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1) What social and economic groups in American society tended to support the Federalist

Party? Why did each do so? Why did commercial groups generally support the Federalists?

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2) What is semisubsistence farming? Describe and discuss it in terms of both its economic

and social aspects. What attitude did most semisubsistence farmers take toward government?

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3) List three ways Hamilton’s program strengthened the federal government. How did each

of these specifically strengthen the government? Which do you think was the most important,

and why?

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4) Name three events that contributed to worsening relations between the United States and

France in the 1790s. How did each event strain relations between the two countries?

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5) How did events during the administration of John Adams weaken the Federalist Party?

Why did these events hurt the party?

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6) Why did the election of 1800 mark a milestone in the history of the United States?

Describe the election, its outcome, and its significance.

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7) What were the most important causes of the Federalist Party’s ultimate defeat?

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8) How did Federalists and Republicans differ on economic issues? Were economic issues

the most important factors in the emergence of political parties in the 1790s?

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9) Thomas Jefferson commented, “If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not

go at all.” Yet political parties did develop during the 1790s. Why were Federalists and

Republicans suspicious of parties?

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10) Give several examples of political violence in the 1790s. How was this behavior different

from what we expect in politics today?

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11) Discuss the major differences between the principles of the Federalists and the

Republicans. How was each difference reflected in disputes over specific policies in the 1790s?

Of the differences you note, which do you think was the most important, and why?

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12) How did political divisions in the early Republic follow social divisions? Why was this

the case?

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13) In what ways did the Federalists and Republicans look back to the Revolution in their

ideologies? In what ways did they look ahead to the nineteenth century?

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14) ________ was the man who symbolized the republic as it was launched—a man

embittered by criticisms he felt were undeserved. (Provide the last name only.)

14) ______

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15) ________ was the man with a practical vision for strengthening the republic by winning

the support of its wealthy elites for the national government. (Provide the last name only.)

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15) ______

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16) ________ was the man who took the lead in organizing the Republican Party opposition.

(Provide the last name only.)

16) ______

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17) _______, at the cost of his political future, steered the nation away from war by

reopening negotiations with France. (Provide the last name only.)

17) ______

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18) _______, rather accidentally, was elected vice president in 1796. (Provide the last name

only.)

18) ______

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19) Beginning with the famous case of Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice ________ stamped

his views of the independent power of the courts on the nation’s constitutional understanding.

(Provide the last name only.)

19) ______

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20) The principle established in the case of Marbury v. Madison regarding the role and power

of the courts in relation to the other two branches is known as judicial ________.

20) ______

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21) Jefferson was succeeded by the experienced _______, who had served as Jefferson’s

secretary of state. (Provide the last name only.)

21) ______

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22) The Jefferson administration bought _______ from the government headed by Napoleon

Bonaparte, whose efforts to dominate the European continent would later infringe on U.S.

neutral rights.

22) ______

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23) For strategic and economic as well as geographic purposes, Jefferson commissioned

Lewis and Clark to lead an expedition up the ________ River.

23) ______

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24) The ________ Act was Jefferson’s first initiative to defend America’s rights against the

actions of Britain and France.

24) ______

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25) The chapter introduction tells the story of the controversial whiskey tax of 1791 to make

the point that

25) ______

A) most Americans at this time did not think that the new government under the

Constitution would last.

B) there were underlying uncertainties about whether the new government could really

unite such a diverse people.

C) such displays of violence were the most acceptable manner of influencing public

opinion in the new country.

D) Federalists supported the Constitution, but Republicans opposed it.

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26) In the late 1700s, the white American population was doubling nearly every 20 years,

primarily because of

26) ______

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A) accelerating immigration, increasingly from Ireland.

B) the longevity of women.

C) the absorption of new peoples as new territories were acquired.

D) an extremely high birth rate.

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27) Divisions between which of the following Americans in the late 1700s help explain how

they felt about the Constitution and what party they were more likely to identify with?

27) ______

A) semisubsistence farmers, and those tied to a commercial economy

B) mainstream religious groups, and those professing dissenting faiths

C) northern and southern states and territories

D) eastern states and western territories

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28) In the semisubsistence economy that existed in the American backcountry, money was

seldom seen and was used primarily to

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A) pay taxes.

B) purchase imported goods.

C) pay taxes and purchase imported goods.

D) None of these answers are correct.

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29) A chief characteristic of a commercial economy was that it required

29) ______

A) the availability of relatively cheap transportation.

B) the dominance of manufacturing over farming.

C) inequality in the distribution of wealth.

D) more materialistic and acquisitive values.

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30) Native economies with which new Americans came into contact were primarily based on

30) ______

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A) hunting and gathering.

B) semisubsistence agriculture like that of whites.

C) trade with distant tribes.

D) None of these answers are correct.

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31) Which of the following was NOT one of the goals of Alexander Hamilton’s financial

proposals?

31) ______

A) stimulate the essentially virtuous nature of ordinary citizens, who could take

advantage of new economic opportunities

B) stimulate commerce and manufacturing through the power and positive actions of the

national government

C) win the loyalty of the wealthy to the national government

D) make the U.S. as a whole independent of European control by strengthening it

economically

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32) As the new nation’s first president, Washington lamented that nearly all of his actions

while in office would

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32) ______

A) be distorted unfairly by the free press.

B) be examined by historians to find insight into his decision-making.

C) have no positive effect if the Senate and the House of Representatives did not concur.

D) establish a model for those that followed.

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33) Hamilton proposed to define the national debt in a way that increased what the nation had

to pay. What two pressing financial problems did this seek to solve?

33) ______

A) bartering and localism

B) a trade deficit and a tax revolt

C) no central bank and no budget management

D) revenue and credit

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34) After organizing the government, the First Congress turned its attention to Alexander

Hamilton’s economic proposals and enacted all of them EXCEPT

34) ______

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A) a tariff.

B) a national bank.

C) a provision that the judiciary should decide the constitutionality of regulating the

economy.

D) a procedure whereby the national government could pay off both its own debt and the

combined debt of the states.

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35) Which of the following encouraged the rise of political parties?

35) ______

A) the overwhelming desire of the American public for such institutions

B) campaigns by revolutionary leaders in favor of parties

C) requirements set forth by the Constitution

D) favorable social conditions, like broad suffrage and high literacy rates

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36) Which of the following was a charge raised by opponents to Hamilton’s program?

36) ______

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A) It violated the idea of a broad or loose construction of the Constitution.

B) It clashed with the interests and values of industry and business.

C) It threatened to lead to the expansion of slavery.

D) It threatened to create a class of moneyed aristocracy.

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37) Which of these contributed to the emergence of true popular political parties in the U.S.?

37) ______

A) Because of widespread property ownership, the nation had broad suffrage.

B) Politicians had to offer a program attractive to a broad voter public.

C) Political parties became the means by which a large electorate made its feelings

known.

D) All these answers are correct.

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38) As war broke out in Europe, the Washington administration

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A) used the war to foster closer economic ties with Britain.

B) honored the Treaty of 1778 by supporting France.

C) asserted the right to steer a path of neutrality.

D) placed an embargo on all goods to Europe.

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39) How did foreign policy issues accelerate the emergence of political parties in the U.S.?

39) ______

A) The French schemed to set up a friendly faction within the U.S. government.

B) Divided over whether France represented republicanism or anarchy, the two sides

came to suspect the worst intentions of the other and organized parties against each other.

C) Pinckney’s Treaty so blatantly met the interests of the commercial areas against the

interests of the semisubsistence sector that the leaders of agrarian America rallied around the

treaty fight and founded a party.

D) With both sides violating American neutral rights, the party that exploited American

anger and fought for American rights was able to win the election of 1800.

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40) Jay’s Treaty

40) ______

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A) officially ended the alliance with France.

B) removed restrictions on American trade with British colonies.

C) was rejected by the Senate because it gave up too much to Spain.

D) secured the evacuation of British troops from the Northwest.

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41) Washington’s Farewell Address

41) ______

A) warned against the dangers of a powerful military.

B) warned against the dangers of political parties.

C) supported the political ideology of Jefferson and Madison.

D) called on Americans to assume responsibility for active world leadership.

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42) Jefferson’s Republican Party

42) ______

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A) appealed to workers in cities and others tied to the commercial economy.

B) sought to overturn the federal system and restore a unitary central government.

C) appealed to fears of commerce and urbanization.

D) articulated a conceptual framework that understood both the party in power and the

loyal opposition as legitimate.

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43) The Federalist Party

43) ______

A) wanted a weak government in order to promote economic individualism.

B) opposed a republican form of government.

C) wanted to aid subsistence farmers by printing paper money.

D) wanted to use government power to promote commerce and industry.

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44) Which of the following was one of the two most pressing financial problems the new

nation was facing?

44) ______

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A) revenue

B) a fiscal surplus

C) deflation

D) the gold standard

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45) Which of the following was a personal consequence Alexander Hamilton suffered as a

result of successful proposal to establish a Bank of the United States?

45) ______

A) His former close collaborator James Madison broke with him.

B) His children refused to speak to him any longer.

C) George Washington disavowed him and ended their friendship.

D) His closest friend and near brother, Thomas Jefferson, grew cold and distant.

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46) Prior to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, most Americans agreed that newspaper

editors

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A) should be restrained in their speech before publication.

B) could face prosecution for sedition thereafter.

C) should have unreserved freedom of speech without consequences.

D) should pass a bipartisan censuring review board during times of national crisis.

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47) What problem of the 1800 presidential election did the Twelfth Amendment address?

47) ______

A) a tie in electoral votes in Congress

B) the unconstitutional Sedition Acts

C) the peace treaty with France from 1800

D) the judicial review question raised inMarbury v. Madison

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48) In dealing with French insults and violations of American rights, President John Adams

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A) declared an official naval war on the high seas.

B) called for war.

C) resisted calls for war, but conducted an unofficial naval war on the high seas.

D) passed the Alien and Sedition Acts.

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49) In the XYZ Affair,

49) ______

A) England agreed to abandon the forts in the Northwest.

B) French officials demanded a bribe to open negotiations with the United States.

C) Adams broke with his party and sent a new peace commission to France.

D) the United States agreed to end the unofficial naval war with France.

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50) The Alien and Sedition Acts were used primarily

50) ______

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A) to weaken the Republican Party.

B) to criticize the president.

C) against immigrants and aliens.

D) against French- and Spanish-sponsored intrigue.

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51) At best, Jefferson considered government

51) ______

A) the highest calling a person could aspire to.

B) inherently good.

C) the domain of the privileged.

D) a necessary evil.

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52) Which of the following was NOT a principle that Jefferson espoused?

52) ______

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A) People may be trusted to make political choices based on correct principles.

B) Radical change is periodically necessary to make sure that equality and democracy

continue to be extended to all men and women of all races and faiths.

C) Human reason is the powerful tool that will unlock the secrets of nature and improve

human society.

D) The life of the independent farmer in a free market is an economically preferable and

morally superior social condition.

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53) Jefferson believed that city life

53) ______

A) was morally inferior to rural living.

B) was necessary for intellectual stimulation.

C) was the key to “the pursuit of happiness.”

D) promoted equality.

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54) When he entered office, Jefferson’s initial policy proposals sought to

54) ______

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A) counter British and Spanish threats to national security.

B) establish control over the judiciary.

C) slash federal spending and the national debt.

D) repeal Hamilton’s bank and tariff acts.

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55) One of the results of the presidential election of 1800 is that it

55) ______

A) convinced both Federalists and Republicans that a two-party system was preferable.

B) was won with no opposition candidate.

C) brought Washington to office for a third term.

D) brought the Republicans to office.

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56) The individual most responsible for creating the notion of “judicial review” was

56) ______

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A) Thomas Jefferson.

B) John Marshall.

C) James Madison.

D) James Marbury.

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57) How did political festivals help democratize the conduct of politics?

57) ______

A) by providing prime occasions for the local party leaders to speak

B) by educating the electorate

C) by building camaraderie through the singing of patriotic songs

D) by inviting everyone

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58) How did African Americans react to being excluded from political festivals and public

jubilees?

58) ______

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A) They organized their own celebrations.

B) They protested to attract media attention.

C) They adopted an attitude of indifference to politics.

D) They self-published poetry, slave narratives, and pamphlets.

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59) Which president was the first to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.?

59) ______

A) John Adams

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) James Madison

D) James Monroe

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60) Which of the following made it possible for the United States to acquire the Louisiana

Purchase?

60) ______

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A) War was looming in Europe.

B) Napoleon had lost interest in Louisiana.

C) The French needed the money.

D) All these answers are correct.

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61) What larger social pattern helps explain the clashes between whites and Native

Americans on the Ohio frontier and, more specifically, their resort to both religious renewal

movements and abusive consumption of increased quantities of alcohol?

61) ______

A) Neither tribal villages nor backcountry villages felt any cultural or economic need for

the other.

B) Traditional cultural systems were breaking down, creating great cultural stress.

C) Birth rates in both groups were rising sharply, imposing great pressures on the land.

D) Both groups had abandoned their religious roots and rejected calls to return to

traditional beliefs.

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62) Once in power, Jefferson

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A) fully dismantled Hamilton’s economic program.

B) respected the independence of the judiciary.

C) eagerly launched a grand construction program for the national capital.

D) increasingly put pragmatic considerations above strict political principles.

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63) Tenskwatawa (the Prophet) _______, while his brother Tecumseh _______.

63) ______

A) allied with Great Britain during the War of 1812; tried unsuccessfully to follow the

path of assimilation

B) led a religious revival among western tribes; led a military alliance among western

tribes

C) encouraged his fellow Native Americans to adapt carefully and selectively to what

whites had to offer; rejected all contact with whites and sought a return to traditional ways

D) had his greatest following among tribes of the upper Midwest; won widespread

support among the southern tribes

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64) According to the doctrine established in the landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v.

Madison, the

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64) ______

A) high court could rule on the constitutionality of federal laws.

B) high court could compel public officials to perform their duties.

C) executive branch must defer to the rulings of the legislative branch.

D) judicial branch should defer to the wishes of the legislative branch.

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65) The “Second Great Awakening” refers to

65) ______

A) the Renaissance in America.

B) an intellectual movement similar to the Enlightenment.

C) a revivalist religious movement at the beginning of the 1800s.

D) a new technology that made the Industrial Revolution possible.

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66) The Louisiana Purchase was significant because it

66) ______

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A) ruined America’s diplomatic ties with France.

B) doubled the country’s size.

C) was the first territorial acquisition by treaty made pursuant to the Constitution.

D) All these answers are correct.

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Topic : Whites and Native People in the West

67) The second wave of settlers into frontier areas were typically

67) ______

A) backwoods families.

B) young easterners who married and started families.

C) semisubsistence independent landowners.

D) squatters who engaged in commercial agriculture.

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Learning Objective : Describe the expansion of the nation and its impact on relations between whites

Topic : Whites and Native People in the West

68) Which of the following can be described as a standardized public activity, participated in

by Blacks and whites, males and females, that brought emotional release, sociability, and moral

order to the frontier after 1800?

68) ______

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A) the political “electioneering” rally

B) the slave auction

C) the barn raising

D) the camp meeting

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Learning Objective : Explain key features of early republican political culture.

Topic : The Political Culture of the Early Republic

69) What kind of vessel did the Barbary States use to plunder the cargo of enemy ships and

enslave their crews if tribute was not paid?

69) ______

A) corvair

B) cutter

C) corvette

D) corsair

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Learning Objective : Explain the causes, course, and outcome of the War of 1812.

Topic : The Second War for American Independence

70) The Embargo Act

70) ______

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A) especially hurt New England’s port cities.

B) was widely evaded and thus had little impact on the U.S. economy.

C) led Napoleon to repeal his economic decrees—but too late.

D) was a last resort after undeclared naval war had failed.

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Learning Objective : Explain the causes, course, and outcome of the War of 1812.

Topic : The Second War for American Independence

71) The influential leaders of the younger Republicans, known as the “War Hawks,”

71) ______

A) came mostly from New England shipping states.

B) were nationalistic and aggressive expansionists.

C) opposed any federal economic development program.

D) became the majority in Congress after the 1810 elections.

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Learning Objective : Explain the causes, course, and outcome of the War of 1812.

Topic : The Second War for American Independence

72) The Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812,

72) ______

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A) was signed two weeks before the Battle of New Orleans.

B) resolved the issue of impressment.

C) gave the United States title to the Louisiana territory.

D) established neutrality rights.

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Learning Objective : Explain the causes, course, and outcome of the War of 1812.

Topic : The Second War for American Independence

73) The Hartford Convention (1814) was

73) ______

A) a meeting of New England literary figures.

B) a diplomatic agreement concerning Oregon.

C) the business conference where the first American insurance company was organized.

D) a protest meeting of antiwar New Englanders.

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Learning Objective : Explain the causes, course, and outcome of the War of 1812.

Topic : The Second War for American Independence

74) The Monroe Doctrine

74) ______

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A) proclaimed that the U.S. would be a continental nation.

B) warned Europe not to interfere in the Americas.

C) guaranteed the independence of Spain’s former colonies.

D) laid claims to the Oregon Country.

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Learning Objective : Explain the causes, course, and outcome of the War of 1812.

Topic : The Second War for American Independence

75) The War of 1812

75) ______

A) demonstrated how well-prepared Americans were to fight on land.

B) ended in a treaty that granted generous concessions to the U.S.

C) produced no significant American victories.

D) made Andrew Jackson an overnight hero.

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Learning Objective : Explain the causes, course, and outcome of the War of 1812.

Topic : The Second War for American Independence

76) Under the terms of the Missouri Compromise, Missouri entered the Union as a slave state

and ________ entered as a free state.

76) ______

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A) Michigan

B) Oregon

C) Maine

D) Arkansas

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Learning Objective : Explain the causes, course, and outcome of the War of 1812.

Topic : The Second War for American Independence

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Answer Key

Test name: chapter 9

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