Deck 8: The Early Republic, 1796-1804

Question 1

Thomas Jefferson's vision upon taking office as president was to

A)offer large, elaborate presidential balls with exclusive guests.
B)dress impeccably every day to show he was the president.
C)quickly revamp the American economy.
D)increase the military to challenge foreign powers.

Answer 1

quickly revamp the American economy.

Question 2

As a politician, John Adams had a reputation for

A)advocating factionalism.
B)promoting a firebrand revolutionary republicanism.
C)his opposition to democratic policies.
D)being above politics.

Answer 2

being above politics.

Question 3

The French interfered in the presidential election of 1796 by

A)threatening to cut off diplomatic relations if the Federalists won.
B)attacking shipping from states with Federalist sympathies.
C)offering to sell New Orleans to a Republican government.
D)funding Antifederalist newspapers.

Answer 3

threatening to cut off diplomatic relations if the Federalists won.

Question 4

The controversy about the Alien and Sedition Acts and the ideas of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions highlighted an important point of government contention known as

A)lame duck.
B)supply and demand.
C)impeachment.
D)state's rights.

Question 5

The U.S. Senate impeached federal judge John Pickering

A)for high crimes and misdemeanors
B)because of his partisanship and incompetence.
C)because of his clever manipulation of the law.
D)because of his hatred of Jefferson.

Question 6

In the election of 1800, why did many southern Federalists choose to support Jefferson?

A)Jefferson promised them a sharp increase in trade with France.
B)Many were in debt to New York banks controlled by Hamilton.
C)They were alienated by Hamilton's consistent pro-manufacturing stance.
D)All other candidates were under indictment for violating the Sedition Act.

Question 7

Napoleon Bonaparte decided to end the Quasi-War because

A)he realized American naval power was growing too strong for him to control.
B)he needed to focus on the war in Europe.
C)he hoped to get American support for putting down the rebellion in Santo Domingo.
D)the Americans offered a financial settlement.

Question 8

Republicans asserted that the Alien and Sedition Acts

A)encouraged the growth of illegal immigration.
B)violated the Bill of Rights.
C)were bringing the nation closer to war with England.
D)were necessary measures to calm the heated political climate.

Question 9

The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were based on

A)the Tenth Amendment.
B)Republican ideology.
C)the Second Amendment.
D)the Articles of Confederation.

Question 10

The outcome of the election of 1800 was that

A)John Adams won a majority of the popular vote, but Thomas Jefferson won a majority in the Electoral College.
B)Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr had the same number of electoral votes.
C)the Federalist Party won a clear majority.
D)Thomas Jefferson won a majority of the popular vote, but John Adams won a majority in the Electoral College.

Question 11

In the view of Thomas Jefferson, the economic philosophy of the nation should be based on what economic theory?

A)urbanization
B)supply and demand
C)balance of payments
D)internal taxes

Question 12

After the 1800 election, the judiciary

A)declined in significance.
B)became a bastion of Republican partisanship.
C)became the only remaining Federalist bulwark in a Republican dominated government.
D)tried to challenge the election results.

Question 13

The Alien Act (1798)was inspired by the Federalist belief that

A)recent immigrants were supporting the Republicans.
B)British influence in America had become dangerous.
C)American travelers needed to return home to escape dangers.
D)French spies had secretly taken over American shipping.

Question 14

A bizarre outcome of the 1796 presidential election was that

A)George Washington was elected for a third term in violation of the Constitution.
B)the president and vice-president were each from different political parties.
C)both Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson were tied for electoral votes.
D)the vice-president was brought up on charges of treason and replaced by a new candidate.

Question 15

The XYZ affair refers to

A)the effort of three unidentified French businessmen to arrange a meeting between U.S. ambassador Pinckney and the French government in return for a bribe.
B)an assassination plot against President Adams, which was discovered when the Secret Service cracked a complex alphanumeric code.
C)allegations that President Adams had exchanged political favors for an entire laundry list of illegal profits and gifts.
D)Hamilton's suggestion that Aaron Burr was indeed illiterate, who in return for this insult demanded satisfaction in a duel in which Hamilton got killed.

Question 16

Why did the Federalists create a tremendous number of new judicial appointments in 1801?

A)Having lost control of the presidency and Congress, they wanted to ensure that they could control the judiciary.
B)It was part of a compromise deal whereby they would split the appointments with Republicans.
C)Most Americans recognized that a growing nation needed additional judges.
D)It was a way of getting rid of a number of corrupt judges.

Question 17

Which of the following is not true about Aaron Burr?

A)He was a brilliant young attorney.
B)He was a member of the Senate.
C)He ran as a Federalist against Thomas Jefferson.
D)He came from an influential family.

Question 18

Jefferson supported the idea of an agrarian nation because

A)he thought free land would make America more desirable to immigrants.
B)he saw urbanization and industrialization as corrupting influences.
C)America lacked the natural resources necessary to become an industrial power.
D)he did not think America could create an educational system that would support an urbanized society.

Question 19

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

A)established the principle of judicial review.
B)established the rule of due process.
C)resulted in a victory for Marbury.
D)suggested that states as well as federal courts could rule on the constitutionality of Congressional acts.

Question 20

During the Quasi-War with France, Alexander Hamilton's faction of the Federalist Party tried to

A)run for president.
B)destroy the Republican Party.
C)enrich themselves by selling shoddy materials to the War Department.
D)find a way of peacefully resolving the crisis.

Question 21

Along with economic instability, why was social instability also common in the West?

A)A wide gap between rich and poor existed.
B)There were high levels of unemployment.
C)The mixture of ethnic, religious, and national groups inhibited social cohesiveness.
D)There was a labor surplus.

Question 22

How did the Louisiana Purchase affect Jefferson's Indian policy?

A)He believed that as whites moved across Indian territory to get to the West, Indians would eventually be eliminated.
B)He began preparing for new rounds of Indian wars in order to gain control of this new territory.
C)He recognized that the new territory provided unexpected opportunities for trade with the sophisticated Indian tribes of the West.
D)He saw the West as a place where eastern Indians could be relocated.

Question 23

Jefferson's Indian policy was predicated on the idea that Indians must conform to white culture though a process known as

A)exposition.
B)acculturation.
C)naturalization.
D)supply and demand.

Question 24

By 1800, one-fifth of the US federal budget was allocated to

A)pay bribes to the Barbary pirates in north Africa.
B)develop manufacturing and industry along the lines of Hamilton's ideas.
C)purchase large fleets of naval frigates to protect US merchant ships.
D)expansion to western lands.

Question 25

Which statement best describes the debate over the Louisiana Purchase?

A)Thomas Jefferson argued that the absence of constitutional authority to acquire territory should not prevent the country from doing it.
B)Federalists argued that the absence of constitutional authority to acquire territory should not prevent the country from doing it.
C)Thomas Jefferson argued that the Louisiana Purchase was an unnecessary, wasteful expenditure.
D)Federalists argued that if the United States did not obtain this territory, the United States would be justified in seizing it.

Question 26

Which of the following reasons limited migration to the region west of the Appalachian Mountains in the early 1800s?

A)The soils were too infertile to attract many farmers.
B)The lack of transportation made commercial agriculture impossible.
C)Population declines in the East made a move West impractical.
D)The federal government was more interested in peaceful relations with Indians than in eliminating them as a threat to white settlement.

Question 27

One key to Jefferson's landslide victory in 1804 was

A)his decisive victory over the Barbary pirates.
B)the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
C)his willingness to build up the military.
D)the continued prosperity of the nation under his policies.

Question 28

The hidden purpose of the major exploratory missions dispatched by Jefferson to the interior of the continent was to

A)collect biological samples of plants and animals.
B)gather intelligence on foreign and Indian inhabitants.
C)test new scientific instruments.
D)discover new sources of minerals.

Question 29

During the early 1800s, traditional New England Congregationalism faced its greatest challenge from

A)Methodism.
B)Episcopalianism.
C)Presbyterianism.
D)Unitarianism.

Question 30

Much of the economy of the western settlements was dependent upon the ability to access the Mississippi River and

A)the Great Lakes.
B)the Ohio River.
C)the port at New Orleans.
D)the port of Saint-Dominique.

Question 31

When Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and a small party into the Louisiana area, what was their primary mission?

A)To note the numbers of French, Spanish, and other agents in the area
B)To engage the Indians living there in warfare
C)To turn the Indians against the Spanish and the French
D)To establish agricultural settlements

Question 32

Which of the following was not a rapidly growing frontier state in the early nineteenth century?

A)Ohio
B)Tennessee
C)Kentucky
D)Iowa.

Question 33

Albert Gallatin bolstered Jefferson's economic vision of America by

A)spending money on antipoverty programs.
B)increasing defense spending.
C)increasing taxes on internally produced items like whiskey.
D)tying the nation's financial future to westward expansion and foreign trade.

Question 34

The native tribe most important for the success of the expedition of Lewis and Clark were the

A)Iroquios.
B)Mandans.
C)Sioux.
D)Lakotas.

Question 35

Jefferson believed that Native Americans

A)could become equal with whites by adopting European culture.
B)could never achieve equality with whites.
C)should be removed from American territory so that white settlers could put land to productive use.
D)could provide labor for eastern factories.

Question 36

A major contradiction of Thomas Jefferson was fathering children with a slave woman and his firm belief that blacks were

A)intellectually equal to white men, but not women.
B)eligible for freedom only if they survived their labors until his death.
C)equal in private but unequal in public.
D)inferior to whites in both body and mind.

Question 37

Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin's efforts to reduce spending allowed him to

A)make peace with the Barbary pirates.
B)get rid of Federalists still employed in government.
C)reduce the influence of state governments.
D)free up money to invest in industrialization.

Question 38

The chief problem for Jeffersonian Indian policy was the Native Americans'

A)cultural stagnance.
B)rapid modernization.
C)lack of patience and diplomacy.
D)lust for war.

Question 39

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Charles Coatsworth Pinckney

Question 40

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Quasi-War with France

Question 41

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John Marshall

Question 42

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states' rights

Question 43

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Presidential election of 1800

Question 44

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Aaron Burr

Question 45

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Marbury v. Madison

Question 46

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Twelfth Amendment

Question 47

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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Question 48

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XYZ affair

Question 49

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internal taxes

Question 50

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Lewis and Clark expedition

Question 51

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balance of payments

Question 52

What role did religion play in America in the early nineteenth century?

Question 53

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Unitarianism

Question 54

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Fries's Rebellion

Question 55

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supply and demand

Question 56

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Judicial review

Question 57

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Louisiana Purchase

Question 58

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Albert Gallatin

Question 59

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precedent

Question 60

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Sacajawea

Question 61

When Republicans took office in 1800, what was their central goal?

Question 62

Compare Thomas Jefferson's views on African Americans with his views on Native Americans.

Question 63

Ask students to compare Thomas Jefferson's stated political beliefs with his actions as president.

Question 64

Explain how Jefferson believed that agrarianism would promote democracy.