United States History Chapter 9 Test



United States History Chapters 8-10 Test

Name: _______________________

Multiple Choice/Short Answer (2 pts. Each)

1) What did George Washington state in his farewell address?

A. Continue War with Foreign Countries

B. Stay Neutral & avoid alliances with other nations

C. Stay Neutral & maintain alliances with other nations

D. None of the above

2) Define foreign policy: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) Which Presidential administration does not fall under the era of Jeffersonian Republicanism?

A. Thomas Jefferson

B. James Madison

C. John Adams

D. James Monroe

4) What were the first two political parties to form in America?

A. Democrats and Republicans

B. Anti-Federalists and Federalists

C. Federalists and Republicans

D. None of the Above

5) True or False: The Republicans favored a strong national government and power in the hands of the elite.

6) True or False: The Republicans believed that manufacturing would corrupt the American nation

7) Explain the difference between Loose and Strict interpretations of the Constitution: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8) True of False: In regards to foreign policy, the Federalists supported Britain, while the Republicans supported France.

9) Who won the election of 1796?

A. George Washington

B. John Adams

C. Thomas Jefferson

D. James Madison

10) What was of lasting significance from the XYZ Affair?

A. France stopped Impressment

B. Indians allied with Americans

C. America built its first Navy

D. America’s foreign policy was altered for almost a century

11) Which acts were passed which allowed the President to expel any foreigner, and to criminalize anyone who spoke out against the administration in a negative manner?

A. Embargo Acts

B. Alien and Sedition Acts

C. Alien and Perdition Acts

D. All of the Above

12) What was the significance of the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

13) The night before the John Adams left office, what did he do in relation to the judiciary? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

14) Who won the election of 1800 and how? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

15) Who was the first great Supreme Court chief justice who helped increase the authority of the Supreme Court through landmark decisions?

A. John Adams

B. John Jay

C. John Marshall

D. James Marbury

16) Which Supreme Court case established the principal of judicial review?

A. Gibbons v. Ogden

B. McCulloch v. Maryland

C. Marbury v. Madison

D. Roe v. Wade

17) Discuss the difference between delegated and implied powers: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

18) Which major event in 1803 doubled the size of the United States?

A. War of 1803

B. French Revolution

C. Louisiana Purchase

D. Land Ordinance Act of 1803

19) Explain at least two reasons why Napoleon Bonaparte was so willing to sell such a huge amount of land for so cheap: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

20) Which expedition explored the Louisiana Territory and eventually found the Pacific Ocean in 1805.

A. Zebulon Pike Expedition

B. Donner Party

C. Lewis and Clark Expedition

D. Robert Falcon Scott Party

21) Which Shoshone Indian woman was an interpreter on the above expedition, and saved the journals from being lost in the river?

A. Tecumseh

B. Sacajawea

C. Pocahontas

D. None of the above

22) Define impressment: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

23) Which US ship was harassed by the British ship Leopard and demanded to search the vessel. When the US captain refused, the British opened fire and killed/wounded over 20 men. The British entered the ship and took four American “deserters”.

A. U.S.S. Constitution

B. U.S.S. New Jersey

C. U.S.S. Chesapeake

D. U.S.S. Liberty

24) Who won the election of 1808?

A. George Washington

B. John Adams

C. Thomas Jefferson

D. James Madison

25) Explain at least two reasons why the War Hawks pushed for war with Britain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

26) Which of the following were reasons that the President gave Congress for declaring war on Britain:

A. Impressment of American sailors

B. Refusal to revoke trade restrictions

C. Incitement of the Indians to violence

D. All of the Above

27) The New England states resented the war of 1812 and resisted giving money or men to the war effort, calling it:

A. The President’s War

B. Mr. Jefferson’s War

C. Mr. Madison’s War

28) The nickname given to the U.S.S. Constitution because British cannonballs bounced off its oak sides.

A. “Old Faithful”

B. “Old Reliable”

C. “Old Ironsides”

D. None of the Above

29) Which British general surrounded an American force in Detroit and got them to surrender their entire army without firing a single shot?

A. William Hull

B. Isaac Brock

C. William Henry Harrison

D. Stephen Van Rensselaer

30) Who built his own ships and used Kentucky militiamen as sailors to defeat the British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie?

A. William Henry Harrison

B. Andrew Jackson

C. Isaac Brock

D. Oliver Hazard Perry

31) True or False: The White House was burned by the British in the War of 1812.

32) Which poem was written by Francis Scott Key during the bombardment of Fort McHenry?

________________________________________________________________________

33) What was the most significant battle of the War of 1812 where the British lost 2000 men and the Americans lost 13, effectively ending the war?

A. Battle of Bladensburg

B. Battle of Horseshoe Bend

C. Battle of Baltimore

D. Battle of New Orleans

34) Who was known as “Old Hickory” and was authorized to defend the South against the British?

A. Andrew Jackson

B. John Quincy Adams

C. James Monroe

D. James Madison

35) Which Treaty ended the War of 1812?

A. Treaty of Paris

B. Treaty of Versailles

C. Treaty of Ghent

D. Treaty of Utrecht

36) Who won the election of 1812?

A. John Quincy Adams

B. James Madison

C. James Monroe

D. Andrew Jackson

37) What is the rapid change in America from slow hand made expensive goods to cheaper faster machine made products?

A. Agricultural Revolution

B. Factorial Revolution

C. Industrial Revolution

D. None of the Above

38) The production of goods in large quantities is known as:

A. Quantitative Easing

B. Mass Production

C. Surplus Production

D. None of the Above

39) What was the significance of Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin to slavery in the south? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

40) What crop became the staple of southern economy and even earned the nickname “King”

A. Tobacco

B. Corn

C. Rice

D. Cotton

41) What was Not part of Henry Clay’s American System?

A. Increased Domestic Taxes

B. Protective Tariffs

C. Second National Bank

D. Transportation Improvements

42) What Foreign policy introduced the idea of not attacking unless being attacked. This would remain the foreign policy of the US until World War I:

A. Washington’s Farewell Address

B. Madison Policy

C. Monroe Doctrine

D. Containment

43) Describe the impact of the Adams-Onis Treaty: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

44) Explain how the Missouri Compromise of 1820 averted Civil War for another 40 years: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

45) True or False: America underwent a major change in its democratization process during the 1820’s.

46) Why did Andrew Jackson lose the election of 1824 in what was known as the “Corrupt Bargain? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

47) Which election was the first to use “Mudslinging”?

A. 1820

B. 1824

C. 1828

D. 1832

48) Who won the election of 1828?

A. James Madison

B. James Monroe

C. John Quincy Adams

D. Andrew Jackson

49) Which court case ruled that Georgia had no power over Cherokee lands?

A. Gibbons vs. Georgia

B. Marbury vs. Georgia

C. Worcester vs. Georgia

D. Williams vs. Goergia

50) What is the “Trail of Tears”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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