Topic 10 Day 2

Why did Gabriel’s Conspiracy fail?

• Bad weather forced the conspirators to attack before they were ready

• Two enslaved men revealed the plot to their masters

• The conspirators were unable to acquire functioning firearms

• Diversionary fires failed to ignite

All of the following are true about the Haitian Revolt (or Revolution) EXCEPT

• Many slaveholding refugees brought their slaves to the United States

• Free and enslaved black Americans used the Revolution as inspiration in their freedom struggle

• The Haitian Revolution terrified white slave owners

• Napoleon’s support proved essential in the success of the Haitian Revolution

Thomas Jefferson, in Notes on the State of Virginia, argued for polygenesis. What is polygenesis?

• The belief that environmental changes would lead to changes in race

• The belief in a universal equality of all human nature

• The belief that African descended peoples were created separately from European descended peoples

• The belief in the inevitability of race war and the extinction of weaker races

Which of the following most accurately describes the attitude of most of the founding fathers as it relates to pure democracy?

• Believed it was impossible

• Believed it was dangerous

• Believed it was inevitable

• Believed it was God-given

Which of the following was a key goal for President Jefferson?

• Stabilize the Bank of the United States

• Increase foreign investment in U.S. treasury bonds

• Eliminate seditious speech from newspapers

• Reduce the size of the federal government

What is the term for the early American belief that women were essential in nurturing the principles of liberty in the citizenry?

• Cult of domesticity

• Victorian morality

• Republican motherhood

• American feminism

All of the following motivated Napoleon to sell the Louisiana territory EXCEPT

• The French and American alliance against the Spanish

• The pressures of war in Europe

• The success of the Haitian Revolution

Which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson’s policy of peaceable coercion?

• Using impressments to increase the size of the American navy

• Attempt to use a trade embargo to force Europeans to respect American neutrality

• Creating alliances with European powers to stop Napoleon

• Attack on the Federalist Party from Republican newspapers

What is the “Play-off System”?

• The ability of Native Americans to manipulate rivalries between European powers for their own advantage

• A pan-Indian resistance movement inspired by one prophet’s religious vision

• A trading policy between Native Americans that exchanged weapons for furs

• The practice of using metaphorical language in speeches

Tecumseh ultimately built alliances that stretched from Canada to Georgia, but from where did he launch this movement?

• Delaware

• Pennsylvania

• New York

• Indiana