H.US.H. CHAPTER 11

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

A, C, B, D

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. A, B, C, D C, A, D, B B, C, A, D B, A, D, C B, C, D, A

C, A, D, B

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the Louisiana Purchase? Senators quickly approved the purchase. It had enthusiastic public support. It was the best real estate bargain in history - adding 828,000 square miles to the United States at three cents an acre. It more than quadrupled the size of the United States. It cost $15 million.

It more than quadrupled the size of the United States.

The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who, more than any other federal official, was able to carry out the Federalist ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning strengthening the power of the federal government was Roger Taney. William Marbury. John Marshall. Samuel Chase. John Jay.

John Marshall.

Thomas Jefferson received the bulk of his political support from the South and the West North. large cities. East. New England

South and the West

Which of these does not describe the ways in which Americans responded to Jefferson's embargo? The Federalist party gained new converts and was revived to fight it. New England threatened to secede from the United States. Farmers of the South and West were as adversely impacted by the embargos as their counterparts in New England. Southern states promised not to enforce the embargo and took steps to break away from the Union. Americans engaged in an illicit trade at the Canadian border and cursed it as "Dambargo."

Southern states promised not to enforce the embargo and took steps to break away from the Union.

President James Madison made a major strategic foreign policy mistake that undermined his effort to persuade Britain to repeal its commercial restriction against American trade when he accepted Napoleon's promise to repeal its trade restrictions. failed to suppress the war hawks in his own party. permitted Napoleon to offer financial aid to the United States. failed to take up Napoleon's suggestion that French trade restrictions would be lifted if the American trade restrictions on trade with France were repealed by the United States. tried to use Russia as a counterweight to Britain and France.

accepted Napoleon's promise to repeal its trade restrictions.

The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans presented themselves as all of the following except believers in a strong central government. strict constructionists. protectors of agrarian purity. unmitigated opponents of the federal excise tax on whiskey. strong supporters of state's rights.

believers in a strong central government.

Following his infamous duel with Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr in 1806 remained the trusted vice president and political confidante of President Jefferson. resigned the vice-presidency to become a member of the Federalist Party and prepared to run as a presidential candidate in 1808. was arrested for treason and found guilty of this political crime. was arrested and found innocent of murder. conspired with an unsavory military governor of the Louisiana Territory, General James Wilkinson, to undermine the legitimate authority of the U.S. government and expand their new confederacy to Spanish-controlled Mexico and Florida.

conspired with an unsavory military governor of the Louisiana Territory, General James Wilkinson, to undermine the legitimate authority of the U.S. government and expand their new confederacy to Spanish-controlled Mexico and Florida.

Thomas Jefferson distrusted large standing armies because they were usually ineffective in battle. always developed a destructive rivalry with the navy. could be used to establish a dictatorship. were contrary to Article II of the Constitution. would be made up of citizen soldiers.

could be used to establish a dictatorship.

To deal with British and French violations of America's neutrality, President Jefferson declared war on Britain. enacted an economic embargo that prohibited the exports of all goods from the United States, regardless of whether they were being shipped on American or foreign merchant ships. declared war on France. enacted an economic embargo on the exports of all goods shipped from the United States to Britain, but merely raised the level of export duties (taxes) on all goods shipped from the United States to France. concluded trade treaties with Spain and Holland.

enacted an economic embargo that prohibited the exports of all goods from the United States, regardless of whether they were being shipped on American or foreign merchant ships.

President Jefferson's embargo failed for all of the following reasons except that he underestimated the determination of the British. he underestimated Britain's dependence on American trade. he overestimated the dependence of Britain and France on America's trade. Latin American republics opened up their ports for commerce. he miscalculated the difficulty of enforcing it.

he underestimated Britain's dependence on American trade.

Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States for all of the following reasons except he had suffered military misfortunes and setbacks on the island of Santo Domingo. he feared that British control of the seas would force him to cede Louisiana to the British, giving Britain an important strategic advantage in his fateful and protracted war with his rival for imperial dominance in Europe and across the world. he did not want to drive America into a political and military alliance with the British. mosquitoes carrying yellow fever had decimated thousands of French troops on Santo Domingo. he was afraid that the Spanish might seize Louisiana in a new war.

he was afraid that the Spanish might seize Louisiana in a new war.

Thomas Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France because the Federalists supported his action. he was concerned that the purchase of the Louisiana Territory could arguably be considered to be unconstitutional. he felt that the purchase was not a fair deal for France. war with Spain might occur. he feared the British might use it as an excuse to declare war on the United States.

he was concerned that the purchase of the Louisiana Territory could arguably be considered to be unconstitutional.

Thomas Jefferson and his political supporters opposed John Adams's last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because the judges appointed were viewed by Jefferson and his political supporters as incompetent. they believed that the appointments were unconstitutional. they did not want a showdown with the Supreme Court. it was an attempt by the Federalists, who had been defeated in the congressional and presidential elections of 1800, to maintain political influence in the federal government. these judges were superfluous in a federal judiciary with relatively few civil and criminal cases being filed and tried each year.

it was an attempt by the Federalists, who had been defeated in the congressional and presidential elections of 1800, to maintain political influence in the federal government.

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

left practically all of them intact.

Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 1800" was remarkable in that it moved the United States away from its democratic ideals. marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties. occurred after he left the presidency. caused America to do what the British had been doing for a generation regarding the election of a legislative body. came about despite strong opposition from top officers in U.S. Continental Army and the U.S. Navy.

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

homas Jefferson's presidency was characterized by his unswerving conformity to Republican party principles. rigid attention to formal protocol at White House gatherings. moderation in the administration of public policy. ruthless use of the patronage power to appoint Republicans to federal offices. inability to get legislation passed by Congress.

moderation in the administration of public policy.

Macon's Bill No. 2 halted trade with France. permitted trade with all nations but promised that if either Britain or France lifted its commercial restrictions on American trade, the U.S. would stop trading with the nation that had not repealed its commercial restrictions on American trade. forbade American trade with Britain and France but promised to open trade with either country if it would cease its violations of American neutrality rights. repealed the Embargo Act of 1807. halted trade with Britain.

permitted trade with all nations but promised that if either Britain or France lifted its commercial restrictions on American trade, the U.S. would stop trading with the nation that had not repealed its commercial restrictions on American trade.

Thomas Jefferson sent two envoys to France in 1803 with the essential goal of preventing Napoleon from handing Louisiana back to Spain. purchasing as much territory west of the Mississippi as they could get. preventing Napoleon from fortifying New Orleans and St. Louis. bribing the French foreign ministry into permitting Americans to deposit grain in New Orleans. purchasing New Orleans to make it secure for American shippers.

purchasing New Orleans to make it secure for American shippers.

President Jefferson's foreign policy of economic coercion underestimated British dependence on American trade. adversely affected France's economy more than Britain's. stimulated manufacturing in New England. destroyed the Federalist party in New England. succeeded in its goal of forcing the British to halt its impressment of American sailors.

stimulated manufacturing in New England.

By 1810, the most insistent demand for a declaration of war against Britain came from New England merchants. the West and South. Federalists. the middle Atlantic states. southern states.

the West and South.

Once begun, the War of 1812 was supported strongly by practically all Americans. New England and the seaboard states. very few people. the West and South. Native Americans.

the West and South.

On becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans in Congress immediately repealed the Alien and Sedition Acts. the charter of the National Bank. the excise tax on whiskey. the funding and assumption of the national debt. money to fund the naval build-up.

the excise tax on whiskey.

Seafaring New England Federalists opposed the War of 1812 because of all of the following except the Northeast Federalists sympathized with England. they resented the Republican's sympathy with Napoleon. Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada. the war could result in more agrarian states in the West. their extremely strong trade ties with France.

their extremely strong trade ties with France.

The case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) established that the Constitution mandated that the Supreme Court and not Congress nor the president of the United States had the authority to commit the United States to entangling alliances. to impeach federal executive branch officers for "high crimes and misdemeanors." to determine the meaning of the Constitution. to purchase foreign territory for the United States. to impeach other Supreme Court justices.

to determine the meaning of the Constitution.

Lewis and Clark's expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory yielded all of the following except a rich harvest of scientific observations. treaties with several Indian nations. geographical knowledge of the previously unknown region. a plausible American claim to the Oregon region. opening of the West to future exploration and trade.

treaties with several Indian nations.