US History test 3

Question 1

What was name of the
document of the first attempt
at government in America,
before the Constitution?

Answer 1

Articles of Confederation

Question 2

What was the Great
Compromise?

Answer 2

*Senate would have 2 representatives per state
* House of Representatives would have more representatives for bigger populations

Question 3

Who was the first
Secretary of Treasury?

Answer 3

Alexander Hamilton

Question 4

What did the Virginia Plan
say about representation in
Congress?

Answer 4

Representatives based on population of each state

Question 5

Who were the
Federalists?

Answer 5

Those that supported the constitution

Question 6

What did farmers rebel
over in 1794?

Answer 6

tax on whiskey

Question 7

What was the most common
profession at the
Constitutional Convention?

Answer 7

lawyer

Question 8

Which happened that
convinced George
Washington to join the
Constitutional Convention?

Answer 8

Shay’s Rebellion

Question 9

What was Shay’s
Rebellion?

Answer 9

• Farmers couldn’t pay thier debt
• The government would take their land and throw them in jail
• January 1787: Daniel Shay led force of about 1200 toward
  federal arsenal in MA, wanted to seize weapons

Question 10

What did George
Washington want to be called
as president?

Answer 10

Mr. President

Question 11

What did George
Washington do when Britain
and France went to war?

Answer 11

Stayed neutral

Question 12

What was the
compromise in the
Judiciary Act of 1789?

Answer 12

• Established a federal court system
• The states kept their own laws and courts
• The federal courts had the power to reverse
  state decisions

Question 13

What was the state of
Virginia adamant about
having in the Constitution?

Answer 13

Bill of Rights

Question 14

What were the 4 positions
in the first President’s
Cabinet?

Answer 14

Secretary of State
State of the Treasury
Secretary of War
Attorney General

Question 15

Why was the US economy in
a depression after the
Revolutionary War?

Answer 15

*wartime damage led to less exports
*less trade - British closed the ports
*government owed money to other countries from the war
*not enough money

Question 16

Who did the Continental
Congress choose to be their
leader?

Answer 16

George Washington

Question 17

What was Alexander
Hamilton’s plan to fix the
economy?

Answer 17

Hamilton proposed that the government should take over and pay
off the states’ wartime debts

Hamilton asked congress to create the Bank of the
United States
Would hold government funds
Make debt payments
Issue a single form of currency throughout the nation

Question 18

What was Thomas
Jefferson’s problems with
Hamilton’s plan?

Answer 18

He believed that the Constitution didn’t give the
government power to make a national bank
And that it would end up only helping the wealthy
Southern states felt that they were being asked to
pay more than their share

Question 19

What were some problems
with the Articles of
Confederation?

Answer 19

• the central government is too weak to deal with the problems facing the young US
• Requirement of unanimous agreement
  made it difficult to pass anything