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APUSHChapter7Test
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Which of the following was a provision of Pennsylvania's democratic constitution of 1776? | An extensive system of elementary education was set up, and citizens were protected against imprisonment for debt. |
John Adams recommended a bicameral (two-house) legislature because he thought that | the two houses would check and balance each other and the chief representative. |
In devising their new constitution during the Revolution, most states | reduced the powers of the executive branch of government. |
Abigail Adams | insisted on equal legal rights for married women. |
Under the Articles of Confederation, | each state retained its sovereignty and independence. |
Members of Congress wished to establish a plan for orderly admission of new states to the Confederation because they | wanted to reduce the prospect of secessionist movements and to prevent the emergence of dependent "colonies." |
In the Land Ordinances of 1784 and 1785, Congress | set out a rectangular grid system for surveying land. |
All of the following states were eventually created out of the Northwest Territory except | Kentucky. |
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory. |
Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes postwar trends in American trade? | The war had destroyed many American merchant ships and cut the export of tobacco and other farm goods. |
The largest political and economic problem facing the post-revolutionary state governments was | a worthless currency and big debts. |
The revolt led by farmers in Massachusetts in 1786 to 1787 | was directed against the creditors of and high taxes in eastern Massachusetts. |
The major legacy of Shays's Rebellion was | a redoubling of efforts by leaders with a nationalist perspective to create a strong federal government. |
In the 1780s, Americans known as "nationalists" were | Patriots who believed that the Confederation should either be strengthened or be replaced with a central government that would be strong enough to control foreign commerce and impose tariffs. |
To strengthen the central government, the nationalists in the 1780s | won passage of a congressional resolution calling for a revision of the Articles of Confederation. |
Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the Constitutional Convention's day-to-day operations? | It deliberated behind closed doors to forestall popular opposition, and until James Madison's notebooks were published many years later, Americans knew very little of what happened. |
As part of the Great Compromise, delegates at the Philadelphia convention agreed on | a lower house whose seats would be appointed on the basis of population. |
The Philadelphia convention established that | Congress could make no law regulating the importation of slaves for twenty years after the ratification of the Constitution. |
The Constitution, as completed on September 17, 1787, gave the national government | broad powers over taxation, military defense, and external commerce. |
Before the Constitution could go into effect, it had to be ratified by | nine states. |
Anifederalist Patrick Henry opposed the Constitution because he | feared high taxes, a large bureaucracy, and a standing army. |
In The Federalist, No. 10, James Madison maintained that the constitutional government would | prevent any one faction from becoming dominant. |
To persuade Massachusetts, Virginia, and New York to ratify the Constitution, leading Federalists promised that | a bill of rights would be added to the Constitution. |
Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the first congressional government? | George Washington established a cabinet, or body of advisers, and an administrative bureaucracy under the president's control. |
All of the following are guaranteed by the first ten amendments to the Constitution except | the right to vote. |
In response to Hamilton's bill to establish the Bank of the United States, | Washington agreed with Hamilton's interpretation of the Constitution and signed the bill into law. |
Alexander Hamilton | proposed making the United States self-sufficient in manufacturing. |
Thomas Jefferson's vision for the future of the United States included | western territories populated by independent, white yeomen farm families. |
What was the effect of the French Revolution and the war between France and England on the American economy? | By managing to sell to both sides, American exporters recovered from two decades of relative commercial stagnation. |
Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes American reactions to the French Revolution? | Artisans praised the egalitarianism of the French republicans and founded political clubs. |
The Whiskey Rebellion was significant for all of the following reasons except | when he learned that Thomas Jefferson covertly supported the insurgents, Washington publicly broke with him, precipitating open party conflict. |
John Jay's treaty of 1795 with Great Britain | required the British to withdraw from forts in the trans-Appalachian West and end aid to native tribes in that region. |
Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes U.S. relations with France in the late 1790s? | The United States cut off trade with France and authorized American privateers to seize French ships. |
Under the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, | it was illegal to publish malicious or ungrounded attacks against Congress or the president. |
In their protests against the Alien and Sedition Acts, Jefferson and Madison | took the fight to the state legislatures, setting forth a states' rights interpretation of the Constitution. |
In the election of 1800, | Hamilton threw his support to Jefferson, who was in an electoral-vote tie with Aaron Burr for the presidency. |