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Chapter 9 Summative Quiz

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1. Which early president was the principal author of the U.S. Constitution as well?

Thomas Jefferson

John Adams

George Washington

James Madison

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2. At the Hartford Convention of 1814, New England Federalists called for

an end to the U.S. war with Great Britain.

Democratic-Republicans to resign from office.

secession of New England from the United States.

an embargo on all French as well as British goods.

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3. When the British invaded the U.S. capital in 1814, American troops responded by

ceding the city and quickly retreating.

instituting a mandatory draft to increase available troops.

calling on rival Indian tribes to help them.

quickly recovering and expelling the British troops.

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4. How did Congress ensure U.S. merchants could use an ancient Indian trail from Missouri to Santa Fe in the 1820s?

They negotiated a treaty with Indians for access to the trail.

They took over land on either side of the trail, securing its access.

They approved the use of armed guards to escort traders.

They approved the capture of any Indian who threatened to block a trader.

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5. How did the United States ultimately secure Florida from Spain?

The Indians defeated Spain, and the United States defeated the Indians.

The Indians tricked the Spanish with a deceitful treaty, rendering Spain’s claim void.

The United States defeated Spain in armed conflict.

Spain surrendered the land rather than go to war.

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6. What was the primary cause of the Panic of 1819?

Irresponsible banking practices

An embargo on goods from France

The failure of tobacco crops

Unresolved debt from the war

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7. Southern senators blocked Maine’s admission to statehood because Maine

represented the interests of New England elite merchants.

refused to recognize the separation of church and state.

would have given more power in the Senate to free states.

wanted to introduce slavery and would be the only northern state to do so.

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8. During the early decades following the Revolutionary War, most white men could not vote because they

were illiterate.

did not own property.

failed to pay their poll tax.

lived in rural locations.

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9. What two new parties were formed from the Democratic-Republicans when they broke up over the election of 1824?

Democrats and National Republicans

Democrats and Republicans

National Democrats and Republicans

National Republicans and Democratic Socialists

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10. What topic concerned most serious battles in Congress during Adams’s presidency?

Election laws

Political parties

Tariffs

National debt

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11. What was President Jackson’s plan for Indians?

Removal to west of the Mississippi River

Respect for their sovereignty but refusal to grant them rights as U.S. citizens

Acculturation and conversion to Christianity

Complete and total destruction

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12. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830, and in response the Cherokee

accepted it because they realized they could never defeat the U.S. military.

refused to accept the terms of the act and fought back.

accepted it because it granted them “clear title forever” on other territory.

didn’t even know what the act entailed because they were not informed.