The debate in Washington’s administration over whether the United States should suspend the Franco-American alliance treaty of 1778 reflected a basic disagreement over __________. A) the American role in international affairs and the nation’s economic future B) which branch of the government should develop the nation’s foreign policy C) the power of the federal government […]
According to the 1787 Constitution, a member of which of these groups counted as three-fifths of a person when determining representation in the House of Representatives? A) women B) landless men C) Indians D) slaves ANSWER Answer: D
What literary genre did John Filson help create with his biography of Daniel Boone? A) the western B) the sentimental novel C) the rags-to-riches story D) the detective story ANSWER Answer: A
What Ohio River city became a growing center of the western economy? A) St. Louis B) Pittsburgh C) Cincinnati D) New Orleans ANSWER Answer: C
The main reason the West did not form into a single regional voting bloc in the early nineteenth century was that __________. A) it was too diverse economically B) western states lacked efficient spokesmen C) too few people lived in the West for a regional identity to take hold D) migrants to the West brought […]
The Missouri Compromise revealed that __________. A) slavery was becoming a moral as well as a political issue B) Northerners had no interest in slavery as long as it was not in their states C) the balance between western and eastern states had become a political issue D) Henry Clay did not deserve his reputation […]
The most important export crops of the American colonial period were __________. A) sugar, rice, and tobacco B) indigo, sugar, and sorghum C) cotton, tobacco, and rice D) tobacco, rice, and indigo ANSWER Answer: D
One of the most common violations of the southern paternalistic code of behavior was __________. A) plantation mistress cruelty to house servants B) sexual abuse of female slaves by their masters C) economic fraud against slaves D) defiance of their husbands by plantation mistresses ANSWER Answer: B
In an effort to control its African American population, Charleston city officials __________. A) reenslaved free blacks B) made blacks wear badges C) banned the migration of blacks from the countryside to the city D) required all blacks to join white churches ANSWER Answer: B
What did the Constitution have to say about slavery? Did the literal language of the Constitution justify Southerners’ confidence in the legality of slavery? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: rebellion; three-fifths clause; the slave trade; fugitive slaves; implied versus literal support
