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1
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.
2
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.
3
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.
4
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 on individual rights
D)limits on courts and legal authorities infringing upon individual rights
5
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 only by armed force.
6
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.
7
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.
8
According to the doctrine established in the Supreme Court Case Marbury v. Madison:
A)the high court could rule on the constitutionality of federal laws.
B)the high court could compel public officials to perform their duties.
C)the executive branch must defer to the rulings of the legislative branch.
D)the judicial branch must defer to the rulings of the executive branch.
9
The Louisiana Purchase was significant for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A)Jefferson's pragmatism caused him to overlook his doubts about the constitutionality of the Purchase.
B)It illustrated Jefferson's enthusiastic interest in the West.
C)It rekindled the American alliance with France.
D)It secured Western access to the sea.
10
What is NOT true about the Second Great Awakening?
A)It featured a new style of moralistic preaching known as strict construction.
B)its effects were felt by women as well as men, and by blacks as well as whites.
C)Its effects were felt both in the settled East and on the frontier.
D)The most effective organizational technique on the frontier was the Methodist system of circuit riders.
11
The American declaration of war against Britain in 1812 occurred because:
A)Americans were outraged by the violation of neutral rights.
B)representatives from coastal regions demanded retribution for the loss of American ships.
C)many members of Congress felt the British continued to view Americans as colonials and that the nation's independence hung in the balance.
D)all of the above.
12
The Hartford Convention (1814) was:
A)a meeting of New England literary figures.
B)a diplomatic agreement concerning Oregon.
C)the business conference when the first American insurance company was organized.
D)a protest meeting of anti-war New Englanders.
13
The Monroe Doctrine:
A)proclaimed that the U. S. would be a continental nation.
B)warned Europe not to interfere in the Americas.
C)guaranteed the independence of Spain's former colonies.
D)laid claims to the Oregon County.
14
The new generation of Republicans favored all of the following domestic policies EXCEPT:
A)protective tariffs.
B)the abolition of slavery.
C)the development of better roads and canals.
D)territorial expansion.
15
The Missouri Crisis:
A)erupted over rival fur trappers' activities along the upper Missouri River.
B)was the first great sectional crisis in American history.
C)was ended by the panic of 1819.
D)led to the abolition of slavery in the territories.





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