Early Republic

Why was the port of New Orleans so important to President Jefferson when purchasing the Louisiana Territory?

• It was the best place to go fishing

• It was a party town

• It was the Catholic headquaters

• It was the main center for trade along the Mississippi river

Which is NOT a cause of the War of 1812?

• British impressment of American sailors
• British searching and seizing American ships
• British giving guns and ammunition to Native Americans
• British burning down Washington D.C.

Which are effects of the War of 1812?

• US Manufacturing growing & Increased American Patriotism (Nationalism)
• Weakened Native American resistance and interference with American shipping
• Impressment of sailors and US manufacturing growth
• Congress stops impressment and French goods decrease

Which word means to capture and force into military service?

• impressment
• cabinet
• sedition
• nullify

Who were X, Y, and Z in the XYZ Affair?

• Spanish Conquistadors

• US Diplomats

• French "secret" agents asking for a bribe

• US Sailors being impressed

This treaty ended the War of 1812.

• Pinckney's Treaty
• Jay's Treaty
• The Treaty of Ghent
• Adams-Onis Treaty

What problem did George Washington face when he became president of the United States?

• Native Americans were attacking colonists in the Louisiana Territory
• The country was in debt from the American Revolution
• British were impressing sailors in the Port of Boston
• He was getting splinters from his wooden teeth

All of the following are true of Alexander Hamilton's financial plan  except 

• Create a Bank of the United States 
• States pay off each others war debts
• Hamilton did not want any taxes on the population 
• There would be tariffs on Whiskey

Why was Thomas Jefferson and other Democratic Republicans against the creation of a national bank?

• George Washington was against creating the National Bank
• It would cause a war with the British
• The Constitution does not state the government had the power to do so
• He believed Alexander Hamilton had other motives for creating the bank

What is the highest court of the Judiciary Act? 

• Supreme Court
• Civil Court
• Legal Court
• District Court