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WorksheetsChapter 8 U.S. History Quiz
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
The formal ceremony beginning a president’s term is called the _____.
impressment
inauguration
nullification
tariff
Which of the following was not part of Hamilton’s financial plan for the United States?
help farmers stay on farms
levy tariffs and excise taxes
establish a national bank
repay money borrowed during the war
The _____ was led by western Pennsylvania farmers who were upset over an excise tax.
Bacon’s Rebellion
Cotton Rebellion
Shays’s Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion
Washington issued the Proclamation of ______ to stay out of the French Revolution.
Brotherhood
Neutrality
Peace
Nations
Unity
Forcing captured American sailors to serve on British naval ships was known as ______.
impressment
inauguration
nullification
tariff
Which of the following was not something Washington cautioned the nation to avoid in his Farewell Address?
factions
commercial ties with nations
political alliances with nations
debt
The United States almost went to war with ______ because of the XYZ Affair.
France
Britain
Spain
the Netherlands
Germany
The ______ Act extended the time that an immigrant had to live in America before he could gain citizenship to fourteen years.
Alien
Sedition
Pinckney
Naturalization
The ______ Act declared that any person who said, wrote, or published anything false or malicious against the government could be fined and imprisoned.
Alien
Sedition
Pinckney
Naturalization
The states’ act of declaring void a federal law is called ______.
impressment
naturalization
sedition
nullification
Washington chose to step down from the presidency after serving three terms.
True
False
One purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to keep the Federalists in power.
True
False
The Alien Enemies Act and the Alien Act allowed the president to expel or imprison any dangerous foreigners.
True
False
Republicans argued that the Sedition Act was a violation of their first amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
True
False
If the electoral vote is tied in a presidential election, the Supreme Court decides the outcome.
True
False
Democratic-Republicans tended to distrust the judicial branch because its members were not elected and could serve for life.
True
False
Washington established a group of advisers called the __________.
Senate
Cabinet
Congress
Council
A tax on imported goods is a __________.
Excise
Income
Tariff
Sales
A tax paid on the manufacture or sale of certain goods and services within a country is an __________ tax.
Excise
Tariff
Income
Property
Hamilton’s political party was the __________ Party.
Democratic
Republican
Federalist
Whig
Jefferson’s political party was the __________ Party.
Federalist
Democratic-Republican
Whig
Green
The US government defeated the Indians and their allies in Ohio at the Battle of __________.
Yorktown
Gettysburg
Fallen Timbers
Saratoga
The episode between the French agents and the American representatives in France was known as the __________ Affair.
Watergate
XYZ
Teapot Dome
Iran-Contra
In 1798 the Federalist-controlled Congress passed four laws known as the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Navigation
Alien and Sedition
Stamp
Intolerable
The __________ Resolutions claimed that the states had the right to decide whether the national government exceeded its powers.
Missouri
Virginia and Kentucky
Connecticut
New Jersey
The federal judges Adams appointed late in the night before he left office were called __________ judges.
Midnight
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
In the case __________, the Supreme Court established the principle that the Supreme Court can declare a law passed by Congress as unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
Roe v. Wade
Plessy v. Ferguson
The right of the Supreme Court to declare a law passed by Congress as unconstitutional is called __________.
Judicial review
Executive privilege
Legislative oversight
Habeas corpus
Identify two challenges the United States faced as Washington took office.
Strong military and navy
Friendly relations with other nations
Little money in its treasury and weak army and navy
Abundant resources and wealth
What compromise was reached in order for Hamilton’s financial plan to be adopted?
The national capital would be permanently moved to the South.
The national bank would be dissolved.
The South would receive tax exemptions.
The North would assume all state debts.
Why did settlers often clash with Native Americans in the Northwest Territory?
Settlers rapidly moved into the territory and ignored treaties.
Settlers respected Native American land rights.
Settlers traded peacefully with Native Americans.
Settlers avoided the Northwest Territory.
Identify one reason many Americans supported the French Revolution in its early days.
They supported the idea of 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.'
They opposed the French Revolution's violence.
They wanted to avoid war with Britain.
They were against the French government.
Identify one reason many Americans began to oppose the French Revolution in its later days.
They were horrified by the terror and violence of the Revolution.
They wanted to support the French leaders.
They were in favor of war against Britain.
They were concerned about the stability of the French government.
Identify two of the terms of the Jay Treaty.
The United States agreed to limit trade with France.
Britain agreed to abandon its forts in the Northwest.
The United States agreed to pay the United Kingdom's debts.
Britain agreed to open some ports in the British West Indies to American trade.
For what three reasons did Jefferson oppose Hamilton’s financial plan?
Southern states had already paid most of their debts.
He believed the national bank would help northern industries.
He thought the Constitution did not give Congress the power to create a national bank.
He wanted to increase taxes on southern agriculture.
Identify two ways John Marshall changed the Supreme Court.
By having the justices hold private conferences to discuss cases.
By allowing justices to participate in political campaigns.
By claiming the power of judicial review.
By issuing multiple opinions for each case.
