CHAPTER 7

Question 1

-Congress initially set the number of Supreme Court justices at nine.

Answer 1

false

Question 2

+According to Alexander Hamilton, the United States needed a national bank to provide a stable currency and to assure capital for development.

Answer 2

true

Question 3

-Alexander Hamilton believed the U.S. economy should remain predominantly agricultural.

Answer 3

false

Question 4

+The partisan divisions of the 1790s ended the friendship of Adams and Jefferson for an extended period.

Answer 4

true

Question 5

+Thomas Jefferson was elected the third president of the United States.

Answer 5

true

Question 6

*By 1790, America:

Answer 6

remained a predominantly rural society

Question 7

*In early 1789, the new Congress gathered in the national capital, which was:

Answer 7

New York City

Question 8

*In his inaugural address, President Washington emphasized:

Answer 8

national unity

Question 9

*The first Supreme Court:

Answer 9

had nine members

Question 10

*The Bill of Rights did all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer 10

settle all questions about federal versus state authority

Question 11

*In regard to religion, the Constitution:

Answer 11

prevents Congress from establishing an official religion

Question 12

*The Tonnage Act of 1789:

Answer 12

placed higher tonnage duties on foreign vessels

Question 13

*Alexander Hamilton’s basic vision of America was to make it:

Answer 13

a vibrant capitalist power

Question 14

*Washington’s secretary of state was

Answer 14

Thomas Jefferson

Question 15

*One key element of Hamilton’s program to encourage manufacturing was his proposal for:

Answer 15

high protective tariffs

Question 16

*When Britain and France went to war in 1793, the United States:

Answer 16

expressed neutrality, warning Americans not to aid either side

Question 17

*By the mid-1790s, Americans became incensed with the British over:

Answer 17

British seizure of American merchant vessels

Question 18

*In regard to land policy, Hamilton and the Federalists:

Answer 18

favored high land prices that would slow western settlement

Question 19

*Washington’s farewell address:

Answer 19

opposed permanent alliances

Question 20

*The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Answer 20

were drafted by Jefferson and Madison

Question 21

*The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions argued that:

Answer 21

states could decide if laws were unconstitutional

Question 22

*All of the following were liabilities for Adams when he ran for reelection EXCEPT:

Answer 22

evidence he enriched himself in office

Question 23

*Jefferson’s election in 1800:

Answer 23

had to be settled by the House of Representatives

Question 24

*The Judiciary Act of 1801:

Answer 24

was the legacy of the Federalists as they left office

Question 25

*Just before he left office, Adams:

Answer 25

appointed John Marshall chief justice

Question 26

/ John Adams

Answer 26

was the Federalist presidential candidate in 1800

Question 27

/ Alexander Hamilton

Answer 27

was the first secretary of the treasury

Question 28

/ Thomas Pinckney

Answer 28

negotiated treaty with Spain

Question 29

/ George Washington

Answer 29

issued neutrality proclamation in 1793

Question 30

/ Anthony Wayne

Answer 30

led Americans at the Battle of Fallen Timbers