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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A a series of slave revolts swept through the southern states and overthrew a number of local governments in the summer of 1783.
B a flu pandemic killed over 10,000 Americans in the spring of 1784.
C royal land-, office-, and patent holders began to exert control over a number of state governments.
D “radical” forces representing small farmers, artisans, and shopkeepers began to exert control over a number of state governments.
Question #2
A prohibited from coining money but are allowed to enter into treaties with other nations.
B prohibited from coining money or entering into treaties with other nations.
C allowed to coin money and enter into treaties with other nations.
D prohibited from entering into treaties with other nations but allowed to coin money.
Question #3
A Slavery is an evil institution that should be abolished.
B Citizens should vote directly on the laws.
C The federal government must be much more powerful than state governments.
D Power must be used to balance power.
Question #4
A opposed the Constitution because they wanted a weaker central government.
B supported the Constitution because it created a strong national government.
C opposed the Constitution because it did not create a strong enough central government.
D believed that the United States should enter into a confederation with Britain and Canada.
Question #5
A amendments to the Constitution must be ratified within twenty years of being proposed.
B amendments to the Constitution must be ratified within ten years of being proposed.
C amendments to the Constitution must be ratified within four years of being proposed.
D amendments to the Constitution can be ratified many decades after being proposed.
Question #6
A Liberty is the absence of government.
B Liberty is less important than social and economic equality.
C Government promotes liberty by maintaining order.
D The framers feared that democracy and equality could undermine individual liberty.
E
Question #7
A 27
B 20
C 10
D 37
Question #8
A Nationalists
B Antifederalists
C Whigs
D Federalists
Question #9
A preventing government from collecting revenue through taxation.
B decreasing the powers of the executive branch, especially those of the vice president.
C providing Congress with a larger grant of powers.
D adding a bill of rights to the Constitution.
Question #10
A Charles Beard, Daniel Shays, and Paul Revere
B James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton
C John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson
D James Madison, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
Question #11
A opposed the Constitution because it did not create a strong enough central government.
B opposed the Constitution because it did not provide women with the right to vote.
C opposed the Constitution because they wanted a weaker national government.
D supported the Constitution because it contained a strong national government.
Question #12
A set at nine in Article III of the Constitution.
B determined by the president.
C set at seven in Article III of the Constitution.
D determined by Congress.
Question #13
A veto congressional enactments
B appoint the Speaker of the House of Representatives
C grant pardons and reprieves
D convene Congress in special session
Question #14
A end the slave trade.
B prevent the new government from abusing its power.
C promote economic equality among all citizens.
D create a replica of the British political system.
Question #15
A the Department of Commerce
B the Department of Justice
C the Supreme Court
D the Solicitor General
Question #16
A citizens should vote directly on which rights should be protected.
B since the federal government was already limited to its expressed powers, further protection of citizens was not needed.
C such a list would limit economic development.
D such a list would make government too weak to protect national security.
Question #17
A end slavery in the United States.
B eliminate state and local governments.
C promote economic development and protect property from radical state legislatures.
D guarantee economic equality for all citizens.
Question #18
A the courts to decide on the constitutionality of actions taken by the other branches of government.
B the states to review the constitutionality of federal actions and laws.
C the courts to review and edit pieces of legislation before they are voted on in Congress.
D Congress to review the decisions of the federal courts.
Question #19
A the president
B the Senate
C the Treasury Department
D the House of Representatives
Question #20
A The president under the Articles of Confederation was the official chosen by the Congress to preside over its sessions, not the chief executive of the national government.
B The president under the Articles of Confederation could appoint judges for the federal judiciary without approval from Congress.
C The president under the Articles of Confederation could veto any laws passed by the Congress.
D The president under the Articles of Confederation could declare war without approval from the Congress.
Question #21
A increase public support for the establishment of a national bank.
B exacerbate tensions between the New England merchants and the southern planters.
C transfer power from the Senate majority leader to the vice president.
D reinforce the unity of the New England merchants and the southern planters.
Question #22
A 90% of the country’s enslaved population lived in New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Delaware.
B 90% of the country’s enslaved population lived in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida.
C the country’s enslaved population was evenly distribution across the 13 states.
D 90% of the country’s enslaved population lived in in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Question #23
A Catholics; Protestants
B large states; small states
C the wealthy; the poor
D northern states; southern states
Question #24
A Representatives to Congress would be appointed by the state legislatures.
B Representation would be based on population.
C Representation would be proportionate to the share of taxes paid by each state to the federal government.
D Representation would be equal for each state.
Question #25
A New Jersey
B Virginia
C New Hampshire
D Marshall
Question #26
A the Constitutional Convention
B the Boston Tea Party
C Shays’s Rebellion
D the Boston Massacre
Question #27
A Less than half of the states sent delegates.
B All of the states sent delegates.
C More than half of the states sent delegates.
D None of the states sent delegates.
Question #28
A filed a lawsuit against the state in the Supreme Court.
B issued an injunction to return the land to the original owners.
C passed a law making all such future redistributions illegal.
D did nothing because the government had no powers allowing them to intervene.
Question #29
A included no provisions allowing for the addition of amendments.
B could be amended only with a unanimous vote of the Congress.
C could be amended only through a national constitutional convention in which three-fourths of state governors approved of all changes.
D could be amended only with a majority vote of the Congress.
Question #30
A council of presidents
B president
C states
D courts
Question #31
A the Emancipation Proclamation
B the United States Constitution
C the Articles of Confederation
D the Magna Carta
Question #32
A a group of colonial delegates assembled in 1774 that called for a total boycott of all British goods.
B the meeting arranged between British and colonial forces to negotiate the end of the Revolutionary War.
C the British government’s lawmaking body for the colonies prior to 1776.
D a loose affiliation of small farmers and artisans that organized protests against British rule between 1770 and 1774.
Question #33
A Samuel Adams
B John Hancock
C John Adams
D Paul Revere
Question #34
A 50 British soldiers were killed by an angry mob of colonists protesting outside of the seat of the colonial government in Boston.
B 50 colonists were killed by British soldiers outside of the seat of the colonial government in Boston.
C five British soldiers were killed by an angry mob of colonists protesting outside of the seat of the colonial government in Boston.
D five colonists were killed by British soldiers outside of the seat of the colonial government in Boston.
Question #35
A The British ruled with a light hand and exerted a strong influence only in the largest colonial cities.
B The British ruled with a light hand and exerted almost no influence at all in any colonial town or city.
C The British ruled with a heavy hand in small towns but exerted no influence at all in the largest cities.
D The British ruled with a heavy hand and exerted a strong influence in every colonial town and city.
Question #36
A all White male inhabitants of the state that owned property were allowed to vote.
B all White male inhabitants of the state were allowed to vote.
C all inhabitants of the state were allowed to vote.
D all White inhabitants of the state were allowed to vote.
Question #37
A X.
B II.
C V.
D I.
Question #38
A While most amendment efforts failed because they attempted to address a specific public problem, successful amendments changed the structure or composition of government.
B All of the successful amendments address voting rights.
C While most amendment efforts have failed because they attempted to change the structure or composition of government, successful amendments addressed specific public policy problems.
D There has never been a successful attempt to amend the Constitution through the formal procedure spelled out in Article V.
Question #39
A economic equality.
B individual liberty.
C democracy.
D political equality.
Question #40
A more than 11,000
B fewer than 100
C between 1,000 and 1,500
D fewer than 50
Question #41
A the Tenth Amendment and the elastic clause
B the supremacy clause and the elastic clause
C the Tenth Amendment and the supremacy clause
D the Ninth Amendment and the supremacy clause
Question #42
A landowning elite.
B king of Great Britain.
C popular majority.
D northern merchants.
Question #43
A the collected essays of French political philosopher Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu that argued for the separation of powers.
B a series of essays that argued against the ratification of the Constitution.
C a series of pamphlets written by Thomas Paine in 1775 and 1776 advocating independence from Great
D a series of essays that argued for the ratification of the Constitution.
Question #44
A Congress has the power to eliminate the Supreme Court.
B Congress has the power to create a system of federal courts below the Supreme Court.
C Congress has the power to nominate and appoint the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
D Congress has the power to nominate and appoint judges to federal appellate courts.
Question #45
A Senators are directly elected by the people.
B Senators were originally appointed by state legislatures.
C Senators have shorter terms than members of the House of Representatives.
D Senators are the only officials immune from impeachment.
Question #46
A prohibiting state governments from discriminating against citizens of other states in favor of their own citizens.
B asserting that the federal Constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.
C claiming that powers not explicitly delegated to the federal government were reserved for the states.
D outlawing government discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender.
Question #47
A too many elections would be difficult for the states to run.
B this would make members of the Senate more responsive to the preferences of their constituents.
C the state legislatures would conspire with each other to elect a Senate dominated by a single party.
D this was a way to make the Senate resistant to popular pressure.
Question #48
A a mixed regime
B democracy
C a republic
D tyranny
Question #49
A U.S. president
B U.S. representative
C U.S. senator
D U.S. vice president
Question #50
A There was no president under the Articles of Confederation but there is a president placed in charge of the executive branch under the Constitution.
B There was a unicameral legislature under the Articles of Confederation but there is a bicameral legislature under the Constitution.
C Constitutional amendments had to be approved by three-quarters of state governments under the Articles of Confederation but only have to be approved by two-thirds of state governments under the Constitution.
D There was no federal court system under the Articles of Confederation but there is a federal court system headed by the Supreme Court under the Constitution.
Question #51
A bring a Georgian slave revolt to Virginia.
B prevent the state of Massachusetts from foreclosing on the lands of debt-ridden farmers.
C invade New England by royalists from Canada.
D force the British government to rescind the Tea Act.
Question #52
A southern
B free
C slaveowning
D less-populous
Question #53
A This form of ratification was designed to win approval for the new government from the international community.
B This form of ratification was the only one allowed by the existing provisions in the Articles of Confederation.
C This form of ratification was thought to be the only approach consistent with the founders’ definition of democracy.
D This form of ratification was intended to make it clear that the new government would be a national government and not a compact between the states.
Question #54
A the primary architect of the Virginia Plan.
B one of the authors of the Federalist Papers.
C a former army captain who led a mob of farmers in a rebellion against the Massachusetts government.
D the primary architect of the New Jersey Plan.
Question #55
A redistributed the property of British loyalists to small farmers who supported the revolution.
B established the principles of land surveying and landownership that governed America’s westward expansion.
C provided 40 acres of free land to all immigrants from western and northern European countries.
D imposed large tariffs on luxury goods arriving on American lands through East Coast ports.
Question #56
A slavery was a “morally unjust” institution that should be outlawed.
B America was “first and foremost, a Christian nation.”
C laissez-faire capitalism would be the “supreme law of the land” in America.
D there were “unalienable rights” that could not be abridged by governments.
Question #57
A 1763
B 1791
C 1777
D 1781
Question #58
A revocation of the Tea Act
B complete independence from Britain
C the end of the French and Indian War
D elimination of the British monarchy
Question #59
A John Hancock
B John Adams
C Thomas Jefferson
D Samuel Adams
Question #60
A New England merchants.
B shopkeepers, artisans, laborers, and small farmers.
C southern planters.
D royal office and patent holders.