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