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Test por Shari Anderson, actualizado hace más de 1 año
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Pregunta 1
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The most revolutionary development in the critical election of 1800 turned out to be:
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the massive grass-roots mobilization of voters by Jefferson's Republican Party
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Jefferson's radical proposals for overturning the existing political system
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the peaceful transition of power from one political party to its opponent
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the electoral stalemate between Jefferson and his running mate, Burr
Pregunta 2
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One Federalist policy that Jefferson quickly overturned was:
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The Judiciary Act
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The excise tax
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The Bank of the United States
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The protective tariff
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The case of Marbury v Madison established the principle that:
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Federal laws take precedent over state legislation
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The President has the right to appoint the federal Judiciary
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The Supreme Court is the final court of appeal in the federal judiciary
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The Supreme Court has the final right to determine the constitutionality of legislation
Pregunta 4
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Jefferson was forced to reverse his strong opposition to maintaining any substantial American military because of:
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The spreading Indian attacks in the West
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The threat to America posed by the British-French wars
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The plundering and blackmailing of American shipping by North African states
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The charge by his Federalist opponents that his dislike of the military was unpatriotic
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Jefferson's greatest concern about purchasing Louisiana was:
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whether it was in America's interest to acquire such a vast territory
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whether the cost was excessive for his small-government philosophy
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how to defend and govern the territory once it was part of the United States
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whether the purchase was permissible under the Constitution
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The greatest political beneficiary of the Louisiana Purchase:
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Thomas Jefferson
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Aaron Burr
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The Federalist Party
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Napoleon
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Although greatly weakened after Jefferson's election, the Federalist party's philosophy continued to have great influence through:
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the propaganda efforts of Federalists agitators
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the Federalist control of the U.S. Senate
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the Federalist Supreme Court rulings of John Marshall
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Federalists sympathies within the U.S. army and navy
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The Republicans' failure to impeach Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase established the principle that:
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the deliberation of Supreme Court justices were absolutely confidential
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presidents could appoint, but not remove Supreme Court justices
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impeachment should not be used as a political weapon to overturn Supreme Court decisions
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the constitutional power of impeachment was almost impossible to carry out
Pregunta 9
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Jefferson military policy and budgets were centered on:
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a large naval force that could compete with the British Navy
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several hundred small gunboats that could protect American shores without provoking international wars
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a strong system of forts along the coast and across the frontier West
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effectively training and equipping the state militias so they could be called into service if needed
Pregunta 10
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A key event that forced Napoleon to abandon his dreams of a French New World empire and instead sell Louisiana to the United States was:
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a successful slave revolt that overthrew French rule in Santo Domingo
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the widespread Spanish rebellion against French imperial rule
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the growing American military threat to seize New Orleans by force
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the failed rebellion of the French population in Canada against British rule
Pregunta 11
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Which of the following was NOT among the consequences of the Louisiana Purchase:
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The geographical and scientific discoveries of the Lewis and Clark expedition
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The weakening of the power of the presidency in foreign affairs
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The pursuit of isolationism as America's primary foreign policy outlook
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The precedent of incorporating foreign territory into the US through peaceful purchase
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Jefferson's Embargo Act provided that:
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America would not trade with Britain until it ended impressment
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American goods could be carried only in American ships
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America would sell no military supplies to either warring nation, Britain or France
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America would prohibit all foreign trade
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A crucial foreign policy goal for many war hawks in the War of 1812 was the:
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end of all Spanish colonization in the Americas
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conquest and settlement of Texas
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destruction of the British Navy
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conquest of Spanish Florida
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Besides creating a pan-Indian military alliance against white expansion, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa (the Prophet) urged American Indians to:
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resist the whites' culture and alcohol and revive traditional Indian cultures
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abandon their tribes and develop a single Indian language and government
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demonstrate their legal ownership of the lands that whites were intruding upon
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adopt white culture and technology as a way of resisting further white expansion
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President Madison's primary goal in asking Congress to declare war against Britain in 1812 was to:
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restore confidence in America's republican experiment by fighting against British disrespect for American rights
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halt Tecumseh's successful Indian revolt and alliance with the British
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end the British practice of impressing American seamen into the British navy
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reinforce the Republican party's patriotism and undermine Federalist power in New England
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