Chapter 7 The Federalist Era

During the Whiskey Rebellion, farmers peacefully protested a special tax.

• True

• False

To promote their own interest in the Northwest Territory, Britain and Spain encouraged Native Americans to feel angry about American settlers.

• True

• False

At first, Americans cheered the news of the French Revolution.

• True

• False

Jay's Treaty barred French and British warships from American ports.

• True

• False

What did Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, propose the new United States government should do?

• pay off only Confederation government debts to foreign countries

• pay off only Confederation debts to individual citizens

• pay off the Confederation government’s debts

• refuse to pay debts from the Revolutionary War

What does Alexander Hamilton believe will happen if all public creditors are paid equally?

• They will reinvest their money in the government.

• They will support the government’s management of national finances.

• They will support the Federalist Party.

• They will support the Republican Party.

Why did President Adams send negotiators to France?

• French agents demanded a loan and a bribe.

• The French had begun capturing American ships.

• To say to France that the United States was strengthening its military

• United States and France were involved in an undeclared war.

What was the United States reaction to the French agents’ demand for a loan and a bribe?

• United States began capturing French ships.

• United States declared war on France.

• United States established new negotiations with France.

• United States strengthened its army.

Southern states agreed to help pay off war debts in exchange for locating the nation’s capital in which city?

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• New York City

• Washington, D.C.

The Alien and Sedition Acts were

• strongly supported by the Republican Party.

• passed to increase immigration.

• strongly supported by the Federalist Party.

• passed to strengthen the nation’s military.