USHC-2 EOC Review

This is the political and legal view that the power of the government should not extend past what is specifically outlined in the U.S. constitution.

• Strict Construction

• Loose Construction

• Legalist View

• Progressive View

As a strict constructionist Thomas Jefferson struggled justifying this decision as the Constitution made no provision for it?

• The Louisiana Purchase

• Declaring war

• Enacting an embargo

• Displacing Native Americans from Georgia.

Who led the Corps of Discovery that explored the newly purchased Louisiana Territory?

• Meriwether Lewis

• William Clark

• Daniel Boone

• David Crockett

Diplomats to Paris originally aimed to purchase what critical port city before being offered the whole Louisiana Territory?

• New Orleans

• Galveston

• Havana

• Miami

The most controversial, and detrimental action of Jefferson's Presidency was

• The Embargo

• The War of 1812

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The treason trial of Aaron Burr

Jefferson's Embargo eventually led to

• The War of 1812

• The Second Barbary War

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The treason trial of Aaron Burr

What is most often cited as the reason for the War of 1812?

• Impressment of American sailors by the British navy.

• Conflicts on the western frontier with Native Americans supported by the British.

• Jefferson's Embargo of European powers.

• The secession of New England over its relationship with the British.

Members of Madison's political party which were pressing for war were known as?

• War Hawks

• Warmongers

• Patriots

• Tea Partiers

The two most famous War Hawks during this time were?

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• James Monroe

• John Marshall

Which British territory was a target of U.S. expansion as it was believed that British agents from this region were supplying Native Americans with firearms?

• Canada

• The Oregon Territory

• Louisiana Territory

• New Spain