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1
Which state was not represented at the Constitutional Convention?
A)New Jersey
B)Connecticut
C)Georgia
D)Rhode Island
2
What was the average age of the convention delegates?
A)44
B)55
C)60
D)66
3
Which of the following is not true of the Virginia Plan?
A)It was devised by James Madison.
B)It called for a bicameral legislature.
C)It based a state's representation on population.
D)Every state would be represented in the upper house.
4
Which state proposed an alternative to the Virginia Plan?
A)Connecticut
B)New Jersey
C)Georgia
D)Rhode Island
5
How did the delegates come up with the notion that a slave counted as three-fifths of a free person in determining representation and taxation?
A)It was the ratio of free states to slave states.
B)It was the ratio of slave states to free states.
C)They believed a slave was three-fifths as productive as a free worker.
D)They believed a slave could live on three-fifths of the resources a free worker needed.
6
In Madison's conception of the constitution, where did ultimate sovereignty lie?
A)The federal government
B)The legislature
C)The state governments
D)The people
7
What argument did Madison make in favor of a large republic?
A)Distant rule allowed more freedom to flourish.
B)Distant rule removed the problem of a standing army.
C)No single faction could dominate a large republic.
D)A large republic meant more land and opportunity for all.
8
Which of the following was not a writer of the Federalist Papers?
A)John Adams
B)John Jay
C)Alexander Hamilton
D)James Madison
9
What was the Antifederalists' biggest complaint with the new constitution?
A)It preserved slavery.
B)It made no provision for adding new states.
C)It gave small states too much power.
D)It lacked a Bill of Rights.
10
Which state refused even to call a convention to consider ratification of the Constitution?
A)South Carolina
B)North Carolina
C)Rhode Island
D)Connecticut
11
Which of the following was not completed by the First Congress?
A)The Bill of Rights
B)The Northwest Ordinance
C)The Judiciary Act of 1789
D)The organization of the Cabinet
12
Which of the following did not serve in Washington's first cabinet?
A)Thomas Jefferson
B)Henry Knox
C)Alexander Hamilton
D)Aaron Burr
13
Which of the following was not part of Hamilton's economic program?
A)Assumption of state war debt
B)Formation of a national bank
C)Elimination of the national debt
D)Tariff on imports
14
Which of the following would be least likely to support Hamilton's economic vision?
A)Small farmers
B)Manufacturers
C)Merchants
D)Speculators
15
Which of the following became the political and intellectual leader of the Republicans?
A)John Adams
B)George Washington
C)Alexander Hamilton
D)Thomas Jefferson
16
Which of this following is not a tenet of the Republicans' political thought?
A)The notion of an agrarian republic
B)A suspicion of large cities
C)A suspicion of the French Revolution
D)An opposition to an advanced industrial economy
17
In what state did the Whiskey Rebellion occur?
A)Massachusetts
B)New York
C)Pennsylvania
D)Virginia
18
Which of the following did not become a state during Washington's presidency?
A)Vermont
B)Kentucky
C)Tennessee
D)Maine
19
Which article of the Constitution addressed the legal standing of Indian nations in the federal structure?
A)Article I
B)Article III
C)Article VI
D)It didn't
20
How did "Citizen Genet" earn the wrath of George Washington?
A)He demanded America join France in declaring war against England.
B)He called the Washington administration an enemy of the revolutionary spirit.
C)He tried to commission a military expedition to invade Spanish lands to the South.
D)He sided with the Republicans in 1796.
21
With whom was Jay's Treaty signed in 1794?
A)England
B)France
C)Spain
D)The Netherlands
22
From what nation did Pinckney's Treaty secure American navigation rights to the Mississippi River?
A)England
B)France
C)Spain
D)The Netherlands
23
What did "Messrs. X, Y, and Z" demand from American commissioners in Paris?
A)A loan for France and a bribe for French officials
B)A declaration of war against England
C)Repayment of revolutionary war debts
D)The whereabouts of Edmond Genet
24
Which of the following is not true of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
A)They were drafted by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
B)They argued that states could "nullify" bad federal laws.
C)They were adopted by many other states soon thereafter.
D)They were composed in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts.
25
In what state did Aaron Burr help make the difference for the Republican ticket in 1800?
A)Virginia
B)New York
C)Pennsylvania
D)Kentucky





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