1- Which statement about the War of 1812 is false? a.President Madison asked for
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1- Which statement about the War of 1812 is false?
a.President Madison asked for war for the sake of national pride.
b.The American victory at the Battle of New Orleans convinced Britain to surrender.
c.Americans enjoyed few military successes.
d.Peace came with the Treaty of Ghent in December 1814.
e.The government found it difficult to finance the war.
2- Shays's Rebellion
a.used the example of the Revolution and the terminology of liberty in organizing.
b.was aimed at the Vermont government, which was especially hard on debtors.
c.ended only because the Confederation government put it down.
d.had the support of George Washington, but not of Thomas Jefferson.
e.was against the power wielded by Revolutionary War heroes.
3- What is not true about Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition?
a.They never reached the Pacific coast.
b.They recorded information about plants, animal life and geography.
c.It took them two years to complete their journey.
d.They brought back numerous plant and animal specimens.
e.They were seeking a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
4- Congress
a.never prohibited the slave trade.
b.immediately prohibited the slave trade.
c.waited until England prohibited the slave trade to act.
d.prohibited the slave trade ten years after the ratification of the Constitution.
e.prohibited the slave trade twenty years after the ratification of the Constitution.
5- Alexander Hamilton argued that the government
a.was the enemy of freedom.
b.was the expression of freedom.
c.ought to remain weak.
d.ought to promote liberty abroad.
e.ought to be subservient to the states.
Explanation / Answer
1. Answer. e. The government found it difficult to finance the war.
The other options are correct except this one. The causes of this war are trade restrictions on America by the British and the impressment of American Navy by the British.
2. Answer.a.used the example of the Revolution and the terminology of liberty in organizing.
Daniel Shay's led this rebellion against the taxes imposed by the state government of Massachusetts. These were the very revolutionaries who fought the war of American independence on the very same lines.
3. Answer.a. They never reached the Pacific coast
Known as Lewis and Clark expedition began in May 1804 from near St. Louis, took two years for the completion of their journey to reach Pacific coast.
4. Answer.e.prohibited the slave trade twenty years after the ratification of the Constitution.
Slave trade was completely banned or prohibited by Congress in 1808 under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson, twenty years after the ratification of the Constitution.
5. Answer. was the expression of freedom.
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