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Thomas Jefferson and his supporters succeeded in: |
| | A) | fulfilling their ideal of a simple agrarian society in the United States. |
| | B) | creating a program for universal education. |
| | C) | promoting the growth of Enlightenment rationalism at the expense of traditional American religion. |
| | D) | dismantling much of the bureaucratic power structure created by the Federalists during the 1790s. |
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In the Republican vision of America, education was essential because: |
| | A) | schools were the best place to teach children to be good party members. |
| | B) | an ignorant electorate could not be trusted to preserve democracy. |
| | C) | business leaders needed to be educated. |
| | D) | schools were where religious values were taught. |
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3 | |
Medical practitioners in the United States: |
| | A) | were transformed by the creation of the first medical school. |
| | B) | generally learned through the study of anatomy on diseased cadavers. |
| | C) | generally opposed the techniques of bleeding and purging. |
| | D) | restricted the traditional roles of women in the field during the years after the Revolution. |
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The drive to create a national culture included all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | an Americanized system of spelling. |
| | B) | the creation of American schoolbooks. |
| | C) | the creation of a national style of music. |
| | D) | the creation of a national literature. |
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Early in the nineteenth century, religious traditionalists were alarmed over: |
| | A) | a decline in religious education. |
| | B) | the popularity of immoral literature. |
| | C) | demands of separate church and state. |
| | D) | the rise of "rational" religious doctrines. |
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The Second Great Awakening: |
| | A) | combined a more active piety with a belief in a God whose grace could be attained through faith and good works. |
| | B) | turned back the doctrine of predestination. |
| | C) | drew many converts to Unitarianism and Universalism. |
| | D) | had no impact on women and slaves. |
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The work of Eli Whitney: |
| | A) | improved transportation in the South. |
| | B) | led to the expansion of the cotton culture and slavery. |
| | C) | made the South a major textile-producing region. |
| | D) | led to the decline of slavery, for fewer workers were needed to process the cotton. |
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Horse racing in America: |
| | A) | was one of many leisure activities enjoyed during the Jeffersonian era. |
| | B) | was primarily a southern pastime. |
| | C) | was constrained by issues of race and class. |
| | D) | was primarily an activity for slaves. |
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Washington D.C. |
| | A) | quickly developed as a major metropolis. |
| | B) | had a climate favorable for relieving the anxieties of government leaders. |
| | C) | received significant federal funds to aid in its development. |
| | D) | remained little more than a village throughout the nineteenth century. |
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During his administration, Thomas Jefferson: |
| | A) | used the Alien and Sedition Acts against the Federalists. |
| | B) | cut the national debt almost in half. |
| | C) | showed little interest in westward expansion. |
| | D) | made peace with Aaron Burr. |
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In the case of Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court: |
| | A) | affirmed its power to nullify an act of Congress. |
| | B) | upheld Adams' right to make "midnight appointments." |
| | C) | confirmed the power of Congress to expand judicial authority. |
| | D) | ordered Madison to deliver Marbury's commission. |
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The greatest accomplishment of Chief Justice John Marshall was that he: |
| | A) | stopped the growth of Republican power. |
| | B) | prevented a Federalist revival in New England. |
| | C) | refused to expand the power of the judiciary. |
| | D) | made the judiciary a coequal branch of government. |
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What possibility concerned Jefferson when he said, "we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation"? |
| | A) | Indian uprising in the Ohio Valley. |
| | B) | French occupation of New Orleans. |
| | C) | Increased Spanish strength in the Gulf of Mexico. |
| | D) | A war between England, France, and Spain. |
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Jefferson had reservations about buying Louisiana because: |
| | A) | he doubted his constitutional power to do so. |
| | B) | he feared it would upset western Indian tribes. |
| | C) | New Orleans had few Americans living there. |
| | D) | the Spanish claimed the territory as theirs. |
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Federalists were upset by the Louisiana Purchase because they believed: |
| | A) | it was unconstitutional. |
| | B) | more slave states would come into the Union. |
| | C) | western states would be Republican states. |
| | D) | the British were behind it. |
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The Essex Junto was: |
| | A) | a Federalist organization created to support Jefferson. |
| | B) | the anti-Burr coalition in New York. |
| | C) | a literary club in New England. |
| | D) | a group of radical Federalists who wanted to take New England out of the Union. |
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The apparent goal of the "Burr conspiracy" was to: |
| | A) | make Burr "king" of the American Southwest. |
| | B) | invade Mexico and take it from the Spanish. |
| | C) | return Louisiana to France. |
| | D) | force Jefferson to accept Burr back into the Republican Party. |
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Early in the nineteenth century, the American merchant marine could be described as: |
| | A) | weak and ineffective. |
| | B) | one of the most important in the world. |
| | C) | unable to compete with Britain in the West Indian trade. |
| | D) | of little consequence in the American economy. |
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19 | |
Jefferson refused to ask for war after the Chesapeake-Leonard incident because he: |
| | A) | believed "peaceable coercion" would work. |
| | B) | felt the British were within their rights. |
| | C) | did not want the Federalists to make it an issue. |
| | D) | was against war in general. |
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20 | |
The Embargo act hurt which of the following most? |
| | A) | England. |
| | B) | France. |
| | C) | New England. |
| | D) | The South. |
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21 | |
Jefferson told the Indians of the Northwest they could: |
| | A) | convert themselves to farmers. |
| | B) | move to the West. |
| | C) | continue to live as they always had. |
| | D) | do both a. and b. |
| | E) | do none of the above. |
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The Prophet, Tenskwatawa, was significant because he: |
| | A) | brought Indians to the Christian faith. |
| | B) | inspired an Indian religious revival that helped unite the tribes. |
| | C) | advocated a religious war with southern tribes. |
| | D) | convinced the Indians to accept Jefferson's policies. |
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23 | |
Tecumseh was important because he: |
| | A) | advocated Indian unity to stop white expansion. |
| | B) | allied the northwestern Indians with the British in Canada. |
| | C) | was able to defeat the Americans at Tippecanoe. |
| | D) | helped his brother, the Prophet, in his religious work. |
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The congressional elections of 1810 were important because they: |
| | A) | added a number of young, western, anti-British representatives to the House. |
| | B) | greatly increased the Republican party. |
| | C) | brought in a number of peace advocates. |
| | D) | gave rise to a new political party. |
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Apart from the British, the real losers in the War of 1812 were the: |
| | A) | Spanish in Florida and Mexico. |
| | B) | Canadians. |
| | C) | Indian tribes in the Southwest and the Great Lakes region. |
| | D) | Republicans in the West. |
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The Hartford Convention was held in an effort to: |
| | A) | force Republicans to address the grievances New England Federalists had against the Madison administration. |
| | B) | forge an alliance between the Northeast and the West. |
| | C) | convince Republicans in New England that the region should secede from the union. |
| | D) | reorganize the Federalist party and pick a candidate for the election of 1816. |
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