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VA-US History Chapter 5-6 Quiz Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Alien and Sedition Acts gave the government power to deport immigrants.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which plan originally called for three branches of government?

a)

New Jersey Plan

b)

Virginia Plan

c)

3/5 Compromise

d)

Electoral College

3.

Which document requires a unanimous (100%) vote to make amendments?

a)

U.S. Constitution

b)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Articles of Confederation

4.

Which American general defeated the Creeks and won the Battle of New Orleans?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

William Henry Harrison

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

5.

John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay were known to be peaceful Senators from Northern states.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which term describes when the British would capture American sailors and force them to fight for the British against the French?

a)

Indentured Servants

b)

Slaves

c)

Impressment

d)

Diplomats

7.

Which landmark Supreme Court case established judicial review?

a)

Marbury vs. Madison

b)

McCulloch vs. Maryland

c)

Gibbons vs. Ogden

d)

Bush vs. Gore

8.

Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel by Thomas Jefferson?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which event saw French diplomats ask America for bribes to return captured ships?

a)

Jay Treaty

b)

XYZ Affair

c)

3/5 Compromise

d)

Louisiana Purchase

10.

The French Revolution began as a result of the American Declaration of Independence.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Someone who is in favor of "loose construction" would follow the Constitution exactly as written.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Alexander Hamilton wanted an agrarian (agricultural) economy to pay off the nation's debt.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Which city was the nation's temporary capital until Washington, D.C. was built?

a)

Boston

b)

New York

c)

Jamestown

d)

Philadelphia

14.

Which literary work was a series of essays all arguing in favor of a stronger central government under a Constitution?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Federalist Papers

15.

Which Virginian was present at the Constitutional Convention, took copious amounts of notes, and argued for democracy, a republic, and a federal system?

a)

James Madison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin

16.

Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

A bicameral legislature has two legislative houses.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

In which form of government do citizens elect representatives to speak on their behalf?

a)

Republic

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Theocracy

d)

Oligarchy