Question 1

-Which of the following is a major feature of the Virginia Plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  It proposed a judicial branch dependent on Congress for its powers. 
B)  It recommended an executive system where three representatives from the various regions of the United States would govern together. 
C)  It offered a proposal to create a unicameral legislature. 
D)  It called for representation in Congress to be proportionate to each state's population. 
A)  It proposed a judicial branch dependent on Congress for its powers. 
B)  It recommended an executive system where three representatives from the various regions of the United States would govern together. 
C)  It offered a proposal to create a unicameral legislature. 
D)  It called for representation in Congress to be proportionate to each state's population. D

Question 2

-Why does Thomas Rossiter portray the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in this nineteenth-century painting as haloed by light?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wanted to emphasize the virtue of the delegates because they opposed slavery. 
B)  He wanted to make sure that every viewer could identify George Washington as president of the convention. 
C)  He wanted to show that the delegates were not a covert group who met in secrecy. 
D)  He wanted to make up for the deficiencies and lack of experience possessed by the delegates. 
A)  He wanted to emphasize the virtue of the delegates because they opposed slavery. 
B)  He wanted to make sure that every viewer could identify George Washington as president of the convention. 
C)  He wanted to show that the delegates were not a covert group who met in secrecy. 
D)  He wanted to make up for the deficiencies and lack of experience possessed by the delegates. C

Question 3

-Even though both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans differed on how to structure the government of the United States, they both shared a common vision of .

Accepted Answer

A)  expanding public participation in the process of electing a chief executive 
B)  bestowing all states equal power in the legislative branch 
C)  giving the government stronger powers over the economy 
D)  reducing the power of the federal courts 
A)  expanding public participation in the process of electing a chief executive 
B)  bestowing all states equal power in the legislative branch 
C)  giving the government stronger powers over the economy 
D)  reducing the power of the federal courts C

Question 4

-How did the political cartoon The Looking Glass for 1787 differ from the articles written in
The Federalist?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was crude rather than sophisticated in its methods of persuasion. 
B)  It supported the Anti-Federalist rather than the Federalist position. 
C)  It promoted a hopeful future for the United States. 
D)  It appealed to reason rather than to emotion. 
A)  It was crude rather than sophisticated in its methods of persuasion. 
B)  It supported the Anti-Federalist rather than the Federalist position. 
C)  It promoted a hopeful future for the United States. 
D)  It appealed to reason rather than to emotion.

Question 5

-American women assumed the roles of republican mothers and wives and participated in the political life of the new republic by .

Accepted Answer

A)  adorning their homes with patriotic images 
B)  managing their households 
C)  taking up the profession of teaching 
D)  cultivating patriotism and virtue in their children 
A)  adorning their homes with patriotic images 
B)  managing their households 
C)  taking up the profession of teaching 
D)  cultivating patriotism and virtue in their children

Question 6

-Why did the Confederation Congress start printing paper currency after the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  to placate merchants 
B)  to pay soldiers in the Continental Army on a regular basis 
C)  to make up for the shortage of silver and gold 
D)  to encourage exports 
A)  to placate merchants 
B)  to pay soldiers in the Continental Army on a regular basis 
C)  to make up for the shortage of silver and gold 
D)  to encourage exports

Question 7

-George Washington's sword that rests on the bundle of rods known as "fasces" symbolizes that .

Accepted Answer

A)  farming is more important than warfare 
B)  a republic must always be prepared for war 
C)  military generals are the most powerful members of a virtuous republic 
D)  civilian leaders control a republic's military power 
A)  farming is more important than warfare 
B)  a republic must always be prepared for war 
C)  military generals are the most powerful members of a virtuous republic 
D)  civilian leaders control a republic's military power

Question 8

-The Great Compromise, devised by Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth, impacted Congress by .

Accepted Answer

A)  resolving the dispute over representation in Congress 
B)  aggravating the tension between free and slave states over the slave trade 
C)  proposing that members of Congress be directly elected by the people 
D)  giving each state one vote in Congress 
A)  resolving the dispute over representation in Congress 
B)  aggravating the tension between free and slave states over the slave trade 
C)  proposing that members of Congress be directly elected by the people 
D)  giving each state one vote in Congress

Question 9

-How was the slave population in states which legalized slavery addressed when determining the apportionment of representatives to the lower house of Congress?

Accepted Answer

A)  Every slave in a state was counted as a whole person when determining legislative apportionment. 
B)  Slaves were not included in the population count from each state. 
C)  Slavery was abolished, and the former slaves were included in population counts. 
D)  Slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of taxation and apportionment. 
A)  Every slave in a state was counted as a whole person when determining legislative apportionment. 
B)  Slaves were not included in the population count from each state. 
C)  Slavery was abolished, and the former slaves were included in population counts. 
D)  Slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of taxation and apportionment.

Question 10

-Although Rhode Island used the most paper money to deal with its financial problems,
Refused to accept this type of currency and had to pay steep fines for doing so.

Accepted Answer

A)  merchants 
B)  farmers 
C)  industrial manufacturers 
D)  fishermen 
A)  merchants 
B)  farmers 
C)  industrial manufacturers 
D)  fishermen

Question 11

-Although student Martha Ryan inscribed "Liberty or Death" in her cipher book, penmanship exercises in this book such as "Honour Father and Mother...A good girl will mind" reveal that in the period of the new republic .

Accepted Answer

A)  women had many opportunities to attend established colleges and universities 
B)  education for women exclusively took place at home 
C)  women were still expected to follow traditional roles 
D)  education prepared women for a public life in politics and government 
A)  women had many opportunities to attend established colleges and universities 
B)  education for women exclusively took place at home 
C)  women were still expected to follow traditional roles 
D)  education prepared women for a public life in politics and government

Question 12

-After the American Revolution, the United States encountered new economic problems including a trade deficit with Britain which resulted from .

Accepted Answer

A)  expenses for reimbursing Loyalists for confiscated property 
B)  continuing boycotts 
C)  the desire for luxury goods that had been unavailable during the war 
D)  the refusal of banks to extend credit 
A)  expenses for reimbursing Loyalists for confiscated property 
B)  continuing boycotts 
C)  the desire for luxury goods that had been unavailable during the war 
D)  the refusal of banks to extend credit

Question 13

-Based on this map of North America that shows border disputes at the end of the American Revolution, the United States encountered diplomatic problems with Great Britain due to British

Accepted Answer

A)  denial of free access of the Mississippi River to western American farmers 
B)  disputes over territory between the Mississippi River and Spanish Florida 
C)  occupation of territory near the Great Lakes 
D)  attacks on American naval forces in the Atlantic Ocean 
A)  denial of free access of the Mississippi River to western American farmers 
B)  disputes over territory between the Mississippi River and Spanish Florida 
C)  occupation of territory near the Great Lakes 
D)  attacks on American naval forces in the Atlantic Ocean

Question 14

-Buildings designed after the American Revolution, such as the Virginia State Capitol, displayed architectural features from the Roman Republic as a way to make connections to that republic's ideals of .

Accepted Answer

A)  imperial power 
B)  public virtue 
C)  separation of church and state 
D)  equality and democracy 
A)  imperial power 
B)  public virtue 
C)  separation of church and state 
D)  equality and democracy

Question 15

-How do the 1780s engraving Keep Within the Compass and the needlework sampler created by Rhode Islander Nabby Martin illustrate contradicting viewpoints on the roles of womanhood in the new republic?

Accepted Answer

A)  The engraving shows that women should remain within their traditional confined roles in society while the sampler demonstrates that women should focus on a wider world. 
B)  The engraving implements symbols from the ancient Roman Republic while the sampler focuses more on themes from the Enlightenment. 
C)  The engraving illustrates that women were only happy in their traditional roles and not in the newer roles of education and government shown in the sampler. 
D)  More women preferred to create artwork with traditional themes such as those found in the engraving instead of more radical concepts. 
A)  The engraving shows that women should remain within their traditional confined roles in society while the sampler demonstrates that women should focus on a wider world. 
B)  The engraving implements symbols from the ancient Roman Republic while the sampler focuses more on themes from the Enlightenment. 
C)  The engraving illustrates that women were only happy in their traditional roles and not in the newer roles of education and government shown in the sampler. 
D)  More women preferred to create artwork with traditional themes such as those found in the engraving instead of more radical concepts.

Question 16

-In this image from a Massachusetts newspaper, the "Eleventh Pillar" represents .

Accepted Answer

A)  the Constitution becoming the new law of the land 
B)  New York being the final state to ratify the Constitution 
C)  New York's decision to vote against the Constitution 
D)  New York's ratification of the Constitution 
A)  the Constitution becoming the new law of the land 
B)  New York being the final state to ratify the Constitution 
C)  New York's decision to vote against the Constitution 
D)  New York's ratification of the Constitution

Question 17

-Federalists organized and staged a "grand federal procession" in New York City where many associations such as the pewter workers carried banners like this one to demonstrate that support for the Constitution was .

Accepted Answer

A)  tentative until greater rights were given to the working class 
B)  strongly favored by workers who wanted a powerful government to protect their interests 
C)  advantageous because Congress's power to levy taxes would lead to higher salaries 
D)  negative because it relied too heavily on many British anti-labor policies 
A)  tentative until greater rights were given to the working class 
B)  strongly favored by workers who wanted a powerful government to protect their interests 
C)  advantageous because Congress's power to levy taxes would lead to higher salaries 
D)  negative because it relied too heavily on many British anti-labor policies

Question 18

-What does this map reveal about the patterns of support for and against the Constitution during the ratification process?

Accepted Answer

A)  Federalist support was strongest in coastal areas while Anti-Federalist support was strongest in the backcountry of various states. 
B)  Federalists had more support in states with larger populations than those with smaller ones. 
C)  South Carolina was the only state in the South where the Federalists had complete support. 
D)  Support for and against the Constitution was evenly divided in every state. 
A)  Federalist support was strongest in coastal areas while Anti-Federalist support was strongest in the backcountry of various states. 
B)  Federalists had more support in states with larger populations than those with smaller ones. 
C)  South Carolina was the only state in the South where the Federalists had complete support. 
D)  Support for and against the Constitution was evenly divided in every state.

Question 19

-How did Shays's Rebellion lead to the reform of the Articles of Confederation?

Accepted Answer

A)  It revealed the vulnerability of a nation with a weak central government. 
B)  It showed that the judicial branch had overstepped its authority. 
C)  It exposed the need for better checks and balances. 
D)  It demonstrated the failure of republican ideals. 
A)  It revealed the vulnerability of a nation with a weak central government. 
B)  It showed that the judicial branch had overstepped its authority. 
C)  It exposed the need for better checks and balances. 
D)  It demonstrated the failure of republican ideals.

Question 20

-The convention to reform the Articles of Confederation met in .

Accepted Answer

A)  Philadelphia 
B)  Annapolis 
C)  New York 
D)  Boston 
A)  Philadelphia 
B)  Annapolis 
C)  New York 
D)  Boston

Exam 5: A Virtuous Republic: Creating a Workable Government, 1783-1789

-Which of the following is a major feature of the Virginia Plan?

-Why does Thomas Rossiter portray the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in this nineteenth-century painting as haloed by light?

-Even though both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans differed on how to structure the government of the United States, they both shared a common vision of .

-How did the political cartoon The Looking Glass for 1787 differ from the articles written in The Federalist?

-American women assumed the roles of republican mothers and wives and participated in the political life of the new republic by .

-Why did the Confederation Congress start printing paper currency after the American Revolution?

-George Washington's sword that rests on the bundle of rods known as "fasces" symbolizes that .

-The Great Compromise, devised by Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth, impacted Congress by .

-How was the slave population in states which legalized slavery addressed when determining the apportionment of representatives to the lower house of Congress?

-Although Rhode Island used the most paper money to deal with its financial problems, Refused to accept this type of currency and had to pay steep fines for doing so.

-Although student Martha Ryan inscribed "Liberty or Death" in her cipher book, penmanship exercises in this book such as "Honour Father and Mother...A good girl will mind" reveal that in the period of the new republic .

-After the American Revolution, the United States encountered new economic problems including a trade deficit with Britain which resulted from .

-Based on this map of North America that shows border disputes at the end of the American Revolution, the United States encountered diplomatic problems with Great Britain due to British

-Buildings designed after the American Revolution, such as the Virginia State Capitol, displayed architectural features from the Roman Republic as a way to make connections to that republic's ideals of .

-How do the 1780s engraving Keep Within the Compass and the needlework sampler created by Rhode Islander Nabby Martin illustrate contradicting viewpoints on the roles of womanhood in the new republic?

-In this image from a Massachusetts newspaper, the "Eleventh Pillar" represents .

-Federalists organized and staged a "grand federal procession" in New York City where many associations such as the pewter workers carried banners like this one to demonstrate that support for the Constitution was .

-What does this map reveal about the patterns of support for and against the Constitution during the ratification process?

-How did Shays's Rebellion lead to the reform of the Articles of Confederation?

-The convention to reform the Articles of Confederation met in .

People in Motion: The Atlantic World to 1590

Models of Settlement: English Colonial Societies, 1590-1710

Growth, Slavery, and Conflict: Colonial America, 1710-176

Revolutionary America: Change and Transformation, 1764-1783

The New Republic: an Age of Political Passion, 1789-1800

Jeffersonian America: an Expanding Empire of Liberty, 1800-1824

Democrats and Whigs: Democracy and American Culture, 1820-1840

Workers, Farmers, and Slaves: The Transformation of the American Economy, 1815-1848

Revivalism, Reform and Artistic Renaissance, 1820-1850

To Overspread the Continent: Westward Expansion and Political Conflict, 1840-1848

Slavery and Sectionalism: the Political Crisis of 1848-1861

A Nation Torn Apart: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Now That We Are Free: Reconstruction and the New South, 1863-1890

Conflict and Conquest: the Transformation of the West, 1860-1900

Wonder and Woe: the Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900

Becoming a Modern Society: America in the Gilded Age, 1877-1900

Creating a Democratic Paradise: The Progressive Era, 1895-1915

Imperial America: the United States in the World, 1890-1914

The Great War: World War I, 1914-1918

A Turbulent Decade: The Twenties

A New Deal for America: the Great Depression, 1929-1940

World War II: Fighting the Good War, 1939-1945

A Divided World: The Early Cold War, 1945-1963

In a Land of Plenty: Contentment and Discord, 1945-1960

A Nation Divided: The Vietnam War, 1945-1975

A Decade of Discord: The Challenge of the 1960s

Righting a Nation Adrift: America in the 1970s and 1980s

Building a New World Order: The United States, 1989-2015

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