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Pregunta 1
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Why did Jefferson want Lewis to thoroughly explore the Missouri river system?
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to provide for defense from European attackers
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to set up religious mission stations
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to identify transportation routes for trade
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to search for sources of fresh water fish
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Why was Jefferson interested in measurements related to the temperature and rainfall of the region?
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in preparation for export economies such as cotton
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to judge the suitability for family dwellings and factories
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to author a fuller description of the climate of the Americas
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for future settlement by individual family farmers
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A Vice President, Hamilton's greatest political rival; famous for a duel that took Hamilton's life is [blank_start]Aaron Burr[blank_end].
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Aaron Burr
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A man who in 1793, invented the cotton gin is [blank_start]Eli Whitney[blank_end].
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Eli Whitney
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A Native American who experienced "rebirth" after years of alcoholism; he effectively preached a message of hope to the Iroquois, and ? is [blank_start]Handsome Lake[blank_end].
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Handsome Lake
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A leading Federalist, prominent Virginia lawyer, had been John Adams's Secretary of State, and was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is [blank_start]John Marshall[blank_end].
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John Marshall
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The author of a 1784 essay defending women's right to education is [blank_start]Judith Sargent Murray[blank_end].
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Judith Sargent Murray
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The belief of those who accept the existence of God but consider Him a remote being who, after creating the universe, withdrew from direct ? is [blank_start]Deism[blank_end].
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Deism
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A Kentucky site where, in the summer of 1801, a group of evangelical ministers presided over the nation's first "camp meeting" is [blank_start]Cane Ridge[blank_end].
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Cane Ridge
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The December 1814 meeting in Connecticut where Federalists from New England states met to discuss secession and their grievances is the [blank_start]Hartford Convention[blank_end].
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Hartford Convention
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A wave of spiritual revivalism that swept the nation beginning in 1801 is the [blank_start]Second Great Awakening[blank_end].
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Second Great Awakening
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A drastic measure enacted by President Jefferson that prohibited American ships from leaving American waters is called the [blank_start]The Embargo[blank_end].
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The Embargo
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The Connecticut schoolmaster, dictionary author, and lawyer who argued that American students should be educated as Patriots is [blank_start]Noah Webster[blank_end].
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Noah Webster
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The inventor who perfected the steamboat is [blank_start]Robert Fulton[blank_end].
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Robert Fulton
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Shawnee chief who succeeded the Prophet as a leader of his people after the Battle of Tippecanoe is [blank_start]Tecumseh[blank_end].
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Tecumseh
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A charismatic religious leader and orator who experienced a spiritual awakening in the process of recovering from alcoholism; his ? is called [blank_start]The Prophet (Tenskwatawa).[blank_end]
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The Prophet (Tenskwatawa).
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A New Yorker who won wide acclaim for his satirical histories and and his powerful fables, creating such vivid character as Ichabod Crane is [blank_start]Washington Irving[blank_end].
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Washington Irving
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Thomas Jefferson and his supporters succeeded in
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creating a program for universal education.
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reducing the role of religion in American life.
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arranging the greatest single increase in the size of the United States in its history.
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fulfilling their ideal of a simple agrarian society in the United States.
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purchasing Louisiana from Spain.
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In the Republican vision of America, education was essential because
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schools were the best place to teach children to be good party members.
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schools were where religious values were taught.
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an ignorant electorate could not be trusted to preserve democracy.
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women needed to be literate.
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business leaders needed to be educated.
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The work of Eli Whitney
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improved transportation in the South.
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led to the decline of slavery, for fewer workers were needed to process cotton.
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spurred the industrial revolution in the American South.
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made the South a major textile-producing region.
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led to the expansion of the cotton culture and slavery.
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During his administration, Thomas Jefferson
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made peace with Aaron Burr.
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used the Alien and Sedition Acts against the Federalists.
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cut the national debt almost in half.
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showed little interest in westward expansion.
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doubled the national debt by purchasing Louisiana.
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In the case of Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court
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denied Adams’ right to make “midnight judicial appointments.”
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affirmed the Court's power to nullify an act of Congress.
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confirmed the power of Congress to expand judicial authority.
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upheld Adams’ right to make “midnight judicial appointments.”
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ordered Madison to deliver Marbury’s commission.
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The greatest accomplishment of Chief Justice John Marshall was that he
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refused to expand the power of the judiciary.
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prevented a Federalist revival in New England.
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stopped the growth of Republican power.
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made the judiciary a coequal branch of government.
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prevented New England from seceding.
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Jefferson had reservations about buying Louisiana because
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he feared it would upset western Indian tribes.
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he doubted his constitutional power to do so.
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the Spanish claimed the territory as theirs.
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he believed the asking price was too high.
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New Orleans had few Americans living there.
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Apart from the British, the real losers in the War of 1812 were the
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Canadians.
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the French on the European continent.
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Indian tribes in the Southwest and the Great Lakes region.
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Spanish in Florida and Mexico.
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Republicans in the West.
Pregunta 26
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In the early nineteenth century, industrialization in the United States was hampered by an inadequate transportation system.
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- True
- False
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The Louisiana Territory was organized on the same general surveying pattern as the Northwest Territory.
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- True
- False
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The Louisiana Territory was organized on the same general surveying pattern as the Northwest Territory.
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- True
- False
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Why did women become so involved in the Second Great Awakening?
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Why did women become so involved in the Second Great Awakening?
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By encouraging women to lead prayer meetings and church services, it gave them new agency in colonial society.
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It offered women new opportunities to participate in social and community life.
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Its message of personal salvation appealed to women as more authentic than traditional practices.
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Why did Napoleon offer the Louisiana Purchase to the United States?
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He wished to establish a military alliance with the United States.
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He sought to preempt British designs in North America.
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He sought to weaken the Spanish, who also claimed the region.
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He lacked the resources to create an American empire.
Pregunta 31
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Early explorers’ accounts encouraged what type of popular perception of much of the Louisiana Territory?
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as an impassable, heavily forested area
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as a natural wonder, filled with potential
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as an open frontier ripe for settlement
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as an inhospitable, uncultivable desert
Pregunta 32
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What territory did the Lewis and Clark expedition traverse in addition to the Louisiana Purchase?
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the Mississippi Territory
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Texas
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Oregon Country
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the Indiana Territory
Pregunta 33
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What territory did the Pike expedition traverse in addition to the Louisiana Purchase?
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Oregon Country
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Texas
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the Michigan Territory
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the Mississippi Territory
Pregunta 34
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The densest region of American population west of the Appalachian Mountains was adjacent to which river?
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the Mississippi
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the Missouri
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the Rio Grande
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the Ohio
Pregunta 35
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Approximately how much territory did the Louisiana Purchase add to the existing United States?
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It added only a small piece of mostly unusable territory.
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It added about one-third.
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It doubled the size.
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It added about one-quarter.
Pregunta 36
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Which American commander became a national hero after his victory at the Battle of New Orleans?
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Andrew Jackson
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Oliver Hazard Perry
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William Henry Harrison
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Henry Clay
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Where did the United States have significant early military success in the war?
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on the southeastern coast
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in the backcountry of the Carolinas
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on the Great Lakes
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in New England
Pregunta 38
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Jefferson advocated which of the following as the means to pay off the national debt?
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borrowing more money from France
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sale of Western lands and customs duties
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charging a tax on new immigrants
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internal taxes
Pregunta 39
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Jefferson used which power of the Federal government as his authority to purchase the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon?
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Jefferson used which power of the Federal government as his authority to purchase the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon?
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the treaty-making power in the Constitution
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Pinkney's Treaty
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the Northwest Ordinance
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Impressment was
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forcing Native Americans to go to the Caribbean as slaves
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the invention of the new steam-powered printing press
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the British practice of forcing American sailors who had been born on British soil to join the British Navy
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forcing Americans to house and feed British soldiers in their homes
Pregunta 41
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Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Embargo under Jefferson?
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it was replaced by the Non-Intercourse Act, in which ships could now trade with all nations except Britain and France
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was a treaty with France that guaranteed no interference with American shipping
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it prohibited American ships from leaving the U.S. for any foreign port anywhere in the world
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it created a nationwide serious economic depression
Pregunta 42
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After Jefferson, who became the fourth President of the United States?
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Andrew Jackson
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John Marshall
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William Henry Harrison
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James Madison
Pregunta 43
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The "Turnpike Era" includes which of the following accomplishments?
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opening of western lands to public purchase
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the construction of public buildings in Washington D.C.
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Construction of the National Road, paved with crushed stone
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the introduction of horse racing to America
Pregunta 44
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Most people lived in towns and cities in America of 1800.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 45
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The "War Hawks", who encouraged the War of 1812, were which of the following leaders?
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Congressmen Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
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James Madison and Thomas Jefferson
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Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton
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Governor William Henry Harrison and Charles Pinkney
Pregunta 46
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Which of the following is NOT a reason for the war of 1812?
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the desire for Florida which was Spanish territory
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expulsion of the British from the Great Lakes area, where they still held forts
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the success of the Hartford Convention in New England
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the need for access to the Gulf of Mexico
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The Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key as he observed the War of 1812 at
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The Battle of Plattsburgh in upstate New York
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The Battle of Put-In Bay on the Great Lakes
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Baltimore, in the Chesapeake Bay
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The Battle of New Orleans
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The Battle of Tippecanoe was
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a battle between British and American soldiers over a fort
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a battle between the Indians and whites under leadership of William Henry Harrison
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a battle between British and American forces in Florida
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led by John C. Calhoun and captured territory in Canada from the British
Pregunta 49
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The first President to reside in the White House in Washington D.C. was
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Thomas Jefferson
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James Madison
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George Washington
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John Adams
Pregunta 50
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The award for the wildest hairdo among leaders of the United States in the early 1800s was
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Henry Clay
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William Henry Harrison
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John C. Calhoun
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James Madison
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