Question 1

Answer the following  questions :
-Battle of Tippecanoe

Accepted Answer

A) Act that established a federal district court in each state and three circuit courts to hear appeals from the districts,with the Supreme Court having the final say. 
B) The first ten amendments to the Constitution,officially ratified by 1791.The amendments safeguarded fundamental personal rights,including freedom of speech and religion,and mandated legal procedures,such as trial by jury. 
C) Alexander Hamilton's 1790 report recommending that the federal government should assume all state debts and fund the national debt-that is,offer interest on it rather than repaying it-at full value.Hamilton's goal was to make the new country creditworthy,not debt-free. 
D) A bank chartered in 1790 and jointly owned by private stockholders and the national government.Alexander Hamilton argued that the bank would provide stability to the specie-starved American economy by making loans to merchants,handling government funds,and issuing bills of credit. 
E) A proposal by treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton in 1791 calling for the federal government to urge the expansion of American manufacturing while imposing tariffs on foreign imports.
F)A proclamation issued by President George Washington in 1793,allowing U.S.citizens to trade with all belligerents in the war between France and Great Britain.
G)A 1789 revolution in France that was initially welcomed by most Americans because it abolished feudalism and established a constitutional monarchy,but eventually came to seem too radical to many.
H)A political faction in the French Revolution.Many Americans embraced the democratic ideology of this radical French faction and,like them,formed political clubs and began to address one another as "citizen."
I)A 1794 uprising by farmers in western Pennsylvania in response to enforcement of an unpopular excise tax on whiskey.
J)A 1795 treaty between the United States and Britain,negotiated by John Jay.The treaty accepted Britain's right to stop neutral ships.In return,it allowed Americans to submit claims for illegal seizures and required the British to remove their troops and Indian agents from the Northwest Territory.
K)The 1791 conflict involving diverse Haitian participants and armies from three European countries.At its end,Haiti became a free,independent nation in which former slaves were citizens.
L)A 1797 incident in which American negotiators in France were rebuffed for refusing to pay a substantial bribe.The incident led the United States into an undeclared war that curtailed American trade with the French West Indies.
M)Three laws passed in 1798 that limited individual rights and threatened the fledgling party system.One lengthened the residency requirement for citizenship,another authorized the deportation of foreigners,and the third prohibited the publication of insults or malicious attacks on the president or members of Congress.
N)Resolutions of 1798 condemning the Alien and Sedition Acts that were submitted to the federal government by two state legislatures.The resolutions tested the idea that state legislatures could judge the constitutionality of federal laws and nullify them.
O)A 1795 treaty between the United States and various Indian tribes in Ohio.American negotiators acknowledged Indian ownership of the land,and,in return for various payments,the Western Confederacy ceded most of Ohio to the United States.
P)A Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in finding that parts of the Judiciary Act of 1789 were in conflict with the Constitution.For the first time,the Supreme Court assumed legal authority to overrule acts of other branches of the government.
Q)The 1803 purchase of French territory west of the Mississippi River that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.The addition of this territory nearly doubled the size of the United States and opened the way for future American expansion west.The purchase required President Thomas Jefferson to exercise powers not explicitly granted to him by the Constitution.
R)An act of Congress that prohibited U.S.ships from traveling to foreign ports and effectively banned overseas trade in an attempt to deter Britain from halting U.S.ships at sea.The embargo caused grave hardships for Americans engaged in overseas commerce.
S)An attack on Shawnee Indians at Prophetstown in 1811 by American forces headed by William Henry Harrison,Indiana's territorial governor.The governor's troops traded heavy casualties with the confederacy's warriors and then destroyed the holy village.
T)The treaty signed on Christmas Eve 1814 that ended the War of 1812.It retained the prewar borders of the United States.
U)A Supreme Court case that asserted the dominance of national over state statutes.
V)An 1819 treaty in which John Quincy Adams persuaded Spain to cede the Florida territory to the United States.In return,the American government accepted Spain's claim to Texas and agreed to a compromise on the western boundary for the state of Louisiana.
W)The 1823 declaration by President James Monroe that the Western Hemisphere was closed to any further colonization or interference by European powers.In exchange,Monroe pledged that the United States would not become involved in European struggles. 
A) Act that established a federal district court in each state and three circuit courts to hear appeals from the districts,with the Supreme Court having the final say. 
B) The first ten amendments to the Constitution,officially ratified by 1791.The amendments safeguarded fundamental personal rights,including freedom of speech and religion,and mandated legal procedures,such as trial by jury. 
C) Alexander Hamilton's 1790 report recommending that the federal government should assume all state debts and fund the national debt-that is,offer interest on it rather than repaying it-at full value.Hamilton's goal was to make the new country creditworthy,not debt-free. 
D) A bank chartered in 1790 and jointly owned by private stockholders and the national government.Alexander Hamilton argued that the bank would provide stability to the specie-starved American economy by making loans to merchants,handling government funds,and issuing bills of credit. 
E) A proposal by treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton in 1791 calling for the federal government to urge the expansion of American manufacturing while imposing tariffs on foreign imports.
F)A proclamation issued by President George Washington in 1793,allowing U.S.citizens to trade with all belligerents in the war between France and Great Britain.
G)A 1789 revolution in France that was initially welcomed by most Americans because it abolished feudalism and established a constitutional monarchy,but eventually came to seem too radical to many.
H)A political faction in the French Revolution.Many Americans embraced the democratic ideology of this radical French faction and,like them,formed political clubs and began to address one another as "citizen."
I)A 1794 uprising by farmers in western Pennsylvania in response to enforcement of an unpopular excise tax on whiskey.
J)A 1795 treaty between the United States and Britain,negotiated by John Jay.The treaty accepted Britain's right to stop neutral ships.In return,it allowed Americans to submit claims for illegal seizures and required the British to remove their troops and Indian agents from the Northwest Territory.
K)The 1791 conflict involving diverse Haitian participants and armies from three European countries.At its end,Haiti became a free,independent nation in which former slaves were citizens.
L)A 1797 incident in which American negotiators in France were rebuffed for refusing to pay a substantial bribe.The incident led the United States into an undeclared war that curtailed American trade with the French West Indies.
M)Three laws passed in 1798 that limited individual rights and threatened the fledgling party system.One lengthened the residency requirement for citizenship,another authorized the deportation of foreigners,and the third prohibited the publication of insults or malicious attacks on the president or members of Congress.
N)Resolutions of 1798 condemning the Alien and Sedition Acts that were submitted to the federal government by two state legislatures.The resolutions tested the idea that state legislatures could judge the constitutionality of federal laws and nullify them.
O)A 1795 treaty between the United States and various Indian tribes in Ohio.American negotiators acknowledged Indian ownership of the land,and,in return for various payments,the Western Confederacy ceded most of Ohio to the United States.
P)A Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in finding that parts of the Judiciary Act of 1789 were in conflict with the Constitution.For the first time,the Supreme Court assumed legal authority to overrule acts of other branches of the government.
Q)The 1803 purchase of French territory west of the Mississippi River that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.The addition of this territory nearly doubled the size of the United States and opened the way for future American expansion west.The purchase required President Thomas Jefferson to exercise powers not explicitly granted to him by the Constitution.
R)An act of Congress that prohibited U.S.ships from traveling to foreign ports and effectively banned overseas trade in an attempt to deter Britain from halting U.S.ships at sea.The embargo caused grave hardships for Americans engaged in overseas commerce.
S)An attack on Shawnee Indians at Prophetstown in 1811 by American forces headed by William Henry Harrison,Indiana's territorial governor.The governor's troops traded heavy casualties with the confederacy's warriors and then destroyed the holy village.
T)The treaty signed on Christmas Eve 1814 that ended the War of 1812.It retained the prewar borders of the United States.
U)A Supreme Court case that asserted the dominance of national over state statutes.
V)An 1819 treaty in which John Quincy Adams persuaded Spain to cede the Florida territory to the United States.In return,the American government accepted Spain's claim to Texas and agreed to a compromise on the western boundary for the state of Louisiana.
W)The 1823 declaration by President James Monroe that the Western Hemisphere was closed to any further colonization or interference by European powers.In exchange,Monroe pledged that the United States would not become involved in European struggles.

Question 2

Do you agree with Thomas Jefferson's assessment that the election of 1800 was a revolution? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Revoluti

Question 3

Which of the following best characterizes the Native American response to the white assimilation effort in the Midwest in the late eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many Native Americans repudiated white missionaries and forced Christian converts to participate in Native rituals. 
B)  Most Indian women accepted white farming practices because they could produce a greater yield more easily. 
C)  Nearly all Native Americans joined religions such as that of Handsome Lake,which blended Christian and Native beliefs and rituals. 
D)  Nearly all Native Americans accommodated to these campaigns to avoid future warfare with whites. 
A)  Many Native Americans repudiated white missionaries and forced Christian converts to participate in Native rituals. 
B)  Most Indian women accepted white farming practices because they could produce a greater yield more easily. 
C)  Nearly all Native Americans joined religions such as that of Handsome Lake,which blended Christian and Native beliefs and rituals. 
D)  Nearly all Native Americans accommodated to these campaigns to avoid future warfare with whites.

Question 4

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions,which were set forth in 1798,supported which of the following positions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Repealing the neutrality laws of the 1790s 
B)  States' right to judge the legitimacy of national laws 
C)  The defeat of Hamilton's debt payment program 
D)  The right of secession for states dissatisfied with the Union 
A)  Repealing the neutrality laws of the 1790s 
B)  States' right to judge the legitimacy of national laws 
C)  The defeat of Hamilton's debt payment program 
D)  The right of secession for states dissatisfied with the Union

Question 5

Which of the following was true of New Englanders' westward migration during the 1790s and 1800s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Almost 800,000 New Englanders lived in a string of settlements stretching from Albany to Buffalo,and many others had traveled on to Ohio and Indiana. 
B)  New Englanders typically bought land in upstate New York from wealthy Dutch owners who were partitioning their vast estates. 
C)  So many immigrants were eager to sell their new farms and move even farther west that the price of land dropped steadily. 
D)  Farmers who had fled declining prospects in the East often found themselves at the top of a new economic hierarchy in the West. 
A)  Almost 800,000 New Englanders lived in a string of settlements stretching from Albany to Buffalo,and many others had traveled on to Ohio and Indiana. 
B)  New Englanders typically bought land in upstate New York from wealthy Dutch owners who were partitioning their vast estates. 
C)  So many immigrants were eager to sell their new farms and move even farther west that the price of land dropped steadily. 
D)  Farmers who had fled declining prospects in the East often found themselves at the top of a new economic hierarchy in the West.

Question 6

Answer the following  questions :
-Bank of the United States

Accepted Answer

A) Act that established a federal district court in each state and three circuit courts to hear appeals from the districts,with the Supreme Court having the final say. 
B) The first ten amendments to the Constitution,officially ratified by 1791.The amendments safeguarded fundamental personal rights,including freedom of speech and religion,and mandated legal procedures,such as trial by jury. 
C) Alexander Hamilton's 1790 report recommending that the federal government should assume all state debts and fund the national debt-that is,offer interest on it rather than repaying it-at full value.Hamilton's goal was to make the new country creditworthy,not debt-free. 
D) A bank chartered in 1790 and jointly owned by private stockholders and the national government.Alexander Hamilton argued that the bank would provide stability to the specie-starved American economy by making loans to merchants,handling government funds,and issuing bills of credit. 
E) A proposal by treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton in 1791 calling for the federal government to urge the expansion of American manufacturing while imposing tariffs on foreign imports.
F)A proclamation issued by President George Washington in 1793,allowing U.S.citizens to trade with all belligerents in the war between France and Great Britain.
G)A 1789 revolution in France that was initially welcomed by most Americans because it abolished feudalism and established a constitutional monarchy,but eventually came to seem too radical to many.
H)A political faction in the French Revolution.Many Americans embraced the democratic ideology of this radical French faction and,like them,formed political clubs and began to address one another as "citizen."
I)A 1794 uprising by farmers in western Pennsylvania in response to enforcement of an unpopular excise tax on whiskey.
J)A 1795 treaty between the United States and Britain,negotiated by John Jay.The treaty accepted Britain's right to stop neutral ships.In return,it allowed Americans to submit claims for illegal seizures and required the British to remove their troops and Indian agents from the Northwest Territory.
K)The 1791 conflict involving diverse Haitian participants and armies from three European countries.At its end,Haiti became a free,independent nation in which former slaves were citizens.
L)A 1797 incident in which American negotiators in France were rebuffed for refusing to pay a substantial bribe.The incident led the United States into an undeclared war that curtailed American trade with the French West Indies.
M)Three laws passed in 1798 that limited individual rights and threatened the fledgling party system.One lengthened the residency requirement for citizenship,another authorized the deportation of foreigners,and the third prohibited the publication of insults or malicious attacks on the president or members of Congress.
N)Resolutions of 1798 condemning the Alien and Sedition Acts that were submitted to the federal government by two state legislatures.The resolutions tested the idea that state legislatures could judge the constitutionality of federal laws and nullify them.
O)A 1795 treaty between the United States and various Indian tribes in Ohio.American negotiators acknowledged Indian ownership of the land,and,in return for various payments,the Western Confederacy ceded most of Ohio to the United States.
P)A Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in finding that parts of the Judiciary Act of 1789 were in conflict with the Constitution.For the first time,the Supreme Court assumed legal authority to overrule acts of other branches of the government.
Q)The 1803 purchase of French territory west of the Mississippi River that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.The addition of this territory nearly doubled the size of the United States and opened the way for future American expansion west.The purchase required President Thomas Jefferson to exercise powers not explicitly granted to him by the Constitution.
R)An act of Congress that prohibited U.S.ships from traveling to foreign ports and effectively banned overseas trade in an attempt to deter Britain from halting U.S.ships at sea.The embargo caused grave hardships for Americans engaged in overseas commerce.
S)An attack on Shawnee Indians at Prophetstown in 1811 by American forces headed by William Henry Harrison,Indiana's territorial governor.The governor's troops traded heavy casualties with the confederacy's warriors and then destroyed the holy village.
T)The treaty signed on Christmas Eve 1814 that ended the War of 1812.It retained the prewar borders of the United States.
U)A Supreme Court case that asserted the dominance of national over state statutes.
V)An 1819 treaty in which John Quincy Adams persuaded Spain to cede the Florida territory to the United States.In return,the American government accepted Spain's claim to Texas and agreed to a compromise on the western boundary for the state of Louisiana.
W)The 1823 declaration by President James Monroe that the Western Hemisphere was closed to any further colonization or interference by European powers.In exchange,Monroe pledged that the United States would not become involved in European struggles. 
A) Act that established a federal district court in each state and three circuit courts to hear appeals from the districts,with the Supreme Court having the final say. 
B) The first ten amendments to the Constitution,officially ratified by 1791.The amendments safeguarded fundamental personal rights,including freedom of speech and religion,and mandated legal procedures,such as trial by jury. 
C) Alexander Hamilton's 1790 report recommending that the federal government should assume all state debts and fund the national debt-that is,offer interest on it rather than repaying it-at full value.Hamilton's goal was to make the new country creditworthy,not debt-free. 
D) A bank chartered in 1790 and jointly owned by private stockholders and the national government.Alexander Hamilton argued that the bank would provide stability to the specie-starved American economy by making loans to merchants,handling government funds,and issuing bills of credit. 
E) A proposal by treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton in 1791 calling for the federal government to urge the expansion of American manufacturing while imposing tariffs on foreign imports.
F)A proclamation issued by President George Washington in 1793,allowing U.S.citizens to trade with all belligerents in the war between France and Great Britain.
G)A 1789 revolution in France that was initially welcomed by most Americans because it abolished feudalism and established a constitutional monarchy,but eventually came to seem too radical to many.
H)A political faction in the French Revolution.Many Americans embraced the democratic ideology of this radical French faction and,like them,formed political clubs and began to address one another as "citizen."
I)A 1794 uprising by farmers in western Pennsylvania in response to enforcement of an unpopular excise tax on whiskey.
J)A 1795 treaty between the United States and Britain,negotiated by John Jay.The treaty accepted Britain's right to stop neutral ships.In return,it allowed Americans to submit claims for illegal seizures and required the British to remove their troops and Indian agents from the Northwest Territory.
K)The 1791 conflict involving diverse Haitian participants and armies from three European countries.At its end,Haiti became a free,independent nation in which former slaves were citizens.
L)A 1797 incident in which American negotiators in France were rebuffed for refusing to pay a substantial bribe.The incident led the United States into an undeclared war that curtailed American trade with the French West Indies.
M)Three laws passed in 1798 that limited individual rights and threatened the fledgling party system.One lengthened the residency requirement for citizenship,another authorized the deportation of foreigners,and the third prohibited the publication of insults or malicious attacks on the president or members of Congress.
N)Resolutions of 1798 condemning the Alien and Sedition Acts that were submitted to the federal government by two state legislatures.The resolutions tested the idea that state legislatures could judge the constitutionality of federal laws and nullify them.
O)A 1795 treaty between the United States and various Indian tribes in Ohio.American negotiators acknowledged Indian ownership of the land,and,in return for various payments,the Western Confederacy ceded most of Ohio to the United States.
P)A Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in finding that parts of the Judiciary Act of 1789 were in conflict with the Constitution.For the first time,the Supreme Court assumed legal authority to overrule acts of other branches of the government.
Q)The 1803 purchase of French territory west of the Mississippi River that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.The addition of this territory nearly doubled the size of the United States and opened the way for future American expansion west.The purchase required President Thomas Jefferson to exercise powers not explicitly granted to him by the Constitution.
R)An act of Congress that prohibited U.S.ships from traveling to foreign ports and effectively banned overseas trade in an attempt to deter Britain from halting U.S.ships at sea.The embargo caused grave hardships for Americans engaged in overseas commerce.
S)An attack on Shawnee Indians at Prophetstown in 1811 by American forces headed by William Henry Harrison,Indiana's territorial governor.The governor's troops traded heavy casualties with the confederacy's warriors and then destroyed the holy village.
T)The treaty signed on Christmas Eve 1814 that ended the War of 1812.It retained the prewar borders of the United States.
U)A Supreme Court case that asserted the dominance of national over state statutes.
V)An 1819 treaty in which John Quincy Adams persuaded Spain to cede the Florida territory to the United States.In return,the American government accepted Spain's claim to Texas and agreed to a compromise on the western boundary for the state of Louisiana.
W)The 1823 declaration by President James Monroe that the Western Hemisphere was closed to any further colonization or interference by European powers.In exchange,Monroe pledged that the United States would not become involved in European struggles.

Question 7

The southern migrants who moved along the coastal plain toward the Gulf of Mexico between 1790 and 1820 originated in which of the following areas?

Accepted Answer

A)  New England 
B)  Upstate New York and central Pennsylvania 
C)  The Chesapeake region 
D)  North and South Carolina 
A)  New England 
B)  Upstate New York and central Pennsylvania 
C)  The Chesapeake region 
D)  North and South Carolina

Question 8

Thomas Jefferson's vision for the future of the United States included which of the following ideas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Industrialized urban centers at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution 
B)  Expansion of the institution of slavery to the West 
C)  Western territories populated by independent yeomen farm families 
D)  A rejection of scientific farming in favor of agricultural traditionalism 
A)  Industrialized urban centers at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution 
B)  Expansion of the institution of slavery to the West 
C)  Western territories populated by independent yeomen farm families 
D)  A rejection of scientific farming in favor of agricultural traditionalism

Answer the following questions : -Battle of Tippecanoe

Do you agree with Thomas Jefferson's assessment that the election of 1800 was a revolution? Explain your answer.

Which of the following best characterizes the Native American response to the white assimilation effort in the Midwest in the late eighteenth century?

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions,which were set forth in 1798,supported which of the following positions?

Which of the following was true of New Englanders' westward migration during the 1790s and 1800s?

Answer the following questions : -Bank of the United States

The southern migrants who moved along the coastal plain toward the Gulf of Mexico between 1790 and 1820 originated in which of the following areas?

Thomas Jefferson's vision for the future of the United States included which of the following ideas?

Colliding Worlds, 1491-1600

American Experiments, 1521-1700

The British Atlantic World, 1607-1750

Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

Whose Government Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880-1917

An Emerging World Power, 1890-1918

Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938

The World at War, 1937-1945

Cold War America, 1945-1963

Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

Walking Into Freedom Land: the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973

Uncivil Wars:liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961-1972

The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973-1980

Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980-1991

Confronting Global and National Dilemmas, 1989 to the Present

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Exam 7: Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

Answer the following questions : -Battle of Tippecanoe

Do you agree with Thomas Jefferson's assessment that the election of 1800 was a revolution? Explain your answer.

Which of the following best characterizes the Native American response to the white assimilation effort in the Midwest in the late eighteenth century?

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions,which were set forth in 1798,supported which of the following positions?

Which of the following was true of New Englanders' westward migration during the 1790s and 1800s?

Answer the following questions : -Bank of the United States

The southern migrants who moved along the coastal plain toward the Gulf of Mexico between 1790 and 1820 originated in which of the following areas?

Thomas Jefferson's vision for the future of the United States included which of the following ideas?

Colliding Worlds, 1491-1600

American Experiments, 1521-1700

The British Atlantic World, 1607-1750

Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

Whose Government Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880-1917

An Emerging World Power, 1890-1918

Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938

The World at War, 1937-1945

Cold War America, 1945-1963

Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

Walking Into Freedom Land: the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973

Uncivil Wars:liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961-1972

The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973-1980

Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980-1991

Confronting Global and National Dilemmas, 1989 to the Present

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