Self-Study Quiz: Pretest

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	What prominent leaders were missing from the Constitutional Convention of 1787?   Patrick Henry and George Washington Alexander Hamilton and James Madison George Washington and Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

	The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787:   represented all 13 states. had a mandate to replace the Articles of Confederation. included most of America's best-known leaders. included a few ordinary farmers.

	The Virginia Plan was to the larger states with nationalist aims as this was to the smaller states with localist sympathies:   Vermont Plan New Jersey Plan Rhode Island Plan Delaware Plan

	One of the compromises at the Convention was over the slave population and was settled by the "three-fifths rule," which provided that:   five slaves equaled three freemen in population representation. up to three-fifths of slaves were eligible to vote. three-fifths of a state's voters had to be white. a slave's vote counted three-fifths of a white's.

	The most important piece of legislation to emerge from the first session of Congress was:   the Judiciary Act of 1789. the Public Debt Act of 1789. the Cabinet Act of 1790. the Tariff of 1789.

	When Congress debated the Judiciary Act of 1789, the final outcome included:   a powerful federal legal system providing a uniform national code of civil and criminal justice. a system which retains the various bodies of law already developed in the states and local autonomy. a provision denying federal courts the jurisdiction to review state laws and court rulings. unlimited original jurisdiction for federal courts.

	Hamilton's proposal to assume all outstanding state debts and fund them with federal bonds was designed to inspire confidence in the new nation's public credit.    True  False

	The placement of the national capital on the boundary of Virginia and Maryland came about in a compromise to obtain enough votes to:   pass Hamilton's assumption plan. ratify the Bill of Rights. ratify Jay's and Pinckney's Treaties. pass the Alien and Sedition Acts.

	The framers of the Constitution provided for political parties.    True  False

	Political parties began forming during:   The Whiskey Rebellion the election of George Washington as president. the debates over Jay's Treaty. The passage of the Alien and Sedition Act.

	Upon becoming president, John Adams faced a difficult task because:   his vice president was the leader of the opposition. Washington continued to advise the cabinet. Alexander Hamilton refused to offer his advice. of rising tensions between the United States and France.

	The XYZ Affair involved:   attempted bribery by the French. the seizing of American ships by the English. the selling of government offices. the suspension of diplomatic relations with the French.

	Relative to population, there were more of these in the United States than anywhere else in the world:   newspapers. classical architecture. books. public monuments.

	The political conflicts of the 1790s led to newspapers becoming identified with emerging political parties.    True  False

	The most important nonfiction work of the 1790s was written by:   Parson Weems Thomas Paine. Joel Barlow. John Trumbull.

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