Chapter 11 History T/F

The "Revolution of 1800" involved a radical transfer of power from the Federalist merchant class to farmers and urban artisans and craftsmen.

False

Aaron Burr's various conspiracies to break apart the United States demonstrated the fragility of the American government's control of the trans-Appalachian West.

True

Jefferson's deepest doubt about the Louisiana Purchase was the price of $15 million was too high.

false

The Jeffersonian Republicans showed their hostility to the Federalist Supreme Court by trying to impeach Chief Justice John Marshall.

false

The War of 1812 was promoted largely by New Englanders angry over British violation of American freedom of the seas.

false

The case of Marbury v. Madison established the principle that the president could appoint but not remove Supreme Court justices.

false

The most explosive issue between Britain and the United States was the British blockage of American shipments to Europe.

false

After the Chesapeake affair, Jefferson could easily have declared war on Britain with the enthusiastic support of both Federalists and Republicans

true

An unexpected deadlock with Aaron Burr meant that Jefferson had to be elected by the House of Representatives.

true

Jefferson and his Treasure Secretary, Albert Gallatin, kept in place most of the Federalist financial policies.

true

Jefferson cut the size of the United States Army to twenty-five hundred men because he believed that a large standing army was a threat to liberty and economy.

true

Jefferson's embargo badly hurt southern and western farmers as well as Federalist New England.

true

Jefferson's envoys to Paris initially intended to buy only New Orleans and the immediate vicinity

true

New Englanders overcame the effects of the embargo by conducting illegal trade with Canada and developing more domestic manufacturing.

true

The Lewis and Clark expedition demonstrated the viability of an overland American route to the Pacific.

true