"I am ready to allow, Mr. President, that both Great Britain and France have given us
abundant cause of war... My plan would be, and my first wish is, to prepare for it - to put
the country in complete armor - in the attitude imperiously demanded in a crisis of war,
and to which it must be brought before any war can be effective... I must call on every
member of this Senate to pause before he leaps into or crosses the Rubicon- declaring
war is passing the Rubicon in reality." (Senator Obadiah German of New York, speech
in the Senate, June 1812)
In the United States, support for the War of 1812 was the strongest from
-frontier settlers who wanted land and protection from American Indians
- New England merchants who feared impressment
- protestants who had religious sympathies with Great Britain
- "Quids" who held classic democratic-republican beliefs - frontier settlers who wanted
land and protection from American Indians
"I am ready to allow, Mr. President, that both Great Britain and France have given us
abundant cause of war... My plan would be, and my first wish is, to prepare for it - to put
the country in complete armor - in the attitude imperiously demanded in a crisis of war,
and to which it must be brought before any war can be effective... I must call on every
member of this Senate to pause before he leaps into or crosses the Rubicon- declaring
war is passing the Rubicon in reality." (Senator Obadiah German of New York, speech
in the Senate, June 1812)
Who of the following would be most likely to agree with German's position on the war?
- John Calhoun and other politicians from the South
- Henry Clay and other politicians from the West
- James Madison and other politicians from the executive branch
- merchants from New England - Henry Clay and other politicians from the West
"I am ready to allow, Mr. President, that both Great Britain and France have given us
abundant cause of war... My plan would be, and my first wish is, to prepare for it - to put
the country in complete armor - in the attitude imperiously demanded in a crisis of war,
and to which it must be brought before any war can be effective... I must call on every
member of this Senate to pause before he leaps into or crosses the Rubicon- declaring
war is passing the Rubicon in reality." (Senator Obadiah German of New York, speech
in the Senate, June 1812)
Which of the following is the best support for German's claim that the United States has
"abundant cause for war"?
- the impressment of U.S. sailors
- the controversy over the Louisiana Purchase
- the actions by the Barbary pirates
,- the findings of the Lewis and Clark expedition - the impressment of U.S. sailors
"All, too, bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all
cases to prevail, that will be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their
equal rights; which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
"We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all
Republicans, we are all Federalists. If there be any among us who would wish to
dissolve this union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as
monuments of the safety with which error or opinion may be tolerated where reason is
left free to combat it...
"Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or
political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entailing alliances
with none." (Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 1801)
Which of the following described a policy of Jefferson's that reflects the attitude toward
Federalists expressed in this speech?
- He adopted a Federalist plan for increasing the size of the military.
- He appealed to Federalists by increasing taxes to pay for new roads.
- He attempted to gain the trust of Federalists by continuing the national bank.
- He showed that party was unimportant by appointing some Federalists to his cabinet.
- He attempted to gain trust of Federalists by continuing the national bank.
"All, too, bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all
cases to prevail, that will be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their
equal rights; which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
"We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all
Republicans, we are all Federalists. If there be any among us who would wish to
dissolve this union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as
monuments of the safety with which error or opinion may be tolerated where reason is
left free to combat it...
"Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or
political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entailing alliances
with none." (Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 1801)
Jefferson's statement, "that the minority possesses their equal rights, which equal law
must protect" was supported by his actions with regard to
- the case of Marbury v. Madison
- the Alien and Sedition Acts
- the Louisiana Purchase
- the Federalist Conspiracy - the Alien and Sedition Acts
"All, too, bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all
cases to prevail, that will be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their
equal rights; which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
"We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all
Republicans, we are all Federalists. If there be any among us who would wish to
, dissolve this union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as
monuments of the safety with which error or opinion may be tolerated where reason is
left free to combat it...
"Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or
political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entailing alliances
with none." (Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 1801)
Jefferson's call to avoid entering entangling alliances is similar to advice found in
- Declaration of Independence
- "The Federalists Papers"
- the Kentucky Resolutions
- Washington's Farewell Address - Washington's Farewell Address
"It is true I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From
them I take only my existence; from my tribe I take nothing... (I) come to Governor
Harrison to ask him to tear the treaty... but I would say to him:
""Sir, you have liberty to return to your own country."
"Once, nor until lately, there was no white man on this continent... It then all belonged to
red men... Once a happy race, since made miserable by the white people, who are
never contented but always encroaching. The way, and the only way, to check and to
stop this evil, is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the
land... For it never was divided, but belongs to all for the use of each. For no part has a
right to sell." (Tecumseh, Letter to Governor William Henry Harrison, August 1810)
Tecumseh believed that which of the following would be the best way for the American
Indians to respond to the desire of white settlers for land?
- Signing a treaty with the United States
- Joining the British in order to stop westward expansion
- Moving westward to lands unoccupied by American Indians
- Forming a confederacy among all the American Indians - forming a confederacy
among all the American Indians
"It is true I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From
them I take only my existence; from my tribe I take nothing... (I) come to Governor
Harrison to ask him to tear the treaty... but I would say to him:
""Sir, you have liberty to return to your own country."
"Once, nor until lately, there was no white man on this continent... It then all belonged to
red men... Once a happy race, since made miserable by the white people, who are
never contented but always encroaching. The way, and the only way, to check and to
stop this evil, is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the
land... For it never was divided, but belongs to all for the use of each. For no part has a
right to sell." (Tecumseh, Letter to Governor William Henry Harrison, August 1810)
Based on this excerpt, which of the following would Tecumseh most likely would have
objected to?
- the War of 1812
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