Question 1

What was the significance of the case of Marbury v. Madison?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was John Marshall's first case as chief justice. 
B)  The Supreme Court asserted the power of judicial review. 
C)  The Supreme Court declared that presidential power was greater than congressional power. 
D)  The decision gave states important new powers to block a too-powerful federal government. 
E)  Marbury's win meant that he became the new chief justice, a post he held for twenty-one years. 
A)  It was John Marshall's first case as chief justice. 
B)  The Supreme Court asserted the power of judicial review. 
C)  The Supreme Court declared that presidential power was greater than congressional power. 
D)  The decision gave states important new powers to block a too-powerful federal government. 
E)  Marbury's win meant that he became the new chief justice, a post he held for twenty-one years.

Question 2

The aftermath of the War of 1812 confirmed the ability of a republican government to conduct a war without surrendering its institutions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following was a result of the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

A)  Madison's Republican Party disappeared as a significant political group. 
B)  Andrew Jackson was court-martialed for fighting the British after the war ended. 
C)  Indians became increasingly powerful in the Old Northwest and the South. 
D)  Americans felt ready to go to war again with Europe. 
E)  The United States completed its conquest of the area east of the Mississippi River. 
A)  Madison's Republican Party disappeared as a significant political group. 
B)  Andrew Jackson was court-martialed for fighting the British after the war ended. 
C)  Indians became increasingly powerful in the Old Northwest and the South. 
D)  Americans felt ready to go to war again with Europe. 
E)  The United States completed its conquest of the area east of the Mississippi River.

Question 4

In its decision in the case of Fletcher v. Peck, the U.S. Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A)  exercised the authority to overturn a state law that the Court considered to be in violation of the U.S. Constitution. 
B)  declared that corruption involved in the making of a law automatically invalidated that law. 
C)  held that slaves who ran away from their masters had to be returned to them, even if the slaves had gone to a free state. 
D)  asserted that political parties were constitutional even though they were not mentioned in the 1787 document. 
E)  said that the purchase of land from a foreign power, as in the case of Louisiana, was constitutional. 
A)  exercised the authority to overturn a state law that the Court considered to be in violation of the U.S. Constitution. 
B)  declared that corruption involved in the making of a law automatically invalidated that law. 
C)  held that slaves who ran away from their masters had to be returned to them, even if the slaves had gone to a free state. 
D)  asserted that political parties were constitutional even though they were not mentioned in the 1787 document. 
E)  said that the purchase of land from a foreign power, as in the case of Louisiana, was constitutional.

Question 5

How did Americans respond to the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Almost everyone supported it at first, because the French seemed to be following in the footsteps of Americans. 
B)  Hamilton supported the creation of a standing army to prepare the nation should French radicalism spread across the Atlantic. 
C)  Opponents of the French Revolution formed the Republican Party, headed by Thomas Jefferson. 
D)  They blocked passage of Jay's Treaty, which showed preference for Great Britain. 
E)  President Washington immediately spoke out against French radicals and dispatched American warships to assist England. 
A)  Almost everyone supported it at first, because the French seemed to be following in the footsteps of Americans. 
B)  Hamilton supported the creation of a standing army to prepare the nation should French radicalism spread across the Atlantic. 
C)  Opponents of the French Revolution formed the Republican Party, headed by Thomas Jefferson. 
D)  They blocked passage of Jay's Treaty, which showed preference for Great Britain. 
E)  President Washington immediately spoke out against French radicals and dispatched American warships to assist England.

Question 6

Tecumseh was a Shawnee chief who

Accepted Answer

A)  promoted the Euro-American concept of individual private property. 
B)  sought to revive Neolin's pan-Indian alliance. 
C)  was a pacifist. 
D)  was a supporter of the U.S. treaty system. 
E)  argued that assimilation was the only alternative to extermination. 
A)  promoted the Euro-American concept of individual private property. 
B)  sought to revive Neolin's pan-Indian alliance. 
C)  was a pacifist. 
D)  was a supporter of the U.S. treaty system. 
E)  argued that assimilation was the only alternative to extermination.

Question 7

Women were counted fully in determining representation in Congress, and there was nothing specifically limiting women's rights in the Constitution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What was the main source of the political divisions that surfaced in 1790 and 1791?

Accepted Answer

A)  the election of George Washington as the nation's first president 
B)  the Louisiana Purchase 
C)  slavery 
D)  the rights of women 
E)  a financial plan developed by Alexander Hamilton 
A)  the election of George Washington as the nation's first president 
B)  the Louisiana Purchase 
C)  slavery 
D)  the rights of women 
E)  a financial plan developed by Alexander Hamilton

Question 9

The Embargo Act was devastating to the British and French.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Democratic-Republican Societies of the 1790s

Accepted Answer

A)  criticized the Washington administration. 
B)  spoke out against the French Revolution. 
C)  formed only about a dozen chapters in various cities. 
D)  strongly supported Hamilton's economic program. 
E)  broke up and created the Democratic and Republican Parties by 1797. 
A)  criticized the Washington administration. 
B)  spoke out against the French Revolution. 
C)  formed only about a dozen chapters in various cities. 
D)  strongly supported Hamilton's economic program. 
E)  broke up and created the Democratic and Republican Parties by 1797.

Question 11

How does Tecumseh characterize white Americans in his 1810 "Speech to the Osage"?

Accepted Answer

A)  as certain to defeat all Indians due to their superior force 
B)  as a mix of friends and foes, who should always be dealt with individually 
C)  as fellow children of the Great Spirit 
D)  as a military ally to the Shawnee 
E)  as greedy, untrustworthy, and determined to destroy all Indians 
A)  as certain to defeat all Indians due to their superior force 
B)  as a mix of friends and foes, who should always be dealt with individually 
C)  as fellow children of the Great Spirit 
D)  as a military ally to the Shawnee 
E)  as greedy, untrustworthy, and determined to destroy all Indians

Question 12

Which of the following did Jay's Treaty accomplish?

Accepted Answer

A)  Britain abandoned the practice of impressment. 
B)  The United States no longer paid tribute to the Barbary states. 
C)  Britain paid millions of dollars in compensation to the United States for escaped slaves. 
D)  The United States guaranteed favored treatment of British imports. 
E)  France and Great Britain were no longer at war. 
A)  Britain abandoned the practice of impressment. 
B)  The United States no longer paid tribute to the Barbary states. 
C)  Britain paid millions of dollars in compensation to the United States for escaped slaves. 
D)  The United States guaranteed favored treatment of British imports. 
E)  France and Great Britain were no longer at war.

Question 13

Much of Louisiana's population was either slaves or free people of color at the time of the Louisiana Purchase.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Women were increasingly coming to believe that they too had the right to knowledge, education, public discourse, and employment. Discuss the various arguments being made in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by women regarding their changing roles in the new republic.

Accepted Answer

In the late eighteenth and early ninetee

Question 15

Which of the following is true of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794?

Accepted Answer

A)  The "rebels" largely blamed the Republican Party for their troubles. 
B)  The rebellion ended after a battle in which the "rebel" leader, Rufus King, was killed. 
C)  It represented the first major challenge to the administration of President John Adams. 
D)  It was the only time in U.S. history that the president commanded an army in the field. 
E)  The rebellion demonstrated that sectional divisions over slavery could turn violent. 
A)  The "rebels" largely blamed the Republican Party for their troubles. 
B)  The rebellion ended after a battle in which the "rebel" leader, Rufus King, was killed. 
C)  It represented the first major challenge to the administration of President John Adams. 
D)  It was the only time in U.S. history that the president commanded an army in the field. 
E)  The rebellion demonstrated that sectional divisions over slavery could turn violent.

Question 16

When Andrew Jackson had the chance to obtain African-American help to fight the British in the Battle of New Orleans, he

Accepted Answer

A)  refused on the grounds that, as a slaveholder, he could not accept their aid. 
B)  discovered that all the blacks in New Orleans had left the city to support the British. 
C)  recruited free men of color and promised them the same pay that white recruits received. 
D)  accepted only enslaved men, to whom he offered freedom as a form of payment. 
E)  accepted, but that so angered the white recruits that he later dismissed all the black soldiers. 
A)  refused on the grounds that, as a slaveholder, he could not accept their aid. 
B)  discovered that all the blacks in New Orleans had left the city to support the British. 
C)  recruited free men of color and promised them the same pay that white recruits received. 
D)  accepted only enslaved men, to whom he offered freedom as a form of payment. 
E)  accepted, but that so angered the white recruits that he later dismissed all the black soldiers.

Question 17

Which element of our current political system did the founding fathers generally hope to avoid?

Accepted Answer

A)  political parties 
B)  any involvement by the government in financial affairs 
C)  western expansion 
D)  state courts 
E)  the presidential cabinet 
A)  political parties 
B)  any involvement by the government in financial affairs 
C)  western expansion 
D)  state courts 
E)  the presidential cabinet

Question 18

What liberties and freedoms of Americans were being violated by European powers prior to the War of 1812? How did Jefferson and Madison view liberty in terms of British and French behavior on the seas? How did the War Hawks view liberty? Was war the only answer by 1812?

Accepted Answer

Before the War of 1812, the liberties an

Question 19

Most of the Indians Lewis and Clark encountered on their expedition had never met white people before.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Following the purchase of Louisiana, the lives of Louisiana's slaves improved somewhat from the brutal conditions they had experienced under the rule of Spain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 8: Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

What was the significance of the case of Marbury v. Madison?

The aftermath of the War of 1812 confirmed the ability of a republican government to conduct a war without surrendering its institutions.

Which of the following was a result of the War of 1812?

In its decision in the case of Fletcher v. Peck, the U.S. Supreme Court

How did Americans respond to the French Revolution?

Tecumseh was a Shawnee chief who

Women were counted fully in determining representation in Congress, and there was nothing specifically limiting women's rights in the Constitution.

What was the main source of the political divisions that surfaced in 1790 and 1791?

The Embargo Act was devastating to the British and French.

The Democratic-Republican Societies of the 1790s

How does Tecumseh characterize white Americans in his 1810 "Speech to the Osage"?

Which of the following did Jay's Treaty accomplish?

Much of Louisiana's population was either slaves or free people of color at the time of the Louisiana Purchase.

Women were increasingly coming to believe that they too had the right to knowledge, education, public discourse, and employment. Discuss the various arguments being made in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by women regarding their changing roles in the new republic.

Which of the following is true of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794?

When Andrew Jackson had the chance to obtain African-American help to fight the British in the Battle of New Orleans, he

Which element of our current political system did the founding fathers generally hope to avoid?

What liberties and freedoms of Americans were being violated by European powers prior to the War of 1812? How did Jefferson and Madison view liberty in terms of British and French behavior on the seas? How did the War Hawks view liberty? Was war the only answer by 1812?

Most of the Indians Lewis and Clark encountered on their expedition had never met white people before.

Following the purchase of Louisiana, the lives of Louisiana's slaves improved somewhat from the brutal conditions they had experienced under the rule of Spain.

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

A Divided Nation

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