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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A saw the Republicans win a decisive victory over the Federalists.
B was notable for the sensational personal slandering of both candidates.
C saw leading Federalists in Congress attempt to engineer the election of Aaron Burr.
D was further complicated by the emergence of a third party, the Whigs.
E was decided by a newly elected Republican Congress.
Question #2
A gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism.
B were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism until they were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
C were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
D were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism.
E gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism, and were aggressively used by the Adams administration to that effect.
Question #3
A involved secret foreign treaties with nearby Indian nations.
B increased tensions between the United States and Great Britain.
C was prompted by a feud between John Adams and Alexander Hamilton.
D involved foreign interference in an American presidential election.
E led to an undeclared war between the United States and France.
Question #4
A required the federal government to respect treaties negotiated under the Confederation.
B stated Indian tribes were entitled to direct representation in the federal government.
C defined a precise legal standing for Indians and Indian nations.
D declared Congress had no legal right to regulate commerce with Indian tribes.
E made no mention of Indian nations.
Question #5
A Federalists.
B no one.
C Indians and slaves.
D Republicans.
E Federalists and Republicans.
Question #6
A the urban wealthy.
B manufacturers.
C small farmers.
D creditors.
E Federalists.
Question #7
A saw themselves as defenders of the principles of the American Revolution and feared that the new government would widely abuse its powers.
B feared that the government favored common people over the “well-born.”
C feared that the new government would be too weak to enforce its new powers.
D saw themselves as defenders of the principles of the American Revolution and feared that the government favored common people over the “well-born.”
E saw the power of the southern states as the chief obstacle to an effective new government.
Question #8
A agreement that half of all future states would allow slavery.
B strengthened fugitive slave provision.
C denial of suffrage to free black men.
D guarantee of the permanent continuation of slavery where it existed.
E continuation of the slave trade for at least twenty more years.
Question #9
A three-fifths of a free person.
B equivalent to children.
C non-taxable.
D property.
E citizens.
Question #10
A the British refusal to evacuate the forts of the Northwest
B the Spanish threat to take New Orleans
C the Battle of Fallen Timbers
D Shays’s Rebellion
E the Whiskey Rebellion