Chapter 11 Lesson 3

Which of the following had a positive effect on American shippers in the mid-1790s?

• The United States and Britain were at war.

• Barbary pirates demanded tribute.

• Britain and France were at war.

• China was their only trading partner.

When Jefferson refused to pay more tribute, ____ declared war on the United States.

• France

• Britain

• the Barbary States

• Tripoli

Stephen Decatur became a hero for ____.

• Stephen Decatur became a hero for ____.

• escaping from a Tripoli jail

• burning a captured ship so the pirates could not use it

• attacking a British ship that tried to seize the Philadelphia

How did Britain and France violate the neutral rights of the United States?

• by forcing the United States to take a side in their war

• by seizing and searching American ships

• by jailing American deserters

• by attacking American ports

The attack on the U.S. warship _____ caused many Americans to demand war with Britain.

• Philadelphia

• Chesapeake

• Enterprise

• Leopard

The Embargo Act of 1807, which banned trade with ____, was a great failure.

• Britain

• France

• Britain and France

• all countries

President Madison believed that the _____ were a bigger threat to the United States than France was.

• British

• Barbary Pirates

• Federalists

• Native Americans

As a result of the Battle of Tippecanoe, Tecumseh ____.

• formed a confederation of Native Americans

• joined forces with the British

• joined forces with the French

• declared Prophetstown and surrounding areas a separate nation

Most of the War Hawks were ____ who wanted land and increased power for the United States.

• young Republicans

• young Federalists

• people in the Northeast

• members of Madison’s cabinet

Madison had ____ before he learned that Britain had ended their policy of searching ships.

• attacked British ships

• asked Congress for a declaration of war

• resigned from the presidency

• imposed a new embargo