pols 2311 ch 2 pre test.docx

 Question 1 5 out of 5 points The Stamp Act was a Selected Answer: a. tax on commerce. Answers: a. tax on commerce. b. prohibition on all unofficial mail. c. law permitting the Crown to open mail. d. tax on sugar, molasses, and other commodities.  Question 2 5 out of 5 points Shays's Rebellion was politically significant to America's Founding in that it Selected Answer: d. demonstrated the weakness of government under the Articles of Confederation. Answers: a. led to renewed fighting between the colonists and the British. b. was the last battle in the Revolutionary War. c. represented the first major battle of the Civil War. d. demonstrated the weakness of government under the Articles of Confederation.  Question 3 5 out of 5 points The Federalist Papers were written by Selected Answer: b. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison.

Answers: a. Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and James Madison. b. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. c. John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. d. John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson.  Question 4 5 out of 5 points Colonial protesters of the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act rallied around which slogan? Selected Answer: a. "no taxation without representation." Answers: a. "no taxation without representation." b. "give me liberty or give me death." c. "a house divided against itself cannot stand." d. "don't tread on me."  Question 5 5 out of 5 points The United States' first written constitution was the Selected Answer: d. Articles of Confederation. Answers: a. League of States. b. Declaration of

Independence. c. U.S. Constitution. d. Articles of Confederation.  Question 6 0 out of 5 points Under the Articles of Confederation, the Selected Answer: b. Senate was the most powerful political institution. Answers: a. president of the Continental Congress was more powerful than the Congress itself. b. Senate was the most powerful political institution. c. Continental Congress had no power to lay taxes. d. Supreme Court was the most powerful political institution.  Question 7 5 out of 5 points The Virginia Plan proposed a system of representation in the national legislature that was based upon Selected Answer: c. the population of each state or the proportion of each state's revenue contribution, or both. Answers: a. equal representation between the states. b. the concept of universal suffrage.

c. the population of each state or the proportion of each state's revenue contribution, or both. d. the strength of each state's militia.  Question 8 5 out of 5 points What did the New Jersey Plan propose for Congress? Selected Answer: a. Representation would be equal for each state. Answers: a. Representation would be equal for each state. b. Representation would be based on population. c. Representation would be proportionate to the share of taxes paid by each state to the federal government. d. Representatives to Congress would be appointed by the state legislatures.  Question 9 5 out of 5 points Shay's Rebellion was an attempt to Selected Answer: a. prevent the state of Massachusetts from foreclosing on the lands of debt-ridden farmers. Answers: a. prevent the state of Massachusetts from foreclosing on the lands of debt-ridden farmers. b. invade New England by royalists from Canada.

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