Week 8 U.S. History: Growing Pains - The New Republic 1790-1820

 

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U.S. History Week 8

Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790-1820

I designed a quiz related to chapter 8 at the bottom of this article.

Directions for the quiz:

1. Scroll down & click on the first thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
2. Choose an answer for each question.
3. Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
4. The correct answer is on the screen following the question.
5. Compare your answers with those provided.
6. If you cannot easily see the correct answer, check the captions.

Review the following Chapter 8 pages:

• Introduction
• Competing Visions: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
• The New American Republic
• Partisan Politics
• The United States Goes Back to War
• Key Terms
• Summary

Practice learning Chapter 8 Key Terms on Quizlet.

Week 8 Videos:

• 3-Minute Guide to the Bill of Rights (3:34)
• The Whiskey Rebellion (1:39)
• Impressment, Jay & Pinckney’s Treaties (3:59)
• Alien and Sedition Acts (2:22)
• Hamilton v. Jefferson: The Central Bank Debate (5:36)
• The Louisiana Purchase (5:00)
• Thomas Jefferson & His Democracy (13:18)
• Jefferson, Neutrality, and Embargo (11:09)
• The XYZ Affair (3:45)
• The War of 1812 (12:42)

Review the following information featuring the U.S.:

• Idaho (6:35)
• Illinois (6:44)
• Zachary Taylor (1:20)
• Zachary Taylor: Surprisingly Electable
• History Channel: Margaret Machall Smith Taylor
• Millard Fillmore (1:21)
• The Third Act of Millard Fillmore
• Abigail Powers Fillmore and the White House Library

Additional Resources:

• Chapter 8 Review Questions
• Chapter 8 Critical Thinking Questions
• Chapter 8 Partial Answer Key

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U.S. History Week 8 Growing Pains: The New Republic 1790-1820 

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In 1789, ____ became the first president of the United States.
Answer choices include: George Washington,
John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Paine

The correct answer is George Washington.

The majority of those with high ranking
positions sought equality for all.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

In 1791, 10 amendments were added
to the Constitution called the ___.
Answer choices include: 10 Commandments,
Statutes of Limitation, Articles of the Confederation, Bill of Rights

The correct answer is the Bill of Rights.

Which Amendment guaranteed the right
to free speech and religion?
Answer choices include: 1, 2, 5, 7

The correct answer is 1.

Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of treasury,
wrote reports on all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer choices include: Manufactures,
Public Credit, National Bank, Poor Houses

The correct answer is Poor Houses.

In which state could women vote from 1776 to 1807?
Answer choices include: New York,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island

The correct answer is New Jersey.

In 1793, how did the United States respond to the
French Revolution’s request for help?
Answer choices include:
They sided with Great Britain.
They sided with France.
They maintained neutrality.
They assisted France & Great Britain.

The correct answer is they maintained neutrality.

Many refugees from Saint-Domingue & French
West Indian Islands went to ____, held by Spain.
Answer choices include:
Florida, Louisiana, California, New York

The correct answer is Louisiana.

Pennsylvania farmers in western counties
rebelled against the tax on ___.
Answer choices include:
whiskey, tea, beef, wheat

The correct answer is whiskey.

In 1795, the Western Confederacy agreed
to the Treaty of Greenville,
settling fighting over land in ___.
Answer choices include:
West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana

The correct answer is Ohio.

In 1796 when Adams became President, how many
vessels did the U.S. have in their Navy?
Answer choices include: 1, 5, 20, 52

The correct answer is 1.

___ turned public opinion against France in 1797?
Answer choices include:
French abolishment of slavery, the XYZ affair,
The Terror, Jay's Treaty

The correct answer is The XYZ affair.

Virginia and ___ felt the Alien & Sedition Acts encroached
on the 1st Amendment right to free speech.
Answer choices include:
North Carolina, Massachusetts, Maryland, Kentucky

The correct answer is Kentucky.

Who became the first U.S. Democractic-Republican president
in the Revolution of 1800?
Answer choices include: John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison

The correct answer is Thomas Jefferson.

For which profession did Thomas Jefferson
particularly advocate?
Answer choices include:
Bankers, Construction Workers, Farmers, Artists

The correct answer is Farmers.

The first conflict in which the U.S. fought
overseas was off the coast of ___. 
Answer choices include:
India, North Africa, Italy, France

The correct answer is North Africa.

The three U.S. Presidents holding office
from 1815 to 1828 were from ____.
Answer choices include:
Virginia, New York Massachusetts, South Carolina

The correct answer is Virginia.

Which two politicians had a duel in which one
shot and killed the other in 1804?
Answer choices include:
Adams & Madison,
Lewis & Clark,
Washington & Jefferson,
Burr & Hamilton

The correct answer is Burr & Hamilton.

From 1808 to 1809, American businesses declined by ___%
due to the Embargo Act of 1807.
Answer choices include: 25, 50, 75, 90

The correct answer is 75.

Who led troops against Britain in New Orleans after
the Treaty of Ghent was signed & the War of 1812 was over?
Answer choices include:
James Monroe, John Adams, Andrew Jackson, John Jay

The correct answer is Andrew Jackson.

Week 7 U.S. History: Creating Republican Governments 1776-1790

 

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U.S. History Week 7

Creating Republican Governments, 1776-1790

I designed a quiz related to chapter 7 at the bottom of this article.

Directions for the quiz:

1. Scroll down & click on the first thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
2. Choose an answer for each question.
3. Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
4. The correct answer is on the screen following the question.
5. Compare your answers with those provided.
6. If you cannot easily see the correct answer, check the captions.

Review the following Chapter 7 pages:

• Introduction
• Common Sense: From Monarchy to an American Republic
• How Much Revolutionary Change?
• Debating Democracy
• The Constitutional Convention and Federal Constitution
• Key Terms
• Summary
• The Constitution of the United States

Practice learning Chapter 7 Key Terms on Quizlet.

Week 7 Videos:

• Democracy vs. Republic (4:09)
• Crash Course: Phillis Wheatley (11:55)
• History of Brief: Treaty of Paris (3:35)
• Crash Course: The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies (11:37)
• Crash Course: Separation of Powers and Checks & Balances (8:30)
• The Northwest Ordinance (2:21)
• Shays’ Rebellion (4:32)
• Articles of Confederation vs. Constitution (4:50)
• Crash Course: The Constitution, the Articles, & Federalism (13:03)

Review the following information featuring the U.S.:

• Georgia (7:08)
• Hawaii (7:16)
• John Tyler (1:22)
• President John Tyler Elopes!
• History Channel: Letitia Christian Tyler
• James K. Polk (1:29)
• James Knox Polk’s Delicate Operation
• Historical Marker about JKP Homestead near Cleveland, NC
• Sarah Childress Polk: Gas Lighting

Additional Resources:

• Chapter 7 Review Questions
• Chapter 7 Critical Thinking Questions
• Chapter 7 Partial Answer Key

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U.S. History Week 7 Creating Republican Governments 1776-1790  

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Before 1776, under what type of governmental system
had most English colonists lived?
Answer choices include:
Monarchy, Democracy, Republic, Communism

The correct answer is Monarchy.

Which governmental system focuses on majority rule?
Answer choices include:
Democracy, Monarchy, Socialism, Oligarchy

The correct answer is Democracy.

According to political theory, citizens in a republic
must be virtuous in order for the society to survive.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

Many founders of the new nation wanted to give
political power to those who were wealthy.
Answer choices include: true false

The correct answer is true.

A married woman’s status & economic ability was tied to
her husband via ___ during this time in American history.
Answer choices include:
Indentured Servitude, Coverture, Human Trafficking, Emancipation

The correct answer is Coverture.

Who wrote to her husband that
“all men would be tyrants if they could?”
Answer choices include:
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Betsy Ross,
Martha Washington, Abigail Adams

The correct answer is Abigail Adams.

Who published published ideas about
educational equality for girls and women?
Answer choices include:
John Adams, Thomas Paine,
Judith Sargent Murray, Mercy Otis Warren

The correct answer is Judith Sargent Murray.

___, an African American, was one of the
best-known poets of the 1700s in America.
Answer choices include:
Dolley Madison, Ona Judge,
Phyllis Wheatley, Harriet Tubman

The correct answer is Phyllis Wheatley.

Who suggested sending all enslaved people out of
the newly formed country, even if it destroyed the slaveholders’ wealth?
Answer choices include:
Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine,
Benjamin Franklin, A southern planter

The correct answer is Thomas Jefferson.

Some slaveholders freed the people whom
they had enslaved, called ___.
Answer choices include:
decommissions, manumissions, omissions, transmissions

The correct answer is manumissions.

What did the 1783 Treaty of Paris say about land in the
new nation under control of Native people ?
Answer choices include:
It specified its worth & gave bargaining tips.
It provided detailed maps indicating where Native land was.
It said to take the land by force.
It ignored the issue.

The correct answer is: It ignored the issue.

In 1776, there were ___ independent colonies
in the newly formed nation.
Answer choices include: 13, 27, 39, 50

The correct answer is 13.

John Adams suggested three separate government branches,
including all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer choices include:
judicial, executive, customary, legislative

The correct answer is customary.

New Jersey and ___ both had constitutions with
democratic tendencies in the late 1700s.
Answer choices include:
Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, Massachusetts

The correct answer is Pennsylvania.

How long did it take the 13 colonies
to approve the Articles of Confederation?
Answer choices include:
4 days, 4 weeks, 4 months, 4 years

The correct answer is 4 years.

During this time, a minimum of ___ states had to agree to
pass a new law under the Articles of Confederation.
Answer choices include: 5, 9, 11, 13

The correct answer is 9.

Amending the Articles of the Confederation
required the consensus of ___ states.
Answer choices include: 3, 8, 10, all

The correct answer is all.

Soldiers who fought in the Continental Army were
paid in full for their service within 3 years.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

The ____ gave specific directions for dividing land
in unincorporated territories.
Answer choices include:
Land Trust Deals, Northwest Ordinances,
Preambles, Tract Treaties

The correct answer is Northwest Ordinances.

The 1787 draft of the Constitution included
all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer choices include:
The President would be elected by popular vote.
The ⅗ Compromise gave advantage to slaveholders.
The House of Representatives was based on a state’s population.
Each state’s two Senators were chosen by the state legislatures.

The correct answer is:
The President would be elected by popular vote.

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