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Which of the following was part of Alexander Hamilton's financial program?


A) Paying off all the new national debt.
B) The Bank of the United States, modeled on the Bank of England.
C) A tax on wine producers as a means of raising revenue.
D) Taxes and subsidies to promote the growth of cotton.
E) Creating Washington, D.C., as a major trade port.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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The War Hawks in Congress included:


A) Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun.
B) John Randolph and Rufus King.
C) Oliver Perry and Francis Scott Key.
D) Andrew Jackson and William H. Harrison.
E) Carter Glass and Ernest Hollings.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

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When George Washington took office as the first president of the United States,American leaders believed that the new nation's success depended on:


A) creating political parties as a means of channeling the people's passions.
B) maintaining political harmony.
C) protecting all forms of freedom.
D) Washington's willingness to serve until he died.
E) coining money.

F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

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After becoming president,how did Thomas Jefferson deal with the Federalists?


A) He followed through on his inauguration speech's statement ("We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists") and treated them as equals.
B) He courted their support because he knew he could never win approval for his policies without them.
C) He tried to roll back almost everything they had done by cutting taxes and the size of government.
D) Until just before leaving office, he used the Sedition Act to shut down Federalist newspapers critical of his administration.
E) He led a successful effort to impeach and remove from office all Federalist judges, whom he then replaced with Republicans.

F) B) and C)
G) None of the above

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Newspapers and pamphlets were a primary vehicle for political debate in the early republic.

A) True
B) False

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The Embargo Act was devastating to the British and French.

A) True
B) False

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Alexander Hamilton's long-term goal was to:


A) build up the Republican Party's political power.
B) assure that the United States would be a primarily agrarian nation.
C) promote the power of state governments.
D) make the United States a major commercial and military power.
E) succeed George Washington as president.

F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

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Toussaint L'Ouverture led a slave revolt that eventually created what nation?


A) Mexico.
B) Cuba.
C) Haiti.
D) Jamaica.
E) Puerto Rico.

F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

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Did the United States really win the War of 1812? Examine the terms of the peace settlement.What happened to the Canadian borderland? What was gained? What was the greater victory for America?

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How do Tenskwatawa and Neolin compare in regard to their philosophies?


A) Tenskwatawa wanted Native Americans to assimilate into white American culture.
B) Neolin advocated peaceful resistance against the British.
C) Both men wanted to sign treaties with white settlers and share the land.
D) Neolin wanted Native Americans to assimilate and adapt white American culture.
E) Both men wanted to reject the white man's culture.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Whiskey Rebellion

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The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were a response to:


A) the election of 1800.
B) Hamilton's economic plan.
C) the Alien and Sedition Acts.
D) Fries's Rebellion.
E) impressments of American sailors.

F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

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Which of the following contributed to the United States going to war in 1812?


A) Madison's refusal to support Macon's Bill no. 2.
B) Great Britain's announcement that it would end the impressment of American sailors.
C) Congressional War Hawks who pressed for territorial expansion into Florida and Canada.
D) Tecumseh's victory at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
E) The Republican insistence on high tariffs.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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Gabriel's Rebellion:


A) was doomed to fail because the African-American population of Richmond was so small.
B) demonstrated that the slaves were as aware of the idea of liberty as anyone else.
C) inspired Virginia to adopt a gradual emancipation law in 1803.
D) failed partly because its leaders were plantation slaves, who had less contact with the outside world and were unaware of how little support they enjoyed.
E) prompted several states to pass laws requiring slaves to be educated about the Constitution and the importance of obeying the law.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Democratic-Republican Societies

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By the early 1800s,some members of the Creek and Cherokee tribes were living like white Americans as traders and slaveholders.

A) True
B) False

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The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions resulted from opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts.

A) True
B) False

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Canadian borderland

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Marshall


A) accused under the Sedition Act
B) chief justice of the Supreme Court
C) Haitian slave revolutionary
D) organizer of a slave rebellion in America
E) Pennsylvania militia leader tried for treason
F) president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society
G) shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel
H) wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
I) wrote The African Chief
J) War Hawk
K) argued for equal educational opportunities for women
L) pan-Indian movement

M) F) and J)
N) H) and J)

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Matthew Lyon


A) accused under the Sedition Act
B) chief justice of the Supreme Court
C) Haitian slave revolutionary
D) organizer of a slave rebellion in America
E) Pennsylvania militia leader tried for treason
F) president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society
G) shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel
H) wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
I) wrote The African Chief
J) War Hawk
K) argued for equal educational opportunities for women
L) pan-Indian movement

M) None of the above
N) G) and H)

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