quiz 8

The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were a response to:

The Alien and Seditions Acts

Which of the following was part of Alexander Hamilton's financial program?

The Bank of the United States, modeled on the Bank of England.

Which of the following is true of the Louisiana Purchase?

The slave rebellion in Haiti almost persuaded Napoleon to keep Louisiana as a base from which to attack the island if necessary.

What happened along the United States-Canadian border during the Embargo Act of 1807?

The smuggling of goods increased along the border

Which of the following was true of the United States in 1797?

The two political parties were divided on the role of the government.

Which of the following is true about the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?

They encountered Indians west of the Mississippi who were involved in trading.

Who wrote that he hoped that the purchase of Louisiana would lead to the transplanting of all the Indians from east of the Mississippi to west of the Mississippi?

Thomas Jefferson

The 1796 election pitted John Adams and Thomas Pinckney against:

Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.

Why did Jefferson use the U.S. navy against North African states?

Tripoli had declared war on the United States after Jefferson refused demands for increased payments to the Barbary pirates.

Why can a case be made for the War of 1812 actually starting in 1811?

William Henry Harrison attacked Native American villages in 1811.

Sacajawea was:

a guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Benjamin Banneker was:

a scientist who helped survey the new national capital.

Seeing the events as an extension of America's progress of liberty, Thomas Jefferson supported the Haitian Revolution and the establishment of Haiti as an independent nation in 1804

false

The Embargo Act was devastating to the British and French.

false

The journey from 1804 to 1806 of Lewis and Clark did not produce much valuable information.

false

When Thomas Jefferson became president, he was not interested in dismantling the policies that the Federalists had established

false

The Sedition Act of 1798:

led Jefferson to argue that states, not the federal government, could punish seditious speech.

When George Washington took office as the first president of the United States, American leaders believed that the new nation's success depended on:

maintaining political harmony.

Alexander Hamilton's long-term goal was to:

make the United States a major commercial and military power.

Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa were brothers who:

preached a militant message to Native Americans early in the nineteenth century.

The treaty that ended the War of 1812:

restored the prewar status quo.

The land involved in the Louisiana Purchase:

stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada and from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.

The Sedition Act targeted:

the Republican press.

Alexander Hamilton was the first secretary of the treasury.

true

As during the American Revolution, the United States' attempted invasion of Canada failed during the War of 1812.

true

Jay's Treaty effectively destroyed the American alliance with France.

true

John Adams's acceptance of defeat in 1800 established the vital precedent of a peaceful transfer of power from a defeated party to its successor.

true

Newspapers and pamphlets were a primary vehicle for political debate in the early republic.

true

The Twelfth Amendment requires electors to cast separate votes for president and vice president.

true

The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions resulted from opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts.

true

The aftermath of the War of 1812 confirmed the ability of a republican government to conduct a war without surrendering its institutions.

true

Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman:

was inspired by Thomas Paine's Rights of Man.

The "quasi-war" was a war of the United States against:

France.

Which of the following was an objection raised by critics of Hamilton's proposals?

Hamilton's program would create a corrupt alliance between government and large commercial interests.

After becoming president, how did Thomas Jefferson deal with the Federalists?

He tried to roll back almost everything they had done by cutting taxes and the size of government.

What happened to King Louis XVI during the French Revolution?

He was executed.

Which of the following is true of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794?

It was the only time in U.S. history that the president commanded an army in the field.

Which of the following led directly to the formation of an organized political party opposed to the Federalist Party?

Jay's Treaty.

Which policy or action showed Jefferson contradicting his own philosophy on government?

Jefferson's advocacy for the Embargo Act.

Which of the following is true of the American response to Toussaint L'Ouverture's slave uprising?

Many white Americans considered L'Ouverture's uprising to be evidence of blacks' unfitness for republican freedom.

Which of the following is true of women and political life in the new republic of the 1790s?

Some women contributed to a growing democratization of political life by arguing for increased rights for their sex.

Thomas Jefferson's original Kentucky resolution served as an argument for what?

States' rights.

The Democratic-Republican Societies of the 1790s:

criticized the Washington administration.

What activity in today's world would the Democratic-Republican societies most likely praise?

A cable news show debating American government policy.

What was a great irony of the election of 1800?

Alexander Hamilton advocated Thomas Jefferson.

How did Americans respond to the French Revolution?

Almost everyone supported it at first, because the French seemed to be following in the footsteps of Americans.

Who wrote a petition to Congress as the president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, calling for the end of slavery?

Benjamin Franklin

Opponents of Hamilton's economic plan:

agreed to a compromise that included placing the national capital in the South.

Jefferson's Embargo Act:

caused economic depression within the United States.

Gabriel's Rebellion:

demonstrated that the slaves were as aware of the idea of liberty as anyone else.

Pierre Charles L'Enfant is well known for:

designing Washington, D.C.

In its decision in the case of Fletcher v. Peck, the U.S. Supreme Court:

exercised the authority to overturn a state law that the Court considered to be in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Louisiana's slaves enjoyed far more freedom under the liberty-loving United States than under the rule of tyrannical Spain.

false