Chapter 9 Social Studies, Lesson 9-3

Which country was second to Great Britain in the number of merchant ships trading around the world?

• France

• Spain

• United States

• The Netherlands

When Thomas Jefferson refused to pay more money for protection of American ships in the Mediterranean, the ruler of ____ chopped down the flagpole of the American consulate.

• France

• Morocco

• Tripoli

• Great Britain

In 1804 who slipped into Tripoli Harbor to burn a ship?

• General William Henry Harrison

• Tecumseh

• Benedict Arnold

• Stephen Decatur

What was the name of the ship that was burned in Tripoli Harbor to prevent the Barbary pirates from using iit?

• Chesapeake

• Philadelphia

• Constitution

• Ironsides

In the war between Great Britain and Frane, the United States had ______________________, the right to sail the seas and not take sides.

• judicial rights

• defensive rights

• neutral rights

• impressment

British naval patrols needed sailors, so they stopped American ships and _____________ thousands of American citizens into service.

• impressed

• paid

• bribed

• inspired

When the British attacked this ship in 1807, many Americans called for war against Great Britain.

• Chesapeake

• Missouri

• Constitution

• Philadelphia

Instead of declaring war, Congress passed the __________, which banned imports from and exports to all foreign countries.

• Embargo Act

• Paris Treaty

• Neutrality Act

• Stamp Act

This act passed on March 1, 1809, prohibited trade only with Great Britain and France.

• Brit-Fran Act

• Embargo Treaty

• Nonintercourse Act

• Decatur Bill

When ____________ took office as President in 1809, the cries for war with Great Britain were growing louder.

• John Adams

• John Quincy Adams

• James Monroe

• James Madison