Chapter 10 Midterm

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

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Secretary of State

Question 4

Alexander Hamilton

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Secretary of treasury

Question 5

Henry Knox

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Secretary of war

Question 6

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

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Did not provide guarantees for individual rights

Question 7

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

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Individual liberties, a strong central government

Question 8

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

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Draw up and pass a bill of rights

Question 9

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

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Tenth

Question 10

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 11

As secretary of treasury, Alexander Hamilton’s first objective was to

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Bolster the national credit

Question 12

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

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Vigorous foreign trade

Question 13

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

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Abolishing tariffs

Question 14

Alexander Hamilton believed that a limited national debt

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

Question 15

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

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The National Bank

Question 16

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

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Customs duties and excise tax

Question 17

Alexander Hamilton’s proposed bank of the United States was

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

Question 18

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

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Levied an excise tax on whiskey

Question 19

Hamilton

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Privileges for the upper classes,pro- British, potent central government, government support for business

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Jefferson

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Sympathy for the common people, pay off the national debt, pro-French, universal education

Question 21

The Franco- American alliance of 1778

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

Question 22

Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation of 1793

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Was based on calculations of American self interest

Question 23

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

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The establishment of an equal relationship with the Indians

Question 24

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

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The national governments dependence on customs collections for revenue

Question 25

In Jay’s Treaty, the British

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Promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest

Question 26

The United States acquired free navigation of the Mississippi River in

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The Pinckney Treaty

Question 27

One of George Washington’s major contributions as president was

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Keeping the nation out of foreign wars

Question 28

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 29

Washington’s Farewell Address in 1796

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Warned against the dangers of permanent foreign alliances

Question 30

The French grew angry with the United States after 1794 because

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Of Jay’s Treaty

Question 31

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

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The XYZ affair

Question 32

The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to

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Silence and punish critics of the Federalists

Question 33

The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were written in response to

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The Alien and Sedition Acts

Question 34

According to the compact theory advocated by Jefferson and Madison,

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The national government was the creation of the thirteen sovereign states

Question 35

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

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Independent farmer

Question 36

Thomas Jefferson favored a political system in which

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The states retained the majority of political power

Question 37

Jeffersonian believed in all of the following except

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Every adult white male’s right to vote