apush unit 3 exam (not)
Which of the following best serves as evidence for the claim that "our Republican fathers . . . had abolished slavery in all our national territory"?
The provisions of the Northwest Ordinance regarding slavery
The author argues that emancipation in northern states occurred
over a long period of time
which statement is true of the United states constitution?
The constitutions checks and balances helped establish a stable government
Based on the excerpt, the most likely purpose of Dickinson's letters was to
use Enlightenment rhetoric to encourage American autonomy
The Alien and Sedition Acts were designed to
weaken and deflect Republican criticism of the Federalists
Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) in North America?
Intensified competition between France and Britain over colonies
Which of the following was true of the French-American Alliance formed in 1778?
It influenced the British to offer generous peace terms in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
Gerry made which of the following arguments in the excerpt about the Articles of Confederation?
The problems of the Articles could not be fixed by the state delegates.
The Federalist papers were written in order to
attain ratification of the Constitution
The Declaration of Independence did all of the following EXCEPT
call for the abolition of the slave trade
The government under the Articles of Confederation consisted of
only a unicameral legislature
President Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 was issues in response to
French diplomatic overtures to invoke the Franco-American Alliance
The Northwest Ordinances did which of the following?
Established the terms for settlement and admission of new states.
Which of the following describes a trend shown in the graph of the regional distribution of the slave trade before the American Revolution?
More enslaved Africans were brought to the Carolinas and Georgia than to Virginia and Maryland.
All of the following contributed to discontent among soldiers in the Continental Army EXCEPT:
Most soldiers were draftees.
The quotation above is part of which of the following documents?
President Washington's Farewell Address
Which of the following best describes an overall trend depicted in the graph for the time period between 1751 and 1800 ?
The number of enslaved Africans brought to the United States decreased.
All of the following groups of non-English colonists migrated into the British North American colonies in large numbers throughout the eighteenth century EXCEPT
Russians
Which of the following was an important consequence of the debate over the Jay Treaty?
Strong disagreements over policy promoted the development of political parties.
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
Which of the following factors contributed most directly to the views expressed in the excerpt?
The fear of excessive centralized authority
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.
Which of the following is true of the Virginia and the New Jersey plans that were presented at the Constitutional Convention?
They illustrated the struggle between states for representation and power in the creation of the new government.
Which of the following was the American colonists' immediate response to the attempts of the British Parliament to enforce the claims made in the excerpt?
They initiated boycotts of imported British goods.
As originally ratified, the United States Constitution provided for
an electoral college
Which of the following groups would have most likely supported the agreements made in the excerpt?
White farmers in Kentucky
The Great Compromise of 1787 resulted in
a system of political representation for the states in the federal government
Britain attempted to pay for the debt resulting from the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) by
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
Under the Articles of Confederation the United States central government had no power to
levy taxes
The financial programs of Alexander Hamilton included all of the following EXCEPT
nullification of all private debts to the states
Thomas Jefferson disagreed with Alexander Hamilton's economic plan primarily because he feared that it would
promote urban mercantile interests at the expense of agricultural interests
The principal motivation for drafting the Bill of Rights was the desire to
protect rights not specified in the Constitution
Shays' Rebellion is significant because it
strengthened the movement for a new constitution
