Question 1

What was one of Thomas Jefferson´s great skills?

Accepted Answer

A)  Speech making 
B)  Fund raising 
C)  Electioneering 
D)  Political organizing 
E)  His moral leadership in opposing slavery 
A)  Speech making 
B)  Fund raising 
C)  Electioneering 
D)  Political organizing 
E)  His moral leadership in opposing slavery

Question 2

Why was a relatively minor revolt like the Whiskey Rebellion so important for the new federal government? Why did it become an important political rallying point for Jeffersonians in the 1790s?

Accepted Answer

The Whiskey Rebellion was important for

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Federalists

Accepted Answer

The Federalists were a political group t

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Bill of Rights

Accepted Answer

The Bill of Rights refers to the first t

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Little Turtle

Accepted Answer

Little Turtle, whose Miami-Illinois name

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Convention of 1800

Accepted Answer

The Convention of 1800, also known as th

Question 7

The early Federalist support for the French Revolution turned into angry hostility when

Accepted Answer

A)  the French abandoned their commitment to the Franco-American alliance. 
B)  the French revolutionaries denounced the American Revolution. 
C)  the Revolution turned more radical and began its Reign of Terror. 
D)  the French agent Citizen Genêt arrived in America to stir up trouble. 
E)  the French began to harass and imprison Americans in Paris. 
A)  the French abandoned their commitment to the Franco-American alliance. 
B)  the French revolutionaries denounced the American Revolution. 
C)  the Revolution turned more radical and began its Reign of Terror. 
D)  the French agent Citizen Genêt arrived in America to stir up trouble. 
E)  the French began to harass and imprison Americans in Paris.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Bank of the United States

Accepted Answer

The Bank of the United States, often ref

Question 9

To the Jeffersonian Republicans,the ideal citizen of a republic was a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  seaboard merchant. 
B)  urban worker. 
C)  indentured servant. 
D)  independent farmer. 
E)  industrialist. 
A)  seaboard merchant. 
B)  urban worker. 
C)  indentured servant. 
D)  independent farmer. 
E)  industrialist.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Louis XVI

Accepted Answer

Louis XVI was the last King of France be

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Matthew Lyon

Accepted Answer

Matthew Lyon (1749–1822) was an Irish-bo

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thomas Jefferson

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July

Question 13

What does the Ninth Amendment say?

Accepted Answer

A)  It prohibits Congress from making laws that restrict freedoms of religion, speech, and peaceful assembly, freedom of the press, and petitioning the government. 
B)  "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." 
C)  The protection of specific rights in the other amendments "shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." 
D)  The people have the right not to be subject to "unreasonable searches and seizures." 
E)  Powers not assigned to the federal government or prohibited to the states by the Constitution "are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." 
A)  It prohibits Congress from making laws that restrict freedoms of religion, speech, and peaceful assembly, freedom of the press, and petitioning the government. 
B)  "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." 
C)  The protection of specific rights in the other amendments "shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." 
D)  The people have the right not to be subject to "unreasonable searches and seizures." 
E)  Powers not assigned to the federal government or prohibited to the states by the Constitution "are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Franco-American alliance of 1778

Accepted Answer

The Franco-American alliance of 1778, fo

Question 15

Which statement about Hamilton´s plan for a Bank of the United States is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  It would be a private institution with the government as its major stockholder. 
B)  It would print an urgently needed and sound paper currency. 
C)  It would facilitate the federal government´s assumption of state debts. 
D)  It would serve as a depository for federal funds. 
E)  It would stimulate business by keeping currency in circulation. 
A)  It would be a private institution with the government as its major stockholder. 
B)  It would print an urgently needed and sound paper currency. 
C)  It would facilitate the federal government´s assumption of state debts. 
D)  It would serve as a depository for federal funds. 
E)  It would stimulate business by keeping currency in circulation.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George Washington

Accepted Answer

George Washington (1732-1799) was a cent

Question 17

Thomas Jefferson argued that a landless class of voters could be avoided in part by

Accepted Answer

A)  a redistribution of land. 
B)  a reduced property tax. 
C)  abolishing the property qualification to vote. 
D)  continuing slavery. 
E)  restricting the amount of property owned by each citizen. 
A)  a redistribution of land. 
B)  a reduced property tax. 
C)  abolishing the property qualification to vote. 
D)  continuing slavery. 
E)  restricting the amount of property owned by each citizen.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-two-party system

Accepted Answer

The two-party system refers to a politic

Question 19

What happened at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794?

Accepted Answer

A)  General Anthony Wayne defeated the Miami Confederacy led by Chief Little Turtle. 
B)  General Josiah Harmer defeated the Iroquois Confederacy. 
C)  The British were forced to surrender the chain of frontier forts they had maintained in violation of the peace treaty of 1793. 
D)  Generals Arthur St. Clair and Josiah Harmer combined their forces to defeat the Miami Confederacy under Chief Little Turtle. 
E)  U.S. forces suffered one of their worst military defeats on the frontier. 
A)  General Anthony Wayne defeated the Miami Confederacy led by Chief Little Turtle. 
B)  General Josiah Harmer defeated the Iroquois Confederacy. 
C)  The British were forced to surrender the chain of frontier forts they had maintained in violation of the peace treaty of 1793. 
D)  Generals Arthur St. Clair and Josiah Harmer combined their forces to defeat the Miami Confederacy under Chief Little Turtle. 
E)  U.S. forces suffered one of their worst military defeats on the frontier.

Question 20

President Adams sought a peaceful solution to the undeclared war with France in order to

Accepted Answer

A)  ensure his chances of reelection in 1800. 
B)  embarrass the Hamiltonian wing of the Federalist party. 
C)  preserve the Franco-American alliance of 1778. 
D)  prevent the outbreak of a dangerous full-scale war. 
E)  appease pro-British forces in the United States. 
A)  ensure his chances of reelection in 1800. 
B)  embarrass the Hamiltonian wing of the Federalist party. 
C)  preserve the Franco-American alliance of 1778. 
D)  prevent the outbreak of a dangerous full-scale war. 
E)  appease pro-British forces in the United States.

Exam 10: Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

What was one of Thomas Jefferson´s great skills?

Why was a relatively minor revolt like the Whiskey Rebellion so important for the new federal government? Why did it become an important political rallying point for Jeffersonians in the 1790s?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Federalists

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bill of Rights

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Little Turtle

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Convention of 1800

The early Federalist support for the French Revolution turned into angry hostility when

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bank of the United States

To the Jeffersonian Republicans,the ideal citizen of a republic was a(n)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Louis XVI

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Matthew Lyon

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas Jefferson

What does the Ninth Amendment say?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Franco-American alliance of 1778

Which statement about Hamilton´s plan for a Bank of the United States is FALSE?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George Washington

Thomas Jefferson argued that a landless class of voters could be avoided in part by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -two-party system

What happened at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794?

President Adams sought a peaceful solution to the undeclared war with France in order to

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