Question 1

Why did Thomas Jefferson criticize Alexander Hamilton's vision of government?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jefferson believed it would lead to another major war with European powers. 
B)  Jefferson thought it promoted the interests of greedy speculators and profiteers. 
C)  Hamilton's ideas would undercut the funding necessary for a strong military. 
D)  Hamilton's vision ignored securing commercial ties with Britain. 
A)  Jefferson believed it would lead to another major war with European powers. 
B)  Jefferson thought it promoted the interests of greedy speculators and profiteers. 
C)  Hamilton's ideas would undercut the funding necessary for a strong military. 
D)  Hamilton's vision ignored securing commercial ties with Britain. B

Question 2

In 1820, the courses and reading lists at the top female academies

Accepted Answer

A)  continued to lag behind those of similar male schools. 
B)  avoided rigorous academic study in favor of ornamental arts. 
C)  resembled the courses and reading lists at elite male colleges. 
D)  reflected the fact that both wealthy and poor women attended. 
A)  continued to lag behind those of similar male schools. 
B)  avoided rigorous academic study in favor of ornamental arts. 
C)  resembled the courses and reading lists at elite male colleges. 
D)  reflected the fact that both wealthy and poor women attended. C

Question 3

Match the term with the definition.
-Legal doctrine grounded in British common law that held that a wife's civic life was subsumed by her husband's. Married women lacked independence to own property, make contracts, or keep wages earned. The doctrine shaped women's status in the early republic.

Accepted Answer

A) battle of New Orleans 
B) battle of Tippecanoe 
C) Creek War 
D) Embargo Act of 1807 
E) feme covert
F)Harford Convention
G)impressment
H)Lewis and Clark expedition
I)Louisiana Purchase
J)Marbury v. Madison
K)Missouri Compromise
L)War Hawks 
A) battle of New Orleans 
B) battle of Tippecanoe 
C) Creek War 
D) Embargo Act of 1807 
E) feme covert
F)Harford Convention
G)impressment
H)Lewis and Clark expedition
I)Louisiana Purchase
J)Marbury v. Madison
K)Missouri Compromise
L)War Hawks E

Question 4

Match the term with the definition.
-1803 Supreme Court case that established the concept of judicial review in finding that parts of the Judiciary Act of 1789 were in conflict with the Constitution. The Supreme Court assumed legal authority to overrule acts of other branches of the government.

Accepted Answer

A) battle of New Orleans 
B) battle of Tippecanoe 
C) Creek War 
D) Embargo Act of 1807 
E) feme covert
F)Harford Convention
G)impressment
H)Lewis and Clark expedition
I)Louisiana Purchase
J)Marbury v. Madison
K)Missouri Compromise
L)War Hawks 
A) battle of New Orleans 
B) battle of Tippecanoe 
C) Creek War 
D) Embargo Act of 1807 
E) feme covert
F)Harford Convention
G)impressment
H)Lewis and Clark expedition
I)Louisiana Purchase
J)Marbury v. Madison
K)Missouri Compromise
L)War Hawks

Question 5

Match the term with the definition.
-1803 purchase of French territory west of the Mississippi River that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. The purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States and opened the way for future American expansion west.

Accepted Answer

A) battle of New Orleans 
B) battle of Tippecanoe 
C) Creek War 
D) Embargo Act of 1807 
E) feme covert
F)Harford Convention
G)impressment
H)Lewis and Clark expedition
I)Louisiana Purchase
J)Marbury v. Madison
K)Missouri Compromise
L)War Hawks 
A) battle of New Orleans 
B) battle of Tippecanoe 
C) Creek War 
D) Embargo Act of 1807 
E) feme covert
F)Harford Convention
G)impressment
H)Lewis and Clark expedition
I)Louisiana Purchase
J)Marbury v. Madison
K)Missouri Compromise
L)War Hawks

Question 6

How did Henry Clay come to find himself in such an influential position regarding the outcome of the presidential election of 1824? Why did he support John Quincy Adams?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Influence:

Question 7

Why did Federalist Alexander Hamilton support Jefferson over Aaron Burr as the presidential election of 1800 played out in the House of Representatives?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hamilton had been pulling for Jefferson to win the election all along. 
B)  Jefferson and Hamilton had formed a secret alliance. 
C)  Hamilton believed that Burr would be more dangerous to the presidency. 
D)  Burr had angered Hamilton by challenging him to a duel. 
A)  Hamilton had been pulling for Jefferson to win the election all along. 
B)  Jefferson and Hamilton had formed a secret alliance. 
C)  Hamilton believed that Burr would be more dangerous to the presidency. 
D)  Burr had angered Hamilton by challenging him to a duel.

Question 8

What did British soldiers do once they entered Washington, D.C., in 1814?

Accepted Answer

A)  They demanded a meeting with President Madison. 
B)  They organized a parade in an effort to persuade the Americans to surrender. 
C)  They set fire to much of the city, including the White House. 
D)  They stole most of the American government's vital documents. 
A)  They demanded a meeting with President Madison. 
B)  They organized a parade in an effort to persuade the Americans to surrender. 
C)  They set fire to much of the city, including the White House. 
D)  They stole most of the American government's vital documents.

Question 9

In negotiating the Treaty of Fort Wayne in 1809, William Henry Harrison angered the Shawnee chief Tecumseh by

Accepted Answer

A)  negotiating with chiefs who had no legitimate claims to the land they ceded to the U.S. government. 
B)  agreeing to exchange the land in Indiana only for less-fertile land west of the Mississippi River. 
C)  offering him gold and silver in exchange for land that Tecumseh claimed was "owned" only by the Great Spirit. 
D)  threatening to kill Tecumseh's brother Tenskwatawa in retaliation for the Battle of Tippecanoe. 
A)  negotiating with chiefs who had no legitimate claims to the land they ceded to the U.S. government. 
B)  agreeing to exchange the land in Indiana only for less-fertile land west of the Mississippi River. 
C)  offering him gold and silver in exchange for land that Tecumseh claimed was "owned" only by the Great Spirit. 
D)  threatening to kill Tecumseh's brother Tenskwatawa in retaliation for the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Question 10

Identify the main ideas and events that inspired Gabriel's Rebellion in Virginia in 1801.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Slave Rebe

Question 11

President Jefferson believed that which of the following was a proper task for the federal government?

Accepted Answer

A)  Levying internal taxes 
B)  Providing government jobs 
C)  Staffing lighthouses 
D)  Increasing the size of the military 
A)  Levying internal taxes 
B)  Providing government jobs 
C)  Staffing lighthouses 
D)  Increasing the size of the military

Question 12

How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 pass in the House of Representatives?

Accepted Answer

A)  After intense political debate, Henry Clay cast the deciding vote that pushed it through. 
B)  Twenty southern congressmen tipped the balance in favor of the bill. 
C)  Seventeen northern congressmen voted with their southern colleagues to preserve sectional harmony. 
D)  Wisconsin was admitted to the union as a free state in order to preserve sectional balance. 
A)  After intense political debate, Henry Clay cast the deciding vote that pushed it through. 
B)  Twenty southern congressmen tipped the balance in favor of the bill. 
C)  Seventeen northern congressmen voted with their southern colleagues to preserve sectional harmony. 
D)  Wisconsin was admitted to the union as a free state in order to preserve sectional balance.

Question 13

While Andrew Jackson's defeat of the British at New Orleans cemented his status as a military hero, what he did not know at the time was that

Accepted Answer

A)  the British were already planning to withdraw. 
B)  negotiators had signed a peace agreement two weeks earlier. 
C)  his men had just run out of ammunition. 
D)  his men had decided to return home after this battle. 
A)  the British were already planning to withdraw. 
B)  negotiators had signed a peace agreement two weeks earlier. 
C)  his men had just run out of ammunition. 
D)  his men had decided to return home after this battle.

Question 14

What was the result of the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

A)  It organized an exchange of territory between the United States and England. 
B)  It settled the ongoing dispute over shipping rights. 
C)  It determined the exact boundary between the United States and Florida. 
D)  It settled few of the issues that had led to war. 
A)  It organized an exchange of territory between the United States and England. 
B)  It settled the ongoing dispute over shipping rights. 
C)  It determined the exact boundary between the United States and Florida. 
D)  It settled few of the issues that had led to war.

Question 15

According to Jefferson, the source of true freedom in America was the

Accepted Answer

A)  independent farmer. 
B)  rising class of urban merchants. 
C)  political party system. 
D)  property qualifications for voting. 
A)  independent farmer. 
B)  rising class of urban merchants. 
C)  political party system. 
D)  property qualifications for voting.

Question 16

What was the legal doctrine of feme covert, and how did it apply to enslaved African American women?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Common Law

Question 17

What event convinced Andrew Jackson that John Quincy Adams became president as the result of a "corrupt bargain"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clay's letters to Adams were leaked to the press. 
B)  A newspaper revealed that Adams had paid off Clay. 
C)  Adams only appointed his own supporters to cabinet positions. 
D)  Adams made Clay his secretary of state. 
A)  Clay's letters to Adams were leaked to the press. 
B)  A newspaper revealed that Adams had paid off Clay. 
C)  Adams only appointed his own supporters to cabinet positions. 
D)  Adams made Clay his secretary of state.

Question 18

The politics of race produced the most divisive issue during James Monroe's term. Discuss the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and how it highlighted the country's ability to compromise as well as laid the foundation for future conflict.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Missouri:

Question 19

What did the social environment created by Madison's White House reveal about the role of women and domestic life in early American politics?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Dolley Mad

Question 20

What did state legislatures do when faced with the opportunity to rewrite the laws regulating domestic relations?

Accepted Answer

A)  They redrafted old British laws in light of republican principles. 
B)  They did little to change any laws relating to domestic relations. 
C)  They took an active role in promoting domestic equality in the private sphere. 
D)  They emphasized gender equality in the public sphere. 
A)  They redrafted old British laws in light of republican principles. 
B)  They did little to change any laws relating to domestic relations. 
C)  They took an active role in promoting domestic equality in the private sphere. 
D)  They emphasized gender equality in the public sphere.

Exam 10: Republicans in Power

Why did Thomas Jefferson criticize Alexander Hamilton's vision of government?

In 1820, the courses and reading lists at the top female academies

Match the term with the definition. -Legal doctrine grounded in British common law that held that a wife's civic life was subsumed by her husband's. Married women lacked independence to own property, make contracts, or keep wages earned. The doctrine shaped women's status in the early republic.

Match the term with the definition. -1803 Supreme Court case that established the concept of judicial review in finding that parts of the Judiciary Act of 1789 were in conflict with the Constitution. The Supreme Court assumed legal authority to overrule acts of other branches of the government.

Match the term with the definition. -1803 purchase of French territory west of the Mississippi River that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. The purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States and opened the way for future American expansion west.

How did Henry Clay come to find himself in such an influential position regarding the outcome of the presidential election of 1824? Why did he support John Quincy Adams?

Why did Federalist Alexander Hamilton support Jefferson over Aaron Burr as the presidential election of 1800 played out in the House of Representatives?

What did British soldiers do once they entered Washington, D.C., in 1814?

In negotiating the Treaty of Fort Wayne in 1809, William Henry Harrison angered the Shawnee chief Tecumseh by

Identify the main ideas and events that inspired Gabriel's Rebellion in Virginia in 1801.

President Jefferson believed that which of the following was a proper task for the federal government?

How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 pass in the House of Representatives?

While Andrew Jackson's defeat of the British at New Orleans cemented his status as a military hero, what he did not know at the time was that

What was the result of the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812?

According to Jefferson, the source of true freedom in America was the

What was the legal doctrine of feme covert, and how did it apply to enslaved African American women?

What event convinced Andrew Jackson that John Quincy Adams became president as the result of a "corrupt bargain"?

The politics of race produced the most divisive issue during James Monroe's term. Discuss the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and how it highlighted the country's ability to compromise as well as laid the foundation for future conflict.

What did the social environment created by Madison's White House reveal about the role of women and domestic life in early American politics?

What did state legislatures do when faced with the opportunity to rewrite the laws regulating domestic relations?

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