AMSCO Chapter 6

Hamilton's Financial Plan included all of the following EXCEPT

• building the Erie Canal
• tariffs on imported goods
• creation of a National Bank
• refinancing the national debt

Washington's original cabinet of advisors included all of the following EXCEPT

• Samuel Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Alexander Hamilton
• Henry Knox

The Whiskey Rebellion was in response to

• a tax on whiskey
• lack of support in fighting Native Americans
• British attacks on forts in the Northwest Territory
• Pinckney's treaty

Which of the following was NOT part of Washington's Farewell Address?

• support for Jefferson's election to president
• we should avoid European affairs
• we should not form political parties
• we should avoid permanent alliances with other countries

Those who were opposed to the ratification of the Constitution were known as

• Anti-Federalists
• Democratic Republicans
• Patriots
• Unconstitutionals

Which argument against ratification of the Constitution became the most significant?

• it needed a Bill of Rights
• it gave the Supreme Court too much power
• it created a monarchy
• it destroyed the state governments

The Federalists gained support for the ratification by promising to

• add a Bill of Rights
• electing George Washington as President
• guarantee powers for the state governments
• grant western land to the states

Which of the following is not guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?

• right to vote
• free speech
• right to an attorney
• right to bear arms

The purpose of the Philadelphia (Constitutional) Convention in 1787 was to

• propose amendments to the Articles of Confederation
• declare war on the British
• negotiate a treaty to end the war
• to create more powerful state governments

Problems faced by the US under the Articles of Confederation included all of the following EXCEPT

• the national government was too powerful
• Congress could not tax
• states failed to adhere to the Treaty of Paris
• disputed between states