Chapter 5 Self Quiz

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. In the period from independence to 1815, pirates from ________ threatened American ships.

the Caribbean correct incorrect

Canada correct incorrect

North Africa correct incorrect

Spain correct incorrect

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. For the new United States, the international situation in the Atlantic was ________.

peaceful correct incorrect

marked by fewer wars correct incorrect

dynamic correct incorrect

perfect for American expansion correct incorrect

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. The Articles of Confederation created a _________ U.S. government.

tyrannical correct incorrect

relatively strong correct incorrect

fatally flawed correct incorrect

very weak correct incorrect

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. What motivated Shay's Rebellion?

Indian attacks correct incorrect

economic hardship correct incorrect

the Articles of Confederation correct incorrect

Barbary pirates correct incorrect

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. What triggered the the constitutional convention of 1787?

domestic insecurity correct incorrect

a debt crisis correct incorrect

approaching war with Britain correct incorrect

the expiration of the Articles of Confederation correct incorrect

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. Which of these was opposed by the Antifederalists?

a system of governmental checks and balances correct incorrect

states' rights correct incorrect

a strong central government correct incorrect

a weak executive correct incorrect

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. The first U.S. army, in 1789, represented _________.

the complete victory of the Antifederalists correct incorrect

a compromise between supporters of and opponents of a standing army correct incorrect

the triumph of the Articles of Confederation correct incorrect

an innovation, strongly contrasting with the army of the Revolutionary War correct incorrect

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. The Old Northwest became U.S. territory with ________.

settlement of the 1770s and 1780s correct incorrect

conquest in the period following the Revolutionary War correct incorrect

a cession by Britain in the course of the Revolutionary War correct incorrect

the Treaty of Paris correct incorrect

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. Which of these prompted the development of a permanent militia system in the 1790s?

Little Turtles victory over U.S. troops correct incorrect

the outbreak of the Revolutionary War correct incorrect

the passage of the Articles of Confederation correct incorrect

pirate raids which threatened U.S. shipping correct incorrect

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. The Battle of Fallen Timbers resulted in the __________.

the Treaty of Fort Greenville correct incorrect

the creation of the Marine Corps correct incorrect

cession of the Old Northwest to the U.S. correct incorrect

resettlement of Indians to Florida correct incorrect

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. In 1787/1798 the U.S. and ________ came into conflict in the Quasi-War.

Britain correct incorrect

Spain correct incorrect

Mexico correct incorrect

France correct incorrect

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. Which of these remained basic U.S. naval policy for the first decades of its history?

maintain gunboats to defend U.S. shores correct incorrect

maintain both gunboats and lighter seagoing ships for defense correct incorrect

depend on forts rather than ships to defend U.S. coasts correct incorrect

maintain a navy equal to the next largest naval power correct incorrect

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. U.S. reaction to Barbary pirates was to _________.

withdraw from the region correct incorrect

arm merchant ships with cannon correct incorrect

send the navy to the Mediterranean correct incorrect

build a stronger navy correct incorrect

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. The establishment of West Point was a ________ of the tradition of drawing officers from a small segment of the American upper class.

continuation correct incorrect

turn away from correct incorrect

modification correct incorrect

reinforcement correct incorrect

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. When war broke out between France and Great Britain, and threatened to drag in the U.S., President Jefferson's first response was to _________.

begin building as stronger navy correct incorrect

make peace overtures correct incorrect

declare war on the two countries correct incorrect

cut off trade with the two countries correct incorrect

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. Which of these was NOT one of the stated causes for going to war with Britain in 1812?

impressment correct incorrect

blockades correct incorrect

border disputes correct incorrect

British support for Indians in the Northwest Territory correct incorrect

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. Which of these caused Madison to replace both his secretaries of war and of the navy in 1813?

political differences correct incorrect

as a newly elected president, changes were normal correct incorrect

the progress of the war correct incorrect

the previous secretaries had been involved in the XYZ affair correct incorrect

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. It is most correct to say that in naval battles in the War of 1812, the American navy _________ the British navy.

lost nearly every one to correct incorrect

achieved some notable successes over correct incorrect

far outmatched correct incorrect

could at best defend forts against correct incorrect

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. Which new theater of war was part of the conflict in the War of 1812?

the Great Lakes correct incorrect

the Gulf of Mexico correct incorrect

Chesapeake Bay correct incorrect

the Mediterranean correct incorrect

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. American actions in North Africa in 1815 demonstrated _______.

the U.S. had emerged as a naval power correct incorrect

American shipping was still vulnerable correct incorrect

only British support could make the seas safe for shipping correct incorrect

reducing the American fleet following the War of 1812 was the correct decision correct incorrect