Question 1

Which of these does NOT describe the ways in which Americans responded to Jefferson's embargo?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Federalist party gained new converts and was revived to fight it. 
B)  New England threatened to secede from the United States. 
C)  Farmers of the South and West were as adversely impacted by the embargos as their counterparts in New England. 
D)  Southern states promised not to enforce the embargo and took steps to break away from the Union. 
E)  Americans engaged in an illicit trade at the Canadian border and cursed it as "Dambargo." 
A)  The Federalist party gained new converts and was revived to fight it. 
B)  New England threatened to secede from the United States. 
C)  Farmers of the South and West were as adversely impacted by the embargos as their counterparts in New England. 
D)  Southern states promised not to enforce the embargo and took steps to break away from the Union. 
E)  Americans engaged in an illicit trade at the Canadian border and cursed it as "Dambargo."

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of "midnight judges".

Accepted Answer

The final judge appointments s

Question 3

The Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 resulted in

Accepted Answer

A)  a surprising military loss for the army of Indiana Territory Governor William Henry Harrison against the Shawnee Indian confederacy forces led by Tenskwatawa, known as "the Prophet." 
B)  a Shawnee loss and a Creek victory. 
C)  a declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain. 
D)  the expulsion of the British from Florida. 
E)  the death of the dream of an Indian confederacy. 
A)  a surprising military loss for the army of Indiana Territory Governor William Henry Harrison against the Shawnee Indian confederacy forces led by Tenskwatawa, known as "the Prophet." 
B)  a Shawnee loss and a Creek victory. 
C)  a declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain. 
D)  the expulsion of the British from Florida. 
E)  the death of the dream of an Indian confederacy.

Question 4

The war hawks demanded war with Britain because they wanted to do all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  wipe out renewed Indian resistance. 
B)  affirm the right of America to trade freely with the world, unencumbered by British imperial economic policy. 
C)  demonstrate their American patriotism and bravery to other citizens, especially their Revolutionary era forefathers. 
D)  retaliate for the British burning of Washington, D.C. 
E)  revenge the British manhandling of American sailors. 
A)  wipe out renewed Indian resistance. 
B)  affirm the right of America to trade freely with the world, unencumbered by British imperial economic policy. 
C)  demonstrate their American patriotism and bravery to other citizens, especially their Revolutionary era forefathers. 
D)  retaliate for the British burning of Washington, D.C. 
E)  revenge the British manhandling of American sailors.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of Tenskwatawa, "the Prophet".

Accepted Answer

The brother of Tecumseh. He he

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the Tripolitan War.

Accepted Answer

A war that intereste

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of Marbury v. Madison (1803).

Accepted Answer

A Supreme Court decision that

Question 8

The American naval war with Tripoli ended with

Accepted Answer

A)  America's overthrow of the Tripoli government. 
B)  a substantial defeat of the main American fleet. 
C)  the peace treaty in 1805 with the pasha of Tripoli, costing merely $60,000 for the ransom payments of the captured Americans. 
D)  the French colonial conquest of North Africa. 
E)  the mediation of Islamic religious authorities. 
A)  America's overthrow of the Tripoli government. 
B)  a substantial defeat of the main American fleet. 
C)  the peace treaty in 1805 with the pasha of Tripoli, costing merely $60,000 for the ransom payments of the captured Americans. 
D)  the French colonial conquest of North Africa. 
E)  the mediation of Islamic religious authorities.

Question 9

economic coercion

Accepted Answer

An alternate strategy to armed

Question 10

Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 1800" was remarkable in that it

Accepted Answer

A)  moved the United States away from its democratic ideals. 
B)  marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties. 
C)  occurred after he left the presidency. 
D)  caused America to do what the British had been doing for a generation regarding the election of a legislative body. 
E)  came about despite strong opposition from top officers in U.S. Continental Army and the U.S. Navy. 
A)  moved the United States away from its democratic ideals. 
B)  marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties. 
C)  occurred after he left the presidency. 
D)  caused America to do what the British had been doing for a generation regarding the election of a legislative body. 
E)  came about despite strong opposition from top officers in U.S. Continental Army and the U.S. Navy.

Question 11

On becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans in Congress immediately repealed

Accepted Answer

A)  the Alien and Sedition Acts. 
B)  the charter of the National Bank. 
C)  the excise tax on whiskey. 
D)  the funding and assumption of the national debt. 
E)  money to fund the naval build-up. 
A)  the Alien and Sedition Acts. 
B)  the charter of the National Bank. 
C)  the excise tax on whiskey. 
D)  the funding and assumption of the national debt. 
E)  money to fund the naval build-up.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of Macon's Bill No. 2.

Accepted Answer

Restored exports from America,

Question 13

President Jefferson's foreign policy of economic coercion

Accepted Answer

A)  President Jefferson's foreign policy of economic coercion 
B)  adversely affected France's economy more than Britain's. 
C)  stimulated manufacturing in New England. 
D)  destroyed the Federalist party in New England. 
E)  succeeded in its goal of forcing the British to halt its impressment of American sailors. 
A)  President Jefferson's foreign policy of economic coercion 
B)  adversely affected France's economy more than Britain's. 
C)  stimulated manufacturing in New England. 
D)  destroyed the Federalist party in New England. 
E)  succeeded in its goal of forcing the British to halt its impressment of American sailors.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of Samuel Chase.

Accepted Answer

Supreme Court Justice impeache

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the Judiciary Act of 1801.

Accepted Answer

One of the last piec

Question 16

All of the following accurately represent aspects of the historical and contemporaneous debate surrounding Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his slave Sally Hemings EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  rumors that Jefferson fathered her mulatto children were used by his political opponents to discredit him in the 1800 presidential election. 
B)  Jefferson consistently denied having had a sexual relationship with Sally Hemings throughout his life. 
C)  as late as the 1870s, one of Sally's children claimed that his mother identified Jefferson as the father of her five children. 
D)  in the late 20th century, DNA evidence showed a high probability that Jefferson fathered Sally's youngest son. 
E)  today, most scholars believe that Jefferson fathered only one of Hemings children; the other four had other fathers. 
A)  rumors that Jefferson fathered her mulatto children were used by his political opponents to discredit him in the 1800 presidential election. 
B)  Jefferson consistently denied having had a sexual relationship with Sally Hemings throughout his life. 
C)  as late as the 1870s, one of Sally's children claimed that his mother identified Jefferson as the father of her five children. 
D)  in the late 20th century, DNA evidence showed a high probability that Jefferson fathered Sally's youngest son. 
E)  today, most scholars believe that Jefferson fathered only one of Hemings children; the other four had other fathers.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of "Revolution of 1800".

Accepted Answer

The election of Jeff

Question 18

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the Louisiana Purchase?

Accepted Answer

A)  Senators quickly approved the purchase. 
B)  It had enthusiastic public support. 
C)  It was the best real estate bargain in history-adding 828,000 square miles to the United States at three cents an acre. 
D)  It more than quadrupled the size of the United States. 
E)  It cost $15 million. 
A)  Senators quickly approved the purchase. 
B)  It had enthusiastic public support. 
C)  It was the best real estate bargain in history-adding 828,000 square miles to the United States at three cents an acre. 
D)  It more than quadrupled the size of the United States. 
E)  It cost $15 million.

Question 19

Tecumseh argued that Indians should

Accepted Answer

A)  never cede any Indian land to whites under any conditions or per any agreement with whites. 
B)  move west of the Mississippi River. 
C)  not cede control of land to whites unless all Indians agreed. 
D)  exchange traditional buckskin clothing for cloth garments. 
E)  fight as individual tribes and not as a confederacy. 
A)  never cede any Indian land to whites under any conditions or per any agreement with whites. 
B)  move west of the Mississippi River. 
C)  not cede control of land to whites unless all Indians agreed. 
D)  exchange traditional buckskin clothing for cloth garments. 
E)  fight as individual tribes and not as a confederacy.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the Embargo Act.

Accepted Answer

A Jeffersonian strategy to for

Exam 10: The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

Which of these does NOT describe the ways in which Americans responded to Jefferson's embargo?

Identify and state the historical significance of "midnight judges".

The Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 resulted in

The war hawks demanded war with Britain because they wanted to do all of the following EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of Tenskwatawa, "the Prophet".

Identify and state the historical significance of the Tripolitan War.

Identify and state the historical significance of Marbury v. Madison (1803).

The American naval war with Tripoli ended with

economic coercion

Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 1800" was remarkable in that it

On becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans in Congress immediately repealed

Identify and state the historical significance of Macon's Bill No. 2.

President Jefferson's foreign policy of economic coercion

Identify and state the historical significance of Samuel Chase.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Judiciary Act of 1801.

All of the following accurately represent aspects of the historical and contemporaneous debate surrounding Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his slave Sally Hemings EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of "Revolution of 1800".

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the Louisiana Purchase?

Tecumseh argued that Indians should

Identify and state the historical significance of the Embargo Act.

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Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

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America Secedes From the Empire

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The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

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Drifting Toward Disunion

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America Moves to the City

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