Cha9 History

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republicans used the kentucky and virginia resolutions to
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Oppose the Alien and Sedetion Acts using state legislatures
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When the US government's early policy towards the Indians in the Northwest Territory did not reap the anticipated results
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An expansion of military forces led to the total defeat of General St. Clair's army
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During the 1790s, a rift developed between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson partly because
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Hamilton supported the commercial elite and admired the British
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Which of Hamilton's economic programs did Thomas Jefferson advise Washington was not permitted under the Constitution?
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the chartering of the banks by congress
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According to republican ideals of the late eighteenth century, women and mothers were most important in
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teaching virtuous sons
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in election of 1800,
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party lines were drawn between republicans and federalist
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in the fall of 1797 in order to avert a war with france president adams
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sent three men to negotiate peace with France.
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In the 1796 presidential election, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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ended up being president and vice president.
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Alexander Hamilton publicly claimed that rolling the old certificates of debt into new government bonds would
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infuse money into the economy and inspire citizens' confidence in the government
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To meet the interest payments on the national debt under his consolidation ("assumption") plan, Alexander Hamilton convinced Congress to pass
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a 25 percent excise tax on whiskey
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following the xyz affair
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congress repealed all prior treaties with france and launched the united states into an undeclared war with france called the quasi war
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washington was elected as the first president unanimously and gained the adimiration of many Americans primarily because
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he seem to personify the eighteenth- century ideal of the disinterested republican political leader
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the whiskey rebellion
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was a protest by grain farmers against the excise tax on whiskey
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the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions put forth the novel idea that
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states have the right to judge the constitutionality of federal laws and can nullify laws that infringe on liberties as defined in the Bill of Rights.
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the virginia and kentucky resolutions were authored by
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Thomas Jefferson and james madison
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The federal government's decision to move its permanent home from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. came as a result of
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controversy surrounding Hamilton's proposal to assume the states' war debts.
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Washington chose which of the following men to be his secretary of the treasury?
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Alexander Hamilton
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As vice president, John Adams was not invited to cabinet meetings; his only official duty was to
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preside over the Senate
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American cotton production underwent a real boom in the late 1790s because of
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market conditions and the invention of the cotton gin
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In the new republic, traditional gender relations
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remained largely unaltered from the norm
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Which of the following statements characterized the Federalists in 1800?
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They advocated a strong centralized government
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Alexander Hamilton viewed the Whiskey Rebellion as a(n)
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serious threat to federal leadership within the country
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In response to promises that had been made in order to obtain ratification of the Constitution, James Madison drew up the
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first ten amendments to the Constitution, commonly called the Bill of Rights
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issues that divided the country under federalist presidents in the 1790s included
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Hamilton's economic program and the jay treaty
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the first signs of distinct rival u.s. political groups appeared
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during Washington's second term
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the constitution did not include or anticipate
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Political parties
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How did the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804 affect white Americans?
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They became fearful that the rebellion might spread to American shores.
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when president Adams arranged a negotiated end to the Quasi-War in 1799
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He lost a significant part of his party's support
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what was president Washington reaction to the war between france and britain in 1793
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he issue a neutrality proclamation
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In the election of 1796, a procedural flaw resulted in the election of political rivals as president and vice president; this flaw was
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corrected by passage of the Twelfth Amendment in 1804
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In response to Hamilton's arguments that the Constitution granted broad rights to regulate commerce, which would allow for the establishment of the Bank of the US
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President Washington agreed with Hamilton's interpretation of the Constitution and signed the band into the law in 1791
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Which of the following goods offered to the Indians under the Treaty of Greenville was the most detrimental to the tribes?
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liquor
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of the economic programs presented by Hamilton the only one not approved by congress was the
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tariff recommended in the report on manufactures
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In 1800, Republicans could be described as
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described as sympathetic to French republican ideals.
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In an effort to muffle the heated opposition to President Adams's anti-French foreign policy
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Congress passed the Sedition Act of 1798
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The main purpose of the moderate tariff that Hamilton proposed in his Report on Manufactures was to
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protect and foster domestic manufacturing
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In his farewell address, President Washington spoke for a "unified body politic" and against
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America forming permanent alliances with foreign countries.
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Which of the following was significantly omitted from the Bill of Rights?
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the right to vote
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in 1794, general Anthony Wayne's defeat of the Indians at fallen timbers resulted in
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the treaty of greenville
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which of the following best describes the united states government early policy toward the indians in the northwest territory
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Displace the Indians and clear the way for permanent American settlements in Ohio.
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In the 1796 presidential election, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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ended up being president and vice president.
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X, Y, and Z were the code names for
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three unnamed French agents sent by Talleyrand to meet with American commissioners.
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The Sedition Act targeted mainly
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Republican newspaper editors who freely published criticism of the Adams administration
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Which of the following best describes American sentiment regarding the English-French struggle in 1793?
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Many Americans were angered by an official declaration of neutrality
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jefferson inaugural address
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party politics was not the most important thing in American democracy
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During President Adams's one term in office, Vice President Jefferson
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withdrew from active counsel of the president due to the influence of the Hamiltonian cabinet
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In response to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, President Washington
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nationalized the Pennsylvania militia and led the effort to put down the revolt.
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critics oppose the federal government assuming the states old revolutionary
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Such action could subordinate the states to federal power
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To restore faith in the credit of the federal government, Hamilton proposed
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that the federal government assume the unpaid war debts of the states
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In the fall of 1797, in order to avert a war with France, President Adams
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sent three men to negotiate peace with France.
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Washington was elected president unanimously and gained the admiration of many Americans primarily because
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he seemed to personify the eighteenth-century ideal of the disinterested republican political leader.
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the basic intent of the two alien acts passed by congress was to
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Harass French immigrants already in the US and to discourage others from coming.