Deck 7: Consolidating the Revolution

Question 1

During the immediate postwar years, most white Americans viewed the Native Americans of the interior as

A) rival members of independent nations.
B) equal partners in western settlement.
C) conquered peoples.
D) potential converts to Christian civilization.

Answer 1

conquered peoples.

Question 2

Because of the activities of Handsome Lake, the Iroquois

A) returned to the war path.
B) reclaimed western lands.
C) regained hope and self-confidence.
D) ceded most of their lands to the United States and retreated to small reservations.

Answer 2

ceded most of their lands to the United States and retreated to small reservations.

Question 3

The Iroquois, in particular, resisted white

A) disease.
B) Christianity
C) loss of traditional life ways.
D) lack of self-confidence.

Answer 3

Christianity

Question 4

The Federalists argued that a stronger national government was necessary to

A) establish public credit.
B) extend American trade.
C) spur economic recovery.
D) protect national interests.

Question 5

Human travel was the only means of mass communication across space in the early American Republic.

Question 6

Robert Fulton invented the railroad locomotive.

Question 7

The number of newspapers steadily decreased over time in the early United States.

Question 8

In the 1790s, the United States experienced a religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.

Question 9

The Second Great Awakening was confined to New England.

Question 10

Methodists and Baptists were particularly energized by the Second Great Awakening.

Question 11

George Washington's birthday unified the nation in the early 1800s.

Question 12

At the urging of President Madison, Congress passed America's first ________: a set of duties on imported goods designed to protect American manufacturing.

Question 13

Leading the Supreme Court during the early 1800s, _______ left an indelible stamp upon early American government.

Question 14

In the case of ____________ (1803), the Court established the principle of judicial review.

Question 15

In the case of ________(1816), the Court claimed appellate jurisdiction over the decisions of state courts. .

Question 16

President James Madison launched a __________network of roads and canals.

Question 17

In the case of __________ (1816), the Court took a loose view of the construction of the Constitution.

Question 18

South Carolina's ________was a War Hawk regarding the War of 1812.

Question 19

Congressional opposition to Madison's call for a war against the British in 1812 came primarily from the ________ states.

Question 20

During the War of 1812, the British Navy ________American ports.

Question 21

The ________ was an example of organized domestic resistance to American involvement in the War of 1812.