Chapter 11 Midterm

Question 1

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

Answer 1

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

Question 2

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

Answer 2

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 presented themselves as all of the following except

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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

Question 6

In 1800, Thomas 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

Question 8

Thomas Jefferson saw his election an his mission as president to include all of the following except

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Support he establishment of a strong army

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Was reversed

Question 10

Thomas Jefferson’s presidency was characterized by his

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Moderation in the administration of public policy

Question 11

Thomas Jefferson and his followers opposed John Adams’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, Thomas Jefferson as president

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Left practically all of them in tact

Question 13

The chief judicial 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

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 drawbacks of feeble central authority

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

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The political and economic system was 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 unconstitutional

Question 17

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 legislation

Question 18

Thomas Jefferson’s failed attempt to impeach and 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 19

Thomas Jefferson distrusted large standing armies because they

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Could be used to establish a dictatorship

Question 20

Thomas Jefferson saw navies as less dangerous than armies because

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They could not march inland and endanger liberties

Question 21

Thomas Jefferson’s first major foreign-policy decision was to

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Send a naval squadron to the Mediterranean

Question 22

Thomas Jefferson ceased his opposition to the expansion of the many when the

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Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States

Question 23

To guard American shores, Thomas Jefferson

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Constructed two hundred tiny gunboats

Question 24

Arrange in order: (A) Louisiana Purchase, (B) Chesapeake incident, (C) Burr’s trial for treason, (D) Embargo Act

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A, C, B, D

Question 25

Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States because

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All of the above

Question 26

Jefferson had authorized American negotiators to purchase only ___ from France.

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New Orleans and the Floridas

Question 27

Thomas 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

Question 28

Lewis and Clark’s expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory yielded all of the following except

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Treaties with several Indian nations

Question 29

Lewis and Clark demonstrated the viability of

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An overland trial to the Pacific

Question 30

After killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel, Aaron 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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To deal with British and French violations of America’s neutrality, Thomas Jefferson

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Enacted an economic embargo

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President Jefferson’s foreign policy of economic coercion

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Stimulated manufacturing in the United States

Question 35

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 36

President James Madison made a major foreign policy mistake when he

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Accepted Napoleon’s promise to recognize America’s rights

Question 37

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

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West and south

Question 38

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

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

Question 39

Tecumseh argued that Indians should

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Not cede control of land to whites unless all Indian agreed

Question 40

Naive American leader Tecumseh was killed in 1813 at the

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Battle of Thames

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In 1812, James Madison turned to war

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To restore confidence in the republican experiment

Question 42

Seafaring New England opposed the War of 1812 because of all of the following except

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Their strong trade ties with France

Question 43

Once begun, the war of 1812 was supported strongly by

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The west and south

Question 44

Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada because

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

Question 45

During the War of 1812, the New England states

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