Chapter 6 Quiz

A  saw the Republicans win a decisive victory over the Federalists.

B  saw leading Federalists in Congress attempt to engineer the election of Aaron Burr.

C  was decided by a newly elected Republican Congress.

D  was notable for the sensational personal slandering of both candidates.

E  was further complicated by the emergence of a third party, the Whigs.

A  gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism, and were aggressively used by the Adams administration to that effect.

B  were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism.

C  were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism until they were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

D  were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

E  gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism.

A  involved secret foreign treaties with nearby Indian nations.

B  involved foreign interference in an American presidential election.

C  increased tensions between the United States and Great Britain.

D  was prompted by a feud between John Adams and Alexander Hamilton.

E  led to an undeclared war between the United States and France.

A  stated Indian tribes were entitled to direct representation in the federal government.

B  made no mention of Indian nations.

C  declared Congress had no legal right to regulate commerce with Indian tribes.

D  defined a precise legal standing for Indians and Indian nations.

E  required the federal government to respect treaties negotiated under the Confederation.

A  Federalists.

B  Federalists and Republicans.

C  Republicans.

D  no one.

E  Indians and slaves.

A  Federalists.

B  the urban wealthy.

C  manufacturers.

D  creditors.

E  small farmers.

A  feared that the government favored common people over the “well-born.”

B  saw themselves as defenders of the principles of the American Revolution and feared that the new government would widely abuse its powers.

C  saw the power of the southern states as the chief obstacle to an effective new government.

D  feared that the new government would be too weak to enforce its new powers.

E  saw themselves as defenders of the principles of the American Revolution and feared that the government favored common people over the “well-born.”

A  denial of suffrage to free black men.

B  continuation of the slave trade for at least twenty more years.

C  agreement that half of all future states would allow slavery.

D  strengthened fugitive slave provision.

E  guarantee of the permanent continuation of slavery where it existed.

A  property.

B  citizens.

C  non-taxable.

D  equivalent to children.

E  three-fifths of a free person.

A  the Battle of Fallen Timbers

B  the Whiskey Rebellion

C  Shays’s Rebellion

D  the British refusal to evacuate the forts of the Northwest

E  the Spanish threat to take New Orleans