American History I Unit 5 QUIZ
26) This cartoon criticizes which policy of President Jefferson?
a) The Louisiana Purchase
b) The Embargo Act
c) The War with the Barbary Pirates
d) Reductions in government spending
“It shall be lawful for the President of the United States… to order all such aliens as he shall judge dangerour to the peace and
safety of the United States…to depart out of the territory of the United States…If any person shall write, print, utter, or
publih…scandalous and malicious writings against the government of the United States…they shall be punished by a fine…and
by imprisonment.
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Excerpt from the Alien and Sedition Acts 1798
27) The chief goal of the Alien and Sedition Act was to
a. suppress tariffs
b. limit the power of the press to question the policies of the U.S. government
c. check the power or silence the Democratic-Republicans
d. uphold the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment
“But there is a difficulty in this acquisition [Louisiana Purchase] which presents a handle to the malcontents among us, though
they have not yet discovered it. Our confederation is certainly confined to the limits established by the revolution. The general
government has no powers but such as the constitution has given it; and it has not given it a power of holding foreign territory, &
still less of incorporating it into the Union. An amendment of the Constitution seems necessary for this. In the meantime we must
ratify & pay our money… for a thing beyond the constitution, and rely on the nation to sanction an act done for its great good,
without its previous authority”
Source Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John
Dickinson, August 9, 1803
28) What was the most controversial issue in Jefferson’s purchase of Louisiana territory?
a) The price was more than America could afford
b) The true ownership of the land was not clear
c) The U.S. Constitution did not provide the president with the authority to make such a purchase
d) The people living in the area refused to become American citizens
“In all your (meetings) with the natives, treat them in the most friendly & conciliatory manner which their own conduct will
admit. Satisfy them of your journey’s innocence, but simultaneously tell them of the size and strength of the United States. You
will endeavor to make yourself acquainted…with the names of the nations and their numbers; the extents & limits of their
possessions, their relations with other tribes of nations; their language, traditions, and monuments…”
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President Thomas Jefferson Letter to
Merriweather Lewis June 20, 1803
29) The Lewis and Clark expedition (1803-1806) was important because it
a) Determined the route of the first transcontinental railroad
b) Opened an all water route to the Gulf of Mexico
c) Removed the British threat from the Northwest Territory
d) Increased understanding of the area included in the Louisiana Purchase
“In my encampment everything was ready for action, when early on the morning of the 8th the enemy, after throwing a heavy
shower of bombs & congreve rockets, advanced their columns on my right & left, to storm my entrenchments. I cannot speak
sufficiently in praise of the firmness & deliberation with which my whole line received their approach:-more could not have been
expected from veterans, inured to war. For an hour the fire of the small arms was as incessant & severe as can be imagined. The
artillery too, directed by officers who displayed equal skill & courage did great execution”
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Andrew Jackson, Letter, January 1815
30) One of the most peculiar aspects of the Battle of New Orleans was that
a. the Americans suffered no casualties
b. Native Americans were responsible for the U.S. victory
c. The city was not captured even though it was a British victory
d. It occurred after the war had ended
31) What impact did the Battle of New Orleans have on the U.S. in 1815?
a) It weakened the strength of the U.S. military
b) It resolved the issue of British impressments of U.S. ships
c) It caused the U.S. to lose access to the Gulf port
d) It boosted a sense of nationalism, pride and unity among U.S. citizens
“…to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers, to declare, that we should
consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere, as dangerous to our
peace and safety. With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered, and
shall not interfere. But with the governments who have declared their independence, and maintained it, and whose
independence we have…acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them… by
any European power in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards the United
States…in the judgment of the competent authorizes of this government, shall make a corresponding change, on the
part of the United States, indispensable to their security.”
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Excerpt from the Monroe Doctrine from
President James Monroe’s annual message
to Congress, 1823
32) What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
a. That America was destined to expand westward and populate the territory
b. That America would protect the Middle East from Russian expansion
c. That America would no longer tolerate the impressments of its sailors on British ships
d. That America wouldn’t permit European nations to interfere in the Western Hemisphere
“In execution of the act of the present session of Congress for taking possession of Louisiana, as ceded to us by
France, and for the temporary government thereof, Governor Claiborne, of the Mississippi Territory, and General
Wilkinson were appointed commissioners to receive possession. They proceeded with such regular troops as had
been assembled at Fort Adams the nearest posts and with some militia of the Mississippi territory to New Orleans.
To be prepared for anything unexpected which might arise out of the transaction, a respectable body of militia was
ordered to be in readiness in the States of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee…
On this important acquisition, so favorable to the immediate interests of our Western citizens, so
auspicious to the peace and security of the nation in general, which adds to our country territories so auspicious to
the peace and security of the nation in general, which adds to our country territories so extensive and fertile and
to our citizens new brethren to partake of the blessings of freedom and self-government, I offer to Congress and
our country my sincere congratulations.
Th: Jefferson, January 16, 1804 To the
Senate and House of Representatives of the
United states
33) Despite Jefferson’s rhetoric, his most significant accomplishment as president was
a) Reducing the national debt
b) Limiting the size of the national government
c) Refusing to pay tribute to and appeasing the Barbary States
d) Doubling the size of the United States by purchasing Louisiana Territory
34) In 1803, the United States suddenly doubled its size when
a) It seized Louisiana from the Spanish empire
b) It bought Louisiana from Napoleon of France for $15 million
c) Daniel Boone cleared a road through a gap in eastern Tennessee called the Wilderness Road
d) It bought Louisiana from Spain for $15million
“To sum up, in a word, the great causes of complaint against Great Britain, your committee need only say, that the United
States, as a sovereign and independent Power, claim the right to use the ocean, which is the common and acknowledged
highway of nations, for the purposes of transporting, in their own vessels, the products of their own soil and the acquisitions of
their own industry…Great Britain, in defiance of this incontestable (clear and certain) right, captures every American vessel
bound to, or returning from, a port where her commerce is not favored; enslaves our seamen, and in spite of our (complaints
and protest), perseveres in these aggressions.”
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Committee on foreign Relations, November 1811
35) The term impressments as used by the United States in the period before the War of 1812 referred to
a. the foreign policy concept of shunning alliances with other countries
b. a combining together of nations in an effort to provide greater protection from attacks of the British
c. the British practice of forcing American sailors into service on British warships
d. a written plea from an individual protesting a wrong as a result of the actions of the British
36) Which of the following statements might have been heard from a “War Hawk” prior to the War of 1812?
a) “We must go to war! Great Britain has violated our right to open trade on the seas by impressing our sailors into
their own service. Even more, they encourage the Indians on the western frontier to oppose and resist our
westward expansion.”
b) “We must not rush to war. Great Britain has a powerful navy and we are in no position to resist her.”
c) “It is my contention that this convention here in Hartford sends ambassadors to Washington to express our
disappointment with the government’s waging of this war.”
d) “It is not our desire to possess new lands or take any territory from Great Britain. We merely want to show our
enemy that we will not be intimidated on the high seas.”
“The authority given to the Supreme Court by the act establishing the judicial system of the United States to issue writ of
mandamus to public officers appears not to be warranted by the Constitution.
It is emphatically the duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is. Those who apply the rule to particular cases must,
of necessity, expound and interpret the rule. If two laws conflict with each other, the Court must decide on the operation of
each.
If courts are to regard the Constitution, and the Constitution is superior to any ordinary act of legislature, the Constitution, and
not such ordinary act, must govern the case to which they both apply.”
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Marbury v. Madison decision written by John
Marshall, 1803
37) What is the most significant result of the Supreme Court decision in Marbury v Madison (1803)?
a) Declared slavery open in all states
b) Limited the power of individual states
c) Expanded the power of the Bill of Rights
d) Established the Supreme Court right to exercise Judicial review
“I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground: That “all powers not delegated to the United States, by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people.” To take a single step beyond the
boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer
Susceptible of any definition.
The incorporation of a bank, and the powers assumed by this bill, has not, in my opinion, been delegated to the United States,
by the Constitution.”
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Thomas Jefferson’s opinion on the
Constitutionality of the U.S. bank, 1791
“It is conceded that implied powers are to be considered as delegated equally with express ones. Then it follows, that as a
power of erecting a corporation may as well be implied as any other thing, it may as well be employed as an instrument or
mean of carrying into execution any of the specified powers, as any other instrument or mean whatever. The only question
must be in this, as in every other case, whether the mean to be employees or in this instance, the corporation to be erected,
has a natural relation to any of the acknowledged objects or lawful ends of the government. Thus a corporation may not be
erected by Congress for superintending the police of the city of Philadelphia, because they are not authorized to regulate the
police of that city. But one may be erected in relation to the collection of taxes, or to the trade with foreign countries, or to the
trade between the States, or with the Indian tribes; because it is the province of the federal government to regulate those
objects, and because it is incident to the general sovereign or legislative power to regulate a thing, to employ all the means
which relate to its regulation to the best and greatest advantage.”
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Alexander Hamilton on the Constitutionality of
the U.S. Bank, 1791
38) What was Jefferson’s position on how the Constitution should be interpreted?
a) Based on state rights
b) Strict constructionist view
c) Loose constructionist view
d) Loyalist view
39) What was Hamilton’s position on how the Constitution should be interpreted?
a) Based on state rights
b) Strict constructionist view
c) Loose constructionist view
d) Loyalist viewpoint
GENERAL MULTIPLE CHOICE
40) What were the first two political parties in the United States?
a) Whigs and Federalists
b) Democratic-Republicans and Federalists
c) Democratic-Republicans and Whigs
d) Know-Nothings and Federalist
41) The “Era of Good Feelings” is best characterized by which of the following?
a. declining violence towards Native Americans in the West
b. a rising sense of nationalism and optimism within the United States
c. an abrupt end to political divisions within the government
d. a string of elections dominated by Federalists candidates
42) Which of the following is true of the Missouri Compromise?
a. Slavery would be permitted in the future only north of the 36-30 latitude line.
b. Maine was established as a slave state.
c. Slavery would be permitted in the future anywhere south of the 36-30 latitude line.
d. No more slave states would be admitted to the United States after Missouri
43) Which of the following is associated with Henry Clay’s “American System”?
a. War of 1812
b. Erie Canal
c. Embargo Act of 1803
d. Louisiana Purchase
44) The Tariff of 1816 was implemented to:
a. Reward manufacturing by taxing imports
b. Reward farming by taxing imports
c. Discourage manufacturing by taxing imports
d. Encourage more agriculture business
45) The Supreme Court case McCulloch v Maryland decided the:
a. Constitutionality of the United States Bank
b. Separate but Equal standard
c. Judicial Review process
d. Established a man’s home is his castle.
Use the following choices to complete questions 46-50:
A. Washington
B. Adams
C. Jefferson D. Madison
46)
47)
48)
49)
50)
War of 1812
Louisiana Purchase
XYZ Affair
Started two-term limits for Presidents
Embargo Act
E. Monroe