Chapter 11

Question 1

One of the greatest problems that John Adams and the Federalists faced in the election of 1800 was

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Adams’s refusal to take the country to war against France

Question 2

In the election of 1800, the Federalists did not accuse Thomad Jefferson of

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Supporting high taxes

Question 3

In the 1800 election, Thomas Jefferson won the state of New York because

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Aaron Burr used his influence to turn the state to Jefferson

Question 4

The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans did not present themselves as

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Believers in a strong central government

Question 5

Thomas Jefferson received the bulk of his support from the

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South and West

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In 1800, Jefferson was chosen president by the

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House of Representatives

Question 7

Thomas Jefferson’s “Revolution of 1800” was remarkable in that it

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Marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties

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Thomas Jefferson saw his election am his mission as president not to include

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Support the establishment of a strong army

Question 9

As president, Jeffetson’s stand on several political issues that he had previously championed

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Was reversed

Question 10

Jefferson’s presidency was characterized by his

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Moderation in the administration of public policy

Question 11

Jefferson and his followers opposed Adam’s last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because

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It was an attempt by a defeated party to entrench itself in the government

Question 12

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

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Left practically all of them intact

Question 13

The Chief Justice who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government was

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John Marshall

Question 14

As Chief Justice of the United States, John Marshall helped to ensure that

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The political and economic systems were based on a strong central government

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The case of Marbury v. Madison involved the question of who had the right to

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Declare an act of Congress constitutional

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John Marshall, as Chief Justice of the United States, helped to strengthen the judicial branch of government by

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Asserting the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislature

Question 17

Jefferson’s failed attempt to impeach an convict Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase for “high crimes and misdemeanors” meant that

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Judicial independence and the separation of powers had been preserved

Question 18

Jefferson distrusted large standing armies because they

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Could be used to establish a dictatorship

Question 19

Jefferson saw navies as less dangerous than armies because

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They could not match inland and endanger liberties

Question 20

Jefferson’s first major foreign-policy decision was to

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Send a naval squadron to the Mediterranean

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Jefferson ceased his opposition to the expansion of the navy when the

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Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States

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To gaurd American shores, Thomas Jefferson

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Constructed two hundred tiny gunboats

Question 23

Arrange the events in order: Louisiana Purchase, Chesapeake incident, Burr’s trial for treason, Embargo Act

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Louisiana Purchase, Burr’s trial for treason, Chesapeake incident, Embargo Act

Question 24

Napoleon chose to sell Lousiana to the United States because

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He had suffered misfortunes in Santo Domingo, he hoped that the territory would one day helps American to thwart the ambitions of the British, he did not want to drive America into the arms of the British, and yellow fever killed many French troops

Question 25

Jefferson had authorized American negotiators to purchase only ____ and ____ from France

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New Orleans and the Floridas

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

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He believed that the purchase was unconstitutional

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Lewis and Clark’s expedition through the Lousiana Purchase territory did not yield

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Treaties with several Indian nations

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Lewis and Clark demonstrated the viability of

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An overland trail to the Pacific

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After killing Hamilton in a duel, Burr

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Plotted to divide the United States

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The British policy of impressment was a kind of

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Forced enlistment

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The Chesapeake incident involved the flagrant use of

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Impressment

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President Jefferson’s foreign policy of economic coercion

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Stimulated manufacturing in the United States

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Macon’s Bill No. 2

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Permitted trade with all nations but promised that if either Britain or France lifted its commercial restrictions on American trade, the United States would stop trading with the other

Question 34

President Madison made a major foreign-policy’s stake when he

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Accepted Napoleon’s promise to recognize America’s rights

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By 1810, the most insistent demand for a declaration of war against Britain came from

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The West and South

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The only arguement not put forward by the war hawks as justification for a declaration of war against Britain was that

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Britian’s commercial restrictions had come close to destroying America’s profitable New England shipping business

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Tecumseh argued that the Indians should

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Not cede control of land to whites unless all Indians agreed

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Native American Leader Tecumseh was killed in 1813 at the

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Battle of Thames

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In 1812, Madison turned to war

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To restore confidence in the republican experiment

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Seafaring New England opposed the War of 1813 because of the following except

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Their strong trade ties with France

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Once begun, the War of 1812 was supported strongly by

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the West and South

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Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada because

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It was too agrarian and would give more votes to the Democratic-Republicans

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During the War of 1812, New England states

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Lent more money and sent more food to the British army than to the American army

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Before he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall’s service at Valley Forge during the American Revolution convinced him

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Of the drawback of feeble central authority

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To deal with British and French violations of America’s neutrality, Jefferson

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Enacted an economic embargo