Question 1

The presidential campaign in 1800

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A)  saw the Republicans win a decisive victory over the Federalists.
B)  was notable for the sensational personal slandering of both candidates.
C)  saw leading Federalists in Congress attempt to engineer the election of Aaron Burr.
D)  was decided by a newly elected Republican Congress.
E)  was further complicated by the emergence of a third party,the Whigs.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

What was the long-term significance of the elections in 1800?

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Question 3

At Hamilton's urging,President Washington dispatched an army to put down the ________.

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Question 4

After his wife's death,Thomas Jefferson lived with his slave,Sally Hemmings,and fathered several of her children.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 5

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Under the Constitution of 1789,the group whose legal status was LEAST recognized was

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A)  married women.
B)  freed African Americans.
C)  Native Americans.
D)  slaves
E)  non-landholding whites.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

Jefferson referred to his election as the "________ of 1800."

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Question 8

In the 1790s there was general agreement that organized political parties had no place in a stable republic.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In America,the French Revolution was generally praised by

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A)  Federalists.
B)  Republicans.
C)  Federalists and Republicans.
D)  Indians and slaves.
E)  no one.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Under Alexander Hamilton's plan,a new national bank would

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A)  obtain most of its capital from private investors.
B)  facilitate the collection of taxes.
C)  provide loans to private businesses.
D)  act as a storehouse for federal deposits.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 11

In the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions,it was asserted that

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A)  the Republicans had betrayed the spirit of the Constitution.
B)  the federal government had the right to void state laws.
C)  the Supreme Court had no constitutional authority to invalidate federal laws.
D)  the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution was unjust.
E)  states had the right to nullify federal laws.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C) E

Question 12

Under the Constitution of 1787,the people would directly elect

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A)  members of the House of Representatives.
B)  members of the Senate.
C)  the president.
D)  federal judges.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 13

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 came close to

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A)  abolishing slavery.
B)  granting citizenship to slaves.
C)  granting suffrage for free black males.
D)  abolishing slavery and granting citizenship to slaves.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

Jefferson favored an agrarian America,but he did not oppose industrial activity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Because of their "uncivilized" nature,Thomas Jefferson believed that Indians should never join the republic as citizens.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787,each delegate voted as an individual.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

On September 25,1789,Congress approved twelve amendments,________ of which came to comprise what we know as the Bill of Rights.

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Question 18

What personal characteristics and political decisions contributed to making George Washington an effective president?

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Question 19

The so-called Great Compromise settled the difficult problem of ________ at the Philadelphia convention.

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Question 20

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

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A)  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) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

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Under Alexander Hamilton's plan,a new national bank would

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