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.