American History Exam 2

• American colonists who remained loyal to the British government and opposed independence were known as Tories
• The battle of Saratoga is considered the turning point of the American Revolutionary War.
• All of the following were provisions of the 1783 Peace of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War.


  • The Mississippi River as the western boundary of the new nation
  • American independence
  • Britan promised to remove its troops from the western forts
  • Americans promised to repay British debts and return loyalist property that had been seized
  • Flordia returned to Spain
• What American was responsible for negotiating an alliance with France during the Revolutionary War?

  Benjamin Franklin
• What was the start of the Revolutionary War?


  Lexington and Concord
• The Coercive Acts were passed in response to what colonial action?

  Boston Tea Party
• Common Sense was important because


  • It gave the colonists a philosophical justification for declaring independence
  • It was cheap and easy to read
  • it blamed the problems the colonists had encountered with the British government on the king
• Who was the commander fo the Continental Army?


  Geroge Washington
• Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?


  Thomas Jefferson
• Why was the First Continental Congress convened?


  To formulate a united response to the Coercive Acts
• What were the following successes of the first form of national government for the United States?

  • Orderly process of settling western lands
  • Winning the Revolutionary War
• Under the new state governments created during the American Revolution, which branch of government had the most power?


  Legislative
• What was the first form of national government for the United States, created during the American Revolutionary War?

  The Articles of Confederation
• The Federalist Papers were


  A series of newspaper articles written anonymously in support of the ratification of the US Constitution.
• James Madison was known as


  "Father of the Constitution"
• U.S. Senators terms last for how many years


  Six
• Which agreement settled the dispute between large and small states at the Constitutional Convention?

  Great Compromise
• Who elects the US President?

  Electoral College
• Who was the first Treasury Secretary of the United States?


  Alexander Hamilton
• What position did Thomas Jefferson hold in George Washington's cabinet?


  Secretary of State
• What is true about the election of 1800?


  • The vice presidential candidate tried to steal the presidency from the presidential candidate
  • Thomas Jefferson won the presidency
  • It was a disputed election
  • It was the first peaceful transfer of power in US History
• Who was John Adams's Vice President?


  Thomas Jefferson
• The Alien and Sedition Acts were


  • Unconstitutional
  • A way of preparing for a possible war with France
  • Passed during Adam's presidential administration
• Who wanted the US to war with France during Adam's presidency?

  Alexander Hamilton
• In the XYZ Affair, government officials from which country demanded a bribe from American diplomats?


  France
• In response to congressional legislation believed to be unconstitutional, Jefferson and Maddison believed


  States should declare federal legislation unconstitutional
• Which American President is responsible for avoiding a full-fledged war with France, thereby sacrificing his political future for the good of the nation?


  John Adams
• In response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, Jefferson and Madison wrote


  The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
• The Presidential Election of 1800 was a contest between what two presidential candidates?


  John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
• The Presidential Election of 1796 was a contest between which two presidential candidates?


  John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
• The US Supreme Court Case Marbury V. Madison established what important principle?


  Judicial Review
• Who was the Hero of New Orleans?

  Andrew Jackson
• What was Andre Jackson responsible for?

  The American victory at the Battle of New Orleans
• Who was James Monroe's Secretary of State?


  John Quincy Adams
• What were the consequences of the War of 1812?


  • US more respected internationally'
  • Ended the Federalist Party
  • Democratic-Republican Party adopts some of Alexander Hamilton's proposals
  • Surge in American nationalism
• The part of the state of Louisiana that briefly functioned as an independent republic was known as

  The West Flordia Republic
• What were the reasons that the War of 1812 occurred?


  • National honor
  • Hoping for more land
  • Indian unrest out west
  • US natural shipping rights
• Who was the president during the Era of Good Feelings?


  James Monroe
• What occurred during Thomas Jefferson's Presidency?

  • The Embargo of 1807
  • The Louisiana Purchase
  • The Burr Conspiracy
• Who succeeded Thomas Jefferson as President?


  James Madison