Unit 3 Test Review - Presidents 1-4
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- Q1Alexander 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 Statesthe Preamblethe Bill of Rightsthe elastic clause60s
- 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 powerthe common people cannot be trusted to run a stable government(1) the will of the majority should guide public policy120s
- Q3Actions and policies of the Government under President George Washington generally resulted in the(1) establishment of strong political ties with other nationsliberation of many enslaved personsfailure to create a sound financial program for the countrystrengthening of the Federal Government60s
- Q4Alexander Hamilton urged Congress to pass a protective tariff to encourage the growth ofmanufacturinglabor unionsagricultureslavery60s
- Q5Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan helped to establish the credit of the United States government byencouraging spending for national defenseproviding for the payment of the nation’s debtsfavoring agriculture over industrytaxing only the people most able to pay60s
- Q6One factor that led to the formation of the first two political parties in the United States in the 1790s was the conflict over thespread of slavery into the western territoriesdistribution of power between the federal and state governmentscontrol of interstate commerceacquisition of lands from France and Spain60s
- Q7Which Presidential action is an example of the unwritten constitution?granting pardons for Federal crimessubmitting a treaty to the Senate for ratificationconsulting with the Cabinetappointing Justices to the Supreme Court60s
- Q8Adherence to a strict interpretation of the Constitution would have prevented President Thomas Jefferson fromreceiving ambassadorswriting “State of the Union” messagescommissioning military officersMaking the Louisiana Purchase60s
- Q9One way in which the authors of the Constitution tried to create “limited government” was by providing fora loyal opposition through a two-party systema division of power between the national and state governmentsthe popular election of Federal judgesthe establishment of naturalization laws60s
- Q10Antifederalists criticized the United States Constitution primarily because governing power was concentrated in theState legislaturesNational GovernmentPresident’s Cabinetdelegates to the Constitutional Convention60s
- Q11An example of the unwritten constitution in the United States is theright of citizens to vote if they are 18 years old or olderrise of the two-party political systemright to freedom of speechuse of the electoral college system60s
- Q12During the debates over the ratification of the United States Constitution, Federalists and Anti-Federalists disagreed most strongly over themethod of amending the Constitutiondivision of powers between the national and state governmentsdistribution of power between the Senate and the House of Representativesprovision for admitting new states to the Union60s
- Q13The main criticism of the Articles of Confederation was that they failed toprevent the development of military rulelimit the powers of the presidentallow for the admission of new statesprovide adequate powers for the central government60s
- Q14The legal basis for the United States purchase of the Louisiana Territory was thePresident’s power as Commander in Chiefpower granted to the President to make treatiesSenate’s duty to approve the appointment of ambassadorsauthority of Congress to declare war60s
- Q15Which geographic advantage did the United States gain by purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803?rich fishing areas in the Great Lakeswarm-water ports on the Atlantic coastcontrol of the Mississippi and Port of New Orleansvast coal reserves in the region west of Pennsylvania60s