Chapter 8

Quiz for Document 8-2: The Weekly Register, Home Influence (1813)

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Question 1

In the article titled Home Influence, the author argues that American coastal merchants who depend for their livelihood on trade with Great Britain have maintainedA. independent attitudes toward Europe.
B. pro-British sympathies that were unpatriotic.
C. strong patriotic American sentiments.
D. ties to the agricultural west.

Question 2

From what danger, according to the article’s author, did economic independence protect the U.S.?A. A return to British political domination
B. European military entanglements and cultural influence
C. Declining population growth
D. Social disorder inspired by poverty and unemployment

Question 3

At which group is the author most likely aiming his criticism of unpatriotic foreign sympathies?A. Jeffersonian Democratic Republicans
B. Immigrants of Scots-Irish origin
C. New England Federalists
D. Southern plantation owners