Question 1

The most intense debates over Hamilton's economic program were on his proposal for a national bank.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The Republicans of the 1790s was institutionally related to the Republicans of the 1850s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What were the primary reasons why the Articles of Confederation failed as a structure of government?

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Question 4

After the election of 1800, the ___________ branch of government was the only branch controlled by the Federalists.

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Question 5

Hamilton favored both a tariff on imports and a federal excise tax.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In the 1790s, those who were labeled Republicans envisioned developing a nation that would

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A)  be highly commercial and urban.
B)  be largely agricultural and rural.
C)  be a leading world power.
D)  eventually control most of North America.
E)  eventually grant political rights to women and minorities as well as white men.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

Hamilton favored a government that would benefit the entrenched aristocracy but not speculators.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The first state to ratify the Constitution in 1787 was

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A)  New Hampshire.
B)  Delaware.
C)  Connecticut.
D)  New Jersey.
E)  Rhode Island.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 9

Virginia and New York ratified the Constitution of 1787 under the assumption that

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A)  a provision would be added allowing for the direct election of presidents.
B)  Thomas Jefferson would become the first president.
C)  there would be a ban on the importation of slaves.
D)  a bill of rights would be added later in the form of amendments.
E)  it would not be ratified by enough other states to become binding.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 10

A number of major compromises were made at the Philadelphia convention.Discuss three of them in some detail.

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1. The Great Compromise: One major compr...

Question 11

The Virginia Plan called for a two-house legislature.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Why was there such opposition to the proposed Constitution of 1787?

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The proposed Constitution of 1787, which...

Question 13

The emergence of an alternative political organization to the Federalists was prompted by a

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A)  dispute over President Washington's policies for westward expansion.
B)  fear that the Federalists were attempting to end free elections.
C)  belief that the power of the central government needed to be restrained.
D)  a growing debate over the national bank.
E)  fear that George Washington would try to run for a third term.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

Pinckney's Treaty of 1795 gave the United States the right to deposit goods at _____________________.

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Question 15

The United States and England negotiated a commercial treaty in 1794 called __________.

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The answer of The United States and England negotiated a...

Question 16

The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan were quite different, but each saw fit to give each state equal representation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Thomas Jefferson promoted a vision of a(n) ___________ republic.

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Question 18

Under the new Constitution, the federal government would have the power to tax, regulate commerce, and control the currency.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Explain how the structure of the central government, as defined under the Articles of Confederation, was intended to resolve many of the grievances colonists had with the British government prior to the Revolution.

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Question 20

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were allied in their commitment to the need for a stronger federal government.

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A) True 
 B)False

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Hamilton favored both a tariff on imports and a federal excise tax.

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