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True / False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. (2 points each)
1. At first, Americans cheered the news of the French Revolution.
a. True
b. False
2. Native Americans often turned to Britain and Spain for help in preventing Americans from settling in the West.
a. True
b. False
3. Washington served three terms as president.
a. True
b. False
4. Jay's Treaty barred French and British warships from American ports.
a. True
b. False
5. During the Whiskey Rebellion, farmers peacefully protested a special tax.
a. True
b. False
Multiple Choice
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. (2 points each)
6. Why did President Adams send negotiators to France?
a. French agents demanded for a loan and a bribe b. French had began capturing American ships c. to say French that United States was strengthening
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7. What was the United States’ reaction to the French agents’ demand for a loan and a bribe?
a. United States began capturing french ships. b. United States declared war to France. c. United States established new negotiations with France. d. United States strengthened military.
8. The Judiciary Act of 1789 established which kind of legal system?
a. congressional law system
b. federal court system
c. international court system
d. stack court system
9. Which political party stood for a strong federal government?
a. Anti-Federalist
b. Democratic
c. Democratic-Republican
d. Federalist
10. Which party feared that a strong central government would endanger people's liberties?
a. Anti-Federalist
b. Democratic
c. Federalist
d. Republican
11. Who was the second president of the United States?
a. Aaron Burr
b. Charles Pinckney
c. John Adams
d. Thomas Jefferson
12. In which region of the country did taxes on whiskey lead to a rebellion?
a. Boston
b. Oregon country
c. Virginia
d. western Pennsylvania
13. To help build a strong national economy, what did Hamilton ask Congress to create?
a. a national bank
b. the stock market
c. trade tariffs
d. Washington, D.C.
14. Who was the nation's first vice president?
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. George Washington
c. John Adams
d. Samuel Adams
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15. In this excerpt, what does Alexander Hamilton argue that the new United States government should do?
a. only pay off Confederation government debts to foreign
b. only pay off Confederation debts to individual
countries
citizens
c. pay off the Confederation government’s debts
d. refuse to pay debts from the Revolutionary
War
16. What does Alexander Hamilton believe will happen if all public creditors are paid equally?
a. they will reinvest their money in the
b. they will support the government’s management of national
government
finances
c. they will support the Federalist party
d. they will support the Republican party
17. Who expressed concern that political parties were a threat to the ability of people in government to work together?
a. Alexander Hamilton
b. George Washington
c. John Adams
d. Thomas Jefferson
18. The Alien and Sedition Acts were a. strongly supported by the Republican party.
c. strongly supported by the Federalist party. b. passed to increase immigration.
d. passed to strengthen the nation’s military.
19. Who was the first chief justice of the United States?
a. Alexander Hamilton
b. George Washington
c. John Adams
d. John Jay
20. What did George Washington consider a grave danger to the new nation?
a. France's influence
b. growth of political parties
c. national taxes
d. settlers moving west
21. The Proclamation of Neutrality barred which warships from American ports?
a. French and English
b. German and English
c. Italian and Spanish
d. Spanish and Portuguese
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22. What did the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions claim?
a. The Alien and Sedition Acts violated the Constitution.
c. Pinckney’s Treaty was biased in favor of wealthy
landowners.
b. Jay’s Treaty violated the Constitution.
d. Settlers had the right to settle in the Northwest
Territories.
23. What is one of the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?
a. freedom of speech
b. freedom to ban the press
c. right to own a home
d. right to refuse to pay taxes
24. Which of the following proposed a challenge to the constitutional authority of the national government?
a. peace with France
b. political parties
c. Sedition Act
d. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
25. The Democratic-Republicans believed in strong state governments and
a. rule by the wealthy class.
b. a national bank.
c. a strong federal government.
d. rule by the people.
26. Whose forces were defeated by Little Turtle in 1791?
a. Anthony Wayne
b. General Arthur St. Clair
c. General George Washington
d. John Jay
27. Which treaty opened most of Ohio to white settlers?
a. Jay's Treaty
b. Pinckney's Treaty
c. Treaty of Greenville
d. Treaty of Ohio
28. What was the name of the civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal government?
a. Battle of Fallen Timbers b. Tea Party Rebellion c. XYZ affair
d. Whiskey Rebellion 29. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799 spelled out a theory of
a. states' rights.
b. individual rights.
c. federal rights.
d. soldiers' rights.
30. What barred French and British warships from American ports?
a. Declaration of War
b. Proclamation of Neutrality
c. Treaty of Britain
d. Treaty of Paris
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Matching
(2 points each)
a. Alexander Hamilton
c. factions
e. Thomas Jefferson
31. political parties
b. aliens
d. nullify
32. to legally overturn
33. residents who are not citizens
34. Federalist
35. Democratic-Republican
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. neutrality
b. Whiskey Rebellion
c. Pinckney's Treaty
d. Edmond Genêt
e. impressment
36. tax protest
37. diplomat
38. not taking sides
39. forced into British navy
40. agreement with Spain
Subjective Short Answer
(Choose 2 from Subjective Short Answer or Essay. 10 points each. Answer more than 2 for extra credit.)
41. In this excerpt from his report in 1790, Alexander Hamilton, the U.S. secretary of the treasury felt strongly about
what in terms of the national debt?
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42. What is a reason given for the creation of the national bank?
Essay
43. How did the administration that took office in 1797 come to have a Federalist president and a Republican vice
president?
44. Explain how disagreements between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson led to the creation of the first two
political parties.
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