Question 1

What was the role of particular Indian nations and individual Indians in the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition? Evaluate the influence of the Lewis and Clark expedition in facilitating American settlement of and political claims to the West.

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Question 2

Set the following statement in its historical context, "The day France takes possession of New Orleans we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation." Why was Thomas Jefferson so alarmed?

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Question 3

Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States for all of the following reasons except

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A) he had suffered military misfortunes and setbacks on the island of Santo Domingo. 
B) he feared that British control of the seas would force him to cede Louisiana to the British, giving Britain an important strategic advantage in his fateful and protracted war with his rival for imperial dominance in Europe and across the world. 
C) he did not want to drive America into a political and military alliance with the British. 
D) mosquitoes carrying yellow fever had decimated thousands of French troops on Santo Domingo. 
E) he was afraid that the Spanish might seize Louisiana in a new war.

Question 4

By 1810, the most insistent demand for a declaration of war against Britain came from

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A) New England merchants. 
B) the West and South. 
C) Federalists. 
D) the middle Atlantic states. 
E) southern states.

Question 5

The difference in price between what Jefferson had authorized his negotiators to pay for New Orleans and West Florida and what they actually paid for all of Louisiana was

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A) negligible. 
B) $150 million. 
C) $25 million. 
D) $100 million. 
E) $ 5 million

Question 6

Thomas Jefferson and his political supporters opposed John Adams's last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because

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A) the judges appointed were viewed by Jefferson and his political supporters as incompetent. 
B) they believed that the appointments were unconstitutional. 
C) they did not want a showdown with the Supreme Court. 
D) it was an attempt by the Federalists, who had been defeated in the congressional and presidential elections of 1800, to maintain political influence in the federal government. 
E) these judges were superfluous in a federal judiciary with relatively few civil and criminal cases being filed and tried each year.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Tecumseh

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Question 8

During the War of 1812, the New England states

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A) supported the United States' war effort. 
B) lent more money and sent more food to the British army than to the American army. 
C) gave no support to either the Americans or the British. 
D) allowed their militias to fight wherever the federal government requested. 
E) declared their independence from the United States.

Question 9

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

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Question 10

President James Madison made a major strategic foreign policy mistake that undermined his effort to persuade Britain to repeal its commercial restriction against American trade when he

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A) accepted Napoleon's promise to repeal its trade restrictions. 
B) failed to suppress the war hawks in his own party. 
C) permitted Napoleon to offer financial aid to the United States. 
D) failed to take up Napoleon's suggestion that French trade restrictions would be lifted if the American trade restrictions on trade with France were repealed by the United States. 
E) tried to use Russia as a counterweight to Britain and France.

Question 11

Despite Thomas Jefferson winning a majority of the popular vote and a majority of votes in the Electoral College during the election of 1800, a deadlock in the Electoral College led the election to being decided

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A) in the Senate. 
B) by the majority of state legislatures. 
C) in the House of Representatives. 
D) by the Supreme Court. 
E) by the Electoral Commission.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James Monroe

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Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Toussaint L'Ouverture

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Question 14

Native American leader Tecumseh was killed in 1813 at the Battle of

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A) Tippecanoe. 
B) the Thames. 
C) Horseshoe Bend. 
D) New Orleans. 
E) Fallen Timbers.

Question 15

List at least three key principles of government advanced by Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republican party before 1800. Describe how these ideals fared during Jefferson's administration. Were they translated into public policy? Explain how or, if not, why not.

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Question 16

Lewis and Clark's expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory yielded all of the following except

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A) a rich harvest of scientific observations. 
B) treaties with several Indian nations. 
C) geographical knowledge of the previously unknown region. 
D) a plausible American claim to the Oregon region. 
E) opening of the West to future exploration and trade.

Question 17

Thomas Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France because

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A) the Federalists supported his action. 
B) he was concerned that the purchase of the Louisiana Territory could arguably be considered to be unconstitutional. 
C) he felt that the purchase was not a fair deal for France. 
D) war with Spain might occur. 
E) he feared the British might use it as an excuse to declare war on the United States.

Question 18

With Jefferson's refusal to use the presidency to dispense generously patronage positions and offices in government to his political supporters, the Democratic-Republican Party

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A) grew stronger and more unified. 
B) removed many Federalists from government jobs. 
C) soon resented its leaders' lavish life-style. 
D) grew less unified even as the Federalist Party began to fade and lose power. 
E) sought to extend the Alien and Sedition Acts to punish their enemies.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-judicial review

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Question 20

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

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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.

Exam 11: The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

What was the role of particular Indian nations and individual Indians in the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition? Evaluate the influence of the Lewis and Clark expedition in facilitating American settlement of and political claims to the West.

Set the following statement in its historical context, "The day France takes possession of New Orleans we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation." Why was Thomas Jefferson so alarmed?

Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States for all of the following reasons except

By 1810, the most insistent demand for a declaration of war against Britain came from

The difference in price between what Jefferson had authorized his negotiators to pay for New Orleans and West Florida and what they actually paid for all of Louisiana was

Thomas Jefferson and his political supporters opposed John Adams's last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Tecumseh

During the War of 1812, the New England states

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

President James Madison made a major strategic foreign policy mistake that undermined his effort to persuade Britain to repeal its commercial restriction against American trade when he

Despite Thomas Jefferson winning a majority of the popular vote and a majority of votes in the Electoral College during the election of 1800, a deadlock in the Electoral College led the election to being decided

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James Monroe

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Toussaint L'Ouverture

Native American leader Tecumseh was killed in 1813 at the Battle of

List at least three key principles of government advanced by Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republican party before 1800. Describe how these ideals fared during Jefferson's administration. Were they translated into public policy? Explain how or, if not, why not.

Lewis and Clark's expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory yielded all of the following except

Thomas Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France because

With Jefferson's refusal to use the presidency to dispense generously patronage positions and offices in government to his political supporters, the Democratic-Republican Party

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -judicial review

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