Unit 1 Test Thurs 10-30

Question 1

After the Revolutionary War, American leaders decided that the new nation would be a ___________.

Answer 1

republic

Question 2

Under the Articles of Confederation, __________ did not have the power to set taxes and enforce national laws.

Answer 2

Congress

Question 3

Northwest Territory

Answer 3

included land that formed the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.

Question 4

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Answer 4

allowed territories to apply for statehood once its population reached 60,000.

Question 5

Constitutional Convention

Answer 5

May 25, 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Question 6

New Jersey Plan

Answer 6

allowed each state to have one vote in Congress

Question 7

The Three-Fifth’s Compromise

Answer 7

decided how enslaved people would be counted for the purposes of representation and taxation.

Question 8

Antifederalists

Answer 8

were concerned that the Constitution took away too much power from the states

Question 9

Bill of Rights

Answer 9

First ten amendments in the Constitution

Question 10

The U.S. being scared of conflict between France and Britain was an issued faced by _______ ____________.

Answer 10

George Washington

Question 11

Alexander Hamilton dealt with the nations financial problems by asking Congress to….

Answer 11

put a tax on imported goods.

Question 12

XYZ Affair

Answer 12

United States asked for bribes to meet with a French official

Question 13

What was effected by a Federalists becoming a president and a Democratic-Republican becoming vice-president?

Answer 13

The Election of 1796

Question 14

the Federal Judiciary Act of 1789

Answer 14

set up the federal court system

Question 15

Jefferson and Madison used ____________ to fight the Alien and Sedition Acts

Answer 15

the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Question 16

Democratic-Republicans support participation in government by who?

Answer 16

the people

Question 17

Who believed that the United States was obligated to help France?

Answer 17

Democratic - Republicans

Question 18

Who favored loose interpretation of the Constitution?

Answer 18

Federalists

Question 19

Which two leaders were against the National Bank?

Answer 19

Jefferson and Madison

Question 20

What did Marbury v. Madison affirm?

Answer 20

judicial review

Question 21

Who guided the explorers and acted as a translator for Lewis and Clark?

Answer 21

Sacagawea?

Question 22

What was a goal of Lewis and Clarks expedition?

Answer 22

to find out if a water travel route would go all the way around the globe

Question 23

What helped Tecumseh protect Native American Land?

Answer 23

alliance with the British

Question 24

What did needing money to pay for the costly war against Britain influence Napoleon to do?

Answer 24

sell Louisiana to the United States

Question 25

Who favored creating a National Bank?

Answer 25

Alexander Hamilton

Question 26

What led to the Whiskey Rebellion?

Answer 26

Farmers were angry that Whiskey now had a tax

Question 27

In 1793, what did George Washington declare the United States should remain neutral in?

Answer 27

war between France and Britain

Question 28

Who founded the Democratic-Republican Party?

Answer 28

Jefferson and Madison

Question 29

Who did the Alien and Sedition Acts target?

Answer 29

Immigrants who were not yet citizens

Question 30

Which country negotiated the Louisiana Purchase with Jefferson?

Answer 30

France

Question 31

What river did Lewis and Clark travel on?

Answer 31

the Missouri River

Question 32

What encouraged the growth of American manufacturing?

Answer 32

the War of 1812

Question 33

A system in government in which the power is shared between the states and a central government is…..

Answer 33

Federalism

Question 34

James Madison and other delegates at the Constitutional Convention proposed the _______ as a basic framework of national government.

Answer 34

Virginia Plan

Question 35

Constitution can be amended if the change is approved by two-thirds of both houses of ___________ and __________.

Answer 35

Congress and three-fourths of the states.