APUSH Ch 7 Review

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Alexander Hamilton's 1789 financial plan for the United States included which of the following items?
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The federal government's assumption of state war debts.
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Approval by Congress and ratification by the states of the Bill of Rights had which of the following outcomes?
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An easing of Americans' fears of an oppressive national government
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As a result of the Embargo Act of 1807, the American economy...
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fell into a slump and the American gross national product dropped by 5 percent.
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In 1801, Jefferson responded to the Barbary States' threats against American shipping by...
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refusing tribute payments, retaliating against renewed Barbary attacks, then working out a diplomatic solution involving much lower tribute payments.
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In which of the following actions did President James Madison contradict the traditional philosophy of Republicans?
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Supporting the creation of the Second Bank of the United States
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Indians ceded much of Ohio and acknowledged American political sovereignty in which of the following treaties?
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Treaty of Greenville
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Jefferson's administration demonstrated its disagreement with Hamilton's philosophy by...
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ending the excise tax.
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John Marshall's decisions upheld the principle of...
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the supremacy of national laws over state laws.
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The 1783 Treaty of Paris addressed Native Americans living in the Old Northwest in which of the following ways?
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The treaty did nothing to protect Indian lands or independence.
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The critical disagreement that led to the emergence of political parties in the mid-1790s was based on which of the following issues?
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Hamilton's financial plan
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The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, which were set forth in 1798, supported which of the following positions?
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States' right to judge the legitimacy of national laws
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The Naturalization, Alien, and Sedition Acts had which of the following outcomes in the United States in the 1790s?
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It became illegal to publish insults or malicious attacks against Congress or the president.
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The prophet Tenskwatawa was historically significant for which of the following activities?
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Tenskwatawa urged Indian peoples to work together and to shun the ways of Americans.
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The southern migrants who moved along the coastal plain toward the Gulf of Mexico between 1790 and 1820 originated in which of the following areas?
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North and South Carolina
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Thomas Jefferson's vision for the future of the United States included which of the following ideas?
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Western territories populated by independent yeomen farm families
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To win votes for his financial plan, Hamilton made which of the following concessions?
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Proposing that the nation's new capitol be built in the Upper South
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Washington's Secretary of War, Henry Knox, favored which of the following approaches to Native Americans?
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Assimilation
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What was the immediate cause of the illegal duel in which Vice President Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in 1804?
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Hamilton's accusation that Burr was aiding a plot to destroy the Union
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Which of the following best characterizes the Native American response to whites' assimilation efforts in the Midwest in the lat eighteenth century?
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Many Native Americans repudiated white missionaries and forced Christian converts to participate in native rituals.
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Which of the following cases is properly paired with its corresponding decision?
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Gibbons v. Ogden--national government controls interstate commerce
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Which of the following describes Jay's Treaty of 1795?
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It required the British to withdraw their troops from forts in the Northwest Territory.
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Which of the following describes Jefferson's approach to the opportunity to purchase Louisiana in 1802?
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The opportunity led Jefferson to revise his view of the presidential powers granted by the Constitution.
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Which of the following events was the Federalists' response to the Republicans' criticism of their policies in the 1790s?
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
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Which of the following factors made the critical contribution to the Federalist Party's downfall?
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The adoption of many of their policies by Republicans
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Which of the following individuals would have been unlikely to gravitate toward the Republicans in the late 1790s?
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Wealthy New York banker
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Which of the following is true of the U.S. election of 1796?
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John Adams won the vote and continued a pro-British foreign policy.
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Which of the following phrases describes the federal judiciary at the time Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801?
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Packed with hostile Federalists
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Which of the following served as a catalyst for the 1794 domestic insurgency?
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An excise tax
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Which of the following statements characterizes federal land price policies in the Northwest Territory during 1790-1820?
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Jeffersonian Republicans passed laws that made it easier for farm families to buy land.
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Which of the following statements characterizes the American reaction to the French Revolution?
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Many Americans praise the egalitarianism of the the French republicans and began to address one another as "citizen."
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Which of the following statements describes actions the first congressional government undertook in 1789?
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George Washington established a cabinet--or body of advisers--and an administrative bureaucracy under the president's control.
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Which of the following statements describes migrants who left New England during the 1790s?
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They moved in family or community groups.
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Which of the following statements describes the Federalists' response to the War of 1812?
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Most Federalists strongly opposed the war and some in Massachusetts met to consider amending the Constitution to prevent future such wars.
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Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes U.S. relations with France during the late 1790s?
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The United States cut off trade with France and authorized Americans to seize French ships.
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Which of the following stipulations was included in the Adams-Onรญs Treaty of 1819?
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Spain ceded Florida to the United States
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Which of the following took place in response to the Jefferson administration's purchase of Louisiana?
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Some New England Federalists devised a plan to secede from the Union and establish a northern confederacy.
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Which of the following was an outcome of the postwar election of 1818?
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Federalists were soundly beaten, with the Republicans winning margins of approximately five to one in both the Senate and House of Representatives.
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Which of the following was true of New Englanders' westward migration during the 1790s and 1800s?
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Much of the land in the areas where the settlers arrived had already fallen into the hands of politically well-connected speculators.
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Which of the following was true of the "Era of Good Feeling"?
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There was apparent political harmony.
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Which region of the Union was known for its support of the declaration of war on England in 1812?
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Western and southern states
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Which statement was true of George Washington's 1793 Proclamation of Neutrality?
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Earnings from shipping rose spectacularly as a result of it.
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Who led the conservative Senecas, who condemned assimilation and demanded a return to ancestral customs?
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Chief Red Jacket
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Why did Thomas Jefferson call his election to the presidency the "Revolution of 1800"?
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The government changed peacefully despite bitter partisan conflict and foreign crisis.
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Why did Thomas Jefferson decide to attempt to purchase New Orleans in 1801?
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Spain refused to allow American farmers to ship their products through the port, in violation of Pinckney Treaty.
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Why did Thomas Jefferson dispatch the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804?
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He wanted a report on the physical features and the plant and animal life of the Louisiana Territory.
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Why was Hamilton's financial plan so controversial?
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It lined the pockets of wealthy investors and speculators.
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Why was Pinckney's Treaty of 1795 significant?
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The treaty opened the Mississippi River and New Orleans to American trade.
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Why was the American victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 significant?
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It restored national pride and made Andrew Jackson an American hero.
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Why was the decision in the case Marbury v. Madison (1803) of great importance in American history?
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It marked the first occasion on which the Supreme Court declared that it had the power to rule national laws unconstitutional.
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Why was Toussaint L'Ouverture a significant figure in the 1790s?
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He led black Haitians in their fight to seize control of Saint-Domingue.