American Yawp Reading Quiz (Ch.6.7-9)

What was the main reason for the tense relationship between America and Britain after the Revolution?

• All of the above

• Threat to American shipping

• Impressment of men into Britain’s navy

• Warfare between the British and French

Who was the chief justice of the Supreme Court who sailed to London to negotiate a treaty with Britain?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

What was the name of the treaty signed with Britain in November 1794?

• Adams Treaty

• Treaty of Paris

• Jay’s Treaty

• Washington Treaty

What did Jay’s Treaty require Britain to abandon by 1796?

• Military positions in the Southeast Territory

• Military positions in the Northeast Territory

• Military positions in the Southwest Territory

• Military positions in the Northwest Territory

What did the French government authorize its vessels to do in response to Jay’s Treaty?

• Attack American shipping

• Support American trade

• Compensate American merchants

• End impressment

What was the name of the French ambassador who arrived in the United States in April 1793?

• John Jay

• Thomas Jefferson

• Citizen Genêt

• Alexander Hamilton

What was the name of the crisis fought on the Atlantic between French naval vessels and American merchant ships?

• Civil War

• Quasi-War

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

What were the Alien and Sedition Acts intended to prevent?

• Foreign invasion

• Internal subversion

• Economic collapse

• Natural disasters

Who helped organize opposition from state governments against the Alien and Sedition Acts?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

What principle was upheld in 1791 when the First Amendment was ratified?

• Freedom of speech

• Religious liberty

• Right to a fair trial

• Right to bear arms