1754-1800

Question 1

The Tenth Amendment resulted most directly from which of the following?

Answer 1

Many Anti-Federalists’ concerns about the United States Constitution

Question 2

The tenth amendment resulted most directly from which of the following?

Answer 2

Many Anti Federalist concerns about the U.S. Constitution

Question 3

Which of the following would have most strongly favored the principle expressed in the tenth amendment?

Answer 3

Democratic-Republican followers of Thomas Jefferson

Question 4

The principles established by the tenth amendment contributed most directly to which of the following?

Answer 4

Increasing sectional tensions over the extent of federal powers

Question 5

Arguments for creating a stronger federal government arose primarily as a result of long-term concerns about the

Answer 5

Inability of the national government to maintain order under the articles

Question 6

Gerry made which of the following arguments in the excerpt about the AOC?

Answer 6

The problems of the AOC could not be fixed by the state delegates

Question 7

In the excerpt, Gerry claimed that he did not sign the U.S. Constitution for which of the following reasons?

Answer 7

He believed the new government insufficiently protected the rights of citizens

Question 8

Gerry made which of the following arguments regarding amending the Constitution?

Answer 8

A Bill of Rights should be added before ratification

Question 9

Which of the following was a reason the United States government believed it necessary to negotiate a treaty with Great Britain following the American Revolution?

Answer 9

British Activities and landholdings in North America were an impediment to western settlement and peace along the frontier

Question 10

Which of the following was an important consequence of the debate over the Jay Treaty?

Answer 10

Strong disagreements over policy prompted the development of political parties

Question 11

Thomas Jefferson reaction to the Jay Treaty as expressed in the letter was most directly a reflection of ongoing debates in the U.S. over…

Answer 11

The impact of the French Revolution.

Question 12

By 1776 many British American colonists approach to protesting British imperial Policy most differed from the approach reflected in the expert because the colonists

Answer 12

Abandoned attempts to achieve a reconciliation with Greta Britain

Question 13

The publication of Sharps essay for a colonial American audience best reflects which of the following developments in the 1770s?

Answer 13

The strategy of emphasizing the rights of British subjects to oppose colonial taxation

Question 14

The ratification of the United States Constitution despite the “resistance” described in the excerpt is best understood in the context of which of the following developments

Answer 14

The agreement by some state delegates to pursue a Bill of Rights

Question 15

One piece of evidence Bouton uses to support his argument about why some Unites states political leaders sought to replace the AOC in 1787 was that they

Answer 15

Opposed the economic policies that some state’s legislators pursued

Question 16

The relationship established between the federal government and the states under the United States Constitution was a long-term response to which do the following earlier developments?

Answer 16

The claims of parliamentary authority over colonial legislatures

Question 17

Which do the following factors most directly contributed to the change between the two periods shown in the graph?

Answer 17

An expansion of political democracy for white men

Question 18

Which of the following statements best explains the change over time in the composition of legislatures depicted in the graph?

Answer 18

The concept of republican self-government encouraged individuals talent

Question 19

Which of the following developments best reflects an attempt to address the “elite…misrule” described in the second paragraph of the excerpt?

Answer 19

Guaranteeing the essential rights to citizens in the Constitution.

Question 20

Which of the following most directly contributed to the debates described in the excerpt?

Answer 20

Shay’s rebellion

Question 21

Which of the following actions by the new federal government after 1789 best demonstrates Holtons argument in the first paragraph of the excerpt?

Answer 21

The repayment of government creditors at face value for depreciated paper money under Alexander Hamilton financial plan

Question 22

Which of the following contributed most directly to the enactment of the law in the excerpt?

Answer 22

Debates over how Britain’s colonies should bear the cost of the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian war)

Question 23

Debates over the claims of the British parliament in the excerpt most directly contributed to which of the following later characteristics of the United States government?

Answer 23

The establishment of taxation power in congress.

Question 24

Which of the following was the American Colonists immediate response to the attempts of the British Parliment to enforce the claims made in the excerpt?

Answer 24

They initiated boycotts of imported British goods

Question 25

The actions described in the excerpt most immediately led to

Answer 25

Parliament strengthening its approach to generating new tax revenue in the North American colonies.