HIST1301 - Quiz - Chapters 7 – 9 correct answer 2023

HIST1301 - Quiz - Chapters 7 – 9 correct answer 20237-1. Why did Gabriel's Conspiracy fail? a. Bad weather forced the conspirators to attack before they were ready b. Two enslaved men revealed the plot to their masters c. The conspirators were unable to acquire functioning firearms d. Diversionary fires failed to ignite b. Two enslaved men revealed the plot to their masters 7-2. All of the following are true about the Haitian Revolt (or Revolution) EXCEPT a. Many slaveholding refugees brought their slaves to the United States b. Free and enslaved black Americans used the Revolution as inspiration in their freedom struggle c. The Haitian Revolution terrified white slave owners d. Napoleon's support proved essential in the success of the Haitian Revolution d. Napoleon's support proved essential in the success of the Haitian Revolution 7-3. Thomas Jefferson, in Notes on the State of Virginia, argued for polygenesis. What is polygenesis? a. The belief that environmental changes would lead to changes in race b. The belief in a universal equality of all human nature c. The belief that African descended peoples were created separately from European descended peoples d. The belief in the inevitability of race war and the extinction of weaker races c. The belief that African descended peoples were created separately from European descended peoples 7-4. Which of the following most accurately describes the attitude of most of the founding fathers as it relates to pure democracy? a. Believed it was impossible b. Believed it was dangerous c. Believed it was inevitable d. Believed it was God-given b. Believed it was dangerous 7-5. Which of the following was a key goal for President Jefferson? a. Stabilize the Bank of the United States b. Increase foreign investment in U.S. treasury bonds c. Eliminate seditious speech from newspapers d. Reduce the size of the federal government d. Reduce the size of the federal government 7-6. What is the term for the early American belief that women were essential in nurturing the principles of liberty in the citizenry? a. Cult of domesticity b. Victorian morality c. Republican motherhood d. American feminism c. Republican motherhood 7-7. Which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson's relationship with the American military? a. He created a large expansive navy to defeat pirates b. He expanded the army to defend against Indian attack c. He used the military as a symbol of American patriotism d. He distrusted the military and dramatically cut its budget and manpower d. He distrusted the military and dramatically cut its budget and manpower 7-8. All of the following motivated Napoleon to sell the Louisiana territory EXCEPT a. The French and American alliance against the Spanish b. The pressures of war in Europe c. The success of the Haitian Revolution d. All of the above a. The French and American alliance against the Spanish 7-9. Which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson's policy of peaceable coercion? a. Using impressments to increase the size of the American navy b. Attempt to use a trade embargo to force Europeans to respect American neutrality c. Creating alliances with European powers to stop Napoleon d. Attack on the Federalist Party from Republican newspapers b. Attempt to use a trade embargo to force Europeans to respect American neutrality 7-10. What is the "Play-off System"? a. The ability of Native Americans to manipulate rivalries between European powers for their own advantage b. A pan-Indian resistance movement inspired by one prophet's religious vision c. A trading policy between Native Americans that exchanged weapons for furs d. The practice of using metaphorical language in speeches a. The ability of Native Americans to manipulate rivalries between European powers for their own advantage 7-11. Tecumseh ultimately built alliances that stretched from Canada to Georgia, but from where did he launch this movement? a. Delaware b. Pennsylvania c. New York d. Indiana d. Indiana 7-12. What proved to be the most effective unifying force for the many Indians who followed Tecumseh? a. Spirituality b. Economic interest c. Political ideology d. Environmental change a. Spirituality 7-13. All of the following were contributing causes of the War of 1812 EXCEPT a. British policy of impressment b. Success of the Embargo of 1807 c. American fears of Britain encouraging Indian uprisings d. Political influence of the War Hawks b. Success of the Embargo of 1807 7-14. What was the primary purpose of the Hartford Convention? a. Create foreign alliances that would assist the United States in the War of 1812 b. Gather leaders of the Federalist Party to propose changes to the U.S. Constitution c. Determine how to stop Tecumseh and his allies d. Propose an end to the expansion of slavery b. Gather leaders of the Federalist Party to propose changes to the U.S. Constitution 7-15. What was the primary consequence of the War of 1812? a. Boost in American nationalism b. Addition of western territory c. Collapse of the Bank of the United States d. Defeat of the Republican Party a. Boost in American nationalism 8-1. Most northern abolition laws _________________ a. Only promised to liberate future children born to an enslaved mother b. Only promised to free women currently enslaved c. Only promised to free elderly slaves d. Only promised to transfer slaves to lifelong indentured servitude a. Only promised to liberate future children born to an enslaved mother 8-2. Which of these states had slaves until the end of the Civil War? a. Connecticut b. New York c. New Jersey d. Pennsylvania c. New Jersey 8-3. Which of the following had the greatest impact on the spread of slavery? a. Haitian Revolution b. Invention of the cotton gin c. Growth of the American textile industry d. Louisiana Purchase b. Invention of the cotton gin 8-4. Economic catastrophes occurred in all of the following years except a. 1819 b. 1828 c. 1837 d. 1857 b. 1828 8-5. The Erie Canal connected industry and consumers in the east with what group? a. Southern planters b. Canadian fur traders c. Midwestern farmers d. New England fishers c. Midwestern farmers