Early Republic 2016

Washington wrote the Farewell Address which was written to: 

• Persuade Americans to avoid long term alliances with other countries
• Persuade Americans to vote for Alexander Hamilton
• Persuade Americans to re-elect him
• Persuade Americans to vote against the tax on whiskey

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison founded the ______ party.

• Federalist
• Democratic-Republican

Who doubled the size of the United States with a very large land purchase? 

• George Washington 
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Monroe

Who warned the nation in his Farewell Address to avoid political parties and to stay neutral in foreign affairs.

• John Adams 
• James Monroe 
• James Madison 
• George Washington

 Conflict with France over shipping rights and the XYZ affair led him to strengthen the U.S. Navy

• Adams
• Monroe
• Washington 
• Madison 

A(n) _______ is a tax on foreign goods. 

• excise tax
• tariff
• cost
• debt

Who was sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase?

• Lewis and Clark
• Jefferson and Adams
• Lewis and Adams
• Clark and Jefferson

What was the XYZ affair?

• People named X, Y, and Z gave the United States money
• French agents tried to bribe the United States
• The names of the agents who sold Louisiana to the U.S.
• England stole U.S. ships

Why is the Monroe Doctrine important to the US? (Especially today)

• The US didn't allow foreign governments to intervene with countries in the Americas
• The US respected the Europeans for their money
• US liked Canada and combined the two countries
• US stopped China from gaining power

A major reason for the issuance of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to

• discourage United States trade with Latin America
• defend the Panama Canal from Great Britain
• prevent further European colonization in South and Central America
• provide economic aid to Latin American nations