Question 1

The Virginia Plan called for

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A)  retaining the Articles of Confederation with the addition of a national executive.
B)  a two-tier national legislature.
C)  combining the three smallest states into one large state.
D)  a Senate in which each state would have two members.
E)  an end to the slave trade and gradual emancipation.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 came close to

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A)  abolishing slavery.
B)  granting citizenship to slaves.
C)  granting suffrage for free black males.
D)  abolishing slavery and granting citizenship to slaves.
E)  None of the answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

Characterize the "competing visions" the Federalists and the Republicans had for the country during the 1790s.Which side do you believe had the better vision and why?

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Question 4

The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787

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A)  did not fear concentrated government power.
B)  welcomed the possibilities of direct democracy.
C)  were suspicious of wealthy property owners.
D)  well represented the diversity of the national population.
E)  were well educated by the standards of their time.F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 5

The most sustained opposition to Alexander Hamilton's economic program came from

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A)  creditors.
B)  manufacturers.
C)  urban wealthy.
D)  Federalists.
E)  small farmers.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 6

The election of 1800 was decided in the House of Representatives.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Why was there so much opposition to political parties in the 1790s? Why did the Jeffersonians decide to create a political party?

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Question 8

The two preeminent Republicans of the 1790s were

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A)  Alexander Hamilton and James Monroe.
B)  John Adams and James Madison.
C)  John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
D)  Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
E)  Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.F) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 9

James Madison's ideas regarding republican government

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A)  were drawn from the French philosopher Baron de Montesquieu.
B)  reflected his fear that a large republic was more likely to result in tyranny.
C)  assumed that political factions would help in preventing tyranny.
D)  suggested that the state governments were ultimately sovereign.
E)  All the answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

During the late 1790s, the United States fought something called a "quasi war" with ____________.

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Question 11

The Antifederalists' biggest complaint was that the new Constitution did not have a _______________________.

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Question 12

The dominant figure of George Washington's administration was

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A)  George Washington.
B)  Thomas Jefferson.
C)  Henry Knox.
D)  Alexander Hamilton.
E)  Aaron Burr.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 13

Who were the primary authors of the Federalist Papers and what was the significance of these publications?

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Question 14

Alexander Hamilton's funding plan

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A)  was eventually passed by Congress essentially as Hamilton had desired.
B)  was supported by James Madison.
C)  was rejected by Congress.
D)  called for paying all bondholders only a fraction of the value of the bonds.
E)  called for dividing bonds between their original purchasers and speculators.F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 15

Pinckney's Treaty (1795)  gave the United States

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A)  the right to navigate the Mississippi River to its mouth.
B)  the freedom to use the port at New Orleans.
C)  a desired fixed northern boundary of Florida.
D)  assurances that Indians in Florida would be prevented from launching northern raids.
E)  All the answers are correct.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

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A)  gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism.
B)  were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism.
C)  were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
D)  gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism, and were aggressively used by the Adams administration to that effect.
E)  were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism, until they were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

The greatest complaint by opponents of the proposed Constitution of 1787 was the

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A)  absence of a specific listing of personal liberties.
B)  omission of references to God.
C)  creation of a federal military.
D)  naming of the new federal district after Washington.
E)  failure to abolish slavery.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

By the late 1780s, dissatisfaction with the Articles of Confederation included a belief that the national government

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A)  had grown too powerful.
B)  was too closely tied to England.
C)  was pushing America into another war with England.
D)  was ineffective.
E)  had sold too much western land to speculators.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 19

What personal characteristics and political decisions contributed to making George Washington an effective president?

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Question 20

In America, the French Revolution was generally praised by

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A)  Federalists.
B)  Republicans.
C)  Federalists and Republicans.
D)  Indians and slaves.
E)  no one.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Who were the primary authors of the Federalist Papers and what was the significance of these publications?

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The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

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Alexander Hamilton's funding plan

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The Virginia Plan called for

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James Madison's ideas regarding republican government

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