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The Treaty of ________ ended the War of 1812.

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Describe the main features of American education during the early nineteenth century.

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During the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson made a name for himself in Florida and at New Orleans.

A) True
B) False

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The Chesapeake-Leopard incident


A) led the United States to prohibit its ships from leaving for foreign ports.
B) saw the British sink an American merchant ship.
C) led the British government to end its practice of impressment.
D) began the War of 1812.
E) saw the Americans sink a British naval frigate.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

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The Embargo of 1807


A) was ineffective.
B) helped to put a Federalist in the White House in 1808.
C) resulted in the Republican loss of control of Congress in 1808.
D) was quickly repealed.
E) created a serious economic depression in the nation.

F) None of the above
G) All of the above

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Tenskwatawa, otherwise known as the Prophet, was a brother of ________.

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The clash between the Chesapeake and the Leopard resulted in a victory for the British ship.

A) True
B) False

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The Lewis and Clark expedition was organized over President Jefferson's objections.

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B) False

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Congressmen who were labeled "war hawks" were almost exclusively Federalists.

A) True
B) False

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The revivalism of the Second Great Awakening


A) was largely limited to white Americans.
B) pacified opponents of slavery.
C) encouraged racial unrest.
D) was rejected by the black American community.
E) fostered an anti-egalitarian religious ethos.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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President Thomas Jefferson's Indian policy included


A) an offer to Indians to have full citizenship in the United States and the right to vote.
B) an offer to Indians to reorganize their territory as a separate state in the Union.
C) the insistence that Indians reduce the size of their exclusive tribal lands in the Northwest, as well as allow some limited hunting by white settlers on those lands.
D) an offer to Indians to become settled farmers and join white society, and to reorganize their territory as a separate state in the Union.
E) an offer to Indians to become settled farmers and join white society, and an insistence that they give up claims to tribal lands in the Northwest.

F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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The revivalism of the Second Great Awakening was essentially restricted to white people.

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B) False

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At the end of the eighteenth century, only a small proportion of white Americans were members of formal churches.

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B) False

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Aaron Burr was convicted and imprisoned for the murder of Alexander Hamilton.

A) True
B) False

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The writer Judith Sargent Murray argued that women


A) should have the same educational opportunities as men.
B) were equal to men in intellect and potential.
C) should have a role in society apart from their husbands.
D) should have opportunities to earn their own livings.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

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In 1811, General William Henry Harrison defeated Native Americans at the Battle of ________.

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New England Federalists opposed to the War of 1812 organized the ________ to show their displeasure.

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What were the decisions made and actions taken by Thomas Jefferson, during his administration, that most significantly changed the role of the presidency in American politics?

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The Rush-Bagot agreement of 1817 called for


A) the joint occupation of Oregon by France and the United States.
B) the mutual disarmament of the Great Lakes by Britain and the United States.
C) France to pull out of the fur trade in the Great Lakes region.
D) a general trade agreement between the United States and France.
E) Spain to give up its claim to Florida, in exchange for navigation rights on the Mississippi.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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In 1802, what spurred President Jefferson to seek the building of a river fleet and to give the impression that the United States might ally with Great Britain?


A) a growing incidence of Indian attacks on western settlers
B) a Spanish attempt to readjust the northern border of its Florida colony
C) the arrival of a French invasion fleet near New York
D) a new French regulation restricting the use of the port of New Orleans by American ships
E) the capture of the island of Santo Domingo by a black revolutionary force

F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

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