APUSH Multiple Choice Test 11/13

The election of 1800 has been referred to as constituting "another revolution" because

the party in power stepped down after losing the election

Five of the thirteen states voted for ratification of the Constitution only after:

they were assured that a Bill of Rights would be added shortly after ratification

The Alien and Sedition Acts were designed to

weaken and deflect Republican criticism of the Federalists

After the revolution, the concept of the "republican mother" suggested that:

women would be responsible for raising their children, especially their sons, to be virtuous citizens of the young republic

The quotation above is part of which of the following documents?

President Washington's Farewell Address

( The Paxton Boys ) The concern expressed in this excerpt helps explain why the British passed the

Proclamation of 1763

The Northwest Ordinance did which of the following ?

Established the terms for settlement and admission of new states

( The Paxton Boys ) Which of the following leaders from an earlier period represented a group in a similar situation in this excerpt?

Nathaniel Bacon

Which of the following was a direct British response to the colonial views expressed by the Stamp Act Congress?

Declaratory Act stating the right to tax

For the first time, the Stamp Act placed on the colonies a tax that was:

Direct

Gerry made which of the following arguments regarding amending the Constitution?

A Bill of Rights should be added before ratification.

The appeal quoted above was made by:

Abigail Adams

Which of the following historical situations most directly shaped Paine's argument that Britain's policies were economically harming its colonies?

Continued enforcement of mercantilism

To which of the following was Dickinson responding to in his letters ?

Increased taxation and imperial oversight following the Seven Years War

Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Seven Years War in North America?

Intensified competition between France and Britain over colonies

Which of the following groups or individuals would have been most likely to agree with King George?

Loyalists

Someone who favored George Washington's approach to foreign policy would be most likely to object to which of the following United States policies ?

Membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania) Which of the following would have been most likely to agree with the sentiments expressed in the excerpt?

Merchants in New England

( The Paxton Boys ) The basic concern voiced in the above excerpt is with the conduct of which of the following?

Royal government

In the context of the various disputes between the colonists and Britain, which of the following would be the most important right cited ?

Section 2: all power comes from the people

Which of the rights in the excerpt is expressed in a way that would today be considered a limitation of individual rights?

Section 6: right to vote

Which of the following statements about conditions under slavery is best supported by the passage above ?

Slaves maintained social networks among kindred and friends despite forced separations

According to the excerpt, which of the following does King George hold primarily responsible for the American revolt?

The "traitorous views" of some colonial leaders

The 1796 letter to a Philadelphia newspaper quoted above refers to which of the following ?

The Democratic-Republicans' enthusiasm for the French Revolution

The resolution of the Stamp Act Congress expressed respect for which person or group?

The King

Which of the following claims did the residents of Greenwich use to most support their argument that they should be "relieved" by the Massachusetts legislature from the situation described in the petition?

They had aided the government during the Revolutionary War

Based on the excerpt, which of the following best describes King George's view of the colonists?

They had always planned to revolt

Paine's argument "that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home, pursues their descendants still" was most likely in reference to which of the following situations ?

The belief among colonists that they had earned a right to greater liberty from Britain

Alexander Hamiltons domestic and foreign polices were directed primarily toward strengthening the federal government by:

favoring the interests of the propertied and monied classes

Paine's argument best provides evidence for which of the following developments resulting from the American Revolution ?

The emergence of a unique American national identity separate from that of Europe

In which of the following ways did slavery change in the late 1700's?

The ideals of the American Revolution prompted some individuals and groups to call for the abolition of slavery

( Venerate the Plough illustration ) The illustration above was most likely meant to symbolize which of the following ?

The principles of republican agrarianism

Gerry made which of the following arguments in the excerpt about the Articles of Confederation?

The problems of the Articles could not by fixed by the state delegates

The ideas expressed in the excerpt best reflect which of the following historical processes?

The transmission of Enlightenment ideals across the Atlantic

The group most likely to oppose the ideas expressed in this excerpt would have been:

Tories such as William Franklin

Based on the excerpt, the most likely purpose of Dickinsons letter was to:

Use Enlightenment rhetoric to encourage American autonomy

Which of the following is the underlying goal of the colonists in the excerpt?

Win political representation

Pinckney's Treaty with Spain is considered a diplomatic highlight of Washington's administration because it

allowed the United States to use the port of New Orleans

In the United States, the Haitian rebellion 1790's prompted:

an increased fear of slave revolts in the South

The Federalist papers were written in order to

attain ratification of the Constitution

The rough map above was used by Thomas Jefferson to:

begin planning the division of federal lands into ew states

To change British policy, the colonists felt that the most effective way was to

boycott trade with GreatBritain

Shays Rebellion frightened many Americans when

debt-ridden farmers attacked courts in western Massachusetts

President George Washington's Farewell Address set a course for the nation by

discouraging permanent alliances with foreign nations

To encourage African Americans to fight, Hamilton suggested in the excerpt that they should be promised

emancipation from slavery

Parliament enacted the Stamp Act (1765) primarily to

raise revenue to pay for British troops in the colonies

Shays Rebellion is significant because it

strengthened the movement for a new constitution

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions took the position that

the authority of state governments included the power to decide whether or not an act of Congress was constitutional

( Graudual Emancipation and "Race" in New England ) The author claims in the excerpt that anti slavery rhetoric in the late eighteenth century was based on:

the belief that emancipated people would not be a presence in society