America A Narrative History (Vol. 1) 10th Edition,
Kindle Edition by David E. Shi – Test Bank
CHAPTER 06: STRENGTHENING THE NEW NATION
TRUE/FALSE
1. By raising taxes in the early 1780s, the Confederation was able to
reduce the national debt.
ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 248
OBJ: Identify the achievements and shortcomings of the Confederate
government and how they contributed to the creation of the Constitution.
TOP: A Loose Alliance of States (II.A)
2. George Washington recognized Shays’s Rebellion as an indicator of the
need for a stronger form
of government.
ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 255
OBJ: Identify the achievements and shortcomings of the Confederate
government and how they contributed to the creation of the
Constitution. TOP: Shays’s Rebellion (III.A)
3. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention sharply debated whether to
establish a monarchy or
a republic.
,ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 258
OBJ: Analyze the political innovations that the 1787 Constitutional
Convention developed for the new nation. TOP: Drafting the
Constitution (IV.C)
4. The New Jersey Plan proposed keeping a unicameral legislature with
equal representation for each state.
ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 258
OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: The Virginia and New Jersey Plans
(IV.D)
5. The Supreme Court has final interpretive power over the Constitution.
ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 261
OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: The Judiciary (IV.H)
6. Under the Constitution, each slave would count as one person for
purposes of representation, but
as only half a person for taxation.
ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 262
OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: Slavery (IV.J)
, 7. The Constitution mentioned the word “slave” (or “slavery”) eighteen
times.
ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 262
OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: Slavery (IV.J)
8. Anti-Federalists favored a decentralized federal system of government.
ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 265
OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: Choosing Sides (V.A)
9. George Washington was appointed president without any kind of
election process.
ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 270
OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: The First President (VI.A)
10. The Bill of Rights originally consisted of twelve amendments to
the Constitution.
ANS: T DIF: Difficult REF: Page 272
, OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: The Bill of Rights (VI.C)
11. On the issue of the assumption of state debts, James Madison
agreed with Alexander Hamilton.
ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 276
OBJ: Identify the ways that the Federalists and Republicans differed in their
visions for the United States in the 1790s. TOP: Sectional
Differences (VII.C)
12. According to Alexander Hamilton, the United States needed a
national bank to provide a stable currency and act as an engine of
prosperity.
ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 277
OBJ: Identify the ways that the Federalists and Republicans differed in their
visions for the United States in the 1790s. TOP: A National
Bank (VII.D)
13. The XYZ affair came about as part of the so-called Quasi War
with France that Adams inherited
as president.
ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 294
OBJ: Examine how attitudes toward Great Britain and France shaped
American politics in the late eighteenth century. TOP: The War
with France (XI.A)
Kindle Edition by David E. Shi – Test Bank
CHAPTER 06: STRENGTHENING THE NEW NATION
TRUE/FALSE
1. By raising taxes in the early 1780s, the Confederation was able to
reduce the national debt.
ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 248
OBJ: Identify the achievements and shortcomings of the Confederate
government and how they contributed to the creation of the Constitution.
TOP: A Loose Alliance of States (II.A)
2. George Washington recognized Shays’s Rebellion as an indicator of the
need for a stronger form
of government.
ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 255
OBJ: Identify the achievements and shortcomings of the Confederate
government and how they contributed to the creation of the
Constitution. TOP: Shays’s Rebellion (III.A)
3. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention sharply debated whether to
establish a monarchy or
a republic.
,ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 258
OBJ: Analyze the political innovations that the 1787 Constitutional
Convention developed for the new nation. TOP: Drafting the
Constitution (IV.C)
4. The New Jersey Plan proposed keeping a unicameral legislature with
equal representation for each state.
ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 258
OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: The Virginia and New Jersey Plans
(IV.D)
5. The Supreme Court has final interpretive power over the Constitution.
ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 261
OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: The Judiciary (IV.H)
6. Under the Constitution, each slave would count as one person for
purposes of representation, but
as only half a person for taxation.
ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 262
OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: Slavery (IV.J)
, 7. The Constitution mentioned the word “slave” (or “slavery”) eighteen
times.
ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 262
OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: Slavery (IV.J)
8. Anti-Federalists favored a decentralized federal system of government.
ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 265
OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: Choosing Sides (V.A)
9. George Washington was appointed president without any kind of
election process.
ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 270
OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: The First President (VI.A)
10. The Bill of Rights originally consisted of twelve amendments to
the Constitution.
ANS: T DIF: Difficult REF: Page 272
, OBJ: Explain the nature of the debates surrounding the ratification of the
Constitution and how these debates were
resolved. TOP: The Bill of Rights (VI.C)
11. On the issue of the assumption of state debts, James Madison
agreed with Alexander Hamilton.
ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 276
OBJ: Identify the ways that the Federalists and Republicans differed in their
visions for the United States in the 1790s. TOP: Sectional
Differences (VII.C)
12. According to Alexander Hamilton, the United States needed a
national bank to provide a stable currency and act as an engine of
prosperity.
ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 277
OBJ: Identify the ways that the Federalists and Republicans differed in their
visions for the United States in the 1790s. TOP: A National
Bank (VII.D)
13. The XYZ affair came about as part of the so-called Quasi War
with France that Adams inherited
as president.
ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 294
OBJ: Examine how attitudes toward Great Britain and France shaped
American politics in the late eighteenth century. TOP: The War
with France (XI.A)
