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The terms of the Louisiana Purchase were made without the prior approval of either the president or Congress.

A) True
B) False

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Those who accepted the existence of God but regarded Him as a remote being were called ________.

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Jefferson was not a pacifist,but he did scale down the size of the American armed forces.

A) True
B) False

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Which statement about the War of 1812 is true?


A) England remained preoccupied with Napoleon's attacks throughout the war.
B) The United States entered the war with enthusiasm and optimism.
C) The initial American focus of the war was on controlling the Mississippi River.
D) The military struggle on the Great Lakes was a disaster for the United States.
E) The outmatched Americans saw no military successes at all during the war.

F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

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What evidence supports the claim that American technology underwent a "revolution" between 1790 and 1820?

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In 1810,the Non-Intercourse Act expired and was replaced by


A) the Harrison Land Law.
B) "Peaceable Coercion."
C) Macon's Bill No. 2.
D) the Tallmadge Amendment.
E) Madison's embargo.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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During the Jefferson administration,the British claimed the right to stop American merchant ships and seize


A) vessels that had deserters on board from British ships.
B) naturalized Americans born on British soil.
C) any persons they chose.
D) all military cargo.
E) any slaves found on board.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Jefferson as president was able to cut the size of government,but he was not able to reduce the national debt.

A) True
B) False

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The Hartford Convention called for secession from the United States.

A) True
B) False

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In his first term,President Thomas Jefferson


A) argued for mandatory military service to mold and improve citizens.
B) increased the size of the army.
C) increased the size of the navy.
D) aggressively used the military to assert American interests abroad.
E) helped establish a military academy at West Point.

F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

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During the War of 1812,the United States achieved early military success


A) on the Atlantic Ocean.
B) in New England.
C) in the Carolinas.
D) on the Great Lakes.
E) in the Caribbean.

F) B) and D)
G) All of the above

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

A) True
B) False

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Jefferson was alarmed in 1802 by the imposition of a new French policy that restricted access by American shipping vessels to the port of ________.

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By the early nineteenth century,the United States began to have cities that approached the major cities of Europe in population.

A) True
B) False

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The Second Great Awakening helped spread all of the following denominations EXCEPT the


A) Baptists.
B) Unitarians.
C) Presbyterians.
D) Methodists.
E) Baptists and Unitarians.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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In the early nineteenth century,school education was largely the responsibility of


A) private institutions.
B) the states.
C) individual cities and towns.
D) the federal government.
E) individual parents.

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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In what ways was Thomas Jefferson's presidency a confirmation of his ideals? In what ways did it violate those ideals?

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Around 1800,higher education in the United States


A) served about two percent of the white men in the country.
B) began to admit many more poor citizens than before.
C) gave access to women, blacks, and Indians.
D) was increasingly becoming dominated by public institutions.
E) saw the number of colleges and universities growing substantially.

F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

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Congress's response to the violations of American neutral rights was in part to prohibit American ships from leaving any American port for any foreign port in the world.

A) True
B) False

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The first modern factory in America was located in ________,Rhode Island.

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