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Spain agreed to allow Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River in Jay's Treaty.

A) True
B) False

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The Federalists tended to be people who were active in commerce and were well-to-do.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following statements about Shays's Rebellion is true?


A) Citizens of other states were generally indifferent to it.
B) The central government effectively aided Massachusetts in quelling the rebellion.
C) Many leaders, such as Washington, concluded that the central government must be strengthened.
D) Most of the rebels were unemployed shipyard workers, frustrated by the depression of the 1780s.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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At the outset of the Constitutional convention the delegates decided they would follow their original instructions just to revise the Articles of Confederation.

A) True
B) False

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The XYZ Affair resulted in


A) the creation of a Navy department and military appropriations to pursue the Federalist demands for war with France.
B) France unilaterally ending the alliance of 1778 with America.
C) France securing an alliance by bribing the American negotiators.
D) the creation of a permanent standing army with military appropriations to pursue the Republican demands for war with England.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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The president's veto power and the impeachment power of Congress are both examples of


A) substantive due process.
B) executive privilege.
C) procedural due process.
D) checks and balances.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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The French demand in 1797-1798 for a bribe as a precondition to negotiations with America was called the


A) Lyon-Griswold Tangle.
B) Berlin Decree.
C) XYZ Affair.
D) ABC Affair.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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The map "The United States and Its Territories, 1787-1802" shows that Florida was controlled by Spain.

A) True
B) False

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What is the definition of the following key term: -Great Compromise:

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James Madison responded to the Alien and Sedition Acts by


A) condemning them because they assumed that elected officials were the masters rather than the servants of the people.
B) vigorously prosecuting alien critics of the government.
C) intentionally violating the Sedition Act to test its constitutionality before the Supreme Court.
D) organizing Republicans in Congress to block any Federalist measures until these acts were repealed.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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What is the definition of the following key term: -Virginia Plan :

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________ advocated a "loose" interpretation of the "necessary and proper" clause to support the creation of a national bank.


A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Patrick Henry
C) James Madison
D) Alexander Hamilton

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Congress will "take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to any definition" if the "necessary and proper clause" is not literally interpreted. This was the sentiment of


A) Alexander Hamilton, favoring the Bill of Rights.
B) Thomas Jefferson, opposing the National Bank.
C) Alexander Hamilton, favoring the National Bank.
D) Thomas Jefferson, opposing the Bill of Rights.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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James Madison drafted the Virginia Plan, which favored the interests of the small states.

A) True
B) False

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From 1790 to 1792, the forces of the Miami chief Little Turtle suffered a series of crushing defeats at the hands of the American army in Florida.

A) True
B) False

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The French Revolution and the ensuing war between France and Great Britain tended to


A) widen the split between American political parties.
B) unite all political parties to oppose the principles of the French Revolution.
C) undermine America's close relationship with England.
D) unite all political parties to support the principles of the French Revolution.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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It was difficult to amend the Articles of Confederation because amendments had to be approved by


A) unanimous consent of members of Congress.
B) legislatures in three-fourths of the states.
C) specially elected conventions in nine of the thirteen states.
D) unanimous consent of the states.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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What is the definition of the following key term: -Federalist Papers :

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The repressive measures which the Federalists passed primarily to smash their Republican opponents were the


A) Judiciary Acts of 1801.
B) Militia and Quartering Acts.
C) Alien and Sedition Acts.
D) Kentucky and Virginia Resolves.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Summarize the major assumptions shared by most of the members of the Constitutional convention. Explain the major disagreements during the convention. How were those disagreements settled?

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