Early Republic and First 5 Presidents

Strong national govt with a national bank and support from New England states. Who is this?

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

• Democratic-Republicans

• Sons of Liberty

What was Thomas Jefferson's biggest foreign policy achievement?

• Making allies to protect the Bahamas

• Purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France

• Defending the U.S. during the War of 1812

• The Embargo Act of 1807

What was one of the causes of the War of 1812?

• French navy attacking the U.S.'s port cities

• England invading the countries of the U.S.'s allies

• French embargos against the U.S.

• British impressment of U.S. sailors

What best describes the judicial review process?

• 2/3 of Congress can override the President's veto

• Congress makes laws that affect the federal court's powers

• Supreme Court can overrules laws that are unconstitutional

• Federal laws have to be approved by a majority of each house in Congress

In order to improve the U.S. economy and take over state debts, Alexander Hamilton had the federal gov't ___________

• oversee state government agencies

• regulate the creation of new businesses

• establish a national bank

• eliminate protective tariffs

What is an argument one could make against Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase?

• The Constitution does not give the President the power to buy land.

• Most of the Senate opposed buying the Louisiana Territory

• The purchase of the Louisiana Territory violated states' rights

• Buying the Louisiana Territory from France would start a war with Spain

The Louisiana Purchase gave the U.S. instant access to ______

• the natural resources of the West Coast

• southern trade via the Rio Grande

• river routes to the Great Lakes

• the port of New Orleans

The first political parties were established in the 1790s mainly because of the political differences between ________

• John Adams and Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington and James Madison

What is one important result of the War of 1812?

• The country had a new sense of national pride

• The U.S. gained a large amount of territory in the West.

• The British stopped trading with the United States.

• The British took advantage of differences between the north and the south

What in the world is going on here?

• An Indian raid as revenge for U.S. settlers stealing their land

• The British Army's destruction of the White House during the War of 1812

• Angry farmers burning government buildings during the Whiskey Rebellion

• U.S. forces defeated by England at the Battle of New Orleans