APUSH Early 1800's Practice Quiz

The Connecticut Plan presented to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was a

• proposal for a two-house legislature based on proportional representation.

• proposal for a one-house legislature based on proportional representation

• proposal for a two-house legislature, with one house based on proportional representation

• proposal for a balance of power between executive, legislative, and judicial branches

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolves

• expressed support for the new U.S. Constitution

• stated that individual states do not have to enforce laws the states consider unconstitutional

• were written to support John Adams's support of the Sedition Act.

• were written in opposition to the economic policies of Alexander Hamilton

Many in America felt that the English and the French failed to treat the United States as a major power in this era. All of the following are evidence of that except

• the Convention of 1800

• Jay's Treaty

• the treatment of American ships by the British during the 1790's

• the XYZ Affair

Answer explanation

As a result of the Convention of 1800, the French agreed to compensate the United States for ships seized during the previous decade.

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton had different views on all of the following except

• the amount of power the federal government should have.

• the tariff policy of the United States.

• the importance of a national bank.

• their believe in the power of the U.S. Constitution.

Under the Electoral College system,

• voters directly elect the president of the United States

• voters approve electors, who elect the president of the United States.

• it is possible to win the popular vote and lose the election in the Electoral College

• B and C

Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that, by compact, under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States, and of amendments thereto, they constituted a general government for special purposes, delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving, each state to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and no force;

The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, written by Thomas Jefferson, were an eloquent expression of which of the following political ideas?

• Libertarianism

• States' rights

• Progressivism

• Nationalism

Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that, by compact, under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States, and of amendments thereto, they constituted a general government for special purposes, delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving, each state to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and no force;

The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 were a reaction to the passage of which of the following?

• The Alien and Sedition Acts

• The Constitution

• The Northwest Ordinance

• The Missouri Compromise

Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that, by compact, under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States, and of amendments thereto, they constituted a general government for special purposes, delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving, each state to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and no force;

The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 most directly influenced the actions of important political figures during

• the struggle for Texan independence

• the removal of the Cherokees across the Mississippi

• the Nullification Crisis

• the struggle to regulate big business trusts

The election of (a)   in 1800 is called the "Revolution of 1800 as the new president had a completely different vision of America from the Federalists whom he replaced.

The role of the federal courts was greatly strengthened during the tenure of (a)