These Truths - Chapter 5 Quiz

What personal relationship of Jefferson's does Lepore use to illustrate the contradictions of slavery?

Question Answer Choices His relationship with Dolley Madison. His relationship with Martha Washington. His relationship with Abigail Adams. His relationship with Sally Hemings.

What clause gave the Northern states less power to stop the War of 1812?

Question Answer Choices The necessary and proper clause. The commerce clause. The supremacy clause. The three-fifths representation clause.

What significant land acquisition occurred in 1803?

Question Answer Choices The Texas Annexation. The Florida Purchase. The Oregon Territory Acquisition. The Louisiana Purchase.

What was the result of the Missouri Compromise?

Question Answer Choices It divided the country within an imaginary line, with new states above the line being free states and those below allowing slavery. It allowed each new state to decide on slavery through a vote. It banned slavery in all new territories. It declared all new states would allow slavery.

What was the main concern of Jefferson regarding the Louisiana Purchase?

Question Answer Choices Its impact on trade. Its cost. Its effect on relations with Britain. Its constitutionality.

What was the purpose of the Electoral College as decided at the Constitutional Convention?

Question Answer Choices To provide a direct election of the president by the people. To allow states with larger populations more influence in elections. To have a body elected by the people specifically to choose a president. To ensure that only Congress could elect the president.

Who was appointed as Chief Justice by John Adams right before leaving office?

Question Answer Choices Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Jefferson. James Madison. John Marshall.

What did Jefferson ban in 1807 in an attempt to stay out of the war between the British and the French?

Question Answer Choices All political parties. All domestic trade. All military enlistments. All foreign trade.

What political dispute between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson led to the formation of the Republican Party?

Question Answer Choices The debate over whether rule by one person or rule by the aristocracy was more dangerous. The debate over whether the United States should engage in foreign wars. The debate over whether the country should focus on manufacturing or agriculture. The debate over whether the president should have the power to veto legislation.

Who won the presidency in 1824 after the House of Representatives chose the president?

Question Answer Choices Thomas Jefferson. Andrew Jackson. John Quincy Adams. James Monroe.