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The chapter introduction tells the story of General John Neville's efforts to enforce the federal Whiskey Tax in the frontier district of Western Pennsylvania to make the point that: |
| | A) | since the time of the Revolution, Americans refused to recognize that any government had the legitimate power to tax them. |
| | B) | Americans living in the West would not tolerate the inequalities of wealth and status that Neville represented. |
| | C) | differences between Americans living in semi-subsistence and commercial economies would frustrate efforts of the new government to unite the nation. |
| | D) | Federalists, like Neville, trampled on the individual liberty of frontier farmers for the purpose of enriching themselves. |
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Each of the following was true about American society in 1790 EXCEPT: |
| | A) | The free black population made up a larger percentage of the African-American population than it would at any other time before the Civil War. |
| | B) | almost half of white Americans were under 16 years old. |
| | C) | almost no whites lived in the area north of the Ohio River, in part because of the Indians of the Miami Confederacy. |
| | D) | the white population was doubling every 22 years, mostly because of the enormous influx of immigrants. |
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A family's work in a subsistence economy: |
| | A) | remained predominantly the responsibility of the men of the family. |
| | B) | included the making of such articles as soap, candles, and clothing. |
| | C) | isolated the family from the rest of the community. |
| | D) | included trade based primarily on cash purchases from local merchants. |
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The incentive to produce goods for market was most directly connected to access to cheap: |
| | A) | labor. |
| | B) | capital. |
| | C) | transportation. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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A fundamental division between two kinds of Americans helps explain how they felt about the Constitution and what party they identified with. This division was between: |
| | A) | semi-subsistence farmers and those tied to a commercial economy. |
| | B) | mainstream religious groups and those professing dissenting faiths. |
| | C) | northern and southern states and territories. |
| | D) | eastern states and western territories. |
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Each of the following men played a significant role in the development of policy in the Washington administration EXCEPT: |
| | A) | Thomas Jefferson. |
| | B) | Alexander Hamilton. |
| | C) | John Adams. |
| | D) | James Madison. |
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Which of the following civil liberties was NOT included in the Bill of Rights? |
| | A) | rights of assembly and petition |
| | B) | freedom of religion |
| | C) | limits on states infringing individual rights |
| | D) | limits on courts and legal authorities infringing upon individual rights |
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Which of the following does NOT accurately complete the statement? The first political parties arose: |
| | A) | despite the fundamental hostility to the idea of parties among political leaders. |
| | B) | because of opposition to Hamilton's programs. |
| | C) | in an atmosphere where each party thought the other was out to subvert the republic. |
| | D) | after John Adams became president. |
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Federal Indian policy stressed: |
| | A) | reserving small tracts of land for friendly tribes. |
| | B) | purchasing land by negotiating with tribes. |
| | C) | letting the wave of settlers, protected by the army, gradually push the tribes off their ancestral lands. |
| | D) | exterminating the Indians by armed force. |
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How was it that foreign policy issues accelerated the emergence of domestic political parties? |
| | A) | The French intruded with money and advice to set up a friendly faction within the U. S. government. |
| | B) | Divided over whether France represented republicanism or monarchy, Federalists and Republicans came to suspect the worst intentions of the other, and organize against each other. |
| | C) | Pinckney's Treaty so blatantly met the interests of the commercial areas against the interests of the semi-subsistence sector that the leaders of agrarian America rallied around the treaty fight and founded a party. |
| | D) | With both sides violating American neutral rights, the party that exploited American anger and fought for American rights was able to win the election of 1800. |
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Jefferson's Republican Party: |
| | A) | appealed to workers in cities and others tied to the commercial economy. |
| | B) | sought to overturn the federal system and restore a unitary central government. |
| | C) | appealed to fears of commerce and urbanization. |
| | D) | articulated a conceptual framework that understood both the party in power and the loyal opposition as legitimate. |
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Charles Willson Peale's museum was significant because: |
| | A) | its displays of natural phenomena expressed republican ideals of order and harmony. |
| | B) | its exhibits of Revolutionary War memorabilia offered witness to America's battle for liberty. |
| | C) | it persuaded European intellectuals that America had a legitimate culture. |
| | D) | it exemplified the harsh and bitter political atmosphere of the 1790s. |
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In the XYZ affair: |
| | A) | England agreed to abandon the forts in the Northwest. |
| | B) | French officials demanded a bribe to open negotiations with the United States. |
| | C) | Adams broke with his party and sent a new peace commission to France. |
| | D) | the United States agreed to end the Quasi-War. |
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The Sedition Act forced Republicans to develop a broader conception of: |
| | A) | the power of the federal government. |
| | B) | freedom of religion. |
| | C) | freedom of assembly. |
| | D) | freedom of the press. |
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In its years in power, the Federalist Party: |
| | A) | promoted the geographic expansion of the U. S. |
| | B) | promoted democracy by appealing to the people. |
| | C) | made the Constitution work to achieve national power and stability. |
| | D) | was responsible for the breakdown of national unity and the rise of special interests. |
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