APUSH 9 weeks Multiple Choice😺
The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for
apportioning congressional representation
one of the ways in which mercantilism harmed the colonial economy was
by inhibiting the development of banking and paper currency in the colonies
The British Proclamation of 1763
angered colonists who thought that it deprived them of the fruits of victory
The opinion expressed in the excerpt would most likely held by
antifederalists
Loyalists made up about ____ percent of the American people.
16
The Constitutional Convention addressed the North-South controversy over slavery through the
3/5 compromise
the ideals expressed by abigail adams were undermined by
A social order that prevented early American leaders from extending rights beyond white, male property holders
The two denominations that enjoyed the status of "established" churches in various colonies were the
Anglicans and Congregationalists
The French and Indian war created conflicted between the British and the American military because
British officers treated the American colonial militia with Contempt
Chalmer's essay was a response to
Common sense
In the decade following the publication of the image, which of the following groups expressed the most opposition to the exercise of power by the national government?
Democratic-Republicans
Which of the following primary sources would most likely support Berlin's argument in the excerpt?
Diary entries from a slaveholder discussing plantation life
Which of the following contributed most to the increasing use of African slave Labor in North America during the 1600's and 1700's?
European demand for agricultural products grown in colonies
which of the following was the most direct effect of the changes shown in the graph
European settlers were able to gain control over Native American lands
The federalists believe that the sovereignty of the people resided in which branch of the central government?
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
The most important action the continental congress took to protest the intolerable act was
Forming the association to impose a complete boycott of all British Goods.
The British forces suffered early defeats in the French and Indian War under the overall command of
General Braddock
Despite Thomas Jefferson winning a majority of the popular vote and a majority of votes in the Electoral College during the election of 1800, a deadlock in the Electoral College led the election to being decided
House of Representatives
The one branch of the government elected directly by the people is the
House of Representatives
Thomas Jefferson and his political supporters opposed John Adam's last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because
It was an attempt by the Federalists, who had been defeated in the congressional and presidential election of 1800, to maintain political influence in the federal government
the anglican church suffered in colonial America because of
It's poorly qualified clergy and close with british authorities
The delegate whose contributions to the Philadelphia Convention were so notable that he has been called the "Father of the Constitution" was
James Madison
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who more than any other federal official, was able to carry out the federalist ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning strengthening the power of the federal government
John Marshall
Antifederalists believe that the sovereignty of the people resided in which branch of the central government?
Legislative
Chalmers and others opposed to war believed that Britain's advantages over the colonists included
Military and commercial strength
Most of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention could best be labeled
Nationalists
Benjamin Franklin's attempt to create intercolonial unity at the Albany Congress resulted in
Rejection of the Congress's proposal for colonial home rule both by London and by the individual colonies
the emphasis on personal salvation, which Hutchinson articulated in the 1630s, was most strongly echoed in which later movement?
Second Great Awakening in the 1830s
Thomas Jefferson's first major foreign-policy decision in 1803 was to
Send a naval squadron to the mediterranean to end the blackmai and plundering of U.S. merchant ships by the Barbary pirates of North America
The french and indian war eventually became part of the larger world conflict known as
Seven Years War
The basic military strategy of the British in 1777 was to try to
Sever New England from the rest of the states and paralyze the America cause
Which of the following represents a political compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention that was incorporated into the Constitution?
Short-term continuation of the foreign slave trade before Congress could abolish this controversial form of human commerce
Identify the following statement that is false.
The US Constitution can be described as an elaborate legal code, common to other foreign countries constitutions, like India
The views expressed in the excerpt contributed most directly to
The addition of the Bill of Rights shortly after the Constitution was adopted
One immediate innovation not mentioned in the Constitution that was developed by George Washington's administration was
The cabinet
Due to privileges and liberties guaranteed in Pennsylvania:
The colony grew rapidly and included a more diverse population than other English colonies
The population trend for African American's depicted on the graph resulted most directly from which of the following?
The development of an economy based on growing crops for export
Benjamin Rush's ideas about the education of women best exemplify the intellectual influence of
The enlightenment
According to Bacon, who was most to blame for the unrest?
The governor, for disregarding the economic and security concerns of the settlers
Which of the following was a long-term result of the situation in Jamestown described in the excerpt?
The rise of the plantation system and the use of African slaves
Thomas Jefferson ceased his opposition to the expansion of the navy when the
The strategic usefulness of employing significant numbers of agile coastal navl crafts became apparent in the U.S. Navy's defeat of the Barbary coast pirates during the tripolitan war
Why did many loyalists oppose in dependence from Britain
They feared the colonists would not govern themselves effectively
Which of the following revolutionary leaders was not present at the constitutional convention?
Thomas Jefferson
Which of these is not a true statement about African American's support of the Loyalist cause?
Thousands of black Loyalist supporters were promised and given parcels of land in exchange for service.
In the 1800 presidential election, Thomas Jefferson won the deadlocked election because
a few Federalists, unwilling to elect Aaron Burr as president, decided to abstain from voting in the House of Representatives, throwing the presidential election to Jefferson.
The ideas of James Chalmers were shared by
a minority of the colonists
The image most directly reflects the belief held by many in 1788 that
a stronger central government was a positive step
A key addition to the federal government that had been demanded by the many of the ratifying states was
a written bill of rights to guarantee liberty
Probably the most alarming characteristic of the new Constitution to the antifederalists who opposed it was the
absence of a bill of rights
The Ninth and Tenth Amendments partly reversed the federalist momentum of the Constitution by declaring that
all rights not mentioned in the federal Constitution were retained by the states or by the people themselves
The expansion of New France occurred especially
along the paths of lakes and rivers
The "large-state plan," or Virginia Plan, put forward in the Constitutional Convention
based representation in the House and Senate on population
The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans presented themselves as all of the following except
believers in a strong central government
One of the enduring paradoxes of American history is that
both liberals and conservatives have championed the heritage of democratic revolution
Among the many important results of the Great Awakening was that it
broke down sectional boundaries and created a greater sense of common American identity
The British reacted to the Boston Tea Party by
closing the Port of Boston until damages were paid and order restored
The British troops killed in the Boston Massacre had been sent to the city as a result of
colonial resistance to the Townshend Acts tax on tea and other products
Among the factors that tended to promote intercolonial unity during the French and Indian War was
common language and wartime experience
The original cause of the French and Indian war was
competition between French and English colonists for land in the Ohio River valley
The new Constitution established the idea that the only legitimate government was one based on
consent of the governed
In an effort to improve the defense of America's coastal shores, Thomas Jefferson
constructed two hundred small gunboats.
Pontiac's fierce attack on frontier outposts in 1763 had the effect of
convincing the British to keep troops stationed in the colonies
Thomas Jefferson distrusted large standing armies because they
could be used to establish a dictatorship
Thomas Jefferson saw navies as less dangerous than armies because they
could not march inland and endanger liberties
By 1790, the population trend depicted on the graph led to the
creation of new settlements on the western edge of territory occupied by European Americans
in the first half of the 1600s, american indians in virginia and maryland most typically responded to the english colonization described in the excerpt by
defending their territory against the English
Under the Constitution, the president of the United States was to be elected by a majority vote of the
electoral college
The "small-state plan" or New Jersey Plan presented at the Constitutional Convention included all of the following except
equal representation in a unicameral congress regardless of size and population
The passage of British restrictions on trade encouraged colonial merchants to
find ways to smuggle and otherwise evade the law by trading with other countries
Motives of the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia included all of the following except to
foster the popular democracy and uprisings occurring in the various states.
The Loyalists who continued to support the crown after independence had been declared were more likely to be all of the following except
from New England
With Jefferson's refusal to use the presidency to dispense generously patronage positions and offices in government to his political supporters, the Democratic-Republican Party
grew less unified even as the Federalist Party began to fade and lose power.
The excerpts from Anne Hutchinson best represent which of the following developments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s?
growing challenges by dissenters to civil authorities
William Pitt's strategy in the assault on New France finally succeeded because
he concentrated British forces on attacking the vital strong points of Quebec and Montreal
Which of the following best resulted from the great awakening?
ideas of salvation as based on free will or on predestination both became more popular
By the 1860s, the long-term effects of the population trends depicted on the graph most directly contributed to the
increased political tensions between the Northern and Southern states
The outcomes demanded by Abigail Adams eventually were realized through
incremental changes in the views of women's roles over the course of the next century
The mobilization of "nonimportation" policies against the Stamp Act was politically important because
it aroused revolutionary fervor among many ordinary American men and women
the passage of the quebec act aroused intense american fears because
it extended catholic jurisdiction and a nonjury judicial system into the western ohio country
colonial americans were unhappy after the peace treaty following the "war of Jenkins ear" because
it gave the louisbourg fortress they had captured back to France
The Whiskey Rebellion was most significant because
it showed that the new federal government would use force if necessary to uphold its authority
The colonists delayed declaring their independence until July 4, 1776, for all of the following reasons except
lack of military victories
When it came to the major Federalist economic programs, Thomas Jefferson as president
left practically all of them in tact
Compared to New England, early English settlement in Virginia and Maryland was characterized by
lower life expectancy, a larger population of indentured servants, and a greater gender imbalance
By their actions, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention manifested their common beliefs in all of the following except
manhood-suffrage democracy
Thomas Jefferson's "revolution of 1800" was remarkable in that it
marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties
Thomas Jefferson's presidency was characterized by his
moderation in the administration of public policy
Compared with the English colonies, New France was
more autocratically governed
Besides offering rest and refreshment, colonial taverns served an important function as centers of
news and political opinion
Before he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall's service at Valley Forge during the American Revolution convinced him
of the drawbacks of feeble central authority
Among other views, The Federalist, written during the ratification debate, argued that it was
possible to extend a republican form of government over a large territory
The delegates at the Constitutional Convention were concerned mainly with
protecting America from its weaknesses abroad and its excesses at home
The passage describes an experience that
provoked a division in preaching styles and the founding of new religious schools
Thomas Jefferson sent two envoys to France in 1803 with the essential goal of
purchasing New Orleans to make it secure for American shippers
The style of preaching and worship described in the passage was a response to :
rationalist thought
As president, President Jefferson showed unexpected moderation and a conciliatory attitude toward his Federalist political opponent by
refusing to repeal the federal excise tax enacted by the Federalists.
The french and indian war weakened interior Indian peoples like the Iroquois and Creeks by
removing their French and Spanish allies from Canada and Florida
Which of the following sets of rights are not included in the Bill of Rights?
rights to freedom of education and freedom of travel
In the election of 1800, the Federalists accused Thomas Jefferson of all of the following except
secretly encouraging Aaron Burr to assassinate Alexander Hamilton
Perhaps the most important single action of the Second Continental Congress was to
select George Washington to head the army
Thomas Jefferson received the bulk of his political support from the
south and west
The delegates at the Constitutional Convention stipulated that the new Constitution be ratified by
state conventions
Thomas Jefferson saw his election and his mission as president to include all of the following except
support the establishment of a strong army and navy to advance the imperialist ambitions of the United States
The antifederalist camp included all of the following groups except
supporters of a strong central authority
The event that precipitated the first real shooting between the British and American colonists was
the British attempt to seize colonial supplies and leaders at Lexington and Concord
The decisive event in the French-British contest for North America was
the British victory in the Battle of Quebec
Which of the following most directly addressed reservations about the process depicted in the image?
the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution
The idea that all tax measures should start in the House was made to appease
the big states with the most people
The primary reason that no new colonies were founded between 1634 and 1670 was
the civil war in England
The British theory of mercantilism, by which the colonies were governed, held that
the colonial economy should be carefully controlled to serve the mother country's needs
The first American political parties developed primarily out of
the disagreement of Jefferson and his states' rights followers with Hamilton's economic policies
Upon becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans in Congress immediately repealed
the excise tax on whiskey
The demands made by Adams most immediately inspired
the expansion of educational opportunities for Women
Which of following factors contributed most directly to the view expressed in the expert?
the fear of excessive central government
The Bill of Rights is the name given to provisions whose actual form is
the first ten amendments to the federal Constitution
Which of the following contributed most to the changes shown in the graph?
the introduction of new diseases
The American naval war with Tripoli ended with
the peace treaty in 1805 with the pasha of Tripoli, costing merely $60,000 for the ransom payments of the captured Americans.
As chief justice of the United States, John Marshall helped to ensure that
the political and economic systems were based on a strong central government
After the defeat of the coastal Tuscarora and Yamasee Indians by North Carolinians in 1711-1715
the powerful Creeks, Cherokees, and Iroquois remained in the Appalachian Mountains as a barrier against white settlement
American colonists especially resented the Townshend Acts because
the revenues from the taxation would go to support British officials and judges in America
The trend in total population from 1670 to 1700 depicted on the graph is best explained by
the spread of epidemic diseases among Native Americans
According to the framers of the Constitution, the ultimate guarantor of liberty and justice was
the virtue of the people
When the Second Continental Congress met in 1775
there was no well-defined sentiment for independence
The fifty-five delegates to the Constitutional Convention shared all of the following qualities except
they were liberal
The case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the constitution mandated that the supreme court and not the congress nor the president of the united states had the authority
to determine the meaning of the constitution
Hamilton's first financial policies were intended
to fund the national debt and to have the federal government assume the debts owed by the states
The effect on the colonists of the French removal from North America was
to reduce the colonies reliance on Britain and increase their sense of independence
All of the following accurately represents aspects of the historical and contemporaneous debate surrounding Thomas Jefferson relationship with his slave Sally Hemings except
today most scholars believe that Jefferson fathered only one of the Hemings children; the other four had other fathers
A primary weapon used by colonial legislatures in their conflicts with royal governors was
using their power of the purse to withhold the governor's salary
The essential disagreement between Hamilton and Jefferson over the proposed Bank of the United States was
whether the Constitution granted the federal government the power to establish such a bank
