APUSH Unit 4 Test Review

Which of the following historical developments led to the concerns expressed by Morris? (Morris Letter to Hanson, Feb. 11, 1782)

• The creation of a central government with limited power under the Articles of Confederation

• Migration from other parts of North America westward

• The issues caused by the French Revolution

• The ideas expressed by Thomas Paine in Common Sense

Morris’s complaints are mostly a reflection of which of the following debates in the United States over (Morris Letter to Hanson, Feb. 11, 1782)

• Nationalism

• Diplomacy

• Federalism

• Free Trade

This letter most clearly provides evidence for which of the following? (Morris Letter to Hanson, Feb. 11, 1782)

• The creation of a central government with limited power

• An emphasis on individual talent over hereditary privilege

• A greater political democracy in new state and national governments

• The need for a direct taxation of state governments

Which of the following provides the best evidence in support of the argument in the excerpt? (The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action, 1961)

• The limiting of the Federal government to a legislative body

• The continuation of the Atlantic slave trade until 1808

• The restriction of voting rights to propertied white males

• The addition of a Bill of Rights to the Constitution

Which of the following represents an attempt to put the ideas stated in the excerpt into action? (The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action, 1961)

• Washington’s Farewell Address

• The creation of a checks and balances system

• The assumption of state debt by the federal government

• The restrictions imposed through the Sedition Act during the Adams administration

Which of the following historical developments best supports Roche’s argument regarding the writing of the Constitution? (The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action, 1961)

• Executive use of the veto power

• The Supreme Court’s assertion that federal laws took precedence over state laws

• The gradual democratization of voting rights

• Abolitionist and antislavery movements

Which of the following contributed most to the situation described by Hamilton in the excerpt? ( Hamilton's letter to Mifflin, Sep. 6, 1794)

• A ban on slavery in the Northwest Territory

• Passage of an excise tax designed to help fund the national government

• British alliances with Native Americans

• Challenges related to free trade

The excerpt would most likely have found support with which of the following groups? ( Hamilton's letter to Mifflin, Sep. 6, 1794)

• Country farmers

• Merchants in Philadelphia

• Federalists

• Abolitionists

The situation described in the excerpt most directly foreshadowed which of the following developments? ( Hamilton's letter to Mifflin, Sep. 6, 1794)

• The establishment of the supremacy of the federal government

• An increased awareness of the inequalities in society related to slavery

• The maintenance of property qualifications for voting and citizenship

• The seizure of American Indians land claims

The topics described in the excerpt are most directly related to which of the following? (Pinckney's Treaty, 1795).

• War between France and Britain resulting from the French Revolution

• The expansion of slavery in the deep South and adjacent western lands

• Future independence movements in France, Haiti and Latin America

• Problems regarding treaties and American Indian claims relating to the seizure of their lands