APUSH Unit 3: The Early Republic (25-26)

The role of women expressed in the cult of domesticity had its roots in

• Progressive Era urban reform

• mid-nineteenth-century nativism

• the early twentieth-century suffrage movement

• republican motherhood

• the reaction against feminism after the Second World War

The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, the Hartford Convention, and the South Carolina Exposition and Protest were similar in that all involved a defense of

• freedom of the seas

• freedom of speech

• the institution of slavery

• states’ rights

• presidential power in foreign affairs

The Embargo Act of 1807 had which of the following effects on the United States?

• It severely damaged American manufacturing.

• It enriched many cotton plantation owners.

• It disrupted American shipping.

• It was ruinous to subsistence farmers.

• It had little economic impact.

The Jefferson administration advocated which of the following changes as a means of restoring republican ideals?

• Abolishing the Bank of the United States

• Reducing the scope of activities of the federal government

• Discontinuing the funding of state debts

• Increasing the size of the United States military

• Increasing the size of the United States military

The most unpopular and least successful of President Thomas Jefferson’s policies was his

• advocacy of territorial expansion

• handling of Barbary Coast pirates

• reduction of the size of the military

• reduction of the national debt

• adherence to neutrality in dealing with England and France

Under Chief Justice John Marshall, Supreme Court decisions tended to

• promote business enterprise

• restrict federal powers of taxation

• restrict corporate development

• expand state control of economic activity

• reduce federal control of the economy

Jefferson’s purchase of Louisiana had its origins in his desire to

• remove the French from forts along the Mississippi valley

• acquire a port to provide an outlet for western crops

• acquire territory for the expansion of slavery

• oppose New England Federalism

• demonstrate friendship for the French in the Napoleonic Wars

A major reason why Thomas Jefferson was interested in purchasing Louisiana from France was that he

• wanted to establish a precedent for the expansion of presidential authority

• wanted an area beyond the Mississippi river to which eastern Native Americans (Indians) could be moved

• had learned from Lewis and Clark of the untapped mineral resources in western areas

• hoped to cement a Franco-American alliance against the British

• hoped to preserve an agricultural society by making abundant lands available to future generations

The Louisiana Purchase proved politically troubling for Thomas Jefferson because of his

• previous support for a strict interpretation of the Constitution

• veto of funding for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition

• admiration of France’s military power

• devotion to new methods of cartography

• disdain for involvement in a foreign country’s affairs

The Supreme Court established which of the following by its ruling in Marbury v. Madison?

• States have the authority to nullify acts of Congress.

• The Bank of the United States is constitutional under the implied powers clause.

• States may not interfere with interstate commerce.

• The Supreme Court has the authority to determine the constitutionality of congressional acts.

• Government contracts cannot be repealed by popular majority.