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American Stories A History of The United States Combined Volume 1 and 2 1st Edition Brands Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
American Stories A History of The United States Combined Volume 1 and 2 1st Edition Brands Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
3) Which of the following individuals was NOT a member of George Washington's first cabinet?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) James Madison
C) Edmund Randolph
D) Alexander Hamilton
E) Henry Knox
Answer: B
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6) Hamilton's Report on the Public Credit recommended
A) the renunciation of all old government debts.
B) that the federal government assume remaining state debts.
C) that the states fund most government activities.
D) that bankers be restricted in their dealings with the federal government.
E) that the federal government offer its creditors 80 percent of the face value of its obligations.
Answer: B
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7) James Madison opposed Hamilton's proposal for the public debt because
A) he feared Hamilton's growing political power.
B) the powers of state government would be reduced.
C) he believed only a chosen few would benefit.
D) it did not foster the government of the Revolution.
E) many soldiers had lost the old loan certificates that entitled them to payment.
Answer: C
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10) The Bank of the United States was based on the doctrine of
A) strict construction.
B) states' rights.
C) implied powers.
D) judicial review.
E) checks and balances.
Answer: C
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11) Jeffersonians' fear of strong financial institutions was based on
A) the fact that most were simple farmers who did not understand banking policy.
B) their resentment of Federalists, who tended to have more money.
C) religious beliefs about the sin of greed.
D) anti-Semitism, because they thought banks were controlled by Jewish interests.
E) their belief that they were the root of corruption in the British government.
Answer: E
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15) Alexander Hamilton failed to achieve his economic policy objectives in his attempt to secure
A) funding of the national debt.
B) assumption of the state debts.
C) creation of a national bank.
D) passage of a protective tariff.
E) approval of a standardized currency schedule.
Answer: D
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18) In the early 1790s, British actions toward the United States indicated
A) respect for the status of the new nation.
B) a desire to recruit the United States as a close ally.
C) disdain for American rights.
D) a willingness to join the French in taking advantage of the new country.
E) the need for American resources to feed and clothe British troops.
Answer: C
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20) Thomas Jefferson felt it was important that the new government
A) foster strong ties with Great Britain.
B) support business and industrial development.
C) decrease the role agriculture played in the American economy.
D) lean toward France in the event it clashed with Britain.
E) expand the franchise.
Answer: D
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21) Working behind the scenes to inform the British of John Jay's intentions in treaty negotiations was
A) Thomas Jefferson.
B) Edmund Genet.
C) Alexander Hamilton.
D) John Adams.
E) Ben Franklin.
Answer: C
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24) Why did Spain agree to the terms of the Pinckney Treaty?
A) It mistook Jay's Treaty for an Anglo-American alliance.
B) It needed the additional sources of revenue.
C) It needed protection on its southwest borders.
D) The United States threatened direct military action.
E) It thought there was a secret agreement between the United States and France to take Spain's North
American possessions.
Answer: A
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26) Which of the following statements about the Whiskey Rebellion is FALSE?
A) It took place in western Pennsylvania.
B) It lent credence to fears of political violence against the government.
C) It involved an attempt to prohibit the consumption of whiskey and other alcoholic beverages.
D) The Washington administration's reaction to it was an embarrassing fiasco.
E) It increased Republican electoral strength along the frontier.
Answer: C
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28) The election of 1796 was complicated by
A) changes in the nation's voting laws.
B) interference from British diplomats.
C) behind-the-scenes manipulations by Alexander Hamilton.
D) Washington's refusal to stay out of politics.
E) confusion over the differences between Federalists and Republicans.
Answer: C
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35) In the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, Jefferson and Madison called for a restoration of
A) a strong central government.
B) states' rights.
C) the Articles of Confederation.
D) the Bill of Rights.
E) a standardized currency.
Answer: B
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2) James Madison used the doctrine of implied powers to deny the consitutionality of Hamilton's Bank of the
U.S. proposal.
Answer: FALSE
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3) Thomas Jefferson tended to emphasize the importance of industrial development when forecasting the
future of the United States.
Answer: FALSE
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4) Hamilton and Jefferson disagreed over whether Great Britain or France should be America's closest
European ally.
Answer: TRUE
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6) Jay's Treaty accomplished little of what John Jay had hoped to achieve when he began his negotiations with
the British.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 194
7) In 1798, the Federalists called for a military buildup, secretly intending to use the army to silence their
political opponents.
Answer: TRUE
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8) The Alien Acts were designed to curb out-of-control immigration from Germany and Sweden.
Answer: FALSE
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9) The Sedition Act posed no real threat to civil liberties in the United States.
Answer: FALSE
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10) In the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, Madison and Jefferson sowed the seeds of nullification and
secession.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 204
2) What was the role of foreign policy issues in the bitter political polarization of the late 1790s?
Page Ref: 191-195
3) What threat did the Alien and Sedition Acts pose to individual liberties? What threat did the Virginia and
Kentucky Resolutions pose to the integrity of the Union? How do these issues relate to the balance between
liberty and order?
Page Ref: 202-205
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