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Ch. 12: Foreign Affairs in the Young Nation

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the Great Seal (created 1782) of US symbolize?

a)

Science advancements

b)

The president's favorite bird

c)

The nation's principles

d)

The recipe for Martha Washington's apple pie.

2.

Why did the army Washington commanded during American Revolution disband?

a)

Government lacked money and Americans felt that a standing national army would take away their rights

b)

The army left to join the French army

c)

The army were loyalists

d)

They liked to farm more than be fight

3.

Threats facing the US early on were from:

a)

Great Britain in Canada and Ohio valley and Spain controlled Florida and Louisiana

b)

The French and British in the west

c)

Pirates in Louisiana

d)

Russia, Russia, Russia

4.

An agreement made with other nations to aid and support each other.

a)

Embargo

b)

Homie

c)

Tribute

d)

Alliance

5.

What treaty said that US would aid France in time of war?

a)

Treay of Paris in 1778

b)

Jay Treaty in 1789

c)

Treaty of alliance with France in 1788

d)

Trick or Treaty 2019

6.

What policy did Washington announce in regards to France and Great Britain fighting?

a)

Partisanship - US will help France

b)

Neutrality - US would not help either side

c)

Bipartisanship - US will help France and Great Britain

d)

Let's be friends with the winner

7.

What was Washington's policy of avoiding alliances, or political or military agreements, with other countries?

a)

Blockade

b)

To cry...

c)

Embargo

d)

Isolationism

8.

Great Britain's refusal to leave this valley could have lead to war with US if not for the Jay Treaty.

a)

Ohio Valley

b)

Tenneessee River Valley

c)

Pennsylvania Valley

d)

San Fernando Valley

9.

Who was John Jay?

a)

Chief Justice of Supreme Court

b)

Judge in the Federal Appeals Court

c)

State Supreme Court Judge

d)

Chief Justice of the People's Court

10.

France viewed this treaty as the US's violation of its previous treaty with the US.

a)

The Paris Treaty

b)

The Jay Treaty

c)

The Treaty of AGBU

d)

The Indian Treaty

11.

What did the Jay Treaty accomplish?

a)

Ice cream for everyone!

b)

It gave the US the Mississppi River

c)

It allowed British ships to raid American ships

d)

It got Great Britain's troops out of Ohio Valley

12.

How many convoys did President Adams send to France?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

What's a convoy?

13.

Who did Talleyrand speak to instead of Adams' convoys?

a)

secret agents X,Y,Z

b)

secret agents A,B,C

c)

secret agents 1,2,3

d)

KFC's secret recipe

14.

What is money that is given to someone in exchange for that person's protection?

a)

Blackmail

b)

Embargo

c)

Tribute

d)

Salary

15.

Americans were outraged about XYZ Affair. What did Adams promise to do?

a)

H raised minimum wage

b)

Bake them a cake

c)

He promised to cut taxes

d)

recruit an army of 10,000 and build 12 new ships

16.

Who did Congress authorize to launch a "half war" on the seas?

a)

Great Britain

b)

privateers

c)

France

d)

mousekateers

17.

What is a closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out?

a)

Blockade

b)

Embargo

c)

Neutrality

d)

VIP only...

18.

A declaration in 1823 that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization

a)

The Jefferson Doctrine

b)

The Adams Doctrine

c)

The Monroe Doctrine

d)

The Armenian Doctrine

19.

A government order that forbids trade with another country

a)

Neutrality

b)

Silly taxes

c)

Isolationism

d)

Embargo

20.

A policy of not choosing sides in a dispute or war between other countries

a)

Embargo

b)

Neutrality

c)

Isolationism

d)

What is an "ism"?

21.

Bonus: What did Talleyrand tell the secret agents?

a)

No peace talks unless Talleyrand received large sum of money

b)

No peace talks unless England received large sum of money

c)

No peace talks unless President Adams received large sum of money

d)

No peace talks unless we ALL receive a large sume of money!

22.

Bonus: In 1799, What did Adams send a group of men to France for?

a)

To declare war

b)

To negotiate Peace

c)

To discuss an alliance

d)

A vacation