Topic 6 Test

During George Washington’s presidency, Federalists and Republicans emerged as two political parties deeply divided over - whether the president should serve one term or several. - whether to pay the debts left by the Revolutionary War. - what powers were granted to the federal government by the Constitution. - which states should be allowed to use enslaved people as workers.

• whether the president should serve one term or several.

• whether to pay the debts left by the Revolutionary War.

• what powers were granted to the federal government by the Constitution.

• which states should be allowed to use enslaved people as workers.

As Secretary of the Treasury under George Washington, Alexander Hamilton’s goal was to

• encourage settlement of the Northwest Territory.

• convince Congress that a national bank was not necessary.

• strengthen the economy of the United States.

• negotiate the purchase of the Louisiana Territory.

The emergence of political parties in the United States

• was strongly encouraged by President Washington in his Farewell Address.

• resulted mainly from disagreements between free and slave states.

• reflected basic differences between the ideas of Federalists and Republicans.

• helped strengthen states’ rights across the United States.

Which was a major reason why President Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory?

• Native Americans could more easily integrate into white American society.

• The United States would gain control of the Mississippi River.

• The purchase would prove the United States was as powerful as Britain.

• Acquisition of ports on the Pacific coast would stimulate trade with Asia.

Which is one way that a Supreme Court ruling in the early 1800s strengthened the federal government?

• The Court ruled against tariffs that favored Northern manufacturing over Southern agriculture.

• The Court instituted the Missouri Compromise to allow new states to enter the nation.

• The Court upheld the practice of businesses holding monopolies.

• The Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional.

The War of 1812 occurred in large part because of - British actions such as impressment and arming Native Americans in the Northwest. - Spanish refusal to grant the United States access to travel on the Mississippi River. - France’s continued thefts of American ships and cargo. - the United States’s refusal to pay off its Revolutionary War debts.

• British actions such as impressment and arming Native Americans in the Northwest.

• Spanish refusal to grant the United States access to travel on the Mississippi River.

• France’s continued thefts of American ships and cargo.

• the United States’s refusal to pay off its Revolutionary War debts.

During the Industrial Revolution, the practice of making individual goods by hand gave way to:

• a) a free enterprise system in which people had control of the goods they made and bought.

• b) a process in which manufacturing steps happen more quickly in a factory.

• c) a trade system in which Americans mostly bought imported goods made in Britain.

• d) a process in which several people worked together to create custom-made goods.

Inland roads built in the 1800s were primarily constructed so that:

• the nation could be ready to buy the Louisiana Territory.

• pioneers could develop skills as foresters.

• goods and people could travel west more easily.

• road builders could charge tolls and maintain the roads.

The Missouri Compromise of 1819 signaled: a) rising sectionalism of the North, the South, and the West. b) rising demand to settle territories in the West quickly. c) rising pressure to avoid entanglement with European colonies. d) rising tensions between Native American peoples and settlers.

• rising sectionalism of the North, the South, and the West.

• rising demand to settle territories in the West quickly.

• rising pressure to avoid entanglement with European colonies.

• rising tensions between Native American peoples and settlers.

The growth of national pride in the early 1800s led to a culture that appreciated

• stories with heroes from ancient or distant nations such as Greece.

• paintings of scenes that reminded people of Great Britain.

• imitations of European styles of architecture.

• distinctly American styles of literature and music.