Deck 9: Revolutionary Legacies, 1789-1803

Question 1

During the late eighteenth century, most manufacturing __________.

A) took place in large warehouses
B) took place in individual households
C) used slave labor
D) used female workers

Answer 1

took place in individual households

Question 2

Thomas Jefferson bitterly opposed __________.

A) western expansion
B) George Washington's election to the presidency
C) the Bank of the United States
D) slavery

Answer 2

the Bank of the United States

Question 3

Why were Democratic-Republicans alarmed by Jay's treaty?

A) They believed it would destroy the nation's small farming sector.
B) They felt it would hurt small businessmen.
C) They argued it endangered planters in the South.
D) They saw it as threatening to New England shipping.

Answer 3

They believed it would destroy the nation's small farming sector.

Question 4

The Whiskey Rebellion was started by __________ who were unhappy with a new federal tax.

A) farmers
B) factory workers
C) Native Americans
D) craftsmen

Question 5

The original United States Naturalization Law of 1790 limited naturalization to __________.

A) free white persons
B) northern Europeans
C) people of British ancestry
D) freeborn men

Question 6

Charles Talleyrand, the __________ foreign minister, was linked to the XYZ Affair.

A) Spanish
B) Dutch
C) British
D) French

Question 7

On what basis did Jefferson oppose the Bank of the United States?

A) He did not think it was constitutional.
B) He did not think it would work well.
C) He thought it would weaken the economy.
D) He thought it was controlled by foreign interests.

Question 8

Alexander Hamilton believed the Bank of the United States would __________.

A) undermine the power of the federal government
B) make the United States the most powerful country in the world
C) stimulate the economy
D) prove to be a disaster

Question 9

Samuel Slater helped revolutionize the __________ industry.

A) steel
B) textile
C) coal
D) lumber

Question 10

__________Treaty gave Americans the right to navigate the Mississippi River.

A) Jay's
B) Pinckney's
C) Jefferson's
D) Genet's

Question 11

Edmund Genêt's actions led to __________.

A) war between settlers and Native Americans
B) a peace treaty between the United States and France
C) the deterioration of relations between France and the United States
D) calls for Mexican independence

Question 12

Which of the following describes a remarkable feature of the election of 1796?

A) Congress had to resolve the deadlock in the electoral college.
B) The winner lost the popular vote.
C) The winners of the presidency and vice presidency were from different parties.
D) The winner was a relatively unknown person.

Question 13

Which of the following groups felt particularly threatened by Jay's Treaty?

A) southern planters
B) northern manufacturers
C) ordinary workers
D) bankers and financiers

Question 14

Washington issued the Neutrality Proclamation to avoid being drawn into the war between France and __________.

A) the Netherlands
B) Spain
C) Ireland
D) England

Question 15

The region stretching from New England to New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania had all the ingredients for __________.

A) population decline
B) plantation agriculture
C) massive slave revolts
D) the American Industrial Revolution

Question 16

In his farewell address, Washington warned against __________.

A) entangling alliances with foreign powers
B) the evils of slavery
C) rapid democratization
D) the influence of organized religion

Question 17

Samuel Slater's first factory workers were __________.

A) children
B) unmarried women
C) indentured servants
D) recent immigrants

Question 18

__________'s cotton gin gave a tremendous boost to the southern plantation economy.

A) Samuel Slater
B) Henry Court
C) Robert Fulton
D) Eli Whitney

Question 19

The Democratic-Republicans were supporters of __________.

A) Britain in international conflicts
B) the British model of democracy
C) a strong federal government
D) the rights of states

Question 20

Alexander Hamilton served as Washington's __________.

A) secretary of state
B) secretary of the treasury
C) secretary of war
D) secretary of the interior

Question 21

The Navy Department and Marine Corps were created in part in response to which of the following?

A) high unemployment among American sailors
B) threats from Great Britain
C) a possible war with France
D) a desire to stimulate the economy of New England

Question 22

American worker organizations stressed __________.

A) ethnic differences between European Americans
B) the equality of all freeborn white men
C) the need to maintain the traditional social and economic hierarchy
D) the connection between prosperity and godliness

Question 23

In the decades after the Revolution, public parades marking special occasions often featured __________.

A) groups of artisans
B) marching bands
C) wild animals
D) professional singers

Question 24

The Free African Society was a(n) __________.

A) organization dedicated to sending blacks back to Africa
B) mixed-race religious organization
C) mutual aid society started by free African Americans
D) underground society started by slaves

Question 25

The Five Civilized Tribes included the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, and __________ Indians.

A) Apache
B) Iroquois
C) Hopi
D) Cherokee

Question 26

Gabriel plotted a rebellion to seize __________.

A) Charleston
B) Richmond
C) Charlotte
D) Washington D.C.

Question 27

Little Turtle and his followers were defeated by General Anthony Wayne at the Battle of __________.

A) Fallen Timbers
B) Little Bighorn
C) Wounded Knee
D) Sandy Creek

Question 28

The Federalists passed the Alien and Sedition Acts to __________.

A) suppress criticism of their policies
B) safeguard the country from attack
C) appease the Democratic-Republicans
D) strengthen the Bill of Rights

Question 29

Which of the following states offered free blacks the most rights?

A) Pennsylvania
B) New Jersey
C) Massachusetts
D) New York

Question 30

Manumission was a process by which __________.

A) owners freed selected slaves
B) slaves gained free status after having run away
C) slavery was established in new territories
D) free blacks were enslaved

Question 31

Which of the following helps explain the westward migration of tobacco growers in the early nineteenth century?

A) overpopulation
B) depleted soil
C) falling demand for tobacco
D) government policies

Question 32

Protestant missionaries encouraged Indian women to __________.

A) go to school
B) plant crops
C) plow fields
D) spin thread

Question 33

New York and New Jersey __________.

A) gradually abolished slavery
B) never allowed slavery
C) allowed free black men to vote
D) abolished slavery in 1776

Question 34

Which of the following was a consequence of the abolition of slavery in the North?

A) Northern whites accepted blacks as equals.
B) Blacks faced considerable difficulties in finding employment.
C) The black population of the North fell dramatically.
D) Blacks became an important voting bloc.

Question 35

Why did the Spanish make little headway in assimilating the Karankawa Indians?

A) The Karankawa had access to guns and horses.
B) The Karankawa resented Spanish interference with their traditional agricultural practices.
C) The Karankawa religion was overtly hostile to Catholicism.
D) The Karankawa integrated Spanish missions into their nomadic lifestyle.

Question 36

Pinckney's Treaty advanced the interests of __________.

A) American sailors
B) southern planters
C) British bankers
D) western farmers

Question 37

Gabriel used which of the following to justify his slave uprising?

A) the rhetoric of the American Revolution
B) Bible passages
C) arguments based in African legal traditions
D) accounts of white atrocities

Question 38

Who wrote Vindication of the Rights of Woman?

A) Mary Shelley
B) Olympe de Gouges
C) Abigail Adams
D) Mary Wollstonecraft

Question 39

The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were written in opposition to __________.

A) Jay's Treaty
B) slavery
C) the Alien and Sedition Acts
D) war with France

Question 40

Between __________, all the northern states abolished slavery.

A) 1790 and 1804
B) 1770 and 1795
C) 1810 and 1821
D) 1750 and 1763

Question 41

During the election of 1800, the Federalists portrayed Jefferson as a(n)__________.

A) religious and racial bigot
B) godless supporter of the French Revolution
C) friend of bankers and speculators
D) enemy of democracy

Question 42

Jefferson sent James Monroe to Paris in 1803 to __________.

A) secure American trading rights to New Orleans
B) negotiate a peace treaty
C) purchase the Louisiana Territory
D) protest French policies in the Caribbean

Question 43

Jefferson's ideas in the Declaration of Independence were contradicted by his __________.

A) views on labor unions
B) promotion of industry
C) fondness for Great Britain and British institutions
D) ideas about slavery and race

Question 44

What led to the violent conflict between whites and Indians in the Great Lakes region in the 1780s and 1790s? What was the ultimate outcome of these clashes?

Question 45

What were the qualities of the ideal Republican mother?

Question 46

Detail the impact of the new political and economic climate on northern blacks.

Question 47

The Republican mother provided companionship to her husband and __________.

A) supplemented his income with work outside of the home
B) spent most of her time in church
C) taught her children a trade
D) taught her children to be virtuous members of society

Question 48

Marbury v. Madison established __________.

A) the principle of one person, one vote
B) guidelines for searches and seizures
C) the right of the judiciary to rule on the constitutionality of laws
D) the right of the federal government to regulate trade

Question 49

Why was the 1800 election particularly significant?

A) It was decided by the popular vote.
B) It was determined by the Supreme Court.
C) The winner was elected directly by the people
D) It resulted in the orderly transfer of power from one party to another.

Question 50

Which of the following was true of the war between Tripoli and the United States?

A) It was very unpopular in New England.
B) It outraged Democratic-Republicans.
C) It was caused by British interference with American merchant ships.
D) It was sparked by the kidnapping of American sailors.

Question 51

Which of the following groups was most opposed to the Louisiana Purchase?

A) Federalists
B) Democratic-Republicans
C) slave owners
D) small farmers

Question 52

Among the Cherokee, the introduction of a European American division of labor __________.

A) angered many men who felt threatened by the change
B) had little effect on women
C) gave women considerably more economic power
D) lessened women's customary political influence

Question 53

What led to the Louisiana Purchase? How did Jefferson reconcile the purchase with his own devotion to a strict interpretation of the Constitution?

Question 54

Thomas Jefferson was __________.

A) not convinced that Indian cultures were still viable
B) an opponent of western expansion
C) a supporter of the gradual abolition of slavery
D) a strong believer in the equality of men and women

Question 55

How did the models offered by Great Britain and France shape American political views?