Chapter 6 Quiz

A  was decided by a newly elected Republican Congress.

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  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.

B  were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

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

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

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

A  increased tensions between the United States and Great Britain.

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

C  involved foreign interference in an American presidential election.

D  involved secret foreign treaties with nearby Indian nations.

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

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

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

C  made no mention of Indian nations.

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

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

A  Federalists.

B  Republicans.

C  Indians and slaves.

D  no one.

E  Federalists and Republicans.

A  manufacturers.

B  small farmers.

C  creditors.

D  Federalists.

E  the urban wealthy.

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.

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

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

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

D  strengthened fugitive slave provision.

E  denial of suffrage to free black men.

A  property.

B  citizens.

C  equivalent to children.

D  non-taxable.

E  three-fifths of a free person.

A  the Whiskey Rebellion

B  the British refusal to evacuate the forts of the Northwest

C  the Spanish threat to take New Orleans

D  Shays’s Rebellion

E  the Battle of Fallen Timbers