Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Matthew Lyon

Accepted Answer

Matthew Lyon (1749–1822) was an Irish-bo

Question 2

Assess the extent to which the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 played a role in shaping American history after 1800.

Accepted Answer

The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 played a s

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Virginia and Kentucky resolutions

Accepted Answer

The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions we

Question 4

Jay's Treaty contained all of the following provisions except

Accepted Answer

A)  a British promise to evacuate its chain of forts on U.S. soil. 
B)  British consent to pay damages for the recent seizure of American ships. 
C)  that Americans were bound to pay debts still owed to British merchants on pre-Revolutionary accounts. 
D)  no promise by the British to pay for future seizure of American ships. 
E)  a promise by the British to stop selling arms to the Indians. 
A)  a British promise to evacuate its chain of forts on U.S. soil. 
B)  British consent to pay damages for the recent seizure of American ships. 
C)  that Americans were bound to pay debts still owed to British merchants on pre-Revolutionary accounts. 
D)  no promise by the British to pay for future seizure of American ships. 
E)  a promise by the British to stop selling arms to the Indians.

Question 5

According to the compact theory advocated by Jefferson and Madison

Accepted Answer

A)  the national government was the creation of the thirteen sovereign states. 
B)  nullification was an invalid policy. 
C)  the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were illegal. 
D)  legislation such as the Alien and Sedition Acts was proper. 
E)  individuals, not the states, created the federal government. 
A)  the national government was the creation of the thirteen sovereign states. 
B)  nullification was an invalid policy. 
C)  the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were illegal. 
D)  legislation such as the Alien and Sedition Acts was proper. 
E)  individuals, not the states, created the federal government.

Question 6

According to the text's authors,"critics claimed [Hamilton] loved his adopted country more than he loved his countrymen." Rephrase this statement in your own words; then supply evidence supporting the statement.

Accepted Answer

The authors of the text suggested that H

Exam 10: Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Matthew Lyon

Assess the extent to which the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 played a role in shaping American history after 1800.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Virginia and Kentucky resolutions

Jay's Treaty contained all of the following provisions except

According to the compact theory advocated by Jefferson and Madison

According to the text's authors,"critics claimed [Hamilton] loved his adopted country more than he loved his countrymen." Rephrase this statement in your own words; then supply evidence supporting the statement.

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution,1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy,1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt,1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust,1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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