US History Quiz 5A - Washington's Administration (15 Questions)

The following is a quiz with the Washington's Administration based questions. Take this quiz as often as you would like. You goal for this exam should be 60% or higher.

1 Base your answer to the question on the following passage and on your knowledge of social studies.

"Whereas it is conceived that the establishment of a bank for the United States... will be very conducive to the successful conducting of the national finance; will tend to give facility to the obtaining of loans, for the use of the government, in sudden emergencies; and will be productive of considerable advantages to trade and industry in general: Therefore,

Section 1: Be it enacted... that a Bank of the United States shall be established..."

Source: An Act to Incorporate the Subscribers to the Bank of the United States, 1791

Passage of this law is most clearly an example of which of the following constitutional provisions?

	elastic clause
	due process clause
	delegated powers
	establishment clause

2 Base your answer to the question on the following passage and on your knowledge of social studies.

"Whereas it is conceived that the establishment of a bank for the United States... will be very conducive to the successful conducting of the national finance; will tend to give facility to the obtaining of loans, for the use of the government, in sudden emergencies; and will be productive of considerable advantages to trade and industry in general: Therefore,

Section 1: Be it enacted... that a Bank of the United States shall be established..."

Source: An Act to Incorporate the Subscribers to the Bank of the United States, 1791

This law is considered an important accomplishment of which of the following public figures?

	James Madison
	Thomas Jefferson
	Alexander Hamilton
	Andrew Jackson

3 Base your answer to the question on the following passage and on your knowledge of social studies.

"Whereas it is conceived that the establishment of a bank for the United States... will be very conducive to the successful conducting of the national finance; will tend to give facility to the obtaining of loans, for the use of the government, in sudden emergencies; and will be productive of considerable advantages to trade and industry in general: Therefore,

Section 1: Be it enacted... that a Bank of the United States shall be established..."

Source: An Act to Incorporate the Subscribers to the Bank of the United States, 1791

This law resulted most directly in which of the following actions?

	transfer of economic power from the federal government to the states as part of the Democratic-Republicans' financial plan
	loss of revenue for the federal government that demonstrated the limits of a loose interpretation of the Constitution
	support among farmers for increased federal oversight of the nation's financial systems
	strengthening of the federal government despite criticism by supporters of a strict interpretation of the Constitution

4 Base your answer to the question on the following passage and on your knowledge of social studies.

"...Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful [destructive] effects of the spirit of party generally...

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension... is itself a frightful despotism... The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual, and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty...

It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble [weaken] the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-rounded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another; foments [provokes] occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated [easy] access to the government itself through the channels of party passion."

Source: Farewell Address, President George Washington, 1796

Which of the following developments during President Washington's term of office contributed most directly to the main idea of this portion of his Farewell Address?

	renewed conflict between Great Britain and France following the French Revolution
	political disagreements between Alexander Hamilton's Federalists and Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans
	the results of the Whiskey Rebellion in response to the imposition of an excise tax on whiskey
	treaties negotiated between the United States and Great Britain and the United States and Spain

5 Base your answer to the question on the following passage and on your knowledge of social studies.

"...Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful [destructive] effects of the spirit of party generally...

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension... is itself a frightful despotism... The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual, and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty...

It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble [weaken] the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-rounded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another; foments [provokes] occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated [easy] access to the government itself through the channels of party passion."

Source: Farewell Address, President George Washington, 1796

In this portion of his Farewell Address, President Washington warns against the dangers of which of the following?

	involvement in foreign conflicts
	weakness of the federal government set up by the Constitution
	dangers of a free press
	the influence of political parties

6 Base your answer to the question on the following passage and on your knowledge of social studies.

"In contemplating the causes which may disturb our union it occurs as matter of serious concern that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations--Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western-- whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients [strategies] of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You can not shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heartburnings which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection..."

Source: Farewell Address [modified], President George Washington, 1796

The source of President Washington's concern in this portion of his Farewell Address contributed most directly to which later development?

	American Revolution
	Louisiana Purchase
	Civil War
	American involvement in World War I

7 Base your answer to the question on the following passage and on your knowledge of social studies.

"In contemplating the causes which may disturb our union it occurs as matter of serious concern that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations--Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western-- whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients [strategies] of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You can not shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heartburnings which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection..."

Source: Farewell Address [modified], President George Washington, 1796

In this portion of his Farewell Address, President Washington expressed concern about which of the following?

	military alliances
	sectional conflict used for political gain
	entanglement in foreign conflicts
	westward expansion

	George Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality
	Thomas Jefferson's support for low tariffs
	Andrew Jackson's Native American Indian removal efforts
	Abraham Lincoln's opposition to the spread of slavery

	imposition of an excise tax on distilled liquor
	passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts
	collection of a tax on paper products by British tax collectors
	a national Prohibition on the sale of alcohol

	chief diplomat
	president of the Constitutional Convention
	commander in chief
	political party leader

	causes of the American Revolution
	early challenges to federal authority in the United States
	methods of nonviolent resistance during the Washington administration
	colonial responses to the passage of the Stamp Act

12 Base your answer to the question on the following passage and on your knowledge of social studies.

"By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Whereas it appears that a state of war exists between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United Netherlands of the one part and France on the other, and the duty and interest of the United States require that they should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial toward the belligerent [warring] powers:

I have therefore thought fit by these presents to declare the disposition [status] of the United States to observe the conduct aforesaid toward those powers respectively, and to exhort [urge] and warn the citizens of the United States carefully to avoid all acts and proceedings whatsoever which may in any manner tend to contravene [go against] such disposition..."

Source: Proclamation 4 [modified], President George Washington, 1793

{ Which geographic feature contributed most directly to the ability of the United States to successfully carry out the foreign policy called for by President Washington in this proclamation?

	Atlantic Ocean
	Pacific Ocean
	Appalachian Mountains
	Mississippi River

	He believed that the United States should expand to new territories in order to increase access to natural resources.
	He believed the United States should maintain a military alliance with France in gratitude for French assistance during the American Revolution.
	He believed the United States was one of the most powerful countries in the world and should conduct its foreign policy accordingly.
	He believed the United States did not have the economic or military strength to benefit from conflicts with European powers.

14 Base your answer to the question on the following passage and on your knowledge of social studies.

"By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Whereas it appears that a state of war exists between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United Netherlands of the one part and France on the other, and the duty and interest of the United States require that they should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial toward the belligerent [warring] powers:

I have therefore thought fit by these presents to declare the disposition [status] of the United States to observe the conduct aforesaid toward those powers respectively, and to exhort [urge] and warn the citizens of the United States carefully to avoid all acts and proceedings whatsoever which may in any manner tend to contravene [go against] such disposition..."

Source: Proclamation 4 [modified], President George Washington, 1793

In this proclamation, President George Washington expresses his support for which foreign policy?

	imperialism
	mercantilism
	neutrality
	military alliances

15 Base your answer to the question on the following passage and on your knowledge of social studies.

"By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Whereas it appears that a state of war exists between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United Netherlands of the one part and France on the other, and the duty and interest of the United States require that they should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial toward the belligerent [warring] powers:

I have therefore thought fit by these presents to declare the disposition [status] of the United States to observe the conduct aforesaid toward those powers respectively, and to exhort [urge] and warn the citizens of the United States carefully to avoid all acts and proceedings whatsoever which may in any manner tend to contravene [go against] such disposition..."

Source: Proclamation 4 [modified], President George Washington, 1793

In this proclamation, President George Washington expresses his support for which foreign policy?

	imperialism
	mercantilism
	neutrality
	military alliances