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| 2247953090 | ______________ Rebellion was significant because it demonstrated that the present government was unable to protect property rights. | Shay's Rebellion | 0 | |
| 2247953836 | _______________ is the term used to describe the relationship between the national government and the individual states. | Federalism | 1 | |
| 2247954630 | T/F: ______ Under the Constitution the federal judiciary is elected, not appointed | False | 2 | |
| 2247954631 | Under the Constitution the federal government could/could not (Circle your choice) interfere with slavery within the states. | Could not | 3 | |
| 2248010349 | _______________ is considered to be the author of the majority (at least fifty) of the essays in the publication known as The Federalist. | Alexander Hamilton | 4 | |
| 2248011778 | The states of _____________, and _____________ voted against ratification of the Constitution. | Rhode Island and North Carolina | 5 | |
| 2248011779 | Of those men usually referred to as the "Founding Fathers" ____________, and ______________ who were serving as diplomats in Europe at the time did not attend the Constitutional Convention. | Thomas Jefferson and John Adams | 6 | |
| 2248012878 | ______________ years after the ratification of the Constitution, Congress outlawed the African slave trade. | Twenty | 7 | |
| 2248014198 | _____________ is usually referred to as "The Father of the Constitution." | James Madison | 8 | |
| 2248014832 | In Federalist no. 51, ________________________ supports the concept of "checks & Balances" by arguing that political power should be divided. | James Madison | 9 | |
| 2248015585 | T/F: _____ Alexander Hamilton argued that lifetime appointments for presidents and senators would solve the obvious weaknesses in the Confederation government. | True | 10 | |
| 2248016618 | The 1787 Constitution mandated that all states should require a minimum of ______ acres as a requirement for voting. | (the constitution did not impose any qualifications-it left that decision up to the individual states) | 11 | |
| 2248016991 | In response to the impending ban on African Slave trade _____________ and ________________ immediately began importing increased numbers of Africans. | South Carolina and Georgia | 12 | |
| 2248016992 | The _______________ retained the Constitution's secular character by granting religious freedom without any reference to a particular deity. | Bill of Rights | 13 | |
| 2248017858 | It was understood that any reference in the Constitution to "the people" was referring to ______________Americans. People of color were referred to as "________________." | White; "other persons" | 14 | |
| 2248018501 | The concept of "___________________" actually originated in the 1798, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions authored secretly by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. | Nullification | 15 | |
| 2248019328 | The court case known as _________________ established the principle of judicial review of federal legislation. | Marbury vs Madison | 16 | |
| 2248019870 | T/F: _____ Based on the concessions outlined in the Treaty of Ghent it can be surmised that the United States was the victor in the War of 1812. | False | 17 | |
| 2248020576 | T/F: _____ In one sense the Battle of New Orleans was unnecessary because the Treaty ending the War had already been signed in Belgium. | True | 18 | |
| 2248021169 | _______________ President of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society wrote a petition to Congress calling for the ending of slavery throughout the nation. | Benjamin Franklin | 19 | |
| 2248021636 | _________________ was the author of the feminist publication known as A Vindication of the Rights of Woman which was inspired by the writings of Thomas Paine. | Mary Wollstonecraft | 20 | |
| 2248022429 | T/F: _____ As representative of his distaste for the actions of John Adams and the Federalists, after his election Thomas Jefferson tried to roll back almost everything they had done by cutting taxes and the size of government. | True | 21 | |
| 2248023554 | Although initially opposed to the purchase of the Louisiana territory Thomas Jefferson recognized the benefits to be gained one of which in his view was the spread of what he called "________________________" republicanism. | agrarian | 22 | |
| 2248024123 | Under Spanish and French rule salve women had the right to go to court for protection against ____________ and _____________. | cruelty and rape | 23 | |
| 2248024414 | By the mid-nineteenth century _______________ was recognized as the most important export from America. | cotton | 24 | |
| 2342181014 | T/F: _____ Under the concept of a market economy there was no place for corporations | False | 25 | |
| 2342182769 | _________________ maintained that genuine freedom could only come from within | David Henry Thoreau | 26 | |
| 2342184909 | By the 1840's the _____________ denomination had become the largest in America | Methodist | 27 | |
| 2342188380 | Official imagery of the market revolution linked the goddess of liberty to emblems of _____________________ | Material wealth | 28 | |
| 2342191273 | Most of the immigrants to the U.S. from 1830 until the Civil War came from _____________ and _______________ | Germany and Ireland | 29 | |
| 2342194882 | Construction of _________________ would change New York City into a major trading port | The Erie Canal | 30 | |
| 2342196426 | Among other things the construction of ________________ led directly to the building of the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse, New York | The Erie Canal | 31 | |
| 2342197586 | In its most elemental form the cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney simply ______________________ from the cotton | removed cotton seeds from the cotton fibers | 32 | |
| 2342202205 | T/F: ______Among other things it should be noted that improvements realized from the invention of the cotton gin led to a direct increase in the domestic slave trade | True | 33 | |
| 2342204902 | Eli Terry's development of _______________ in clock making would contribute significantly to the industrial revolution | interchangeable parts | 34 | |
| 2342205820 | Ralph Waldo Emerson defined _____________ as an open-ended process of self-realization | freedom | 35 | |
| 2342207177 | T/F: _____ Under the Articles of Confederation there was no president | False- was a total of ten...none of whom had much power or influence | 36 | |
| 2342208006 | The ________________established the precedent by which the federal government would be sovereign and expand westward across North America with the admission of new states, rather than with the expansion of existing states | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | 37 | |
| 2342209107 | _______________ is usually credited as the principal author of the Virginia Plan of government | James Madison | 38 | |
| 2342210544 | The ______________ Plan was the first proposal for a bicameral legislature in which one branch would be based on proportional representation | Virginia Plan | 39 | |
| 2342220706 | T/F: _____ Among other powers the new constitution allowed congress to issue patents | True | 40 | |
| 2342221710 | Under the 1790 ______________ Act only white persons could become citizens | Naturalization Act | 41 | |
| 2342222348 | Settlers in ___________ and _____________ believed the government should give the land away for free | Kentucky and Tennessee | 42 | |
| 2342223692 | In the _____________ case the British Courts ruled that slavery was illegal in England | Somerset | 43 | |
| 2342225302 | James Winthrop argues that a __________________ was necessary to secure the rights of the minority against the tyranny of the majority | Bill of Rights | 44 | |
| 2342230401 | Indian Chief Little Turtle was defeated at the Battle of ________________ | Fallen Timbers | 45 | |
| 2342231675 | The author of Letters from an American Farmer which promotes the idea that this melting pot, and the "strange mixture of blood" among colonists, is partially responsible for what makes America such a progressive and diverse nation was actually from ____________ | France | 46 | |
| 2342232402 | Among other advantages attributed to the new nation, was the idea that it's __________________ protected it from many European problems. | physical isolation | 47 | |
| 2342233630 | Under the powers granted by _________________ Congress was able to establish national control over the land west of the 13 states | The Articles of Confederation | 48 | |
| 2342235159 | Under the powers granted by _________________ Congress demanded and received vast amounts of Indian land north of the Ohio river and in the southern portion of the country | The Articles of Confederation | 49 | |
| 2342245678 | James Madison was considered to be the protégé of __________________ | Thomas Jefferson | 50 | |
| 2342246783 | To circumvent their distrust of the voter's ability to choose the president and vice president directly the founding fathers created the _________________to decide the election of both | Electoral College | 51 | |
| 2342248571 | In addition to federalism the Constitution embodies the principle of __________ and __________ | Checks and balances | 52 | |
| 2342254418 | It is only the __________ which can remove the president via the impeachment process | senate | 53 | |
| 2342255480 | T/F: _____ While the Constitution to a degree protected several aspects of slavery it never mentions the actual word | True | 54 | |
| 2342261253 | T/F: _____ After ratification of the Constitution the new country was obligated to re-think and re-design its policies towards Native Americans | False | 55 | |
| 2342262329 | In addition to service a commander of the Revolutionary Army and the first president __________________ also served as a symbol of national unity | George Washington | 56 | |
| 2342263397 | Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton's goal was to make the U.S. into a ___________ and _____________ power | commercial and military power | 57 | |
| 2342264939 | As a compromise Hamilton agreed to the placement of _____________ in the south | the nation's capitol | 58 | |
| 2342266581 | ________________ was the author of the 1792 publication entitled Vindication of the Rights of Women | Mary Wollestonecraft | 59 | |
| 2342274872 | According to Judith Sargent Murray any mental differences between men and women was due solely to women being denied ____________________ | equal educational opportunities | 60 | |
| 2342275736 | After the fact Jefferson justified the Louisiana Purchase by citing that it provided ______________ for his virtuous agrarian farmers | economic stability | 61 | |
| 2342276645 | The Lewis & Clark Expedition's goals were both __________ and ____________ | scientific and commercial | 62 | |
| 2342277725 | The group formed by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun was known as the ________________ | War Hawks | 63 | |
| 2342279196 | Jefferson's ____________ Act caused economic depression in the U.S. | Embargo Act | 64 | |
| 2342289272 | _______________ was president at the time of the Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson | 65 | |
| 2342290210 | Madison and Jefferson both believed that ____________ must be the foundation of American life | agriculture | 66 | |
| 2342291387 | _______________ is remembered for having designed Washington, D.C. | Pierre Charles L'Enfant | 67 | |
| 2342292321 | Toussant L'Ouverture is remembered for having _______________________________ | led a slave revolt in Saint Domingue | 68 | |
| 2342293353 | T/F: _____ The phrase "Jefferson/Hamilton" bargain refers to Jefferson's decision to oppose Aaron Burr's candidacy in the New York Governor's race | False | 69 | |
| 2342299055 | In one letter _______________ said he hoped the purchase of Louisiana would lead to the transplanting of all the Indians east of the Mississippi to areas west of the Mississippi | Thomas Jefferson | 70 | |
| 2342300500 | ______________, and ___________ were John Adams and Thomas Pinckney's presidential opponents in the 1796 election | Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr | 71 | |
| 2342301233 | Alexander Hamilton very much favored establishing relationships with _______________ as opposed to relations with France. | Great Britain | 72 | |
| 2342302547 | In addition to recording the flora and fauna encountered on their two year journey from St. Louis to the Pacific Coast Lewis & Clark failed to find _____________________ | a water route to the Pacific Ocean | 73 | |
| 2342305452 | After publicly criticizing George Washington and his administration the __________________ Societies of the 1790's bore the brunt of Washington's anger | Democratic Republican Societies | 74 | |
| 2342316590 | In addition to the precedent of a peaceful transfer of power, the influence of the three-fifths clause, and voter mobilization the election of 1800 also brought to the forefront the need for changes in the _________________ which determined the winners of the presidential and vice-presidential races | Electoral college | 75 | |
| 2342317475 | The Marbury v. Madison case established the legitimacy of the process known as ______________________ | Judicial review | 76 | |
| 2342318813 | T/F: _____ In May of 1801 Tripoli declared war on the U.S. | True | 77 | |
| 2342320517 | ____________ leader of the Shawnee Indians and his brother ________________ considered to be a prophet encouraged Indians in the Midwest to fight the American settlers but his movement was defeated in the War of 1812 | Tecumseh; Tenskwatawa | 78 | |
| 2342321551 | T/F: ______ Andrew Jackson refused to enlist African-Americans to fight against the British in the Battle of New Orleans | False | 79 | |
| 2342330526 | Before railroads, ____________ and ______________ dramatically increased the speed and lowered transportation expenses of commerce | canals and steamboats | 80 | |
| 2342332417 | The ______________ railroad was America's first commercial railroad | Baltimore and Ohio | 81 | |
| 2342333382 | The _______________ industry was the first industry to be shaped by the large factory system | Textile industry | 82 | |
| 2342334667 | Women workers at the Lowell, Massachusetts Textile mills lived in __________________ and were closely supervised | boarding houses or dormitories | 83 | |
| 2342339503 | ________________ invented the steel plow | John Deere | 84 | |
| 2342340708 | In the ________________ case the Supreme Court ruled that a monopoly on steam navigation between New York and New Jersey as had been granted by New York was unconstitutional | Gibbons vs Ogden | 85 | |
| 2342341959 | The _______________ movement called for the triumph of the individual | Transcendentalist movement | 86 | |
| 2342343353 | It was expected that the role of middle-class women in antebellum America was to focus on __________ and _____________ | home and children | 87 | |
| 2342343354 | People who established farms on unoccupied lands were known as ________________ | "Squatters" | 88 | |
| 2342345905 | Nativists did not blame or commend _____________ for the increase in Protestantism | immigrants | 89 | |
| 2342358782 | Henry David Thoreau and ________________ believed that freedom was an open-ended process of self-realization | Ralph Waldo Emerson | 90 | |
| 2342358783 | ____________ was viewed as a personal moral quality more and more closely associated with women | Virtue | 91 | |
| 2342362726 | In the opinion of John O'Sullivan an American columnist and editor who coined the term "Manifest Destiny" in 1845 to promote the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Country to the United States believed that _____________ stood in the way of American expansion | The British, The Mexicans, The Spaniards, and The Indians | 92 | |
| 2342363477 | Innovations in _____________ and ______________ would serve as the catalysts for the market revolution | transportation and communications | 93 | |
| 2342363478 | _____________ is responsible for the innovation which made upstream commerce possible | Robert Fulton | 94 | |
| 2342365217 | The invention of ___________ power meant manufacturers no longer had to depend upon water and rapids to generate needed power. | Steam power | 95 | |
| 2342365218 | The market revolution allowed Americans to divide time into two major spheres ___________ and ____________ | Work and Leisure | 96 | |
| 2342366303 | At the ____________ mills, owners occupied free time of women workers with lectures, churches, and periodicals | textile | 97 | |
| 2342367511 | In reference to the market revolution ________________ is credited with coining the phrase, "men have now become tools of their tools." | Henry David Thoreau | 98 | |
| 2342368646 | The _____________________ is credited with democratizing American Christianity, making it truly a mass enterprise | Second Great Awakening | 99 |
