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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) None of the above
G) C) and E)

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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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The Democratic-Republican Societies of the 1790s:


A) criticized the Washington administration.
B) spoke out against the French Revolution.
C) formed only about a dozen chapters in various cities.
D) strongly supported Hamilton's economic program.
E) broke up and created the Democratic and Republican parties by 1797.

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

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Thomas Jefferson's original Kentucky resolution served as an argument for what?


A) Freedom of religion.
B) States' rights.
C) The right to bear arms.
D) Immigration reform.
E) Free trade.

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

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Mary Wollstonecraft


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) religious prophet
J) War Hawk
K) argued for equal educational opportunities for women
L) pan-Indian movement

M) A) and B)
N) J) and K)

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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 C)
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. -John Marshall

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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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As during the American Revolution, the United States' attempted invasion of Canada failed in the War of 1812.

A) True
B) False

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Jefferson's interest in the Louisiana Territory included permanent access to the port of New Orleans.

A) True
B) False

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What did Americans consider the most important benefit of the Louisiana Purchase?


A) It ensured an essential marketplace for western farmers.
B) It provided essential raw materials.
C) It allowed friendly Native Americans to become part of the United States.
D) It provided access to many more bison.
E) It provided land for railroads.

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

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What happened to King Louis XVI during the French Revolution?


A) He abdicated the throne and moved to Switzerland.
B) He successfully fled to Austria with his wife.
C) He ruled as a less powerful constitutional monarch after the Revolution.
D) He was executed.
E) He was rescued from French imprisonment by British spies.

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

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The Sedition Act targeted:


A) Alexander Hamilton's economic ideas.
B) Federalists.
C) the Republican press.
D) illegal immigrants.
E) British sympathizers.

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

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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:


A) refused on the grounds that, as a slaveholder, he could not accept their aid.
B) discovered that all the blacks in New Orleans had left the city to support the British.
C) recruited free men of color and promised them the same pay that white recruits received.
D) accepted only enslaved men, to whom he offered freedom as a form of payment.
E) accepted, but that so angered the white recruits that he later dismissed all the black soldiers.

F) None of the above
G) All of the above

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Fries's Rebellion


A) judicial review
B) bribery scandal
C) attacked the Sedition Act as unconstitutional
D) Pennsylvanian farmer uprising
E) unofficial conflict with France
F) forced American sailors into the British navy
G) restrictions placed on freedom of the press
H) ended the Federalist Party
I) called for war against Britain
J) government could only do exactly what the Constitution stated
K) negotiated with Britain
L) bought for $15 million

M) E) and F)
N) G) and J)

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Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa were brothers who:


A) preached a militant message to Native Americans early in the nineteenth century.
B) were chiefs of adjacent tribes, the Shawnee and the Seneca.
C) fought beside Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans.
D) both died at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
E) differed on whether Indians or whites were more at fault for Native American problems.

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

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What activity in today's world would the Democratic-Republic societies most likely praise?


A) A militia group patrolling the American borders.
B) A cable news show debating American government policy.
C) The American government supporting a dictator in order to trade for more oil.
D) The police preventing television coverage of its response to a riot.
E) Politicians calling for a quota system for immigration.

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

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Why did the United States become a one-party nation following the War of 1812?


A) The Republicans were blamed for the British victory in Washington, D.C., and therefore lost power.
B) The Hartford Convention's allegedly treasonous activities fatally damaged the Federalist Party's reputation.
C) Under the Alien and Sedition Acts, Madison was able to silence all opposition.
D) James Monroe's universal popularity as a hero of the War of 1812 made his Republican Party unbeatable.
E) The Federalists were so pleased with the war's outcome that they endorsed a union with the Republicans at their 1816 convention in Hartford.

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 slaves were as much 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 E)
G) B) and E)

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Fries's Rebellion:


A) was an uprising in Massachusetts.
B) was provoked because of heavy taxes on whiskey.
C) resulted in over 300 deaths and much property destruction.
D) resulted in the execution of Daniel Shays for treason.
E) led to terrorism of Fries's supporters.

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

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