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Question 1

Who claimed to “smell a rat” at the Consititutional Convention

Answer 1

Patrick Henry

Question 2

Who briefly represented New York at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 2

Hamilton

Question 3

Who was the author of the Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom?

Answer 3

Thomas Jefferson

Question 4

True or False: George Washigton was appointed president without any kind of election process

Answer 4

False

Question 5

The Founding Fathers viewed the most democratic branch of the government as:

Answer 5

House of Representatives

Question 6

According to the Constitution, the president does NOT have the authority to?

Answer 6

Resign and choose his successor

Question 7

True or False: Thomas Jefferson was the most notable Virginian to free his slaves during the Revolution

Answer 7

False

Question 8

With the end of the war.many Americans viewed the United States as?

Answer 8

Nation with a special destiny

Question 9

In regard to religion,the Constitution?

Answer 9

Prevents Congress from establishing an official religion

Question 10

One key element of Hamilton’s program to encourage manufacturing was his proposal for:

Answer 10

High protective tariffs

Question 11

Who neogotiatws the extremely popular treaty with Spain?

Answer 11

Thomas Pinckney

Question 12

To strengthen the government under the Articles of Confederation, Robert Morris wanted to?

Answer 12

Enlarge the national debt

Question 13

Under the Constitution, Americans disagreed with the British over what?

Answer 13

Forts along the Canadian border

Question 14

Madison’s Virginia plan:

Answer 14

Would create a two-house Congress

Question 15

True or False: The Virginina Plan at the Constitutional Convention called for three separate branches of government

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or False: Thomas Jefferson was the most notable Virginian to free his slaves during the Revolution

Answer 16

False

Question 17

In the Federalist No. 10 James Madison argued that

Answer 17

A republic would work especially well in the large, diverse country

Question 18

Federalist No. 10 explains how a republic can

Answer 18

Be successful in a large, diverse society

Question 19

The authors of the federalist were?

Answer 19

James madion
Hamilton
George Clinton

Question 20

What did the Northwest Ordiance of 1787 do for the area north of the Ohio River?

Answer 20

Set the process for admitting new states to the union

Question 21

By raising taxes in the early 1780s, the Confederation was able to reduce the national debt

Answer 21

False

Question 22

After the Revolutionary War, American trade with Britian:

Answer 22

Resumed, but without access to the West Indies

Question 23

____ settled the question of congressional representation

Answer 23

The Great Compromise

Question 24

True or False: The Articles of Confederation left many powers to the states

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Why did Elite Virginians despise Lord Dunmore?

Answer 25

His offer of freedom to slaves who wouks Join the British

Question 26

True or False: The Americans owed much of their success to the African American unit known as the “Ethopian Regiment”

Answer 26

False

Question 27

The Constitution was to be considered ratified as soon as it had been approved by?

Answer 27

Nine of the states

Question 28

___ were worried about the rights of individuals

Answer 28

The Anti-Federalist

Question 29

____ would provide a stable national currency

Answer 29

The Bank of the United States