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AMH2010  U.S. HISTORY I  QUIZ FOR WEEK EIGHT (CHAPTER 8):  41 POINTS

 

  1. In June 1799, David Brown of Dedham, Massachusetts was convicted of sedition because of his:

A)    Desertion from the navy.

B)     Conspiracy with the enemy.

C)    Criticism of the central government.

D)    Plot to steal western lands.

E)     Alliance with Native Americans.

  1. The Bill of Rights contained all of the following guarantees for individuals EXCEPT:

A)    Citizenship for anyone born in the United States.

B)     Freedom of speech, press, and religion.

C)    Right of trial by jury.

D)    Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.

E)     Due process of law.

  1. According to Alexander Hamilton, the proper role of the new government was to:

A)    Promote economic enterprise.

B)     Redistribute personal wealth.

C)    Provide for the public welfare.

D)    Extend democratic privileges.

E)     Establish territorial governments.

  1. As secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton sought to:

A)    Tie the interests of the common people to the national government.

B)     Reduce the nation’s trade with, and thus dependence on, England.

C)    Stabilize the government’s finances and establish its credit.

D)    Secure a commercial and diplomatic alliance with France.

E)     Remove Indians in order to advance the development of the West.

  1. Opponents feared Hamilton’s plan to fund the national debt would:

A)    Depreciate the value of government bonds.

B)     Chiefly benefit France and the Netherlands.

C)    Unduly reward the original investors.

D)    Result in windfall profit for financial speculators.

E)     Unfairly give funds to the poor and undeserving.

  1. Hamilton intended his plan for federal assumption of state debts to:

A)    Increase the powers of state governments.

B)     Strengthen the tie between wealth and national power.

C)    Reduce the need for federal taxation.

D)    Promote the development of agrarian interests.

E)     Tie the states more closely to Washington’s administration

  1. Hamilton appeased Southern critics of his assumption plan by offering the South:

A)    Special tax incentives.

B)     Repayment of some debts.

C)    Location of the future national capital.

D)    Location of the proposed national bank.

E)     The continuation of the international slave trade for 40 years.

  1. Following the constitutional doctrine of “implied powers,” the national government possesses the authority to:

A)    Regulate all commerce within the United States.

B)     Operate state as well as national banks.

C)    Levy and collect taxes, tariffs, and export duties.

D)    Enact laws necessary and proper for exercising specific powers.

E)     Enact laws and establish institutions whenever it feels like it.

  1. Thomas Jefferson opposed Hamilton’s argument of “implied powers” because he feared:

A)    A strengthening of states rights.

B)     More revolution.

C)    Indefinite expansion of federal authority.

D)    Too much interpretation of the Bill of Rights.

E)     Too much power would be given to Congress.

  1. Which of Hamilton’s proposals was attacked as unconstitutional by Thomas Jefferson:

A)    Creation of a national bank.

B)     Federal assumption of state debts.

C)    Placement of an excise tax on whiskey.

D)    Passage of protective tariffs.

E)     Removal of Native Americans from their lands.

  1. Farmers of western Pennsylvania rebelled because:

A)    The tax made whiskey too expensive for them to purchase.

B)     They wanted higher taxes on whiskey to promote sobriety.

C)    Whiskey distilling became illegal.

D)    They resented loss of control as a market economy disrupted traditional ways of life and eastern areas gained political strength.

E)     They were drunk all of the time on whiskey.

  1. Alexander Hamilton viewed the Whiskey Rebellion as a(n):

A)    Indication of an unjust policy needing change.

B)     Test of the administration’s ability to govern.

C)    Minor protest unworthy of government attention.

D)    Serious threat to the public safety.

E)     The work of foreign agitators.

  1. The French Revolution of 1789:

A)    Produced moderate constitutional reforms.

B)     Gained the support of conservatives throughout Europe.

C)    Became increasingly radical and violent.

D)    Made little impact on American politics.

E)     Inspired a revolution in Cuba.

  1. Upon the outbreak of European war in the 1790s, Federalists argued that the French alliance of 1778:

A)    Required American intervention against the French Revolution.

B)     Necessitated American aid to the French war efforts.

C)    Allowed American trade with belligerent powers.

D)    Had been dissolved when the French monarchy collapsed.

E)     Required the Americans to fight to protect France’s North American colonies.

  1. For the Federalists, revolutionary France of the mid-1790s symbolized:

A)    Social anarchy.

B)     Republican liberty.

C)    Administrative decay.

D)    Arbitrary privilege.

E)     Democratic egalitarianism.

  1. George Washington demanded the recall of Citizen Edmund Genet because the French minister:

A)    Lacked American public support.

B)     Refused to negotiate a commercial treaty.

C)    Strictly adhered to the bounds of diplomatic protocol.

D)    Urged Congress to reject the Neutrality Proclamation.

E)     Tried to form an alliance with the Iroquois against the Americans.

  1. In the treaty of 1794 negotiated by John Jay, England agreed to:

A)    Vacate western posts in the following year.

B)     Pay for American slaves confiscated during the Revolution.

C)    Open the colonies in Africa to American shipping.

D)    Guard against impressments of American sailors.

E)     Provide payment for the Americans impressed into the British navy.

  1. In the Treaty of San Lorenzo (1795), Spain agreed to:

A)    Cede Florida to the United States.

B)     Grant free navigation of the Mississippi River.

C)    Sell the Louisiana territory for $15 million.

D)    End Spanish attacks on American shipping.

E)     Allow Mexico to retain its independence.

  1. Thomas Jefferson supported all of the following measures EXCEPT (the):

A)    Expansion of political democracy.

B)     National Bank.

C)    Constitution.

D)    French Revolution.

E)     Industrial development.

  1. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson served respectively as the:

A)    Virginia and Massachusetts delegates to the Continental Congress.

B)     United States ministers to France and Britain during the 1780s.

C)    Secretary of state and vice-president during Washington’s administration.

D)    President and vice-president chosen by the electoral college in 1796.

E)     Senator for Massachusetts and Governor of Georgia.

  1. The Alien Act of 1798 authorized the president to:

A)    Extend the residence requirements for citizenship.

B)     Expel any aliens deemed dangerous to the United States.

C)    Specify charges for the imprisonment of enemy aliens.

D)    Close American ports to European immigrants.

E)     Close American borders to anyone from England or France.

  1. The Sedition Act of 1798 was designed by the Federalists primarily to:

A)    Encourage the flow of European immigrants.

B)     Safeguard civil liberties.

C)    Smother political opposition.

D)    Ensure the public safety.

E)     Prevent the Democrats from winning political office.

  1. The majority of individuals convicted of violating the Sedition Act were:

A)    Irish or French immigrants.

B)     Federalist politicians.

C)    Military deserters.

D)    Printers and editors.

E)     Elite plantation owners.

  1. Republican Congressman Matthew Lyon was imprisoned because he:

A)    Spat in the face of a political opponent.

B)     Caned a fellow congressman on the House floor.

C)    Criticized President John Adams.

D)    Plotted an anti-government insurrection.

E)     Sought to enact legislation that would take away the rights of Republicans.

  1. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions:

A)    Indicated popular support for the Federalists’ program.

B)     Proposed state nullification of unconstitutional laws.

C)    Violated the Bill of Rights.

D)    Obstructed enforcement of federal laws.

E)     Sought to amend the Constitution of the United States.

  1. In the election of 1800, the Federalists were charged with the:

A)    Agitation of war against France.

B)     Promotion of political dissent.

C)    Unconstitutional exercise of federal power.

D)    Failure to maintain an adequate defense.

E)     Preservation and protection of the Constitution.

  1. The election of 1800 resulted in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and:

A)    John Adams.

B)     Aaron Burr.

C)    Alexander Hamilton.

D)    James Madison.

E)     George Washington.

  1. Because of the tie vote in the election of 1800, the election moved to:

A)    The electoral college.

B)     The Senate.

C)    The House of Representatives.

D)    The Congress.

E)     The Supreme Court.

  1. Which of the following Americans would have been MOST likely to have voted for Thomas Jefferson in 1800?

A)    A shipbuilder in Boston, Massachusetts.

B)     A wealthy merchant in New York City.

C)    A commercial farmer in Charleston, South Carolina.

D)    An Irish-Catholic immigrant in Baltimore, Maryland.

E)     A manufacturer in Philadelphia.

  1. In his inaugural address, Jefferson pledged his administration to the task of:

A)    Strengthening the military.

B)     Jailing all subversives.

C)    Repudiating the national debt.

D)    Reconciling political differences.

E)     Strengthening the United States’ alliance with England.

  1. Federalists passed the Judiciary Act of 1801 to:

A)    Reduce the number of federal courts and judges.

B)     Establish the doctrine of judicial review.

C)    Deny the Jeffersonians full control of the government.

D)    Replace the principles of English common law.

E)     Ensure that all Americans were treaty justly.

  1. The Jeffersonians sought to:

A)    Secure the judiciary from political attack.

B)     Remove several opposition judges from the bench.

C)    Use the judiciary to counter democratic excesses.

D)    Extend the powers of the federal judiciary.

E)     Appoint liberal judges to the Supreme Court.

  1. Jeffersonians regarded the federal government as:

A)    Necessary to defend our national safety.

B)     Necessary for little more than delivering mail, dealing with Indians, and overseeing foreign policy.

C)    The principal guarantor of property rights.

D)    More closely attuned to the people’s needs.

E)     Important in the economic development of the country.

  1. Under Thomas Jefferson, the federal government performed all of the following tasks EXCEPT:

A)    Undercutting the Alien Acts by dismantling the inspection system.

B)     Allowing the Sedition Act to lapse.

C)    Collecting income taxes.

D)    Abolishing unnecessary government positions.

E)     Purchasing Louisiana from Napoleon.

  1. To preserve and promote equality and liberty, the Jeffersonians advocated a policy of:

A)    Commercial growth.

B)     Industrial development.

C)    Rapid territorial expansion.

D)    Economic concentration.

E)     Political alliances.

  1. In 1798, English clergyman and political economist Thomas Malthus predicted that in England the:

A)    Quality of human life would steadily improve with scientific advances.

B)     Desire to immigrate to America would increase with economic discontent.

C)    Members of the working class would rise up in revolution.

D)    Human population would increase more rapidly than agricultural production.

E)     Population would shrink because of the frequency of the nation’s wars.

  1. The French were willing to sell Louisiana for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

A)    A recent black rebellion in Haiti.

B)     Renewed threat of war with England.

C)    Fear of American designs on the area.

D)    A desire to keep the Spanish from gaining possession.

E)     An inability to keep American settlers out of the territory.

  1. The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-1806):

A)    Proved the feasibility of an overland route to the Pacific.

B)     Failed to produce useful scientific information.

C)    Carefully avoided contact and hostilities with Native Americans.

D)    Discouraged further attempts at westward expansion.

E)     Demonstrated the impossibility of crossing the continent.

  1. The Jeffersonians pursued peace with special urgency because they feared war would:

A)    Harm standing alliances with friendly nations.

B)     Emphasize the importance of overseas commerce.

C)    Increase governmental powers and thus restrict liberties.

D)    Threaten the nation’s historic dependency on Europe.

E)     Threaten the United States’ alliance with England and France.

  1. In April 1806, Congress passed the Non-Importation Act, which prohibited the importation of:

A)    English goods that could be produced domestically or acquired elsewhere.

B)     Goods from the French and Spanish West Indies.

C)    Grains from Canada.

D)    West Indian sugar.

E)     All European goods.

  1. The Embargo Act of 1807 proved to be an ill-fated decision by the Jefferson administration because it provoked a(n):

A)    Full blockade of the European coast by the British Navy.

B)     Attempt by Napoleon to close all commerce and communication with the British Isles.

C)    Attack by the British warship on the American frigate Chesapeake.

D)    Economic depression and domestic bitterness within the United States.

E)     War with France.