From the CLEP

Question 1

Who has the power to suspend Habeas Corpus?

Answer 1

Congress

Question 2

Who authored the Bill of Rights?

Answer 2

James Mad

Question 3

In The Federalist Paper Number Ten, what was considered to be the most dangerous threat to the US constitution?

Answer 3

factions

Question 4

Who wrote the Great compromise, and what was it written in response to ?

Answer 4

Roger Sherman. TGC helped establish the bicameral legislature of the US, with a House of rep. based on number (and the Virginia Plan) and a Senate with an equal number per state (New Jersey Plan)

Question 5

During the ratification contest, what were the Antifederalist critiques of the US constitution? (4)

Answer 5

Lack of Bill of rights / citizens rights
lack of popular vote to decide presidency
too much power for the Supreme court
inability to control such a vast territory

Question 6

Jay’s Treaty was NOT able to accomplish what pivotal point?

Answer 6

British ceasing of impressment of US sailors

Question 7

“Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute” became the nation’s rallying cry during”

Who stated this and in response to what?

Answer 7

XYZ affair, John Adams

Question 8

how did the election of 1800 lead to the 12th amendment ?

Answer 8

TJ and Aaron Burr, both running as the Democratic-Republican party elect vs. the Federalist Jadams and Charles Pickney, won the electoral college but did not know who was to be president based on votes. Aham swayed the vote towards TJ for president.

Question 9

When did the British burn Washington DC?

Answer 9

1814

Question 10

During the War of 1812, the battle waged AFTER the signing of the peace treaty at Ghent was the

Answer 10

New Orleans Battle of

Question 11

Andrew Jackson changed Presidency in America by doing what? (4)

Answer 11

Using veto as political weapon
creating a kitchen cabinet of loyal advisors NOT in the Cabinet
Spoils System- appointing loyal personal as public official
using public opinion in his favor

Question 12

Lincoln’s views on slavery were that…

Answer 12

it was a secondary issue to keeping the Union together

Question 13

What was the Sellout of 1876 and who was responsible for it?

Answer 13

Ruth B Hayes, tied with Tilden for president. Hayes met w/ Southern members of House and promised to withdraw Union soldiers from South while ending reconstruction, in exchange for their votes

Question 14

What was a primary view of the Know-nothings party ?

Answer 14

immigrants were disrupting american values and ways of life. 1855

Question 15

Who wrote the American System? what was included in it?

Answer 15

Henry Clay. Protective Tariff, second bank of US, and federally funded internal improvement

Question 16

What was the Morrill Tariff Act?
the National Banking act?
Homestead?
conscription act?

Answer 16

MTA- extremely unfair tariff act that greatly affected southern states
Nb- established federal charter that circulated national currency
Homestead- guaranteed 160 acres for farming 5 years.
conscription- first national draft

Question 17

what was the specie circualar?

Answer 17

ANdrew Jackson declared only gold and silver could be used to purchase land, led to panic of 1837

Question 18

The ordinances of 1785 and 1787 established all of the following

Answer 18

A. division of the Northwestern lands into townships.

B. reservation of one section in each township for support of public schools.

C. establishment of territorial government.

E. a procedure for achieving statehood.

Question 19

what is a proprietary colony? what was not an example?

Answer 19

Proprietary colonies were territories granted by the English Crown to one or more proprietors loyal to the crown who had full governing rights. A proprietor was a person granted governmental powers over a tract of land.

Virginia

Question 20

What is a joint stock colony/?

Answer 20

combined venture b/t investors in hope of obtaining a return of investments.
Virgina

Question 21

Why was the government not successful in using the Articles of the Confederation?

Answer 21

With no power to tax, the gov’t could not coin money, create army/ navy, or establish a post office

Question 22

What were parts of Radical Republican program of reconstruction?

Answer 22

Divide south into military districts, 14th amendment, powers for freedman’s bureau, and guarantee that freed slaves could vote and hold office

Question 23

What four wars were part of the feud b/t Britain and France regarding control of America?

Answer 23

Queen Anne’s War, King George’s War, The Seven Years war, and King Williams War. Only 7 years war ended with conclusive victory, for Britain

Question 24

Who argued against British Writs of Assistance?

Answer 24

James Otis

Question 25

What was the focal points of discussion during the Seneca Falls Convention?

Answer 25

Women’s rights and improving America’s schools and public education system

Question 26

What was the temperance movement during the 1830’s?

Answer 26

to help rid Americans of overconsumption of alcohol

Question 27

What was the Albany Plan?

Answer 27

A plan by Ben Frank to unite the colonies

Question 28

Who founded the Rhode Island Colony, and why?

Answer 28

Roger Williams, after arguing with Puritan authorities that political leaders could have no authority of religious matters, that English settlers need to buy land from the Indians, and that individuals had the right to worship to their own individual conscience.

Question 29

What was the middle passage?

Answer 29

the voyage between Africa and the Americas taken by the slave traders.

Question 30

What is a scalawag?

Answer 30

native-born Southerners who cooperated with the Northerners.

Question 31

Around 1763, which European powers controlled the most territory in the Americas?

Answer 31

Spain and Britain

Question 32

Who anonymously wrote the Federalist Papers, and why?

Answer 32

Hamilton, John Jay, and James MAd. to address the inadequacy of the Articles of Confederation

Question 33

What was the Ostend Manifesto of 1854?

Answer 33

In 1854 the American ministers to Great Britain, France, and Spain met in Ostend, Belgium and issued a statement that became known as the Ostend Manifesto. It said that if Spain would not sell Cuba to the United States, the U.S. had the right to seize the island by force.

Question 34

What was an encomienda?

Answer 34

a grant to Indians who lived on a specific piece of land in the Spanish colonies

Question 35

Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?

Answer 35

King George 3

Question 36

What were the main differences b/t the Pilgrims and Puritans?

Answer 36

Puritans wanted to purify the Anglican church, while Pilgrims wanted to separate from it. Pilgrims established in Plymouth and wrote the Mayflower Compact, an agreement to obey all the laws the group adopted. The Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Question 37

How was land distributed among European powers after the 7 years war?

Answer 37

Spain gave up Floria, but obtained New Orleans and Louisiana from France, who later regained the territory in the Secret Treaty of San Ildefonso. Britain controlled the US east of Mississippi

Question 38

Who made up the Iroquois Confederation ?

Answer 38

Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca,

Question 39

What was the first college in colonial america?

Answer 39

Harvard 1636

Question 40

What was a copperhead?

Answer 40

Northerners who opposed the Civil War.

Question 41

What was a carpetbagger?

Answer 41

Northerner who moved South to set up business and exploit new fragile market

Question 42

How were colonial assemblies able to regulate Royal Governors?

Answer 42

controlled all grants of money to be spent by the colonial governments.

Question 43

What did Federalists propose at the Hartford Convention? (3)

Answer 43

Constitutional Amendments that would:

1. require a two-thirds vote of Congress to declare war, to impose commercial restrictions, and to admit new states;
   2) omit slaves from the census used to apportion representation in Congress;
   3) restrict presidents to a single term in office and prohibit successive presidents from the same state.

Question 44

What did the Webster-Ashburton Treaty do ?

Answer 44

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) fixed the present northeastern Maine-Canada border and provided for a joint Anglo-American effort to suppress the African slave trade