it could result in more agrarian states e. their strong trade ties with France

c. not cede control of land to whites unless all Indians agreed

Tecumseh argued that Indians should: a. never give control of their land to the whites b. move west of the Mississippi River c. not cede control of land to whites unless all Indians agreed d. exchange traditional buckskin clothing for cloth garments e. fight as individual tribes and not as a confederacy

c. forced enlistment

The British policy of impressment was a kind of: a. naval blockade b. economic boycott c. forced enlistment d. diplomatic pressure e. punishment for the United States

c. declare an act of Congress unconstitutional

The case of Marbury vs. Madison involved the question of who had the right to: a. commit the United States to entangling alliance b. impeach federal officers for "high crimes and misdemeanors" c. declare an act of Congress unconstitutional d. purchase foreign territory for the United States e. appoint Supreme Court justices

c. John Marshall

The chief justice who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government was: a. James Madison b. William Marbury c. John Marshall d. Samuel Chase e. John Jay

d. retaliate for the British burning of Washington, D.C.

The war hawks demanded war with Britain because they wanted to do all of the following except: a. wipe out renewed Indian resistance b. defend American rights c. gain more territory d. retaliate for the British burning of Washington, D.C. e. revenge the manhandling of American sailors

a. Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States

Thomas Jefferson ceased his opposition to the expansion of the navy when the: a. Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States b. U.S. Marine Corps was established c. "mosquito fleet" was defeated by the pirates of Tripoli d. army was disbanded e. British blockaded the east coast

b. maintaining a large standing army

Thomas Jefferson had strong misgivings about the wisdom of: a. states' rights b. maintaining a large standing army c. having the presidency and Congress controlled by the same party d. removing federal judges by the process of impeachment e. judicial review

e. support the establishment of a strong army

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 the republican experiment d. halt the decay of virtue e. support the establishment of a strong army

b. he believed that the purchase was unconstitutional

Thomas Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France because: a. the Federalists supported his action b. he believed that the purchase was 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 exercise to declare war on the United States

b. marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties

Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 1800" was remarkable in that it: a. moved the United States away from its democratic ideals b. marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties c. occurred after he left the presidency d. caused America to do what the British had been doing for a generation regarding the election of a legislative body e. was in no way a revolution

b. he underestimated Britain's dependence on American trade

Thomas Jefferson's embargo failed for all of the following reasons except that: a. he underestimated the determination of the British b. he underestimated Britain's dependence on American trade c. Britain produced a bumper grain crop d. Latin America opened its ports for commerce e. he miscalculated the difficulty of enforcing it

a. left practically all of them intact

When it came to the major Federalist economic programs, Thomas Jefferson as president: a. left practically all of them intact b. quickly dismantled them c. slowly undid everything the Federalists achieved d. attacked only the Bank of the United States e. vetoed any new tariffs