Topic 4.2

The Embargo Act of 1807 had which of the following effects on the United States?

Responses

• It severely damaged American manufacturing.

• It enriched many cotton plantation owners.

• It disrupted American shipping.

• It had little economic impact.

The Marbury vs. Madison Supreme Court Case and Mccullough vs. Maryland case reflected which of the following trends?

• The calls for funding of internal improvements under Henry Clay’s American System

• The shift to a more assertive foreign policy under the Monroe Doctrine

• growing strength of the national of federal government

• The heightened tension between southern states and Congress over trade

The Jefferson administration advocated which of the following changes as a means of restoring republican ideals?

• Abolishing the Bank of the United States

• Reducing the scope of activities of the federal government

• selling Louisiana Territory to France

• Discontinuing the funding of state debts

The most unpopular and least successful of President Thomas Jefferson’s policies was his

• Embargo Act

• Purchase of Louisiana Territory

• declaration of war against France

• adding to the national debt

Under Chief Justice John Marshall, Supreme Court decisions also tended to

• promote business enterprise

• restrict federal powers of taxation

• expand state control of economic activity

• reduce federal control of the economy

Jefferson’s purchase of Louisiana had its origins in his desire to

• remove the French from forts along the Mississippi valley

• grow his American ideal of an agrarian or farm economy

• acquire territory for the expansion of slavery

• demonstrate friendship for the French in the Napoleonic Wars

The Louisiana Purchase proved politically troubling for Thomas Jefferson because of his

• previous support for a strict interpretation of the Constitution

• veto of funding for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition

• admiration of France’s military power

• disdain for involvement in a foreign country’s affairs

The Supreme Court established which of the following by its ruling in Marbury v. Madison ?

• States have the authority to nullify acts of Congress.

• The Bank of the United States is constitutional under the implied powers clause.

• The Supreme Court has the authority to determine the constitutionality of congressional acts.

• Government contracts cannot be repealed by popular majority.

The election of 1800 has been referred to as constituting “another revolution” because

• the House of Representatives decided the election

• a Supreme Court decision was required to dislodge the Federalists

• the party in power stepped down after losing the election

• force was required to get John Adams to leave the White House

This party supported the idea of state's rights, nullification, an agrarian economy, and tended to be pro-french?

• Republican

• Democratic Republican

• Federalist

• Know Nothing