AP* Review Questions for Chapter 11

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In office, Jefferson surprisingly only eliminated which one of the following Federalist programs?
Options:
Assumption of states’ Revolutionary War debts,
The Bank of the United States,
The protective tariff,
Funding the national debt,
The excise tax

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The Bank of the United States

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Which of the following is NOT true about the Judiciary Act of 1801? It resulted in the appointment of William Marbury to the Supreme Court., It created sixteen new federal judges., Jefferson and other Republicans condemned it as a Federalist court-packing scheme., It was repealed the following year., Adams used the act to appoint “midnight judges” on his last day in office.

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It resulted in the appointment of William Marbury to the Supreme Court.

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Napoleon Bonaparte ultimately abandoned his vision of a New World empire and agreed to sell Louisiana to the United States for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that

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he failed to conquer Santo Domingo, a necessary first step.

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Which of the following can NOT be said about the Louisiana Purchase?
It made U.S. isolationism possible.
It required a constitutional amendment for the purchase to be completed.
It set precedents for further expansion.
It more than doubled the size of the United States.
Its 828,000 square miles cost $10 million.

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It required a constitutional amendment for the purchase to be completed.

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In the years before the War of 1812, what was impressment?

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The capture and forced military service of American seamen by the British.

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Jefferson’s embargo strategy to get England and France to honor American neutrality in the years before the War of 1812 ultimately failed for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that he

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underestimated British resistance and determination.

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Which of the following was NOT among the forces that pushed President James Madison to war with Britain in 1812? England’s arming of hostile Indians along the American frontier, British reinforcement of its Orders in Council, The rise to power of pro-war representatives in Congress, The need to assert American nationhood and rights, A desire to restore America’s credibility on the world stage

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England’s arming of hostile Indians along the American frontier

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The region that did NOT support the declaration of war against the British was

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the South