Question 1

The Boston Tea Party was largely a response to the

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A)  British government's decision to grant the East India Company a monopoly on the export of tea from Britain.
B)  British government's decision to remove all of its soldiers from the colonies.
C)  British government's decision to tax the colonists' personal income.
D)  Boston Massacre.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Federal judges are appointed by the ________ and must be approved by the ________.

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A)  Senate; president
B)  president; Senate
C)  president; House of Representatives
D)  president; Supreme CourtE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

A ________ is a system of government in which member states retain almost all of their sovereign authority and delegate limited powers to a weak central body.

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A)  Republic
B)  Confederation
C)  bicameral state
D)  unitary stateE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

The main outcome of the Annapolis Convention was

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A)  the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
B)  the adoption of the "Star-Spangled Banner" as the country's national anthem.
C)  the Declaration of Independence.
D)  a carefully worded resolution calling on the Congress to send commissioners to Philadelphia at a later time to improve and reform the Articles of Confederation.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

In order to win concessions from large states at the Philadelphia convention, representatives from smaller states such as Delaware threatened to

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A)  boycott goods from large states.
B)  ban travel across their borders.
C)  form alliances with foreign nations.
D)  create their own independent country.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following statements best describes the framers' view of liberty?

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A)  Liberty is the absence of government.
B)  Liberty is less important than social and economic equality.
C)  Government promotes liberty by maintaining order.
D)  The framers feared that democracy and equality could undermine individual liberty.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 7

Which of the following laws passed by the Congress of the Confederation compelled states to surrender their western land claims?

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A)  the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
B)  the Land Ordinance of 1785
C)  the Alien and Sedition Acts
D)  the Navigation Act of 1818E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Shays's Rebellion was significant because it

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A)  convinced many observers that the government under the Articles of Confederation had become dangerously inefficient and indecisive.
B)  started the Revolutionary War.
C)  persuaded many colonists that slavery should be outlawed in the Constitution.
D)  convinced Congress to approve the Louisiana Purchase.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

The philosophical view articulated in the Declaration of Independence was MOST heavily influenced by the work of liberal theorist

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A)  Niccolò Machiavelli.
B)  Alexis de Tocqueville.
C)  John Locke.
D)  Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

The five men appointed by the Second Continental Congress in 1776 to write a statement about American independence from British rule were Robert Livingston, John Adams,
Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and

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A)  John Hancock.
B)  Thomas Jefferson.
C)  George Washington.
D)  Samuel Adams.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

James Madison believed that the greatest conflict of interest in the Philadelphia convention was between ________ and ________.

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A)  large states; small states
B)  northern states; southern states
C)  the wealthy; the poor
D)  Catholics; ProtestantsE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 12

The Three-Fifths Compromise

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A)  determined that three out of every five slaves would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation.
B)  determined the ratio between free states and slave states.
C)  declared that the states would pay three-fifths of the Revolutionary War debt and the federal government would pay the rest.
D)  determined that all American citizens would pay three-fifths of their incomes to the federal government in taxes every year.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

The framers designed the Senate to be a check against excessive democracy by doing which of the following?

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A)  Senators were originally appointed by state legislatures.
B)  Senators have shorter terms than members of the House of Representatives.
C)  Senators are directly elected by the people.
D)  Senators are the only officials immune from impeachment.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Who were the authors of the Federalist Papers?

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A)  James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton
B)  John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson
C)  Charles Beard, Daniel Shays, and Paul Revere
D)  James Madison, John Adams, and Thomas JeffersonE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

The federal government's power to tax personal incomes was granted by the

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A)  Supreme Court's decision in McCulloch v.Maryland.
B)  First Amendment.
C)  Sixteenth Amendment.
D)  Twentieth Amendment.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

What does the supremacy clause assert?

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A)  Congress is the most powerful branch of the government.
B)  The Constitution and all laws made under it are superior to any state laws.
C)  State laws are superior to any federal laws.
D)  No European powers shall interfere in North America.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 17

A ________ vote by both houses of Congress and a ratification vote of ________ of the states are required to amend the U.S.Constitution.

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A)  majority; a majority
B)  two-thirds; three-fourths
C)  three-fourths; a majority
D)  three-fourths; three-fourthsE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

The Declaration of Independence was a remarkable philosophical statement for its time because it asserted that

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A)  slavery was a "morally unjust" institution that should be outlawed.
B)  there were "unalienable rights" that could not be abridged by governments.
C)  laissez-faire capitalism would be the "supreme law of the land" in America.
D)  America was "first and foremost, a Christian nation."E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

The Land Ordinance of 1785 was significant because it

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A)  imposed large tariffs on luxury goods arriving on American lands through East Coast ports.
B)  established the principles of land surveying and landownership that governed America's westward expansion.
C)  redistributed the property of British loyalists to small farmers who supported the revolution.
D)  provided 40 acres of free land to all immigrants from western and northern European countries.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 20

Describe the origins of the American Revolution.Who were the main groups that made up colonial society and what were their grievances against the British? What conflicts, if any, existed among the colonists themselves?

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The Boston Tea Party was largely a response to the

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Which of the following laws passed by the Congress of the Confederation compelled states to surrender their western land claims?

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Which of the following statements best describes the framers' view of liberty?

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The five men appointed by the Second Continental Congress in 1776 to write a statement about American independence from British rule were Robert Livingston, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and

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A ________ is a system of government in which member states retain almost all of their sovereign authority and delegate limited powers to a weak central body.

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Who were the authors of the Federalist Papers?

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Shays's Rebellion was significant because it

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