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"The Star-Spangled Banner," written by Frances Scott Key, commemorates what event in the War of 1812?

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Fort McHenry withstood British bombardment

Front 2

Which is the proper chronological order of U.S. Presidents?

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Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe

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Which of the following was not a major development during Jefferson’s presidency?

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an act declaring all Indian lands between the Appalachian mountains and the Mississippi River off-limits to white settlement

Front 4

Which was not part of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan of 1790–91?

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cease the tax on whiskey

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Which was not part of Fries’s Rebellion of 1799?

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John Fries, a local militia leader and auctioneer, was hanged.

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The War of 1812 was ended by what treaty?

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in December 1814 by the Treaty of Ghent

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The two political parties of the mid-1790s were the:

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Republicans and Federalists.

Front 8

The “Revolution of 1800” was:

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the peaceful transfer of the office of the presidency between political parties.

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Which was not true of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794?

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Six leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion were hanged.

Front 10

Which is the proper chronological order of U.S. presidents?

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Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe

Front 11

Among the more memorable passages of Jefferson’s first inaugural address is the following:

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“We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.”

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“Impressment” as practiced by the British was:

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kidnapping sailors.

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Which was not true of the Federalist Party?

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They favored Jefferson’s view of the Constitution.

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By 1807, at the time the Congress enacted the Embargo Act, how many American sailors had the British impressed?

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over 6,000

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By 1798, the United States and what country were engaged in a “quasi-war”?

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France

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The case that established “judicial review” was

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Marbury v. Madison

Front 17

Which of the following policies of President Adams was not a major point of partisan controversy?

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his handling of Indian relations

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Which was not true of the Republican Party in the early Republic?

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They were more sympathetic to England than were the Federalists.

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Most of the labor in building the public buildings of the national government in Washington, D.C., was done by:

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slaves.

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Which of the following was not an underlying purpose of Hamilton’s financial program of 1790–91?

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to restrain industrial development

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Which of the following was not a significant feature of the War of 1812?

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Northerners strongly supported the war; southerners strongly opposed it.

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Which of the following was not a feature of the emerging rivalry between Republicans and Federalists during Washington’s presidency?

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The two parties differed sharply on domestic affairs, but hardly at all on foreign affairs.

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With the Louisiana Purchase:

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the size of the nation was doubled.

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Who killed the first U.S. secretary of the treasury in a duel?

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Aaron Burr

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On their journey of exploration from Missouri to Oregon, Lewis and Clark were accompanied by the Indian interpreter:

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Sacajawea

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Which was not true of the Embargo Act of 1807?

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It banned trade only with Britain and France.

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George Washington was elected the first President of the United States:

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unanimously by the electors of the Electoral College.

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Which was not true of Gabriel’s Rebellion in 1800?

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led by Toussant L’Ouverture

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The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, written respectively by Madison and Jefferson, attacked what federal law?

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Sedition Act

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The “Second War of Independence” was:

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the War of 1812.

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An influential figure in the popular quest for expanded rights during the 1790s was

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William Manning.
Judith Sargent Murray.
Toussaint L’Overture.
*all of the above*

Front 32

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

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French Revolution; Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man; Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman; Gabriel’s Rebellion

Front 33

In the “XYZ affair” of 1797:

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French officials presented American diplomats with a demand for bribes.

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The great war hero to emerge from the War of 1812 was:

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Andrew Jackson.