Chapter 5

Question 1

How did Washington gain support he needed to properly operate the executive branch

Answer 1

Congress created three executive departments to give counsel

Question 2

On what issue were many of the disagreements between Jefferson and Hamilton based

Answer 2

Hamilton’s plan for the economy

Question 3

Which issue caused the first political parties to form

Answer 3

The power and size of the federal government

Question 4

What did James Madison mean when he said we are in a wilderness without a single footstep to guide us?

Answer 4

This is an entirely new form of government. There is no examples to follow.

Question 5

(+ or o) Washington Father no children of his own

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Question 6

The idea of moving the nations capital to a southern site was initiated by

Answer 6

Alexander Hamilton

Question 7

The shortest president in US history was

Answer 7

James Madison

Question 8

An open rebellion started when Hamilton pushed to an excise tax on

Answer 8

Whiskey

Question 9

Under the constitution the nations first capital is located in

Answer 9

New York

Question 10

The governments, early law, which provided for Supreme Court consisting of a chief justice, and five associate justice was the

Answer 10

Judiciary act of 1789

Question 11

Of the following, who is not one of the engineers/surveyors who laid out the new capital of Washington DC

Answer 11

Roger Sherman

Question 12

(+ or o) the idea of a national bank, was supported by those who favored a straight interpretation of the constitution

Answer 12

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Question 13

(+ or o) Washington personally owned many slaves

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Question 14

Alexander Hamilton’s most bitter arrival was

Answer 14

Thomas Jefferson

Question 15

What was one of the most important foreign policy questions that the young U.S. faced in the late 1700s?

Answer 15

Should the U.S. support the French Revolution

Question 16

Why was Little Turtle replaced as leader of his people?

Answer 16

He urged his people to seek peace with the white settlers

Question 17

Why was the XYZ Affair considered an insult to the Americans

Answer 17

The French government tried to charge US officials money to see the French foreign minister

Question 18

George Washington died of

Answer 18

a severe cold

Question 19

The Alien and Sedition Acts were laws created to counter what the US government saw as

Answer 19

French, and other European’s interference with United States national interest

Question 20

The 2nd United States President was

Answer 20

John Adams

Question 21

On April 22,1793 President Washington issued the declaration of neutrality, which stated that

Answer 21

The US would not enter into the war between Britain and France.

Question 22

Because the Democratic Republicans saw the Alien and Sedition Acts as serious misuse of power on the part of the federal government, they issued the

Answer 22

Nullification Act

Question 23

The placing of interest of one religion over those of the nation as a whole is known as

Answer 23

sectionalism

Question 24

John Jay’s Treaty provided an agreement between the United States and

Answer 24

Great Britain over the area west of the Appalachian

Question 25

(+ or o) General Anthony Wayne was responsible for winning the Ohio territory from the Native Americans of the Miami Confederation

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Question 26

In 1795 the United States signed a treaty with Spain in which Spain gave up all claims to land east of Mississippi. The treaty was negotiated by

Answer 26

Thomas Pickney

Question 27

(+ or o) Edmond Genet was a French diplomat sent to the US to win support for the cause of the French Revolution, and their war against England

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Question 28

What caused the 12th Amendment to be passed

Answer 28

the deadlock in the 1800 presidential election

Question 29

Why was the case of Marbury v Madison important

Answer 29

it affirmed the Supreme Court's ability to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional

Question 30

At first, why did Jefferson want to buy New Orleans and western Florida from the French?

Answer 30

He didn't want the US to form an alliance with Great Britain

Question 31

The Louisiana Territory was purchased from

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France

Question 32

The Presidential election of 1800 was a bitter struggle between

Answer 32

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

Question 33

(+ or o) The Wilderness Road went through the Cumberland Gap to open the way to the Louisiana Territory

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Question 34

A staunch federalist, and chief justice of the supreme court during the presidencies of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson was a man named

Answer 34

John Marshall

Question 35

(+ or o) The Louisiana Territory was purchased for nine million dollars

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Question 36

The Corps of Discovery was sent by Jefferson to

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explore the Louisiana Territory.

Question 37

The ability of the Supreme Court to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional is called

Answer 37

judiciary procedure

Question 38

The guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition was

Answer 38

Sacajawea

Question 39

The war hawks were a group of congressmen from the South and West. They felt that the war with Great Britain was necessary because the British were supplying weapons to the

Answer 39

Native Americans

Question 40

Why did Tecumseh fight on the side of the British during the War of 1812

Answer 40

He hoped the British would help stop US expansion on the continent

Question 41

Samuel Wilson was a

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meatpacking plant owner who became a symbol of America's honesty and hard work

Question 42

The US President during the War of 1812 was

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James Madison

Question 43

The act of sealing up an enemy's sea port with your naval vessels is called a/an

Answer 43

blockade

Question 44

John C. Calhoun of south Carolina and Henry Clay of Kentucky were leaders of the

Answer 44

War Hawks

Question 45

The practice of impressment was

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Seizing Americans at sea and drafting them into the British navy

Question 46

(+ or o) in 1814 the British burned New Orleans and took control of the Mississippi River

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Question 47

Which of the following was not a result of the War of 1812

Answer 47

The British stopped the practice of impressment

Question 48

Which American general ended the threat of Native American warfare in the South

Answer 48

Andrew Jackson

Question 49

(+ or o) Andrew Jackson's greatest victory in the Battle of New Orleans came after the war was over

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Question 50

What was the name of Washington’s plantation?

Answer 50

Mount Vernon