Chapter 10 Flashcards
In negotiating the Treaty of Fort Wayne in 1809, William Henry Harrison angered the Shawnee chief Tecumseh by
negotiating with chiefs who had no legitimate claims to the land they ceded to the U.S. government.
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
negotiators had signed a peace agreement two weeks earlier.
The Shawnee chief Tecumseh responded to the many challenges facing Native Americans in the early republic by
proudly embracing Native American traditions.
What did British soldiers do once they entered Washington, D.C., in 1814?
They set fire to much of the city, including the White House.
What event convinced Andrew Jackson that John Quincy Adams became president as the result of a “corrupt bargain”?
Adams made Clay his secretary of state.
Which activity was open to single women in every state in the early republic?
Paying taxes
In the 1790s, which state became the first to enfranchise all adult males?
Vermont
How did the War of 1812 and the Hartford Convention affect the Federalist party?
The Federalist party died as a political force after opposing a popular war.
Which group suffered the greatest losses in the War of 1812?
Indians
How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 pass in the House of Representatives?
Seventeen northern congressmen voted with their southern colleagues to preserve sectional harmony.
Why did slave marriages avoid the unequal power relationships characteristic of white marriages?
Slaves could not enter into legal contractual obligations.
Why did Thomas Jefferson criticize Alexander Hamilton’s vision of government?
Jefferson thought it promoted the interests of greedy speculators and profiteers.
Most of the young congressmen known as War Hawks were from
the West and South.
Why did Federalist Alexander Hamilton support Jefferson over Aaron Burr as the presidential election of 1800 played out in the House of Representatives?
Hamilton believed that Burr would be more dangerous to the presidency.
President Jefferson believed that which of the following was a proper task for the federal government?
Staffing lighthouses
What did state legislatures do when faced with the opportunity to rewrite the laws regulating domestic relations?
They did little to change any laws relating to domestic relations.
Why were James Tallmadge Jr.’s amendments to the Missouri statehood bill of 1819 controversial?
They would have made Missouri a free state.
Why did congressmen from New England and some Mid-Atlantic states oppose war with Great Britain in 1812?
They feared the war would hurt commerce.
According to Jefferson, the source of true freedom in America was the
independent farmer.
What did Thomas Jefferson mean when he referred to his successful bid for the presidency in 1800 as the “revolution of 1800”?
It represented a thorough yet peaceful repudiation of the Federalists.
What was the result of the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812?
It settled few of the issues that had led to war.
What was Henry Clay’s “American System”?
A package of protective tariffs to promote manufacturing and federal expenditures for internal improvements
What was the lasting effect of the Marbury v. Madison (1803) Supreme Court decision?
The court claimed to the right to disallow a law on the grounds that it was unconstitutional.
By 1820, divorce in the United States
was possible in most states.
