American Yawp Chapter 6 questions and
answers (Hisotry 17A)
Who suffered the most from the Whiskey tax? - Western farmers
What was the most important consequence of Marbury v. Madison? - Established
judicial review
What was the X.Y.Z. Affair? - Scandal that occurred when French diplomats
demanded bribes from American officials
How did most Americans initially respond to the news of the French Revolution? -
Celebrating the spread of republican government
What was the primary cause of Shays' Rebellion? - Farmers struggling because of
debts
What is disestablishment? - Ending governmental support of a particular religious
denomination
Alexander Hamilton's policies primarily targeted which group of people for
greater involvement in the new nation? - Wealthy Americans
All of the following are true about the Virginia Plan EXCEPT - Proposed to reduce
taxes on farmers
What was the term for Americans who opposed ratifying the Constitution? - Anti-
Federalists
How did the Constitutional Convention regulate the Atlantic slave trade? - Kept it
open for twenty years
How were slaves counted for purposes of proportional representation? - They
were counted as three-fifths of a person
