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The New Republic

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The president's cabinet is made up of

a)

Supreme Court justices

b)

Executive Department Heads (Secretaries of State, Defense, etc.)

c)

Members of Congress

d)

High-Ranking military officers

2.

Why did Washington call up an army to crush the Whiskey Rebellion?

a)

He saw the rebellion as a threat to the new government's authority

b)

He feared rebels might stir up a blood revolution

c)

He wanted to stop farmers from drinking too much.

d)

He preferred leading an army over being president.

3.

In his farewell address, Washington urged Americans

a)

not to address the president as a king.

b)

to pay the taxes Congress passed on goods.

c)

not to let loyalty to political parties tear the nation apart.

d)

to support the ideals of the French Revolution.

4.

The Alien and Sedition Acts were viewed by Democratic-Republicans as

a)

an attack on the First Amendment rights of Freedom of Speech.

b)

a challenge to the authority of government.

c)

a necessary measure to get rid of immigrants.

d)

a warning to the Whiskey boys.

5.

After going to war, France and Great Britain began seizing U.S. Merchant ships because both nations

a)

hoped to win the U.S. as an ally.

b)

wanted to keep U.S. shippers from supplying their enemy.

c)

disliked the American foreign policy of neutrality.

d)

could make money holding sailors for ransom.

6.
Who was John Adams's vice president?
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Quincy Adams
d)
Abigail Adams
7.
What does Impressment mean?
a)
attacking ships and forcing sailors into military service
b)
trying to impress your friends
c)
squeezing something really hard
d)
a example we follow as if it were a law
8.
What was the major goal of Alexander Hamilton's Financial Plan?
a)
To print more money
b)
to steal gold from Fort Knox
c)
to pay off the war debt from the American Revolution
d)
to increase the war debt from the War of 1812
9.

Washington crushed this uprising over whiskey taxes using the new federal army

a)

Judiciary Act of 1789

b)

Farewell Address

c)

Whiskey Rebellion

d)

Shays' Rebellion

10.
What did Jefferson do to punish the British for Impressing American sailors?
a)
The Embargo Act
b)
The Stamp Act
c)
The Sugar Act
11.
What power did the Supreme Court give itself in Marbury v Madison?
a)
Judicial Review
b)
Veto Power
c)
Make Laws
12.
How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory?
a)
$100,000
b)
$1 million
c)
$15 million
d)
$100 million
13.

James Madison was President during which war?

a)

1812

b)

Revolutionary

c)

World War 2

14.
What made the Louisiana Territory so vital to the United States economy?
a)
Port at New Orleans
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Florida
d)
Both the Port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River
e)
It did not help the economy