Name: Class: Date: American History Chapter 8 Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Which of the following is in the correct order, according to who was elected President? a. Adams, Washington, Jefferson, c. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, b. Washington, Jefferson, Adams, 2. Which of the following best describes George Washington s home? a. Monticello in Virginia c. Mount Vernon in Virginia b. White House in Washington, D.C. 3. Which of the following led to Native Americans losing land in 1795 in what later became the State of Ohio? a. Treaty of Paris of 1783 c. Jay Treaty b. Treaty of Greenville 4. Which city was the capital of the United States when Washington was inaugurated? a. New York City c. Washington b. Philadelphia 5. The Bank of the United States was created in 1791 to strengthen the American economy. However, many Americans were opposed to the bank s creation. They feared it would benefit mostly rich people and harm the poor. Who was the leading opponent of the bank? a. Alexander Hamilton c. George Washington b. Thomas Jefferson 6. Which of the following was not a part of the Washington and Hamilton plan to solve the United States financial crisis? a. The U.S. government would pay off all state and federal debts b. The U.S. government would charter a national bank c. The U.S. government would impose a high tax on exported products 1
Name: 7. Congress and the President decide to place a tariff on steel. What could be an unintended negative impact this could have? a. U.S. steel companies could sell their steel cheaper than foreign producers. c. Foreign steel would be more expensive and of lower quality than domestically produced steel. b. Foreign nations could begin placing tariffs on our steel and other goods. 8. Which of the following is a symbol of the modern Democratic Party? a. elephant c. eagle b. donkey 9. Which of the following is a synonym for the word faction? a. treaty c. tariff b. political party 10. George Washington opposed the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 because... a. Americans, including Washington, loved their whiskey. c. he did not believe that armed rebellion was acceptable in a republic. b. he felt the tax on whiskey was unfair. 11. Who was the leader of the Federalist Party? a. George Washington c. Thomas Jefferson b. Alexander Hamilton 12. What was the Judiciary Act of 1789? a. An agreement between the United States and Great Britain. c. A law creating an independent national bank. b. A law passed by Congress creating the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts. 13. When President Thomas Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory from France, he demonstrated that he had somewhat modified his belief that... a. the Constitution should be strictly interpreted. b. adding territory would lead to regional rivalries c. the federal government should limit individual rights. 2
Name: 14. A compromise between the North and South over the payment of national and state debts led to... a. the creation of a national bank c. the removal of all tariffs. b. the creation of Washington, D.C. as our nation s capital. 15. Which of the following lead to tension between the United States and France during John Adam s presidency? a. Treaty of Greenville c. Treaty of Paris b. Jay Treaty 16. This was the policy of Britain taking U.S. sailors prisoner to work in the Royal Navy. a. inauguration c. impressment b. precedence 17. Which of the following best describes the federal court system? a. It operates independent of the legislative and executive branches. c. All decisions must go through the legislative process before they are made public. b. All decisions must first be reviewed by the President. 18. Which of the following would become a major advantage to the North in the Civil War of the 1860s? a. Emphasis on tariffs c. Emphasis on cotton production b. Emphasis on industry 19. Which of the following could be called a trade barrier? a. lowering tariffs c. NAFTA b. a tariff 20. The legal basis for the United States purchase of the Louisiana Territory was the... a. power granted to the President to c. Amendment process. make treaties. b. authority of Congress to declare war. 21. Which of the following are in correct chronological order? a. Declaration of Independence, Constitution ratified, Bill of Rights ratified, Washington s inauguration, the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark expedition b. Washington s inauguration, Declaration of Independence, Constitution ratified, Bill of Rights ratified, the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark expedition c. Declaration of Independence, Constitution ratified, Bill of Rights ratified, the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark expedition, Washington s inauguration 3
Name: 22. Which of the following is true? a. The Whiskey tax was a tariff. c. The Whiskey tax was not a tariff. b. NAFTA includes the country of China. 23. Which is true about the Louisiana Purchase? a. Thomas Jefferson negotiated with France in 1803 to buy the Territory. b. George Washington negotiated with France to buy the Territory. c. Thomas Jefferson negotiated with Spain to buy the Territory. 24. With Jay's Treaty, the British agreed to do all of the following EXCEPT... a. withdraw troops from the Northwest Territory. c. accept a U.S.-France trade relationship. b. pay for the American ships that it had seized. 25. Which of the following is a true effect of NAFTA? a. negative relations between the USA, Mexico and Canada b. no tariffs between the countries involved c. factories in the USA closing and moving to Mexico 4
American History Chapter 8 Answer Section MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. ANS: C PTS: 1 2. ANS: C PTS: 1 3. ANS: B PTS: 1 4. ANS: A PTS: 1 5. ANS: B PTS: 1 6. ANS: C PTS: 1 7. ANS: B PTS: 1 8. ANS: B PTS: 1 9. ANS: B PTS: 1 10. ANS: C PTS: 1 11. ANS: B PTS: 1 12. ANS: B PTS: 1 13. ANS: A PTS: 1 14. ANS: B PTS: 1 15. ANS: B PTS: 1 16. ANS: C PTS: 1 17. ANS: A PTS: 1 18. ANS: B PTS: 1 19. ANS: B PTS: 1 20. ANS: A PTS: 1 21. ANS: A PTS: 1 22. ANS: C PTS: 1 23. ANS: A PTS: 1 24. ANS: C PTS: 1 25. ANS: B PTS: 1 1