Jefferson’s supporters called themselves Republicans to emphasize that the Federalists were __________. A) pro-French B) monarchists at heart C) too devoted to states’ rights D) unclear of their politics ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The economic crisis that produced Shays’s Rebellion had its origins in __________. A) the Revolution B) the 1760s C) colonial fiscal traditions D) U.S. foreign policy ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Eighteenth-century Russian expansion into Alaska was mainly driven by __________. A) the fur trade B) the fishing industry C) Russian agricultural villages D) gold mining ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The battle at Tippecanoe __________. A) was a decisive victory for William Henry Harrison B) resulted in the death of Tecumseh C) forced the Shawnee to flee west D) drove Tecumseh into a formal alliance with Britain ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Tenskwatawa, the Prophet, argued that Indians would survive best if they __________. A) allied into a confederacy and destroyed the Americans B) joined with sympathetic missionaries and converted to Christianity C) turned into yeoman farmers and assimilated D) avoided Americans and returned to their traditional ways ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In what ways did Jefferson reverse the policies of his Federalist predecessors? What were the consequences of Jefferson’s new policies? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: debt; taxes; size of government; scope of governmental activity; agrarian “republic of virtue”
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these best explains the rapid growth of the slave population in the American South, relative to other nineteenth-century New World slave societies? A) higher fertility of enslaved African American women B) better food given to African American slaves C) greater number of slaves imported from Africa D) better housing provided to African American […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1850, the majority of slaves were engaged in __________ cultivation. A) tobacco B) cotton C) wheat D) rice ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these explains why landless whites in the South had fewer economic opportunities than their counterparts in the North? A) slavery B) immigration C) population growth D) federal policies ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In making his decisions, Jackson preferred to consult with __________. A) official heads of departments B) an informal group of advisors C) congressional leaders from different sections D) his vice president, John Calhoun ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
