Deck 8: Inventing Republics in the Age of Revolutions, 1789-1819

Question 1

The Southwest Ordinance​

A)forbade slavery.
B)ceded Indian land to the Cherokee.
C)was passed in 1795.
D)was carried out in anticipation of the spread of plantation agriculture.
E)was never passed by Congress formally.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The Congress of Vienna was a European diplomatic attempt to settle one hundred years of international warfare.​

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The first U.S. best seller was​

A)Charlotte: A Tale of Truth.
B)The American Spelling Book.
C)Secret History.
D)The Contrast
E)None of these are correct.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In response to the distilled spiritstax, farmers in Pennsylvania initiated the

A)Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
B)Whiskey Rebellion.
C)Southwest Ordinance.
D)Treaty of Grenville.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 5

In response to Spanish efforts to draw American citizens into its empire in North America, the United States swiftly admitted  _________________  as new states.

A)Ohio and Kentucky
B)Kentucky and Tennessee
C)Kansas and Tennessee
D)Tennessee and Missouri
E)Missouri and Kentucky

Question 6

As a tribute to their heritage, Americans kept the British spelling of words for the first century after independence.

Question 7

As a result of independence, American merchants lost the protectionof the British Navy and were captured and enslaved by the Barbary States.

Question 8

_________________  authored The American Spelling Book.​

A)Benjamin Franklin
B)Alexander Hamilton
C)Noah Webster
D)George Washington
E)Thomas Jefferson

Question 9

Which of the following is true about Alexander Hamilton?​

A)He wanted the United States to turn into a manufacturing nation.
B)He believed in a loose construction interpretation of the Constitution.
C)He introduced the idea of a national bank.
D)He proposed an excise tax on distilled spirits.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 10

The expansion of the cotton frontier had little effect on the institution of slavery.​

Question 11

Within the Estates General in France, the first estate had the highest tax burden.

Question 12

Thomas Jefferson believed in a strict construction of the Constitution, which permits the federal government only those powers specifically mentioned.

Question 13

The idea of nullification advanced the notion that a state could refuse to enforce or obey federal laws that it deemed unconstitutional.

Question 14

The issue that divided the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans during the years of the early republic were not identical to those that had separated Federalists and Anti-Federalists​ during the constitutional debates.

Question 15

Alexander Hamilton placed little emphasis on the payment of the U.S. government's debt.​

Question 16

Heads of departments appointed by the president became known as the _________________ system of advisors.​

A)checks and balances
B)limited powers
C)cabinet
D)executive order
E)None of these are correct.

Question 17

_________________  tried to undermine the United States by luring American citizens into Upper Canada.​

A)France
B)Great Britain
C)Spain
D)Holland
E)None of these are correct.

Question 18

Washington's two most influential advisors were​ Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and

A)Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
B)Vice President John Adams.
C)Secretary of War Henry Knox.
D)Chief Justice John Jay.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 19

The first U.S. Census was taken in

A)1800.
B)1795.
C)1792.
D)1790.
E)1805.

Question 20

In their voyage across the Louisiana Territory, Lewis and Clark were in search of the Northwest Passage​.

Question 21

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano was

A)an autobiography of a prisoner in the Bastille.
B)a slave narrative.
C)a treatise on Enlightenment ideals.
D)the travel account of a merchant who sailed the Caribbean.
E)the biography of a free black man who lived in New England.

Question 22

Federalists​

A)favored a weak national government.
B)wanted a passive citizenry that deferred to its leaders.
C)did not want the privileged to run the national government.
D)were supported in agrarian areas.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 23

Rights of Man was published by

A)King Louis XVI.
B)Thomas Paine.
C)Marquis de Lafayette.
D)Thomas Jefferson.
E)Benjamin Franklin.

Question 24

Impressment was the practice whereby​

A)Americans took over unclaimed land in the frontier.
B)American merchants overtook merchant ships sailing under the flag of another nation.
C)British subjects were seized from merchant vessels and forced into service for the British Royal Navy.
D)people from humble backgrounds petitioned legislators.
E)newspaper editors criticized political officials for moral infractions.

Question 25

When the French Revolution resonated in the Caribbean, _________________  led a revolution that overturned slavery and gained its independence.​

A)Jamaica
B)Saint Domingue
C)Barbados
D)Cuba
E)Antigua

Question 26

Black Laws​

A)protected African-American slaves from cruel punishment.
B)reduced free black men and women to a permanent underclass.
C)provided procedures through which slaves could gain their freedom.
D)stated that slaves hired out as laborers must keep a percentage of their earnings.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 27

Which of the following is not​  true about Liberia and Sierra Leone?

A)Both were colonies for free slaves.
B)Liberia was an American colony and Sierra Leone was a British colony.
C)Both were located in Africa.
D)Both were established in the early 1800s.​
E)None of these are correct.

Question 28

The Estates General was​

A)a group of protesters who stormed the Bastille.
B)a French representative body that convened in 1789 after not having done so for 175 years.
C)King Louis XVI's advisors.
D)a delegation of American ambassadors who met with French diplomats in the 1790s.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 29

The purpose of the American Colonization Society was to

A)turn the United States into an imperialistic nation with overseas colonies.
B)encourage westward expansion.
C)challenge France and Great Britain for a larger share of international commerce.
D)deport free African-Americans.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 30

The Quasi-War involved​

A)attacks on U.S. merchant ships.
B)attacks on American frontier settlers.
C)an Indian revolt when frontiersmen encroached upon land that was declared Native American property by treaty.
D)a conflict between French and English speaking Canadians.
E)a rivalry between French and British fur traders.

Question 31

Gabriel's Rebellion of 1800 was a revolt organized among​

A)native peoples.
B)urban slaves and free blacks.
C)plantation owners.
D)white urban laborers.
E)white farm workers.

Question 32

Democratic-Republicans​

A)wanted a weaker national government.
B)sought to preserve the revolutionary elements of the Constitution.
C)welcomed trade with the world.
D)welcomed rule by the common people.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 33

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 benefitted​

A)slave owners.
B)run-away slaves.​
C)urban slaves.
D)plantation slaves.
E)slave owners who manumitted their slaves.

Question 34

In his Farewell Address, Washington urged​

A)sacrifice and unity of interest.
B)free trade.
C)neutral politics toward other nations.
D)staying away from party politics.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 35

The Alien and Sedition Acts targeted

A)illegal immigrants entering the United States
B)Americans who were still loyal to the British empire.
C)pro-French newspaper editors.
D)Spanish citizens living on American soil.
E)None of these are correct.​

Question 36

Which of the following is true about Jay's Treaty?​

A)It was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain.
B)It avoided war and maintained commercial ties.
C)It was opposed in Congress by those who felt it violated the alliance with France.​
D)It was negotiated between 1794 and 1795.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 37

The Haitian Revolution was led by

A)the Marquis de Lafayette.
B)Olaudah Equiano.
C)Toussaint L'Ouverture.
D)King Louis XVI.
E)Olympe De Gouges.

Question 38

Affairs of honor refers to

A)portrayals of political officials in print media.
B)an ideal kept in mind when legislators drafted bills.
C)dueling.
D)code of morality kept by the elite.
E)None of these are  correct.

Question 39

The Quasi-War was an undeclared conflict between the United States and

A)Great Britain​.
B)France.
C)Spain.
D)The Netherlands.
E)Portugal.

Question 40

The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen​ was written by

A)Olympe de Gouges.
B)Susanna Haswell Rowson.
C)Judith Sargeant Murray.
D)Mary Wollstonecraft.
E)None of the above.

Question 41

The Battle of New Orleans

A)took place on January 8, 1815.
B)took place after the War of 1812 had officially ended.
C)was a victory for American forces.
D)bolstered Andrew Jackson's reputation.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 42

Marbury v. Madison established​

A)executive privilege.
B)nullification.
C)judicial review.
D)the notion of separate but equal.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 43

The Embargo Act​ of 1807

A)cut off U.S. foreign trade.
B)helped the U.S. economy.
C)was enacted in France.
D)affected merchants, although sailors and dockworkers were able to find other kinds of work.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 44

The Treaty of _________________  officially ended the War of 1812.

A)Paris
B)Ghent
C)London
D)Greenville.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 45

Civilizing missions involved​

A)Indians coexisting with Americans.
B)Indians converting to Protestant Christianity.
C)pushing native groups towards a system of centralized political authority.
D)Indians converting to American family and farming patterns.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 46

The United States officially ended the importation of slaves in

A)1807.
B)1808.
C)1810.
D)1820.
E)1815.​

Question 47

The cotton gin facilitated the process of

A)harvesting cotton.
B)separating seeds from cotton.
C)packing cotton into bales.
D)planting cotton.
E)fertilizing cotton seeds.

Question 48

The Transcontinental Treaty

A)was also known as the Adams-Onis Treaty.
B)was a treaty between Spain and the United States.
C)made Florida part of the United States.
D)was signed in 1819.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 49

In 1814, Britain launched its most striking attack against the United States when it attacked

A)Boston.
B)Philadelphia.
C)New York.
D)Washington, D.C.
E)New Orleans.

Question 50

The War of 1812​

A)had little impact on the United States.
B)eventually led to more factionalism among Americans.
C)helped create a new sense of patriotic loyalty among Americans.
D)made Americans less prone to identify with patriotic symbols or images.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 51

The election of 1800 was a victory for

A)Federalists.
B)slaves.
C)Democratic-Republicans.
D)Native Americans.
E)merchants

Question 52

The Louisiana Purchase happened under _________________  administration.

A)James Monroe's
B)Thomas Jefferson's
C)John Quincy Adam's
D)John Adam's
E)Andrew Jackson's

Question 53

The Battle of Tippecanoe​

A)was a victory for American forces.
B)took place in Prophetstown.
C)led Tecumseh to ally with the British.
D)took place in 1811.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 54

The cotton gin was invented by

A)Thomas Jefferson.
B)Benjamin Franklin.
C)Eli Whitney.
D)William Clark.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 55

The Spanish Constitution of 1812

A)created a unified Spanish nation spanning the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
B)gave the vote to most free adult males.
C)excluded anyone with African ancestry from full rights.
D)created a freer press.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 56

The first target of the U.S. offensive in the War of 1812 was

A)ports in the British Caribbean.
B)Canada.
C)British naval vessels.
D)native groups allied with the British.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 57

The Treaty of Fort Jackson

A)gave the United States two-thirds of Creek territory.
B)solidified an alliance between the United States and the Spanish.
C)forced the United States to cede land to native peoples.
D)was a treaty between the United States and the British.
E)created an alliance between the United States and the Red Sticks.

Question 58

Accommodation involved native peoples

A)swearing allegiance to other countries other than the United States.
B)casting off all aspects of American culture.
C)adopting certain social, cultural and economic interventions to maintain land and political authority.
D)ceding vast amounts of land to avoid warfare.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 59

Which of the following is true about the Louisiana Purchase?​

A)It took place in 1803.
B)Napoleon sold the Louisiana territory to the United States.
C)Napoleon needed a means to fund imperial conquest in Europe.
D)New Orleans was not as valuable to the French as a port after the Haitian Revolution.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 60

According to The Prophet, _________________  was to blame for their suffering.

A)tensions between native peoples
B)Indian adoption of U.S culture
C)American political policies
D)greed on the part of frontier farmers
E)None of these are correct.

Question 61

Talk about: cabinet?

Question 62

Talk about:  Alexander Hamilton​

Question 63

Talk about:  French Revolution​

Question 64

Talk about:  seduction novels​

Question 65

Talk about:  Whiskey Rebellion​

Question 66

Talk about:  Southwest Ordinance​

Question 67

Talk about:  Late Loyalists​

Question 68

Talk about: Treaty of Greenville

Question 69

Talk about:  Canada Constitutional Act of 1791​

Question 70

Talk about:  annuities?

Question 71

Talk about:  Bank of the United States​

Question 72

Talk about:  loose construction​

Question 73

Talk about:  Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen​

Question 74

Talk about:  Olympe de Gouges​

Question 75

Talk about:  Noah Webster​

Question 76

Talk about:  strict construction​

Question 77

Talk about:  excise?

Question 78

Talk about:  Thomas Jefferson

Question 79

Talk about:  Treaty of Nogales​

Question 80

Talk about:  Battle of Fallen Timbers​