Chapter 9: An Agrarian Republic, 1790-1824

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By 1800, New Orleans had:

a population that exclusively French or African.become a thriving international port.a population that was primarily African American.was still a small trading post.

	British North America dominated the continental fur trade.
	British North America dominated the continental fur trade.
	True False

	Agriculture in the United States was characterized buy self-sufficiency in the North and plantations in the South.

	True False

In the 1790s, overseas demand was rapidly growing for:

cotton.rice.corn.tobacco.

Thomas Jefferson walked to his inauguration because:

the crowds were too thick to drive through.he was provided an infantry honor guard.he rejected the elaborate, quasi-monarchical style of Washington and Adams.the roads were too muddy for carriages.

	Jefferson's presidency showed that a strong leader of a national political party could shape policy peacefully.

	True False

	The British impressed only a few American sailors between 1807 and 1812.

	True False

All of the following are true about the attack by the British ship Leopard on the American ship Chesapeake except:

there was no public protest.no one died.it led to an immediate declaration of war.the attack took place in British waters.

	The Embargo Act of 1807 brought American trade to a disastrous standstill and triggered an economic depression.

	True False

If you were a War Hawk, you were most likely:

an Indian of the Northwest Confederacy.a commercial farmer in the Chesapeake.a New England merchant.a Republican from the South and West.

	The War Hawks who initiated the War of 1812 were veterans of the war for independence.

	True False

The Hartford Convention's final document

influenced ongoing peace negotiations.proposed secession of New England from the Union.received careful consideration from Congress.advocated a doctrine of nullification of Federal law by states.

	The westward surge following the War of 1812 resulted from overpopulated farmland in the East and newly available land in the West.

	True False

Which one of the following was not a major migration route up to the 1820s?

The Great Lakes to Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois.New York turnpikes to Lake Erie and to northern Ohio.Pennsylvania turnpikes to the Ohio River.Wilderness Road through Cumberland Gap to Kentucky.

	After the War of 1812, the West began to emerge as a distinctive, unified political region in contrast to the Northeast and South.

	True False

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Self-Study Quiz: Pretest

By 1800, New Orleans had:

British North America dominated the continental fur trade.

Agriculture in the United States was characterized buy self-sufficiency in the North and plantations in the South.

In the 1790s, overseas demand was rapidly growing for:

Thomas Jefferson walked to his inauguration because:

Jefferson's presidency showed that a strong leader of a national political party could shape policy peacefully.

The British impressed only a few American sailors between 1807 and 1812.

All of the following are true about the attack by the British ship Leopard on the American ship Chesapeake except:

The Embargo Act of 1807 brought American trade to a disastrous standstill and triggered an economic depression.

If you were a War Hawk, you were most likely:

The War Hawks who initiated the War of 1812 were veterans of the war for independence.

The Hartford Convention's final document

The westward surge following the War of 1812 resulted from overpopulated farmland in the East and newly available land in the West.

Which one of the following was not a major migration route up to the 1820s?

After the War of 1812, the West began to emerge as a distinctive, unified political region in contrast to the Northeast and South.