Deck 7: Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Question 1

Why did Congress claim that some Indians had forfeited their land rights in the aftermath of independence?

A) Because they did not farm it.
B) Because they had never believed that the Indians owned the land.
C) Because they were racially inferior.
D) Because they had no written title to the land.
E) Because they had aided the British during the war.

Answer 1

Because they had aided the British during the war.

Question 2

Which two prominent men were not at the Constitutional Convention?

A) Benjamin Franklin and John Adams.
B) Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.
C) John Adams and George Mason.
D) Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
E) Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.

Question 3

Which of the following is true of how the leaders of the new nation viewed settlers moving west across the Appalachians in the 1780s?

A) They shared their British predecessors' fears that frontier settlers would fight constantly with Native Americans.
B) They viewed them as the start of a brigade that was going to spread American values and virtues across the continent.
C) They hated them enough to pass laws banning their movement-much like the British Proclamation of 1763-but the settlers ignored them.
D) Benjamin Franklin advocated movement westward,but Thomas Jefferson fought him on it.
E) They expressed no views that historians have been able to find.

Answer 3

They shared their British predecessors' fears that frontier settlers would fight constantly with Native Americans.

Question 4

James Madison:

A) urged an expansion of public liberty.
B) played no role at the Constitutional Convention.
C) was Thomas Jefferson's ally and disciple.
D) opposed the idea of a strong national government.
E) distinguished himself as the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention.

Question 5

Under the Articles of Confederation,Congress was able to:

A) establish national control over land to the west of the thirteen states.
B) sign major treaties with France and Spain.
C) create a new tax policy that would better fund the government.
D) eliminate a provision giving judges power to reject congressional acts.
E) block the passage of numerous constitutional amendments.

Question 6

Which of the following was a characteristic of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation?

A) Congress was a two-chambered body,with a House of Delegates and a Council.
B) Congress could not levy taxes or regulate commerce.
C) Congress could amend the Articles by a two-thirds vote.
D) There were two branches of government-judicial and legislative-but no executive.
E) The more populous a state,the more votes it cast in Congress.

Question 7

Shays's Rebellion was significant because it demonstrated:

A) that land distribution policies were out of date.
B) that controversies over the emancipation of slaves could turn violent.
C) that Congress's attempts to pass pro-debtor laws were unpopular with farmers.
D) the need for a stronger central government.
E) the chaotic nature of Indian policy after the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

Question 8

With regard to slavery,the Northwest Ordinance of 1787:

A) allowed for new territorial governments to ban or permit the institution as they saw fit.
B) allowed the importation of slaves into the Old Northwest for at least another twenty years.
C) banned slavery in the area north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.
D) made no difference,because the U.S.Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional the following year.
E) gave slaveholders the right to recover slaves who escaped into the area north of the Ohio River.

Question 9

In the 1780s,settlers in western areas such as Tennessee and Kentucky:

A) were especially attentive to what land belonged to Indians and purchased Indian land legally.
B) found that the soil was poor for growing cash crops such as tobacco or cotton and moved westward.
C) believed they had a right to take possession of western lands and use them as they saw fit.
D) were largely wealthy plantation owners who helped settle thriving trading towns along the rivers.
E) threatened civil war because they considered the Confederation Congress to be too powerful.

Question 10

What was the significance of the Empress of China?

A) The ship refused to trade with China.
B) She was a ruler who did not recognize American sovereignty.
C) The empress gave American traders extra privileges.
D) It was the first American-flag-flying ship to trade with China.
E) Most of the trade actually focused on Japan instead of China.

Question 11

How did Thomas Jefferson react to Shays's Rebellion?

A) He urged that troops be raised by the national government.
B) He wanted the state of Massachusetts to quickly put down the revolt.
C) He did not know about the rebellion because he was in France.
D) He urged George Washington to lead the rebels.
E) He was not alarmed,seeing it as a positive for the United States.

Question 12

How would one describe the men who attended the Constitutional Convention?

A) They all were slave owners.
B) Most had more wealth than the average American.
C) Most came from nobility in Europe.
D) Very few had served in the military during the Revolutionary War.
E) Most had no formal education.

Question 13

Under the Articles of Confederation,the states did what with regard to economics?

A) They collected money from the Confederation government.
B) They sold land under various land ordinances.
C) They refused to print money.
D) They signed trade agreements with England.
E) They created a variety of economic policies.

Question 14

How did the Articles of Confederation compare to the Constitution with regard to the economy?

A) Under the Articles,states made more decisions about the economy than the national government.
B) Under the Articles,states did not take an interest in their respective economies.
C) Under the new Constitution,land distribution would benefit the poor.
D) Under the new Constitution,current property holders were losing rights.
E) Under both the Articles and the Constitution,the national government played a prominent role in economic decisions.

Question 15

Which of the following people would have been the most likely supporter of the Articles of Confederation?

A) A merchant desiring access to British markets.
B) A Continental army officer from the Revolutionary War.
C) An urban artisan.
D) A person who owned a bond issued by the Congress.
E) An indebted farmer in western Massachusetts.

Question 16

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787:

A) established the policy to admit the area's population as equal members of the political system.
B) regulated western land sales through a policy that was amicable to the Indians.
C) abolished the Articles of Confederation and called for a second Constitutional Convention.
D) was the first step in Alexander Hamilton's plan for economic growth.
E) declared all Indian land to be the possession of the U.S.government.

Question 17

What did the Northwest Territory border on?

A) Atlantic Ocean.
B) Chesapeake Bay.
C) St.Lawrence River.
D) Pacific Ocean.
E) Great Lakes.

Question 18

Under the Articles of Confederation,what would be considered an accomplishment of the national government?

A) Sending Lewis and Clark to explore the West.
B) Passing ordinances for establishing settlement of western territory.
C) Gaining trade concessions in the Caribbean.
D) Implementing tariffs to protect American craftsmen.
E) Paying off the debt from the American Revolution.

Question 19

What was Congress able to accomplish with its Native American policy under the Articles of Confederation?

A) Nothing; Congress was so powerless under the Articles that nothing happened in this area.
B) It negotiated treaties for the tribes to keep their lands,but Congress was so lacking in power that the treaties proved useless.
C) Congress demanded and received surrenders of large amounts of Indian land north of the Ohio River and in the South.
D) Congress backed away from any involvement when land companies requested that the government step aside and leave the West's economic development in private hands.
E) Congress recruited enough state militias to force the Native Americans off their land.

Question 20

How did the Articles of Confederation compare to the Constitution in regard to sovereignty?

A) Under the Articles,states had more autonomy,while the Constitution gave no powers to the states.
B) Under the Articles,states had more autonomy,while the Constitution gave some powers to the states.
C) Under the Articles,states had no power to run the country,while the Constitution gave more powers to the states.
D) Under the Articles,states had some power to run the country,while the Constitution gave more powers to the states.
E) Under both the Articles and the Constitution,the states and national government had equal power to run the country.

Question 21

What does the omission of the word "slave" or "slavery" in the text of the original Constitution suggest about the founders?

A) They wanted to end slavery as quickly as possible.
B) They felt a reference to slavery tainted American ideals on liberty and equality.
C) The institution of slavery was strictly an economic venture for them.
D) They did not want the Constitution to allow slavery.
E) They did not want slaves to see any references to themselves.

Question 22

How did southern states react to the Constitution's provisions regarding slavery?

A) South Carolina and Georgia immediately began importing increased numbers of Africans,because in twenty years,the international slave trade could be constitutionally prohibited.
B) They refused to ratify the Constitution without assurances that a bill of rights would be added to protect their right to slave property.
C) The personal opposition of Jefferson and Madison to slavery prompted Virginia to oppose ratification at first.
D) They objected to the electoral college on the grounds that it ignored the number of slaves in their states and thereby reduced their power.
E) They were critical of the provision in Article I allowing African-Americans to be armed during wartime.

Question 23

The New Jersey Plan:

A) was mainly supported by the smaller,less populated states.
B) contained a gradual emancipation requirement that proved quite controversial.
C) was a thinly disguised attempt to resurrect monarchy in America.
D) found its greatest support from the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts delegations.
E) called for a radical departure from the Articles of Confederation in every way.

Question 24

As designed by the Constitution:

A) the president was elected by popular vote.
B) senators were to serve two-year terms.
C) federal judges were appointed by the president,not elected by the people.
D) the congressional representatives were to be appointed by state legislatures.
E) the Supreme Court justices were to serve ten-year terms.

Question 25

Which of the following is true of the Constitution of 1787 and slavery?

A) Despite protests from southern delegates,the document permanently freed runaway slaves who made it to the "free air" of the North.
B) The Constitution declared that all territories of the United States would be "free soil" where slavery would not be permitted.
C) The Constitution explicitly protected the security of property in slaves in any state of the Union so that a slaveowner could move permanently with his slaves from South to North.
D) The Constitution provided for half of a state's slave population to be counted in determining its membership in the House of Representatives.
E) Although never using the word "slavery," the document protected several aspects of the institution.

Question 26

Why was the original House of Representatives so small,with only 65 members?

A) It was not; it had the 435 members it has now.
B) The founders assumed that only prominent individuals could win elections in large districts,and that is what the founders wanted.
C) The founders thought that only five people per state were enough.
D) Since each state had one vote in the House,the founders thought that this would make debate more cordial.
E) There was a housing shortage in Philadelphia,so there was nowhere for more members to stay.

Question 27

Which of the following is true of the Virginia Plan?

A) James Madison opposed it,but the other delegates from Virginia supported it.
B) It proposed a one-house legislature,with population determining representation.
C) It proposed a two-house legislature,with population determining representation in each house.
D) It called for each state to have one vote in Congress.
E) It was strongly opposed by the larger,more populated states.

Question 28

What qualifications did the Constitution,ratified in 1787,impose for voting?

A) None; it left voting rules to the states.
B) It allowed all white males over twenty-one to vote but expressly banned women.
C) It allowed all white males over twenty-one to vote and said nothing about women.
D) It imposed a property requirement.
E) It specifically banned African-Americans from voting.

Question 29

The Somerset case:

A) ended the importation of slaves into the United States.
B) ruled that slavery was unlawful in England.
C) freed slaves from the ship Amistad.
D) used the language of liberty to rule that free blacks could own property.
E) set the precedent that fugitive slaves had to be returned to their masters.

Question 30

Which state would have been pleased by both the New Jersey Plan and the three-fifths clause?

A) Massachusetts.
B) Connecticut.
C) New Jersey.
D) Virginia.
E) Georgia.

Question 31

Who took detailed notes of the Constitutional Convention,which were published more than 50 years after the proceedings?

A) Ben Franklin.
B) John Jay.
C) George Washington.
D) Alexander Hamilton.
E) James Madison.

Question 32

The three-fifths clause in the U.S.Constitution:

A) requires that all revenue bills receive a three-fifths affirmative vote in the U.S.House.
B) gave the white South greater power in national affairs than the size of its free population warranted.
C) explicitly declared that slaves were not fully human and were therefore undeserving of legal rights.
D) made it easier to amend the Constitution than it had been to amend the Articles of Confederation.
E) expired in the year 1808 because of a key sectional compromise at the Constitutional Convention.

Question 33

By banning the importation of slaves by 1808 with the Constitution,what did critics of slavery hope to accomplish?

A) They wanted to start a civil war.
B) They wanted to weaken the shipbuilding industry in the United States.
C) They hoped cutting off the supply would eventually end slavery in the United States.
D) They hoped the national government would focus on developing manufacturing.
E) Their goal was to weaken the Quakers,who were critical of slavery.

Question 34

Why did the founding fathers create the electoral college?

A) They did not; it was added to the Constitution after the disputed election of 1796.
B) Small states insisted that they have a chance to play a role in choosing the president,and that wouldn't have been possible with direct elections.
C) Alexander Hamilton wanted a king,James Madison wanted no president,and the result was this compromise so that there could be a president.
D) They did not trust ordinary voters to choose the president and vice president directly.
E) They knew the Constitution would make them unpopular,so they wanted to create a way to avoid letting voters choose the president,thereby giving themselves a chance to be elected.

Question 35

Which of the following is true regarding Congress and the African slave trade in the United States under the Constitution?

A) Congress never prohibited this slave trade.
B) The First Congress under the Constitution prohibited the importation of slaves into the United States.
C) Congress always let individual states make their own decisions with regard to importing slaves.
D) Congress prohibited the African slave trade ten years after ratification of the Constitution.
E) Congress prohibited the African slave trade twenty years after ratification of the Constitution.

Question 36

Which type of government demonstrates a clear-cut separation of powers?

A) Articles of Confederation.
B) United States Constitution.
C) Constitutional monarchy.
D) Continental Congress.
E) French monarchy.

Question 37

In regard to slavery,what did the Constitution do?

A) It allowed slavery but also contained a potential method to end slavery.
B) It fully defined who was a slave.
C) It made slavery mandatory in the South.
D) It ended the external slave trade immediately.
E) It established a twenty-year limit on the buying and selling of slaves within the United States.

Question 38

Who wrote the preamble and put the final written touches on the Constitution?

A) Gouverneur Morris.
B) James Madison.
C) Ben Franklin.
D) Alexander Hamilton.
E) John Jay.

Question 39

The relationship between the national government and the states is called:

A) the separation of powers.
B) the New Jersey Plan.
C) Federalism.
D) the Virginia Plan.
E) the Constitution.

Question 40

Which of the following is a check against presidential power in the Constitution?

A) Only the Senate can override a president's veto.
B) The Senate can impeach the president for "high crimes and misdemeanors."
C) The Senate can remove the president from office after impeaching him.
D) Congress can reject all presidential appointments.
E) Although the president appoints Federal judges,they serve for ten years to ensure their independence.

Question 41

What was "the first object of government," according to James Madison?

A) Feed the poor.
B) Protect free speech.
C) Guarantee voting rights.
D) Protect property rights.
E) Secure freedom.

Question 42

What helped to encourage ratification of the Constitution?

A) James Madison's refusal to include a Bill of Rights.
B) The idea that the elite would run the country.
C) Some workers thought it would give a boost to the economy.
D) Thomas Jefferson's essays on government.
E) The promise to Virginians that they would gain more western territory.

Question 43

During the process of ratifying the Constitution:

A) two states,Rhode Island and North Carolina,voted against ratification.
B) Alexander Hamilton reversed himself and argued against ratification.
C) propertied men and urban dwellers formed the chief support for the Anti-Federalists.
D) northern state conventions unanimously supported ratification while southern ones were deeply divided.
E) Thomas Jefferson sent numerous letters from Paris opposing passage,but he was too far away to be really influential.

Question 44

What was an enduring legacy of the Anti-Federalists?

A) The belief that America would become more urban.
B) The idea that blacks and Indians should be granted citizenship.
C) The fear that a strong central government would trample on liberties.
D) The idea that merchants and business leaders would have their economic power decreased.
E) Their opposition to the Bill of Rights.

Question 45

What occurred at the final meeting of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia?

A) James Madison wanted to start over from scratch.
B) Ben Franklin wanted the Iroquois Confederacy to sign the document too.
C) Patrick Henry finally gave his approval to the new government.
D) Ben Franklin urged the delegates to approve the Constitution.
E) Gouverneur Morris requested that Madison and Hamilton rewrite significant parts of the document.

Question 46

Anti-Federalists included:

A) Patrick Henry and John Adams.
B) George Washington and John Hancock.
C) Samuel Adams and James Madison.
D) Benjamin Franklin and John Jay.
E) Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry.

Question 47

The Anti-Federalist James Winthrop argued that a bill of rights was necessary in the Constitution because:

A) the English had one,so America ought to mirror that example.
B) the right to bear arms for the militia should be guarded by law.
C) using the examples of Wilkes and Zenger,the protection of speech and press was essential.
D) it would secure the minority against the usurpation and tyranny of the majority.
E) ratification of the Constitution was in doubt without the inclusion of the Bill of Rights.

Question 48

The eighty-five essays written in support of ratification of the Constitution are called:

A) Wealth of Nations.
B) The Articles of Confederation.
C) The Federalist.
D) "Agrippa."
E) The History of the American Revolution.

Question 49

In The History of the American Revolution,David Ramsay:

A) argued that the Constitution represented a repudiation of the Revolution.
B) urged southern states to demand greater protection for slavery before ratifying the Constitution.
C) praised American state constitutions for allowing future amendments.
D) took issue with James Madison's vision of "extending the sphere."
E) took the British side when explaining why the Revolution occurred.

Question 50

Which right was heavily influenced by the American Revolutionary period?

A) Free speech.
B) Freedom from excessive bail.
C) Free press.
D) Freedom of religion.
E) Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment.

Question 51

What did James Winthrop,a Massachusetts public official,fear about the new Constitution?

A) If the Constitution was not ratified,the United States would lose trade to Canada.
B) The new Constitution would not be powerful enough to unite all thirteen states.
C) If the Constitution was not ratified,the United States would be picked on by Spain.
D) Without the Constitution,the United States would not survive as a nation.
E) Under the Constitution,a citizen would lose basic civil liberties.

Question 52

Which of the following scenarios can potentially be seen as a violation of the First Amendment?

A) An accused thief spends two years in jail before receiving a trial.
B) A corporation fires an employee for voicing his or her opinion on the presidential election.
C) A defendant is forced to testify in his trial.
D) A woman is arrested for organizing a peaceful meeting to protest the federal government's actions.
E) Police officers suspect that a man is a thief but enter and search his home before they obtain a warrant.

Question 53

What influenced men's decisions regarding whether to support ratification of the Constitution?

A) Their love of civil liberties.
B) Their distrust of George Washington.
C) George Washington's eagerness to serve as first president.
D) How slavery would be weaker.
E) Their economic statuses and geographical locations.

Question 54

What did James Madison see as a strength of the new Constitution?

A) He stated that the similarity to England's constitution suited the United States.
B) The Bill of Rights added to the Constitution at the end of the Philadelphia convention.
C) George Washington's approval of the document.
D) He wrote that the large geographical size of the country would secure rights.
E) The lack of diversity was a positive for the new nation.

Question 55

Envisioning the nation as a community open to all those devoted to its political institutions and social values is what?

A) Ethnic nationalism.
B) Federalism.
C) Separation of powers.
D) Religious toleration.
E) Civic nationalism.

Question 56

Which of the following groups tended to be Anti-Federalist during the ratification debates?

A) Wealthier citizens.
B) Rural residents closely tied to the commercial marketplace.
C) Merchants engaged in foreign commerce.
D) State politicians fearful of a strong central government.
E) Urban artisans,laborers,and sailors.

Question 57

How did James Madison feel about the Bill of Rights in the Constitution?

A) He thought they would be needed to protect individuals from aggressive state governments like Massachusetts.
B) He advocated them at the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
C) He refused to acknowledge their ratification in the Constitution.
D) He believed they were redundant and that the original Constitution would protect liberties.
E) He tried to block their passage as amendments.

Question 58

Which of the following is true of American national identity as envisioned by the Constitution of 1787?

A) The document distinguished only between those defined as American citizens,who were entitled to constitutionally protected rights,and aliens,who were not so entitled.
B) The Constitution clearly states that persons of African descent could not be U.S.citizens,but that anyone of European or Asian descent could be.
C) The "people" were free Americans; Native Americans and "other persons," meaning African-American slaves,were not considered part of the political nation.
D) The Constitution expressly stated that only white men were entitled to the rights it delineated.
E) The Constitution made clear that only civic nationalism,not ethnic nationalism,defined American national identity.

Question 59

Who in the nineteenth century used the words "We the people" from the Constitution to claim that the southern states could not secede from the Union?

A) Andrew Jackson.
B) Abraham Lincoln.
C) George Washington.
D) Jefferson Davis.
E) Daniel Webster.

Question 60

What did James Madison aim to accomplish with the protections of both public and private liberties?

A) He wanted to prevent wars with Native Americans.
B) He did not want the United States to acquire any western territory.
C) He wanted to give land to the poor.
D) He hoped to end slavery.
E) He hoped to avoid more unrest like Shays's Rebellion.

Question 61

Which of the following is true of how the U.S.government in the 1790s dealt with Native Americans?

A) Because the Constitution counted all Indians toward representation in Congress,Indians received all rights and privileges that other Americans did.
B) Because the Constitution stated that Indian tribes were "domestic dependent nations," the government treated them just as it treated nations like Great Britain and France.
C) Henry Knox,the first secretary of war,pursued policies designed to exterminate Native Americans.
D) The U.S.government made treaties with them mainly to transfer land to itself or to the states.
E) No American leaders believed that Native Americans could assimilate into American society,so the government largely ignored Indians.

Question 62

Who appears to have fathered one or more children with his slave?

A) John Adams.
B) Thomas Jefferson.
C) George Washington.
D) Ben Franklin.
E) Benjamin Rush.

Question 63

Hector St.John Crèvecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer:

A) popularized the idea of the United States as a melting pot of ethnicities.
B) was a thinly disguised allegory explaining the need for the Constitution.
C) made the author so unpopular in the United States that he was forced to return to France.
D) argued that America should reject manufacturing and remain an agrarian nation.
E) made the case that free African-Americans were "citizens of color" deserving of full legal rights.

Question 64

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Patrick Henry

A)an Anti-Federalist
B)Treaty of Greenville
C)Notes on the State of Virginia
D)Letters from an American Farmer
E)led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War

Question 65

During the early years of the republic,African-Americans:

A) were far fewer in number than Native Americans,so ignoring them was easy for the founders and early leaders.
B) enjoyed none of the rights whites enjoyed.
C) made up about 20 percent of the total population.
D) were all held as slaves except for a few free blacks in Massachusetts.
E) found a champion for the cause of emancipation in Hector St.John Crèvecoeur.

Question 66

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Henry Knox

A)an Anti-Federalist
B)Treaty of Greenville
C)Notes on the State of Virginia
D)Letters from an American Farmer
E)led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War

Question 67

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Hector Crèvecoeur

A)an Anti-Federalist
B)Treaty of Greenville
C)Notes on the State of Virginia
D)Letters from an American Farmer
E)led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War

Question 68

In the late nineteenth century,what significantly increased freedoms and rights for Americans?

A) Judith Sergeant Murray wrote about women's intellect being equal.
B) Ex-slaves were given the right to vote in southern states.
C) Children were given the same rights as adults.
D) Indentured servitude had declined.
E) Indians were granted the right to vote in the Northwest territory.

Question 69

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
George Washington

A)an Anti-Federalist
B)Treaty of Greenville
C)Notes on the State of Virginia
D)Letters from an American Farmer
E)led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War

Question 70

How would slaveowners in the late eighteenth century have explained a slave's repeated stealing and drinking of alcohol?

A) The alcohol should have been better hidden from slaves.
B) The slave's race led to him having no self-control.
C) The owner was to be blamed for having alcohol at the house.
D) The actual condition of being a slave pushed him to drink.
E) The slaves would not need to steal if it was easily available.

Question 71

What was the annuity system involving the U.S.government and certain Indian tribes?

A) A system under which the Indians ceded land to the United States annually.
B) A system under which the federal government gave annual monetary grants to Indians.
C) A system that placed Indians on reservations.
D) A system that allowed a percentage of Indians each year to attend American schools.
E) A system where the states paid each local tribe an annual fee for their land.

Question 72

Under the Treaty of Greenville of 1795:

A) Great Britain agreed to remove its remaining forts from U.S.soil.
B) twelve Indian tribes ceded most of Ohio to the federal government.
C) the U.S.government allowed Indians to petition for citizenship.
D) the federal government forbade American settlement west of the Mississippi.
E) the United States recognized Great Britain's claim to what is now Ontario.

Question 73

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Thomas Jefferson

A)an Anti-Federalist
B)Treaty of Greenville
C)Notes on the State of Virginia
D)Letters from an American Farmer
E)led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War

Question 74

Thomas Jefferson believed that African-Americans:

A) should eventually be able to enjoy their natural rights,but they would have to leave the United States to do so.
B) who were held in slavery should be emancipated immediately and that every former slave family should be given a forty-acre farm in a western territory.
C) should,if legally free,be allowed to marry white persons.
D) like Indians,were naturally as intelligent as whites.
E) should all be held in slavery because,like Indians,they were clearly inferior to persons of European descent.

Question 75

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Little Turtle

A)an Anti-Federalist
B)Treaty of Greenville
C)Notes on the State of Virginia
D)Letters from an American Farmer
E)led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War

Question 76

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Alexander Hamilton

A)an Anti-Federalist
B)Treaty of Greenville
C)Notes on the State of Virginia
D)Letters from an American Farmer
E)led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War

Question 77

Based on the Naturalization Act of 1790,who would have been allowed to become an American citizen?

A) A person from India.
B) A German immigrant.
C) An African immigrant.
D) A Chinese woman.
E) A Native American Indian.

Question 78

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Daniel Shays

A)an Anti-Federalist
B)Treaty of Greenville
C)Notes on the State of Virginia
D)Letters from an American Farmer
E)led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War

Question 79

By the 1790s,the phrase "we the people" had come to mean what?

A) The lower classes of society would share in the economic growth.
B) The president would be elected directly by the people.
C) Voting rights should increase for both men and women.
D) America should remain a nation of farmers.
E) Rights were increasing for white Americans.

Question 80

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
John Adams

A)an Anti-Federalist
B)Treaty of Greenville
C)Notes on the State of Virginia
D)Letters from an American Farmer
E)led uprising of Massachusetts farmers
F)Agrippa
G)willed his slaves to be freed upon the death of his wife
H)defeated by Little Turtle
I)served as a diplomat to England and was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention
J)author of most of The Federalist essays
K)father of the Constitution
L)Secretary of War