HISTORY 1300 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Which of the following statements does NOT characterize the Tariff and Tonnage Acts
of 1789?
a. American shipping businesses received preferential treatment over foreing shipping
businesses.
b. The acts created a reliable and steady source of income for the United States until
the American Civil War.
c. The acts contributed to economic prosperity, a boom in the American ship building
industry, and increased economic self-sufficiency for the United States.
d. Hamiton's financial reforms superceded or nullified this legislation. - ANSWER-d
Which of the following was NOT an element of Hamilton's financial reforms?
a. Paying off all Confederation securities at face value.
b. A national bank to stabilize the currency.
c. Assumption of state war debts.
d. Personal income taxes. - ANSWER-d
Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the Whiskey Rebellion.
a. Although President Washington easily squashed the uprising by leading militias to
face the rioters, he also enforced the government's power to tax its people.
b. Consumers rose up against distillers because the price of whiskey doubled after the
implementation of the excise tax.
c. Although distillers were upset over the new excise tax, they divided the burden up
equally among farmers, distillers, and consumers.
d. Members of Congress realized that the excise tax was unpopular and immediately
repealed it. - ANSWER-a
Which of the following individuals is NOT correctly matched with the office he held
during Washington's first administration?
a. Thomas Jefferson - Secretary of State
b. Henry Knox - Attorney General
c. Alexander Hamilton - Secretary of Treasury
d. John Adams - Vice President - ANSWER-b
Jay's Treaty of 1795
a. upheld Americans' right to ship French goods on American ships.
b. required British merchants to make full compensation to Americans who had prewar
claims.
c. required the British to withdraw from forts in the Northwest Territory and end aid to
Native American tribes in the region.
d. was rejected by the Senate. - ANSWER-c
In the election of 1796
, a. President Washington wanted to seek a third term on the Federalist ticket but
decided against it because he was much less popular than he had been.
b. John Adams received the highest number in electoral college votes and continued
pro-British foreign policy.
c. Democrat-Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives and Senate.
d. Jefferson refused the pleadings of Democrat-Republicans to stand for election. -
ANSWER-b
Under the Alien and Sedition Acts
a. the Adams administration jailed over a thousand anti-Federalist newspaper editors.
b. the democratic ideals embodied in the Declaration of Independence were
strengthened.
c. the length of time to become a naturalized American citizen was shortened from
fourteen years to five years.
d. it was illegal to publish insults or malicious attacks against Congress or the president.
- ANSWER-d
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions supported
a. the secession of states that disagreed with Federalist policies.
b. the defeat of Hamilton's debt payment program.
c. repealing the neutrality laws of the 1790s.
d. states' rights. - ANSWER-d
Native Americans ceded much of Ohio and acknowledged American political
sovereingty in the area through the
a. Treaty of Greenville.
b. Pinckney's Treaty.
c. Treaty of Paris.
d. Jay's Treaty. - ANSWER-a
________________ was the violent reaction to the first ever national property tax raised
to finance undeclared war with France. - ANSWER-Fries Rebellion
Jefferson called his election to the presidency the "Revolution of 1800" because
a. he installed all new government officials.
b. there was no true majority, so the Supreme Court determined his victory.
c. the government changed in an orderly way even though there was bitter partisan
conflict and foreign crisis.
d. he subsequently filled the Supreme Court with Democrat-Republican judges. -
ANSWER-c
Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes federal land price
policies during 1790-1820?
a. Jeffersonian Democrat-Republicans raised the price to $2 per acre and the minimum
purchase requirement to 320 acres.
AND ANSWERS
Which of the following statements does NOT characterize the Tariff and Tonnage Acts
of 1789?
a. American shipping businesses received preferential treatment over foreing shipping
businesses.
b. The acts created a reliable and steady source of income for the United States until
the American Civil War.
c. The acts contributed to economic prosperity, a boom in the American ship building
industry, and increased economic self-sufficiency for the United States.
d. Hamiton's financial reforms superceded or nullified this legislation. - ANSWER-d
Which of the following was NOT an element of Hamilton's financial reforms?
a. Paying off all Confederation securities at face value.
b. A national bank to stabilize the currency.
c. Assumption of state war debts.
d. Personal income taxes. - ANSWER-d
Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the Whiskey Rebellion.
a. Although President Washington easily squashed the uprising by leading militias to
face the rioters, he also enforced the government's power to tax its people.
b. Consumers rose up against distillers because the price of whiskey doubled after the
implementation of the excise tax.
c. Although distillers were upset over the new excise tax, they divided the burden up
equally among farmers, distillers, and consumers.
d. Members of Congress realized that the excise tax was unpopular and immediately
repealed it. - ANSWER-a
Which of the following individuals is NOT correctly matched with the office he held
during Washington's first administration?
a. Thomas Jefferson - Secretary of State
b. Henry Knox - Attorney General
c. Alexander Hamilton - Secretary of Treasury
d. John Adams - Vice President - ANSWER-b
Jay's Treaty of 1795
a. upheld Americans' right to ship French goods on American ships.
b. required British merchants to make full compensation to Americans who had prewar
claims.
c. required the British to withdraw from forts in the Northwest Territory and end aid to
Native American tribes in the region.
d. was rejected by the Senate. - ANSWER-c
In the election of 1796
, a. President Washington wanted to seek a third term on the Federalist ticket but
decided against it because he was much less popular than he had been.
b. John Adams received the highest number in electoral college votes and continued
pro-British foreign policy.
c. Democrat-Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives and Senate.
d. Jefferson refused the pleadings of Democrat-Republicans to stand for election. -
ANSWER-b
Under the Alien and Sedition Acts
a. the Adams administration jailed over a thousand anti-Federalist newspaper editors.
b. the democratic ideals embodied in the Declaration of Independence were
strengthened.
c. the length of time to become a naturalized American citizen was shortened from
fourteen years to five years.
d. it was illegal to publish insults or malicious attacks against Congress or the president.
- ANSWER-d
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions supported
a. the secession of states that disagreed with Federalist policies.
b. the defeat of Hamilton's debt payment program.
c. repealing the neutrality laws of the 1790s.
d. states' rights. - ANSWER-d
Native Americans ceded much of Ohio and acknowledged American political
sovereingty in the area through the
a. Treaty of Greenville.
b. Pinckney's Treaty.
c. Treaty of Paris.
d. Jay's Treaty. - ANSWER-a
________________ was the violent reaction to the first ever national property tax raised
to finance undeclared war with France. - ANSWER-Fries Rebellion
Jefferson called his election to the presidency the "Revolution of 1800" because
a. he installed all new government officials.
b. there was no true majority, so the Supreme Court determined his victory.
c. the government changed in an orderly way even though there was bitter partisan
conflict and foreign crisis.
d. he subsequently filled the Supreme Court with Democrat-Republican judges. -
ANSWER-c
Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes federal land price
policies during 1790-1820?
a. Jeffersonian Democrat-Republicans raised the price to $2 per acre and the minimum
purchase requirement to 320 acres.
