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MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read carefully and CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER (25 points)
1. Hamilton's debt assumption program meant that
a. The state governments would have to pay off their debts at face value
b. The federal government would pay off all the states' debt at market value
c. The state governments would have to pay off their debts at market value
d. The federal government would pay off all the states' debt at face value
2. Hamilton's funded debt program meant that
a. The federal government would pay off all debt
b. The federal government would make regular payments on the debt but not pay it off immediately
c. The federal government would cancel all debts to increase available funds
d. The federal government would take out new loans to pay off old debts
3. Hamilton's tariff program was first and foremost aimed at
a. Protecting American manufacturers
b. Raising revenue
c. Weakening the power of southern slave states
d. Strengthening state governments 4. Hamilton argued that the BUS was constitutional under
a. The Necessary and Proper Clause
b. The Supremacy Clause
c. The Interstate Commerce Clause
d. Judicial Review
5. The Jay Treaty
a. Strengthened the Federalist party
b. Undermined the Federalist party
c. Allied the US with the French
d. Allied the US with the British in war against the French
6. The power of "judicial review" established
a. The President's authority to appoint and remove members of the federal judiciary
b. A court's authority to examine an executive or legislative act and to invalidate that act if it is contrary to constitutional principle
c. Congress' authority to review decisions made by the Supreme Court
d. The states' authority to review decisions made by the federal judiciary
7. The most controversial aspect of the Embargo of 1807 was that it
a. Banned trade with Britain
b. Banned trade with France
c. Banned Americans from engaging in any overseas foreign trade
d. Banned trade with the West Indies
8. The Treaty of San Ildefonso threatened the US because
a. It brought Britain and Spain into an alliance against the United States
b. It retroceded Spanish Louisiana to the French
c. It ended Americans' right to "neutral shipping" on the Atlantic
d. It brought the British and Indians of the Old Northwest into alliance
9. The Louisiana Purchase challenged Jefferson because
a. The cost was exorbitant
b. The Constitution did not specifically state the authority to incorporate foreign territory
c. It raised issues about how to incorporate the vast Native American population peacefully
d. It presented potential future border disputes with Spain
10. The Treaty of Ghent that ended the War of 1812
a. Resulted in no transfer of territory b. Brought an end to the practice of "impressment"
c. Brought an end to the Napoleonic Wars between France and Britain
d. Brought an end to the Embargo Act that banned trade with France
11. The Factory System
a. Was proposed by Hamilton as model for industrial development
b. Was proposed by Madison as a means for protecting American manufacture
c. Was introduced by Jefferson as the first systematic form of Indian Removal
d. Was introduced by Jackson to forcibly remove Indians from their land
12. Nativist advocated
a. Separation from white society but continued use of its technology
b. Farming as means of subsistence due to the loss of hunting grounds
c. Separation from whitey society and abandoning its technology and cultural ways
d. Farming as a means for assimilating into white society on an equal basis
13. Tecumseh's ideology of pan-Indianism went further than any of its predecessors in its claim that
a. Indians shared a common identity and interests
b. Indians should unite to fight Euro-American expansion
c. Indian lands belonged to all Indians in common
d. Indians' spiritual power made them invincible to bullets
14. The Rush-Bagot Treaty was significant in that
a. It was one of the first arms treaties in the modern history
b. It established the border between the US and Canada
c. It gave recognition to the US' claim to West Florida
d. It brought about an end to the practice of impressment
15. The Convention of 1818 established
a. The border between Canada and the US at the 49th Parallel
b. Britain's exclusive claim to the Grand Banks
c. The US' claim to West Florida
d. Arms limitations on the Great Lakes
16. The American System was
a. A constitutional system of checks and balances on the separate branches of government
b. A government-promoted program of national economic development and diversification.
c. A system of compromises for containing the explosive issue of slavery
d. A judicial review system allowing courts to declare legislative acts unconstitutional
17. The Monroe Doctrine (read carefully, think through fully)
a. Reflected an attitude that Anglo-American civilization was superior to other continental civilizations and thus destined to displace them
b. Stated that the US would oppose any attempt by European powers to recolonize the Latin American republics
c. Maintained that the constitution gave the federal government no authority to maintain protective tariffs or establish a national bank
d. Maintained that only tariffs for revenue were constitutional, not tariffs for protection of manufacturing and special interests
18. Adams rejected the idea of a joint resolution with Britain on the Latin American revolutions because
a. He did not trust the British to obey the resolution
b. He did not want to anger the Spanish
c. He did not want to be drawn into conflict with Russia
d. He wanted the US to chart its own course and assert its status as a global power player
19. The main issue that brought about the Crisis and Compromise of 1820 was
a. Admission of Missouri as a slave state into the Union
b. Admission of Maine as a free state into the Union
c. Creation of Kansas-Nebraska as slave territories
d. Creation of Utah-New Mexico as slave territories
20. The Republican Party was weakened in the early 1820's due to
a. The incorporation of the old Federalists into the party and a resulting loss of its core identity
b. Triumph of the Federalist's American System
c. Jackson's veto of the Second Bank of the United States charter
d. The party's leader, John Quincy Adam's, leaving the party to join the Democrats
21. Martin Van Buren felt that political parties
a. Were symptom's of disease in republican society
b. Were beneficial because they healed political divisions
c. Inhibited sectionalism and promoted national unity
d. Led to dangerous concentrations of power
22. Who said the following: "The Bank is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!"
a. Jefferson
b. Hamilton
c. Jackson
d. Madison
23. Calhoun's constitutional theory of nullification claimed that
a. Sovereignty resides in the people not the states
b. Only tariffs on manufacturing exports were illegal
c. Sovereignty resides in the states not the people
d. Only tariffs on agricultural exports were illegal
24. As an advocate of limited-government and state's rights, Jackson supported nullification on principle, even though he did not like the consequences
a. True
b. False
25. Jackson's presidential campaigns were the first in US history
a. To attack the character of another presidential candidate
b. To be decided in the House of Representatives
c. To appeal to the common man
d. To use newspapers to gain support.