Question 1

The delegates who drafted the new Constitution were products of the American Revolution but had lost their fears of concentrated power.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 recommended the document be ratified by

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A)   a direct vote of the people.
B)   special state ratifying conventions.
C)   another national convention.
D)   state legislatures.
E)   the Confederation Congress.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 3

In the 1780s,American manufacturers wanted to replace the various state tariffs with a uniformly high national duty.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Thomas Jefferson promoted a vision of a(n)________ republic.

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Question 5

The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

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A)   gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism.
B)   were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism.
C)   were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
D)   gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism, and were aggressively used by the Adams administration to that effect.
E)   were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism until they were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

James Madison's ideas regarding republican government

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A)   were drawn from the French philosopher Baron de Montesquieu.
B)   reflected his fear that a large republic was more likely to result in tyranny.
C)   assumed that political factions would help in preventing tyranny.
D)   suggested that the state governments were ultimately sovereign.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

Federalists controlled the new government under the Constitution for its first

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A)   four years.
B)   eight years.
C)   twelve years.
D)   sixteen years.
E)   twenty years.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

Ratification of the Constitution was given a big boost when New York and Virginia both approved the document early in the ratification process.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions,it was asserted that

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A)   the Republicans had betrayed the spirit of the Constitution.
B)   the federal government had the right to void state laws.
C)   the Supreme Court had no constitutional authority to invalidate federal laws.
D)   the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution was unjust.
E)   states had the right to nullify federal laws.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 10

What steps did Hamilton take to strengthen the federal government?

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Alexander Hamilton took several steps to...

Question 11

In the first national elections in 1789,

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A)   all the presidential electors cast their votes for George Washington.
B)   Thomas Jefferson was chosen to be vice president.
C)   the presidential inauguration was held in Philadelphia.
D)   John Adams campaigned against George Washington.
E)   Antifederalists won a convincing majority in the Senate.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

The Constitution was submitted to the states for ratification with the Bill of Rights.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

After the election of 1800,the ________ branch of government was the only branch controlled by the Federalists.

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Question 14

James Madison decided that sovereignty ultimately resided with ________.

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Question 15

The new Constitution banned the slave trade,but it did not ban slavery.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A number of major compromises were made at the Philadelphia convention.Discuss three of them in detail.

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1) The Great Compromise: Also known as t...

Question 17

Until the Twelfth Amendment was adopted,the Constitution provided for the candidate receiving the second highest number of electoral votes to become vice president.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Hamilton favored both a tariff on imports and a federal excise tax.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The achievement of the "Great Compromise" of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was its resolution of the problem regarding

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A)   women and voting.
B)   the definition of citizenship.
C)   political representation.
D)   states versus federal authority.
E)   expansion of slavery into the territories.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

Who among the following was one of the authors of The Federalist Papers?

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A)   George Washington
B)   Thomas Jefferson
C)   Alexander Hamilton
D)   George Mason
E)   Samuel AdamsF) B) and C)
G) None of the above

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Thomas Jefferson promoted a vision of a(n)________ republic.

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The delegates who drafted the new Constitution were products of the American Revolution but had lost their fears of concentrated power.

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Who among the following was one of the authors of The Federalist Papers?

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Until the Twelfth Amendment was adopted,the Constitution provided for the candidate receiving the second highest number of electoral votes to become vice president.

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What steps did Hamilton take to strengthen the federal government?

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