The Early Federalist Era

What law created the Supreme Court with a Chief Justice and five associate justices?

• Judiciary Act of 1801

• The Great Compromise

• Judiciary Act of 1789

• Congressional Powers Act

Which event was a response to an unpopular excise tax imposed by the federal government?

• The Whiskey Rebellion

• The XYZ Affair

• Marbury v. Madison

• The Chesapeake Incident

During John Adams' presidency, why were Democratic Republicans outraged by the Alien and Sedition Acts?

• They believed the laws would draw the United States into foreign wars

• They believed the laws violated freedom of speech

• They believed the laws would open the gates to French immigrants

• They believed the laws would give too much power to the courts

Who attempted to unite Native Americans into a confederacy to protect their homeland against white intruders after the Battle of Tippecanoe?

• Tecumseh

• Little Turtle

• Mad Anthony Wayne

• Sitting Bull

Over which of the following issues did the nation become divided in the 1790's?

• Whether African Americans should be given full citizenship

• Whether the United States should ally itself with France or Britain

• Whether the central government or state governments should be stronger

• Whether the United States should expand west of the Mississippi River

Thomas Jefferson's reaction to continued British impressment and the Chesapeake Incident can best be described as

• He convinced Native American leaders to invade Canada

• He declared a ban on all trade with Europe

• He decided to go to war

• He developed the policy of impressment

The Sedition Act allowed the national government to jail people for

• Challenging the constitutionality of laws

• Making negative statements about the government

• Selling, manufacturing, or distributing whiskey

• Not paying one's debt in a timely manner

In general, support for the war against England in 1812 came from which of the following?

• Commercial interests in the East

• Agrarian interest in the West and South

• The Federalist Party

• The aristocrats

The Louisiana Purchase increased the size of the country and helped shape national identity, but had negative consequences for which of the following?

• Jeffersonian Democrats

• Women

• Native Americans

• Plantation Owners

Washington's Farewell Address did which of the following?

• Favored the Federalists over the Democratic Republicans

• Condemned foreign alliances

• Advocated abolition of slavery

• Explained Washington's desire to increase federal taxes