APUSH Chapter 10

Alexander Hamilton's proposed bank of the United States was E. based on the "necessary and proper," or "elastic," clause in the Constitution.

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The Franco-American alliance of 1778 B. bound the United States to help the French defend their possessions in the West Indies.

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The French grew angry with the United States after 1794 because D. of Jay's Treaty.

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The High Federalists were E. supporters of the war faction of the Federalist party.

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The Neutrality Proclamation in 1793 C. officially proclaimed America's neutrality in Old World quarrels.

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The Sedition Act A. threatened First Amendment freedoms.

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The Treaty of Greenville signed in August with the Miami Confederation resulted in all of the following except D. the establishment of an equal relationship with the Indians.

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According to the Federalists, the duty of judging the unconstitutionality of legislation passed by Congress lay with B. the Supreme Court.

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According to the compact theory advocated by Jefferson and Madison D. the national government was the creation of the thirteen sovereign states.

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Alexander Hamilton believed that a limited national debt E. was beneficial, because people to whom the government owed money would work hard to make the nation a success.

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Alexander Hamilton's Bank of the United States was modeled on the A. Bank of England.

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Alexander Hamilton's financial plan for strengthening the economy and bolstering national credit proposed all of the following except B. abolishing tariffs.

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Alexander Hamilton's financial program for the economic development of the United States favored B. the wealthier class.

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All of the following are accurate descriptions of the young American nation except D. most of the population lived in the eastern seaboard cities. .

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All of the following are guarantees provided by the Bill of Rights except E. the right to vote for all citizens.

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All of the following careers were tried by John Adams except E. artist.

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All of the following were part of Alexander Hamilton's economic program except E. paying only domestic debts but not foreign debts.

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All of the following were true of Alexander Hamilton except E. his intelligence was constantly under question, but his loyalty to the republican experiment never wavered.

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Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) XYZ affair, (B) Neutrality Proclamation, (C) Jay's Treaty, and (D) Kentucky and Virginia resolutions. C. B, C, A, D

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As secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton's first objective was to C. bolster the national credit.

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Britain made neutrality very difficult for the United States during the French and British conflicts of the 1790s by A. seizing American merchant ships in the West Indies.

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Despite the flourishing cities, America's population was still about __________ percent rural. C. 90

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During its first quarter-century as a nation, one of the major problems facing America was D. the rivalry and warfare between France and Britain. .

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Federalists advocated rule by E. the best people.

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Federalists strongly supported E. law and order.

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For its continued success, Hamilton's financial program relied heavily on A. trade with Britain.

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Foreign relations between the United States and France deteriorated in the late 1790s over D. French seizure of American merchant ships.

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Hamilton believed that, together, his funding and assumption programs would D. gain the monetary and political support of the rich for the federal government.

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Hamilton expected that the revenue to pay the interest on the national debt would come from B. customs duties and excise tax.

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Hamilton's major programs seriously infringed on E. states' rights.

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Hamilton's position on the war between Britain and France in 1793 was primarily influenced by B. the national government's dependence on customs collections for revenue.

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Hamiltonian Federalists advocated D. a strong central government.

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In Jay's Treaty, the British B. promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest.

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In the election campaign of 1796, the Democratic-Republicans made their primary issue A . the terms of Jay's Treaty and the crushing of the Whiskey Rebellion.

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Jay's Treaty contained all of the following provisions except E. a promise by the British to stop selling arms to the Indians.

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Jefferson's argument against the constitutionality of a Bank of the United States were based on the strict construction principles, especially embodied in the A. Tenth Amendment in the Bill of Rights.

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Jeffersonians believed in all of the following except E. every adult white male's right to vote.

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John Jay's 1794 treaty with Britain A. created deeper splits between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.

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Match each political leader with his positions on public policy in the 1790s. A. Hamilton 1. privileges for the upper classes B. Jefferson 2. pro-British 3. sympathy for the common people 4. potent central government 5. pay off the national debt 6. government support for business 7. pro-French 8. universal education B. A-1, 2, 4, 6—B-3, 5, 7, 8

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Match the individual with his office in the new government. A. Thomas Jefferson 1. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court B. Alexander Hamilton 2. secretary of state C. Henry Knox 3. secretary of war D. John Jay 4. secretary of treasury E. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1

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One of George Washington's major contributions as president was B. keeping the nation out of foreign wars.

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One of the first jobs facing the new government, formed under the Constitution, was to C. draw up and pass a bill of rights.

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One of the major criticisms of the Constitution, as drafted in Philadelphia, was that it A. did not provide guarantees for individual rights.

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Opposition by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to the financial plan of Alexander Hamilton resulted in A. the formation of permanent political parties.

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President Adams sought a peaceful solution to the undeclared war with France in order to E. prevent the outbreak of a full-scale war.

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Regarding central authority, early Americans saw it as all of the following except B. something to be ultimately eliminated.

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The 1796 presidential campaign focused heavily on C. the candidates' personalities.

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The Bill of Rights was intended to protect __________ against the potential tyranny of ________________________ E. individual liberties, a strong central government

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The Federalist-dominated Congress's Alien Act was aimed at ____________________, whereas the Sedition Act was primarily aimed at _____________________. E. recent immigrants, newspapers

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The Founders had not envisioned the existence of permanent political parties because they B. saw them as a sign of disloyalty and lack of national unity.

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The United States acquired free navigation of the Mississippi River, the rights of deposit at New Orleans, and the large disputed territory north of Florida in B. the Pinckney Treaty.

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The United States finally negotiated a peace settlement with France in 1800 mainly because Napoleon B. wanted to concentrate on gaining more power in Europe.

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The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were written in response to D. the Alien and Sedition Acts. .

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The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 arose in southwestern Pennsylvania when the federal government B. levied an excise tax on whiskey.

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The __________ amendment dealt with the problem of having a president and vice-president from two different political parties. B. Twelfth

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The aspect of Hamilton's financial program that received the least support in Congress, because of its heavy agricultural and commercial interests, was E. a protective tariff.

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The event of the 1790s that has left the deepest scar on American political and social life is D. the French Revolution. .

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The immediate cause of the undeclared war between the United States and France was A. the XYZ affair.

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The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to A. silence and punish critics of the Federalists.

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The new Constitution did not provide for the creation of a(n) D. cabinet.

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The political party of the outs that provided the loyal opposition to the party in power in the 1790s was theC. Democratic-Republicans.

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The__________ Amendment might rightly be called the states' rights amendment. E. Tenth

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Thomas Jefferson appealed to all of the following groups except D. the upper class. .

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Thomas Jefferson argued that a landless class of voters could be avoided in part by A. continuing slavery.

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Thomas Jefferson favored a political system in which C. the states retained the majority of political power.

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To the Jeffersonian Republicans, the ideal citizen of a republic was a(n) E. independent farmer.

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Washington's Farewell Address in 1796 B. warned against the dangers of permanent foreign alliances.

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Washington's Neutrality Proclamation clearly illustrated the truism that C. self-interest is the basic cement of alliances.

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Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 A. was based on calculations of American self-interest.

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When the French Revolution developed into a war with Britain, George Washington and the American government D. remained neutral.

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When the new government was launched in 1789 E. the nation's population was doubling about every twenty-five years.

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Which amendment guards against the danger that enumerating rights might lead to the conclusion that they were the only ones protected? D. Ninth

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Which of the following pairs of items are not directly related to each other? A. States' rights—loose construction

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