Chapter 8 Flashcards
Which of the following led directly to the formation of an organized political party opposed to the Federalist Party?
Jay’s Treaty
The Kentucky resolution originally stated that:
States could nullify laws of Congress
Fries’s Rebellion:
Resulted in a loss of support for Federalists in southeastern Pennsylvania
Why did the United States become a one-party nation following the War of 1812?
The Hartford Conventions’s allegedly treasonous activities fatally damaged the Federalist Party’s reputation
Gabriel’s Rebellion:
Demonstrated that the slaves were as aware of the idea of liberty as anyone else
Which of the following is true of the American response to Toussaint L’Ouverture’s slave uprising, which led to the establishment of Haiti as an independent nation in 1804?
Many white Americans considered L’Ouverture’s uprising to be evidence of blacks’ unfitness for republican freedom
Pierre Charles L’Enfant is well known for:
Designing Washington, D.C.
Which of the following contributed to the United States going to war in 1812?
Congressional War Hawks who pressed for territorial expansion into Florida and Canada
The War Hawks in Congress included:
Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
What was the significance of the case of Marbury v. Madison?
The Supreme Court asserted the power of judicial review
Which of the following is true of the Louisiana Purchase?
Jefferson expected the land acquisition to make possible the spread of agrarian republicanism
After becoming president, how did Thomas Jefferson deal with the Federalists?
He tried to roll back almost everything they had done by cutting taxes and the size of government
Which international partner did Alexander Hamilton think most important for the survival and prosperity of the United States?
The British
Which of the following contributed to the poor American performance in the War of 1812?
The nation was deeply divided about whether to go to war
The Sedition Act targeted
The Republican press
Why did Jefferson use the U.S. navy against North African states?
Tripoli had declared war on the United States after Jefferson had refused demands for increased payments to the Barbary pirates
The land involved in the Louisiana Purchase:
Stretch from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada and from Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
When Andrew Jackson had the chance to obtain African-American help to fight the British in the Battle of New Orleans, he:
Recruited free men of color and promised them the same pay that white recruits received
Which of the following was NOT a result of the War of 1812?
The United States gained land in what is now Maine, Vermont, Michigan, and Minnesota, as well as all of modern Florida
When George Washington took office as the first president of the United States, American leaders believed that the new nation’s success depended on:
Maintaining political harmony
The “Strict constructionists” believed:
The federal government could only exercise powers specifically listed in the Constitution
The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were a response to:
The Alien and Sedition Acts
What was unusual about the Embargo Act of 1807?
It stopped all American vessels from sailing to foreign ports- an amazing use of federal power, especially by a president supposedly dedicated to a weak central government
The French Revolution:
Reinforced the Republicans’ sympathy toward the French
The Sedition Act of 1798:
Led Jefferson to argue that states, not the federal government, could punish seditious speech
What happened to King Louis XVI during the French Revolution?
He was executed
The Democratic-Republican Societies of the 1790s
Criticized the Washington administration
The Opponents of Hamilton’s economic plan:
Agreed to a compromise that included placing the national capital in the South
Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman:
Was inspired by Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man
The “quasi-war” was a war of the United States against:
France
Edmond Genet was a French diplomat who:
Commissioned American ships to fight the British
Sacajawea was:
A guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition
Who wrote that he hoped that the purchase of Louisiana would lead to the transplanting of all the Indians from east of the Mississippi to west of the Mississippi?
Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following is NOT true about the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
They never reached the Pacific coast
Which of the following statements is true of New Orleans under Spanish rule?
Slave women had the right to go to court for protection against cruelty or rape by their owners
In its decision in the case of Fletcher v. Peck, the U.S. Supreme Court:
Exercised the authority to overturn a state law that the Court considered in violation of the U.S. Constitution
Which of the following was NOT an objection raised by critics of Hamilton’s proposals?
The proposals would prevent the development of manufacturing, and manufacturing was vital to America’s future
How did Americans respond to the French Revolution?
Almost everyone supported it at first, because the French seemed to be following in Americans’ footsteps
Judith Sargent Murray argued that women’s apparent mental inferiority to men simply reflected the fact that women had been denied:
Educational opportunities
After the War of 1812, Americans were compensated for lost slaves:
By an international arbitration agreement decided by the Russian czar
The 1796 election pitted John Adams and Thomas Pinckney against:
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
The treaty that ended the War of 1812:
Restored the prewar status quo
Which of the following was NOT true of the United States in 1797?
Believing that political parties were wrong, Adams included Jefferson and Hamilton in his government, and they did not get along
Jefferson’s Embargo Act:
Caused economic depression within the United States
Who wrote a petition to Congress as the president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, calling for the end of slavery?
Benjamin Franklin
Which of the following was NOT part of Alexander Hamilton’s financial program?
A national capital city with experimental manufacturing
Benjamin Banneker was:
A scientist who helped survey the new national capital
Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa were brothers who:
Preached a militant message to Native Americans early in the nineteenth century
Alexander Hamilton’s long-term goal was to:
Make the United States a major commercial and military power
Which of the following is true of women and political life in the new republic of the 1790s?
Some women contributed to a growing democratization of political life by arguing for increased rights for their sex
Which of the following is NOT true of the presidential election of 1800?
Thomas Jefferson’s victory in the New England states proved to be key to his election
Which of the following is true of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794?
It was the only time in U.S. history that the president commanded an army in the field
All of the following men held a high executive or judicial office during George Washington’s presidency EXCEPT:
James Madison
