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President Jefferson's Foreign Policy Challenge

Authored by Mr. Throckmorton

History

8th Grade

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President Jefferson's Foreign Policy Challenge
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Great Britain and France seize U.S. merchant ships?

They hoped to force the United States into the war

They hoped the United States would become their ally

They wanted the United States to pay ransom for the ships

They hoped to prevent the United States from supplying their enemy

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where are the Barbary Coast states located?

Caribbean Sea

Europe

North America

Northern Africa

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Jefferson deal with the Barbary pirates asking for tribute?

He sent representatives to make a treaty

He paid the tribute

He sent warships

He proposed an embargo

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which American warship was captured by pirates in the Mediterranean?

the Chesapeake

the Constitution

the Leopard

the Philadelphia

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Vocabulary:

a government order that forbids trade with another country

embargo

isolationism

neutrality

blockade

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was hurt most by Jefferson's embargo on trade?

France

Great Britain

North Africa pirates

American sailors and workers

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Events & Acts:

Thomas Jefferson sent a fleet of warships to the Mediterranean to protect American shipping interests. The American ships bombarded Tripoli with their cannons. Tripoli signed a peace treaty with the United States in 1805

First Barbary War

War of 1812

Battle of Tippicanoe Creek

Embargo Act of 1807

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