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United States History
Advanced Placement
Review Test #3 - Federalist Era;
1754-1789
Directions: Read each question. Discuss the possible answers and choose the best one from the avilable options. You
may consult your textbook, or any suitable reference book, to help you determine the solution. Mark the Scantron
and submit it for grading at the end of the class period. (Note* Do not leave any answer blank.)
1. The Articles of Confederation denied the national government the power to regulate commerce and
the power to
A. pass laws
B. tax
C. conduct foreign affairs
D. make war
E. adjudicate conflicts in the laws within the states
2. The Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 had the effect of
A. extending the size of the original thirteen colonies
B. weakening the national government’s authority
C. pushing the last vestiges of British authority from the Northwest
D. developing commerce with the Dutch
E. developing procedure for creating new states.
3. One of the outcomes of Shays’ Rebellion was that it helped convince many elates that
A. another revolution was desirable
B. a stronger and more stable national government was necessary
C. personal wealth should be limited
D. a more egalitarian society was a more orderly society.
E. slavery was a poor solution to the nation’s economic woes
4. Among those prominent Americans missing from the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 was
A. Roger Sherman
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. George Washington
D. Benjamin Franklin
E. Thomas Jefferson
5. The Philadelphia Convention of 1787 was specifically called to
A. draft a new constitution
B. develop a Bill of Rights for citizen’s
C. control of interstate commerce
D. regulate the judicial system in the colonies
E. revise the Articles of Confederation
6. The 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 personally represented ...
discussed by historians Charles and Mary Beard.
A. the debtor elements of society
B. the yeomen farmers
C. the conservative propertied class
D. the radical elements
E. the urban class rather than the rural again class
This was
7. Which of the following men kept the most comprehensive record of the debates at the Philadelphia
Convention?
A. James Madison
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. William Patterson
D. John Adams
E. Charles Pi Pinckney
8. The "Great Compromise" resolved the difference between the New Jersey and Virginia Plan
principally throughout use of
A. a bicameral legislature
B. a constitutional monarchy
C. a bill of rights
D. virtual representation plan
E. the incorporation of slavery in the southern economy
Review Test #3 - The Federalist Era, Page Two
9. Alexander Hamilton’s vision of a new America called for all of the following EXCEPT:
A. transforming the new republic into a manufacturing power
B. relying local and state authority to act in the national economic interest
C. giving the new government authority to regulate and guide the economy
D. forging a productive cooperative partnership with Great Britain
E. establishment of a national bank
10. Alelxander Hamilton’s famous economic plan that he hoped would strengthen the American
economy included:
A. lowering the tariff
B. a free market economy
C. a national bank
D. the repudiation of the national debt
E. revenue-tax sharing with the states on property taxes?
11. Thomas Jefferson’s vision of the good society included all EXCEPT:
A. an agrarian society
B. a citizenry of virtuous independent farmers
C. a national government with limited powers
D. an economy that relied on the national government to provide subsidies
E. a society of education, agriculture, and politics
12. In his "Farewell Address" in 1796, George Washington warned his fellow citizens about the negative
affects of
A. an industrial economic policy
B. a war with Great Britain
C. internal riots and rebellions
D. urbanization
E. political parties
13. Which of the following events did not occur during Washington’s Administration?
A. French Revolution
B. development of cotton economy
C. emergence of political ideology & partisanship
D. Alien and Sedition Acts
E. development of Presidents cabinet
14. Which of the following principles of political theory were NOT incorporated into the political
philosophy of the Founding Fathers when they drafted the Constitution?
A. checks and balances
B. political parties
C. separation of powers
D. civilian control of the military
E. equality before the law
15. Which of the following concepts did Alexander Hamilton NOT APPROVE?
A. loose interpretation of the Constitution
B. funding the national debt
C. pro-French diplomatic alliance
D. tariff
E. government protection of commerce power of the Constitution
16. A major purpose of Hamilton’s financial policy was to
A. help out his friends
B. encourage speculative inflation
C. force the states to pay their war debts D. increase federal centralization of power
E. develop an excise tax
17. The first Cabinet was formed
A. by request of Congress
B. under specific Constitutional provision
C. by evolution as a part of the unwritten Constitution
E. under pressure from the federal judiciary
D. under pressure from the states
Review Test #3 - The Federalist Era, Page Three
18. To restore faith in the credit of the federal government, Hamilton proposed
A. to issue paper currency backed by gold and silver
B. measures to reduce or prevent private speculation in public securities
C. to redeem securities issued by the Confederation government with new notes paying 12 percent
interest.
D. that the national government assume the unpaid debts of the states
E. that the government establish a national bank
19. In response to Hamilton’s bill to establish the Bank of the United States:
A. Washington agreed with Hamilton and singed the bill into law
B. Jefferson relied on loose construction in declaring the bank unconstitutional
C. Hamilton used a strict interpretation to argue for the national bank
D. the Treasury Secretary questioned the morality of public bank
E. Jefferson and Madison aggressively pushed into law over Washington’s veto
20. Thomas Jefferson’s vision of the United States included:
A. industrialized urban centers at the front of the Industrial Revolution
B. expansion of the institution of slavery
C. western territories populated by independent white yeoman farm families
D. a rejection of scientific farming in favor of agricultural traditionalism
E. education for all men a condition for equality
21. What effect did the French Revolution and the war between France and England have on the
American economy?
A. a British naval blockade crippled trade
B. the failure of wheat farmers to sell France led to depression
C. Cotton exports exceeded those of tobacco in value
D. Washington’s Proclamation of neutrality hindered American merchants
E. American Indians were aided by American colonials
22. In their protests against the Alien and Sedition Acts, Jefferson and Madison
A. asked the Supreme Court to declare the laws unconstitutional
B. called for the impeachment of President John Adams
C. accused Adams of being a tool and a fool of the British
D. asserted that states could refuse to enforce the federal law that exceeded the grant of Constitutional
government.
E. led a political sit-in in Washington D.C.
23. The Federalist Papers are best described as
A. political pamphlets
B. editorials in praise of the Articles of Confederation
C. pamphlets that suggested moderate compromise
D. newspaper essays that associated the Constitution with economic prosperity
E. a source of John Locke when he wrote the Second Treatise on Government
24. The Federalists Papers were published to
A. propagandized for the Constitution in New York
B. defended the Articles of Confederation
C. attacked the English colonial political system
D. propagandized for a new federalist convention
E. promoted the anti-Federalist Party
Review Test #3 - The Federalist Era, Page Four
25.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
In Federalist 10, Madison maintained that the constitutional government would:
eliminate the need for political parties
protect the rights of individual states against incursions by the central government
prevent the President from assuming dictatorial decree powers
bring focus and order to American foreign policy
prevent any one faction from becoming dominant
26.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Jay’s Treaty
officially ended the alliance with France
removed restrictions on American trade with British colonies
was rejected by the Senate because it gave up too much to Spain
secured the evacuation of British Troops from the Northwest
allowed Americans to immigrate to Oregon
27.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
In the XYZ Affair
England agreed to abandon the forts in the Northwest
French officials demanded a bribe to open negotiations with US
Adams broke with his party and sent a new peace commissioner to France
the Cherokee Indians were defeated by the Spanish in Florida
the United States agreed to end the Quasi-War with France
28.
A.
C.
E.
In the mid 1790’s the Republicans drew support from all of the following groups EXCEPT;
seaport mechanics and artisans
B. subsistence farmers
southern tobacco planters
D. westerners in Tennessee & Kentucky
northeastern merchants
29.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Most people who migrated from New England during the 1790’s
moved in large family or church groups
moved to western New York
relocated in northeastern Ohio
organized themselves into joint-stock companies to secure funding for the move.
because of the social affects of the Salem Witch Trials.
30.
A.
C.
E.
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were a response to
Whiskey Rebellion
B. Shays Rebellion
Stono Rebellion
D. Alien and Sedition Acts
Intolerable Acts
31. In the preamble to the Constitution, the Founding Fathers laid down the fundamental objectives of
the new government. They sought all EXCEPT which of the following:
A. to promote the general welfare
B. to provide for the common defense
C. to provide for protect the right to bear arms
D. to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
E. to insure domestic tranquillity
32.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The Twelfth Amendment provided for…
barred partisan politics from the electoral college
separated balloting for president and vice president
undermined the implied powers clause
gave Constitutional recognition to the presidential cabinet
women to have equal rights with men
Review Test #3 - The Federalist Era, Page Five
33. Jefferson favored voting by
A. informed masses
B. all adult males
C. property owners
D. the upper classes
E. by senators only
34.
A.
C.
E.
35.
by
A.
C.
E.
The Founding Fathers were very careful in the allocations of power. They delegated powers in
Section one to the Congress
B. Article II to the President
Article III to the Supreme Court D. Article I, Section 8, for the whole national government
Tenth Amendment for both the states and the national government
One of the first acts of Congress under the newly ratified Constitution was to protect civil liberties
giving the President extraordinary powers B. expand the powers of the Supreme Court
enact a Bill of Rights
D. making a standing army unconstitutional
limit the freedom of speech
36. Chief among the opponents of the ratification of the Constitution was…
A. Samuel Adams
B. Alexander Hamilton
D. James Madison
E. Patrick Henry
37.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
C. Henry Clay
Which of the following statements best describes the American conception of the republican ideal?
to Americans, a republic was simply a state that had no monarch
Individuals rights and liberties were Americans primary concern
Local governments were subordinate to the state governments
Each individual had rights and responsibilities in the collective state.
Each of the thirteen states decided this separately
38. By 1800 in the Chesapeake region
A. most planters argued that slavery was a necessary evil required to maintain white supremacy and
their elaborate life styles
B. most planters had freed their slaves through manumission
C. most planters had freed only their female slaves
D. freed blacks outnumbers slaves three to one
E. slavery was too costly to continue
39.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
During the Revolution it was customary from women to:
maintain their traditional roles
weave cloth for tailors to fashion clothing for the soldiers
assume the responsibility for farm production
look out for their own interests
make slow but significant gains that took a century longer to achieve
40. To whom does Thomas Jefferson owe his election in 1800?
A. Henry Clay
B. John Adams
C. Alexander Hamilton
D. James Madison
United States History
Advanced Placement-3
The Federalist Era
1789-1801
Artcicles of Confederation
1. 56B
2.57 E
3.58 B
Philadelphia Convention
4.59 E
5.60 E
Constititonal Convention
6.63C
7.67 A
8. 68A
9.70B
10.71E
11.72D
12.73E
13.75D
14.76B
15.77C
16.78D
17.79C
18.80D
19.81A
20.82C
21.83C
22.84D
23.69D
E. Patrick Henry
24.62D
25.85E
26.86D
27.97B
28.88E
29.89A
30.90D
31.91C
32.92B
33.93A
34.94D
35.95C
36.96E
37.97D
38.98A
39.99E
40.100C
United States History
Advanced Placement
Review Test #3 - Fedarlist Era;
1754-1789
Directions: Read each question. Discuss the possible answers and choose the best one from the avilable options. You
may consult your textbook, or any suitable reference book, to help you determine the solution. Mark the Scantron
and submit it for grading at the end of the class period. (Note* Do not leave any answer blank.)
1. The Articles of Confederation denied the national government the power to regulate commerce and
the power to
A. pass laws
-B. tax
C. conduct foreign affairs
D. make war
E. adjudicate conflicts in the laws within the states
2. The Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 had the effect of
A. extending the size of the original thirteen colonies
B. weakening the national government’s authority
C. pushing the last vestiges of British authority from the Northwest
D. developing commerce with the Dutch
-E. developing procedure for creating new states.
3. One of the outcomes of Shays’ Rebellion was that it helped convince many elates that
A. another revolution was desirable
-B. a stronger and more stable national government was necessary
C. personal wealth should be limited
D. a more egalitarian society was a more orderly society.
E. slavery was a poor solution to the nation’s economic woes
4. Among those prominent Americans missing from the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 was
A. Roger Sherman
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. George Washington
D. Benjamin Franklin
E. Thomas Jefferson
5. The Philadelphia Convention of 1787 was specifically called to
A. draft a new constitution
B. develop a Bill of Rights for citizen’s
C. control of interstate commerce
D. regulate the judicial system in the colonies
-E. revise the Articles of Confederation
6. The 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 personally represented ...
discussed by historians Charles and Mary Beard.
A. the debtor elements of society
B. the yeomen farmers
-C. the conservative propertied class
D. the radical elements
E. the urban class rather than the rural again class
This was
7. Which of the following men kept the most comprehensive record of the debates at the Philadelphia
Convention?
-A. James Madison
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. William Patterson
D. John Adams
E. Charles Pi Pinckney
8. The "Great Compromise" resolved the difference between the New Jersey and Virginia Plan
principally throughout use of
-A. a bicameral legislature
B. a constitutional monarchy
C. a bill of rights
D. virtual representation plan
E. the incorporation of slavery in the southern economy
9. Alexander Hamilton’s vision of a new America called for all of the following EXCEPT:
A. transforming the new republic into a manufacturing power
-B. relying local and state authority to act in the national economic interest
C. giving the new government authority to regulate and guide the economy
D. forging a productive cooperative partnership with Great Britain
E. establishment of a national bank
10. Alelxander Hamilton’s famous economic plan that he hoped would strengthen the American
economy included:
A. lowering the tariff
B. a free market economy
C. a national bank
D. the repudiation of the national debt
-E. revenue-tax sharing with the states on property taxes?
11. Thomas Jefferson’s vision of the good society included all EXCEPT:
A. an agrarian society
B. a citizenry of virtuous independent farmers
C. a national government with limited powers
-D. an economy that relied on the national government to provide subsidies
E. a society of education, agriculture, and politics
12. In his "Farewell Address" in 1796, George Washington warned his fellow citizens about the negative
affects of
A. an industrial economic policy
B. a war with Great Britain
C. internal riots and rebellions
D. urbanization
-E. political parties
13. Which of the following events did not occur during Washington’s Administration?
A. French Revolution
B. development of cotton economy
C. emergence of political ideology & partisanship
-D. Alien and Sedition Acts
E. development of Presidents cabinet
14. Which of the following principles of political theory were NOT incorporated into the political
philosophy of the Founding Fathers when they drafted the Constitution?
A. checks and balances
-B. political parties
C. separation of powers
D. civilian control of the military
E. equality before the law
15. Which of the following concepts did Alexander Hamilton NOT APPROVE?
A. loose interpretation of the Constitution
B. funding the national debt
-C. pro-French diplomatic alliance
D. tariff
E. government protection of commerce power of the Constitution
16. A major purpose of Hamilton’s financial policy was to
A. help out his friends
B. encourage speculative inflation
C. force the states to pay their war debts
-D. increase federal centralization of power
E. develop an excise tax
17. The first Cabinet was formed
A. by request of Congress
B. under specific Constitutional provision
-C. by evolution as a part of the unwritten Constitution
D. under pressure from the states
E. under pressure from the federal judiciary
18. To restore faith in the credit of the federal government, Hamilton proposed
A. to issue paper currency backed by gold and silver
B. measures to reduce or prevent private speculation in public securities
C. to redeem securities issued by the Confederation government with new notes paying 12 percent
interest.
-D. that the national government assume the unpaid debts of the states
E. that the government establish a national bank
19. In response to Hamilton’s bill to establish the Bank of the United States:
-A. Washington agreed with Hamilton and singed the bill into law
B. Jefferson relied on loose construction in declaring the bank unconstitutional
C. Hamilton used a strict interpretation to argue for the national bank
D. the Treasury Secretary questioned the morality of public bank
E. Jefferson and Madison aggressively pushed into law over Washington’s veto
20. Thomas Jefferson’s vision of the United States included:
A. industrialized urban centers at the front of the Industrial Revolution
B. expansion of the institution of slavery
-C. western territories populated by independent white yeoman farm families
D. a rejection of scientific farming in favor of agricultural traditionalism
E. education for all men a condition for equality
21. What effect did the French Revolution and the war between France and England have on the
American economy?
A. a British naval blockade crippled trade
B. the failure of wheat farmers to sell France led to depression
-C. Cotton exports exceeded those of tobacco in value
D. Washington’s Proclamation of neutrality hindered American merchants
E. American Indians were aided by American colonials
22. In their protests against the Alien and Sedition Acts, Jefferson and Madison
A. asked the Supreme Court to declare the laws unconstitutional
B. called for the impeachment of President John Adams
C. accused Adams of being a tool and a fool of the British
-D. asserted that states could refuse to enforce the federal law that exceeded the grant of Constitutional
government.
E. led a political sit-in in Washington D.C.
23. The Federalist Papers are best described as
A. political pamphlets
B. editorials in praise of the Articles of Confederation
C. pamphlets that suggested moderate compromise
-D. newspaper essays that associated the Constitution with economic prosperity
E. a source of John Locke when he wrote the Second Treatise on Government
24. The Federalists Papers were published to
-A. propagandized for the Constitution in New York
B. defended the Articles of Confederation
C. attacked the English colonial political system
D. propagandized for a new federalist convention
E. promoted the anti-Federalist Party
25.
A.
B.
C.
D.
-E.
In Federalist 10, Madison maintained that the constitutional government would:
eliminate the need for political parties
protect the rights of individual states against incursions by the central government
prevent the President from assuming dictatorial decree powers
bring focus and order to American foreign policy
prevent any one faction from becoming dominant
26.
A.
B.
C.
-D.
E.
Jay’s Treaty
officially ended the alliance with France
removed restrictions on American trade with British colonies
was rejected by the Senate because it gave up too much to Spain
secured the evacuation of British Troops from the Northwest
allowed Americans to immigrate to Oregon
27.
A.
-B.
C.
D.
E.
In the XYZ Affair
England agreed to abandon the forts in the Northwest
French officials demanded a bribe to open negotiations with US
Adams broke with his party and sent a new peace commissioner to France
the Cherokee Indians were defeated by the Spanish in Florida
the United States agreed to end the Quasi-War with France
28.
A.
B.
C.
D.
-E.
In the mid 1790’s the Republicans drew support from all of the following groups EXCEPT;
seaport mechanics and artisans
subsistence farmers
southern tobacco planters
westerners in Tennessee & Kentucky
northeastern merchants
29.
-A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Most people who migrated from New England during the 1790’s
moved in large family or church groups
moved to western New York
relocated in northeastern Ohio
organized themselves into joint-stock companies to secure funding for the move.
because of the social affects of the Salem Witch Trials.
30.
A.
B.
C.
-D.
E.
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were a response to
Whiskey Rebellion
Shays Rebellion
Stono Rebellion
Alien and Sedition Acts
Intolerable Acts
31. In the preamble to the Constitution, the Founding Fathers laid down the fundamental objectives of
the new government. They sought all EXCEPT which of the following:
A. to promote the general welfare
B. to provide for the common defense
-C. to provide for protect the right to bear arms
D. to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
E. to insure domestic tranquillity
32.
A.
-B.
C.
D.
E.
The Twelfth Amendment provided for…
barred partisan politics from the electoral college
separated balloting for president and vice president
undermined the implied powers clause
gave Constitutional recognition to the presidential cabinet
women to have equal rights with men
33.
-A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Jefferson favored voting by
informed masses
all adult males
property owners
the upper classes
by senators only
34.
A.
B.
C.
-D.
E.
The Founding Fathers were very careful in the allocations of power. They delegated powers in
Section one to the Congress
Article II to the President
Article III to the Supreme Court
Article I, Section 8, for the whole national government
Tenth Amendment for both the states and the national government
35.
by
A.
B.
-C.
D.
E.
One of the first acts of Congress under the newly ratified Constitution was to protect civil liberties
giving the President extraordinary powers
expand the powers of the Supreme Court
enact a Bill of Rights
making a standing army unconstitutional
limit the freedom of speech
36.
A.
B.
C.
D.
-E.
Chief among the opponents of the ratification of the Constitution was…
Samuel Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Clay
James Madison
Patrick Henry
37.
A.
B.
C.
-D.
E.
Which of the following statements best describes the American conception of the republican ideal?
to Americans, a republic was simply a state that had no monarch
Individuals rights and liberties were Americans primary concern
Local governments were subordinate to the state governments
Each individual had rights and responsibilities in the collective state.
Each of the thirteen states decided this separately
38. By 1800 in the Chesapeake region
-A. most planters argued that slavery was a necessary evil required to maintain white supremacy and
their elaborate life styles
B. most planters had freed their slaves through manumission
C. most planters had freed only their female slaves
D. freed blacks outnumbers slaves three to one
E. slavery was too costly to continue
39.
A.
B.
C.
D.
-E.
During the Revolution it was customary from women to:
maintain their traditional roles
weave cloth for tailors to fashion clothing for the soldiers
assume the responsibility for farm production
look out for their own interests
make slow but significant gains that took a century longer to achieve
40.
A.
B.
-C.
D.
E.
To whom does Thomas Jefferson owe his election in 1800?
Henry Clay
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Patrick Henry
ANSWER KEY
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
A
E
C
A
D
B
D
C
E
D
B
A
A
E
B
C
B
A
A
A
D
A
C
B
C
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
E
A
C
D
B
D
A
A
C
E
D
C
A
C
A
A
A
C
C
D
A
A
D
C
E
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
B
A
A
B
C
B
E
B
E
E
D
A
C
A
A
D
C
A
D
B
E
D
E
A
D
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
B
C
D
C
D
A
C
C
D
E
D
B
E
A
D
C
B
A
D
C
E
D
A
E
C