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1. American success in the Revolutionary War may be attributed to all of
the following EXCEPT:
(A) French assistance
(B) popular support of rebel troops
(C) formal military training of rebel troops
(D) poor British military strategy
(E) the distance between England and English troops in the colonies
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(C) The rebel troops had no formal military training.
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2. The Pinckney Treaty of 1785:
(A) removed British troops from the United States
(B) gave the United States the right of free deposit at New Orleans
(C) established the Maine boundary
(D) ended British impressment of American soldiers
(E) established American diplomatic relations with France
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(B) Thomas Pinckney, the United States minister to England, negotiated a treaty
with Spain.
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3. What aspect of constitutional law did Hamilton and Jefferson interpret
differently when arguing over the constitutionality of the First National
Bank?
(A) the extent of executive powers in Article II
(B) the elastic clause in Article I
(C) the system of checks and balances
(D) the extent of the powers denied to the federal government by the Bill
of Rights
(E) the residual powers of the states
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(B) They disagreed on interpretation.
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4. In 1807, Aaron Burr was put on trial for:
(A) desertion from the Army
(B) slander of public officials
(C) conspiracy to commit treason
(D) libel
(E) murder
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(C) Burr was tried for conspiracy to commit treason by plotting to annex
Spanish territories in the Southwest and build his own empire. He was
acquitted.
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5. When the Napoleonic Wars began, the hope of the U. S. was to:
(A) maintain a policy of neutrality between England and France
(B) form an alliance with England
(C) form an alliance with France
(D) support France secretly
(E) end all trade with foreign nations
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(A) The United States hoped to remain neutral during the Napoleonic Wars.
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6. One of the effects of Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1808 was:
(A) the assault on the CHESAPEAKE
(B) the Berlin Decree
(C) a new degree of popularity for the President
(D) increased smuggling
(E) the purchase of Louisiana
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(D) After the enactment of the Embargo in 1808, smuggling increased. The
Embargo Act, which cut off all land and sea commerce with foreign nations,
elicited much protest in Congress. It was repealed in 1809.
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7. The War Hawks of 1810-1811 can be best described as:
(A) New England Federalists
(B) politicians from the South and West
(C) former Revolutionary soldiers
(D) followers of Thomas Jefferson
(E) northeastern manufacturers
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(B) Led by Henry Clay, the War Hawks were expansionist politicians from the
South and West who wanted to gain control of Canada and Florida.
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8. The Monroe Doctrine (1823) said the:
(A) U. S. would not interfere with Latin American rebellions against Europe
(B) U. S. would not interfere in the affairs of Latin America
(C) Western Hemisphere continents would not be subjects for future
colonization by European nations
(D) governments of Western Hemisphere nations would not establish colonies
elsewhere in the world
(E) U. S. would not export its system of government elsewhere in the world
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(C) Monroe declared this in 1823.
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9. When Andrew Jackson defended "rotation in office," he was defending the:
(A) policy of frequent congressional elections
(B) need for a civil service system
(C) policy of the spoils system
(D) tradition of an independent judiciary
(E) tradition of the loyal opposition
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(C) Jackson contended that the winning party should appoint its supporters to
government posts.
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