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1What is coverture?
- Athe legal status of married women in the United States, which included complete legal and economic dependence on husbands
- Bthe releasing if an enslaved person by his or her owner
- Cthe United States' first constitution
2What are manumissions?
- Athe releasing of an enslaved person by his or her owner
- Bthe system that ensures a balance of power among the branches of government
- CCongress commanded little respect and no support from state governments anxious to maintain their power.
3What is checks and balances?
- Athe system that ensures a balance of power among the branches of government
- Bthe United States' first constitution
- Chaving a single house (of legislative government)
4What is a unicameral legislature?
- Ahaving a single house (of legislative government)
- Bhaving two separate houses (of legislative government)
- Chaving multiple different houses (of legislative government)
5What were the Articles of Confederation?
- Athe United States' first constitution
- Bthe United States' first passed amendments
- Cthe first 10 laws of America
6In order to pass or amend a law, a consensus of how many states was required?
- A13
- B9
- C50
7What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
- Acongress commanded little respect and no support from state governments anxious to maintain their power
- Bcongress demanded an obscene amount of respect in which the colonists were not willing to give
- Cthe colonists were revolting against the laws
8What was Shay's rebellion?
- Aan armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes on both individuals and their trades
- Ban armed uprising in South Carolina in response to the laws created by their government in regards to the collection of taxes
- Can armed uprising of the revolutionary war heroes who felt their work was not appreciated nearly as much as it should have been
9What was the Constitutional Convention?
- Athe gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States in 1787
- Bthe meeting of early politicians to conclude on how the laws of the land were to be created
- Cthe gathering of all the English statesmen to discuss the creation of the Constitution and the laws that would follow its creation
10Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
- APhiladelphia
- BVirginia
- CJamestown
11What was the original purpose of the constitutional convention?
- Ato amend the Articles of Confederation to form a stronger executive branch of government
- Bto create the United States Constitution
- Cto amend laws previously passed by the rulers of the colonies
12What state refused to send delegates to the convention?
- ARhode Island
- BVirginia
- CGeorgia
13What was the Connecticut Compromise? (aka the Great Compromise)
- ARoger Sherman's proposal at the constitutional convention for a bicameral legislature, with the upper house having equal representation for all states and the lower house having proportional representation
- BJames Madison's idea that all states should have equal representation regardless of their size
- Cthe idea proclaimed by the general public that representation within the government should be equal for all groups and not in favor of one over the other
14What was the three-fifths compromise?
- Athe agreement at the constitutional convention that three out of every five enslaved persons would be counted when determining a state's population for purposes of representation
- Bthe agreement at the meeting of the statesmen that three of every five enslaved persons shall be counted when determining a states population
- Cthe agreement at the constitutional convention that three out of every five slaves was to represent a single person when determining a state's population
15What was the electoral college?
- Athe mechanism by which electors, based on the number of representatives from each state, choose the president
- Bthe way in which the president was voted for in the 1700s
- Cthe people chosen from each state to decide for their state who the president would be
16Who are the federalists?
- Athose who supported the 1787 Constitution and a strong central government; these advocates of the new national government formed the ruling political party in the 1790s
- Badvocates of limited government who were troubled by the expansive domestic policies of Washington’s administration and opposed the Federalists
- Cmilitary men who were prepared to fight off any attackers of the British republic
17Who was James Madison?
- Aan American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Popularly acclaimed the "father of the constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights
- Ban American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
- Can American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain.
18Who was President George Washington?
- Aan American founding father, military officer and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797
- Ban American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. He was popularly acclaimed the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.
- Can American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain.
19Who was Washington's first secretary of state?
- AThomas Jefferson
- BAlexander Hamilton
- CHenry Knox
- DEdmund Jennings Randolph
20Who was Washington's first secretary of treasury?
- AAlexander Hamilton
- BThomas Jefferson
- CHenry Knox
- DEdmund Jennings Randolph
21Who was Washington's first secretary of war?
- AHenry Knox
- BThomas Jefferson
- CAlexander Hamilton
- DEdmund Jennings Randolph
22Who was Washington's first attorney general?
- AEdmund Jennings Randolph
- BHenry Knox
- CAlexander Hamilton
- DThomas Jefferson
23What is the Bill of Rights?
- Athe first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which guarantee individual rights
- Bthe amendments within the US Constitution
- Ca violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington.
24What is the democratic-republican party?
- Aadvocates of limited government who were troubled by the expansive domestic policies of Washington's administration and opposed the Federalists
- Bthe peaceful transfer of power from the Federalists to the Democratic-Republicans with the election of 1800
- Cthose who supported the 1787 Constitution and a strong central government; these advocates of the new national government formed the ruling political party in the 1790s
25What was the citizen genet affair?
- Athe controversy over the French representative who tried to involve the United States in France's war against Great Britain
- Ba violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington
- Cthe French attempt to extract a bribe from the United States during the Quasi-War of 1798–1800
26What is impressment?
- Athe practice of capturing sailors and forcing them into military service
- Ba violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington.
- Cthe French attempt to extract a bribe from the United States during the Quasi-War of 1798–1800
27Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture
- Aa Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution
- Ban American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain.
- Ca Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and promoting inter tribal unity.
28What was the whiskey rebellion?
- Aa violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington.
- Bthe controversy over the French representative who tried to involve the United States in France’s war against Great Britain
- Cthe French attempt to extract a bribe from the United States during the Quasi-War of 1798–1800
29Who was president John Adams?
- Aan American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain.
- Ban American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797
- Can American lawyer, author, and poet from Frederick, Maryland, best known as the author of the text of the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner". He observed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 during the War of 1812.
30What was the XYZ affair?
- Athe French attempt to extract a bribe from the United States during the Quasi-War of 1798–1800
- Bthe peaceful transfer of power from the Federalists to the Democratic-Republicans with the election of 1800
- Cthe U.S. purchase of the large territory of Louisiana from France in 1803
31What did the alien and sedition acts do?
- Atightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited speech critical of the government
- Bthe practice of capturing sailors and forcing them into military service
- Cthe peaceful transfer of power from the Federalists to the Democratic-Republicans with the election of 1800
32What was the revolution of 1800?
- Athe peaceful transfer of power from the Federalists to the Democratic-Republicans with the election of 1800
- Bthe landmark 1803 case establishing the Supreme Court’s powers of judicial review, specifically the power to review and possibly nullify actions of Congress and the president
- Cthe U.S. purchase of the large territory of Louisiana from France in 1803
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