Quiz 3
Revolution & New Nation
Date:
Name:
1.
The painting below shows New Yorkers in a co ee
house reading and talking about the newly drafted
U.S. Constitution. Much of the voting public
worried about the Constitution's lack of protection
of individual rights. They were promised a Bill of
Rights to increase such protection.
2.
The excerpt below is from George Washington's
Farewell Address in 1796.
It [party con ict] serves always to
distract the public councils and enfeeble
the public administration. It agitates the
community with ill-founded jealousies
and false alarms; kindles the animosity
[hatred] of one part against another;
foments [provokes] occasionally riot and
insurrection.
—George Washington,
Farewell Address (1796)
Which of the following statements best summarizes
George Washington's view of political parties?
Which of the following people was responsible for
adding the Bill of Rights to the United States
Constitution?
A.
Andrew Jackson
B.
Meriwether Lewis
C.
James Madison
D. John Winthrop
A.
They were sources of corruption.
B.
They were controlled by social elites.
C.
They were sources of division in the country.
D. They were prone to in uence by foreign
powers.
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3.
Revolution & New Nation
The timeline below matches some important
18th-century documents with the years they were
written.
5.
A direct cause of the American Revolution was
A.
being taxed by England without representation.
B.
the repeal of the Stamp Act by England.
C.
the need for more farmland to the west.
D. losing the French and Indian War.
6.
Which document is represented by the X on the
timeline?
4.
A.
the Monroe Doctrine
B.
the May ower Compact
C.
the Kansas-Nebraska Act
How did the British victory in the French and
Indian War contribute to the beginning of the
American Revolution?
A.
Great Britain tried to trade western Virginia
to France for Montreal.
B.
Great Britain tried to sell to France territory
conquered during the war.
D. the United States Constitution
C.
Great Britain forced new taxes on American
colonists to pay for war debts.
Which reason best explains why many
Anti-Federalists nally agreed to the rati cation of
the U.S. Constitution?
D. Great Britain forced American colonists to
migrate across the Appalachians.
A.
the addition of the Bill of Rights
B.
arguments by George Washington
C.
a desire to create a better relationship with
the Federalists
D. a fear that civil war would break out if the
dispute were not settled
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Revolution & New Nation
1.
Answer:
C
2.
Answer:
C
3.
Answer:
D
4.
Answer:
A
5.
Answer:
A
6.
Answer:
C
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