Question 1

The Virginia Plan called for

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A)  retaining the Articles of Confederation, with the addition of a national executive. 
B)  a two-tier national legislature. 
C)  combining the three smallest states into one large state. 
D)  a Senate in which each state would have two members. 
E)  an end to the slave trade and gradual emancipation. 
A)  retaining the Articles of Confederation, with the addition of a national executive. 
B)  a two-tier national legislature. 
C)  combining the three smallest states into one large state. 
D)  a Senate in which each state would have two members. 
E)  an end to the slave trade and gradual emancipation.

Question 2

The Judiciary Act of 1801

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A)  was passed by the new Republican Congress. 
B)  increased the size of the Supreme Court by two seats. 
C)  was an attempt by Federalists to secure their hold on the courts. 
D)  resulted in the Federalists losing control of the judiciary. 
E)  was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 
A)  was passed by the new Republican Congress. 
B)  increased the size of the Supreme Court by two seats. 
C)  was an attempt by Federalists to secure their hold on the courts. 
D)  resulted in the Federalists losing control of the judiciary. 
E)  was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Question 3

The delegates who drafted the new Constitution were products of the American Revolution but had lost their fears of concentrated power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What were the primary reasons the Articles of Confederation failed as a structure of government?

Accepted Answer

There were several primary reasons why t

Question 5

The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 saw

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A)  the federal government conduct itself much as it did during Shays's Rebellion. 
B)  violent clashes between urban merchants and American troops. 
C)  a briefly successful move by Pennsylvania to secede from the Union. 
D)  a failed attempt by Pennsylvania to secede from the Union. 
E)  President Washington lead thousands of troops into the field. 
A)  the federal government conduct itself much as it did during Shays's Rebellion. 
B)  violent clashes between urban merchants and American troops. 
C)  a briefly successful move by Pennsylvania to secede from the Union. 
D)  a failed attempt by Pennsylvania to secede from the Union. 
E)  President Washington lead thousands of troops into the field.

Question 6

The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

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A)  gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism. 
B)  were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism. 
C)  were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 
D)  gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism, and were aggressively used by the Adams administration to that effect. 
E)  were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism until they were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 
A)  gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism. 
B)  were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism. 
C)  were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 
D)  gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism, and were aggressively used by the Adams administration to that effect. 
E)  were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism until they were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Question 7

Hamilton favored both a tariff on imports and a federal excise tax.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The opponents of Hamilton and his economic plans called themselves ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The opponents of Hamilton and his economic...

Question 9

During the 1790s, regional support in the United States for Federalists was greatest in the

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A)  rural Deep South. 
B)  rural Far West. 
C)  Northeast. 
D)  Southwest. 
E)  mid-Atlantic region. 
A)  rural Deep South. 
B)  rural Far West. 
C)  Northeast. 
D)  Southwest. 
E)  mid-Atlantic region.

Question 10

The Antifederalists

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A)  saw the power of the southern states as the chief obstacle to an effective new government. 
B)  feared that the new government would be too weak to enforce its new powers. 
C)  feared that the government too much favored common people over the "well-born." 
D)  saw themselves as defenders of the principles of the American Revolution and feared that the new government would widely abuse its powers. 
E)  saw themselves as defenders of the principles of the American Revolution and feared that the government too much favored common people over the "well-born." 
A)  saw the power of the southern states as the chief obstacle to an effective new government. 
B)  feared that the new government would be too weak to enforce its new powers. 
C)  feared that the government too much favored common people over the "well-born." 
D)  saw themselves as defenders of the principles of the American Revolution and feared that the new government would widely abuse its powers. 
E)  saw themselves as defenders of the principles of the American Revolution and feared that the government too much favored common people over the "well-born."

Question 11

Before the new Constitution could go into effect, it had to be ratified by all thirteen existing states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

President Adams was an enthusiastic supporter of the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Federalists fell victim to fierce factional rivalries after Washington's retirement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The New Jersey Plan

Accepted Answer

A)  proposed a legislature consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate. 
B)  was chosen by the convention delegates to replace the Virginia Plan. 
C)  had the general support of the larger states. 
D)  expanded the taxation and regulatory powers of Congress. 
E)  was proposed by delegate Edmund Randolph. 
A)  proposed a legislature consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate. 
B)  was chosen by the convention delegates to replace the Virginia Plan. 
C)  had the general support of the larger states. 
D)  expanded the taxation and regulatory powers of Congress. 
E)  was proposed by delegate Edmund Randolph.

Question 15

Once enacted, Hamilton's program failed to bring about many of the effects he had intended and quickly lost the support of the most influential segments of the population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

After the election of 1800, the ________ branch of government was the only branch controlled by the Federalists.

Accepted Answer

The answer of After the election of 1800, the ________...

Question 17

The achievement of the "Great Compromise" of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was its resolution of the problem regarding

Accepted Answer

A)  women and voting. 
B)  the definition of citizenship. 
C)  political representation. 
D)  states versus federal authority. 
E)  expansion of slavery into the territories. 
A)  women and voting. 
B)  the definition of citizenship. 
C)  political representation. 
D)  states versus federal authority. 
E)  expansion of slavery into the territories.

Question 18

Which event, more than any other, convinced George Washington that the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Spanish threat to take New Orleans 
B)  the British refusal to evacuate the forts of the Northwest 
C)  Shays's Rebellion 
D)  the Whiskey Rebellion 
E)  the Battle of Fallen Timbers 
A)  the Spanish threat to take New Orleans 
B)  the British refusal to evacuate the forts of the Northwest 
C)  Shays's Rebellion 
D)  the Whiskey Rebellion 
E)  the Battle of Fallen Timbers

Question 19

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, each delegate voted as an individual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The two preeminent Republicans of the 1790s were

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A)  Alexander Hamilton and James Monroe. 
B)  John Adams and James Madison. 
C)  John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. 
D)  Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. 
E)  Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. 
A)  Alexander Hamilton and James Monroe. 
B)  John Adams and James Madison. 
C)  John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. 
D)  Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. 
E)  Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.

Exam 6: The Constitution and the New Republic

The Virginia Plan called for

The Judiciary Act of 1801

The delegates who drafted the new Constitution were products of the American Revolution but had lost their fears of concentrated power.

What were the primary reasons the Articles of Confederation failed as a structure of government?

The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 saw

The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

Hamilton favored both a tariff on imports and a federal excise tax.

The opponents of Hamilton and his economic plans called themselves ________.

During the 1790s, regional support in the United States for Federalists was greatest in the

The Antifederalists

Before the new Constitution could go into effect, it had to be ratified by all thirteen existing states.

President Adams was an enthusiastic supporter of the Alien and Sedition Acts.

The Federalists fell victim to fierce factional rivalries after Washington's retirement.

The New Jersey Plan

Once enacted, Hamilton's program failed to bring about many of the effects he had intended and quickly lost the support of the most influential segments of the population.

After the election of 1800, the ________ branch of government was the only branch controlled by the Federalists.

The achievement of the "Great Compromise" of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was its resolution of the problem regarding

Which event, more than any other, convinced George Washington that the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised?

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, each delegate voted as an individual.

The two preeminent Republicans of the 1790s were

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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