APUSH: Ch. 9-...(?) AP Review Questions [DONE]

Question 1

The American Revolution is most accurately described as?

Answer 1

More of an evolution than a revolution

Question 2

The aftermath of the American Revolution triggered? (4)

Answer 2

1. Property-holder requirements for voting were eliminated
2. Trade and labor organizations were founded and grew
3. a movement for the separation of church and state gained momentum
4. efforts to abolish slavery began in the North.

Question 3

What is meant by the term republican motherhood?

Answer 3

Women as shapers for future citizens

Question 4

The state constitutions that were drafted beginning in 1776 had all of the following traits in common…?

Answer 4

1. a bill of rights
2. annual elections of legislators
3. little authority for the executive branch
4. a weak judiciary

Question 5

Economically, most Americans after the revolution were:

Answer 5

worse off than they had been before the war

Question 6

What single issue nearly kept several colonies from refusing to sign the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 6

Western Lands

Question 7

Although they were a landmark in government, why were the Articles of Confederation ultimately replaced with the U.S. Constitution?

Answer 7

The Articles gave Congress no power to regulate commerce or to enforce taxation.

Question 8

Passed by the Confederation Congress, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

Answer 8

stated that once a territory was inhabited with 60,000 then congress would admit it as a state; banned slavery in the Old Northwest

Question 9

Although having vastly different outcomes, both the American and French Revolutions shared which of the following traits in common?

Answer 9

Enlightenment Ideas *Enlightenment = movement that emphasized reason and individualism, rather than tradition.

Question 10

Which best describes Shays’ Rebellion ?

Answer 10

a protest by debt-ridden farmers who were losing their land to foreclosures

Question 11

The man nicknamed “the father of the Constitution” was?

Answer 11

James Madison

Question 12

what were the reasons for revising the Articles of Confederation at the 1787 meeting of state delegates in Philadelphia?

Answer 12

1. gaining better control over commerce
2. curbing the unlimited democracy practiced in several states
3. strengthening the central government
4. safeguarding the Union from uprisings

Question 13

the constitution that was drafted in 1787 contained what compromises that secured its final passage?

Answer 13

1. a strong central government
2. counting slaves as 3/5ths of a person
3. closing the slave labor by 1807
4. lifetime appointments for federal judges

Question 14

What all was true statements about the antifederalists?

Answer 14

1. they were opposed to a strong central government as outlined in the constitution
2. revolutionary leaders, including Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and Richard Henry Lee, joined their ranks
3. they claimed that the Constitution was drawn up by the wealthy to protect their interests
4. their position was challenged in articles penned by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

Question 15

what are the following true statements about the Bill of Rights ? (4)

Answer 15

1. it’s the first ten amendments to the Constitution
2. was added due to the insistence of the anti-federalists / also part of compromise
3. gave freedom or speech, religion, and press
4. prevents the government from arbitrary seizing private property

Question 16

why did Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton want the federal government to assume state debts accumulated during the American Revolution?

Answer 16

he hoped to shift wealth creditors’ obligations and allegiances from the states to the federal government

Question 17

leaders chose a site along the Potomac River for the nation’s capital city in 1790, because?

Answer 17

it ensured that Virginia would vote in favor of Hamilton’s plan for federal assumption of state war debts.

Question 18

which of the following was apart of Hamilton’s economic program for the new nation?

Answer 18

1. protecting well-to-do manufacturing interests
2. establishing a national bank
3. setting an excise tax
4. creating a sound monetary policy

Question 19

the “loose construction” interpretation of the Constitution refers to the notion that

Answer 19

in carrying out its duties, the central government can take any measures not specifically prohibited by the Constitution

Question 20

the Whiskey Rebellion is most significant because…

Answer 20

it led to the strengthening and increased credibility of Washington’s government

Question 21

which were the first two political parties in America?

Answer 21

Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists

Question 22

what was the main reason that leaders in the newly formed United States were suspicious of the formation of political parties?

Answer 22

they considered sustained opposition to government antithetical to unity and the functioning of a republic

Question 23

George Washington’s 1793 Neutrality Proclamation in the conflict between France and England is significant for all of the following reasons…? (4)

Answer 23

1. launched America’s isolationist foreign-policy tradition
2. was based on an accurate assessment of America’s military and diplomatic strengths and weaknesses
3. marked a departure from the Franco-American Alliance of 1778
4. actually served the French more than American entry into the war might have done.

Question 24

what was some of the many responses / effects of Jay’s Treaty with Britain in 1794? (4)

Answer 24

1. outraged southerners, Jeffersonians, and the French
2. increased interest by Spain in a treaty of its own with America (Pinckney treaty)
3. mob riots and demonstrations
4. British agreement to pay damages for seizing American ships

Question 25

Americans were angered by the XYZ Affair with France because…?

Answer 25

the likened it to a bribe rather than to respectable diplomacy

Question 26

what move did John Adams make in 1800 that paved the way for the Louisiana Purchase in 1803?

Answer 26

he accepted a second invitation to negotiate a treaty with the French

Question 27

the Alien and Sedition Acts were intended to accomplish all of the following…?

Answer 27

1. silence critics of the Federalist government
2. target immigrant voters
3. grant the president the right to deport foreigners
4. raise residency requirements for citizenship

Question 28

what was the most fundamental difference between the Federalist party and the Jeffersonian Democrats?

what were some of the other reasons?

Answer 28

Federalists advocated for a strong central Government’ Jeffersonians promoted states’ rights

Other Reasons:

1. Federalists tended to be located along the Atlantic seaboard; Jeffersonians inhabited rural and backcountry regions
2. Federalists embraced commercial interests; Jeffersonians saw farming as the hallmark of the Nation’s economy