Foreign Affairs & War of 1812 Quiz
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Question 1
How did the United States respond when Ambassador Genet arrived to demand U.S. participation in the French Revolution, citing the Treaty of Alliance between France and America?
- THE UNITED STATES AS ONLY ABLE TO SEND TWO SMALL WARSHIPS AND 2,000 MEN.
- THE UNITED STATES DENIED GENET’S REQUEST, NOTING THAT THE TREATY OF ALLIANCE WAS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
- THE UNITED STATES IMMEDIATELY RAISED AN ARMY OF 15,000 SOLDIERS TO FIGHT IN FRANCE.
- THE UNITED STATES SIMPLY IGNORED THE REQUEST AND TOOK AN EXTENDED SENATE RECESS TO AVOID HIM.
Question 2
How did the United States initially respond to the Barbary Pirates assaulting American ships and ransoming American captives in the 1780’s?
- THE UNTIED STATES STARTED A GO FUND ME TO HELP FREE THE AMERICAN CAPTIVES.
- THE UNITED STATES ASKED FRANCE TO INTERVENE WITH THE PIRATES TO FREE AMERICANS
- THE UNITED STATES INSTANTLY WENT TO WAR AND RESCUED AMERICAN CAPTIVES
- THE UNITED STATES BEGAN PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE PIRATES, AMOUNTING TO 20% OF THE US BUDGET EACH YEAR.
Question 3
What are some reasons the United States could not become involved in the French Revolution?
- THE UNITED STATES HAD NO MILITARY AT THE TIME, SO HAD NOTHING TO SEND.
- THE UNITED STATES HAD A VERY SMALL BUDGET AND COULD NOT AFFORD A WAR
- AMERICANS WERE CONCERNED THAT SENDING US TROOPS TO EUROPE WOULD LEAVE THE FRONTIER UNPROTECTED.
- HELPING THE FRENCH WOULD MEAN GOING TO WAR AGAINST SPAIN, PRUSSIA, BRITAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS (WHO WERE INVADING FRANCE AT THE TIME)
Question 4
The Quazi War and XYZ Affair are both examples of:
- PROBLEMS THE UNITED STATES HAD WITH NAPOLEON.
- BATTLES FOUGHT BY THE NEW US NAVY IN THE PACIFIC.
- UNRESOLVED ISSUES RELATING TO SHAY’S REBELLION.
- HOW ANGRY THE FRENCH WERE WITH THE UNITED STATES FOR NOT JOINING THEM IN THEIR REVOLUTION.
Question 5
The first ship of the new US Navy was:
- THE USS FROLIC
- THE USS CONSTITUTION
- THE MERRIMAC
- THE VICTORY
Question 6
Which of the ships named below did the US Navy send to rescue an American sea captain from Somalian Pirates in 2006?
- USS MONITOR
- USS BAINBRIDGE
- USS RONALD REAGAN
- USS CUMBERLAND
Question 7
One of the lessons the U.S. learned between 1780-1815 was that:
- QUAKERS NEVER FOUGHT HARD IN THE US ARMED FORCES
- IRON FROM THE APPALCIAN MOUNTAINS WAS NOT AS GOOD AS IRON FROM LAKE ERIE
- GEORGE WASHINGTON NEVER HAD A CHERRY TREE
- NEGOTIATING WITH PIRATES AND BELLIGERENT NATIONS BY OFFERING TRIBUTE DID NOT WORK
Question 8
During the XYZ Affair,
- AMERICAN DIPLOMATS NEGOTIATED A NEW TRADE DEAL WITH BRITAIN
- FRENCH AMBASSADORS MOCKED AMERICAN DIPLOMATS BY DEMANDING A BRIBE TO NEGOTIATE AN END TO HOSTILITIES
- SPANISH AMBASSADORS AGREED TO ALLOW US FARMERS USE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
- A FRENCH NAVAL VESSEL ATTACKED A US TRADING SHIP BY MISTAKE, THINKING IT WAS A BRITISH NAVAL VESSEL
Question 9
Some reasons for the US to declare war against Britain in 1811 (the War of 1812) were:
- TO FORCE THE BRITISH TO STOP “IMPRESSING” US SAILORS INTO THE BRITISH NAVY
- INCLUDED THE HOPE OF CAPTURING CANADA
- TO CAPTURE THE BRITISH PROVENCE OF OREGON.
- TO FINALLY FORCE THE BRITISH OFF US LAND ON THE FRONTIER
Question 10
By the time that the war of 1812 was over, some entrepreneurs in the United States
- INVENTED A NEW STEAM-ENGINE KNOWN AS THE NEWCOMEN ENGINE
- AMERICAS WERE UNABLE TO ACQUIRE TOILET PAPER AND OTHER GOODS FROM CHINA
- BEGAN MANUFACTURING GOODS THEY COULD NOT GET FROM EUROPE AT THE TIME, INCLUDING TEXTILES MADE FROM SOUTHERN COTTON
- ADVANCED AMERICAN MILITARY TECHNOLOGY WITH THE INVENTION OF THE CONVRIEVE ROCKET
School: Orange Coast College
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