Deck 9: The Early Republic

Question 1

Which of the following was NOT one of the goals of Alexander Hamilton's financial proposals?

A) stimulate the essentially virtuous nature of ordinary citizens, who could take advantage of new economic opportunities
B) stimulate commerce and manufacturing through the power and positive actions of the national government
C) win the loyalty of the wealthy to the national government
D) make the U.S. as a whole independent of European control by strengthening it economically

Answer 1

stimulate the essentially virtuous nature of ordinary citizens, who could take advantage of new economic opportunities

Question 2

After organizing the government, the First Congress turned its attention to Alexander Hamilton's economic proposals and enacted all of them EXCEPT

A) a tariff.
B) a national bank.
C) a provision that the judiciary should decide the constitutionality of regulating the economy.
D) a procedure whereby the national government could pay off both its own debt and the combined debt of the states.

Answer 2

a provision that the judiciary should decide the constitutionality of regulating the economy.

Question 3

Which of the following does NOT accurately complete this statement? The first political parties arose

A) despite the fundamental hostility to the idea of parties among political leaders.
B) because of opposition to Hamilton's programs.
C) in an atmosphere in which each party thought the other was out to subvert the republic.
D) after John Adams became president.

Answer 3

after John Adams became president.

Question 4

How did foreign policy issues accelerate the emergence of political parties in the U.S.?

A) The French schemed to set up a friendly faction within the U.S. government.
B)Divided over whether France represented republicanism or anarchy, the two sides came to suspect the worst intentions of the other and organized parties against each other.
C) Pinckney's Treaty so blatantly met the interests of the commercial areas against the interests of the semisubsistence sector that the leaders of agrarian America rallied around the treaty fight and founded a party.
D) With both sides violating American neutral rights, the party that exploited American anger and fought . for American rights was able to win the election of 1800.

Question 5

Which of the following does NOT accurately state a principle that Jefferson espoused?

A) People may be trusted to make political choices based on correct principles.
B) Radical change is periodically necessary to make sure that equality and democracy continue to be . extended to all men and women of all races and faiths.
C) Human reason is the powerful tool that will unlock the secrets of nature and improve human society.
D) The life of the independent farmer in a free market is an economically preferable and morally superior
Social condition.

Question 6

How did political festivals help democratize the conduct of politics?

A) by providing prime occasions for the local party leaders to speak
B) by educating the electorate
C) by building camaraderie through the singing of patriotic songs
D) by inviting everyone

Question 7

How did African Americans react to being excluded from political festivals and public jubilees?

A) They organized their own celebrations.
B) They protested to attract media attention.
C) They adopted an attitude of indifference to politics.
D) They self-published poetry, slave narratives, and pamphlets.

Question 8

Which president was the first to be inaugurated in Washington,D. C?

A) John Adams
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) James Madison
D) James Monroe

Question 9

Although the Federalists did not want to see Ohio settled, they did allow the sale of federal land. How did they seek to minimize settlement in this area?

A) high prices and a minimum required purchase of 320 acres
B) high prices and a minimum required purchase of 420 acres
C) high prices and a minimum required purchase of 640 acres
D) high prices and a minimum required purchase of 1,280 acres

Question 10

What larger social pattern helps explain the clashes between whites and Indians on the Ohio frontier and, more specifically, their resort to both religious renewal movements and abusive consumption of increased quantities of alcohol?

A) Neither tribal villages nor backcountry villages felt any cultural or economic need for the other.
B) Traditional cultural systems were breaking down, creating great cultural stress.
C) Birth rates in both groups were rising sharply, imposing great pressures on the land.
D) Both groups had abandoned their religious roots and rejected calls to return to traditional beliefs.

Question 11

Tenskwatawa (the Prophet) ________, while his brother Tecumseh ________.

A) allied with Great Britain during the War of 1812; tried unsuccessfully to follow the path of assimilation
B) led a religious revival among western tribes; led a military alliance among western tribes
C) encouraged his fellow Indians to adapt carefully and selectively to what whites had to offer; rejected all . contact with whites and sought a return to traditional ways
D) had his greatest following among tribes of the upper Midwest; won widespread support among the southern tribes

Question 12

The second wave of settlers into frontier areas were typically

A) backwoods families.
B) young easterners who married and started families.
C) semisubsistence independent landowners.
D) squatters who engaged in commercial agriculture.

Question 13

During the war of 1812, a three-pronged invasion was sent against Canada. All of the following were starting points for the invasion EXCEPT

A) Lake Erie.
B) Detroit.
C) Niagara.
D) Lake Champlain.

Question 14

What event sounded the death knell of the Federalist party?

A) the election of James Monroe to the presidency
B) the Hartford Convention
C) the new nationalism Americans felt
D) the return of peace after the war of 1812

Question 15

________ was the man who took the lead in organizing the Republican party opposition.

Question 16

What social and economic groups in American society tended to support the Federalist party? Why did each do so? Why did commercial groups generally support the Federalists?

Question 17

What is semisubsistence farming? Describe and discuss it in terms of both its economic and social aspects. What attitude did most semisubsistence farmers take toward government?

Question 18

List three ways Hamilton's program strengthened the federal government. How did each of these specifically strengthen the government? Which do you think was the most important, and why?

Question 19

Name three events that contributed to worsening relations between the United States and France in the 1790s. How did each event strain relations between the two countries?

Question 20

How did events during the administration of John Adams weaken the Federalist party? Why did these events hurt the party?

Question 21

Why did the election of 1800 mark a milestone in the history of the United States? Describe the election, its outcome, and its significance.

Question 22

What were the most important causes of the Federalist party's ultimate defeat?

Question 23

How did Federalists and Republicans differ on economic issues? Were economic issues the most important factors in the emergence of political parties in the 1790s?

Question 24

Thomas Jefferson commented, "If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go at all."
Yet political parties did develop during the 1790s. Why were Federalists and Republicans suspicious of parties?

Question 25

Give several examples of political violence in the 1790s. How was this behavior different from what we expect in politics today?

Question 26

Discuss the major differences between the principles of the Federalists and the Republicans. How was each difference reflected in disputes over specific policies in the 1790s? Of the differences you note, which do you think was the most important, and why?

Question 27

How did political divisions in the early Republic follow social divisions? Why was this the case?

Question 28

In what ways did the Federalists and Republicans look back to the Revolution in their ideologies? In what ways did they look ahead to the nineteenth century?
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