With regards to Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson's debates in the 1790s, what aspect of their differences in opinion can still be seen in today's United States?
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whether the Constitution should be interpreted strictly or loosely
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When looking at today's United States economically, whose visions and ideas seem to have become the most realized?
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Alexander Hamilton's ideas on government subsidies for businesses
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What was one difference between Shays's Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion?
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Shays's was put down by a state government; the Whiskey required the national government getting involved.
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What did Jefferson fear with the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts?
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A hysteria like the Salem Witch Trials would result.
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What was a great irony of the election of 1800?
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Alexander Hamilton advocated for Thomas Jefferson.
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Whether in the Caribbean or mainland North America, what was an essential ingredient to fomenting a slave rebellion?
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literacy of slave leaders
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What did Americans consider the most important benefit of the Louisiana Purchase?
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It ensured an essential marketplace for western farmers.
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Why can a case be made for the War of 1812 actually starting in 1811?
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William Henry Harrison attacked Native American villages in 1811.
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Even though the Treaty of Ghent did not resolve the impressment issue, what helped to slow down this British policy?
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France's defeat by the British ended the war in Europe.
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All of the following men held a high executive or judicial office during George Washington's presidency EXCEPT:
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James Madison
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Edmond-Charles Genêt was a French diplomat who:
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commissioned American ships to fight the British.
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Which of the following is true of women and political life in the new republic of the 1790s?
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Some women contributed to a growing democratization of political life by arguing for increased rights for their sex.
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The 1796 election pitted John Adams and Thomas Pinckney against:
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Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
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Which of the following was NOT true of the United States in 1797?
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Believing that political parties were wrong, Adams included Jefferson and Hamilton in his government, and they did not get along.
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Fries's Rebellion:
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resulted in a loss of support for Federalists in southeastern Pennsylvania.
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Which of the following is NOT true of the presidential election of 1800?
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Thomas Jefferson's victory in the New England states proved to be key to his election.
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Which of the following is true of the American response to Toussaint L'Ouverture's slave uprising, which led to the establishment of Haiti as an independent nation in 1804?
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Many white Americans considered L'Ouverture's uprising to be evidence of blacks' unfitness for republican freedom.
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Gabriel's Rebellion:
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demonstrated that the slaves were as aware of the idea of liberty as anyone else.
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After becoming president, how did Thomas Jefferson deal with the Federalists?
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He tried to roll back almost everything they had done by cutting taxes and the size of government.
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In its decision in the case of Fletcher v. Peck, the U.S. Supreme Court:
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exercised the authority to overturn a state law that the Court considered in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
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The land involved in the Louisiana Purchase:
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stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada and from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
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Which of the following is true of the Louisiana Purchase?
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Jefferson expected the land acquisition to make possible the spread of agrarian republicanism.
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Which of the following statements is true of New Orleans under Spanish rule?
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Slave women had the right to go to court for protection against cruelty or rape by their owners.
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Why did Jefferson use the U.S. navy against North African states?
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Tripoli had declared war on the United States after Jefferson had refused demands for increased payments to the Barbary pirates.
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The War Hawks in Congress included:
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Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun.
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When Andrew Jackson had the chance to obtain African-American help to fight the British in the Battle of New Orleans, he:
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recruited free men of color and promised them the same pay that white recruits received.
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Which of the following was NOT a result of the War of 1812?
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The United States gained land in what is now Maine, Vermont, Michigan, and Minnesota, as well as all of modern Florida.
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Judith Sargent Murray's On the Equality of the Sexes from 1790 relied on reasoning based on:
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observations of nature.
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Judith Sargent Murray's On the Equality of the Sexes from 1790 claimed that the domestication of women was all the more unjust given that women:
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are going to heaven too.
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Why did Judith Sargent Murray call men "lordly" in her essay On the Equality of the Sexes from 1790?
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in an ironic mockery of men's self-importance
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What position did Judith Sargent Murray take on the work of women in the domestic sphere in her essay On the Equality of the Sexes from 1790?
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She considered housework a mundane drudgery that dulled women's senses.
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Which political leader did the authors of the Address of the Democratic-Republican Society of Pennsylvania from 1794 probably favor the most?
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John Adams
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What practice did the Address of the Democratic-Republican Society of Pennsylvania from 1794 consider a central cornerstone of liberty?
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freedom of speech
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What dangers did the 1794 Address of the Democratic-Republican Society of Pennsylvania see looming in the American political landscape?
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a new aristocracy
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According to the Address of the Democratic-Republican Society of Pennsylvania from 1794, how could Americans safeguard their liberties?
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with open political opinion and disagreement
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According to Hamilton's economic rationale, who was the most likely defender of a national government that had assumed responsibility for all war debts?
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wealthy bondholders
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Who had the most profound impact on the fate of the Adams administration?
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Who was most likely to support the administration of President John Adams in 1798?
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a Federalist merchant
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Which of the following provides evidence for the conclusion that John Marshall established the United States Supreme Court's right to "judicial review" in Marbury v. Madison.
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Marshall denied the judge commission to his fellow Federalist William Marbury.
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How did the Haitian slave revolution shape society in the United States in the early nineteenth century?
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Southern whites developed a stronger conviction of blacks' unfitness for freedom.
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To what did the United States owe the opportunity to buy the Louisiana Territory?
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the success of Haiti's slave revolution
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Thomas Jefferson's opposition to the naval blockades of France and Britain:
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devastated the economies of American port cities.
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Tenskwatawa's message to the Shawnee and other western Indian tribes was most comparable to that of:
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Neolin
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On what evidence does Eric Foner call the War of 1812 a foolhardy adventure of the United States?
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The nation was deeply divided and militarily unprepared.
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