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- Q1What is a political party?A group of people who entertain at political eventsA government agency that makes lawsA group that helps elect people and shape policiesA committee that advises the president30s
- Q2Who founded the Federalist Party?James MadisonAlexander HamiltonJohn AdamsThomas Jefferson30s
- Q3What did the Federalist Party support?A weak federal government and an agricultural economyA strong federal government and industry/tradeA direct democracy with no presidentAn alliance with France and expansion westward30s
- Q4Who founded the Democratic-Republican Party?John Adams and Aaron BurrThomas Jefferson and James MadisonAlexander Hamilton and John JayGeorge Washington and Benjamin Franklin30s
- Q5What was the XYZ Affair?A secret treaty between Spain and FranceA trade deal between the U.S. and BritainAn incident where French agents demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomatsA code used by the U.S. government during the War of 181230s
- Q6What was the purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts?To encourage freedom of speech and the pressTo allow states to declare independence from the U.S.To give Native Americans full citizenship rightsTo protect the U.S. from foreign influence, but also to suppress opposition30s
- Q7What did the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions argue?That the U.S. should go to war with BritainThat John Adams should serve a third termThat the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutionalThat new states could only be admitted with a two-thirds majority30s
- Q8Which of the following was NOT a role of John Adams?Vice-president to George WashingtonThe fourth president of the United StatesA member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of IndependenceA delegate to the Continental Congress30s
- Q9What was the Louisiana Purchase?A treaty with Spain to settle border disputesThe sale of land from Britain to the U.S.An agreement with Native American tribes for settlement rightsThe purchase of French land that doubled the size of the U.S.30s
- Q10Who led the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase?John Marshall and John AdamsSacagawea and her husbandMeriwether Lewis and William ClarkThomas Jefferson and James Madison30s
- Q11What was Sacagawea’s role in the Lewis and Clark expedition?She was the governor of the Louisiana TerritoryShe negotiated the Louisiana Purchase with FranceShe served as a guide and translatorShe provided military protection30s
- Q12Who was John Marshall?A Federalist leader who became Chief Justice of the Supreme CourtThe author of the Kentucky and Virginia ResolutionsThe leader of the Democratic-Republican PartyA U.S. diplomat involved in the XYZ Affair30s
- Q13What was the significance of Marbury v. Madison?It allowed states to nullify federal lawsIt granted the Supreme Court the power of judicial reviewIt ended the Louisiana Purchase agreementIt removed John Adams from office30s
- Q14What is judicial review?The power of Congress to override Supreme Court decisionsThe Supreme Court’s ability to declare laws unconstitutionalThe president’s authority to veto Supreme Court decisionsThe power of states to ignore federal laws30s