Question 1

The Embargo of 1807

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A)  was ineffective.
B)  helped to put a Federalist in the White House in 1808.
C)  resulted in the Republican loss of control of Congress in 1808.
D)  was quickly repealed.
E)  created a serious economic depression in the nation.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

During his first term,President Thomas Jefferson

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A)  sought to create a tax on personal income.
B)  restricted the sale of government lands to western settlers.
C)  saw a doubling of the national debt.
D)  eliminated all internal taxes.
E)  drastically increased government spending.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 3

Religious skepticism resulted in

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A)  the philosophy of "unitarianism."
B)  a wave of revivalism.
C)  both the philosophy of "unitarianism" and a wave of revivalism.
D)  the disestablishment of the Anglican Church.
E)  no discernible effect on American religious life.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

The Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812

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A)  took place weeks after the war had officially ended.
B)  saw inexperienced British troops face battle-hardened American forces.
C)  resulted in hundreds of American deaths.
D)  saw the British lay siege to the city for nearly a month.
E)  gave the British control of the Mississippi River.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 5

John Marshall was a Federalist who served during several Republican administrations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The revivalism of the Second Great Awakening

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A)  was largely limited to white Americans.
B)  pacified opponents of slavery.
C)  encouraged occasional racial unrest in the South.
D)  was rejected by the black American community.
E)  fostered an anti-egalitarian religious ethos.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

During the War of 1812,the Hartford Convention

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A)  was a gathering of strong supporters of the war.
B)  saw its participants vote to secede from the United States.
C)  was made irrelevant by reports of a peace treaty from abroad.
D)  sought to strengthen the political influence of the South and West.
E)  aimed to create a new political party called the Whigs.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 8

Describe the importance of Marbury v.Madison in the evolution of the federal government.

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Question 9

Tecumseh

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A)  believed the only effective means to resist white settlers was Indian tribal unity.
B)  encouraged Indian assimilation into the United States to save their lives.
C)  had a brother known as "the Shooting Star."
D)  fought against William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
E)  experienced a mystical awakening in the process of recovering from alcoholism.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

The message of the Second Great Awakening

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A)  called for an active and fervent piety.
B)  restored the traditional belief in predestination.
C)  incorporated the belief of skeptical rationalism.
D)  found its greatest number of converts among young men.
E)  was rejected by most women as being retrograde and reactionary.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

Noah Webster thought every American schoolboy should be educated

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A)  in a skilled trade.
B)  to appreciate European culture.
C)  in community service.
D)  as a nationalist.
E)  in Greek and Latin.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 12

By the early nineteenth century,the United States began to have cities that approached the major cities of Europe in population.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The chief designer of the capital city of Washington was

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A)  Thomas Jefferson.
B)  Robert Fulton.
C)  Daniel Burnham.
D)  Guy Dupont.
E)  Pierre L'Enfant.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

John Marshall was

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A)  chief justice of the Supreme Court at the time of Marbury v.Madison.
B)  appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court by Thomas Jefferson.
C)  a Republican.
D)  a former vice president of the United States.
E)  secretary of state in the Jefferson administration,and Madison's successor.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

The invention of the cotton gin in the late eighteenth century

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A)  allowed for the introduction of cotton in southern coastal states.
B)  had a profound effect on the textile industry in New England.
C)  reduced the total number of slaves in the American South.
D)  led to a great increase in the production of long-staple cotton.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

Question 16

President Thomas Jefferson's Indian policy included an

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A)  offer to Indians to become settled farmers and join white society.
B)  offer to Indians to reorganize their territory as a separate state in the Union.
C)  insistence that they give up claims to tribal lands in the Northwest.
D)  offer to Indians to become settled farmers and join white society,and to reorganize their territory as a separate state in the Union.
E)  offer to Indians to become settled farmers and join white society,and an insistence that they give up claims to tribal lands in the Northwest.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

During the War of 1812,Andrew Jackson made a name for himself in Florida and at New Orleans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

At the end of the eighteenth century,only a small proportion of white Americans were members of formal churches.

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A) True 
 B)False

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On the road to the War of 1812,the British expected an American invasion of ________.

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