Multiple Choice Chapter 08 Self-Quiz 2

. Shortly after Genet arrived, George Washington

issued his Proclamation of Neutrality.

put down the Whiskey Rebellion.

negotiated a tribute payment with the Barbary pirates.

sent John Jay to negotiate with the British.

. Americans initially responded to the French Revolution by

sending Jefferson to observe the events.

denouncing the guillotine.

worrying over the fate of French slaves in the Caribbean.

believing it was linked to the ideals of their own revolution.

. One of the central issues the Federalist Party supported was

maintaining the 1778 alliance with France.

supporting small farmers in the West.

keeping political power in the hands of elites.

curbing aristocratic excesses in the new republic.

. In order to address Royal Navy seizures of U.S. shipping in the Caribbean, George Washington

ordered more funding for the U.S. Navy.

demanded the recall of Genet.

agreed to pay tribute to Britain.

sent John Jay to London to negotiate.

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The divisions over ratification of Jay's Treaty soon gave way to

a period devoid of factional strife.

disagreements about attitudes toward Britain and France.

debates over the Louisiana Purchase.

concerns about the Haitian Revolution.

. The Whiskey Rebellion revealed deep divisions over

alcohol and temperance.

the proper role of popular politics.

federal policy toward Indians.

slave unrest in the Caribbean.

. What contributed to clashes between American settlers and Indians in the Ohio Valley?

The virtual elimination of fur-bearing animals.

An end to American aid under the Treaty of Greenville.

The quick increase in American population in the area.

French influence and firearms.

. What added to tension with France during 1796?

A French declaration threatening to seize ships of neutral nations.

The beginning of the Reign of Terror.

The Quasi-War.

French support for Indians in the Ohio Valley.

. After Jefferson's election, the Federalists still held

the legislatures in every state south of Maryland.

the presidency and Congress.

control of the judicial branch.

out hope that the House would overturn his election.

. The 1805 Haitian constitution

declared that no white man could acquire property.

protected the right to hold slaves even though the country emerged from a slave rebellion.

sought an alliance with the United States.

offered protection to any slave seeking freedom.

. Aaron Burr was brought up on treason charges because

he aided the British in the War of 1812.

he sought to wrest control of the Louisiana territory for himself.

he shot Alexander Hamilton.

he planned to take Mexico away from Spain.

. Tecumseh attempted to

build a conspiracy to overthrow slavery from his base in Saint Domingue.

create a pan-Indian movement to stop American encroachment on Indian lands.

form an alliance with the Spanish in Florida to attack plantations in Georgia.

lead the Creek against settlers in the Mississippi Valley.

. The Embargo Act passed in 1807

devastated European economies.

destroyed the cotton market.

damaged the U.S. economy.

ended the international slave trade.

. What was the primary cause of the War of 1812?

British harassment of American shipping.

British aid to Indians in the Ohio Valley.

A British ban on American trade with their Caribbean colonies.

The British attack on Washington.

. At the Hartford Convention

diplomats from France and the United States hammered out the terms of the Louisiana Purchase.

delegates discussed seceding from the United States.

the House voted to make Jefferson president after 36 ballots.

peace terms for the War of 1812 were agreed upon.

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