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| In his first inagural address, Thomas Jefferson emphasized... |
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| the ideals of Democratic Republicanism |
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| The Louisiana Purchase was an example of President Jefferson's desire to.. |
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| establish an agrarian republic bason on moderate land ownership |
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| The United States bought the Lousiana Territory for... |
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| Jefferson's first vice president was |
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| Aaron Burr hated Alexander Hamilton because Hamilton |
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| doubted Burr's character and sabotaged his political aspirations. |
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| Which statement about the Emvargo Act of 1807 is NOT true? |
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| It resulted in a vibrant economic boom in America |
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| The pan-indian resistance movement focused its efforts on... |
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| uniting Indian opposition to white settlement in the West |
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| Tecumseh was the chief of what tribe |
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| Which statement would most likely have been said by a War Hawk? |
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| We must take all necessary actions in the pursuit of American expansion |
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| Support for the War of 1812 was strongest in |
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| In the war of 1812, Andrew Jackson also defeated |
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| the Creek Indians at the battle of Horseshoe bend |
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| This restored relations between the British and Americans to what they were at the start of the war. |
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| Which statement would most likely have been said by a supporter of nullification? |
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| The states shall not adhere to federal law that is deemed to be unconstitutional |
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| Which statement would most likely have been said by a believer in manifest destiny? |
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| It is our God-given right to spread our democracy and culture across the continent |
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| He first became a national figure leading the Americans to victory at the Battle of New Orleans |
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| President who made the decision to declare war on England in 1812 |
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| He killed Alexander Hamilton in a gun duel at Weehawken, New Jersey |
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| During his 34 years on the Supreme Court, his foreful personality supported nationalist goals. |
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| Wrote "The star spangled banner" |
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| The French became convinced that the Americans could win the war and allied themselves with America after the Battle of |
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| The Revolutionary war effectively came to an end when |
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| Corwallis lost the battle of Yorktown |
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| Which of the following was not a provision of the Treaty of Paris (1783)? |
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| France would receive Canada. |
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| Under the Articles of Confederation, taxes could be imposed only by |
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| Under the Articles of Confederation |
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| each state had an equal vote in Congress |
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| The first religious group to prohibit members from owning slaves was the |
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| The first state to pass an abolition law was |
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| By 1790, the country's war debt, domestic and foreign, had reached an estimated |
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| The two land ordinances passed by Congress in the 1780's dealt with settlement in |
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| Under the provisions of the Land Ordinance of 1787, new states could enter the Union when |
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| the population reached 60,000 |
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| Shay's rebellion involved farmers in Western |
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| The result of Shay's Rebellion was that Congress realized |
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| how powerless the government was |
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| Which state was NOT represented at the Philadelphia Convention? |
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| The main debate over the Constitution revolved around the issue of |
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| Which of the following men did not help author The Federalist essays? |
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| The state whose ratification of the Constitution made that document the law of the land was |
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| The land ordinance of 1785 divided the land into section of ___ acres. |
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| The last major battle against Native Americans in the Northwest Territory was the Battle of |
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| Representatives met in Annapolis, Maryland, in the fall of 1786 to discuss matters of |
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| Which state was not represented at the Philadelphia Convention |
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| The "midnight appointments" were |
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| Federal judges named by President Adams on the night before he left office |
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| What legal principle was established by the case of Marbury V. Madison? |
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| President Jefferson briefly hesidtated about accepting Napoleon's offer to sell the Lousiana Territory to the United States because he |
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| believed that the Constitution did not specifically give the federal government the power to purchase new lands. |
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| The United States went to war with Britain in 1812 for all of the following reason except |
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| the British sinking of an American ship in the West Indies |
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| Support for the Declaration of War against Great Britain in 1812 came primarily from |
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| Western and Southern war hawks |
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| The result of the War of 1812 was |
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| no real change form the way things were before the war. |
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| Americans became incensed over the XYZ affair because |
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| the French demanded a bribe for American representatives to speak to their government. |
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| The Naturalization Act of 1798 |
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| The United States govenment responded to France's declaration of war on Britain in 1793 by |
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| The passage of this act created the federal court system |
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