Question 1

Britain's capture of American sailors for the purpose of forcing them into service in the British navy was called

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A)   impressment.
B)   relocation.
C)   appropriation.
D)   kidnapping.
E)   reassignment.

Question 2

Analyze the financial plan laid out by Alexander Hamilton.List any details that make you think the plan was a good one,and then list details that you think would weaken his plans.

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Question 3

Which of these did not result in America as a result of the Haitian Revolution?

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A)   Tighter slave codes
B)   A South that was more convinced that it was meant to have slavery
C)   The beginning of a French exit from the Caribbean
D)   Gabriel's Conspiracy
E)   Enhanced French commitment to strengthen and maintain its possessions throughout North America.

Question 4

From his cabinet choices,it is clear that Washington

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A)   had packed his cabinet with like-minded men.
B)   was trying to achieve a political balance in perspectives from his advisers.
C)   didn't quite have a handle on how he should choose his cabinet members.
D)   knew that his job was going to require more knowledge and experience than he possessed.
E)   was repaying political favors. B

Question 5

All of the following are true about President George Washington, except

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A)   His reputation as an honest leader made him the obvious choice to lead the new government.
B)   He did not run for the office of the president when it was created.
C)   He had formally retired and had to be talked into coming back and serving his country once again.
D)   At the time, he thought little of the fact that he had no contemporary role models.
E)   He established several important precedents while in office.

Question 6

Hamilton,Adams,and Jefferson would all come to be known as Federalists.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Discuss the presidency of George Washington.What challenges did the first president of the United States face,both nationally and in the conduct of his office?

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Question 8

Explain what happened in the election of 1800 that led to the election being settled by the House of Representatives.What did the method selected by the men who wrote the Constitution demonstrate about their willingness to trust the average American to make a decent choice?

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The election of 1800 was a highly contentious and controversial one, with Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, both Democratic-Republicans, receiving the same number of electoral votes. This led to a tie in the Electoral College, and according to the Constitution at the time, the election was then decided by the House of Representatives.

The method selected by the men who wrote the Constitution demonstrated their willingness to trust the average American to make a decent choice. By allowing the House of Representatives to decide the election in the case of a tie, the framers of the Constitution showed that they believed in the ability of elected officials to make decisions in the best interest of the country. This method also demonstrated their trust in the democratic process and the system of checks and balances, as the House of Representatives, which was elected by the people, had the responsibility to break the tie and choose the next president. This decision reflected the framers' belief in the ability of the American people to make a fair and just choice through their elected representatives.

Question 9

The whiskey tax actually taxed small producers more than it did large producers,in part because the government wanted to prove to small farmers and westerners that it had the power to do so.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Sedition Act was controversial because

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A)   it started a political battle that ended the friendship of Jefferson and Adams.
B)   it led to the imprisonment of several Federalist newspaper editors.
C)   it required the federal government to deport citizens of enemy nations, including political refugees.
D)   it violated first amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and the press.
E)   All of these choices

Question 11

When the new government went into operation in 1789,its first order of business was to

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A)   learn the ins and outs of the Constitution.
B)   set precedents according to Constitutional guidelines.
C)   decide on a permanent home for the Capital.
D)   get the Post Office up and running.
E)   get the Treasury Department on a sound footing.

Question 12

The first major deadlock that occurred in the new government concerned

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A)   the federal assumption of the country's debts owed to states and wealthy individuals.
B)   where the capital should be permanently located.
C)   how to respond to the "Whiskey Rebellion."
D)   how to deal with foreign governments.
E)   control over unlawful protective tariffs.

Question 13

What was the XYZ Affair? What made Americans so angry about this incident? What did this do to the relationship between the French and the Americans?

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The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident...

Question 14

Under Alexander Hamilton's financial plan for the country,he viewed the new national government's debt as

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A)   something to be avoided at all costs, if possible.
B)   an economic instrument to commit wealthy individuals who were owed money from the Revolutionary War to the success of the federal government.
C)   having no place in a strong, centralized government.
D)   a responsibility that should be passed on to the states.
E)   favorable to the federal government, but troublesome for bankers and merchants.

Question 15

Which of these did not exist as an executive cabinet department when the new government began?

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A)   Secretary of the Treasury
B)   Office of Attorney General
C)   Secretary of War
D)   Secretary of State
E)   Secretary of Labor

Question 16

All of the following are true about "Citizen Genêt", except

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A)   Genêt was allowed to remain in the United States because Washington feared Genêt would most likely be executed upon his return to France.
B)   When Washington proclaimed American neutrality in the European rivalries to avoid American entanglement, Genêt simply ignored it.
C)   Those who welcomed the French ambassador did so because they remembered the French contribution to the American Revolution.
D)   His mission was to raise support for the new French government in support against Spain and England.
E)   Genêt received an enthusiastic reception everywhere in the United States.

Question 17

"Implied powers" suggested that the Constitution gave Congress much more power than mere words would suggest,by stating that it had the power to do whatever was "necessary and proper" to the efficient functioning of the government.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In his farewell address,Washington urged Americans to

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A)   try to develop a nonpartisan political system to resolve their political differences.
B)   be vigilant in their dealings with the British.
C)   support the causes he had supported.
D)   support his vice president, John Adams, for president.
E)   deal fairly with Native Americans.

Question 19

Which of these statements was not true of Jay's Treaty?

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A)   Britain agreed to leave its military posts along the frontier of the Northwest Territory.
B)   Britain agreed to make reparations for cargo it had seized.
C)   Britain agreed to stop impressing American sailors.
D)   The United States lifted duties on British imports for ten years.
E)   The treaty satisfied virtually no one and angered most. C

Question 20

Many Americans thought it unfair that Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton wanted the federal government to assume states' debts from the war,since some states had paid off a good bit of their debt while others had paid none at all.

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A) True 
 B)False

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