chapter 7
Why did the economies of Georgia and South Carolina boom in the 1790s?
A cotton boom stimulated the expansion of cotton plantations there.
The Rush-Bagot Treaty, negotiated by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams in 1817, addressed which issue?
American and British naval forces in the Great Lakes
How did the French Revolution affect the American economy?
American merchants profited handsomely from the war that resulted from it
Why did Britain impose a naval blockade on France in 1802?
Britain was at war with France and wanted to starve it into submission
What did Alexander Hamilton want his financial program to accomplish?
He wanted to empower the central government by connecting its interests to those of the elite.
Why did President Jefferson ask the American minister in Paris to negotiate with Napoleon Bonaparte over the Louisiana Territory?
He wanted to purchase New Orleans to secure navigation rights on the Mississippi.
What statement assesses the Embargo Act of 1807?
Imaginative but naïve, it hurt Americans more than anyone else.
Why did Native Americans object to the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War?
It gave their lands, without their consent, to the United States.
What was a factor in Thomas Jefferson's Republicans winning the election of 1800?
John Adams's administration had enacted the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Why was the decision that Chief Justice John Marshall wrote in the case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) an important precedent for the constitutional authority of the Supreme Court of the United States?
Marshall asserted the Supreme Court's authority to interpret the Constitution.
Which trend characterized Thomas Jefferson's presidency?
Smaller government and a decrease in the national debt
What stimulated the expansion of demand for American cotton in the late 1700s?
The development of new machines for processing cotton
Why was the whiskey Rebellion especially frightening to federalists?
The rebels looked to the French Revolution for inspiration.
What was a consequence in the 1790s of the war in Europe that resulted from the French Revolution?
The war in Europe brought prosperity to American merchants
What was the significance of the trip west by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
Their maps and journals provided valuable information.
Why did Thomas Jefferson object to Alexander Hamilton's fiscal programs?
They went beyond a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
Why did the first Congress add ten amendments to the Constitution?
They were meant to protect individual rights from the national government.
Which of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's proposals did Thomas Jefferson and James Madison object to on constitutional grounds?
creation of a national bank.
