Early Republic

Alexander Hamilton's economic plan was designed to 

• help build the national economy
• encourage British imports
• prevent Congressional control of interstate commerce
• strengthen the powers of state government

Why did President George Washington caution Americans against forming alliances with foreign nations in his Farewell Address?

• He feared trade with Latin America would be harmed.
• He was troubled that France might establish colonies in the Americas.
• He worried that the nation might later be dragged into a foreign war.
• He sought to protect America's Western frontier.

Which statement is true of the Louisiana Purchase?

• It extended the nation's boundary to the Pacific Ocean.
• It removed the Spanish from North America.
• It doubled the size of the United States.
• It banned the expansion of slavery in the western territories. 

The Embargo Acts and the War of 1812 were similar in that both events dealt with a conflict involving the 

• British kidnapping of American Sailors
• emergence of manufacturing in the Northeast
• launch of a protective tariff on British imports
• decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court

Eli Whitney and Samuel Slater were important to the spread of the Industrial Revolution to the United States because they

• created new methods of production
• devised new forms of transportation
• increased steel production
• built steam-powred machines

A major reason President Thomas Jefferson supported the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 was that it

• gave the United States ownership of Florida
• allowed the United States to gain control of California
• gave the United States control of the Mississippi River
• removed the Spanish from North America

The decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803) was important because it 

• upheld the constitutionality of the National Bank
• restricted the federal government to regulate interstate commerce
• permitted the federal government to regulate interstate commerce
• established the Supreme Court's power to judge the constitutionality of laws

Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality (1793), Jefferson's Embargo Act (1807), and the Monroe Doctrine (1823) were all efforts to 

• avoid political conflicts with European nations
• directly support European revolutions
• aid Great Britain in its war against France
• promote military alliances

Which areas were added to the United States by the Louisiana Purchase?

• territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Appalachians
• territory from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River
• territory from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean
• territory from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains

The decision in Gibbons v Ogden (1824) basically addressed which of the following issues?

• the issue of congressional privileges
• the regulation of interstate commerce
• the right of states to tax a federal property
• the Supreme Court's right to declare Congressional acts unconstitutional