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End Term Exam
History Final: American YAWP 1–15 (2025) |
Comprehensive Exam Questions + Verified 100%
Correct Solutions
Time allowed:
A+
* J 2 5 7 0 1 *
INSTRUCTIONS
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space
use the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly
shown.
• Answer all the questions.
• Where appropriate, your answer should be supported with working. Marks might
be given for using a correct method, even if your answer is wrong.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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,How were slaves counted for purposes of proportional representation? - ✔✔They were counted as three-fifths of a
person
What was the term for Americans who opposed ratifying the Constitution? - ✔✔Anti-Federalists
How did the Constitutional Convention regulate the Atlantic slave trade? - ✔✔Kept it open for twenty years
Alexander Hamilton's financial plan included all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔Dropping import duties to encourage free
trade
Alexander Hamilton's policies primarily targeted which group of people for greater involvement in thenew nation? -
✔✔Wealthy Americans
Who suffered the most from the Whiskey tax? - ✔✔Western farmers
John Jay's Treaty included all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔Required an end to the British Navy's policy of impressments
How did most Americans initially respond to the news of the French Revolution? - ✔✔Celebrating the spread of
republican government
What was the X.Y.Z. Affair? - ✔✔Scandal that occurred when French diplomats demanded bribes from American officials
The Alien and Sedition Acts allowed all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔Suspended elections during times of war or quasi-
war
What was the term for the documents arguing that states could declare federal laws unconstitutional? - ✔✔Kentucky
and Virginia Resolutions
What is disestablishment? - ✔✔Ending governmental support of a particular religious denomination
What was the most important consequence of Marbury v. Madison? - ✔✔Disgraced the Federal Party
, Why did Gabriel's Conspiracy fail? - ✔✔Two enslaved men revealed the plot to their masters
All of the following are true about the Haitian Revolt (or Revolution) EXCEPT - ✔✔Napoleon's support proved essential in
the success of the Haitian Revolution
Thomas Jefferson, in Notes on the State of Virginia, argued for polygenesis. What is polygenesis? - ✔✔The belief that
African descended peoples were created separately from European descended
peoples
Which of the following most accurately describes the attitude of most of the founding fathers as it relates to pure
democracy? - ✔✔Believed it was dangerous
Which of the following was a key goal for President Jefferson? - ✔✔Reduce the size of the federal government
What is the term for the early American belief that women were essential in nurturing the principles of liberty in the
citizenry? - ✔✔Republican motherhood
Which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson's relationship with the American military? - ✔✔He distrusted
the military and dramatically cut its budget and manpower
All of the following motivated Napoleon to sell the Louisiana territory EXCEPT - ✔✔The French and American alliance
against the Spanish
Which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson's policy of peaceable coercion? - ✔✔Attempt to use a trade
embargo to force Europeans to respect American neutrality
What is the "Play-off System"? - ✔✔The ability of Native Americans to manipulate rivalries between European powers
for their own
advantage
Tecumseh ultimately built alliances that stretched from Canada to Georgia, but from where did he launch this
movement? - ✔✔Indiana
What proved to be the most effective unifying force for the many Indians who followed Tecumseh? - ✔✔Spirituality
End Term Exam
History Final: American YAWP 1–15 (2025) |
Comprehensive Exam Questions + Verified 100%
Correct Solutions
Time allowed:
A+
* J 2 5 7 0 1 *
INSTRUCTIONS
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space
use the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly
shown.
• Answer all the questions.
• Where appropriate, your answer should be supported with working. Marks might
be given for using a correct method, even if your answer is wrong.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2025 [UTYYTEXAM] DC NSIGHTPAPERS)
Turn over
,How were slaves counted for purposes of proportional representation? - ✔✔They were counted as three-fifths of a
person
What was the term for Americans who opposed ratifying the Constitution? - ✔✔Anti-Federalists
How did the Constitutional Convention regulate the Atlantic slave trade? - ✔✔Kept it open for twenty years
Alexander Hamilton's financial plan included all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔Dropping import duties to encourage free
trade
Alexander Hamilton's policies primarily targeted which group of people for greater involvement in thenew nation? -
✔✔Wealthy Americans
Who suffered the most from the Whiskey tax? - ✔✔Western farmers
John Jay's Treaty included all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔Required an end to the British Navy's policy of impressments
How did most Americans initially respond to the news of the French Revolution? - ✔✔Celebrating the spread of
republican government
What was the X.Y.Z. Affair? - ✔✔Scandal that occurred when French diplomats demanded bribes from American officials
The Alien and Sedition Acts allowed all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔Suspended elections during times of war or quasi-
war
What was the term for the documents arguing that states could declare federal laws unconstitutional? - ✔✔Kentucky
and Virginia Resolutions
What is disestablishment? - ✔✔Ending governmental support of a particular religious denomination
What was the most important consequence of Marbury v. Madison? - ✔✔Disgraced the Federal Party
, Why did Gabriel's Conspiracy fail? - ✔✔Two enslaved men revealed the plot to their masters
All of the following are true about the Haitian Revolt (or Revolution) EXCEPT - ✔✔Napoleon's support proved essential in
the success of the Haitian Revolution
Thomas Jefferson, in Notes on the State of Virginia, argued for polygenesis. What is polygenesis? - ✔✔The belief that
African descended peoples were created separately from European descended
peoples
Which of the following most accurately describes the attitude of most of the founding fathers as it relates to pure
democracy? - ✔✔Believed it was dangerous
Which of the following was a key goal for President Jefferson? - ✔✔Reduce the size of the federal government
What is the term for the early American belief that women were essential in nurturing the principles of liberty in the
citizenry? - ✔✔Republican motherhood
Which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson's relationship with the American military? - ✔✔He distrusted
the military and dramatically cut its budget and manpower
All of the following motivated Napoleon to sell the Louisiana territory EXCEPT - ✔✔The French and American alliance
against the Spanish
Which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson's policy of peaceable coercion? - ✔✔Attempt to use a trade
embargo to force Europeans to respect American neutrality
What is the "Play-off System"? - ✔✔The ability of Native Americans to manipulate rivalries between European powers
for their own
advantage
Tecumseh ultimately built alliances that stretched from Canada to Georgia, but from where did he launch this
movement? - ✔✔Indiana
What proved to be the most effective unifying force for the many Indians who followed Tecumseh? - ✔✔Spirituality
