review USI APUSH

The Dutch settled New Netherland primarily to

• secure a refuge for the persecuted

• expand their commercial and mercantile network

• secure naval supplies

• check the growth of English colonies in North America

France negotiated a treaty of alliance with the new American nation in 1778 following

• the defeat of the British general Burgoyne at Saratoga

• American naval victories on the Great Lakes

• a personal plea by George Washington

• an ultimatum by American diplomats

Which of the following is true about the case of Marbury v. Madison?

• It established that Congress had the sole right to formulate national legislation.

• It supported Thomas Jefferson in his claim of to have "executive review".

• It backed William Marbury in his request for a bank charter.

• It affirmed the principal of judicial review.

After the Revolution the concept of the "republican mother" suggested that

• women would be responsible for raising their children, especially their songs, to be virtuous citizens of the young republic

• voting would soon become a privilege granted to educated and/or married women

• the first duty of mothers was to serve the needs of government

• women's virtues had been the inspiration for the ideas of the Revolution

All of the following accurately describe Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France EXCEPT

• It opened the Mississippi River permanently to western farmers.

• It ended the threat of American Indian raids on western settlements.

• It was made possible by the failure of Napoleon's forces to suppress a slave revolt in Haiti.

• It violated Jefferson's own views concerning the strict construction of the Constitution.

President Jackson resisted the admission of Texas into the Union in 1836 primarily because he

• acknowledged the legitimacy of the Mexican government's claim to Texas

• feared the debate over the admission of Texas would ignite controversy about slavery

• was ideologically opposed to territorial expansion

• could find no support within his own party for admitting Texas

The Republican party originated in the mid-1850's as a sectional party committed to which of the following?

• Opposition to the further extension of slavery into the territories.

• Immediate emancipation of the slaves.

• Repeal of Whig economic policies.

• Acknowledgement of popular sovereignty as the basis for organizing federal territories.

In 1890 the most important source of revenue for the federal government was

• income taxes

• inheritance taxes

• sales taxes

• custom duties

William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" oration was primarily an expression on his

• fundamentalist religious beliefs

• opposition to teaching the theory of evolution in public schools

• advocacy of free and unlimited coinage of silver

• anti-imperialist convictions

This amendment outlawed slavery. 

• 12th
• 13th
• 14th
• 15th