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Multiple Choice Chapter 08 Self-Quiz 1
Schaller, 3e_MC 8.1
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One of the events that led Americans to shift their perception of the French Revolution was
French support for the revolution in Saint Domingue.
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France's attempt to spread republicanism through warfare.
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Thomas Paine's letter to the American people denouncing the struggle.
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the imprisonment of American officials in Paris.
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The Bill of Rights emerged from
the Constitutional Convention.
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negotiations between Jefferson and the Federalists.
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the first Congress.
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ideas contained in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
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One of the central issues the Democratic Republicans supported was
support for the French.
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encouraging commerce and financial development.
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strong use of federal power.
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an income tax on the wealthy to benefit the common people.
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Hamilton's economic plan included
a federal income tax.
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a series of excise taxes.
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providing low interest loans to Britain.
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a National Bank supported solely by the federal government.
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One of the reasons Genet came to the United States was to
use the United States as a staging ground for privateers.
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foment slave rebellion.
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negotiate the sale of the Louisiana territory.
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prevent Washington from allying with the French.
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Whiskey was tremendously important to western farmers because
it demanded high prices in the Indian trade.
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there was little sanitation in the backcountry.
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the British Royal Navy's actions drove up the cost of rum.
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it was more easily transported than corn or wheat.
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What led to Pinckney's Treaty?
Spain wanted to reduce tensions with the United States.
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The end of the Quasi-War.
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Victories over Shawnee and Miami forces by William Henry Harrison.
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The United States' desire to maintain its neutral shipping.
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The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions set precedents for state
trade embargos on France and Britain.
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action against Indian peoples.
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nullification of federal law.
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deficit spending.
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Gabriel's Rebellion was influenced by
the revolt in Saint Domingue.
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the Quasi-War in the Caribbean.
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resistance to federal excise taxes on whiskey.
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attacks on Indian settlements throughout the Ohio Valley.
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Jefferson refused to recognize the Haitian republic partly because
they had repeatedly attacked American shipping in the Caribbean.
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two of his slaves had escaped to the island.
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he was trying to overturn Federalist policies.
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he sought good relations with Napoleon.
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Jefferson wanted to purchase Louisiana because
he wanted to extend the slave-holding areas of the United States.
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he wanted to provide money to the French for their war against Britain.
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he wanted to open land for small farmers.
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he wanted to extend the nation to the Pacific.
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The Barbary wars showed that the US
was strong enough to wage international conflict.
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was unwilling to defend itself.
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was still weak internationally.
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was not unified enough to fight a war.
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Most of the opposition to the War of 1812 came from
settlers on the western lands.
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residents of New England.
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supporters of Jefferson.
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large planters in the South.
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One of the outcomes of the War of 1812 was
the opportunity to purchase Louisiana.
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the acquisition of Florida.
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a reduction in Indian resistance.
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another war between Britain and France.
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What caused Britain to commit new resources to the United States by the end of 1813?
A new prime minister.
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British concerns following Oliver Hazard Perry's victory on Lake Erie.
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The American alliance with Spain.
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Napoleon's defeat.
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