US History: Farewell to the Fall

Thomas Jefferson said, "We are all Republicans-we are all Federalists" he meant that

• Federalists would appoint his cabinet

• the two parties' platforms were identical

• the principles of American government were above party politics

• he admired Hamilton's policies

The acquisition of territory in the southwestern region shown in the map intensified controversies in the US about

• allowing slavery in the new territories

• granting free land in the new territories

• rights to mineral wealth and resources in the new territories

• extending citizenship to people already in the territories

The ideas expressed in the excerpt were most directly a reaction to which of the following?

• migration of US settlers west of the Appalachians

• expansion of Spanish missions in California

• election of Thomas Jefferson as president

• revolutionary government in France

During his time as President, Washington pursued the foreign policy suggested by the excerpt in part because he believed that the

• Constitution prohibited the US from making treaties

• new nation needed time to gain economic and military strength

• US should not acquire new territory by force

• US should establish alliances with both France and Britain

Which of the following describes a trend shown in the graph of regional distribution of the slave trade before 1776?

• the northern colonies did not participate in the slave trade

• the slave trade to Virginia and Maryland increased

• fewer enslaved Africans were brought to the southern colonies than the northern

• more enslaved Africans were brought to the Carolinas and Georgia than to Virginia and Maryland

The excerpt most directly expresses an economic perspective that

• prioritized regional interests

• discouraged international trade

• sought to protect US manufacturing

• supported the interests of organized labor unions

"To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other power vested by this Constitution."

Alexander Hamilton used the clause above to

• justify revising the Articles of Confederation

• substantiate his strict interpretation of the Constitution

• convince the federal government to create the First National Bank of the US

• lobby Congress for a protective tariff to promote US industry

In highlighting "the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated," Jefferson was referring most directly to

• restrictive anti-American Indian policies that conflicted with the nation's professed political ideals

• the use of government force to put down uprisings

• Great Britain's efforts to deny colonists their political rights before the Revolution

• passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts

Which of the following issues of the period was Jefferson most likely concerned with in the excerpt?

• growth of slave labor

• creation of political parties

• expansion of the right to vote

• growth of various Protestant religious groups

The map shows the United States immediately following the

• passage of the Northwest Ordinance

• settlement of the Mexican War

• passage of the Compromise of 1850

• passage of the Missouri Compromise