Question 1

Which of the following is true of most states in which the legislature abolished slavery in the early years of the nation?

Accepted Answer

A)  They allowed individual slaveowners to determine the timetable by which their slaves would be freed. 
B)  They provided compensation to the former masters of freed slaves. 
C)  They favored gradual emancipation. 
D)  They proclaimed slavery to be morally wrong. 
A)  They allowed individual slaveowners to determine the timetable by which their slaves would be freed. 
B)  They provided compensation to the former masters of freed slaves. 
C)  They favored gradual emancipation. 
D)  They proclaimed slavery to be morally wrong.

Question 2

Examine the Alien and Sedition Acts, the reasons for their passage, and the reaction of Jefferson and Madison to these acts. Were the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions a proper response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, or were they an overreaction?

Accepted Answer

The Alien and Sedition Acts were a serie

Question 3

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the election of 1800

Accepted Answer

The election of 1800 was a significant e

Question 4

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Abigail Adams

Accepted Answer

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) was the wife o

Question 5

The leaders of Shays's Rebellion used which of the following arguments to justify their actions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Strong central government is a necessity given the turbulence and unruliness of the uneducated masses. 
B)  In a republic, all adults twenty-one years of age and older should have the right to vote. 
C)  Landowners should share their profits with farm laborers because it is the laborers who make such profits possible. 
D)  Their struggle was similar to the one that led to the quest for American independence. 
A)  Strong central government is a necessity given the turbulence and unruliness of the uneducated masses. 
B)  In a republic, all adults twenty-one years of age and older should have the right to vote. 
C)  Landowners should share their profits with farm laborers because it is the laborers who make such profits possible. 
D)  Their struggle was similar to the one that led to the quest for American independence.

Question 6

Discuss the relationship of the slave population to the issue of apportioning delegates to the House of Representatives.

Accepted Answer

The relationship of the slave population

Question 7

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the Convention of 1800

Accepted Answer

The Convention of 1800 was a treaty sign

Question 8

Those citizens who protested imposition of the whiskey tax most vigorously were also very likely to be dissatisfied over the

Accepted Answer

A)  Senate's ratification of the Pinckney Treaty. 
B)  religious ideas associated with the Second Great Awakening. 
C)  proliferation of Democratic societies. 
D)  inability of the army to defend them and their region from Indian attacks. 
A)  Senate's ratification of the Pinckney Treaty. 
B)  religious ideas associated with the Second Great Awakening. 
C)  proliferation of Democratic societies. 
D)  inability of the army to defend them and their region from Indian attacks.

Question 9

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Antifederalists

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions:
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Question 10

Which of the following is true of Letters of a Federal Farmer?

Accepted Answer

A)  This Antifederalist pamphlet called on the American people to rebel if the Constitution were ratified. 
B)  This Antifederalist pamphlet included a list of rights that should be guaranteed to the people. 
C)  This Federalist pamphlet explained the limitations placed on the powers of Congress. 
D)  This Federalist pamphlet argued in favor of a centralized government. 
A)  This Antifederalist pamphlet called on the American people to rebel if the Constitution were ratified. 
B)  This Antifederalist pamphlet included a list of rights that should be guaranteed to the people. 
C)  This Federalist pamphlet explained the limitations placed on the powers of Congress. 
D)  This Federalist pamphlet argued in favor of a centralized government.

Question 11

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Virginia and Kentucky resolutions

Accepted Answer

The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions we

Question 12

Which of the following statements best expresses the criticism leveled against Hamilton's proposal that Congress assume outstanding state debts?

Accepted Answer

A)  The plan is fine except for the fact that it will cost the government far more than it can afford. 
B)  The plan will enrich speculators who have purchased securities at a small fraction of their face value. 
C)  The plan will disrupt the national economy. 
D)  The plan violates the Constitution, which does not specifically authorize Congress to assume state debts. 
A)  The plan is fine except for the fact that it will cost the government far more than it can afford. 
B)  The plan will enrich speculators who have purchased securities at a small fraction of their face value. 
C)  The plan will disrupt the national economy. 
D)  The plan violates the Constitution, which does not specifically authorize Congress to assume state debts.

Question 13

For which of the following reasons did southern planters voice strenuous objections to ratification of the Jay Treaty?

Accepted Answer

A)  The treaty contained no provision for British evacuation of their forts in the Northwest. 
B)  The treaty contained no provision to compensate owners of slaves who left with the British army at the end of the Revolutionary War. 
C)  The treaty contained no provision to deal with claims relating to American merchant ships captured by the British during the Revolutionary War. 
D)  The treaty contained no provision for easing restrictions on American trade to England or the West Indies. 
A)  The treaty contained no provision for British evacuation of their forts in the Northwest. 
B)  The treaty contained no provision to compensate owners of slaves who left with the British army at the end of the Revolutionary War. 
C)  The treaty contained no provision to deal with claims relating to American merchant ships captured by the British during the Revolutionary War. 
D)  The treaty contained no provision for easing restrictions on American trade to England or the West Indies.

Question 14

As a result of the Convention of 1800,

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States was freed from its treaty of alliance with France. 
B)  the Federalist party was united as it prepared for the presidential election of 1800. 
C)  the United States received compensation from France for ships seized since 1793. 
D)  the Federalists chose Alexander Hamilton rather than John Adams as their presidential candidate for the 1800 election. 
A)  the United States was freed from its treaty of alliance with France. 
B)  the Federalist party was united as it prepared for the presidential election of 1800. 
C)  the United States received compensation from France for ships seized since 1793. 
D)  the Federalists chose Alexander Hamilton rather than John Adams as their presidential candidate for the 1800 election.

Question 15

Which of the following is true of the First Congress?

Accepted Answer

A)  It quickly approved a tariff, thereby providing revenue to the new government. 
B)  It decided that the sale of public land was the best means by which to raise revenue for the government. 
C)  A majority of its members advocated state sovereignty rather than a strong national government. 
D)  None of the members of the Constitutional Convention were included in its membership. 
A)  It quickly approved a tariff, thereby providing revenue to the new government. 
B)  It decided that the sale of public land was the best means by which to raise revenue for the government. 
C)  A majority of its members advocated state sovereignty rather than a strong national government. 
D)  None of the members of the Constitutional Convention were included in its membership.

Question 16

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Shays's Rebellion

Accepted Answer

Shays's Rebellion was an armed uprising

Question 17

How did the United States respond when Spain closed the Mississippi River to American navigation in 1784?

Accepted Answer

A)  The matter was resolved when the United States agreed to honor its wartime debt to Spain. 
B)  Negotiations with Spain collapsed after the Confederation Congress sharply divided over the issue. 
C)  Negotiations with Spain collapsed when the United States refused to accept boundary concessions in the area between the United States and Spanish Florida. 
D)  The United States responded by wresting Florida from Spain. 
A)  The matter was resolved when the United States agreed to honor its wartime debt to Spain. 
B)  Negotiations with Spain collapsed after the Confederation Congress sharply divided over the issue. 
C)  Negotiations with Spain collapsed when the United States refused to accept boundary concessions in the area between the United States and Spanish Florida. 
D)  The United States responded by wresting Florida from Spain.

Question 18

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Republicans

Accepted Answer

The item "Republicans" refers to a polit

Question 19

Examine and evaluate President John Adams's leadership in the area of foreign policy.

Accepted Answer

President John Adams's leadership in the

Question 20

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the Annapolis Convention

Accepted Answer

The Annapolis Convention was a meeting h

Which of the following is true of most states in which the legislature abolished slavery in the early years of the nation?

Examine the Alien and Sedition Acts, the reasons for their passage, and the reaction of Jefferson and Madison to these acts. Were the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions a proper response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, or were they an overreaction?

The leaders of Shays's Rebellion used which of the following arguments to justify their actions?

Discuss the relationship of the slave population to the issue of apportioning delegates to the House of Representatives.

Those citizens who protested imposition of the whiskey tax most vigorously were also very likely to be dissatisfied over the

Which of the following is true of Letters of a Federal Farmer?

Which of the following statements best expresses the criticism leveled against Hamilton's proposal that Congress assume outstanding state debts?

For which of the following reasons did southern planters voice strenuous objections to ratification of the Jay Treaty?

As a result of the Convention of 1800,

Which of the following is true of the First Congress?

How did the United States respond when Spain closed the Mississippi River to American navigation in 1784?

Examine and evaluate President John Adams's leadership in the area of foreign policy.

Three Old Worlds Create a New

Europeans Colonize North America

North America in the Atlantic World

Becoming America

The Ends of Empire

American Revolutions

Defining the Nation

The Rise of the South

The Restless North

The Contested West

Politics and the Fate of the Union

Transforming Fire: the Civil War

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution

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Exam 7: Forging a Nation

Which of the following is true of most states in which the legislature abolished slavery in the early years of the nation?

Examine the Alien and Sedition Acts, the reasons for their passage, and the reaction of Jefferson and Madison to these acts. Were the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions a proper response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, or were they an overreaction?

The leaders of Shays's Rebellion used which of the following arguments to justify their actions?

Discuss the relationship of the slave population to the issue of apportioning delegates to the House of Representatives.

Those citizens who protested imposition of the whiskey tax most vigorously were also very likely to be dissatisfied over the

Which of the following is true of Letters of a Federal Farmer?

Which of the following statements best expresses the criticism leveled against Hamilton's proposal that Congress assume outstanding state debts?

For which of the following reasons did southern planters voice strenuous objections to ratification of the Jay Treaty?

As a result of the Convention of 1800,

Which of the following is true of the First Congress?

How did the United States respond when Spain closed the Mississippi River to American navigation in 1784?

Examine and evaluate President John Adams's leadership in the area of foreign policy.

Three Old Worlds Create a New

Europeans Colonize North America

North America in the Atlantic World

Becoming America

The Ends of Empire

American Revolutions

Defining the Nation

The Rise of the South

The Restless North

The Contested West

Politics and the Fate of the Union

Transforming Fire: the Civil War

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution

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