American History Quiz

What was one of the warnings given by George Washington in his Farewell Address?

• To increase foreign alliances

• To beware of creating foreign alliances

• To support the Whiskey Rebellion

• To divide the country into political parties

What was the Whiskey Rebellion a response to?

• The enforcement of new educational laws

• The taxes from Hamilton's plan

• The creation of the National Bank

• The support of foreign alliances

Who was the leader of the Federalists?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Marshall

What did the Federalists believe in?

• A strict interpretation of the Constitution

• Supporting France over Great Britain

• Creating a National Bank

• Limiting the power of the federal government

What is the significance of Marbury v. Madison?

• It established the Louisiana Purchase

• It doubled the size of the United States

• It established Judicial Review

• It stopped all trade with foreign countries

What was the purpose of the Embargo of 1807?

• To negotiate peace with France

• To establish a new form of government

• To stop all trade with foreign countries

• To change the years to become a citizen

What did the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison establish?

• The Federal government has the final say on interstate commerce

• The Federal government is supreme and cannot be taxed by the states

• Judicial review

• The British Royal Navy could not force American sailors into service

What was one of the causes of the War of 1812?

• The Missouri Compromise

• Impressment of American sailors into the British Royal navy

• The Monroe Doctrine

• The American System

What did the Monroe Doctrine declare?

• The establishment of a new national bank

• The western hemisphere is closed to future European colonization

• The Federal government is supreme and cannot be taxed by the states

• The balance between slave state and free state in the senate

What was the significance of the Missouri Compromise?

• It established judicial review

• It declared the Federal government has the final say on interstate commerce

• It kept the balance between slave state and free state in the senate

• It increased American manufacturing