Chapter 11 test questions
16. Why did Jefferson call the election of 1800 a peaceful revolution?
Serious differences were resolved without violence.
5. What advice did President Washington give to Americans in his Farewell Address?
Do not let political party loyalty divide the nation.
1. All of these were part of President Washington's cabinet except the
Education Department.
3. What was the cause of the Whiskey Rebellion?
Farmers refused to pay taxes on whiskey.
4. Why did President Washington order the army to end the Whiskey Rebellion?
He saw the rebellion as a threat to the new government's authority.
12. According to Alexander Hamilton, how would a national bank serve the country's interests?
It would provide loans to businesspeople.
10. Why did most Republicans support the French Revolution?
They believed democracy was worth the fight.
11. Why did most Federalists favor good relations with Great Britain?
They depended on their business.
8. What did Alexander Hamilton believe was important for the United States to become a great nation?
a strong economy
2. What is an excise tax?
a tax on the production or sale of a product
9. Republicans believed that the U.S. economy should be based on
agriculture.
13. Which of these was one of the ways Republicans viewed the Alien and Sedition Acts?
as an attack on the right of free speech
7. Which of these was a major issue dividing the Federalist and Republican parties?
how large and powerful the federal government should be
14. Based on the states' rights theory of the Constitution, what does each state have the authority to do?
nullify federal law
6. All of these occurred in President Washington's administration except
political parties were eliminated.
15. Which of these events led to the addition of the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution?
the election of 1800
