Early America: 1790's-1820's

Which action of President Thomas Jefferson was in conflict with his belief in a strict interpretation of the Constitution?

• pardoning violators of the Alien and Sedition Acts
• protesting the impressment of United States sailors
• purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France
• using the United States Navy to subdue the Barbary pirates

A major reason for President Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territory was to

• eliminate Spanish control of California
• give the United States control of the Mississippi River
• take possession of all of Florida
• provide access to areas east of the Appalachian Mountains

Manifest Destiny was used to justify an American desire to

• warn European countries against colonizing Latin America
• expand the United States to the Pacific Ocean
• control the area located east of the Appalachian Mountains
• limit the number of immigrants entering the country

The Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803)strengthened the constitutional principle of separation of powers by

• defining the Court's role in impeachment trials
• denying states the right to sue the federal government
• establishing the Court's right to review the constitutionalityof federal laws (aka judicial review)
• clarifying the president's authority to veto bills passed by Congress

During the first half of the 1800s, geographic factors influenced the economy of New England by

• supporting rice and indigo farming
• encouraging the establishment of large plantations
• increasing the regions reliance on slave labor
• promoting the growth of trade and manufacturing

The decisions of the Supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland(1819) and Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) are important because they

• clarified constitutional limits on the right to bear arms
• denied slaves the right to sue in federal courts
• upheld funding for the Erie Canal
• increased the power of the federal government over the states

The completion of the Erie Canal in the early 19th century aided the economic development of the United States by

• supplying water for the irrigation of western farms
• lowering the cost of shipping goods from the Midwest tothe Atlantic coast
• providing a shipping route for cotton from the South to Europe
• supplying water power for running factories and mills

What was a major reason that slavery expanded in the South in the first half of the 1800s?

• New inventions led to an increase in cotton production.
• The federal government encouraged the importation of enslaved persons.
• Most early textile mills were built in the South.
• Federal government regulations favored Southern exports.

Under the leadership of Chief Justice John Marshall (1801–1835), the Supreme Court expanded the influence of the national government by

• forcing states to grant relief from personal debt
• ending the importation of enslaved Africans
• strengthening federal powers over interstate commerce and banking
• authorizing the president to use troops withoutcongressional approval

The Mississippi River system was an important economic resource during the first half of the 1800s because it was used to

• transport farm goods to market
• produce hydroelectric power
• move immigrants to the Northeast
• irrigate desert lands