Unit 3 Pre-Assessment - Jacksonian Era

In his Farewell Address, Washington urged Americans

• not to address the president with fancy titles.

• to pay the taxes Congress placed on luxury goods.

• not to let loyalty to political parties tear the nation apart.

• to support the ideals of the French Revolution.

According to the Federalist papers, the best form of government was one where decisions were made by

• o royal monarch.

• the common people.

• a public-spirited dictator.

• the wealthy and well-educated.

One of the major issues dividing the Federalist and Republican parties was

• how to divide up the nation's wealth in a fair way.

• how many years a president should serve.

• how large and powerful the federal government should be.

• whether or not to pay off the nation's war debts.

The Alien and Sedition Acts were viewed by Republicans as

• an attack on the First Amendment rights of free speech.

• a challenge to the authority of state governments.

• a necessary measure to rid the country of illegal immigrants.

• a warning to the Whiskey boys to end their rebellion.

Federalists felt that the nation's economy should be based on

• agriculture and farming.

• business and manufacturing.

• the slave trade.

• fishing and lumber.

The state's rights theory of the Constitution holds that states

• have very limited powers.

• must obey all federal laws.

• choose the nation's president.

• may nullify federal laws.

The Election of 1800 showed that

• the Electoral College should be completely abolished.

• power can pass peacefully from group to group in a democracy.

• Hamilton had become a Republican.

• Adams wanted to turn the nation into a monarchy.

The crime of encouraging rebellion against the government is called

• treason.

• inauguration.

• sedition.

• nullification.

The action by a state to refuse to recognize a federal law is called

• treason

• inauguration

• sedition

• nullification

The president's cabinet is made up of

• Supreme Court justices.

• executive department heads.

• members of Congress.

• high ranking military officers.