Chapter 6 Quiz

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

B  was decided by a newly elected Republican Congress.

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

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

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 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.

A  involved secret foreign treaties with nearby Indian nations.

B  involved foreign interference in an American presidential election.

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

D  increased tensions between the United States and Great Britain.

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

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

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

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

D  made no mention of Indian nations.

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

A  Federalists.

B  Federalists and Republicans.

C  Indians and slaves.

D  no one.

E  Republicans.

A  manufacturers.

B  the urban wealthy.

C  Federalists.

D  creditors.

E  small farmers.

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

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

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

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  agreement that half of all future states would allow slavery.

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

D  strengthened fugitive slave provision.

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

A  non-taxable.

B  citizens.

C  property.

D  equivalent to children.

E  three-fifths of a free person.

A  the Whiskey Rebellion

B  Shays’s Rebellion

C  the Spanish threat to take New Orleans

D  the British refusal to evacuate the forts of the Northwest

E  the Battle of Fallen Timbers