Early America Unit Test

In your own words, describe what impressment was? (This related to the War of 1812)

Alexander Hamilton reason/s for supporting the idea of a National Bank was/were-

• He wanted a bank that could print a national currency

• He thought it would make repaying the American war debt easier.

• He felt that it would be a source of expanding capital for the growing U.S. economy.

• All of the above

The Louisiana Purchase, purchased during the administration of Thomas Jefferson, -

• took control of territory formerly held by Spain

• was strongly opposed by Mexico

• doubled the size of the United States

• included land in present-day Arizona

The main difference between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans revolved around....

• the question of slavery

• Support for Britain or France in their ongoing wars

• tariffs

• different points of view on the power of the federal government

The American Indian (First American) guide for Lewis and Clark’s expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase was -

• Tecumsah

• Pochahontus

• Sacajewa 

• Chief Black Hawk

The Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison is significant because it -

• prohibited states from taxing the federal government

• allowed for the annexation of the Louisiana Territory

• authorized the Monroe doctrine 

• established the powers of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional 

What was the burning of Washington in August of 1814? (Describe what happened)

America's first two political parties were the -

• Federalists and Nationalists

• Federalists and Democratic Republicans

• Democrats and Republicans

• Republicans and nationalists

• Caniya and her friends

An outcome of the War of 1812 was -

• confirmation of the independence of the United States

• increased migration of American settlers into California

• the decline of the Democratic-Republican Party

• continued impressment of American sailors by the British

The United States gained the Louisiana Territory by -

• buying it from Napoleon's France

• purchasing it from spain

• winning it in the War of 1812

• taking it in the Adams Onis Treaty

• Fighting Myron for it