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10 Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

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American Pageant Chapter 10
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Question 1

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One immediate concern for the new federal government was the questionable loyalty of people living in the western territories of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio
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  • True
  • False

Question 2

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The passage of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution demonstrated the Federalists determination to develop a powerful central government
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  • True
  • False

Question 3

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All of the following were part of Alexander Hamilton's economic program EXCEPT
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  • a national bank
  • funding the entire national debt at "par"
  • assumption of state debts by the federal government
  • tariffs
  • paying only domestic debts but not foreign debts

Question 4

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The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 arose in southwestern Pennsylvania when the federal government
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  • levied an excise tax on whiskey
  • tried to prohibit the sale of whiskey
  • allowed the import of foreign whiskey
  • halted the export of American whiskey
  • tried to prohibit the manufacturing of whiskey

Question 5

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Alexander Hamilton's Bank of the United States was modeled on the
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  • Bank of England
  • Swiss National Bank
  • Bank of France
  • National Bank of the Netherlands

Question 6

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Hamilton financed his large national debt by revenues from tariffs and excise taxes on products such as whiskey
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  • True
  • False

Question 7

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In the battle over the Bank of the United States, Jefferson favored a "loose construction" of the Constitution and Hamilton favored a "strict construction"
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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The first American political parties grew mainly out of the debate over Hamilton's fiscal policies and U.S. foreign policy towards Europe.
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  • True
  • False

Question 9

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Opposition by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to the financial plan of Alexander Hamilton resulted in:
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  • The formation of permanent political parties
  • Hamilton's dismissal from the cabinet by George Washington
  • Politics drifting too far away from the wishes of the people
  • the rejection of Hamilton's plan by Washington

Question 10

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Two important political institutions not mentioned in the Constitution that developed in the first Washington administration were the cabinet and political parties.
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  • True
  • False

Question 11

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When the French Revolution developed into a war with Britain, George Washington and the American Government:
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  • Supported Britain
  • assisted France militarily
  • tried to capture French possessions in North America and the West Indies
  • remained neutral

Question 12

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Washington''s Neutrality Proclamation was based on his confidence in America military strength in comparison to the hostile powers.
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  • True
  • False

Question 13

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In Jay's Treaty, the British:
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  • pledged to stop seizing American ships
  • promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest
  • refused to pay damages for seizures of American ships
  • were denied most favored nation status.

Question 14

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Washington supported Jay's unpopular treaty with Britain because he feared a disastrous war if it were rejected
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  • True
  • False

Question 15

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Foreign relations between the United States and France deteriorated in the late 1790's over:
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  • French seizure of American merchant ships
  • the adjustment of the Florida boundary
  • America's unilateral withdrawal from the Franco-American alliance
  • Pinckney's Treaty

Question 16

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The Alien Laws were a conservative Federalist attempt to prevent French immigrants and spies from supporting Jeffersonians and stirring up anti-British sentiment
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  • True
  • False

Question 17

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The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to:
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  • capture French and British spies
  • control the Federalists
  • silence and punish critics of the Federalists
  • provide support for the Republican party

Question 18

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Thomas Jefferson applied to all of the following groups EXCEPT:
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  • small shopkeepers
  • the underprivileged
  • the middle class
  • shippers
  • artisans

Question 19

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The Jefferson Republicans generally sympathized with Britain in foreign policy; while the Hamiltonian Federalists sympathized with France.
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  • True
  • False

Question 20

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The 9th and 10th Amendment to the Constitution partly reversed the federalist momentum by declaring that:
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  • the federal government had no power to restrict the action of local governments
  • the powers of the presidency did not extent to foreign policy
  • all rights not mentioned in the federal Constitution were retained by the states or by the people
  • the Supreme Court had no power to rule in cases that affected property rights

Question 21

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Hamilton's first financial policies were intended to:
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  • Finance the government through the sale of western lands
  • to fund the national debt and to have the federal government assume the debts owed by the states
  • to repudiate (dismiss) the debts accumulated by the government of the Articles of Confederation
  • to create a sound federal currency backed by gold

Question 22

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The essential disagreement between Hamilton and Jefferson over the proposed Bank o the United States was:
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  • Whether or not the Constitution could be constructed to permit the federal government to establish such a bank
  • whether the bank should be under the control of the federal government or the states
  • whether or not it would be economically wise to create a single national bank
  • whether or not such a bank would plunge the federal government into excessive debt
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