Multiple Choice Chapter 08 Self-Quiz 1

. One of the events that led Americans to shift their perception of the French Revolution was

French support for the revolution in Saint Domingue.

France's attempt to spread republicanism through warfare.

Thomas Paine's letter to the American people denouncing the struggle.

the imprisonment of American officials in Paris.

. The Bill of Rights emerged from

the Constitutional Convention.

negotiations between Jefferson and the Federalists.

the first Congress.

ideas contained in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

. One of the central issues the Democratic Republicans supported was

support for the French.

encouraging commerce and financial development.

strong use of federal power.

an income tax on the wealthy to benefit the common people.

. Hamilton's economic plan included

a federal income tax.

a series of excise taxes.

providing low interest loans to Britain.

a National Bank supported solely by the federal government.

. One of the reasons Genet came to the United States was to

use the United States as a staging ground for privateers.

foment slave rebellion.

negotiate the sale of the Louisiana territory.

prevent Washington from allying with the French.

. Whiskey was tremendously important to western farmers because

it demanded high prices in the Indian trade.

there was little sanitation in the backcountry.

the British Royal Navy's actions drove up the cost of rum.

it was more easily transported than corn or wheat.

. What led to Pinckney's Treaty?

Spain wanted to reduce tensions with the United States.

The end of the Quasi-War.

Victories over Shawnee and Miami forces by William Henry Harrison.

The United States' desire to maintain its neutral shipping.

. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions set precedents for state

trade embargos on France and Britain.

action against Indian peoples.

nullification of federal law.

deficit spending.

. Gabriel's Rebellion was influenced by

the revolt in Saint Domingue.

the Quasi-War in the Caribbean.

resistance to federal excise taxes on whiskey.

attacks on Indian settlements throughout the Ohio Valley.

. Jefferson refused to recognize the Haitian republic partly because

they had repeatedly attacked American shipping in the Caribbean.

two of his slaves had escaped to the island.

he was trying to overturn Federalist policies.

he sought good relations with Napoleon.

. Jefferson wanted to purchase Louisiana because

he wanted to extend the slave-holding areas of the United States.

he wanted to provide money to the French for their war against Britain.

he wanted to open land for small farmers.

he wanted to extend the nation to the Pacific.

. The Barbary wars showed that the US

was strong enough to wage international conflict.

was unwilling to defend itself.

was still weak internationally.

was not unified enough to fight a war.

. Most of the opposition to the War of 1812 came from

settlers on the western lands.

residents of New England.

supporters of Jefferson.

large planters in the South.

. One of the outcomes of the War of 1812 was

the opportunity to purchase Louisiana.

the acquisition of Florida.

a reduction in Indian resistance.

another war between Britain and France.

. What caused Britain to commit new resources to the United States by the end of 1813?

A new prime minister.

British concerns following Oliver Hazard Perry's victory on Lake Erie.

The American alliance with Spain.

Napoleon's defeat.

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