Which of these would have been most likely to be a Loyalist during the American Revolution? A) a lawyer from Massachusetts B) a merchant from Virginia C) a Scot tenant farmer from the Carolinas D) a Baptist minister from Virginia ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The state of Maryland held up ratification of the Articles of Confederation for three years by demanding __________. A) religious toleration for its Catholic constituents B) that other states give up claims to western lands C) the ending of slavery D) rights to impose its own tariff duties ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did George Washington’s revolutionary experience affect his views of slavery? A) He immediately freed all his slaves in 1776. B) He became more certain of the necessity for slavery. C) He sold off all his slaves to Barbados. D) He freed his slaves, but only in his will. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the Articles of Confederation deal with the balance of powers between states and the national government? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: balance of power; Congress; powers of the central government; revolutionary government
Date: September 9th, 2020
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 […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
Date: September 9th, 2020
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 […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
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 […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
