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Chapter 10 (10 questions)
Launching the New Ship of State, 1789–1800
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Question 1
The leading figure in drafting the Bill of Rights was
a) Thomas Jefferson.
b) John Adams.
c) James Monroe.
d) James Madison.
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Question 2
Hamilton’s Plan of Funding at Par meant
a) the federal government paying off all federal debts.
b) the federal government paying off all state debts.
c) balancing the federal budget by cancelling federal debt.
d) balancing the federal budget by cancelling state debt.
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Question 3
Hamilton’s Assumption Plan meant
a) the federal government paying off all federal debts.
b) the federal government paying off all state debts.
c) balancing the federal budget by cancelling federal debt.
d) balancing the federal budget by cancelling state debt.
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Question 4
All of the following were true of the Bank of the United States EXCEPT
a) Hamilton took as his model the Bank of England.
b) the government would be the major stockholder and the federal Treasury would deposit its surplus monies.
c) the bank would print urgently needed paper money and thus provide a sound and stable national currency.
d) it was a powerful public institution.
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Question 5
All of the following were true of the Whiskey Rebellion EXCEPT
a) Hamilton’s high excise tax was designed to protect the western pioneers.
b) they regarded it not as a luxury tax but as a burden on an economic necessity and a medium of exchange.
c) defiant distillers finally erected whiskey poles, similar to the liberty poles of anti–stamp tax days in 1765.
d) rye and corn crops, distilled into alcohol, were more cheaply transported to eastern markets than bales of grain.
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Question 6
Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation was aimed at keeping America out of the war between
a) revolutionary France and England.
b) the United States and France after the XYZ affair.
c) Napoleonic France and England.
d) England and Spain.
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Question 7All of the following were true of Jay Treaty’s EXCEPT
a) the British promised to evacuate the chain of posts on U.S. soil.
b) Britain consented to pay damages for the recent seizures of American ships.
c) Britain pledged to stop future maritime seizures and impressments and cease supplying arms to Indians.
d) the United States promised to pay the debts still owed to British merchants on pre-Revolutionary accounts.
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Question 8All of the following were true of Washington’s Farewell Address EXCEPT
a) it helped in establishing a two-term tradition for American presidents.
b) Washington strongly advised the avoidance of “permanent alliances.”
c) Washington opposed all alliances, including “temporary alliances” for “extraordinary emergencies.”
d) it was never delivered orally but printed in the newspapers.
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Question 9
All of the following were true of the XYZ Affair EXCEPT
a) it sent a wave of war hysteria sweeping through the United States.
b) the slogan of the hour became “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.”
c) Jeffersonians redoubled their support of their French friends.
d) the Navy Department was created, the three-ship navy was expanded, and the United States Marine Corps was reestablished.
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Question 10All of the following were true of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions EXCEPT
a) they were a Jeffersonian reaction to the Alien and Sedition Laws.
b) Jefferson feared that if the Federalists eradicated free speech and free press, they would wipe out other constitutional guarantees.
c) Jefferson reacted strongly because he had no fear that his own political party might be stamped out of existence.
d) both Jefferson and Madison stressed the compact theory—a theory popular among English political philosophers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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Answer 1
The leading figure in drafting the Bill of Rights was
a) Thomas Jefferson.
b) John Adams.
c) James Monroe.
d) James Madison. (correct)
Hint: See page 201.
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Answer 2
Hamilton’s Plan of Funding at Par meant
a) the federal government paying off all federal debts. (correct)
b) the federal government paying off all state debts.
c) balancing the federal budget by cancelling federal debt.
d) balancing the federal budget by cancelling state debt.
Hint: See page 202.
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Answer 3
Hamilton’s Assumption Plan meant
a) the federal government paying off all federal debts.
b) the federal government paying off all state debts. (correct)
c) balancing the federal budget by cancelling federal debt.
d) balancing the federal budget by cancelling state debt.
Hint: See page 203.
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Answer 4
All of the following were true of the Bank of the United States EXCEPT
a) Hamilton took as his model the Bank of England.
b) the government would be the major stockholder and the federal Treasury would deposit its surplus monies.
c) the bank would print urgently needed paper money and thus provide a sound and stable national currency.
d) it was a powerful public institution. (correct)
Hint: See page 204.
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Answer 5
All of the following were true of the Whiskey Rebellion EXCEPT
a) Hamilton’s high excise tax was designed to protect the western pioneers. (correct)
b) they regarded it not as a luxury tax but as a burden on an economic necessity and a medium of exchange.
c) defiant distillers finally erected whiskey poles, similar to the liberty poles of anti–stamp tax days in 1765.
d) rye and corn crops, distilled into alcohol, were more cheaply transported to eastern markets than bales of grain.
Hint: See page 204.
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Answer 6
Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation was aimed at keeping America out of the war between
a) revolutionary France and England. (correct)
b) the United States and France after the XYZ affair.
c) Napoleonic France and England.
d) England and Spain.
Hint: See page 210.
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Answer 7
All of the following were true of Jay Treaty’s EXCEPT
a) the British promised to evacuate the chain of posts on U.S. soil.
b) Britain consented to pay damages for the recent seizures of American ships.
c) Britain pledged to stop future maritime seizures and impressments and cease supplying arms to Indians. (correct)
d) the United States promised to pay the debts still owed to British merchants on pre-Revolutionary accounts.
Hint: See page 213.
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Answer 8
All of the following were true of Washington’s Farewell Address EXCEPT
a) it helped in establishing a two-term tradition for American presidents.
b) Washington strongly advised the avoidance of “permanent alliances.”
c) Washington opposed all alliances, including “temporary alliances” for “extraordinary emergencies.” (correct)
d) it was never delivered orally but printed in the newspapers.
Hint: See page 213.
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Answer 9
All of the following were true of the XYZ Affair EXCEPT
a) it sent a wave of war hysteria sweeping through the United States.
b) the slogan of the hour became “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.”
c) Jeffersonians redoubled their support of their French friends. (correct)
d) the Navy Department was created, the three-ship navy was expanded, and the United States Marine Corps was reestablished.
Hint: See pages 215–216.
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Answer 10
All of the following were true of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions EXCEPT
a) they were a Jeffersonian reaction to the Alien and Sedition Laws.
b) Jefferson feared that if the Federalists eradicated free speech and free press, they would wipe out other constitutional guarantees.
c) Jefferson reacted strongly because he had no fear that his own political party might be stamped out of existence. (correct)
d) both Jefferson and Madison stressed the compact theory—a theory popular among English political philosophers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Hint: See page 218.