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Unit 3 Test Review - Presidents 1-4

Quiz by Veronica Oliver

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  • Q1
    Alexander Hamilton’s argument that the government has the power to create a National Bank is based on which part of the Constitution?
    guarantees to the States
    the Preamble
    the Bill of Rights
    the elastic clause
    60s
  • Q2
    “All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born, the other the mass of the people. . . . The people are turbulent and changing. . . . Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government. They will check the unsteadiness of the second.” -Alexander Hamilton The author of this quotation suggests that
    (2) wealthy people are too preoccupied to rule well
    (4) poorer people must work harder to gain access to economic and political power
    the common people cannot be trusted to run a stable government
    (1) the will of the majority should guide public policy
    120s
  • Q3
    Actions and policies of the Government under President George Washington generally resulted in the
    (1) establishment of strong political ties with other nations
    liberation of many enslaved persons
    failure to create a sound financial program for the country
    strengthening of the Federal Government
    60s
  • Q4
    Alexander Hamilton urged Congress to pass a protective tariff to encourage the growth of
    manufacturing
    labor unions
    agriculture
    slavery
    60s
  • Q5
    Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan helped to establish the credit of the United States government by
    encouraging spending for national defense
    providing for the payment of the nation’s debts
    favoring agriculture over industry
    taxing only the people most able to pay
    60s
  • Q6
    One factor that led to the formation of the first two political parties in the United States in the 1790s was the conflict over the
    spread of slavery into the western territories
    distribution of power between the federal and state governments
    control of interstate commerce
    acquisition of lands from France and Spain
    60s
  • Q7
    Which Presidential action is an example of the unwritten constitution?
    granting pardons for Federal crimes
    submitting a treaty to the Senate for ratification
    consulting with the Cabinet
    appointing Justices to the Supreme Court
    60s
  • Q8
    Adherence to a strict interpretation of the Constitution would have prevented President Thomas Jefferson from
    receiving ambassadors
    writing “State of the Union” messages
    commissioning military officers
    Making the Louisiana Purchase
    60s
  • Q9
    One way in which the authors of the Constitution tried to create “limited government” was by providing for
    a loyal opposition through a two-party system
    a division of power between the national and state governments
    the popular election of Federal judges
    the establishment of naturalization laws
    60s
  • Q10
    Antifederalists criticized the United States Constitution primarily because governing power was concentrated in the
    State legislatures
    National Government
    President’s Cabinet
    delegates to the Constitutional Convention
    60s
  • Q11
    An example of the unwritten constitution in the United States is the
    right of citizens to vote if they are 18 years old or older
    rise of the two-party political system
    right to freedom of speech
    use of the electoral college system
    60s
  • Q12
    During the debates over the ratification of the United States Constitution, Federalists and Anti-Federalists disagreed most strongly over the
    method of amending the Constitution
    division of powers between the national and state governments
    distribution of power between the Senate and the House of Representatives
    provision for admitting new states to the Union
    60s
  • Q13
    The main criticism of the Articles of Confederation was that they failed to
    prevent the development of military rule
    limit the powers of the president
    allow for the admission of new states
    provide adequate powers for the central government
    60s
  • Q14
    The legal basis for the United States purchase of the Louisiana Territory was the
    President’s power as Commander in Chief
    power granted to the President to make treaties
    Senate’s duty to approve the appointment of ambassadors
    authority of Congress to declare war
    60s
  • Q15
    Which geographic advantage did the United States gain by purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803?
    rich fishing areas in the Great Lakes
    warm-water ports on the Atlantic coast
    control of the Mississippi and Port of New Orleans
    vast coal reserves in the region west of Pennsylvania
    60s

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