AP US History Chapter 6 Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A state statute conflicts with a constitutional federal law. Which constitutional principle most directly supports applying the federal law?
The Supremacy Clause
The Full Faith and Credit Clause
The Guarantee Clause
The Ex Post Facto Clause
2. A state entered the new union carrying substantial Revolutionary War debt. Which Hamiltonian policy would most directly transfer that burden to the national government?
The excise tax on distilled spirits
The protective tariff alone
Federal assumption of state debts
The sale of western land by individual states
3. Which institution established by the Constitution formally selects the president through votes allocated among the states?
The Senate
The House of Representatives in every election
The president's Cabinet
The Electoral College
4. Why is the presidential election of 1800 often treated as a major test of the new constitutional system?
It produced the first unanimous electoral vote for president
It resulted in a peaceful transfer of power between rival political parties
It established direct nationwide popular election of the president
It ended all organized political parties in the United States
5. Delegates disagree over whether representation should reflect state population or give every state an equal voice. Which agreement directly resolves both concerns?
A bicameral Congress with proportional representation in both chambers
A single legislative chamber in which each state receives one vote
A bicameral Congress with proportional representation in the House and equal representation in the Senate
A Congress in which state legislatures appoint every member of both chambers
6. A western farmer wants guaranteed navigation of the Mississippi River and access to New Orleans for depositing goods. Which diplomatic agreement most directly advances those interests?
Jay's Treaty
The Treaty of Paris of 1783
The Convention of 1800
Pinckney's Treaty
7. What broader conclusion did the Washington administration intend to demonstrate by suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion?
States could nullify any federal tax they considered unfair
The new federal government could enforce its laws against organized resistance
The army would replace civilian courts in ordinary tax disputes
Excise taxes were unconstitutional unless approved by state legislatures
8. War begins between revolutionary France and a coalition that includes Great Britain. Which policy best reflects Washington's 1793 response?
Joining France under the terms of the earlier alliance
Joining Britain to protect American trade
Closing all American ports to European vessels
Declaring that the United States would remain neutral
9. Congress passes a bill over presidential opposition by obtaining the required supermajority. Which constitutional principle does this best illustrate?
Checks and balances among branches
Popular sovereignty through direct democracy
Reserved powers belonging to the states
Judicial review of legislative acts
10. A Republican newspaper editor is prosecuted for harsh criticism of the Adams administration. Which laws are most directly connected to this controversy?
The Navigation Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts
The Judiciary Act of 1789
The Northwest Ordinance
11. Under the Three-Fifths Compromise, how did enslaved people affect a state's representation and direct-tax allocation?
They were excluded from both calculations until the end of the international slave trade
Three-fifths of the enslaved population could vote for members of Congress
Every enslaved person was counted for representation but not for direct taxes
Three-fifths of the enslaved population was counted for both purposes
12. Jefferson argues that Congress may exercise only powers explicitly granted by the Constitution. Which proposal was he most likely opposing on that basis?
Creating the Bank of the United States
Funding the national debt at face value
Moving the national capital to the Potomac
Negotiating access to the Mississippi River
13. Which publication was written primarily to persuade New Yorkers to support ratification of the Constitution?
Common Sense
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
The Federalist Papers
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
14. An American merchant hopes a treaty will reduce conflict with Britain and secure British withdrawal from frontier posts, even though many Americans consider its terms too favorable to Britain. Which agreement fits this description?
Jay's Treaty
Pinckney's Treaty
The Treaty of Greenville
The Treaty of Alliance with France
15. Which objection most directly explains why many Anti-Federalists demanded changes before or soon after ratification?
The Constitution made Congress dependent on annual state funding
The Constitution lacked explicit protections for individual liberties
The Constitution prevented the national government from regulating commerce
The Constitution created a national church controlled by the president
16. A proposed constitutional amendment has received approval from two-thirds of both houses of Congress. What is ordinarily required next for ratification?
Approval by the president and a majority of governors
Approval by the Supreme Court and two-thirds of the states
Approval by three-fourths of the states
Approval in a national popular referendum