Question 1

How did opponents of the Jay Treaty try to prevent it from taking effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  They tried to stop action on all legislative business in the House by engaging in a filibuster. 
B)  They urged all senators and congressmen who opposed the treaty to engage in a boycott of legislative sessions. 
C)  They urged the president to invoke executive privilege. 
D)  They tried to defeat appropriations bills in the House that would provide funds necessary to carry out the treaty's provisions. 
A)  They tried to stop action on all legislative business in the House by engaging in a filibuster. 
B)  They urged all senators and congressmen who opposed the treaty to engage in a boycott of legislative sessions. 
C)  They urged the president to invoke executive privilege. 
D)  They tried to defeat appropriations bills in the House that would provide funds necessary to carry out the treaty's provisions.

Question 2

Which group was united in their opposition to the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Antifederalists 
B)  Whigs 
C)  Republicans 
D)  Federalists 
A)  Antifederalists 
B)  Whigs 
C)  Republicans 
D)  Federalists

Question 3

Discuss the relationship of the slave population to the issue of apportioning delegates to the House of Representatives.

Accepted Answer

The relationship of the slave population

Question 4

Which of the following was a consequence of the inability of the Confederation Congress to enforce repayment of prewar debts to the British?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parliament encouraged British privateers to harass American commercial ships. 
B)  Great Britain rescinded colonial fishing rights in the North Atlantic. 
C)  It gave the British an excuse to maintain military posts on the Great Lakes. 
D)  British merchants refused to sell manufactured goods to Americans. 
A)  Parliament encouraged British privateers to harass American commercial ships. 
B)  Great Britain rescinded colonial fishing rights in the North Atlantic. 
C)  It gave the British an excuse to maintain military posts on the Great Lakes. 
D)  British merchants refused to sell manufactured goods to Americans.

Question 5

The XYZ affair

Accepted Answer

A)  promoted a deeper military alliance with France. 
B)  led to Alexander Hamilton's resignation. 
C)  shook the public's faith in John Adams. 
D)  began with an unpaid bribe and resulted in an undeclared war. 
A)  promoted a deeper military alliance with France. 
B)  led to Alexander Hamilton's resignation. 
C)  shook the public's faith in John Adams. 
D)  began with an unpaid bribe and resulted in an undeclared war.

Question 6

For which of the following reasons did southern planters voice strenuous objections to ratification of the Jay Treaty?

Accepted Answer

A)  The treaty contained no provision for British evacuation of their forts in the Northwest. 
B)  The treaty contained no provision to compensate owners of slaves who left with the British army at the end of the Revolutionary War. 
C)  The treaty contained no provision to deal with claims relating to American merchant ships captured by the British during the Revolutionary War. 
D)  The treaty contained no provision for easing restrictions on American trade to England or the West Indies. 
A)  The treaty contained no provision for British evacuation of their forts in the Northwest. 
B)  The treaty contained no provision to compensate owners of slaves who left with the British army at the end of the Revolutionary War. 
C)  The treaty contained no provision to deal with claims relating to American merchant ships captured by the British during the Revolutionary War. 
D)  The treaty contained no provision for easing restrictions on American trade to England or the West Indies.

Question 7

The founding of the African Methodist Episcopal church supports which of the following ideas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Free blacks often developed their own separate institutions during the early years of the American republic. 
B)  Blacks were more religious than whites in the early republic. 
C)  Whites imposed their religious ideas on blacks. 
D)  Whites and blacks worked together in the early republic to further the ideal of racial equality. 
A)  Free blacks often developed their own separate institutions during the early years of the American republic. 
B)  Blacks were more religious than whites in the early republic. 
C)  Whites imposed their religious ideas on blacks. 
D)  Whites and blacks worked together in the early republic to further the ideal of racial equality.

Question 8

As a result of the teachings of Handsome Lake, men of the Iroquois Confederacy

Accepted Answer

A)  accepted the imposition of taxes in order to finance economic development and diversification. 
B)  accepted the tenets of capitalism by allowing the Confederacy to invest in New England textile mills. 
C)  became more receptive to the European-style sexual division of labor taught by the Quakers. 
D)  began to work toward the goal of complete assimilation into Anglo-American culture. 
A)  accepted the imposition of taxes in order to finance economic development and diversification. 
B)  accepted the tenets of capitalism by allowing the Confederacy to invest in New England textile mills. 
C)  became more receptive to the European-style sexual division of labor taught by the Quakers. 
D)  began to work toward the goal of complete assimilation into Anglo-American culture.

Question 9

The Second Amendment says that the people shall have the right "to keep and bear arms" because of the

Accepted Answer

A)  right of the people to obtain food by hunting. 
B)  need for protection against criminals. 
C)  right to fight tyranny. 
D)  need for a well-regulated militia. 
A)  right of the people to obtain food by hunting. 
B)  need for protection against criminals. 
C)  right to fight tyranny. 
D)  need for a well-regulated militia.

Question 10

Which state legislature disfranchised women in 1807 because they thought the polls were no place for ladies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virginia 
B)  Rhode Island 
C)  New Jersey 
D)  Massachusetts 
A)  Virginia 
B)  Rhode Island 
C)  New Jersey 
D)  Massachusetts

Question 11

Which of the following was true of the Republicans?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were pessimistic about the future of the nation. 
B)  They had little interest in westward expansion. 
C)  They were more concerned about developing the nation's resources than about its standing in the world. 
D)  They emphasized the need for order and stability. 
A)  They were pessimistic about the future of the nation. 
B)  They had little interest in westward expansion. 
C)  They were more concerned about developing the nation's resources than about its standing in the world. 
D)  They emphasized the need for order and stability.

Question 12

Compare and contrast the impact of the Revolution on the position of women and on the position of African Americans in American society. How, in the years following the Revolution, was the revolutionary commitment to equality denied to women and African Americans? How was this denial justified?

Accepted Answer

The impact of the Revolution on the posi

Question 13

The extension of the right to vote to poor white men could have posed a threat to the power of the dominant elite. How did the elite reduce that threat?

Accepted Answer

A)  They threatened to raise taxes if poor whites voted against them. 
B)  They made free land, or homesteads, available to poor whites in most states. 
C)  They attempted to create solidarity among whites by emphasizing racial divisions between blacks and whites. 
D)  They supported public education in the belief that an educated electorate would keep the "better sort" in power. 
A)  They threatened to raise taxes if poor whites voted against them. 
B)  They made free land, or homesteads, available to poor whites in most states. 
C)  They attempted to create solidarity among whites by emphasizing racial divisions between blacks and whites. 
D)  They supported public education in the belief that an educated electorate would keep the "better sort" in power.

Question 14

Section 25 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 was important because it

Accepted Answer

A)  allowed appeals from state courts to federal courts in cases that raised certain types of constitutional questions. 
B)  established circuit courts of appeal subordinate to the Supreme Court. 
C)  recognized that state courts could independently interpret the Constitution. 
D)  created a chief justice to preside over the Supreme Court. 
A)  allowed appeals from state courts to federal courts in cases that raised certain types of constitutional questions. 
B)  established circuit courts of appeal subordinate to the Supreme Court. 
C)  recognized that state courts could independently interpret the Constitution. 
D)  created a chief justice to preside over the Supreme Court.

Question 15

How did most Americans want the new government to handle the debts incurred by the nation in the winning of independence?

Accepted Answer

A)  They believed the government should repudiate those debts. 
B)  They believed the domestic debt should be paid in full but the foreign debt repudiated. 
C)  They believed all such debts should be paid at face value. 
D)  They believed the foreign debt should be paid in full but the domestic debt repudiated. 
A)  They believed the government should repudiate those debts. 
B)  They believed the domestic debt should be paid in full but the foreign debt repudiated. 
C)  They believed all such debts should be paid at face value. 
D)  They believed the foreign debt should be paid in full but the domestic debt repudiated.

Question 16

Compare and contrast the rebellions led by Gabriel Prosser and John Fries. What were the laws that each rebellion found objectionable? What were the methods of each rebellion? What arguments did each leader make before the law once captured? Was there a racial disparity in the administration of justice in each case?

Accepted Answer

The rebellions led by Gabriel Prosser an

Question 17

In Chisholm v. Georgia the Supreme Court ruled that

Accepted Answer

A)  a citizen of one state has the right to bring suit against another state in federal court. 
B)  the First Amendment protects a person's actions when those actions are based on the person's religious beliefs. 
C)  it had the right and power to review any case arising under American law. 
D)  the truth is a complete defense against the charge of libel. 
A)  a citizen of one state has the right to bring suit against another state in federal court. 
B)  the First Amendment protects a person's actions when those actions are based on the person's religious beliefs. 
C)  it had the right and power to review any case arising under American law. 
D)  the truth is a complete defense against the charge of libel.

Question 18

Hamilton's proposal concerning the assumption of state debts became law as a result of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  A political deal was struck by which the site for the nation's capital was to be on the Potomac River. 
B)  Having served under President Washington's command during the Revolutionary War, several opponents of the plan switched their votes out of a sense of duty. 
C)  President Washington met privately with Madison and Jefferson, and convinced them that their opposition to the proposal was divisive. 
D)  A joint Senate-House subcommittee agreed that those states that had paid their debts would be taxed at a lower rate than those whose debts were being assumed. 
A)  A political deal was struck by which the site for the nation's capital was to be on the Potomac River. 
B)  Having served under President Washington's command during the Revolutionary War, several opponents of the plan switched their votes out of a sense of duty. 
C)  President Washington met privately with Madison and Jefferson, and convinced them that their opposition to the proposal was divisive. 
D)  A joint Senate-House subcommittee agreed that those states that had paid their debts would be taxed at a lower rate than those whose debts were being assumed.

Question 19

Which of the following is true of the letter written by Abigail Adams to her husband concerning the "new Code of Laws" for the new republic?

Accepted Answer

A)  She demanded that the right to vote be extended to married women and women owning property. 
B)  She used ideas originally developed to combat Parliamentary supremacy to call for consideration of legal rights for women. 
C)  She called for legislation that would allow joint ownership of property by married couples. 
D)  She used Jefferson's phrase "all men are created equal" to demand that slavery be abolished in all the states. 
A)  She demanded that the right to vote be extended to married women and women owning property. 
B)  She used ideas originally developed to combat Parliamentary supremacy to call for consideration of legal rights for women. 
C)  She called for legislation that would allow joint ownership of property by married couples. 
D)  She used Jefferson's phrase "all men are created equal" to demand that slavery be abolished in all the states.

Question 20

Jefferson supported ratification of the Constitution, but he disliked which of the following about the document?

Accepted Answer

A)  The two-term limitation on the president 
B)  The inclusion of the separation-of-powers concept 
C)  The system of checks and balances 
D)  The omission of a bill of rights 
A)  The two-term limitation on the president 
B)  The inclusion of the separation-of-powers concept 
C)  The system of checks and balances 
D)  The omission of a bill of rights

Exam 7: Forging a Nation, 1783-1800

How did opponents of the Jay Treaty try to prevent it from taking effect?

Which group was united in their opposition to the Constitution?

Discuss the relationship of the slave population to the issue of apportioning delegates to the House of Representatives.

Which of the following was a consequence of the inability of the Confederation Congress to enforce repayment of prewar debts to the British?

The XYZ affair

For which of the following reasons did southern planters voice strenuous objections to ratification of the Jay Treaty?

The founding of the African Methodist Episcopal church supports which of the following ideas?

As a result of the teachings of Handsome Lake, men of the Iroquois Confederacy

The Second Amendment says that the people shall have the right "to keep and bear arms" because of the

Which state legislature disfranchised women in 1807 because they thought the polls were no place for ladies?

Which of the following was true of the Republicans?

Compare and contrast the impact of the Revolution on the position of women and on the position of African Americans in American society. How, in the years following the Revolution, was the revolutionary commitment to equality denied to women and African Americans? How was this denial justified?

The extension of the right to vote to poor white men could have posed a threat to the power of the dominant elite. How did the elite reduce that threat?

Section 25 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 was important because it

How did most Americans want the new government to handle the debts incurred by the nation in the winning of independence?

In Chisholm v. Georgia the Supreme Court ruled that

Hamilton's proposal concerning the assumption of state debts became law as a result of which of the following?

Which of the following is true of the letter written by Abigail Adams to her husband concerning the "new Code of Laws" for the new republic?

Jefferson supported ratification of the Constitution, but he disliked which of the following about the document?

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Becoming America, 1720-1760

The Ends of Empire, 1754-1774

American Revolutions, 1775-1783

Defining the Nation, 1801-1823

The Rise of the South, 1815-1860

The Restless North, 1815-1860

The Contested West, 1815-1860

Politics and the Fate of the Union, 1824-1859

Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1860-1865

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877

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Building Factories, Building Cities, 1877-1900

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The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914

Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920

The New ERA, 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

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