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Chapter 3 Launching the Republic
  1. Which of the following was a precedent set by Washington in his first term?
   A) the electoral college
   B) the cabinet
   C) the Louisiana Purchase
   D) the protective tariff
  2. The amendments added to the Constitution in 1791 that protected personal liberties, such as freedom of religion and speech, were called ____________
   A) the Bill of Rights.
   B) the protective tariff.
   C) the Judiciary Act.
   D) the Hamilton Plan.
  3. Who was the chief architect of a plan in 1791 to place the United States on a firm financial foundation?
   A) George Washington
   B) Thomas Jefferson
   C) Alexander Hamilton
   D) Congress
  4. Alexander Hamilton's chief opponent in his plan for the federal government turned out to be ____________
   A) George Washington.
   B) John Adams.
   C) Edmund Randolph.
   D) Thomas Jefferson.
  5. Which one of the following was NOT an event that occurred in the United States during the time that George Washington was president?
   A) the Sedition Act
   B) the Whiskey Rebellion
   C) the Battle of Fallen Timbers
   D) the seizing of American ships by the British
  6. Which of the following resulted from the XYZ affair?
   A) peace with France
   B) an increase in popularity for the Republicans
   C) a declaration of war against France
   D) an increase in popularity for the Federalists
  7. The theory that the state has the right to disobey any law passed by the federal government that goes beyond the powers granted by the Constitution is called ____________
   A) enumerated power.
   B) implied power.
   C) Nullification.
   D) foreign entanglements.
  8. Who was most responsible for establishing the principle of judicial review in the United States?
   A) John Marshall
   B) Thomas Jefferson
   C) James Madison
   D) William Marbury
  9. What was Thomas Jefferson's main reason for making the Louisiana Purchase?
   A) to increase the size of the country
   B) to prove to Congress that he had the right to make the purchase
   C) to confine the French to their colony in Saint Domingue
   D) to keep the French from closing down American trade through New Orleans
  10. The explorers who led the expedition into the lands of the Louisiana Purchase were ____________
   A) Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
   B) Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
   C) Sacajawea and York.
   D) William Henry Harrison and Charles Pinckney.
  11. Who was the Shawnee chief who tried to unite Native Americans of the Mississippi Valley to protect themselves from white settlers?
   A) Tecumseh
   B) Sacajawea
   C) Blue Jacket
   D) Tippecanoe
  12. Who became the fourth president of the United States in 1809?
   A) Charles Pinckney
   B) Thomas Jefferson
   C) James Madison
   D) Henry Clay
  13. What battle in the War of 1812 was fought after the war was over?
   A) Battle of New Orleans
   B) Battle of the Thames
   C) Battle of Lake Erie
   D) Battle of Baltimore
  14. Who was the American leader in the Battle of New Orleans?
   A) Oliver Hazard Perry
   B) Francis Scott Key
   C) Andrew Jackson
   D) William Henry Harrison
  15. Which of the following was a result of the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent?
   A) It ended the War of 1812.
   B) It solved the problem of impressment.
   C) The British turned over vast amounts of land to the United States.
   D) It ended the slave trade.



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