Chapter 10

Question 1

The new Constitution did not provide for the creation of a

Answer 1

Cabinet

Question 2

Despite the flourishing cities, America’s population was still about ____% rural

Answer 2

90%

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Henry Knox

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Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, and Secretary of War

Question 4

One of the major criticisms of the Constitution as drafted in Philadelphia was that it

Answer 4

Did not provide guarantees for individual rights

Question 5

The Bill of Rights was intended to protect _____ against the political tyranny of _____

Answer 5

Individual liberties, a strong central government

Question 6

One if the first jobs facing the new government formed under the Constitution was to

Answer 6

Draw up and pass a bill of rights

Question 7

The _____ Amendment might rightly be called the “states’ rights” amendment

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Tenth

Question 8

Hamilton believed that, together, his funding and assumption programs would

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Gain the monetary and political support of the rich for the federal government

Question 9

As Secretary of Treasury, Hamilton’s first objective was to

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Bolster the national credit

Question 10

All of the following were part of Alexander Hamilton’s economic program except

Answer 10

Protective tariffs

Question 11

Hamilton’s financial plan for strengthening the economy and bolstering national credit proposed all of the following except

Answer 11

Abolishing tariffs

Question 12

Alexander Hamilton believed that a limited national debt

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Was beneficial, because people to whom government owed money would work hard to make the nation a success

Question 13

The aspect of Hamilton’s financial program that received the least support in Congress was

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The National Bank

Question 14

Hamilton expected the revenue to pay the interest on the national debt would come from

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Custom duties an excise tax

Question 15

Alexander Hamilton’s proposed Bank of the United States was

Answer 15

Based on the “necessary and proper”, or “elastic”, clause in the Constitution

Question 16

The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 arose in southwestern Pennsylvania when the federal government

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Levied an excise tax on whiskey

Question 17

The Franco-American alliance of 1778

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Bound the United States to help the French defend their West Indies

Question 18

Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation of 1793

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Was based on calculations of American self-interest

Question 19

The Treaty of Greenville signed in August with the Miami Confederation resulted in all of the following except

Answer 19

The establishment if an equal relationship with the Indians

Question 20

Hamilton’s position on the war between Britain and France in 1793 was primarily influenced by

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The national government’s dependence on customs collections for revenue

Question 21

In Jay’s Treaty, the British

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Promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest

Question 22

The United States acquired free navigation of the Mississippi River in

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The Pinckney Treaty

Question 23

One of Washington’s major contributions as president was

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Keeping the nation out of foreign wars

Question 24

Jay’s Treaty contained all of the following provisions except

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A promise by the British to stop selling arms to the Indians

Question 25

Washington’s Farewell Address of 1796

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Warned against the dangers of permanent foreign allies

Question 26

The French grew angry with the United States after 1794 because

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Of Jay’s Treaty

Question 27

The immediate cause of the undeclared war between the United States and France was

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The XYZ Affair

Question 28

The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to

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Silence and punish critics of the Federalists

Question 29

The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were written in response to

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The Alien and Sedition Acts

Question 30

According to the compact theory advocated by Jefferson and Madison,

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The national government was the creation if the thirteen sovereign states

Question 31

To the Jeffersonian Republicans, the “ideal” citizen of a republic was an

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Independent farmer

Question 32

Thomas Jefferson favored a political system in which

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The states retained the majority of politically power

Question 33

Jerffersonians did not believe in

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Every adult white male’s right to vote