History 011 - US History to 1877 » Fall 2020 » Chapter 4 and 5 Quiz

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Question #1
The requirement that when a territory reached 60,000 inhabitants, it was to be admitted to the Union "on an equal footing with the original states in all respects" was part of
A.   the New Jersey Plan
B.   the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
C.   the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
D.   the Virginia Plan
Question #2
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention realized that the national government should be authorized to
A.   establish education policies for the states
B.   establish a national police force
C.   declare war and make peace
D.   regulate all sport betting activities in the states
Question #3
Under the nations' new Constitution, members of the judicial branch could be impeached by Congress
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
The Democrat - Republicans
A.   wanted all presidents to be elected by the Senate.
B.   demanded war with revolutionary France in the late 1790s.
C.   preferred a Constitution which allowed for a loose association of separate states.
D.   insisted that expansion of the United States go no further than the eastern bank of the Mississippi River.
Question #5
By the 1790's which political faction or party in Congress, favored the interests of trade and manufacturing?
A.   the Federalists
B.   the Sons of Liberty
C.   the Whigs
D.   the Democrat-Republicans
Question #6
When Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's fleet was annihilated on Lake Erie during the War of 1812, General Harrison was able to occupy Detroit and push into Canada.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
After the War of 1812, Westerners who advocated a national system of roads and canals were opposed by
A.   the British in Canada
B.   New England and the South
C.   newly established reservation Indians in the Ohio Valley
D.   fur trading companies beyond the Mississippi
Question #8
The followers of Andrew Jackson coalesced to form the
A.   Whig Party
B.   Green Party
C.   Democrat Party
D.   Patriot Party
Question #9
The state that past the Ordinance of Nullification which declared the national tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void withing its borders was
A.   New Hampshire
B.   South Carolina
C.   Georgia
D.   Rhode Island
Question #10
The Monroe Doctrine declared that the United States recognized the right of Spain to crush any further struggle for independence by revolutionaries in Mexico.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE

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