APUSH Ch 11 Test
To guard American shores, Thomas Jefferson A) built a fleet of frigates. B) Constructed coastal fortifications. C) constructed two hundred tiny gunboats, D) signed a peace treaty with Great Britain E) enlisted the aid of France
c
In the election of 1800, the Federalists accused Thomas Jefferson of all of the following 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.
d
Native American leader Tecumseh was killed in 1813 at the A) Battle of Tippecanoe. B) Battle of the Thames. C) Battle of Horseshoe Bend. D) Battle of New Orleans. E) Battle of Fallen Timbers.
d
Once begun, the War Of 1812 was supported strongly by A) practically all Americans. B) New England and the seaboard states. C) very few people. D) the West and South. E) Native Americans.
d
The Chesapeake incident involved the flagrant use Of A) patronage. B) impeachment, C) judicial view. D) impressment. E) naval blockades.
d
Thomas Jefferson and his followers opposed John Adams's last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because A) the men appointed were of poor quality B) they believed that the appointments were unconstitutional, C) they did not want a showdown with the Supreme Court. D) it was an attempt by a defeated party to entrench itself in the government. E) these judges were not needed.
d
Thomas Jefferson saw navies as less dangerous than armies because A) they were generally smaller in numbers. B) they had little chance of starting a war. C) they were in less contact with foreign powers. D) they could not march inland and endanger liberties E) all of the above
d
With Thomas Jefferson's election as president, the Democratic-Republican party A) grew stronger and more unified. B)removed many Federalists from government jobs. C) soon resented its leaders' lavish life-style. D) grew less unified as the Federalist party began to fade and lose power. E) sought to extend the Alien and Sedition Acts to punish their enemies.
d
After killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel, Aaron Burr A) fled to France. B) fled to England. C) was arrested and found guilty of murder. D) was arrested and found innocent of murder. E) plotted to divide the United States.
e
Jefferson had authorized American negotiators to purchase only from France. A) New Orleans and the Floridas B) New Orleans and St, Louis C) Santo Domingo D) the Missouri River basin E) the entire Louisiana Territory
a
President James Madison made a major foreign-policy mistake when he A) accepted Napoleon's promise to recognize America's rights. B) vetoed Macon's Bill No. 2. C) allied the United States with Britain. D) refused to trust Napoleon. E) declared war on France,
a
The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans presented themselves as all of the following except A) believers in a strong central government. B) strict constructionists. C) protectors of agrarian purity. D) believers of political and economic liberty. E) strong supporters of state's rights.
a
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 at Tripoli. D) army was disbanded. E) British blockaded the east coast.
a
Thomas Jefferson received the bulk of his support from the A) South and West. B) North. C) large cities. D) East. E) New England.
a
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
a
As president, Thomas Jefferson's stand on several 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
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
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.
b
In the 1800 election Thomas Jefferson won the state of New York because A) of a reaction against Alexander Hamilton, Jefferson's enemy. B) Aaron Burr used his influence to turn the state to Jefferson. C) of the high taxes passed by the Adams administration. D) Napoleon promised to sell the Louisiana Territory only to Jefferson. E) all of the above.
b
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
Lewis and Clark demonstrated the viability of A) travel across the isthmus of Panama. B) an overland trail to the Pacific. C) settlement in the southern portion of the Louisiana territory. D) using Indian guides. E) all of the above.
b
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
Macon's Bill No. 2 A) forbade American ships from leaving port B) permitted trade with all nations but promised that it-either Britain or France lifted its commercial restrictions on American trade, the United States would stop trading C) 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. D) repealed the Embargo Act Of 1807. E) halted trade with Britain.
b
TO deal with British and French violations of America's neutrality, Thomas Jefferson A) declared war on Britain. B) enacted an economic embargo. C) declared war on France. D) did nothing. E) sought trade relations with Spain and Holland.
b
The British impressed American sailors into the British navy because A) the Americans took the Chesapeake. B) they needed more men. C) Parliament passed a law D) of the XYZ affair. E) they wanted to punish the United States.
b
The legal precedent for judicial review was established when A) the House of Representatives impeached Justice Samuel Chase. B) the Supreme Court declared the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional. C) Congress repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801. D) President Adams appointed several "midnight judges" to the federal courts. E) the Judiciary Act of 1801 was passed.
b
The war hawks demanded war with Britain because they wanted to do all of 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.
b
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
Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 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 no way a revolution.
b
Thomas Jefferson's failed attempt to impeach and convict Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase for "high crimes and misdemeanors" meant that A) no federal judge could ever be removed from office. B) judicial independence and the separation of powers had been preserved C) Jefferson's effectiveness as president had been lost D) an unfortunate precedent had been established. E) Aaron Burr would go free.
b
Thomas Jefferson's first major foreign-policy decision was to A) purchase Louisiana from France. B) send a naval squadron to the Mediterranean. C) drive the British out of the northwest forts. D) purchase Florida from Spain. E) form an alliance with Spain
b
In 1800, Thomas Jefferson was chosen president by the A) people. B) Electoral College. C) House of Representatives. D) wealthy. E) business sector,
c
On becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans in Congress immediately repealed A) the Alien and Sedition Acts. B) the charter of the National Bank. C) the excise tax on whiskey. D) the funding and assumption of the national debt. E) money to fund the naval build-up.
c
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
The case of Marbury v. Madison involved the question of who had the right to A) commit the United States to entangling alliances. 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
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.
c
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
e
Seafaring New England opposed the War of 1812 because Of all of the following 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.
e
The battle of Tippecanoe resulted in A) defeat of the British by the hands of the Indian confederacy. B) a Shawnee loss and a Creek victory. C) a declaration of war by the United States on Great Britain. D) the expulsion of the British from Florida. E) the death of the dream of an Indian confederacy.
e
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,
e
