America on the World Stage (College Board AP® US History): Exam Questions

"To this state of general peace with which we have been blessed, one only exception exists. Tripoli, the least considerable of the Barbary States, had come forward with demands unfounded either in right or in compact, and had permitted itself to denounce war on our failure to comply before a given day. The style of the demand admitted but one answer.

I sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean, with assurances to that power of our sincere desire to remain in peace, but with orders to protect our commerce against the threatened attack. The measure was seasonable and salutary. The bey had already declared war. His cruisers were out. Two had arrived at Gibraltar. Our commerce in the Mediterranean was blockaded and that of the Atlantic in peril."

Thomas Jefferson, First Annual Message to Congress, December 8, 1801, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress

The excerpt suggests that Jefferson’s use of military force in the Mediterranean was justified by which of the following principles?

"To this state of general peace with which we have been blessed, one only exception exists. Tripoli, the least considerable of the Barbary States, had come forward with demands unfounded either in right or in compact, and had permitted itself to denounce war on our failure to comply before a given day. The style of the demand admitted but one answer.

I sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean, with assurances to that power of our sincere desire to remain in peace, but with orders to protect our commerce against the threatened attack. The measure was seasonable and salutary. The bey had already declared war. His cruisers were out. Two had arrived at Gibraltar. Our commerce in the Mediterranean was blockaded and that of the Atlantic in peril."

Thomas Jefferson, First Annual Message to Congress, December 8, 1801, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress

The slogan "Millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute" most directly reflects which of the following attitudes toward Jefferson’s actions in the Barbary Wars? 

"To this state of general peace with which we have been blessed, one only exception exists. Tripoli, the least considerable of the Barbary States, had come forward with demands unfounded either in right or in compact, and had permitted itself to denounce war on our failure to comply before a given day. The style of the demand admitted but one answer.

I sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean, with assurances to that power of our sincere desire to remain in peace, but with orders to protect our commerce against the threatened attack. The measure was seasonable and salutary. The bey had already declared war. His cruisers were out. Two had arrived at Gibraltar. Our commerce in the Mediterranean was blockaded and that of the Atlantic in peril."

Thomas Jefferson, First Annual Message to Congress, December 8, 1801, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress

The response expressed in the excerpt most directly continued which of the following trends in American foreign policy?

The map most directly depicts the

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