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Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic, 3/e

James West Davidson, Historian
William E. Gienapp, Harvard University
Christine Leigh Heyrman, University of Delaware
Mark H. Lytle, Bard College
Michael B. Stoff, University of Texas, Austin

The Republic Launched (1789-1801)

Multiple Choice


1	In 1790, African-Americans made up:
		A)	less than 5 percent of the nation's population.
		B)	roughly one-fifth of the U.S. population.
		C)	nearly half of the U.S. population.
		D)	almost three-quarters of the U.S. population.


2	In 1789 most Americans:
		A)	were semi-subsistence farmers in the trans-Appalachian West.
		B)	lived in cities and towns along the coast.
		C)	were commercial farmers engaged in international trade.
		D)	were outside the commercial economy.


3	All of the following were part of Hamilton's program EXCEPT:
		A)	prohibiting trade with Britain.
		B)	funding and assumption.
		C)	a national bank.
		D)	a tax on whiskey.


4	Critics of Alexander Hamilton feared that his policies:
		A)	would create a huge federal deficit.
		B)	were too democratic for a republican form of government.
		C)	would give too much power to the state governments.
		D)	posed a serious threat to Americans' liberties.


5	Alexander Hamilton believed the fundamental issue of the Whiskey Rebellion to be:
		A)	the power of the states versus the power of the national government.
		B)	the constitutional right of elected officials to command militia units.
		C)	over the authority of the national government to enforce its policies.
		D)	whether the government could prohibit the manufacture of alcohol.


6	In response to the French Revolution and the outbreak of war between Britain and France, President George Washington:
		A)	declared the United States would maintain its military alliance with France.
		B)	proclaimed American neutrality
		C)	formed a military alliance with Britain.
		D)	removed Jefferson from his cabinet.


7	Jay's Treaty:
		A)	officially ended the U.S. alliance with France.
		B)	removed all restrictions on American trade with Britain.
		C)	was rejected by the Senate.
		D)	secured the evacuation of British troops from the Northwest.


8	In the XYZ affair:
		A)	French officials demanded a bribe to negotiate with the United States.
		B)	England agreed to abandon the forts in the Northwest.
		C)	Adams broke with his party and sent a new peace commission to France.
		D)	the United States agreed to end the Quasi-War.


9	In response to the Sedition Act of 1798:
		A)	Americans adopted a more absolute view of freedom of speech
		B)	Americans generally believed that strict controls should be placed on newspapers.
		C)	South Carolina and Georgia threatened to secede from the Union.
		D)	thousands of immigrants left the United States since they would not be able to vote for 14 years.


10	The peace treaty John Adams signed with France in 1800:
		A)	helped discredit Alexander Hamilton and ensure that Adams would control the Federalist Party.
		B)	was violated by both sides.
		C)	severely hurt Adams' prospects for reelection.
		D)	gained the president the full support of the Federalist Party.


11	In 1800, Thomas Jefferson was elected president by the:
		A)	Electoral College.
		B)	House of Representatives
		C)	people.
		D)	state legislatures.


12	With the election of 1800, Federalists firmly believed that:
		A)	the republic had failed.
		B)	their policies had been entrenched and would guarantee the success of the republic.
		C)	the Republican policies would ensure the survival of the new nation.
		D)	Jefferson would advance the policies of John Adams.

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