Humanities Homework Help

1. For what reason were the Alien and Sedition Acts unpopular with most Americans?

   		They violated earlier partisan agreements.
   		They were at odds with the U.S. Constitution
   		They questioned the citizenship of many Americans

QUESTION 2

1. The Congressional response to the Alien and Sedition Acts set an important precedent by making which suggestion?

   		That state constitutions held authority over the U.S. Constitution
   		That U.S. states could nullify federal laws if they disagreed with them
   		That states could accept or refuse the citizenship status of immigrants

QUESTION 3

1. Why was the presidential election of 1800 particularly important?

   		It was the first election to be contested
   		It marked the end of Federalist influence
   		It showed the weaknesses of the Electoral College

QUESTION 4

1. What was the importance of the U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison in determining the role of the Supreme Court in American government?

   		It established the Supreme Court’s authority over state supreme courts
   		It established the Supreme Court’s authority to interpret colonial era laws
   		It established the Supreme Court’s authority to declare laws unconstitutional

QUESTION 5

1. What was the original cause of factionalism in the early United States?

   		Disagreements over what the role of government should be
   		Disagreements over the role morality should play in making laws
   		Disagreements over how laws protecting liberties should be enforced

QUESTION 6

1. Which action was most pivotal to the cause of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794?

   		The overextension of credit to low-income citizens
   		The levying of taxes on farmers to pay national war debt
   		The preference for coin currency rather than paper money

QUESTION 7

1. What right did many American women begin to demand in the early nineteenth century?

   		The right to vote
   		The right to an education
   		The right to own property

QUESTION 8

1. In the years following the American Revolution, churches helped change the social status of free African-Americans by doing which of the following?

   		Allowing them to experience parity with whites in a religious setting
   		Playing an integral part in the movement towards abolishing slavery
   		Assisting in the establishment of separate communities in northern cities

QUESTION 9

1. The Northwest Ordinance was passed in 1787 to accomplish which goal?

   		Forging an alliance with Great Britain
   		Paving the way for future western expansion
   		Establishing relations with Native American tribes

QUESTION 10

1. Which statement gives one justification for the United States’ declaring war on Great Britain in the War of 1812?

   		The British encouraged Native American tribes to rebel against the Americans
   		The British fought against the Americans’ French allies in the French Revolution
   		The British refused to acknowledge the American boundary at the Mississippi River

QUESTION 11

1. Which U.S. President negotiated the sale of French Louisiana with Napoleon Bonaparte?

   		John Adams
   		Thomas Jefferson
   		James Madison

QUESTION 12

1. Which War of 1812 battle was the most decisive in asserting American dominance over the British in the Old Northwest?

   		Fort Meigs
   		Lake Erie
   		Moraviantown