1754-1800 AP Classroom Questions Flashcards
The Tenth Amendment resulted most directly from which of the following?
Many Anti-Federalists’ concerns about the United States Constitution
The tenth amendment resulted most directly from which of the following?
Many Anti Federalist concerns about the U.S. Constitution
Which of the following would have most strongly favored the principle expressed in the tenth amendment?
Democratic-Republican followers of Thomas Jefferson
The principles established by the tenth amendment contributed most directly to which of the following?
Increasing sectional tensions over the extent of federal powers
Arguments for creating a stronger federal government arose primarily as a result of long-term concerns about the
Inability of the national government to maintain order under the articles
Gerry made which of the following arguments in the excerpt about the AOC?
The problems of the AOC could not be fixed by the state delegates
In the excerpt, Gerry claimed that he did not sign the U.S. Constitution for which of the following reasons?
He believed the new government insufficiently protected the rights of citizens
Gerry made which of the following arguments regarding amending the Constitution?
A Bill of Rights should be added before ratification
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?
British Activities and landholdings in North America were an impediment to western settlement and peace along the frontier
Which of the following was an important consequence of the debate over the Jay Treaty?
Strong disagreements over policy prompted the development of political parties
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…
The impact of the French Revolution.
By 1776 many British American colonists approach to protesting British imperial Policy most differed from the approach reflected in the expert because the colonists
Abandoned attempts to achieve a reconciliation with Greta Britain
The publication of Sharps essay for a colonial American audience best reflects which of the following developments in the 1770s?
The strategy of emphasizing the rights of British subjects to oppose colonial taxation
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
The agreement by some state delegates to pursue a Bill of Rights
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
Opposed the economic policies that some state’s legislators pursued
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?
The claims of parliamentary authority over colonial legislatures
Which do the following factors most directly contributed to the change between the two periods shown in the graph?
An expansion of political democracy for white men
Which of the following statements best explains the change over time in the composition of legislatures depicted in the graph?
The concept of republican self-government encouraged individuals talent
Which of the following developments best reflects an attempt to address the “elite…misrule” described in the second paragraph of the excerpt?
Guaranteeing the essential rights to citizens in the Constitution.
Which of the following most directly contributed to the debates described in the excerpt?
Shay’s rebellion
Which of the following actions by the new federal government after 1789 best demonstrates Holtons argument in the first paragraph of the excerpt?
The repayment of government creditors at face value for depreciated paper money under Alexander Hamilton financial plan
Which of the following contributed most directly to the enactment of the law in the excerpt?
Debates over how Britain’s colonies should bear the cost of the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian war)
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?
The establishment of taxation power in congress.
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?
They initiated boycotts of imported British goods
The actions described in the excerpt most immediately led to
Parliament strengthening its approach to generating new tax revenue in the North American colonies.
