Chapter 10

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

a. Bank of England.

Hamilton believed that, together, his funding and assumption programs would

a. gain the monetary and political support of the wealthy class for the federal government.

One of George Washington's major contributions as president was

a. keeping the nation out of foreign wars.

Federalists strongly supported

a. law and order.

The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 arose in southwestern Pennsylvania when the federal government

a. levied an excise tax on whiskey.

The French grew angry with the United States after 1794 because

a. of Jay's Treaty.

The immediate cause of the undeclared war between the United States and France was

a. the XYZ affair.

Opposition by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to the financial plan of Alexander Hamilton resulted in

a. the formation of permanent political parties.

When the new government was launched in 1789,

a. the nation's population was doubling about every twenty-five years

According to the compact theory advocated by Jefferson and Madison,

a. the national government was the creation of the thirteen sovereign states.

All of the following are guarantees provided by the Bill of Rights except

a. the right to vote for all citizens.

During its first quarter-century as a nation, one of the major problems facing America was

a. the rivalry and warfare between France and Britain.

The Sedition Act

a. threatened First Amendment freedoms.

For its continued success, Hamilton's financial program relied heavily on

a. trade with Britain.

Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793

a. was based on calculations of American self-interest.

Foreign relations between the United States and France deteriorated in the late 1790s over

b. French seizure of American merchant ships.

Hamiltonian Federalists advocated

b. a strong central government.

Hamilton expected that the revenue to pay the interest on the national debt would come from

b. customs duties and excise tax.

The Federalist-dominated Congress's Alien Act was aimed at ___________,whereas the Sedition Act was primarily aimed at ____________.

b. recent immigrants, newspapers

Britain made neutrality very difficult for the United States during the French and British conflicts of the 1790s by

b. seizing American merchant ships in the West Indies.

Federalist advocated rule by

b. the "best" people.

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

b. the French Revolution.

The 1796 presidential campaign focused heavily on

b. the candidates' personalities.

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.

Washington's Farewell Address in 1796

b. warned against the dangers of permanent foreign alliances.

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

c. B, C, A, D

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

c. abolishing tariffs.

The Franco-American alliance of 1778

c. bound the United States to help the French defend their West Indies.

One of the first jobs facing the new government formed under the Constitution was to

c. draw up and pass a bill of rights.

Jeffersonians believed in all of the following except

c. every adult white male's right to vote.

In Jay's Treaty, the British

c. promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest.

The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to

c. silence and punish critics of the Federalists.

The political party of the "outs" that provided the "loyal opposition" to the party in power in the 1790s was

c. started by Jefferson and Madison.

Hamilton's major programs seriously infringed on

c. states' rights.

The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were written in response to

c. the Alien and Sedition Acts.

In the election campaign of 1796, the Republicans made their primary issue

c. the terms of Jay's Treaty.

Alexander Hamilton's financial program for the economic development of the United States favored

c. the wealthy.

The________Amendment might rightly be called the "states' rights" amendment.

d. Tenth

The aspect of Hamilton's financial program that received the least support in Congress was

d. a protective tariff.

Alexander Hamilton's proposed bank of the United States was

d. based on the "necessary and proper," or "elastic," clause in the Constitution.

As Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton's first objective was to

d. bolster the national credit.

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

d. cabinet.

Thomas Jefferson argued that a landless class of voters could be avoided in part by

d. continuing slavery.

John Jay's 1794 treaty with Britain

d. created deeper splits between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.

To the Jeffersonian Republicans, the "ideal" citizen of a republic was a(n)

d. independent farmer.

The Bill of Rights was intended to protect__________against the potential tyranny of ___________

d. individual liberties, a strong central government

President Adams sought a peaceful solution to the undeclared war with France in order to

d. prevent the outbreak of a full-scale war.

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

d. remained neutral.

The Founding Fathers had not envisioned the existence of permanent political parties because they

d. saw opposition to the government as disloyal.

Washington's Neutrality Proclamation clearly illustrated the truism that

d. self-interest is the basic cement of alliances.

Thomas Jefferson appealed to all of the following groups except

d. shippers.

Which of the following pairs of items are not directly related to each other?

d. states' rights—loose construction

The United States acquired free navigation of the Mississippi River in

d. the Pinckney Treaty.

According to the Federalists, the duty of judging the unconstitutionality of legislation passed by Congress lay with

d. the Supreme Court.

Thomas Jefferson favored a political system in which

d. the states retained the majority of political power.

Alexander Hamilton believed that a limited national debt

d. was beneficial, because people to whom the government owed money would work hard to make the nation a success.

Jay's Treaty contained all of the following provisions except

e. a promise by the British to stop selling arms to the Indians.

One of the major criticisms of the Constitution as drafted in Philadelphia was that it

e. did not provide guarantees for individual rights.

All of the following were part of Alexander Hamilton's economic program except

e. paying only domestic debts but not foreign debts.

Regarding central authority, early Americans saw it as all of the following except

e. something to be ultimately

The Treaty of Greenville signed in August with the Miami Confederation resulted in all of the following except

e. the establishment of an equal relationship with the Indians.