History TEST

Question 1

-French begin seizing American ships.
-President John Adams sends negotiators to France.
-French agents demand loan and bribe.
-United States strengthens military forces.
-United States and France engage in undeclared war

Why did President Adams send negotiators to France?

Answer 1

French began seizing American ships

Question 2

French begin seizing American ships.
President John Adams sends negotiators to France.
French agents demand loan and bribe.
United States strengthens military forces.
United States and France engage in undeclared war
Use the above chart to answer the question:

What was the United States reaction to the French agents’ demand for a loan and a bribe?

Answer 2

United States strengthens military forces.

Question 3

What was the name of the civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal government?

Answer 3

whiskey rebellion

Question 4

The Alien and Sedition Acts were

Answer 4

strongly supported by the Federalist Party

Question 5

The Proclamation of Neutrality barred which warships from American ports?

Answer 5

French and English

Question 6

Who expressed concern that political parties were a threat to the ability of people in government to work together?

Answer 6

George Washington

Question 7

What did the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions claim?

Answer 7

The Alien and Sedition Acts violated the Constitution.

Question 8

Which political party stood for a strong federal government?

Answer 8

Democratic-Republican

Question 9

Which party feared that a strong central government would endanger people’s liberties?

Answer 9

Republican

Question 10

Who was the second president of the United States?

Answer 10

John Adams

Question 11

Which of the following proposed a challenge to the constitutional authority of the national government?

Answer 11

Viirginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Question 12

What divided the Federalists and hurt John Adams’s chance for reelection?

Answer 12

treaty with France

Question 13

The ____________________ party admired Britain’s stability.

Answer 13

Federalists

Question 14

To favor one side of an issue is to be ____________________.

Answer 14

partisian

Question 15

President Adams referred to the three French agents who demanded a bribe and a loan from the Americans as ____________________.

Answer 15

xyz

Question 16

According to Federalist Party leaders, the ____________________ Acts, passed in 1798, would protect the nation’s security

Answer 16

Alien & Sedation