Deck 6: Forging a New Nation, 1790-1828

Question 1

​Support for the declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812 came primarily from

A)eastern bankers.
B)Federalists.
C)​Republicans.
D)​southern slaveholders.
E)​war hawks.

Answer 1

​war hawks.

Question 2

Why did Thomas Jefferson eventually win the tied election of 1800? ​

A)He had a reputation as a "simple man."
B)He proved to be such an effective secretary of state.
C)​He agreed to leave many of the Federalists' programs alone.
D)​All of these
E)​None of these

Answer 2

​He agreed to leave many of the Federalists' programs alone.

Question 3

The controversial and seminal election of 1800 led to ​

A)Aaron Burr's killing of Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
B)the scrapping of most Federalist programs.
C)​the passage of the Twelfth Amendment.
D)​All of these
E)​None of these

Answer 3

​the passage of the Twelfth Amendment.

Question 4

Which of the following individuals,who was also a much-disliked cousin of Thomas Jefferson's,served as chief justice of the U.S.Supreme Court? ​

A)John Marbury
B)John Marshall
C)​John Adams
D)​John Jay
E)​John Taney

Question 5

Which of the following was false about the Embargo of 1807? ​

A)It forbade exportation to Britain but encouraged exportation to France.
B)Jefferson found the embargo hard to enforce.
C)​The U.S.Treasury suffered a loss in customs revenue.
D)​Congress repealed the Embargo Act and replaced it with the Non-Intercourse Act.
E)​During the embargo,smuggling continued to be a serious problem.

Question 6

​Who served as George Washington's vice president?

A)James Madison
B)John Adams
C)​Thomas Jefferson
D)​Alexander Hamilton
E)​Benjamin Franklin

Question 7

What were the midnight appointments? ​

A)Permanent cabinet-level appointments made by President Adams in the final hours of his presidency
B)Judicial appointments made by President Adams once he knew the election was lost
C)​Judges requested by President Adams to preside over night court
D)​White House staff appointments made by President Adams at the close of his presidency
E)​None of these

Question 8

What is the name of the peace settlement that ended the war of 1812? ​

A)Treaty of Paris
B)Peace of Utrecht
C)​Hartford Treaty
D)​Jay Treaty
E)​Treaty of Ghent

Question 9

Which of the following events occurred in 1807? ​

A)The Judiciary Act of 1801 was repealed.
B)The Embargo Act was repealed.
C)​Aaron Burr was tried for treason.
D)​The United States annexed West Florida.

Question 10

Which of the following War of 1812 battles took place first? ​

A)Queenston
B)Tippecanoe
C)​Detroit
D)​Thames

Question 11

After the War of 1812,who was placed in charge of negotiating with native tribes in the Southeast?​

A)Andrew Jackson
B)James Monroe
C)​John C.Calhoun
D)​Zachary Taylor
E)​John Jay

Question 12

Which of the following did Thomas Jefferson do as president? ​

A)Reduce taxes
B)Retain the national bank
C)​Attempt to limit the judiciary
D)​Strengthen the federal government
E)​All of these

Question 13

​The Embargo of 1807 prohibited exportation to

A)France.
B)England.
C)​Canada.
D)​Spain.
E)​all countries.

Question 14

"The Star Spangled Banner" was Francis Scott Key's ode to the troops fighting in what U.S.city? ​

A)Washington,D.C.
B)New York City
C)​Baltimore
D)​Atlanta
E)​Boston

Question 15

Spain and the United States disputed the boundaries of ​

A)Louisiana.
B)Ohio.
C)​Utah.
D)​California.

Question 16

Which of the following was false about the Lewis and Clark expedition?​

A)Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark out to strengthen U.S.claims to the West.
B)Lewis and Clark were to search for a Northwest Passage and bring back descriptions of unknown species of plants and animals.
C)​The Corps of Discovery engaged in a series of armed conflicts with Native Americans at nearly every stop along their entire route.
D)​Sacagawea helped guide the party up the Missouri River and through the Rockies.
E)​The group brought back amazingly detailed descriptions of the lands,plants,and animals that they encountered.

Question 17

Where did the Convention of 1818 set the boundary between the United States and Canada? ​

A)Seventeenth parallel
B)Thirty-eighth parallel
C)​Sixtieth parallel
D)​Fifty-fifth parallel
E)​Forty-ninth parallel

Question 18

Which of the following resulted from the War of 1812? ​

A)An overwhelming military victory for the British
B)No real change from the way things were before the war
C)​An agreement by the British to cease the impressment of U.S.sailors
D)​A diplomatic and military victory for the French
E)​An agreement by the British to open all British Empire ports to U.S.ships

Question 19

Which of the following statements regarding the War of 1812 is true? ​

A)The country was solidly behind the declaration of war.
B)The country was militarily well prepared to fight the war.
C)​Madison was defeated for reelection when the campaign in Canada failed.
D)​U.S.naval victories against the premier power of the sea,Great Britain,were surprising.
E)​The outcome of the war caused a dramatic shift in the borders between the United States and Canada.

Question 20

One significant aspect of the Battle of New Orleans was that ​

A)no Americans lost their lives in the fight.
B)it took place after the war had ended.
C)​Britain became convinced that it could not win the war.
D)​Thomas Jefferson emerged from political retirement to support the battle.
E)​None of these

Question 21

What was the last major battle against Native Americans in present-day Ohio? ​

A)Battle of Bull Run
B)Battle of Little Big Horn
C)​Battle of Wounded Knee
D)​Battle of Fallen Timbers
E)​Battle of Forked River

Question 22

Who served as George Washington's secretary of the treasury? ​

A)Alexander Hamilton
B)James Madison
C)​Thomas Jefferson
D)​John Jay
E)​Henry Knox

Question 23

White settlement of Kentucky and Tennessee proceeded quickly after the defeat of the ​

A)Seminoles.
B)Cherokees.
C)​Chickasaws.
D)​Iroquois.
E)​Cheyenne.

Question 24

​Which of the following events took place before the Whiskey Rebellion?

A)Jay Treaty
B)Genet's visit to America
C)​XYZ Affair
D)​Alien and Sedition Acts

Question 25

When French ambassador Edmond Genet began to recruit Americans as privateers to fight against Britain,how did Washington's administration respond? ​

A)It allowed Genet to arm his ships in American ports.
B)It asked that Genet cease his activities.
C)​It turned to the British for help in stopping the ambassador.
D)​It requested that the French government recall Genet from America.
E)​Both C and D

Question 26

The Naturalization Act of 1798 called for ​

A)lengthening the period of residence needed for citizenship from five to ten years.
B)easing of restrictions against Irish immigrants coming to the United States.
C)​banning naturalized citizens from holding public office.
D)​All of these
E)​None of these

Question 27

The practice of impressment involved ​

A)attempts by the British to convince their opponents that the royal navy was all-powerful at sea.
B)the seizure of U.S.sailors who had defected to the French during the Napoleonic Wars.
C)​the French policy of forcing all nations to impress their soldiers into the French army.
D)​the seizure of sailors from U.S.merchant ships for service on British warships.
E)​None of these

Question 28

In what way did the United States government respond to France's declaration of war on Britain in 1793? ​

A)It declared war on France.
B)It proclaimed neutrality.
C)​It reaffirmed the 1778 French-American alliance.
D)​It suddenly seized the western forts occupied by Britain.
E)​It also declared war on Britain.

Question 29

Which of the following occurred in the presidential election of 1796? ​

A)Aaron Burr became vice president.
B)John Adams became president.
C)​Members of two different political parties became president and vice president.
D)​Both B and C
E)​Both A and B

Question 30

The Jay Treaty included which of the following provisions? ​

A)It compensated Americans for slaves who had left America with the British army after the Revolution.
B)It stopped the practice of impressment.
C)​It opened trade with the British West Indies for some American ships.
D)​It allowed the exportation of American cotton,molasses,and sugar to Great Britain.
E)​It allowed the exportation of American textiles to Great Britain.

Question 31

The Whiskey Rebellion served to demonstrate ​

A)Washington's weaknesses as president.
B)the strength of the federal government.
C)​the success of the determined farmers.
D)​the weaknesses of the federal government.
E)​Jefferson's effectiveness as an arbitrator.

Question 32

James Madison opposed the national bank on what grounds? ​

A)Biblical
B)Constitutional
C)​Economic
D)​Historical
E)​Cultural

Question 33

Which of the following took place during the XYZ Affair and angered Americans? ​

A)The French demanded a bribe for American representatives to speak to their government.
B)French agents conspired to get Americans involved more directly in their revolution.
C)​French officials threatened to sever all diplomatic ties with America if it didn't support their war with England.
D)​Both A and B
E)​All of these

Question 34

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions ​

A)were drafted anonymously by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
B)attacked the Alien and Sedition Acts.
C)​claimed the right of a state to protect its people from unconstitutional federal laws.
D)​All of these
E)​None of these

Question 35

Which of the following events in Native American history occurred first? ​

A)Battle of Fallen Timbers is fought.
B)Treaty of Holston is signed.
C)​Dragging Canoe dies.
D)​Henderson's Purchase is finalized.

Question 36

​Enforcement of which of the following acts led to the imprisonment of a number of newspaper editors?

A)Naturalization Act
B)Sedition Act
C)​Alien Act
D)​Alien Enemies Act
E)​Townshend Act

Question 37

Which of the following event pairings occurred during the same year? ​

A)George Washington became president and the French Revolution began.
B)The Bank of the United States was established and the Senate approved the Jay Treaty.
C)​John Adams became president and the Naturalization Act was passed.
D)​The Judiciary Act was passed and Alexander Hamilton wrote his Report on Public Credit.

Question 38

What did George Washington warn Americans against in his farewell address?​

A)Involvement in foreign affairs
B)Sectional politics
C)​Political parties
D)​All of these
E)​None of these

Question 39

The Spanish offered free land to settlers in Florida and Louisiana,as long as the newcomers ​

A)took an oath of allegiance to the Spanish Crown.
B)baptized their children in the Catholic faith.
C)​renounced American citizenship.
D)​Both A and C
E)​Both A and B

Question 40

What was the initial reaction of most Americans to the French Revolution? ​

A)Sympathy
B)Concern
C)​Indifference
D)​Fear
E)​Anger

Question 41

The White House gained that name during the administration of James Monroe,who had the building painted white.​

Question 42

Aaron Burr was tried and convicted in a federal court for trying to foment unrest and create a separate nation in the West.​

Question 43

The cornerstone of Hamilton's new financial plans for the country was a national bank that would ​

A)hold the federal government's funds.
B)regulate state banks.
C)​expand the money supply.
D)​All of these
E)​None of these

Question 44

The Monroe Doctrine was issued jointly by the United States and Great Britain.​

Question 45

Who was most responsible for the development of the U.S.financial system? ​

A)Henry Knox
B)Alexander Hamilton
C)​George Washington
D)​Thomas Jefferson
E)​John Jay

Question 46

In response to the Quasi-War with France in the late 1790s,Congress expanded the army and authorized the navy to protect merchant ships.​

Question 47

The party favoring commercial development and a national bank was the Federalist Party.​

Question 48

"We are all Republicans,we are all Federalists" was John Adams's most famous statement.​

Question 49

Governor William Blount of the Tennessee Territory was known as the"Dirt King"by the Cherokees because he was so greedy for their land.​

Question 50

Which of the following accurately describes America's first Congress? ​

A)Antifederalists
B)Elitists
C)​Federalists
D)​Both A and B
E)​Both B and C

Question 51

After acquiring Louisiana from France,President Jefferson purchased East and West Florida from Spain.​

Question 52

In 1789,the electoral college cast a unanimous vote in favor of George Washington for president.​

Question 53

After ratification of the Constitution,the Democratic-Republicans assumed the leadership role in creating a new government.

Question 54

Alexander Hamilton's proposals for America's financial program included all but which of the following components? ​

A)Honoring all Revolutionary War debts at face value
B)Levying customs duties and excise taxes
C)​Creating a federal income tax
D)​Having the federal government assume all states' debts
E)​Both C and D

Question 55

Who served as George Washington's secretary of state? ​

A)Benjamin Franklin
B)John Jay
C)​John Adams
D)​Thomas Jefferson
E)​James Madison

Question 56

Which of the following was included in President Washington's first executive departments or cabinet? ​

A)Department of War
B)Department of Treasury
C)​State Department
D)​Attorney General
E)​All of these

Question 57

The initial reaction in the United States to revolution in France was supportive.​

Question 58

In 1802,federal personnel throughout the country numbered under 10,000,and most of that number worked as bureaucrats in Washington,D.C.

Question 59

The Judiciary Act of 1801 reduced the number of justices on the Supreme Court from six to five.​

Question 60

Passage of what act created the federal court system? ​

A)Judiciary Act of 1812
B)Marshall Act of 1792
C)​Judiciary Act of 1789
D)​Franklin-Marshall Act of 1796
E)​None of these

Question 61

As president,John Adams opposed the Sedition Act on the grounds that it was unconstitutional.​

Question 62

The Federalists never intended that Thomas Jefferson would serve as John Adams's vice president.​

Question 63

The Jay Treaty opened the Mississippi River to free navigation and allowed Americans to use the port of New Orleans.​