reading quiz #8

Which national laws tended to permit personal liberties during the 1790s

Alien and sedation acts

All of the following are true about President George Washington, except

At the time, he thought little of the fact that he had no contemporary role models

in his farewell address, Washington urged Americans to

Avoid political parties and try to develop a nonpartisan political system to resolve their political differences

Which of these statements was not true of the Jay's Treaty?

Britain agreed to stop impressing American sailors.

which was not a part of Hamilton's Financial plan?

Develop new products to sell to England

Which of these did not result America as a result of the Haitian Revolution?

Enhanced French commitment to strengthen and maintain its possessions throughout North America

In his farewell address, Washington urged Americans to

Not to let loyalty to political parties tear the nation apart

Which of these did not exist as an executive cabinet department when the new government began?

Secretary of Education

Which of the following was NOT a Hamiltonian idea?

States governments would pay down their own debts, and avoid creating a common shared national debt

which of the following was NOT a provision of Hamilton's financial plan?

Taxing the states to pay off the war debt

Democratic-republicans were opposed to President-Washington's response to

The Haitian Revolution

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the Battle of Fallen Timbers?

The U.S Army won a decisive victory, effectively ending Indian resistance in the Northwest Territory (Ohio) for almost 20 years

All of the following were reasons that the Democratic-Republicans opposed Hamilton's plan except

They feared it was a plot to favor agrarian interests.

In the debate about how people should address the President

Washington remained silent

All of the following are true about "Citizen Genet", except

When Washington proclaimed American neutrality in the European rivalries to avoid American entanglement, Genet simply ignored it

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

abolishing tariffs

Alexander Hamilton proposed bank of the United States was

based on the "necessary and proper", or "elastic" clause in the constitution

John Jay's 1794 treaty with Britain

created deeper splits between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

The XYZ Affair, Sedation Act, and convention of 1800

demonstrated the challenges America faced as a result of the French Revolution and the spread of its ideals.

Britain's capture of American sailors for the purpose of forcing them into service in the British navy was called

impressment

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

independent small farmers

All of the following is true about the Federalist party, except

it had grown out of a group of American leaders who endorsed Jefferson's agrarian vision

The sedation Act was controversial because

it violated first amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and the press

Under the Naturalization Act of 1790,

only immigrants who were both free and white could ever become citizens

The most important aspect(s) of the Pinckney Treaty of 1796 was that it

opened the Mississippi River to American shipping and allowed Americans to use the port of New Orleans to transport goods

President Adams sought a peaceful solution to the undeclared war (Quasi-War) with France in order

prevent the outbreak of a full-scale war

The Alien and sedation Acts did all of the following EXCEPT

quieted public criticism of the Federalists and boosted Adam's popularity

when the new government went into operation in 1789, its first order of business was to

set precedents according to constitutional guidelines

The first major deadlock that occurred in the New government concerned

the federal assumption of the country's debts owed to states and wealthy individuals

The most revolutionary development in the critical election of 1800 was

the peaceful transition of power from one political party to its opponent

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

the pickney treaty

John Adams was a one term president, in large part due to

the political controversy over the Alien and Sedition Acts

Hamilton argued that Congress had the power to create a national bank because

there was nothing specific about it in the Constitution therefore the constitution gave congress its stated roles

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

From his cabinet choices, it is clear that Washington

was trying to achieve a political balance in perspectives from his advisors