Question 1

During the Whiskey Rebellion, farmers peacefully protested a special tax.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 2

To promote their own interest in the Northwest Territory, Britain and Spain encouraged Native Americans to feel angry about American settlers

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 3

At first, Americans cheered the news of the French Revolution.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 4

Jay’s Treaty barred French and British warships from American ports

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 5

In this excerpt, what does Alexander Hamilton argue that the new United States
government should do?

Accepted Answer

pay off the Confederation government’s debts

Answer

pay off only Confederation government debts to foreign countries

Answer

refuse to pay debts from the Revolutionary War

Answer

pay off only Confederation debts to individual citizens

Question 6

What does Alexander Hamilton believe will happen if all public creditors are
paid equally?

Accepted Answer

They will support the government’s management of national finances

Answer

They will support the Republican Party

Answer

They will support the Federalist Party

Answer

They will reinvest their money in the government

Question 7

Why did President Adams send negotiators to France?

Accepted Answer

The French had begun capturing American ships

Answer

To say to the French that the United States was strengthening its army

Answer

United States and France were involved in an undeclared war

Answer

French agents demanded a loan and a bribe

Question 8

What was the United States reaction to the French agents’ demand for a loan
and a bribe?

Accepted Answer

United States strengthened its army

Answer

United States established new negotiations with France

Answer

United States established new negotiations with France

Answer

United States declared war on France

Question 9

Southern states agreed to help pay off war debts in exchange for locating the
nation’s capital in which city?

Accepted Answer

Washington, D.C.

Answer

Philadelphia

Answer

New York City

Answer

Boston

Question 10

The Alien and Sedition Acts were

Accepted Answer

strongly supported by the Federalist Party

Answer

passed to increase immigration

Answer

passed to strengthen the nation’s military

Answer

strongly supported by the Republican Party

Question 11

The Proclamation of Neutrality barred which warships from American ports?

Accepted Answer

French and English

Answer

Spanish and Portuguese

Answer

Italian and Spanish

Answer

German and English

Question 12

Who expressed concern that political parties were a threat to the ability of
people in government to work together?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Answer

Alexander Hamilton

Answer

John Adams

Question 13

Whose forces were defeated by Little Turtle in 1791?

Accepted Answer

General Arthur St. Clair

Answer

John Jay

Answer

General George Washington

Answer

Anthony Wayne

Question 14

What did the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions claim?

Accepted Answer

The Alien and Sedition Acts violated the Constitution.

Answer

Pinckney’s Treaty was biased in favor of wealthy landowners.

Answer

Jay’s Treaty violated the Constitution.

Answer

Settlers had the right to settle in the Northwest Territories.

Question 15

Whose forces were defeated by Anthony Wayne in the Battle of Fallen Timbers?

Accepted Answer

Chief Blue Jacket

Answer

Chief Red Cloud

Answer

Chief Little Turtle

Answer

Chief Yellow Flower

Question 16

What does the First Amendment say about freedom of speech?

Accepted Answer

Congress will not make any laws that take it away

Answer

It must be earned

Answer

It's not a right, it's a privilege

Answer

It belongs only to white men

Question 17

What is a reason given for the creation of the national bank?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Answer

has a natural relation to the power of collecting taxes

Answer

it has a natural relation to the power of regulating trade

Answer

has a natural relation to the power of collecting taxes

Question 18

How did the administration that took office in 1797 come to have a Federalist president and a Republican vice president?

Accepted Answer

back then the winner was president and the runner-up was vice-president

Answer

The Republican pretended he was a Federalist

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