Question 1

The Chesapeake affair involved the flagrant use of

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A)  patronage. 
B)  impeachment. 
C)  judicial review. 
D)  impressment. 
E)  naval blockades. 
A)  patronage. 
B)  impeachment. 
C)  judicial review. 
D)  impressment. 
E)  naval blockades.

Question 2

The difference in price between what Jefferson had authorized his negotiators to pay for New Orleans and West Florida and what they actually paid for all of Louisiana was

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A)  negligible. 
B)  $150 million. 
C)  $25 million. 
D)  $100 million. 
E)  $5 million 
A)  negligible. 
B)  $150 million. 
C)  $25 million. 
D)  $100 million. 
E)  $5 million

Question 3

With Jefferson's refusal to use the presidency to dispense generously patronage positions and offices in government to his political supporters, the Democratic-Republican Party

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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 even as the Federalist Party began to fade and lose power. 
E)  sought to extend the Alien and Sedition Acts to punish their enemies. 
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 even as the Federalist Party began to fade and lose power. 
E)  sought to extend the Alien and Sedition Acts to punish their enemies.

Question 4

When it came to the major Federalist economic programs, Thomas Jefferson as president

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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)  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.

Question 5

In the election of 1800, the Federalists accused Thomas Jefferson of all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  having robbed a widow of her trust fund. 
B)  having fathered numerous mulatto children by his own slave women. 
C)  being an atheist. 
D)  conspiring with Aaron Burr to have Spain attack the United States. 
E)  having robbed children of their trust funds. 
A)  having robbed a widow of her trust fund. 
B)  having fathered numerous mulatto children by his own slave women. 
C)  being an atheist. 
D)  conspiring with Aaron Burr to have Spain attack the United States. 
E)  having robbed children of their trust funds.

Question 6

Set the following statement in its historical context: "The day France takes possession of New Orleans we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation." Why was Thomas Jefferson so alarmed?

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The statement "The day France takes poss

Question 7

Thomas Jefferson saw his election and his mission as president to include all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  to return to the original spirit of the revolution. 
B)  restore the republican experiment. 
C)  check the growth of government power. 
D)  halt the decay of virtue. 
E)  support the establishment of a strong army and navy to advance the imperialist ambitions of the United States. 
A)  to return to the original spirit of the revolution. 
B)  restore the republican experiment. 
C)  check the growth of government power. 
D)  halt the decay of virtue. 
E)  support the establishment of a strong army and navy to advance the imperialist ambitions of the United States.

Question 8

The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans presented themselves as all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  believers in a strong central government. 
B)  strict constructionists. 
C)  protectors of agrarian purity. 
D)  unmitigated opponents of the federal excise tax on whiskey. 
E)  strong supporters of state's rights. 
A)  believers in a strong central government. 
B)  strict constructionists. 
C)  protectors of agrarian purity. 
D)  unmitigated opponents of the federal excise tax on whiskey. 
E)  strong supporters of state's rights.

Question 9

In the 1800 presidential election, Thomas Jefferson won the deadlocked election because

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A)  of the decisive political opposition among members of the House of Representatives against Alexander Hamilton, Jefferson's political rival. 
B)  a few Federalists, unwilling to elect Aaron Burr as president, decided to abstain from voting in the House of Representatives, throwing the presidential election to Jefferson. 
C)  of the high taxes passed by the Adams administration. 
D)  Napoleon promised to sell the Louisiana Territory only to Jefferson. 
E)  Jefferson had a natural appeal for New York's urban ethnic voters. 
A)  of the decisive political opposition among members of the House of Representatives against Alexander Hamilton, Jefferson's political rival. 
B)  a few Federalists, unwilling to elect Aaron Burr as president, decided to abstain from voting in the House of Representatives, throwing the presidential election to Jefferson. 
C)  of the high taxes passed by the Adams administration. 
D)  Napoleon promised to sell the Louisiana Territory only to Jefferson. 
E)  Jefferson had a natural appeal for New York's urban ethnic voters.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of Meriwether Lewis.

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Thomas Jefferson's personal se

Question 11

Of the following, the only argument NOT put forward by the war hawks as a justification for a declaration of war against Britain was that

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A)  the British armed Indians and incited them to raid frontier settlements. 
B)  British impressment policies were an affront to American nationalism. 
C)  Britain's commercial restrictions had come close to destroying America's profitable New England shipping business. 
D)  British Canada and Spanish Florida were attractive and easily obtainable prizes of war. 
E)  the orders in council stopped the flow of Western farm products to Europe. 
A)  the British armed Indians and incited them to raid frontier settlements. 
B)  British impressment policies were an affront to American nationalism. 
C)  Britain's commercial restrictions had come close to destroying America's profitable New England shipping business. 
D)  British Canada and Spanish Florida were attractive and easily obtainable prizes of war. 
E)  the orders in council stopped the flow of Western farm products to Europe.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of William Marbury.

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Justice given an appointment b

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of judicial review.

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The Supreme Court power to rev

Question 14

Thomas Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France because

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A)  the Federalists supported his action. 
B)  he was concerned that the purchase of the Louisiana Territory could arguably be considered to be 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 excuse to declare war on the United States. 
A)  the Federalists supported his action. 
B)  he was concerned that the purchase of the Louisiana Territory could arguably be considered to be 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 excuse to declare war on the United States.

Question 15

Who served as the crucial guide(s), aiding Lewis and Clark in their expedition through the Louisiana Territory?

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A)  The Mandan Indians 
B)  The Shoshone woman Sacajawea 
C)  A battalion of U.S. Marines 
D)  A battalion of the U.S. Army 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  The Mandan Indians 
B)  The Shoshone woman Sacajawea 
C)  A battalion of U.S. Marines 
D)  A battalion of the U.S. Army 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 16

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) war hawks enter Congress, (B) declaration of war on Britain, (C) Embargo Act, and (D) Battle of Tippecanoe.

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A)  A, B, C, D 
B)  C, A, D, B 
C)  B, C, A, D 
D)  B, A, D, C 
E)  B, C, D, A 
A)  A, B, C, D 
B)  C, A, D, B 
C)  B, C, A, D 
D)  B, A, D, C 
E)  B, C, D, A

Question 17

Thomas Jefferson and his political supporters opposed John Adams's last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because

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A)  the judges appointed were viewed by Jefferson and his political supporters as incompetent. 
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 the Federalists, who had been defeated in the congressional and presidential elections of 1800, to maintain political influence in the federal government. 
E)  these judges were superfluous in a federal judiciary with relatively few civil and criminal cases being filed and tried each year. 
A)  the judges appointed were viewed by Jefferson and his political supporters as incompetent. 
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 the Federalists, who had been defeated in the congressional and presidential elections of 1800, to maintain political influence in the federal government. 
E)  these judges were superfluous in a federal judiciary with relatively few civil and criminal cases being filed and tried each year.

Question 18

New England Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada because

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A)  there were too many French immigrants and frontiersmen there. 
B)  Canadian business would prove too competitive to New England Federalists' economic interests. 
C)  it was too agrarian and would give more votes to the Democratic-Republicans. 
D)  they believed that the Canadians could never become Americanized. 
E)  they feared that the hostile Indians who lived there would prove to be too difficult to suppress. 
A)  there were too many French immigrants and frontiersmen there. 
B)  Canadian business would prove too competitive to New England Federalists' economic interests. 
C)  it was too agrarian and would give more votes to the Democratic-Republicans. 
D)  they believed that the Canadians could never become Americanized. 
E)  they feared that the hostile Indians who lived there would prove to be too difficult to suppress.

Question 19

In 1812, President James Madison turned to war

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A)  to guarantee his reelection. 
B)  due to his extreme hatred of Great Britain. 
C)  to fulfill alliance obligations with France. 
D)  to fulfill alliance obligations with nationhood Spain. 
E)  because he came to believe that only a vigorous, aggressive assertion of American political and economic rights could demonstrate the viability of American nationhood and the republican experiment in the United States. 
A)  to guarantee his reelection. 
B)  due to his extreme hatred of Great Britain. 
C)  to fulfill alliance obligations with France. 
D)  to fulfill alliance obligations with nationhood Spain. 
E)  because he came to believe that only a vigorous, aggressive assertion of American political and economic rights could demonstrate the viability of American nationhood and the republican experiment in the United States.

Question 20

The case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) established that the Constitution mandated that the Supreme Court and not Congress nor the president of the United States had the authority

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A)  to commit the United States to entangling alliances. 
B)  to impeach federal executive branch officers for "high crimes and misdemeanors." 
C)  to determine the meaning of the Constitution. 
D)  to purchase foreign territory for the United States. 
E)  to impeach other Supreme Court justices. 
A)  to commit the United States to entangling alliances. 
B)  to impeach federal executive branch officers for "high crimes and misdemeanors." 
C)  to determine the meaning of the Constitution. 
D)  to purchase foreign territory for the United States. 
E)  to impeach other Supreme Court justices.

Exam 10: The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Chesapeake affair involved the flagrant use of

The difference in price between what Jefferson had authorized his negotiators to pay for New Orleans and West Florida and what they actually paid for all of Louisiana was

With Jefferson's refusal to use the presidency to dispense generously patronage positions and offices in government to his political supporters, the Democratic-Republican Party

When it came to the major Federalist economic programs, Thomas Jefferson as president

In the election of 1800, the Federalists accused Thomas Jefferson of all of the following EXCEPT

Set the following statement in its historical context: "The day France takes possession of New Orleans we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation." Why was Thomas Jefferson so alarmed?

Thomas Jefferson saw his election and his mission as president to include all of the following EXCEPT

The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans presented themselves as all of the following EXCEPT

In the 1800 presidential election, Thomas Jefferson won the deadlocked election because

Identify and state the historical significance of Meriwether Lewis.

Of the following, the only argument NOT put forward by the war hawks as a justification for a declaration of war against Britain was that

Identify and state the historical significance of William Marbury.

Identify and state the historical significance of judicial review.

Thomas Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France because

Who served as the crucial guide(s), aiding Lewis and Clark in their expedition through the Louisiana Territory?

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) war hawks enter Congress, (B) declaration of war on Britain, (C) Embargo Act, and (D) Battle of Tippecanoe.

Thomas Jefferson and his political supporters opposed John Adams's last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because

New England Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada because

In 1812, President James Madison turned to war

The case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) established that the Constitution mandated that the Supreme Court and not Congress nor the president of the United States had the authority

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The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

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The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

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Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

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