Deck 8: The Early Republic, 1793-1811

Question 1

Hamilton's revenue proposal,which garnered solid support,was that of

A)property taxes.
B)direct taxation.
C)excise taxes on luxury and vice goods.
D)tariffs.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Who of the following was the leading figure in American politics during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century who epitomized American optimism?

A)George Washington
B)Thomas Jefferson
C)John Adams
D)James Madison

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What became the dominant form of legal emancipation in all northern states?

A)gradual abolition
B)selling slaves to southern states
C)granting immediate freedom
D)conversion to indentured servitude

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Disagreement over the future of the federal government under the new Constitution began with

A)conflict over the institution of slavery.
B)foreign policy issues.
C)money matters.
D)a challenge to executive power.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT true of the French Revolution?

A)It overturned centuries of absolute monarchy.
B)It lost its fervor as it progressed.
C)It abolished feudalism and privileges of nobility.
D)It established a period of representative government.

Question 6

Which of the following is reflective of new attitudes on age and aging that formed in American culture toward the end of the eighteenth century?

A)More children were named for their grandparents.
B)To be older was seen to be more venerable.
C)New vocabulary emerged for disparaging one's elders.
D)Legislatures introduced mandatory minimum-age laws for public officials.

Question 7

Which city was the destination of about five hundred French-speaking slaves from Saint Domingue in 1793?

A)Philadelphia
B)New York City
C)Boston
D)Savannah

Question 8

The central argument against the creation of the Bank of the United States was that

A)southern states would receive no benefit from such a bank.
B)a European model did not suit the United States.
C)such an institution would not be effective in stabilizing the currency.
D)the Constitution did not authorize Congress to issue private charters or establish banks.

Question 9

To raise money to pay down the interest on the bonds that would be used to retire the existing debt,the federal government turned to

A)protective tariffs.
B)direct taxation.
C)state property taxes.
D)loans from foreign governments.

Question 10

For enslaved African Americans living in the South,the decades following the ratification of the Constitution

A)led to mass liberation.
B)was a period of increased slave-holding.
C)brought freedom for only some.
D)generally brought a status quo.

Question 11

Rates of private manumission in Virginia and Maryland between 1790 and 1810

A)decreased significantly.
B)remained about the same as in previous decades.
C)decreased slightly.
D)increased significantly.

Question 12

The A.M.E Church formed after breaking with its denominational establishment over

A)disputes over ecclesiastical politics.
B)regional issues.
C)the issue of women in ministry.
D)racial discrimination.

Question 13

Opposition to Hamilton's plan of nationalizing state debts was led by

A)Thomas Jefferson.
B)George Washington.
C)James Madison.
D)John Jay.

Question 14

The Haitian Revolution unfolded in several stages and included as participants

A)poor whites who wanted a voice in government.
B)mixed-race free people.
C)the colony's half-million slaves.
D)multiple competing ethnic groups in the colony.

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the Federalist position?

A)favored a strong national government
B)valued an agrarian society of independent landowners
C)aspired to build a nation that resembled Great Britain
D)worried about the threat of too much democracy

Question 16

The institution of slavery was most vulnerable in the

A)northern half of the United States.
B)Middle States.
C)South.
D)western territories.

Question 17

The number of ex-slaves living in Philadelphia ________ over the course of the 1790s.

A)slowly declined
B)skyrocketed
C)slowly increased
D)remained nearly constant

Question 18

Preachers of which denomination sought converts across lines of race and class?

A)Baptist
B)Methodist
C)Congregationalist
D)Presbyterian

Question 19

When news of the Haitian Revolution traveled quickly to the North American mainland,it

A)invoked sympathy but minimal action.
B)drew little attention.
C)sparked fears of race war.
D)inspired many Americans to financially support the revolutionaries.

Question 20

Objections to the debt assumption plan included all of the following EXCEPT that

A)it would threaten the institution of slavery.
B)state debts would simply reward wealthy speculators.
C)it would make the central government powerful at the expense of the sovereignty of the individual.
D)it would commit the new republic to a path of commercial growth.

Question 21

The exact site of the nation's new capital was to be decided by

A)popular vote.
B)the House of Representatives.
C)the president.
D)the Senate.

Question 22

The victor of the election of 1800 was

A)James Madison.
B)George Washington.
C)Thomas Jefferson.
D)Raymond Burr.

Question 23

The central hub of news production during the 1790s was the city of

A)Boston.
B)Philadelphia.
C)New York City.
D)Charleston.

Question 24

The incident dubbed the XYZ Affair

A)strained Franco-American relations.
B)repaired trade relations with Britain.
C)prompted the impeachment of George Washington.
D)referred to the deportation of Citizen Genêt.

Question 25

Which of the following was NOT true of Pittsburg?

A)It never made significant use of riverboats.
B)It was a significant marketplace.
C)It grew rapidly in the 1790s.
D)Industry never took hold there.

Question 26

Almost all of the earliest U.S.cities west of the Appalachians were

A)located along major waterways.
B)originally the sites of forts.
C)centered around a trading or supply center.
D)situated near mountain ranges.

Question 27

At its beginning in 1800,the new capital could have been be described as

A)grand and sophisticated.
B)physically rustic.
C)an average American city.
D)None of these answers is correct.

Question 28

Washington's plan to fund the building of the new capital was based on

A)public financing.
B)private donations.
C)foreign investment.
D)real estate speculation.

Question 29

Regarding the Haitian Revolution,Republicans

A)worried about an independent black republic in the Caribbean.
B)sympathized with France.
C)were sympathetic to Louverture's revolt.
D)were concerned that it might undermine slavery in the American South.

Question 30

Matthew Lyon of Vermont created controversy as a member of Congress because he

A)was of aristocratic pedigree.
B)had spit in the face of the president.
C)had previously been a newspaper publisher.
D)threatened the establishment.

Question 31

The contest between Jefferson and Burr in 1800 was settled by

A)the Senate.
B)a duel.
C)the Supreme Court.
D)the House of Representatives.

Question 32

The Sedition Act of 1798

A)made it a crime to write or publish malicious claims about the government.
B)extended the waiting period for obtaining citizenship.
C)criminalized organized rebellion.
D)declared as treason any cooperation with a foreign government.

Question 33

The case Marbury v.Madison,decided in 1803,

A)legitimized the three-fifths clause.
B)separated the ballots of president and vice president.
C)established the principle of judicial review.
D)extended the waiting period for obtaining citizenship.

Question 34

Jay's Treaty

A)appeared to betray the French.
B)extracted a promise from the French to withdraw troops from the Northwest Territory.
C)created a schism in the trading relationship with the British.
D)was opposed by the Federalists.

Question 35

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

A)encouraged the spread of the opposition press.
B)asserted the rights of states to resist or nullify congressional laws.
C)reflected support of the power of the central government.
D)declared opposition to U.S.assistance for the Haitian Revolution.

Question 36

Which of the following is NOT true of the election of 1800?

A)Republicans outpolled the Federalists in electoral votes.
B)Republican newspapers influenced voters.
C)The three-fifths clause had a significant impact.
D)Jefferson was the clear winner.

Question 37

Which of the following is NOT true of urban growth after the Revolution?

A)Population grew due to migrations.
B)Farming was in decline.
C)Population grew due to natural increase.
D)Cities were planneD.

Question 38

Many Republicans wanted to impeach President Washington over the controversy surrounding which of the following?

A)the French Revolution
B)the Bank of the United States
C)his support of Jay's Treaty
D)his opposition to the Haitian Revolution

Question 39

In 1793,the French minister Citizen Edmond-Charles Genêt came into notoriety in the United States when he

A)called for a blockage of the West Indies.
B)was refused political asylum in the U.S.
C)opposed U.S.intervention in French military conflicts.
D)enlisted Americans to attack British ships and Spanish colonial positions.

Question 40

Concerns behind the move of the nation's capital from Philadelphia include all of the following EXCEPT that

A)its population was not substantial enough.
B)it was home to learned societies.
C)it might be vulnerable to uprisings of democratic mobs.
D)it might be susceptible to pressures from commercial groups.

Question 41

Contrast the issue of slavery in the North and in the South during the period of the early republic.

Question 42

Describe the significance of the election of 1800 in the context of the developing partisanship in American politics.

Question 43

Many southern slaveholders embraced the ban on slave importation because

A)it was never intended to be enforced.
B)they had become convinced of the immorality of slavery.
C)it raised the value of the slaves they already owned.
D)it foresaw a time in the near future when they would no longer need slaves.

Question 44

Those who bought up most of the plots of land sold by the federal government were

A)merchants and manufacturers.
B)mineral prospectors.
C)simple farming folk.
D)land speculators.

Question 45

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 ________ the size of the United States.

A)quadrupled
B)doubled
C)tripled
D)None of these answers is correct.

Question 46

Survey the characteristics of cities in the West,including the challenges and economic issues related to the growth of the urban frontier.

Question 47

Public life in New Orleans reflected a culture influenced by all the following EXCEPT

A)the French.
B)the Spanish.
C)the Dutch.
D)Haitians.

Question 48

The Barbary War involved a conflict with

A)Britain.
B)Algiers.
C)Spain.
D)Tripoli.

Question 49

The problem with the land purchased through the Yazoo land deal of 1796 was that

A)it was much further from the Mississippi than advertised.
B)the mineral claims were overstated.
C)it was already claimed by the U.S. ,Spain,and Great Britain.
D)it was already tied up in the courts at the time of sale.

Question 50

Examine the problems,arguments,and proposed solutions regarding the new nation's economic situation in the late eighteenth century.

Question 51

France was motivated to unload Louisiana to another power

A)to avoid having to pay the costs of defending it against the British.
B)because it was hoped to be a lucrative real estate transaction.
C)because France's claim to the land was dubious.
D)to avoid potential conflict with Spain over the territory.

Question 52

The purposes of the Corps of Discovery included all of the following EXCEPT

A)founding settlements.
B)establishing cultural contacts.
C)developing commercial connections.
D)surveying some of the Louisiana territory.

Question 53

Describe the purchase,politics,and exploration of the Louisiana Territory.

Question 54

Discuss the effects of the Haitian Revolution in the United States,including developments in Philadelphia.

Question 55

The original meeting place of what became the New York Stock Exchange was a

A)tavern.
B)school house.
C)coffee house.
D)church.

Question 56

The Embargo Act of 1807 had the effect of

A)provoking the British into war.
B)crippling the American economy.
C)enhancing the status of the Barbary states.
D)easing tensions with Britain.

Question 57

Contrast the foreign policy of Washington and the Federalists to that of Jefferson and the Republicans.Cite at least two examples of each.