apush quiz

Under the Articles of Confederation the United States central government had no power to

levy taxes

Which of the following most directly addressed reservations about the process depicted in the image? (Federal Edifice)

The addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution

Thomas Jefferson disagreed with Hamilton's economic plan primarily because he feared that it would

promote urban mercantile interests at the expense of agricultural interests

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, was founded by

a joint stock company anxious to return a profit to investors

The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to

raise revenues to support British troops stationed in America

The Great Compromise of 1787 resulted in

a system of political representation for the states in the federal government

Bacon's Rebellion occurred because of disagreements between frontier settlers and the Virginia governor over which of the following issues?

Relations with American Indians and restrictions on the fur trade

Alexander Hamilton used the clause above to ("To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other power vested by this Constitution.")

convince the federal government to create the First Bank of the United States

The Declaration of Independence did all of the following EXCEPT

call for the abolition of the slave trade

In which of the following British North American colonies was slavery legally established by the early 1700s?

All the colonies

The Sons of Liberty initiated the Boston Tea Party in direct response to

British efforts to protect the East India Company from bankruptcy

Which of the following groups would have most opposed the goals of the speech? (Ateawanto, Abenaki Indian leader)

British settlers

Which of the following was true of the first Great Awakening?

It resulted in divisions within both the Congregational and Presbyterian

Which of the following factors most directly contradicted Adams' theory about the Revolution?

The existence of considerable Loyalist opposition to the Patriot cause

Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense attacked which of the following?

The king of England and the principle of monarchy

Which of the following statements about the population of North America at the time of Columbus' voyages is supported by the map above?

The most densely populated regions of North America would eventually become part of New Spain

The opinion expressed in the except would most likely have been held by (A Georgian, Gazette of the State of Georgia)

an Anti-Federalist

The Federalist papers were written in order to

attain ratification of the Constitution

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 did all of the following EXCEPT

determine provisions to be included in the Bill of Rights

Hamilton's economic program was designed primarily to

establish the financial stability and credit of the new government

During the War for Independence, the principal reason the American government sought diplomatic recognition from foreign powers was to

facilitate the purchase of arms and borrowing of money from other nations

Britain attempted to pay for the debt resulting from the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War)

increasing taxes on goods bought and sold in the colonies

The Constitutional Convention designed the electoral college to

insulate the presidency from the popular will

The financial programs of Alexander Hamilton included all of the following EXCEPT

nullification of all private debts to the states

The Proclamation of 1763 sought to

prevent conflicts with American Indians on the colonial frontier