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Unit 5: Creating a Nation TEST REVIEW

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)

Whiskey Rebellion

b)

Shay's Rebellion

c)

Treaty of Paris 1783

d)

Northwest Ordinance

2.

Which of the following is NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

Could add new states to the Union

b)

Could not create a national military

c)

Could not levy taxes

d)

Could not enforce laws

3.

Why did many Americans call for changes to the Articles of Confederation?

a)

They demanded a Bill of Rights be added

b)

They wanted 2 houses in the legislative branch

c)

They opposed the Northwest Ordinance

d)

They believed the national government was ineffective (not working)

4.

Which of the following combined the New Jersey and Virginia Plans?

a)

Three-Fifths Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Great Compromise

d)

Washington D.C.

5.

Which of the following best describes the Three-Fifths Compromise?

a)

African Americans did not count as a whole vote towards representation; instead counted as 3/5.

b)

All African Americans were counted towards representation.

c)

No African Americans were counted towards representation.

d)

States were left to decide how to count African Americans.

6.

Why did some people oppose ratification of the Constitution?

a)

Federal government was still too weak to govern.

b)

States were given too much power.

c)

All states were needed to ratify the Constitution.

d)

It did not include protection of personal liberties.

7.

What agreement about slavery was made during the Constitutional Convention?

a)

Slavery is abolished immediately.

b)

In 1808, the international slave trade will be abolished.

c)

All slaves will count towards representation.

d)

No slaves will count towards representation.

8.

Which term means "to critique the government?"

a)

Nullify

b)

Ratify

c)

Precedent

d)

Sedition

9.

Why did George Washington warn against becoming involved in foreign affairs?

a)

Washington did not like foreign trade.

b)

The French were not able to help the US in war against Britain.

c)

The British in the Northwest Territory were US allies.

d)

America is too young and too poor to get involved.

10.

What compromise was made about the new location of the US capital in Washington D.C?

a)

President Washington took the land from his personal property in New York.

b)

Southerners claim the capital in the South in exchange for supporting Hamilton's Financial Plan.

c)

The North did not have to pay off any of its debt or taxes.

d)

Violence from previous rebellions alarmed Americans, so they picked a location far from where the rebellions took place.

11.

Which individual does the following describe:

-Federalist

-Encouraged trade with Britain

-Developed a financial plan to help get the US out of debt

a)

Henry Knox

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

John Adams

12.

Which of the following is NOT a part of Hamilton's Financial Plan?

a)

Impose tariffs

b)

Incur a national debt

c)

Creating a national bank

d)

Creating 2 houses in Congress

13.

What was an outcome of the XYZ Affair?

a)

Americans demanded war with France

b)

France stops impressment

c)

Jay's Treaty

d)

Pinckney's Treaty

14.

Which of the following nullified the Alien and Sedition Acts?

a)

XYZ Affair

b)

Jay's Treaty

c)

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

d)

Treaty of Paris 1783

15.

An example for future presidents to follow is called a(n) ________:

a)

Neutrality

b)

Precedent

c)

Rebellion

d)

Revolution

16.

Which Act established how the Supreme Court would work? (For example, it would have 6 total justices, 13 district courts, 3 appellate courts)

a)

Alien Act

b)

Sedition Act

c)

Federal Judiciary Act

d)

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

17.

Which group would not ratify the Constitution without adding a Bill of Rights?

a)

Federalists

b)

Whigs

c)

Anti-Federalists

d)

None of the above

18.

Which of the following is NOT part of Hamilton's Financial Plan?

a)

Incur (become responsible) national debt

b)

Levy taxes

c)

Create a national bank

d)

Sign trade agreements with Britain

19.

What was the significance of the Whiskey Rebellion?

a)

The federal government proved it had the power to enforce laws

b)

Citizens showed the need for the 1st Amendment

c)

The Articles of Confederation were note effective

d)

Americans demanded war with France

20.

Which battle resulted in the Treaty of Greenville - natives agreed to surrender most land in present day Ohio?

a)

Battle of Bunker Hill

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Battle of Fallen Timbers

d)

Battle of Yorktown

21.

Which of the following is NOT a part of Jay's Treaty?

a)

Pay debt to British merchants

b)

British will pay for stolen goods from impressment

c)

British must evacuate forts in Northwest Territory

d)

Ends British impressment

22.

Which treaty gave Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River?

a)

Treaty of Paris 1783

b)

Pinckney's Treaty

c)

Jay's Treaty

d)

Treaty of Greenville

23.

Which event caused Britain and France to impress American ships?

a)

XYZ Affair

b)

Proclamation of Neutrality

c)

Whiskey Rebellion

d)

Alien and Sedition Acts

24.

Which of the following is NOT a Federalist concept?

a)

Desire for a strong central government

b)

Expectation of a national bank

c)

Strict interpretation of the Constitution

d)

Support for British trade with the US

25.

Which of the following is NOT a Democratic-Republican concept?

a)

Desire for strong state governments

b)

Strict interpretation of the US Constitution

c)

Economy based on agriculture

d)

Support for British trade

26.

Which term means to legally overturn, or cancel, federal laws that are unconstitutional?

a)

Impressment

b)

Nullify

c)

Ratify

d)

Precedent

27.

Which law restricted American citizen's 1st Amendment rights?

a)

Alien Act

b)

Sedition Act

c)

Jay's Treaty

d)

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

28.

Place the events in chronological order:

i. Alien and Sedition Acts

ii. Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

iii. XYZ Affair

a)

XYZ Affair, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, Alien and Sedition Acts

b)

Alien and Sedition Acts, XYZ Affair, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

c)

XYZ Affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

d)

Alien and Sedition Acts, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, XYZ Affair

29.

Who is the "Father of the Constitution?"

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

James Madison

d)

Alexander Hamilton

30.

Which of the following is an ACCOMPLISHMENT of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

A judicial branch

b)

A national military

c)

Foreign alliances

d)

New states in the West

31.

Which of the following is NOT a reason America was in an economic depression?

a)

New England merchant ships did not have foreign trade partners

b)

All federal money went to paying off war debts

c)

The US raised federal money by selling northwestern territory

d)

Southern plantations were not exporting as many goods

32.

Why did the Constitutional Convention create the Electoral College?

a)

To give all citizens the direct vote in presidential elections

b)

So that states would have fair representation in selecting the president

c)

To ensure only white,wealthy, college educated men are elected to president

d)

So that large and small states have equal representation in Congress

33.

What were the conditions of the Three-Fifths Compromise?

a)

Northern trade expands in exchange for Africans receiving their right to vote

b)

Large states get more voice in the Senate while small states get more voice in the House of Representatives

c)

Slave representation only existed in the Senate and not in the House of Representatives

d)

Slave population partially counts toward representation in exchange for the end of the slave trade

34.

What was created by blending the Virginia and New Jersey Plan?

a)

Electoral College

b)

Three-Fifths Compromise

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Great Compromise

35.

Which group supported a strong central government and the ratification of the Constitution?

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

c)

Republicans

d)

All Founding Fathers

36.

What caused Shays' Rebellion?

a)

Farmers upset with limits on westward native lands

b)

British soldiers still remained in American territories

c)

Farmers unable to sell their goods and pay their state taxes

d)

King George III demanding America repay its war debt under the Treaty of Paris 1783

37.

Which of the following is a guarantee to settlers under the Northwest Ordinance?

a)

Freedom of religion

b)

Trial by jury

c)

Ban on slavery

d)

All of the above

38.

Goods sent from a country (leaving) to another are called ___.

a)

Imports

b)

Exports

c)

Cash crops

d)

Subsistence farms

39.

Which group feared a central government would become dangerous if it was too large and powerful?

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

c)

Republicans

d)

All Founding Fathers

40.

Goods sent from a country (leaving) to another are called ___.

a)

Imports

b)

Exports

c)

Cash crops

d)

Subsistence farms

41.

Which of the following determined how new lands could enter into statehood?

a)

Northwest Land Ordinance of 1787

b)

Great Compromise

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Federalist Papers

42.

At the Constitutional Convention, which plan proposed proportional representation in the legislative branch?

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

43.

At the Constitutional Convention, which plan proposed equal representation in the legislative branch?

a)

New Jersey Plan

b)

Virginia Plan

44.

Which of the following was a member of the Democrat-Republican party?

a)

John Jay

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

45.

John Adams' Sedition Act made which of the following a crime?

a)

Aiding the French in their Revolution

b)

Printing more money

c)

Supporting British trade

d)

Pubic criticism of the government

46.

In his Farewell Address, Washington warned against which of the following? (Check all that apply)

a)

Forming political parties

b)

Getting involved in foreign affairs/alliances