Question 1

By the late 1780s,dissatisfaction with the Confederation Congress was due in part to the belief that the national government

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A)  had grown too powerful.
B)  was too closely tied to England.
C)  was pushing America into another war with England.
D)  was ineffective.
E)  had sold too much western land to speculators.

Question 2

James Madison's ideas regarding republican government

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A)  were drawn from the French philosopher Baron de Montesquieu.
B)  reflected his fear that a large republic was more likely to result in tyranny.
C)  assumed that the many centers of power would check each other and prevent tyranny.
D)  suggested that the state governments were ultimately sovereign.
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 3

The new Constitution made no reference to political parties.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

At the Philadelphia convention,James Madison argued that the ultimate authority of the federal government came from the

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A)  individual states.
B)  people.
C)  Congress.
D)  Constitution.
E)  rule of law.

Question 5

The new Constitution banned the slave trade,but it did not ban slavery.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In the late 1790s,on the political scene,

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A)  the United States was deeply and bitterly divided.
B)  the republican form of government had won over most skeptics.
C)  the power of the Republicans was declining.
D)  the United States had developed a clear two-party system.
E)  there was considerable agreement over most important foreign policy questions.

Question 7

Alexander Hamilton's funding plan

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A)  was eventually passed by Congress essentially as Hamilton had desired.
B)  was supported by James Madison.
C)  was rejected by Congress.
D)  called for paying all bondholders only a fraction of the value of the bonds.
E)  called for dividing bonds between their original purchasers and speculators.

Question 8

During the late 1790s,the United States fought something called a "quasi war" with ________.

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Question 9

In 1786,Alexander Hamilton found an important ally in his push for a stronger central government in

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A)  Thomas Jefferson.
B)  James Madison.
C)  George Washington.
D)  Benjamin Franklin.
E)  Thomas Paine.

Question 10

The Constitution did little to resolve the place of Indian nations within the new United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The first secretary of the treasury under the new government of 1789 was

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A)  Alexander Hamilton.
B)  Thomas Jefferson.
C)  Robert Morris.
D)  James Madison.
E)  Henry Knox.

Question 12

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.

Question 13

The most sustained opposition to Alexander Hamilton's economic program came from

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A)  creditors.
B)  manufacturers.
C)  the urban wealthy.
D)  Federalists.
E)  small farmers.

Question 14

Why was there so much opposition to political parties in the 1790s? Why did the Jeffersonians decide to create a political party?

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Question 15

The dominant figure of George Washington's administration was

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A)  George Washington.
B)  Thomas Jefferson.
C)  Henry Knox.
D)  Alexander Hamilton.
E)  Aaron Burr.

Question 16

The Antifederalists' biggest complaint was that the new Constitution did not have a(n)________.

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Question 17

In the first national elections in 1789,

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A)  all the presidential electors cast their votes for George Washington.
B)  Thomas Jefferson was chosen to be vice president.
C)  the presidential inauguration was held in Philadelphia.
D)  John Adams campaigned against George Washington.
E)  Antifederalists won a convincing majority in the Senate.

Question 18

The Constitution's most distinctive feature was its ________.

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separation...

Question 19

At the start of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 the delegates agreed that

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A)  their proceeding would be open to the public.
B)  states would have proportional voting based on each state's population.
C)  the country needed a stronger central government.
D)  slavery would have to be preserved within the United States.
E)  the country needed a stronger army to prevent further popular uprisings.

Question 20

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

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