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Grade 8 Early National Era
What major body of water did the Lewis and Clark Expedition arrive at in 1805?
  1. Indian Ocean
  2. Pacific Ocean
  3. Gulf of California
  4. Gulf of Mexico
Grade 8 Early National Era
Democratic-Republicans favored an economy based on what?
  1. manufacturing
  2. trade
  3. merchants
  4. farming
Grade 8 Early National Era
Which of the following established the principle of judicial review?
  1. the Judicial Act of 1789
  2. Marbury v. Madison
  3. the election of 1800
  4. the Sedition Act
Grade 8 Early National Era
Under which President were the Alien and Sedition Acts passed?
  1. Washington
  2. Adams
  3. Jefferson
  4. Madison
Grade 8 Early National Era
Who opened Hartford School for the Deaf in Connecticut 1817?
  1. Dorthea Dix
  2. Horace Mann
  3. Samuel Gridley Howe
  4. Thomas Gallaudet
Grade 8 Early National Era
What did Congress charter which played an important role in making the U.S. economy more stable?
  1. The U.S. Treasury
  2. The U.S. Mint
  3. The Bank of the United States
  4. Bank of America
Grade 8 Early National Era
Northerners in favor of higher tariffs in the early 1800s argued that tariffs did what?
  1. Permitted access to less expensive foreign goods
  2. Raised revenue and protected American manufacturers
  3. Redistributed wealth among different social classes
  4. Encouraged the export of American cotton and other crops
Grade 8 Early National Era
Who served as the Commander of the American Troops in New Orleans during the Battle of New Orleans?
  1. William C. C. Claiborne
  2. John Many
  3. Andrew Jackson
  4. Jean Lafitte
Grade 8 Early National Era
What US President declared war on Great Britain in 1812?
  1. Thomas Jefferson
  2. Andrew Jackson
  3. James Madison
  4. John Adams
Grade 8 Early National Era
Why did Washington call up an army to crush the Whiskey Rebellion?
  1. He saw the rebellion as a threat to the new government's authority.
  2. He feared the rebels might stir up a bloody revolution like that in France.
  3. He felt he had to protect tax collectors at work west of the Appalachians.
  4. He preferred leading an army to leading a national government.
Grade 8 Early National Era
The Democratic Republicans also supported aiding which foreign government?
  1. Britain
  2. France
  3. Spain
  4. Mexico
Grade 8 Early National Era
Who helped the British fight the Americans in the War of 1812?
  1. French
  2. Native-Americans
  3. Spanish
  4. Mexicans
Grade 8 Early National Era
Who was given command of the U.S. Army of the Northwest after the loss of Detroit?
  1. Winfield Scott
  2. Zachary Taylor
  3. Andrew Jackson
  4. William Henry Harrison
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