Question 1

The desire by American southerners to acquire Florida

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A)   led to war between the United States and Spain in 1812.
B)   was partly motivated by the number of runaway slaves who escaped there.
C)   was intended to reduce the presence of the British in America.
D)   was unfulfilled until the 1830s.
E)   was fervently attacked by leaders such as Henry Clay and JohnC. Calhoun.

Question 2

Eli Whitney is a major figure in American technology for introducing the

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A)   concept of interchangeable parts.
B)   first modern factory.
C)   steam engine.
D)   mechanized assembly line.
E)   steel plow.

Question 3

The Lewis and Clark expedition

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A)   was first planned after the Louisiana Purchase was made.
B)   was assisted by the guide Sacajawea.
C)   was led by two men who had little experience with Indians.
D)   saw both leaders die before the expedition was complete.
E)   never made it to the Pacific Coast.

Question 4

During the Second Great Awakening,the Indian revivalist Handsome Lake called for

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A)   the adoption by Indian tribes of white American culture.
B)   an armed Indian rebellion against white American society.
C)   the United States to live up to its broken treaties with Indian tribes.
D)   the return of lands taken from Indian tribes by the United States.
E)   the restoration of traditional Indian culture.

Question 5

The Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Marbury v.Madison (1803)

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A)   stated that Congress had the authority to expand the power of the Supreme Court.
B)   stated that the states had the power to nullify an act of Congress with the support of the Court.
C)   ordered Secretary of State Madison to deliver Marbury his commission.
D)   stated that Congress had no authority to expand the power of the Supreme Court, and that the Supreme Court had the power to nullify an act of Congress.
E)   stated that the Supreme Court had the power to nullify an act of Congress, and ordered Secretary of State Madison to deliver Marbury his commission.

Question 6

What historical events exposed the instability and weakness of the American federal government during its first thirty years of existence? How was the authority of the government strengthened?

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Question 7

Napoleon decided to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to the United States in part because

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A)   the British had threatened to invade the territory.
B)   he wanted full control of the port of New Orleans in exchange.
C)   he needed the United States to contribute military forces on the continent in his war against Britain.
D)   the French army on the American continent had been decimated by disease.
E)   he believed the Louisiana Territory was a "great desert" unfit for habitation.

Question 8

At the Battle of Horseshoe Bend,in 1814,Andrew Jackson

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A)   was seriously wounded.
B)   viciously broke the resistance of the Creek.
C)   captured the city of New Orleans.
D)   defeated the Spanish at Pensacola.
E)   turned back the British invasion from the Southwest.

Question 9

In 1811,General William Henry Harrison defeated Native Americans at the Battle of ________.

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Question 10

The Lewis and Clark expedition was aided by the Indian woman ________.

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Question 11

Congressmen who were labeled "war hawks" were almost exclusively Federalists.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Essex Junto was composed of extreme ________ of New England.

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Question 13

When Thomas Jefferson received the treaty for the Louisiana Purchase,he

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A)   felt his government had been asked to pay too much for it.
B)   was unsure of his constitutional authority to accept it.
C)   assumed the French would not honor its terms.
D)   insisted on numerous revisions before accepting it.
E)   angrily fired Livingston and Monroe for insubordination.

Question 14

The War of 1812 was caused by conflicts on the Atlantic Ocean and in the American West.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What historical events and ideas disturbed church establishments and prompted the Second Great Awakening in American society?

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The Second Great Awakening in American s...

Question 16

By the time of the War of 1812,the Federalist Party was the minority party nationally,but it was still the majority party in New England.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The first American medical school was the ________.

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Question 18

What were the decisions made and actions taken by Thomas Jefferson,during his administration,that most significantly changed the role of the presidency in American politics?

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Question 19

The explorations of Zebulon Pike

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A)   included Pike's successful climb to the top of the peak that now bears his name.
B)   ended with his death at the hands of Choctaw Indians.
C)   convinced President Jefferson to form reservations for Indians.
D)   convinced many Americans that the land between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains was undesirable.
E)   were hampered by Pike's old age and infirm health.

Question 20

Eli Whitney's ________ revolutionized the American South's economy.

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