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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat kinds of people supported the Federalist Party?Wealthy business ownersSouthern slave ownersPlantation OwnersThey were very unpopular
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat kinds of people supported the Democratic-Republican Party?Southerners and WesternersRich Business ownersPoliticiansThey were very unpopular
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhy were the Democratic-Republicans opposed to the creation of the National Bank?They thought it would bankrupt the nationThey thought the Federalists would get all the powerThey thought that the Constitution did not allow for the creation of a National BankThey were afraid of a powerful central government
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 influence U.S. expansion in other areas?Established guidelines how new states could be added to the U.S.Abolished slavery in all new territoriesAllowed for free public educationALL OF THE ABOVE
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat was ONE precedent that George Washington established?2 terms in officeOne Nation Under God - in swearing in ceremonyProclamation of NeutralityALL OF THE ABOVE
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the largest and MOST populated city in the U.S. by 1810?ChicagoCharlestonNew York CityBoston
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the significance of the Louisiana Purchase?It was not significant at allIt tripled the size of the United StatesIt doubled the size of the United StatesThe people of the United States were afraid to move to this uncharted territory
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhy was President George Washington against the formation of political parties?He felt they led to warHe felt they divided the countryHe felt they caused economic problems over slaveryHe was afraid that other nations of the world would see us as weak
- 9. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Alien and Sedition Acts cause resentment against the formation of political parties?Democratic-Republicans declared these laws to be unconstitutional and they nullified themJefferson and Madison tried to have John Adams impeached because of these lawsthese laws caused conflict betweeen those who owned slaves and those who did notThese laws were only protested in Kentucky and Virginia
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhere were the causes of the War of 1812?ImpressmentBritish interference with American shippingBritish assistance to Native AmericansALL OF THE ABOVE
- 11. Multiple ChoiceHow did the War of 1812 affect the Southern Plantation System?Cottton production booms and becomes a cash cropCotton production declinesCotton is no longer needed because the British burned so many plantationsAmericans prefer British cotton to American cotton
- 12. Multiple ChoiceHow did the War of 1812 affect U.S. manufacturing?It grew and prospered, especially in the NortheastIt declined because the British burned so many of the Northern citiesSouthern agriculture became more profitable than Northern industryNorthern industry stayed the same as it had been before the war
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the Whiskey Rebellion occur in western Pennsylvania in 1794?Farmers were upset about the income tax on whiskeyFarmers were upset about the property tax on whiskeyFarmers were upset about the excise tax on whiskeyFarmers were upset about the poll tax on whiskey
- 14. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Whiskey Rebellion differ from Shay's Rebellion?The government was too weak under the U.S. Constitution to stop the Whiskey RebellionThe federal government was strong enough under the Articles of Confederation to stop Shay's RebellionThe federal government under the U.S. Constitution could not act quick enough to stop either rebellionThe federal government under the U.S. Constitution was strong enough to stop the Whiskey Rebellion
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhy were Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and other members of the House of Representatives known as the War Hawks?They wanted to go to war with France over the XYZ AffairThe wanted to go to war with Spain over rights to FloridaThey wanted to go to war with Napoleon against Great BritainThey wanted to go to war against Great Britian in 1812
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the Treaty that brought an end to the War of 1812?Treaty of GhentTreaty of ParisTreaty of Guadelupe-HidalgoTreaty of Tordesiallas
- 17. Multiple ChoiceAs the United States expanded westward, what was one of the issues that divided the country?Women's rightsNative American rightsSlavery in the Western territoriesFree African-Americans
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the idea that it was God's will for the United States to have access to the all of the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?Western TerritoryLouisiana PurchaseManifest DestinyProgress in our Time
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Who does the lady in the painting by John Gast represent?TechnologyProgressGod's willAmerican ideas - 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the main idea of this painting by John Gast?American ProgressWomen's RightsManifest DestinyGod's Enlightenment
- 21. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Monroe Doctrine affect U.S. foreign policy for the next 100 years?It created an isolationist foreign policyIt kept us away from European conflictIt said that if Europe tried to interfere in the Western Hemisphere it would be viewed as an act of warALL OF THE ABOVE
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the Monroe Doctrine cause Latin American nations to resent the U.S. Government?They felt the U.S. shouldn't be in charge of their foreign policyThey wanted European assistanceThey thought they could rule themselvesThey wanted total independence
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