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Practice Test Chapter 8 Ms. Kline
Directions: Use this review to practice and study for your test. Use your notes and partner to complete this assignment.
______1. Disagreements about the proper role of government given by the new United States Constitutions led to the creation of
a. corporations b. political parties
c. Cabinet offices d. Civil rights movement
______2. Supporters of Thomas Jefferson were known as
a. Republicans b. Whigs
c. Federalists d. Greenbacks
______3. As Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton is most remembered for
a. creating a plan to pay off the nation’s debts
b. beginning a system to tax exports
c. arranging necessary loans from European nations
d. raising money from the sale of western lands
______4. The Whiskey Rebellion showed the new government’s power to
a. enforce its authority b. expand beyond the original thirteen states
c. use checks and balances to limit Presidential power d. overwhelm native American troops
______5. The A reaction of angry corn farmers against taxes in 1794 that was crushed by the American Militia men was called
a. The Whiskey Rebellion b. Shay’s Rebellion
c. The Turner Revolt d. The Burr Conspiracy
______6. Who did George Washington appoint as Secretary of the Treasury?
a. John Adams b. Thomas Jefferson
c. Henry Knox d. Alexander Hamilton
______7. Disagreement between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson over the interpretation of the Constitution led to the development of the
a. Great Compromise b. President’s Cabinet
c. National Judicial System d. Political Party system
______8. Which of the following was NOT part of Jay’s Treaty?
a. British would pay for the damages to American ships
b. Americans gained neutral rights
c. Americans agreed to pay debts to the British from the Revolution
d. British agreed to give up forts in the Ohio Valley
______9. Which of the following was NOT a department in Washington’s Cabinet?
a. Department of State b. Department of Treasury
c. Attorney General d. Department of Homeland Defense
______10. Who is most closely associated with the creation of the National Bank?
a. John Marshall b. James Madison
c. Alexander Hamilton d. John Jay
______11. Which foreign policy advice did George Washington give?
a. A new and weak nations should ally itself with the stronger nations of Europe.
b. European countries should not try to establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere
c. The United States has the right to intervene in Latin American nations when necessary
d. The New nation should avoid permanent alliances with any other nation of the world (isolationism)
______12. Federalists often supported which country in foreign policy matters?
a. France b. Great Britain
c. Spain d. Russia
______13. In the Elections of 1796 and 1800, the Vice President was elected by
a. running with a presidential candidate
b. being asked to personally by George Washington
c. being the person with the second most presidential votes
d. winning a separate Vice Presidential election
______14. Supporters of Thomas Jefferson were known as
a. Republicans b. Whigs
c. Federalists d. Greenbacks
______15. Alexander Hamilton was a major political figure in which party?
a. Federalists b. Democrats
c. Republicans d. Whigs
______16. Which statement best describes a foreign policy followed by President George Washington?
a. He sent aid to French revolutionaries
b. He formed alliances with European nations
c. He supported expansion into British Canada
d. He adopted a position of neutrality
______17. The American Revolution inspired which revolution?
a. Cuban Revolution b. French Revolution
c. African Revolution d. Russian Revolution
______18. The Alien and Sedition Acts, passed right before the election of 1800, were used to
a. keep people patriot during war time.
b. punish people who spoke out against the government.
c. move Native American from American lands.
d. keep British from retaking Northwestern forts.
______19. Which person was the most hated person while the Whiskey tax was around?
a. Farmers b. Preachers
c. Tax Collectors d. Sheriffs
Short answer: Answer the following questions COMPLETELY. Use complete sentences with at least 3 sentences for each question.
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