Deck 9: Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1814

Question 1

When American forces invaded Canada,hoping to conquer it and make it a state,they might have had a chance to win if they had

A) split into several groups so they could cover more territory.
B) made a direct assault at the St. Lawrence River, Canada's lifeline.
C) signed treaties with Native American tribes as they moved through their territories.
D) attacked with naval forces along the East Coast first.
E) aimed to at first take at least one of Canada's major cities.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Under the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809,

A) Jefferson tried to get the warring British and French to leave America out of its war.
B) American ships could trade with all nations except Britain and France.
C) The U.S. demanded that Britain pay American merchants for seized ships and goods.
D) The U.S. assessed a fine to all nations that harassed American ships.
E) led British leaders to announce their respect for U.S. neutrality.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which legislation set up land offices in the West,made pieces of land smaller,and allowed payments over time,thus helping settle the newer lands?

A) Northwest Ordinance of 1787
B) Land Act of 1785
C) Homestead Act
D) Land Act of 1800
E) Land Ordinance of 1804

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The Embargo Act of 1807

A) stopped American exports from going to Europe and banned U.S. ships from trading in foreign ports.
B) prompted American traders to begin smuggling goods out of the country.
C) proved to be the biggest mistake of Jefferson's administration.
D) had a devastating effect on the American economy, especially New England.
E) All of these choices.

Question 5

When Napoleon offered to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States for $15 million,President Jefferson had a problem,because

A) the United States was still in debt and did not have that much cash on hand.
B) he believed the Constitution had to be followed strictly, and it did not state that the president could purchase new lands.
C) he was worried about what would happen there regarding slavery.
D) he detested having to agree with the Federalists that the purchase was a good one.
E) he wanted America to remain mostly agricultural, and he didn't know what the land was like there.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a true statement about the Louisiana Purchase?

A) Jefferson initially set out to buy just New Orleans.
B) Napoleon agreed to sell the land because France desperately needed the money.
C) Jefferson paid $5 million for the land all the way to the Rocky Mountains.
D) The U.S. gained an additional 830,000 square miles in the deal with France.
E) The land was occupied and claimed by various Native American tribes.

Question 7

The Democratic-Republicans in Congress believed that a war with Britain would be

A) a disaster for America, because the navy was not ready.
B) the last chance to force the British to trade with America on equal terms.
C) a second "war for independence" that would be necessary to get Britain to conclusively accept American independence.
D) more likely to be won if the Americans took the offensive before Britain was prepared.
E) a brief conflict that the Americans would win handily, because the British had been so demoralized by the outcome of the Revolutionary War.

Question 8

All of the following is true about the election of 1808,except

A) Jefferson had chosen not to run for a third term.
B) Jefferson ensured that the nomination would go to another Virginian, James Madison.
C) The Federalist presidential candidate was Charles Pinckney.
D) James Madison handily defeated his opponent.
E) Democratic Republicans got exceedingly confident in the wake of their election victory and completely disregarded the growing anger over Jefferson's Embargo Act.

Question 9

Which of the following is not true about Tecumseh and his brother,the Prophet?

A) They founded the pan-Indian settlement of Prophetstown.
B) They toured across the country preaching a revival of old Native American customs.
C) They opposed the acceptance of European and American habits such as drinking whiskey and shooting guns.
D) They tried to organize their tribes for a massive migration westward.
E) Their goal was to unite tribes from the Old Northwest and the South in resistance against American encroachment.

Question 10

The Supreme Court case of Marbury v.Madison is significant for establishing the doctrine of

A) judicial review.
B) nullification.
C) legal slavery.
D) segregation.
E) land purchases by the federal government.

Question 11

Which of these people was at the center of the country's first serious plot of secession?

A) Alexander Hamilton.
B) Aaron Burr.
C) John Marshall.
D) Henry Clay.
E) Charles Pinckney.

Question 12

The first political party to actively campaign at the grassroots level was the

A) Federalist party.
B) Radical Whig party.
C) Anti-Federalist party.
D) Democratic-Republican party.
E) Democratic party.

Question 13

The group in Congress that pushed for war with Britain was

A) craftsmen who resented the competition from cheap British goods.
B) eastern businessmen who wanted revenge on Britain for their inability to trade freely.
C) southerners who feared Britain was preparing to interfere with the slave trade.
D) westerners who blamed Britain for increasing troubles with Indians in the Midwest.
E) northwestern fur traders who wanted to see the British leave the continent as they had promised.

Question 14

The leader of the forces that defeated the British at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend was

A) Aaron Burr.
B) Thomas Macdonough.
C) Andrew Jackson.
D) William Henry Harrison.
E) DeWitt Clinton.

Question 15

What patriotic song was written during the War of 1812?

A) "America the Beautiful"
B) "The Star Spangled Banner"
C) "God Bless America"
D) "Yankee Doodle"
E) "Stars and Stripes Forever"

Question 16

The Hartford Convention met to

A) seek an end to the War of 1812.
B) seek constitutional amendments limiting the government's ability to restrict commerce.
C) negotiate a peace treaty with Britain.
D) remove President Madison from office.
E) nominate a Federalist Party candidate for president in the 1812 election.

Question 17

Jefferson's domestic policies focused on all of the following,except

A) reducing the size of government.
B) destroying the national bank.
C) expanding what he understood as the agrarian republic.
D) navigating the development of the first national court system.
E) securing the Louisiana Purchase for American expansion.

Question 18

Why was land so essential to Jefferson's vision of the republic?

A) Without land, people would be pressured to become wage laborers
B) Land made it possible for every American to become a self-sufficient farmer.
C) He feared that without new land, the nation faced the problem of overcrowding.
D) Expansion would push the Spanish and French out.
E) All of these choices.

Question 19

The Senate's precedent-setting refusal to convict and remove federal judges from office on strictly "partisanship grounds" (showing political bias)was established when Jefferson sought to remove which of the following judges from office?

A) William Marbury
B) John Marshall
C) Samuel Chase
D) John Adams
E) Charles Pinckney

Question 20

When Britain and France went to war in the early 1800s,which of the following resulted?

A) By 1807, almost 400 American ships had been raided by English fleets.
B) The French began impressing American soldiers into their navy.
C) Many American traders became wealthy very early in the war.
D) Both countries vowed to respect American neutrality.
E) An impressment attack by the British on the U.S.S. Chesapeake led a significant number of Americans to call for war, but the British offered an apology and released the Americans.

Question 21

The "revitalization movement" involved

A) internal improvements for the country.
B) the establishment of Washington, D.C. as the capital of the city.
C) encouraging Indians to return to traditional lifestyles.
D) improving public education in each state.
E) a Federalist plot to make Aaron Burr governor of New York.

Question 22

When Jefferson sent his emissaries to France to negotiate with Napoleon,he was hoping to purchase all of the Louisiana Territory,but he would have settled for the city of New Orleans.

Question 23

What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition? How successful was the journey?

Question 24

Discuss the immediate outcomes of the War of 1812 and its long-term consequences.

Question 25

Which of these happened first?

A) The British ravaged Washington, D.C.
B) Captain Thomas Macdonough defeated the British at Lake Champlain.
C) The Americans defeated the British at a critical naval battle at Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie.
D) The British were turned back in their attempt to take the city of Baltimore.
E) Andrew Jackson defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans.

Question 26

The Federalists believed they had a good chance to win the election of 1808 because of the unpopularity of Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1807.

Question 27

The peace treaty ending the War of 1812

A) did not resolve the impressment issue.
B) left open the question of America's right to neutrality.
C) was negotiated at Ghent.
D) All of these choices.
E) None of these choices.

Question 28

Which of these was not recognized as something needed for the country to be successful after the War of 1812?

A) A stronger army and navy
B) A new national bank
C) An increase in protective tariffs
D) A system of nation-wide internal improvements
E) A general increase of taxes on U.S.-made products

Question 29

Which of the following was not evidence of a new sense of national identity and culture in the wake of the War of 1812?

A) Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language
B) Hartford Wits
C) the Boston Gazette
D) the North American Review
E) the paintings of John Trumbull

Question 30

Why did the War of 1812 take place,and how did the United States come to the point of engaging in war with Britain instead of with France?

Question 31

In the 1804 presidential election,Thomas Jefferson faced stiff competition from the Federalists.

Question 32

In the wake of the war of 1812,all of the following happened,except

A) The nation embarked on a period of economic growth.
B) America ceased to be still largely a nation of farmers.
C) The nation developed into a trading center.
D) Farmers became increasingly intent on bringing their product to market.
E) Following the demise of the Federalist Party, Democratic Republicans would not remain uncontested in their political leadership for long.

Question 33

Which was not true of the Battle of New Orleans?

A) The troops were led by Andrew Jackson.
B) The Americans suffered less than two dozen casualties, while the British had over 2,000.
C) The battle turned Jackson into an instant military hero.
D) The battle occurred before the treaty ending hostilities between Britain and the United States was signed by the two nations.
E) It actually took place after an agreement had been reached to end the war.

Question 34

Explain the significance of the Supreme Court case Marbury v.Madison.

Question 35

Tecumseh and the Prophet were brothers who belonged to the Shawnee tribe.

Question 36

Explain Jeffersonian Democracy,and evaluate how successful Thomas Jefferson was in practicing that concept.

Question 37

After he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel,Aaron Burr spent the rest of his life in the Caribbean mired in shame.

Question 38

During the Era of Good Feelings,

A) James and Dolley Madison restored the White House.
B) the Whig Party disappeared.
C) the Democratic Republicans formed a coalition with the Federalists.
D) the Federalist Party was officially banned.
E) many Americans believed that the fierce political partisanship by political parties was behind them.

Question 39

Gilbert Stuart

A) led the New England Federalists in their opposition to Jefferson.
B) wrote the famous lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner.
C) killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled into exile.
D) served as James Madison's Secretary of State.
E) painted many of the famous portraits of the founding fathers.

Question 40

The purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to explore

A) the land west of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
B) the land between the United States and the Rocky Mountains.
C) the lands from Chicago to the Oregon Territory.
D) as much of North America as they could cover in three years.
E) the Missouri and Colorado Rivers.

Question 41

The proposals emanating from the Hartford Convention led to the perception by many southerners and westerners that the Federalist Party had been involved in treasonous actions.

Question 42

America's national anthem,"The Star Spangled Banner," was set to the music of an English drinking song.

Question 43

The person who was commissioned to design Washington,D.C.'s Capitol buildings was an Englishman named Gilbert Stuart.

Question 44

James Madison changed his mind on several political issues after the War of 1812,one of them being his opposition to a national bank.

Question 45

America's first magazine of importance was the North American Review.