AP US History - Chapter 10

Federalists advocated rule by -

the best people.

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

customs duties and taxes.

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

levied an excise tax on whiskey.

All of the following are accurate descriptions of the young American nation except -

most of the population still lived in eastern seaboard cities.

As a result of the Sedition Acts -

newspaper editors critical of the Adams Administration were indicted, tried, and sent to jail.

Jay's Treaty contained all of the following provisions except -

no promise by the British to pay for future seizures of American ships.

The French grew angry with the US after 1794 because -

of Jay's Treaty.

The Neutrality Proclamation in 1793 -

officially proclaimed America's neutrality in Old World quarrels.

As secretary of treasury, Alexander Hamilton's first objection was to -

bolster the national credit.

John Jay's 1794 treaty with Britain -

created deeper splits between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.

Jeffersonians believed in all of the following except -

every adult white male's right to vote.

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

trade with Britain.

The 1796 presidential campaign focused heavily on -

the candidates' personalities.

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

the establishment of an equal relationship with the Indians.

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

the formation of permanent political parties.

When the new government was launched in 1789 -

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

According to the compact theory advocated by Jefferson and Madison -

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

Hamilton's position on the war between Britain and France in 1793 was primarily influenced by -

the national government's dependence on customs collections for revenue.

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

the right to vote for all citizens.

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

the rivalry and warfare between France and Britain.

Thomas Jefferson favored a political system in which -

the states retained the majority of political power.

Match each political leader with his positions on public policy in the 1790s:

A-1,2,4,6 ; B-3,5,7,8

Match the individual with his office in the new government:

A-2,B-4, C-3, D-1

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

B, C, A, D.

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

Democratic-Republicans.

Foreign relations between the US and France deteriorated in the late 1790s over -

French seizure of American merchant ships.

All of the following are true statements about the Whiskey Rebellion except -

Washington responded to the Whiskey Rebellion by negotiating with the protesters.

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

a protective tariff.

Hamiltonian Federalists advocated -

a strong central government.

Alexander Hamilton's proposed bank of the United States was -

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

The Franco-American alliance of 1778 -

bound the US to help the French defend their possessions in the West Indies.

The new Constitution did not provide for the creation of a -

cabinet.

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

did not provide guarantees for individual rights.

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

draw up and pass a bill of rights.

The immediate cause of the undeclared war between the US and France was -

the XYZ affair.

Washington's decision to retire from the presidency in 1797 -

established a two-term tradition for American presidents.

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

gain the monetary and political support of the rich for the federal government.

Jefferson said landlessness threatened democracy as much as illiteracy because -

he feared that those without property could become political pawns of those who owned land.

All of the following were true of Alexander Hamilton except -

his intelligence was constantly under question, but his loyalty to the republican experience never wavered.

Among the handicaps John Adams faced upon assuming the presidency were all of the following except -

his wishy-washy positions on the issues of the day.

To the Jeffersonian Republicans, the ideal citizen of a republic was an -

independent farmer.

The Bill of Rights was intended to protect _____ against the potential tyranny of _____.

individual liberties; a strong central government

One of George Washington's major contributions as president as -

keeping the nation out of foreign wars.

Federalists strongly supported -

law and order.

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

paying only domestic debts but not foreign debts.

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

prevent the outbreak of a full-scale war.

In Jay's Treaty, the British -

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

The Federalist-dominated Congress' Alien Actwas aimed at _____, while the Sedition Act was primarily aimed at _____.

recent immigrants ; newspapers

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

remained neutral.

The Founders had not envisioned the existence of permanent political parties because they -

saw them as a sign of disloyalty and lack of national unity.

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

seizing American merchant ships in the West Indies.

Washington's Neutrality Proclamation clearly illustrated the truism that -

self-interest is the basic cement of alliances.

The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to -

silence and punish critics of the Federalists.

Hamilton's major programs seriously infringed on -

states' rights.

The High Federalists were -

supporters of the war faction of the Federalist party.

The _____ Amendment might rightly be called the states' rights amendment.

tenth

Jefferson's argument against the constitutionality of a Bank of the United States were based on the strict construction principles, especially embodied in the -

tenth amendment in the Bill of Rights.

The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were written in response to -

the Alien and Sedition Acts.

The US acquired free navigation of the Mississippi River, the rights of deposit at New Orleans, and the large disputed territory north of Florida in -

the Pinckney Treaty.

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

the Supreme Court.

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

the terms of Jay's Treaty and the crushing of the Whiskey Rebellion.

Thomas Jefferson appealed to all of the following groups except -

the upper class.

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

the wealthier class.

The Sedition Act -

threatened First Amendment freedoms.

The _____ amendment dealt with the problem of having a president and vice president from two different political parties.

twelfth.

The US finally negotiated a peace settlement with France in 1800 mainly because Napoleon -

wanted to concentrate on gaining more power in Europe.

Washington's Farewell Address in 1796 -

warned against the dangers of permanent foreign alliances.

Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 -

was based on calculations of American self-interest.

Alexander Hamilton believed that a limited national debt -

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