Why did Jefferson want Lewis to thoroughly explore the Missouri river system?
to provide for defense from European attackers
to set up religious mission stations
to identify transportation routes for trade
to search for sources of fresh water fish
Why was Jefferson interested in measurements related to the temperature and rainfall of the region?
in preparation for export economies such as cotton
to judge the suitability for family dwellings and factories
to author a fuller description of the climate of the Americas
for future settlement by individual family farmers
A Vice President, Hamilton's greatest political rival; famous for a duel that took Hamilton's life is .
A man who in 1793, invented the cotton gin is .
A Native American who experienced "rebirth" after years of alcoholism; he effectively preached a message of hope to the Iroquois, and ? is .
A leading Federalist, prominent Virginia lawyer, had been John Adams's Secretary of State, and was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is .
The author of a 1784 essay defending women's right to education is .
The belief of those who accept the existence of God but consider Him a remote being who, after creating the universe, withdrew from direct ? is .
A Kentucky site where, in the summer of 1801, a group of evangelical ministers presided over the nation's first "camp meeting" is .
The December 1814 meeting in Connecticut where Federalists from New England states met to discuss secession and their grievances is the .
A wave of spiritual revivalism that swept the nation beginning in 1801 is the .
A drastic measure enacted by President Jefferson that prohibited American ships from leaving American waters is called the .
The Connecticut schoolmaster, dictionary author, and lawyer who argued that American students should be educated as Patriots is .
The inventor who perfected the steamboat is .
Shawnee chief who succeeded the Prophet as a leader of his people after the Battle of Tippecanoe is .
A charismatic religious leader and orator who experienced a spiritual awakening in the process of recovering from alcoholism; his ? is called
A New Yorker who won wide acclaim for his satirical histories and and his powerful fables, creating such vivid character as Ichabod Crane is .
Thomas Jefferson and his supporters succeeded in
creating a program for universal education.
reducing the role of religion in American life.
arranging the greatest single increase in the size of the United States in its history.
fulfilling their ideal of a simple agrarian society in the United States.
purchasing Louisiana from Spain.
In the Republican vision of America, education was essential because
schools were the best place to teach children to be good party members.
schools were where religious values were taught.
an ignorant electorate could not be trusted to preserve democracy.
women needed to be literate.
business leaders needed to be educated.
The work of Eli Whitney
improved transportation in the South.
led to the decline of slavery, for fewer workers were needed to process cotton.
spurred the industrial revolution in the American South.
made the South a major textile-producing region.
led to the expansion of the cotton culture and slavery.
During his administration, Thomas Jefferson
made peace with Aaron Burr.
used the Alien and Sedition Acts against the Federalists.
cut the national debt almost in half.
showed little interest in westward expansion.
doubled the national debt by purchasing Louisiana.
In the case of Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court
denied Adams’ right to make “midnight judicial appointments.”
affirmed the Court's power to nullify an act of Congress.
confirmed the power of Congress to expand judicial authority.
upheld Adams’ right to make “midnight judicial appointments.”
ordered Madison to deliver Marbury’s commission.
The greatest accomplishment of Chief Justice John Marshall was that he
refused to expand the power of the judiciary.
prevented a Federalist revival in New England.
stopped the growth of Republican power.
made the judiciary a coequal branch of government.
prevented New England from seceding.
Jefferson had reservations about buying Louisiana because
he feared it would upset western Indian tribes.
he doubted his constitutional power to do so.
the Spanish claimed the territory as theirs.
he believed the asking price was too high.
New Orleans had few Americans living there.
Apart from the British, the real losers in the War of 1812 were the
Canadians.
the French on the European continent.
Indian tribes in the Southwest and the Great Lakes region.
Spanish in Florida and Mexico.
Republicans in the West.
In the early nineteenth century, industrialization in the United States was hampered by an inadequate transportation system.
The Louisiana Territory was organized on the same general surveying pattern as the Northwest Territory.
Why did women become so involved in the Second Great Awakening?
By encouraging women to lead prayer meetings and church services, it gave them new agency in colonial society.
It offered women new opportunities to participate in social and community life.
Its message of personal salvation appealed to women as more authentic than traditional practices.
Why did Napoleon offer the Louisiana Purchase to the United States?
He wished to establish a military alliance with the United States.
He sought to preempt British designs in North America.
He sought to weaken the Spanish, who also claimed the region.
He lacked the resources to create an American empire.
Early explorers’ accounts encouraged what type of popular perception of much of the Louisiana Territory?
as an impassable, heavily forested area
as a natural wonder, filled with potential
as an open frontier ripe for settlement
as an inhospitable, uncultivable desert
What territory did the Lewis and Clark expedition traverse in addition to the Louisiana Purchase?
the Mississippi Territory
Texas
Oregon Country
the Indiana Territory
What territory did the Pike expedition traverse in addition to the Louisiana Purchase?
the Michigan Territory
The densest region of American population west of the Appalachian Mountains was adjacent to which river?
the Mississippi
the Missouri
the Rio Grande
the Ohio
Approximately how much territory did the Louisiana Purchase add to the existing United States?
It added only a small piece of mostly unusable territory.
It added about one-third.
It doubled the size.
It added about one-quarter.
Which American commander became a national hero after his victory at the Battle of New Orleans?
Andrew Jackson
Oliver Hazard Perry
William Henry Harrison
Henry Clay
Where did the United States have significant early military success in the war?
on the southeastern coast
in the backcountry of the Carolinas
on the Great Lakes
in New England
Jefferson advocated which of the following as the means to pay off the national debt?
borrowing more money from France
sale of Western lands and customs duties
charging a tax on new immigrants
internal taxes
Jefferson used which power of the Federal government as his authority to purchase the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon?
the treaty-making power in the Constitution
Pinkney's Treaty
the Northwest Ordinance
Impressment was
forcing Native Americans to go to the Caribbean as slaves
the invention of the new steam-powered printing press
the British practice of forcing American sailors who had been born on British soil to join the British Navy
forcing Americans to house and feed British soldiers in their homes
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Embargo under Jefferson?
it was replaced by the Non-Intercourse Act, in which ships could now trade with all nations except Britain and France
was a treaty with France that guaranteed no interference with American shipping
it prohibited American ships from leaving the U.S. for any foreign port anywhere in the world
it created a nationwide serious economic depression
After Jefferson, who became the fourth President of the United States?
John Marshall
James Madison
The "Turnpike Era" includes which of the following accomplishments?
opening of western lands to public purchase
the construction of public buildings in Washington D.C.
Construction of the National Road, paved with crushed stone
the introduction of horse racing to America
Most people lived in towns and cities in America of 1800.
The "War Hawks", who encouraged the War of 1812, were which of the following leaders?
Congressmen Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton
Governor William Henry Harrison and Charles Pinkney
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the war of 1812?
the desire for Florida which was Spanish territory
expulsion of the British from the Great Lakes area, where they still held forts
the success of the Hartford Convention in New England
the need for access to the Gulf of Mexico
The Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key as he observed the War of 1812 at
The Battle of Plattsburgh in upstate New York
The Battle of Put-In Bay on the Great Lakes
Baltimore, in the Chesapeake Bay
The Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of Tippecanoe was
a battle between British and American soldiers over a fort
a battle between the Indians and whites under leadership of William Henry Harrison
a battle between British and American forces in Florida
led by John C. Calhoun and captured territory in Canada from the British
The first President to reside in the White House in Washington D.C. was
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
The award for the wildest hairdo among leaders of the United States in the early 1800s was
John C. Calhoun
