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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH
AOC V. CONST EXAM QUESTIONS
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-Guarantee passing score -38 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: As originally ratified, the United States Constitution provided for a
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Electoral College Question 2: The concept of Republican motherhood includes the idea that women should
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be educated to raise their children to be good citizens
Question 3: What were the greatest killers in Virginia during the 1660s?
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Epidemic diseases like typhoid fever and malaria Question 4: How did the United States gain unrestricted access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans?
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By negotiating the Pinckney Treaty with Spain
Question 5: The Constitutional convention of 1787 did what?
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Created a government and established a balance of power between three branches of government
Question 6: The intent of the Alien and Sedition acts what to do what?
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Weaken the opponents of John Adams
Question 7: What did the Whiskey rebellion demonstrate?
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That dissent could be expressed only through the constitutional system of laws and elections, not through armed rebellion Question 8: Who dissented from the Puritans and followed Roger Williams to Rhode Island?
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Anne Hutchinson
Question 9: Shay's rebellion did what?
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Convinced political leaders of the necessity of giving more power to the central government Question 10: George Washington said that we should do what with alliances in his farewell address?
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discourage them
Question 11: Who was in Washington's cabinet?
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Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox
Question 12: What did the Northwest Ordinance do?
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Forbade slavery, permitted citizens to make their own legislature and make their own laws, permitted citizens to write a state constitution and to apply to congress for admission as a new state
Question 13: Secretary of treasury Alexander Hamilton supported the passage of the Assumption Act because it did what?
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Enabled the federal government to tax states in order to repay debts accumulated during the revolutionary war Question 14: In Alexander Hamilton's report on the Subject of Manufactures, what reason did he give to support manufacturing
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He believed it would create a more diversified and prosperous economy
Question 15: The Federalist Papers were what?
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Essays written to win support for the ratification of the constitution Question 16: What did the term "republican" imply for most leaders of the American revolution?
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Virtuous leaders elected for their superior talents and commitment to the public
Question 17: Who won the 1796 election?
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John Adams
Question 18: The American victory at Yorktown
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Induced Great Britain to negotiate an end to the Revolutionary war Question 19: What was the strongest argument against Hamilton's bank of the United States?
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The constitution had given congress no specific authorization to issue charters of incorporation Question 20: President Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 was issued in response to?
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French diplomatic overtures to invoke the Franco-American Alliance
Question 21: What did Americans do in response to the Proclamation of 1763?
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American colonies moved west, defying the proclamation Question 22: What was the purpose of the British mercantilism policy in the colonies?
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to exploit colonial resources for the benefit of Britain
Question 23: What was the XYZ affair?
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It was an effort by the French to get the US to pay a bribe before they would negotiate
Question 24: The Annapolis convention succeeded in what?
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convincing confederation leaders to call a constitutional convention Question 25: How did the United State Government respond to France's declaration of war on Britain in 1793?
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It proclaimed neutrality Question 26: The Great compromise, finally agreed to by the Constitutional Congress, provided that
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there would be representation based on population in the House of representatives and equal representation of all states in the senate
Question 27: The Tea Act angered American colonists because it
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Granted the East India Company a virtual monopoly on the tea trade
Question 28: What was the key issue at the Constitutional Convention?
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How to balance the conflicting interests of small and large states