Question 1

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was John Adams's running mate in the election of 1796.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Congress gave itself the power to appoint the heads of the executive department.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

What percent of US federal revenue came from British tariffs?

Accepted Answer

A) 25 
B) 50 
C) 90 
D) 10 
E) 75 
A) 25 
B) 50 
C) 90 
D) 10 
E) 75 C

Question 4

As President, Jefferson insisted on giving an increasingly powerful role to the military in domestic affairs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is true concerning the Alien and Sedition Acts?

Accepted Answer

A) Many states joined Kentucky and Virginia in opposing them. 
B) The Sedition Act led to the prosecution of fourteen Federalists. 
C) They were passed by Congress at the instigation of John Adams. 
D) President Adams never used the powers granted under the Alien Act. 
E) none of these choices. 
A) Many states joined Kentucky and Virginia in opposing them. 
B) The Sedition Act led to the prosecution of fourteen Federalists. 
C) They were passed by Congress at the instigation of John Adams. 
D) President Adams never used the powers granted under the Alien Act. 
E) none of these choices.

Question 6

Which of the following is not true about the election of 1796?

Accepted Answer

A) The major candidates campaigned in person. 
B) It resulted in the president and vice president being from different parties. 
C) Newspaper editors and foreign governments were very involved in shaping the outcome. 
D) It was decided in the states of Pennsylvania and New York. 
E) John Adams won. 
A) The major candidates campaigned in person. 
B) It resulted in the president and vice president being from different parties. 
C) Newspaper editors and foreign governments were very involved in shaping the outcome. 
D) It was decided in the states of Pennsylvania and New York. 
E) John Adams won.

Question 7

The congressional group that forcefully advocated war with Great Britain in 1812 was known as the

Accepted Answer

A) Red Sticks. 
B) War Hawks. 
C) War Doves. 
D) Red Coats. 
E) Minutemen. 
A) Red Sticks. 
B) War Hawks. 
C) War Doves. 
D) Red Coats. 
E) Minutemen.

Question 8

The Hartford Convention declared the secession of the New England states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Strongest support for the War of 1812 came from New England.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

As a result of the Lewis and Clark expedition

Accepted Answer

A) the nation was assured that Louisiana Purchase was well worth the price. 
B) Thomas Jefferson questioned the wisdom of the Louisiana Purchase. 
C) Lewis ran for president in 1808. 
D) Americans got their first knowledge of California. 
E) Jefferson's reelection was less certain. 
A) the nation was assured that Louisiana Purchase was well worth the price. 
B) Thomas Jefferson questioned the wisdom of the Louisiana Purchase. 
C) Lewis ran for president in 1808. 
D) Americans got their first knowledge of California. 
E) Jefferson's reelection was less certain.

Question 11

Which of the following accurately contrasts the views of Hamilton and Jefferson?

Accepted Answer

A) Hamilton wanted to expand federal power; Jefferson wanted to limit it. 
B) Hamilton protected the interests of working-class citizens; Jefferson protected the wealthy planters and merchants. 
C) Hamilton's support came from the South and West; Jefferson's from the Northeast. 
D) Hamilton patterned his program after the French model; Jefferson copied the English system. 
E) Hamilton upheld the ideals of the Revolution; Jefferson emphasized the need for law and order. 
A) Hamilton wanted to expand federal power; Jefferson wanted to limit it. 
B) Hamilton protected the interests of working-class citizens; Jefferson protected the wealthy planters and merchants. 
C) Hamilton's support came from the South and West; Jefferson's from the Northeast. 
D) Hamilton patterned his program after the French model; Jefferson copied the English system. 
E) Hamilton upheld the ideals of the Revolution; Jefferson emphasized the need for law and order.

Question 12

Federal assumption of the state debts would funnel money out of all of the following sections of the country except

Accepted Answer

A) the southern states. 
B) the middle states. 
C) the northeastern states. 
D) the western states. 
E) Canada. 
A) the southern states. 
B) the middle states. 
C) the northeastern states. 
D) the western states. 
E) Canada.

Question 13

John Marshall was

Accepted Answer

A) completely determined to destroy the Republican party at all costs. 
B) interested in establishing the independence and interpretative powers of the federal judiciary. 
C) a strong supporter of Adams's war with France and use of the Alien and Sedition Acts. 
D) the first Republican appointed to the Supreme Court. 
E) an opponent of the expansion of the power of the national government. 
A) completely determined to destroy the Republican party at all costs. 
B) interested in establishing the independence and interpretative powers of the federal judiciary. 
C) a strong supporter of Adams's war with France and use of the Alien and Sedition Acts. 
D) the first Republican appointed to the Supreme Court. 
E) an opponent of the expansion of the power of the national government.

Question 14

Many states opposed federal assumption of state debts because

Accepted Answer

A) most northern states had already paid their debts and saw the assumption plan as a southern plot to increase their power. 
B) the debt was so high that paying it would bankrupt the nation. 
C) most of the money would go to western states that had not been fiscally responsible during the war. 
D) it would be easier to repudiate the entire debt and start with "a clean slate." 
E) most southern states had already paid their debts and did not want to pay off the debts of others. 
A) most northern states had already paid their debts and saw the assumption plan as a southern plot to increase their power. 
B) the debt was so high that paying it would bankrupt the nation. 
C) most of the money would go to western states that had not been fiscally responsible during the war. 
D) it would be easier to repudiate the entire debt and start with "a clean slate." 
E) most southern states had already paid their debts and did not want to pay off the debts of others.

Question 15

Which of the following was not a resolution of the Hartford Convention?

Accepted Answer

A) to remove the "three-fifths clause" from the Constitution 
B) to deny the right of naturalized citizens to hold office 
C) to end the War of 1812 immediately 
D) to make it increasingly difficult for a new state to enter the union 
E) to require two-thirds majority of both houses to declare war. 
A) to remove the "three-fifths clause" from the Constitution 
B) to deny the right of naturalized citizens to hold office 
C) to end the War of 1812 immediately 
D) to make it increasingly difficult for a new state to enter the union 
E) to require two-thirds majority of both houses to declare war.

Question 16

James Madison's war message listed all except which of the following as reasons for the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

A) U.S. interest in acquiring Canada 
B) attacks on U.S. shipping 
C) impressment of U.S. seamen 
D) use of foreign spies and provocations in the United States 
E) British influence over western Indians. 
A) U.S. interest in acquiring Canada 
B) attacks on U.S. shipping 
C) impressment of U.S. seamen 
D) use of foreign spies and provocations in the United States 
E) British influence over western Indians.

Question 17

The chief justice of the Supreme Court during Thomas Jefferson's tenure as president was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The chief justice of the Supreme Court...

Question 18

Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans favored

Accepted Answer

A) promoting the revolutionary concepts of limited government. 
B) establishing stronger ties with England instead of France. 
C) the economic interests of merchants, bankers, and businessmen. 
D) expanding the power of the national government. 
E) a national government with no executive leader. 
A) promoting the revolutionary concepts of limited government. 
B) establishing stronger ties with England instead of France. 
C) the economic interests of merchants, bankers, and businessmen. 
D) expanding the power of the national government. 
E) a national government with no executive leader.

Question 19

The winner of the presidential election of 1800 was

Accepted Answer

A) James Madison. 
B) John Adams. 
C) Thomas Jefferson. 
D) James Monroe. 
E) Aaron Burr. 
A) James Madison. 
B) John Adams. 
C) Thomas Jefferson. 
D) James Monroe. 
E) Aaron Burr.

Question 20

The British agreed to remove troops from American territory in the ____________________ Treaty.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The British agreed to remove troops from...

Exam 7: Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was John Adams's running mate in the election of 1796.

Congress gave itself the power to appoint the heads of the executive department.

What percent of US federal revenue came from British tariffs?

As President, Jefferson insisted on giving an increasingly powerful role to the military in domestic affairs.

Which of the following is true concerning the Alien and Sedition Acts?

Which of the following is not true about the election of 1796?

The congressional group that forcefully advocated war with Great Britain in 1812 was known as the

The Hartford Convention declared the secession of the New England states.

Strongest support for the War of 1812 came from New England.

As a result of the Lewis and Clark expedition

Which of the following accurately contrasts the views of Hamilton and Jefferson?

Federal assumption of the state debts would funnel money out of all of the following sections of the country except

John Marshall was

Many states opposed federal assumption of state debts because

Which of the following was not a resolution of the Hartford Convention?

James Madison's war message listed all except which of the following as reasons for the War of 1812?

The chief justice of the Supreme Court during Thomas Jefferson's tenure as president was ____________________.

Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans favored

The winner of the presidential election of 1800 was

The British agreed to remove troops from American territory in the ____________________ Treaty.

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Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

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