APUSH CHAPTER 11/12 TEST
NAME:_________________________________________ DATE:__________
1. In 1800, Thomas Jefferson was chosen president by the
a. People
b. Electoral college
c. House of Representatives
d. Wealthy
e. Business sector
2. Thomas Jefferson and his followers opposed John Adam’s last minute appointment of federal new
federal (“midnight”) judges mainly because
a. The men appointed were of poor quality
b. They believed that the appointments were unconstitutional
c. They did not want a showdown with the Supreme Court
d. The appointment was an attempt by a defeated party to entrench itself in the government
e. Vetoed any new tariffs
3. Napoleon chose to sell the Louisiana territory to the U.S. because
a. He had suffered misfortunes in Santo Domingo (Haiti)
b. He hope that the territory would someday help America to thwart the ambitions of the British
c. Yellow fever killed many French troops in Haiti
d. All of the above
4. Lewis & Clark’s expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory yielded all of the following
except
a. A rich harvest of scientific observations
b. Treaties with several Native American nations
c. Maps
d. Hair-raising adventure stories
e. Knowledge of the Native American tribes of the region
5. Lewis & Clark demonstrated the viability of
a. Travel across the isthmus of Panama
b. An overland trail to the Pacific
c. Settlement in the southern portion of the Louisiana territory
d. Using Native American guides
e. All of the above
6. After killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel, Aaron Burr
a. Fled to France
b. Fled to England
c. Was arrested and found guilty of murder
d. Was arrested and found innocent of murder
e. Engaged in a plot to separate the western part of the U.S. from the east
7. The Chesapeake incident involved the flagrant use of
a. Patronage
b. Impeachment
c. Judicial review
d. Impressments
e. Naval blockade
8. President Jefferson’s foreign policy of coercion (Embargo Act)
a. Underestimated British dependence on American trade
b. Adversely affected France’s economy more than Britain’s
c. Stimulated manufacturing in the U.S.
d. Destroyed the federalist party in New England
e. Succeeded in its goal of forcing the British to halt its impressment of American sailors
9. Tecumseh argued that Native Americans should
a. Give control of their land to whites
b. Move west of the Mississippi River
c. Not cede control of the land to whites unless all Native Americans agreed
d. Fight as individual tribes and not as a confederacy
e. Exchange traditional buckskin clothing for cloth garments
10. Native American leader Tecumseh was killed in 1813 at the
a. Battle of Tippecanoe
b. Battle of the Thames
c. Battle of Horseshoe bend
d. Battle of New Orleans
e. Battle of Fallen Timbers
11. The Battle of New Orleans
a. Resulted in on more American defeat
b. Helped the U.S. win the War of 1812
c. Saw British troops defeated by Andrew Jackson’s soldiers
d. Prevented America from taking Canada
e. Resulted in Louisiana becoming part of U.S.
12. The outcome of the War of 1812 was
a. A decisive victory for the U.S.
b. A stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the U.S.
c. An embarrassment for American diplomacy
d. A heavy blow to American manufacturing
e. A decisive victory for the British
13. The first state entirely west of the Mississippi River to be carved out of the Louisiana territory was
a. Kansas
b. Louisiana
c. Texas
d. Arkansas
e. Missouri
14. As a result of the Missouri Compromise,
a. There were more slave than free states in the union
b. Slavery was outlawed in all states north of the forty-second parallel
c. Slavery was banned north of the 36 30’ in the Louisiana Purchase territory
d. Missouri was required to free its slaves when they reached full adulthood
e. There were more free states than slave states in the union
15. The Monroe Doctrine was essentially intended to prevent
a. New European colonies from being established in the western hemisphere
b. European nations from intervening in the affairs of Latin American countries
c. Dictatorships in Latin American countries
d. The U.S form intervening in the affairs of Latin American countries
e. Russian control of Alaska
Short Response: Choose one of the following:
1. What basis did Thomas Jefferson have for believing that American trade could be used as a
diplomatic tool? Would you judge his economic coercion (Embargo Act 1807) policy as a failure or
success? why or why not?
2. Your textbook's author's believe that the Louisiana Purchase was "the most glorious achievement of
Jefferson as President". Do you agree, or disagree? Why or why not?
3. What do you think was the major cause of the War of 1812? western war hawk territorial expansion,
British violations of American Neutrality Rights on the high seas, or the urge to uphold national honor
and pride? Justify your selection