Question 1

The Battle of Tippecanoe was a rare Indian victory against the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What was the significance of Eli Whitney to the development of the American economy during the first decades of the nineteenth century?

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Question 3

The invention of the cotton gin in the late eighteenth century

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A)   led to a great increase in the production of long-staple cotton.
B)   allowed for the introduction of cotton in southern coastal states.
C)   reduced the total number of slaves in the American South.
D)   None of these answers is correct.
E)   had a profound effect on the textile industry in New England.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

Aaron Burr was convicted and imprisoned for the murder of Alexander Hamilton.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The expansion of the medical profession during the early nineteenth century resulted in a

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A)   broad increase in the number of hospitals.
B)   decline in midwives.
C)   significant gain in the general body of medical knowledge.
D)   large jump in average life expectancy.
E)   rapid rise in care for the disabled.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

In the early eighteenth century,the Americans Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston

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A)   launched America's first railroad engine, the Clermont, in 1807.
B)   invented the steam engine.
C)   developed the nation's first merchant marine.
D)   made significant advances in steam-powered navigation.
E)   brought the first steam engines from England to the United States.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

Why did the War of 1812 take place? What resulted from it?

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Question 8

In the early nineteenth century,primary and secondary education,but not higher education,operated in close conformity to republican ideals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In 1800,Washington,D.C.,

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A)  had grown in size equal to Philadelphia.
B)  had yet to be occupied by the national government.
C)  had 13,200 residents,according to the census.
D)  was little more than a simple village.
E)  was widely recognized as a city built on a grand scale.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 10

The Rush-Bagot agreement of 1817 called for

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A)   Spain to give up its claim to Florida, in exchange for navigation rights on the Mississippi.
B)   the mutual disarmament of the Great Lakes by Britain and the United States.
C)   a general trade agreement between the United States and France.
D)   France to pull out of the fur trade in the Great Lakes region.
E)   the joint occupation of Oregon by France and the United States.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 11

John Marshall was

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A)   appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court by Thomas Jefferson.
B)   a former vice president of the United States.
C)   a Republican.
D)   chief justice of the Supreme Court at the time of Marbury v. Madison.
E)   secretary of state in the Jefferson administration, and Madison's successor.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

By the end of Jefferson's presidency,the capital city of Washington rivaled New York and Philadelphia as a major American city.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Second Great Awakening

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A)   was consistent with the ideas of the Enlightenment.
B)   began as an effort by church establishments to revitalize their organizations.
C)   helped promote universalism and unitarianism.
D)   rejected the idea of the Trinity.
E)   was confined to New England.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 14

Eli Whitney is a major figure in American technology for introducing the

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A)   steam engine.
B)   steel plow.
C)   mechanized assembly line.
D)   first modern factory.
E)   concept of interchangeable parts.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 15

In 1802,what spurred President Jefferson to seek the building of a river fleet and to give the impression that the United States might ally with Great Britain?

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A)   a new French regulation restricting the use of the port of New Orleans by American ships
B)   the capture of the island of Santo Domingo by a black revolutionary force
C)   a growing incidence of Indian attacks on western settlers
D)   a Spanish attempt to readjust the northern border of its Florida colony
E)   the arrival of a French invasion fleet near New YorkF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

President Thomas Jefferson's Indian policy included

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A)   an offer to Indians to reorganize their territory as a separate state in the Union.
B)   an offer to Indians to become settled farmers and join white society, and an insistence that they give up claims to tribal lands in the Northwest.
C)   an offer to Indians to become settled farmers and join white society, and to reorganize their territory as a separate state in the Union.
D)   the insistence that Indians reduce the size of their exclusive tribal lands in the Northwest, as well as allow some limited hunting by white settlers on those lands.
E)   an offer to Indians to have full citizenship in the United States and the right to vote.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 17

The cotton gin was invented by

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A)   Albert Gallatin.
B)   Samuel Slater.
C)   Robert Fulton.
D)   Eli Whitney.
E)   Moses Brown.F) A) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 18

Population data of the United States in 1800 reveals

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A)   fifteen percent of the population lived in towns of more than 8,000.
B)   no American city had a population larger than 28,000.
C)   the nation remained overwhelmingly agrarian.
D)   New York was the most populous city in the country.
E)   ten percent of the non-Indian population lived in towns of more than 8,000.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 19

In 1814,the British

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A)   seized Washington and set fire to the White House.
B)   repulsed the United States from Florida.
C)   took control of the Ohio Valley.
D)   forced the surrender of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.
E)   established naval supremacy on the Atlantic Ocean.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

Prior to their journey west in 1804,neither Lewis nor Clark had experience dealing with Indians.

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A) True 
 B)False

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In the early nineteenth century,primary and secondary education,but not higher education,operated in close conformity to republican ideals.

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What was the significance of Eli Whitney to the development of the American economy during the first decades of the nineteenth century?

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In 1800,Washington,D.C.,

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Aaron Burr was convicted and imprisoned for the murder of Alexander Hamilton.

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President Thomas Jefferson's Indian policy included

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