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Jeffersonians believed in a smaller government, but they also favored a nationwide system of public schools.

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True

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The idea of the "republican mother" presumed that it was important that women be educated.

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True

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The early nineteenth-century growth of the medical profession resulted in an expansion in opportunities for women.

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False

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The Second Great Awakening succeeded in restoring to prominence traditional doctrines such as predestination.

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False

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The revivalism of the Second Great Awakening was essentially restricted to white people.

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False

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The chief justice of the Supreme Court at the time of Marbury v. Madison was Aaron Burr

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John Marshall

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In 1804, the Federalists known as the Essex Junto believed slavery could not be allowed to expand into the territories.

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True (idk)

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By the early nineteenth century, the United States began to have cities that approached the major cities of Europe in population

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False

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By the end of Jefferson's presidency, the capital city of Washington rivaled New York and Philadelphia as a major American city.

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False

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Thomas Jefferson sought to convey the public image of a plain, ordinary citizen.

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True

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The Lewis and Clark expedition was assisted by the guide Sacajawea.

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True

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Jefferson as president was able to cut the size of government, but he was not able to reduce the national debt.

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False

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Jefferson was not a pacifist, but he did scale down the size of the American armed forces.

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True

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Napoleon decided to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to the United States because the French army on the European continent had been decimated by disease

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True, yellow fever

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The terms of the Louisiana Purchase were made without the prior approval of either the president or Congress.

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True

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The Lewis and Clark expedition was organized over President Jefferson's objections

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False

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When Thomas Jefferson received the treaty for the Louisiana Purchase, he was unsure of his constitutional authority to accept it.

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True

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Prior to their journey west in 1804, neither Lewis nor Clark had experience dealing with Indians

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False

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The Embargo of 1807 created a serious economic depression in the nation

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True

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Aaron Burr was convicted and imprisoned for the murder of Alexander Hamilton

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False

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The British claimed the right to stop American merchant ships and seize any slaves found on board during the Jefferson administration.

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True

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The War of 1812 was caused by conflicts on the Atlantic Ocean and in the American West.

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True

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President Thomas Jefferson's Indian policy was to insist that Indians give up claims to tribal lands in the Northwest.

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True

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The Battle of Tippecanoe was a rare Indian victory against the United States.

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False

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At the time of the War of 1812, what is now Florida was held by Spain

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True

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Congressmen who were labeled "war hawks" were generally Revolutionary veterans.

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False

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The United States entered the War of 1812 with enthusiasm and optimism.

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True

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One British accomplishment that took place in the War of 1812 in 1814 was the American surrender of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

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False

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29. Congressmen who were labeled "war hawks" were generally Revolutionary veterans

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False

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During the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson made a name for himself in Florida and at New Orleans.

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True

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In the Treaty of Ghent, the British renounced their practice of impressments.

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True

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At the time of the War of 1812, what is now Florida was held by Spain.

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True

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By the time of the War of 1812, the Federalist Party was the minority party nationally, but it was still the majority party in New England.

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True

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The Hartford Convention called for secession from the United States.

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True

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In the Treaty of Ghent, the British renounced their practice of impressments.

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True

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The War of 1812 gave the Indian tribes east of the Mississippi at least a glimmer of better days to come in their ongoing battle to resist white expansion

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False (Idk)

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The first national bank had gone out of existence before the War of 1812.

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True

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The end of the War of 1812 suddenly improved the prospects for American industrial development.

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True (idk)

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The experience of American banking during the War of 1812 revealed the need for another national bank.

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True

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American steam-powered shipping by 1818 carried more cargo on the Mississippi than all other forms of river transport combined, increased the transport of manufactured goods westward and stimulated agriculture in both the West and the South.

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True

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President Madison believed that federal funding of internal improvements required a constitutional amendment.

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True

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The revivalism of the Second Great Awakening was essentially restricted to white people.

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False

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43. The writing of the Monroe Doctrine deeply angered the European powers

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False

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Between 1800 and 1820 the population of America grew very slowly.

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True

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Life in the western territories in the early nineteenth century was almost exclusively one of solitary existence and individual self-reliance.

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True

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President James Monroe began his administration under what seemed to be remarkably favorable circumstances

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False

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Western Americans tended to blame the national bank for the Panic of 1819.

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False

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New management and more specifically new business practices at the Bank of the United States caused several state banks to fail.

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True

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The Marshall Court strengthened the federal government at the expense of the states.

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True

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The Marshall Court upheld the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States.

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True, Mculluh v. Maryland

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The Marshall Court declared the Bank of the United States to be unconstitutional.

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False

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The Marshall Court accepted the argument that Indian tribes were foreign nations.

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Worcestse v. Georgia , True

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In Worcester v. Georgia, the Marshall Court upheld the right of a state legislature to regulate Indian affairs

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False (Idk)

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The Monroe Doctrine was primarily the work of John Quincy Adams.

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True

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The Monroe Doctrine was consistent with the spirit of nationalism at work in the United States during the 1820s.

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True

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At the beginning of the nineteenth century, opponents of centralization had also often been opponents of economic growth.

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True

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Between 1800 and 1820 the population of America grew very slowly.

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True

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Eastern Americans tended to blame the national bank for the Panic of 1819.

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False

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The "tariff of abominations" was most strenuously opposed by the people of New England.

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True

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The presidential administration of John Quincy Adams noted for its inability to carry out its policies effectively.

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True

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Prior to running for the presidency in 1824, Andrew Jackson was a military man who had never held elective office.

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False

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In 1824, Andrew Jackson received the most popular votes and electoral votes.

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True

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Both the 1824 and 1828 presidential elections were decided by the House of Representatives.

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True

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The "tariff of abominations" was most strenuously opposed by the people of New England.

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True

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A consequence of the presidential election of 1828 saw the emergence of a new two-party system,

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True

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To many in 1828, the election of Andrew Jackson as president was a victory for the "common man."

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True

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In the early nineteenth century most physicians spoke out against the practice of bleeding and purging.

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True

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In the early nineteenth century most doctors received their training by working with an established physician.

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True

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In the early 1800s physicians found the public remarkably receptive to new discoveries and innovations.

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False (idk)

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The expansion of the medical profession during the early nineteenth century led to the decline in midwives.

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True

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Pre-Civil War explorers called the Great Plains the "Great American Desert."

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True

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The Missouri Compromise brought Missouri and Maine into the Union.

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True

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