Launching the New Republic
1.
The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts
was to:
a.
suppress Republican opposition to Federalist
policies
2.
Hamilton's financial program was designed to do
all of the following
a.
gain the support of the merchant class for the
new national government
b.
encourage the industrialization of the United
States
c.
establish the credit of the United States and
home and abroad
3.
Hamilton's contention that a federal activity
could only be unconstitutional if the Constitution specifically prohibited the
government from engaging in the activity is known as:
a.
Loose interpretation
4.
In his Farewell Address, George Washington
a.
Warned against partisan politics and against
foreign entanglements
5.
What was the significance of the Whiskey
Rebellion?
a.
it demonstrated that anyone who wanted to change
federal law would have to work through the framework of the government
6.
The Bill of Rights included protection for all
of the following
a.
Freedom
of expression
b.
Freedom
from abuse by the police
c.
Freedom
of religion
7.
Those who were against the Constitution opposed
it because:
a.
it would create a strong central government
without a Bill of Rights to contain it
8.
Which of these people would probably NOT be a
supporter of Jefferson's Republican party?
a.
A Boston merchant
9.
Which of these people would probably be a
supporter of Jefferson's Republican party?
a.
Virginia farmer
b.
Western Pennsylvania whiskey maker
c.
A recent Irish immigrant
10.
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
a.
claimed the right of a state to protect its
people from unconstitutional federal laws
11.
The XYZ affair
a.
Arose from the French government's demand for a
bribe as the price of negotiating
12.
The Embargo Act of 1807 had which of the
following effects on the United States?
a.
it disrupted American shipping
13.
What did the Whiskey Rebellion and Shays
Rebellion have in common:
a.
both used "mobocracy" protests
14.
Most anti-federalist were against the
Constitution because:
a.
it did not contain a Bill of Rights
15.
Which are part of Hamilton's financial program
a.
Assumption of the state's war debts
b.
An excise tax on whiskey
c.
The Report on Public Credit
d.
The National Bank
16.
Federalist believed that:
a.
Only a strong central government could help the
United States to grow strong and prosperous
17.
The Democratic Republican party was a party that
felt that political leaders should not be members of the elite class
18.
Both political parties (The Federalist and the
Democratic- Republicans) used the newspapers to sway public opinion
19.
The Convention of 1818 established the northern
boundary line between British Canada and the United States
20.
John Adams and Alexander Hamilton were important
leaders of the Federalist Party.
21.
Conflict arose in the Caribbean, when the French
seized American ships.
22.
One of the provisions of the Alien and Sedition
Acts increased the requirement for American citizenship to "residency in
the United States for 14 years."
23.
The British did all of the following to America
from 1793-1796
a.
capture American ships trading with France
b.
Forcing enlistment of ex-British subjects into
the Royal Navy
c.
Challenge American claims to western
lands
24.
Jefferson opposed the creation of a National
Bank because
a.
He feared the extension of the power of the
national government
25.
The Louisiana Purchase was an important factor
in the development of U.S. trade because it
a.
gave the country complete control of the
Mississippi River
26.
As a result of the Hartford Convention following
the War of 1812
a.
the Federalist party lost credibility and
eventually died out
27.
John Marshall strengthened the Supreme Court
a.
establishing the principal of judicial review in
Marbury vs Madison
28.
All of the following influenced the United
States's decision to declare war against Great Britain in 1812
a.
the impressment of American sailors
b.
British interference with American trade
c.
America's view that the British were
"stirring up" the Indians in the Northwest Territories
29.
The "war hawks" in the period leading
up to the War of 1812 gathered most of their support from
a.
the South and the West
30.
The election of 1800 is historically and
politically significant because it
a.
demonstrated that political parties could in
fact bring about peaceful revolution in a republican form of government
31.
Which Supreme Court case dealt with interstate
commerce?
a.
Gibbons vs Ogden
32.
The direction of the population movement that
took place between 1790 and 1840 was from:
a.
the Atlantic coast to the areas between the
Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River
33.
What was the purpose of the National Road?
a.
to facilate westward expansion
34.
Which of the following factors helped to make
New England America's first industrial region?
a.
a surplus of young women to work in the mills
35.
How would you describe working conditions in the
Lowell Mills?
a.
unmarried women made up the bulk of workers who
lived on the factory site
36.
The most important contribution to the
Industrial Age was:
a.
people taking earlier ideas and making them more
efficient
37.
An important result of the Erie Canal was the:
a.
growth of New York City as the canal connected
it with the upper middle west
38.
After the War of 1812, Henry Clay called for an
"American System," by which he meant
a.
Internal improvements that would make the nation
self-sufficient
39.
Chief Justice John Marshall's opinions backed
a.
the right of federal courts to declare acts of
Congress unconstitutional
40.
The Non-Intercourse Act and the Embargo Act had
the unintentional consequence of:
a.
the beginning of the United States
as an industrial power
41.
The War Hawks were:
a.
Democartic-Republicans who supported westward
and southward expansion
42.
Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams is most
associated with what foreign policy initiative?
a.
formulating the Monroe Doctrine
43.
During the Era of Good Feelings
a.
the Federalist party disappeared due
to their cession plans and the Democartic Republicans using some of their ideas
44.
Tecumseh's most important accomplishment was
a.
forming an Indian alliance to try to drive the
white men out of the Northwest Territory and restore Indian ways of life
45.
The Battle of New Orleans was important because
a.
frontiersman Andrew Jackson rose to prominence
because of his military skills
46.
The Adams-Onis Treaty
a.
created the western boundary of the Louisiana
Territory and allowed the United States to buy Florida from Spain
47.
What event would inspire this comment by John
Adams " i will never send another minister to France without assurances
that he will be received, respected and honored as the representative of a
great, free powerful and independent nation"?
a.
The XYZ affair
48.
The Monroe Doctrine stated that the United
States had legitimate reason to forbid European intervention in the Western
Hemisphere because?
a.
Europe's form of government were fundamentally
different from those of the United States and the newly liberated South
American countries
49.
The debate over the First Bank of the United
States was significant because it raised the issue of
a.
how strictly the Constitution should be
interpreted
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