WorksheetsUnit 5: Creating a Nation TEST REVIEW
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Whiskey Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion
Treaty of Paris 1783
Northwest Ordinance
Which of the following is NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Could add new states to the Union
Could not create a national military
Could not levy taxes
Could not enforce laws
Why did many Americans call for changes to the Articles of Confederation?
They demanded a Bill of Rights be added
They wanted 2 houses in the legislative branch
They opposed the Northwest Ordinance
They believed the national government was ineffective (not working)
Which of the following combined the New Jersey and Virginia Plans?
Three-Fifths Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Great Compromise
Washington D.C.
Which of the following best describes the Three-Fifths Compromise?
African Americans did not count as a whole vote towards representation; instead counted as 3/5.
All African Americans were counted towards representation.
No African Americans were counted towards representation.
States were left to decide how to count African Americans.
Why did some people oppose ratification of the Constitution?
Federal government was still too weak to govern.
States were given too much power.
All states were needed to ratify the Constitution.
It did not include protection of personal liberties.
What agreement about slavery was made during the Constitutional Convention?
Slavery is abolished immediately.
In 1808, the international slave trade will be abolished.
All slaves will count towards representation.
No slaves will count towards representation.
Which term means "to critique the government?"
Nullify
Ratify
Precedent
Sedition
Why did George Washington warn against becoming involved in foreign affairs?
Washington did not like foreign trade.
The French were not able to help the US in war against Britain.
The British in the Northwest Territory were US allies.
America is too young and too poor to get involved.
What compromise was made about the new location of the US capital in Washington D.C?
President Washington took the land from his personal property in New York.
Southerners claim the capital in the South in exchange for supporting Hamilton's Financial Plan.
The North did not have to pay off any of its debt or taxes.
Violence from previous rebellions alarmed Americans, so they picked a location far from where the rebellions took place.
Which individual does the following describe:
-Federalist
-Encouraged trade with Britain
-Developed a financial plan to help get the US out of debt
Henry Knox
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Which of the following is NOT a part of Hamilton's Financial Plan?
Impose tariffs
Incur a national debt
Creating a national bank
Creating 2 houses in Congress
What was an outcome of the XYZ Affair?
Americans demanded war with France
France stops impressment
Jay's Treaty
Pinckney's Treaty
Which of the following nullified the Alien and Sedition Acts?
XYZ Affair
Jay's Treaty
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Treaty of Paris 1783
An example for future presidents to follow is called a(n) ________:
Neutrality
Precedent
Rebellion
Revolution
Which Act established how the Supreme Court would work? (For example, it would have 6 total justices, 13 district courts, 3 appellate courts)
Alien Act
Sedition Act
Federal Judiciary Act
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Which group would not ratify the Constitution without adding a Bill of Rights?
Federalists
Whigs
Anti-Federalists
None of the above
Which of the following is NOT part of Hamilton's Financial Plan?
Incur (become responsible) national debt
Levy taxes
Create a national bank
Sign trade agreements with Britain
What was the significance of the Whiskey Rebellion?
The federal government proved it had the power to enforce laws
Citizens showed the need for the 1st Amendment
The Articles of Confederation were note effective
Americans demanded war with France
Which battle resulted in the Treaty of Greenville - natives agreed to surrender most land in present day Ohio?
Battle of Bunker Hill
Valley Forge
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Battle of Yorktown
Which of the following is NOT a part of Jay's Treaty?
Pay debt to British merchants
British will pay for stolen goods from impressment
British must evacuate forts in Northwest Territory
Ends British impressment
Which treaty gave Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River?
Treaty of Paris 1783
Pinckney's Treaty
Jay's Treaty
Treaty of Greenville
Which event caused Britain and France to impress American ships?
XYZ Affair
Proclamation of Neutrality
Whiskey Rebellion
Alien and Sedition Acts
Which of the following is NOT a Federalist concept?
Desire for a strong central government
Expectation of a national bank
Strict interpretation of the Constitution
Support for British trade with the US
Which of the following is NOT a Democratic-Republican concept?
Desire for strong state governments
Strict interpretation of the US Constitution
Economy based on agriculture
Support for British trade
Which term means to legally overturn, or cancel, federal laws that are unconstitutional?
Impressment
Nullify
Ratify
Precedent
Which law restricted American citizen's 1st Amendment rights?
Alien Act
Sedition Act
Jay's Treaty
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Place the events in chronological order:
i. Alien and Sedition Acts
ii. Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
iii. XYZ Affair
XYZ Affair, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, Alien and Sedition Acts
Alien and Sedition Acts, XYZ Affair, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
XYZ Affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Alien and Sedition Acts, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, XYZ Affair
Who is the "Father of the Constitution?"
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Which of the following is an ACCOMPLISHMENT of the Articles of Confederation?
A judicial branch
A national military
Foreign alliances
New states in the West
Which of the following is NOT a reason America was in an economic depression?
New England merchant ships did not have foreign trade partners
All federal money went to paying off war debts
The US raised federal money by selling northwestern territory
Southern plantations were not exporting as many goods
Why did the Constitutional Convention create the Electoral College?
To give all citizens the direct vote in presidential elections
So that states would have fair representation in selecting the president
To ensure only white,wealthy, college educated men are elected to president
So that large and small states have equal representation in Congress
What were the conditions of the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Northern trade expands in exchange for Africans receiving their right to vote
Large states get more voice in the Senate while small states get more voice in the House of Representatives
Slave representation only existed in the Senate and not in the House of Representatives
Slave population partially counts toward representation in exchange for the end of the slave trade
What was created by blending the Virginia and New Jersey Plan?
Electoral College
Three-Fifths Compromise
Separation of Powers
Great Compromise
Which group supported a strong central government and the ratification of the Constitution?
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Republicans
All Founding Fathers
What caused Shays' Rebellion?
Farmers upset with limits on westward native lands
British soldiers still remained in American territories
Farmers unable to sell their goods and pay their state taxes
King George III demanding America repay its war debt under the Treaty of Paris 1783
Which of the following is a guarantee to settlers under the Northwest Ordinance?
Freedom of religion
Trial by jury
Ban on slavery
All of the above
Goods sent from a country (leaving) to another are called ___.
Imports
Exports
Cash crops
Subsistence farms
Which group feared a central government would become dangerous if it was too large and powerful?
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Republicans
All Founding Fathers
Goods sent from a country (leaving) to another are called ___.
Imports
Exports
Cash crops
Subsistence farms
Which of the following determined how new lands could enter into statehood?
Northwest Land Ordinance of 1787
Great Compromise
Bill of Rights
Federalist Papers
At the Constitutional Convention, which plan proposed proportional representation in the legislative branch?
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
At the Constitutional Convention, which plan proposed equal representation in the legislative branch?
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Which of the following was a member of the Democrat-Republican party?
John Jay
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams' Sedition Act made which of the following a crime?
Aiding the French in their Revolution
Printing more money
Supporting British trade
Pubic criticism of the government
In his Farewell Address, Washington warned against which of the following? (Check all that apply)
Forming political parties
Getting involved in foreign affairs/alliances
