Give Me Liberty! Ch 8 True Or False

Front 1

During the Adams presidency, Thomas Jefferson opposed the suppression of political dissent by federal government—but not by state government.

Back 1

True

Front 2

The "Revolution of 1800" was against the French.

Back 2

False

Front 3

The democratic ferment of the 1790s drew much inspiration from the French Revolution and British radicalism.

Back 3

True

Front 4

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions condemned state laws against seditious speech.

Back 4

False

Front 5

President Thomas Jefferson refused to purchase the Louisiana Territory because it was an affront to his strict constructionist view of the Constitution, but Congress overrode his veto in purchasing the Louisiana Territory.

Back 5

False

Front 6

Jefferson was the first president to begin his term in Washington, D.C.

Back 6

True

Front 7

The Haitian Revolution and Gabriel's rebellion convinced large numbers of white southerners that slavery had to go.

Back 7

False

Front 8

One of Lewis and Clark’s tasks was to record information about the flora and fauna they encountered.

Back 8

True

Front 9

Lewis and Clark were guided by Pocahontas across the Bitterroot Mountains.

Back 9

False

Front 10

The Shawnee brothers Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa led the way in promoting Indian adoption of white customs.

Back 10

False

Front 11

In 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft published A Vindication of the Rights of Women in response to Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man.

Back 11

True

Front 12

In the Revolution of 1800, Thomas Jefferson led a coup against the administration of John Quincy Adams.

Back 12

False

Front 13

No one was ever convicted under the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts.

Back 13

False

Front 14

The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions put forth the idea of secession.

Back 14

False

Front 15

The discoveries made by Lewis and Clark on their expedition through the West persuaded Jefferson to go ahead with the Louisiana Purchase.

Back 15

False

Front 16

Jefferson's embargo on U.S. exports proved an economic disaster for American port towns.

Back 16

True

Front 17

The main target of the Sedition Act was the British.

Back 17

False

Front 18

The Embargo of 1807 set the stage for vast economic prosperity in the United States.

Back 18

False

Front 19

In consequence of the December 1814 Hartford Convention, the Federalist Party grew in strength and vigor, as "Mr. Madison's War" was clearly unpopular.

Back 19

False

Front 20

The Barbary Wars were the United States’ first contact with the Islamic World.

Back 20

True

Front 21

In 1798, the United States was involved in a "quasi-war" with Spain.

Back 21

False

Front 22

Alexander Hamilton shot Aaron Burr in a hunting accident.

Back 22

False

Front 23

The War of 1812 was ended only after the British pledged to cease the impressment of American sailors.

Back 23

False

Front 24

James Madison, the "father of the Constitution," opposed Congress's even receiving a petition from slaves from North Carolina.

Back 24

True

Front 25

Jefferson barely won the election of 1804.

Back 25

False

Front 26

The Haitian Revolution renewed fears of a slave rebellion in the United States.

Back 26

True

Front 27

The Whiskey Rebellion reinforced Federalist beliefs in the need for a strong standing army.

Back 27

True