Chapter 11: The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812
1. The “Revolution of 1800” involved a radical transfer of power from the
Federalist merchant class to farmers and urban artisans and craftsmen.
A. True
B. False
2. An unexpected deadlock with Aaron Burr meant that Jefferson had to be
elected by the House of Representatives.
A. True
B. False
3. Jefferson and his Treasury Secretary, Albert Gallatin, kept in place most
of the Federalist financial policies.
A. True
B. False
4. The Jeffersonian Republicans showed their hostility to the Federalist
Supreme Court by trying to impeach Chief Justice John Marshall.
A. True
B. False
5. The case of Marbury v. Madison established the principle that the
president could not appoint but remove Supreme Court justices.
A. True
B. False
6. Jefferson cut the size of the United States Army to 25 hundred men
because he believed that a large standing army was a threat to liberty and
economy.
A. True
B. False
7. Jefferson’s envoys to Paris initially intended to buy only New Orleans
and the immediate vicinity.
A. True
B. False
8. Jefferson’s deepest doubt about the Louisiana Purchase was that the price
of $15 million was too high.
A. True
B. False
9. The Lewis and Clark expedition demonstrated the viability of an overland
American route to the Pacific.
A. True
B. False
10. Aaron Burr’s various conspiracies to break apart the United States
demonstrated the fragility of the American government’s control of the trans-
Appalachian West.
A. True
B. False
11. The most explosive issue between Britain and the United States was the
British blockade of American shipments to Europe.
A. True
B. False
12. After the Chesapeake affair, Jefferson could easily have declared war on
Britain with the enthusiastic support of both Federalists and Republicans.
A. True
B. False
13. Jefferson’s embargo badly hurt southern and western farmers as well as
Federalist New England.
A. True
B. False
14. New Englanders overcame the effects of the embargo by conducting illegal
trade with Canada and developing more domestic manufacturing.
A. True
B. False
15. The War of 1812 was prompted largely by New Englanders anger over
British violation of American freedom of the seas.
A. A. True
B. False
16. The most "revolutionary" development in the critical election of 1800
was
A. the nasty campaign smears against Jefferson.
B. Jefferson's radical proposals for overturning the existing political
system.
C. the peaceful transition of power from one political party to its opponent.
D. the electoral stalemate between Jefferson and his running mate, Burr.
17. One Federalist policy that Jefferson quickly overturned was
A. funding and assumption.
B. the excise tax.
C. the Bank of the United States.
D. the protective tariff.
18. The case of Marbury v. Madison established the principle that
A. the Supreme Court has the right to determine the constitutionality of
legislation.
B. federal laws take precedence over state legislation.
C. the president has the right to appoint the federal judiciary.
D. the Supreme Court is the final court of appeal in the federal judiciary.
19. Jefferson was forced to reverse his strong opposition to substantial
military forces because of
A. growing French intervention in Santo Domingo and Louisiana.
B. the plunder and blackmailing of American shipping by North African states.
C. the threat to America posed by the British-French wars.
D. the political attacks by his Federalist opponents.
20. Jefferson's greatest concern in purchasing Louisiana was
A. whether it was in America's interest to acquire the territory.
B. whether the cost was excessive for his small-government philosophy.
C. whether the purchase was permissible under the Constitution.
D. how to defend and govern the territory once it was part of the United
States.
21. The greatest political beneficiary of the Louisiana Purchase was
A. Thomas Jefferson.
B. Aaron Burr.
C. the Federalist party.
D. Napoleon.
22. Although greatly weakened after Jefferson's election, the Federalist
party's philosophy continued to have great influence through
A. the propaganda efforts of Federalist agitators.
B. the Federalist control of the U.S. Senate.
C. the Federalist judicial rulings of John Marshall.
D. Federalist sympathies within the U.S. army and navy.
23. The term "midnight judges" refers to
A. Federalist judges appointed by President John Adams at the last moments of
his administration.
B. federal judges who held late-night court sessions to hear controversial
cases.
C. judges like William Marbury who sued to have their late-night appointment
commissions confirmed.
D. states' rights judges appointed by President Jefferson moments after his
inauguration.
24. The Republicans' failure to impeach Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase
established the principle that
A. the Supreme Court had the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
B. presidents could appoint but not remove federal justices.
C. impeachment should be used only for "high crimes and misdemeanors" and
not as a political weapon.
D. the constitutional power of impeachment was in effect impossible to carry
out.
25. Jefferson focused his military construction policy primarily on
A. building large naval frigates like the Constitution.
B. building several hundred small gunboats.
C. building up coastal forts and defense works.
D. constructing light and medium artillery capable of use on land or sea.
26. Which of the following was not among the consequences of the Louisiana
Purchase?
A. the geographical and scientific discoveries of the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
B. the weakening of the power of the presidency in foreign affairs.
C. Former Vice President Aaron Burr's attempt to break off the West from the
United States.
D. a strengthening of national unity and the decline of the Federalist party.
27. Jefferson's Embargo Act provided that
A. America would not trade with Britain until it ended impressment.
B. American goods could be carried only in American ships.
C. America would sell no military supplies to either warring nation, Britain
or France.
D. America would prohibit all foreign trade.
28. A crucial foreign policy goal for many "war hawks" in the War of 1812 was
A. the end of all Spanish colonization in the Americas.
B. the capture and annexation of Canada.
C. the conquest and settlement of Texas.
D. the destruction of the British navy.
29. Besides creating a pan-Indian military alliance against white expansion,
Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa (the Prophet) urged American Indians to
A. resist white ways and revive their traditional culture.
B. demonstrate their legal ownership of the lands that whites were entering.
C. adopt the whites' culture and technology as a way of resisting their
further expansion.
D. declare independence and form an alliance with Spain.
30. Most Indian military resistance east of the Mississippi River was
effectively crushed in the two battles of
A. the Thames and Lake Erie.
B. Fort McHenry and New Orleans.
C. Tippecanoe and Horseshoe Bend.
D. Plattsburgh and Bladensburg.
